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In front of a rowdy (and unattractive) record crowd at The Hump in Starkville, John Calipari’s young team showed the kind of focus and toughness that championship teams have as they squeezed out a win on a night when the bounces were clearly going the other way for most of the game. The Cats shot 41% from the field and an anemic 17% from the three point line, but used rebounding (a +21 advantage) and shotblocking (12 total) to knock off a very fierce Mississippi State effort.
With all eyes on DeMarcus Cousins, he did not disappoint, reveling in the extra attention and putting up 19 and 14, despite fighting double teams all night. On a night where he could have easily lost his temper and when the mood was right for his emotions to get out of control, he maintained his composure while displaying much-improved moves in the post and outstanding passing out of the post. His performance was complemented by John Wall’s near triple-double (18 points, 10 boards, 8 assists), which came with a side of “And 1″ and shot-blocking in OT. A seemingly reinvigorated Patrick Patterson contributed 19 points and 10 rebounds and even Darius Miller (9 points, 2 boards, 2 blocks) and DeAndre Liggins (defense and a lot of jacked shots) got in on the action.
All in all, it wasn’t a pretty win but it was the type of gritty mid-February performance that inspires confidence in a team that started the year young and now appears to be evolving into a formidable veteran squad. We’ll have more shortly but, in the meantime, revel in the joy that comes with 25-1. And be grateful that you aren’t a Mississippi State fan. There aren’t many things more embarrassing than that right now.
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(1) From a basketball perspective, this was as good of a win as this team has had all season. Mississippi State wasn’t the best team Kentucky has played and it wasn’t the most flawless game they’ve had, but this was still the best win. The crowd at Mississippi State was as hostile as any they’ve faced this season (even with text messages and water bottles excluded) and they were getting what seemed to be all the bounces (and banked shots). It seemed to be one of those “there was just nothing we could do” nights at The Hump. Instead, the Cats used a 7-0 run in the final 2:44 to tie the game at 67 and force overtime, where they would put the nail in the coffin. Good teams lose these games. Great teams win them. Tonight, Kentucky made their most emphatic statement yet that they’re not just an assembly of national title talent. They’re potentially a national title team.
(2) If ever there was a situation for DeMarcus Cousins to lose his temper, do something stupid or have an awful game, this was it. To his credit, though, Boogie displayed the total package of a franchise player in front of a very hostile crowd. The crowd taunted him with chants and the players baited him with elbows and pushing and Cousins let his play do his talking. He’s been nipping at John Wall’s heels for National Player of the Year and making NBA scouts drool with his phenomenal passing from the post and his offensive game, which is becoming more polished by the day. Tuesday night, though, he displayed the type of composure people were questioning and, in the process, made himself an even more impressive prospect. A flawless (save for a few fouls) game for Boogie.
(3) Ladies and gentlemen, will you please rise and welcome Patrick Patterson back into the fold? I got on him pretty bad a few weeks ago about him seeming to let a lack of offensive touches affect his intensity on the glass and he was simply a beast Tuesday. Patterson finished with 10 boards, the first time he reached double digits since 12/23, with six of them coming on the offensive end. Patterson’s rebound total didn’t benefit from more time in the paint. It was all effort. Patterson busted his tail on the glass and it played a major part in how UK was able to make up for losing the turnover battle and shooting a poor percentage. Great game from Patrick.
(4) Blah, blah, blah, blah, John Wall, blah, blah, blah. Dwight Who? Shaq What? There’s only one Superman and he put his powers on full display in overtime with an “And 1″ and a superhuman block (free throws could be kryptonite) that sealed the win. And, dude hit the boards hard again and almost finished with a triple double (18 pts, 10 reb, 8 ast). I’ll take it.
(5) As we’ve said all along, Kentucky doesn’t need a whole lot from the “other” wing spot. They just need something. Tuesday night, Darius Miller and DeAndre Liggins gave the Cats what they needed out of the position. Again, it wasn’t much and it wasn’t flawless, but it was what they needed. Miller had 9 points and 2 blocks and Liggins contributed solid defense and (I’ll get crucified for this because it’s not a stat) made the offense more fluid when he was in the game. Darnell Dodson was horribly off (so was Liggins’ jumper) but Miller filled in nicely. Let’s hope it continues.
