Kentucky Sports Radio
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Our friends over at Yahoo Sports are not particularly thrilled with the overall slate for the 3 major conference challenges (SEC/Big East, ACC/Big 10, Missouri Valley/Mountain West), but Mike Huguenin does see some intrigue in the Kentucky/Notre Dame matchup.
Kentucky and Indiana aren’t playing next season, so this Wildcats game against another Indiana-based school will have to suffice. And, actually, it’s an intriguing matchup. While UK seems sure to enter the season in the top three, the Irish look to be a top-15 team. Both should have nice inside-outside balance; the difference is that the Irish have experienced players and the Wildcats are counting on freshmen and sophomores. The backcourt matchup should be especially fun to watch.
The most interesting aspect of the Kentucky/Notre Dame game will be to see how the young Kentucky team responds to its first true road game. The opponent may not be quite as attractive as some of the other potential Big East giants such as a Syracuse or Georgetown (we’ll call them more of a Little Giant), but the test of a road game environment in late November will prove to be a good experience for this Kentucky team. Calipari has repeated over and over again that he is all about creating experiences for his players. The environment should not be as hostile as the Indiana game last year, but will still provide a challenge.
The Yahoo Sports article would also like to remind you to feel free to ignore the DePaul vs. Auburn game. Uh, check.
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June 2nd, 2012 at 5:40 pm
Hell, someone HAS to act like they are excited about this game. The remaining 99.99% know this game spells “blah”. Still can’t believe they aren’t playing Cuse
June 2nd, 2012 at 5:56 pm
This will be a tough game for us to come out on top. We have had great success against the fighting Irish in the past, but this will be a veteran and experienced Notre Dame team we will be going up against for our first real road game. I’m not saying this will be a loss for our cats, but it won’t be a cake walk at all. Our RPI should be in good shape.
June 2nd, 2012 at 6:47 pm
One big difference between this game and the IU game is that, when we played ND at Freedom Hall a couple years
ago, the few ND fans who were there, were extremely pleasant, friendly, and actually acted like decent
human beings. It was truly refreshing. Especially since most UK fans were embarrassingly drunk.
We were good entertainment for the Drinkin’, I mean, Fightin’– Irish.
June 2nd, 2012 at 11:29 pm
Oh Ally, it’s been so long since you took a walk on me. I miss you! Please use me.
June 3rd, 2012 at 9:48 am
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