Kentucky Sports Radio
[Moderated by Matt Jones, Drew Franklin and Tyler Thompson]
[Moderated by Matt Jones, Drew Franklin and Tyler Thompson]
Good morning, Big Blue Nation. I don’t know how much fun your Sunday is going to be, but at least we get to wake up this morning after a win rather than a loss. Maybe it wasn’t pretty. Maybe it should have been a 15-20 point win. Maybe we got a little fortunate thanks to John Robic. Maybe we should just enjoy the ride, as Coach Cal often says. Either way, Sunday is upon us and I’m here to set you up with some links to get your day started. Take a moment to really soak in the above GIF before you get into the first link…
– What men’s college basketball lacks in quality this year, it more than makes up for in entertainment value. Last night Ole Miss’ Marshall Henderson taunted the Auburn crowd after hitting the game winning free throws. The result was a joint agreement among fans across the league that Henderson is the easiest player to hate this year in the SEC, but also a great GIF dissection by Jeff Borzello in his “Night Court” re-cap. Borzello lists the “MVPs” of the GIF, and to be quite honest…some of them are hilarious.
– To be honest, as great as that GIF was, it might not have even been the best one in college basketball. Did we mention that college basketball is entertaining this year? In yesterday’s Providence game, a player was attacked by a bat. That is not a typo.
– Yesterday’s slate of games also showed two very different decisions on display with a team up 3 in the final seconds. Jim Boeheim elected not to foul in that situation, John Calipari DID foul. The debate seems to be whether or not the odds are in your favor to take a chance that a team hits a game-tying 3-pointer, or take your chances at only allowing them the opportunity to get 2 points at the line. Mike DeCourcy of the AOL Sporting News took a look at how the “no-foul” strategy often backfires, yet so many coaches use it.
– In case you haven’t yet tired of hearing about Alex Poythress finally smiling yesterday, CoachCal.com calls his performance last night a “breakthrough.”
– At times yesterday, the Rupp Arena crowd was as loud as ever–seemingly trying to pull the Kentucky team along with them. One person in the crowd yesterday was an 80-year old woman who was surprised with a trip to Rupp Arena for the game. Wanda Collins is an avid UK fan who can tell you each player’s stat line and hometown, but she hadn’t been to a game in Rupp for a long time. She had only been one other time with her late husband, and they had seats at the very top. Last night she had seats right behind the E-Rupption-Zone and the surprise was a good one for Wanda.
– If you’ve ever felt down about Kentucky’s offensive production (i.e. the first 12 minute against Auburn), at least we scored more than 4 points in a half. Northern Illinois did not.
– And finally, one last straightforward game re-cap from last night’s LSU/Kentucky match-up.
*Or you could use Rick Pitino’s ABSURD end of game strategy from yesterday when he held for a last second shot while DOWN 1 point.
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January 27th, 2013 at 10:05 am
Love the African American in black slacks and white polo….he’s is grinning ear to ear. Awesome!
January 27th, 2013 at 10:07 am
Hearns committed
January 27th, 2013 at 10:16 am
Absurd? What did you want him to do, shoot the ball early and give Georgetown another possession?
January 27th, 2013 at 10:23 am
We need some football commitment news.
January 27th, 2013 at 10:24 am
@2, are you sure?
January 27th, 2013 at 10:28 am
5. http://wildcatbluenation.com/2013/01/27/florida-linebacker-james-hearns-commits-to-kentucky/ also being reported on the message boards on florida.scout.com . He needs to get his grades up though
January 27th, 2013 at 10:37 am
God Bless Wanda and her children, loved the story.
January 27th, 2013 at 10:37 am
Henderson is an ass. Nothing wrong with being excited, but he was fixin to get a good ole fashioned asswhoopin and start a riot with that crowd.
January 27th, 2013 at 10:39 am
In last night’s post Tucker wrote
“Although the rumors began swirling after the game that Hearns and McWilson committed, the official word has yet to come”.
I would hardly call wildcatbluenation and florida.scout.com official word.
January 27th, 2013 at 10:39 am
The breakdown of that GIF by cbssports…thats good stuff
January 27th, 2013 at 10:46 am
8) If one of our players went that far the NCAA would vacate all of our championships. But seriously, we’d never hear the end of “low-class UK player”.