(6) I mentiond this earlier but it bears noting again, if only because it was so significant. Kentucky flat-out dominated the boards against the Bulldogs. The Cats finished with a +21 advantage (48-27), which made up for losing the turnover battle and having a relatively poor shooting night. At the half, the Cats had 11 offensive rebounds. Mississippi State had 11 total rebounds. The score was still a work in progress, but the message had been sent.
(7) I mentioned on Twitter today that this was the best shot-blocking UK team of the last 20 years and they didn’t disappoint against Mississippi State. Kentucky finished with 12 blocked shots and did so without making me lose my mind by allowing offenive rebounds out of attempted blocks. Falling in love with the block can sometimes be a very bad thing (see Billy Clyde Era) but this team clearly a shot blocking team instead of a team that tries to block a lot of shots.
(8) Since we won, we can nitpick, right? How in the world did DeAndre Liggins end up with the final shot of regulation? Honestly, why was he even on the floor? Oh well, that’s it. I’m over it.
(9) While we’re throwing out complaints, let’s just work this one in there too. Far too often this game, Kentucky made fundamental defensive mistakes. The backdoor cut killed them early and the pick and roll (again?!?) hurt them late, but it was never enough to swing the game. Overall, I thought it was a great defensive effort but there were a couple of lapses. And I know he’s John Wall and he can make up for it with athleticism, but the old crabby man in me still cringes at seeing him stand straight up on defense.
(10) With all the chaos on the court after the game, Cal had to be protected. Did you see who was keeping watch over Coach? A KSR favorite.
(11) Now that we’ve got all the basketball out of the way, let’s just make this quick. Anyone and everyone ever associated in any way with Mississippi State should be absolutely horrified and embarrassed right now. What started as posters all over campus with DeMarcus Cousins’ phone number and turned into racially motivated hate calls, ended up taking the form of bottles being thrown on the court at the end of the game. The administration said they’ve reached out to UK to get the numbers from Boogie’s phone in order to find out which one’s were students, which is a nice gesture, I guess. What they need to focus more on, it seems, is the apparently rampant backwoods buffoonery that is now synonymous with the Bulldog fan experience. What happened this week with that program is an absolute disgrace and I’d feel nothing short of humiliated if I were a part of it.
Rant over. That’s it for now. Like I said earlier, it wasn’t a pretty win but it was the type of gritty mid-February performance that inspires confidence in a team that started the year young and now appears to be evolving into a formidable veteran squad. We’ll have more shortly but, in the meantime, revel in the joy that comes with 25-1. And be grateful that you aren’t a Mississippi State fan. There aren’t many things more embarrassing than that right now.
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February 16th, 2010 at 11:37 pm
classless fans…
February 16th, 2010 at 11:38 pm
boo stupid kids….boo.
February 16th, 2010 at 11:39 pm
I thought those MSU dancers were smokin personally
February 16th, 2010 at 11:40 pm
wow, just speechless over the miss state fans, they just leave a klan rally?
February 16th, 2010 at 11:40 pm
I’ll be taking names and kicking a** tomorrow!
February 16th, 2010 at 11:41 pm
Miss State fans show once again that you don’t go to Miss State if you can get into ANY where else for college. Pitiful.
February 16th, 2010 at 11:41 pm
GREAT picture Beez!
February 16th, 2010 at 11:41 pm
Suck it STATE!!!!!! GO BIG BLUE!!!!!
February 16th, 2010 at 11:42 pm
Those inbred ass sucking Starkville rednecks have no CLASS at all
February 16th, 2010 at 11:42 pm
have to the love the sportsmanship thrown, i mean shown, by the Mississippi st. fans!GO CATS!
February 16th, 2010 at 11:42 pm
first and foremost: SUCK IT MSU !
also, i think PPat was close to a triple dbl himself!!!!
February 16th, 2010 at 11:43 pm
Wall is the best down to the wire than any player ever.
February 16th, 2010 at 11:43 pm
Yeah I thought that pic was GREAT!!!!!!!
February 16th, 2010 at 11:43 pm
The definition of redneck idiots. I personally think that some of the calls that we got there were alittle questionable (Wall’s block and the charge Patterson got away with) Not that I am complaining I will certainlly take them. Its not any of the players faults though. Stay classy Starksville.
February 16th, 2010 at 11:43 pm
Did I see some interesting hand language from somebody before he walked into the tunnell? Also did anhybody else see the fat dude(not Renardo Syndey) that wouldn’t shake Cousins’s hand and then yelled Mother Fu**** at him?
February 16th, 2010 at 11:43 pm
10+K is a record? BWAHAHAHAHA
February 16th, 2010 at 11:44 pm
Whats a Miss St. message board site??????????????????? Lets flood it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 16th, 2010 at 11:44 pm
The most entertaining and clutch game the CATS have played all season. Wow.
February 16th, 2010 at 11:44 pm
Wow, really? Way to make the SEC look Fantastic MSU fans.
February 16th, 2010 at 11:44 pm
Wall calms my nerves in these type games. Thanks, John.
February 16th, 2010 at 11:44 pm
Wow! Tough win against Miss State Bottle-Throwers.
Wont get any easier against Vandy and their wierd bench setup, but hey…..at least if Vandy throws anything at the cats, their under the backboard for protection.
February 16th, 2010 at 11:45 pm
I just want to point out once again, and probably not for the last time, Mississippi State is playing without their leading scorer and their leading shot blocker has been out most of the game. Once, again Mississippi State is playing without their leading scorer and their leading shot blocker has been out most of the game. This cannot be emphasized enough.
February 16th, 2010 at 11:45 pm
back myself up … dbl dbls by BOTH PPat and Boogie … damn i’m drunk
February 16th, 2010 at 11:45 pm
I personally thought Dodson played horrible. We need more consistency at the 3 spot fo sho. But, Ill take a win any day.
February 16th, 2010 at 11:45 pm
moo
February 16th, 2010 at 11:45 pm
Don’t worry…we will get screwed badly by the refs at Memorial this weekend…it is the same for every team that plays there
February 16th, 2010 at 11:45 pm
Correct me if I am wrong. But I can’t ever remember fans in Rupp being that classless and stupid.
February 16th, 2010 at 11:45 pm
That’s what happens when you mix rednecks and alcohol
February 16th, 2010 at 11:46 pm
Nice throwing shit Miss St fans! Stay Classy!
February 16th, 2010 at 11:46 pm
17) Genes Page
Linkage: http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=136&f=1570
February 16th, 2010 at 11:46 pm
What a hell hole!
February 16th, 2010 at 11:46 pm
15 I saw the same thing. Dude refused to shake his hand then leaned back to run his mouth.
Worthless set of sore losers miss state is.
February 16th, 2010 at 11:47 pm
suck it brad nessler …LOL
February 16th, 2010 at 11:47 pm
I would have hit Liggin’s shot at the end of regulation….
February 16th, 2010 at 11:47 pm
what were the fans doing that was so bad?
February 16th, 2010 at 11:48 pm
15. Saw it all. The fat dude didn’t shake hands and did say “something.” The hand signs were the “ok” sign or the “three” sign that the kids do these days. (I know, I’m white)
February 16th, 2010 at 11:49 pm
Way to play UK. Bigtime plays from everyone, love the Cuz “call me” signs throughout. Way to get a tough win in a hostile environment.
And by hostile, I mean, firing-projectiles-at-the-enemy hostile.
February 16th, 2010 at 11:49 pm
Very good win. Could be the type of road win that gets us going from here on out. Tough defense. Great performance by Wall, Patrick was a stud (19 and 10), Demarcus showed why he is THE best big man in the country, and everyone else did their part. Got to hand it to Miss St also. They played to win and came up just a little bit short.
February 16th, 2010 at 11:49 pm
32. They are good friends..Cousins said that in the interview about the phone calls that Sidney would be one of the guys who has his number. But he said Sidney would not give it out like that
February 16th, 2010 at 11:49 pm
Most certainly the ugliest fans in all of SEC. They would have to compete with the dUKe fans for ugliest in the NCAA.
February 16th, 2010 at 11:49 pm
Just because State had 3 or 4 fans act like a$$es the whole crowd did not act that way. I love being everybody’s biggest game of the year.