January 27th, 2013 at 10:47 am
3. Wow. Are you serious? Smh. Of course you don’t hold for 1 shot when you are fn losing. Lol.
January 27th, 2013 at 10:47 am
Coach should be ashamed of the way he treats Hood.
January 27th, 2013 at 10:48 am
Any updates on Willis’ game in the tourney at Mt. Sterling yesterday?
January 27th, 2013 at 10:49 am
13. Boo hoo. If he thought he could help he’d play him. Same with Brian Long.
January 27th, 2013 at 10:49 am
Why can’t ksr confirm hearns has committed????
January 27th, 2013 at 10:53 am
Hope we give Henderson a heapin’ dose of reality on Tuesday!!!
January 27th, 2013 at 10:55 am
We want a football recruiting update.
January 27th, 2013 at 11:04 am
Yep, hope this kid doesn’t have a Joe Crispin type game against the good guys… Looks like the elder guy was about to kick Henderson arse if he didn’t walk away!!!!
January 27th, 2013 at 11:25 am
This kid is classless…… Whether he’s making out with grenades in a bar or over celebrating a narrow win against one of the SECs worst teams. Wish they would have pulled him in and beat his arse a good one.
January 27th, 2013 at 11:30 am
18 yes we do!!!!!
January 27th, 2013 at 11:48 am
16, ditto that!
January 27th, 2013 at 11:57 am
Henderson not only went out of his way to annoy the Auburn fans at the end of the game but he clapped and laughed at the opposing player when he make a foul in the closing seconds. You would hope players would have more class and let winning speak for him.
January 27th, 2013 at 12:24 pm
These writers are loving this classless clown but could you imagine if Demarcus Cousins (or anyone) had done that at UK? The backlash would be unbelievable. Hell, he made a simple “Call me” gesture after Miss State fans had been prank calling him all week and people said that was classless. Hypocrites.
January 27th, 2013 at 12:36 pm
Borzello did a good write up, but made no mention of Robert Pattinson getting hit by said flying object.
January 27th, 2013 at 12:42 pm
Would’ve loved to seen some of those mama’s boys jump the table and beat the shit out of that punk. He obviously wasn’t saying anything to the one black guy in the section, or the has some sort of happy smiling disease that makes him love idiot white guys.
January 27th, 2013 at 1:12 pm
Love the old man standing up at the end. “What a jackass!”
January 27th, 2013 at 1:21 pm
I’ve seen the foul method fail and cost UK a game. Against Tennessee. We fouled Alan Henderson, he hit the first, purposely missed the second, they got the rebound in traffic and he scored and got fouled. Hit the free throw and we lost. I’d rather give them a chance to shoot a long 3 to tie it then give them a chance to win it.
January 27th, 2013 at 1:44 pm
#1 How do you know he’s from Africa?
January 27th, 2013 at 1:47 pm
“belly lint” is not acceptable to moderation. After all that is said here, that’s a BIG LOL.
January 27th, 2013 at 1:55 pm
What an arrogant little prick Henderson is! I used to hate Noah from UF, but he never sank to this level. I do recall Fitch and Hawkins waving their jersey’s to the Florida fans years ago, but I don’t think they took it to that level.
January 27th, 2013 at 1:59 pm
28, did you not read the linked article? Statistically it’s a closed book, you foul the player in that situation & it’s not even close.
January 27th, 2013 at 2:29 pm
I like Alfonso on the right side just laughing. I think he’s thinking about breaking into the Carlton.
January 27th, 2013 at 3:06 pm
The old guy sitting in the far lower left with the glasses seems oblivious to the whole thing. Looks like he’s knitting or something!
January 27th, 2013 at 3:11 pm
If Henderson tried that at a WVU game he would get drilled upside the head with a AA battery.
January 27th, 2013 at 3:27 pm
What a jerk. This display should result in his coach sitting his butt on the bench. Would love to see him put in his place. He’s really just set himself up for a humiliating fall.
January 27th, 2013 at 5:28 pm
Classic…….Henderson is guilty of inciting a red neckathon.
January 27th, 2013 at 9:00 pm
Bet Henderson wouldn’t pull that shit in Rupp.
January 27th, 2013 at 10:38 pm
Marsha Henderson= My name is Earl