Vandy will be rowdy Saturday.
February 16th, 2010 at 11:49 pm
35. Threw multiple water bottles onto the floor, a few of which seemed to be aimed at UK players.
February 16th, 2010 at 11:49 pm
http://sixpackspeak.yuku.com/forums/2/t/Six-Pack-Speak.html
February 16th, 2010 at 11:50 pm
tough win over the Miss. St. Fighting Water Bottles. Does MSU really want to be even mentioned in the same breath as West Virginia (not talent wise, strictly throwing things and being inbred)
February 16th, 2010 at 11:50 pm
That first bottle was headed at me! What the hell did I do?!
February 16th, 2010 at 11:50 pm
27 I think something happened back in the early 80s but it was only one cup thrown on the floor, and it was at the UKIT. We have way more Class
February 16th, 2010 at 11:51 pm
What a complete bunch of ignorant, toothless, classless bigots. That is what you get for downplaying the nonsense that went on with Cousins before the game. Have some F***ing security to control the drunken fools! I can’t explain how sad it is that there are such backward people in this country. Here’s hoping for a giant sinkhole to open up and swallow Mississippi. Disgusting!
February 16th, 2010 at 11:51 pm
cousins shaking hands was the best part of the game. Don’t flood mstate’s blogs. I don’t want them on here
February 16th, 2010 at 11:51 pm
#15 – yeah saw that…big balding dude seemed to run his mouth at him and Wall. Just like his fans – classy and a sore loser. Enjoy the NIT Bulldogs.
February 16th, 2010 at 11:51 pm
I am so proud of the way our guys handled the actions of what has to be the trashiest redneck fans anywhere. Way to go Cats!!!!!!!!!
February 16th, 2010 at 11:51 pm
wow, thanks, stat tracker doesnt keep tally of classless fans, but msu may make it a new stat
February 16th, 2010 at 11:52 pm
I was on another board and a Mississippi State fan asked what Cousins’ number was. I told him he could be reached at 1-800-IownMSU.
February 16th, 2010 at 11:52 pm
#47 – nope it was just Eddie Sutton dropping his bear on the court
February 16th, 2010 at 11:52 pm
32 Funny how the fat peice of s**t didnt even play a second also…HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
February 16th, 2010 at 11:53 pm
we don’t want them throwing bottles over here….lets just let em be in miss
February 16th, 2010 at 11:53 pm
the player that wouldnt shake cousins hand is JOhn Reik the freshman from sudan…
February 16th, 2010 at 11:53 pm
I didn’t mean to git anybuddy hurt out dare on dat dar court when I throwed dat bottle. We suck and your team is real good and should go pretty fur in the tournament.
February 16th, 2010 at 11:53 pm
Dang beer on the court…believe I have had one to many
February 16th, 2010 at 11:53 pm
Since calling Boogie the N-WORD all week didn’t work, we tried to hit him and his teammates with stuff.
February 16th, 2010 at 11:54 pm
I’d STILL rather live in Haiti than live in Starkville.
February 16th, 2010 at 11:54 pm
As Cats fans we need to continue to show our class and not stoop to their level. Actually I am not sure anyone can stoop to their level.
February 16th, 2010 at 11:55 pm
liggins needs to chill out on popping those 3′s at the end. made a huge 3 but then just kept on shooting. EASY, LIGGINS!
February 16th, 2010 at 11:55 pm
So they got Cuzs #, called him racist names, threw bottles and then their players are caught cussing him? Wow. I don’t feel bad for actually being on the receiving in of some calls. Refs were bad (again). We’ll get raped Sat @ Vandy.
February 16th, 2010 at 11:55 pm
64. Nice
February 16th, 2010 at 11:55 pm
I would rather win by 20 normally, but I am happy the hearts of those fans were ripped out and force fed to them. That business would never happen at Rupp. MSU = Sewer Rats
February 16th, 2010 at 11:55 pm
BTW, I found this MSU msg brd:
http://www.sixpackspeak.com/
February 16th, 2010 at 11:55 pm
Great win for the Cats and Miss state deserved to lose after all that garbage. Our boys got it done and I loved Cal calling out the fans. Lets leave them a message
http://www.sixpackspeak.com
February 16th, 2010 at 11:56 pm
if anything this game taught me, thank effin mighty that i was born kentuckian. i mean how crappy is it to iive in strakville that you have to call players?
February 16th, 2010 at 11:56 pm
Starkville is where you go when you want your descendants to be impoverished and undereducated for the rest of their lives.
February 16th, 2010 at 11:56 pm
56 – I know one thing the refs got right. And that was finally calling fouls on Varnado. He’s a hacker and usually gets away with murder, but not tonight. If they would call all his fouls, he’d have about half the blocks he’s been given. How many blocks did he get tonight? Any?
February 16th, 2010 at 11:57 pm
I tried calling some Miss St players this week, but Sarah’s on vacation.
February 16th, 2010 at 11:57 pm
What happens in StarkVEGAS, stays on national TV forever!
February 16th, 2010 at 11:57 pm
I think its about time that the ncaa, or at least the sec, begin following in FIFAs (u kno that soccer group)footsteps by banning crowds from one or a few games for fan behavior such as what was on display at the hump..this cant be allowe# to continuously happen without any kind of punishment
February 16th, 2010 at 11:58 pm
i hope Cousins gets the chance one day to peel off a hundred and put it in the pocket of an MSU grad who is parking his car.
February 16th, 2010 at 11:58 pm
Great call #17. There are some really big douchebag MSU fans on SECfanatics.com. Let’s all go there and give them Hell!
February 16th, 2010 at 11:58 pm
MSU fans = sack of s#*t
February 16th, 2010 at 11:58 pm
i think alabama and arkansas wake up every morning and thank the lord they aren’t mississippi
February 16th, 2010 at 11:58 pm
MSU fans make browns and mountaineer fans look like model citizens
February 16th, 2010 at 11:58 pm
I take back what I said about Indiana fans being the worst. You win hands down Starkville.
February 16th, 2010 at 11:59 pm
Better not piss of Vandy fans…they throw protractors.
February 16th, 2010 at 11:59 pm
The ONLY thing MSU fans can be proud of tonight is that they were loud. Also, I was sick of ESPN studio announcers laughing off all the racial phone/text messages left on Cousins phone. If your a black man, how is this even remotely funny?
February 16th, 2010 at 11:59 pm
i wouldnt say MSU are the MOST classless. dont forget WVU is making quite a name for their selves up in those inbred mountains.
classless fans top five(aka redneck arenas)
1. West Virginia
2. MSU
3. Memphis (turned back on Cal after he made them relevant)
4. Kansas (you just havent heard about it yet cuz they wont lose at home)
5. Arizona (they think they’re a top 3 program and no one knows why)
February 16th, 2010 at 11:59 pm
John Riek is a fat gorilla! Didn’t play a minute. He looked like a fat Dwight Perry holding people back. And yes UK fans we have thrown stuff in the floor. South Carolina game in 96 or 97. Ricky P yelled at the fans.
February 16th, 2010 at 11:59 pm
One positive that comes when an opposing team’s fans throw stuff at you is, YOU’RE BACK ON TOP! SUCK IT MSU!
February 16th, 2010 at 11:59 pm
#63 Too soon.
February 16th, 2010 at 11:59 pm
Wall – check
Cousins – check
Patterson – check
February 17th, 2010 at 12:00 am
I know it is just “a game” but come on!!! Miss State , I hope, is chastised by the SEC , and severely punished-fined. If So. Carolina is fined $25,000 for storming the floor, what about endangering the team members of BOTH TEAMS!!! It is time for some major fines-sanctions against any team that acts in such a reckless manner. Miss. State played a great game, the fans are the ones who ruined the true meaning of college basketball. Classy act by U.K. and they madre me proud to be a wildcat…
February 17th, 2010 at 12:00 am
40 years later and that state still sucks.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:00 am
86) We got decades of brag, son.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:01 am
If you dont have haters then your not any good!
February 17th, 2010 at 12:01 am
86- you still have klan meetings. like every week. we don’t. big difference
February 17th, 2010 at 12:01 am
58. you are wrong, Riek is much taller and has a different number. similar faces though.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:02 am
Scott Smith, get a life. You are clearly showing how classless Miss St. fans are, its hilarious. I’d like to see you run your mouth to any of our players…or better yet any of our fans including me. Get my number like you got Cousins and we’ll talk about it.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:02 am
83: Ha ha AWESOME
February 17th, 2010 at 12:02 am
86 – Go to your klan rally. That crap would never happen at Rupp. You = POS
February 17th, 2010 at 12:03 am
Bobby Knight says instead of leaving racist voicemails & throwing water bottles, you should cheer, “Good Effort! Good Effort!”
February 17th, 2010 at 12:03 am
Great game by these young men, in spite of numerous classless individuals in the armpit of the US, aka Starkville.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:03 am
hope we play them again in SEC tournament and our players come out for warmups wearing helmets.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:04 am
22- I think that’s way overplayed. If the coach was benching him because he was such a negative influence on the team, it probably wouldn’t have been advantageous to have him on the court.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:04 am
BWaaaaaa Over on their site they’re saying we got all the calls……ASSHOLES
February 17th, 2010 at 12:04 am
LMAO at the Trash talk from MSU fans at SECfanatics.com. Some of those douches still won’t admit their fans did anything wrong.
http://secfanatics.com
Then go to the SEC basketball forum or the trash talk forum.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:04 am
#22 don’t forget about the magic # of 3′s MSU needs to hit to pull off the upset according to Dykes. It was 12 in case you missed it the first 25 times. I thought he was going to ejaculate in his pants at the thought of being correct. Did it seem like he was begging for an upset?
February 17th, 2010 at 12:04 am
I only wish I could have been there to lead an N-I-T chant.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:04 am
83. greatest post of the night!
February 17th, 2010 at 12:04 am
86 haitin aint healthy
February 17th, 2010 at 12:05 am
another example of why there should be another civil war
February 17th, 2010 at 12:07 am
You know the cherry on top tonite? Jerry Tipton picked MSU to win the conference.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:07 am
I think schools should face a fine (like storming the court fines) for things being thown on the court. It would probably help to hire more security to watch for the a**holes doing it. If you want to disagree with the refs thats fine, but throwing things should be punishable by the NCAA in terms of fines and I believe could lean towards a charge of wanton endangerment as well if caught.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:07 am
Man, I’m so glad we pulled that out. I can only imagine the garbage they would have spewed had they won 4 straight against us, while missing so much of their team.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:07 am
They panned to the MSU student section it went -Redneck, Redneck, Fat girl, fat girl redneck, an Arab, redneck, fat girl.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:08 am
Best MSU fan pic ever
http://i49.tinypic.com/sce45s.jpg
February 17th, 2010 at 12:09 am
Mississippi St have some of the ugliest fans on earth….and how about ESPN showing fans cell phones with Cousin name on it smiling….i am sure the AD will have a field day locating those students…morons
February 17th, 2010 at 12:09 am
yeah 12 out of 143 3s for the mangydogs of Skanksville
February 17th, 2010 at 12:09 am
All is fair in love, war, and raiding other teams blogs
February 17th, 2010 at 12:09 am
Is it too late to let Mississippi secede?
February 17th, 2010 at 12:10 am
#76 thata a great idea…definitely seems like the best approach to the problem…or fines
February 17th, 2010 at 12:10 am
Cousins
February 17th, 2010 at 12:10 am
Only MOST of our girls are fat and ugly. The rest are just fat. John Reik FTW
February 17th, 2010 at 12:10 am
112- Try to be classy to say that they’re not you won’t sound stupid… UK fans are posting stupid shit since the end of the game that’s pathetic. Great win by the cats! MSU really stepped up. Great game.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:11 am
I mean #74
February 17th, 2010 at 12:11 am
Great win Cats!! Way to spoil another Superbowl!! And very classy reaction for MSU fans…..you make the SEC so proud.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:12 am
104. You expect anything less. Nessler and Dykes are still beating off to Devan Downy. They always act like that.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:12 am
122) laughing @ you. pitying you.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:14 am
we don’t cure cuz we done beat yuns in football this year and we done thank we done pretty good tonight we jus bout one tonight so you can suk r balls uk fans you think your prety cool with your fancee players but jesus loves mississipi ferever!?
February 17th, 2010 at 12:14 am
FFrie…. shut up dude.
“oh great game… i need to pull my tampon out… everybody played so nice today… i’m a tool… msu played soooo hard… i want to kiss them all. they deserve a cookie for how hard they played.”
take it easy grandma
February 17th, 2010 at 12:14 am
I really hate it when fans of opposing teams come on here and say “UK should’ve won by 10…etc etc etc…you guys just aren’t that good cause you didn’t stomp us” It really shows how pathetic of a fan you are.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:14 am
122 – Go away. You lost and you represent a fanbase of racist thugs. Congrats on that.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:14 am
The story within the story to me was the way that Cousins totally outplayed (and fouled out) Varnado. Honestly, given how he tore us up in past years, I was really concerned about how the matchup would go. Cousins had 19 points, 14 rebounds, and 1 block while Varnado had 10 points, 5 rebounds, and 1 block. Total domination, which was very impressive.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:15 am
122 You sound pathetic… Every Varnado’s foul is unquestionable. Yes Wall’s block was illegal, but I didn’t see it at real speed. And how do you know MSU would have won the game? You would still have been down by 2… And whatever Cousins did it doesn’t matter, fans don’t throw bottles on the court, period.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:15 am
97- Whats your number?
February 17th, 2010 at 12:15 am
This was the fatass benchwarmer talking junk to Cuz in the handshake line…
http://www.mstateathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=90867&SPID=10994&DB_OEM_ID=16800&ATCLID=1244475&Q_SEASON=2009
February 17th, 2010 at 12:15 am
122. SCORE BOARD!!!!!! 25-1
February 17th, 2010 at 12:15 am
122- You’re pathetic….condoning throwing sutuff at a team because they are winning/having fun?
February 17th, 2010 at 12:16 am
122 has some balls coming on to a UK message board after they got beat..
February 17th, 2010 at 12:16 am
127) you guys looked like you cared an awful lot when you were chucking water bottles & your hogs were yelling profanities.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:16 am
classless pieces of shit, MSU’s largest attended game and they start throwing bottles on the court, reminds me of a bunch of Browns fans. Go Cats!
February 17th, 2010 at 12:16 am
122 – Excuses. The best team won. Period. Varnado is a hacker. You should be used to losing since Stansbury always loses to a lower seed in the NCAA’s. Get used to it.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:16 am
Excuses dont get you to the tournament. You lost. Nothing else you need to say.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:17 am
128 – You just sound like these MSU fans you’re trying to insult. Look in the mirror, you’ll see a moron. UK fanbase as a good image, try to shut up so we can keep it this way.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:17 am
and throwing bottles in exchange for looks from Cuz…cmon hes been called everything in the book all week, taunted all game, and he can’t have a little fun. Go suck it in Starkville..
February 17th, 2010 at 12:17 am
hay 97 dont u be talkin no shit bout the klan niether! me n my pappy r prowd nights!?
February 17th, 2010 at 12:17 am
122 JV would have been sitting his skinny ass on the bench with 5 minutes to go in the first half had the refs been calling the game as they should have…..But Suck it and thanks for dropping by
February 17th, 2010 at 12:17 am
122 – Guess what? Your team still lost and no one cares if 2/3, 3/4, or 7/8 were there….now, run along.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:18 am
122) We won YOUR teams Superbowl tonight….I hope we meet again in Nashville for the SEC tourney in a packed out BLUE house……Total destruction of your team. No one will give you pitty here
February 17th, 2010 at 12:18 am
#122 Yeah he was saying stuff…. ” Call me ! ” Lol
February 17th, 2010 at 12:19 am
122) You obviously didn’t watch the Kansas game last night. Good teams do what is necessary to win on the road in conference. Kansas played horrible last night but did enough in the end to get the win. UK did the same thing tonight. PERIOD.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:19 am
Did ya’ll like how John Wall gave their fans the finger tell’em “f^ck yo^” as he hit the tunnel?
February 17th, 2010 at 12:19 am
Nevermind the troll is getting spanked by the mods.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:19 am
^you’re
February 17th, 2010 at 12:20 am
Did you see me? wtf was i thinking
February 17th, 2010 at 12:21 am
FFRIE…you’re a idiot…that post dont even make sense..get the fk out if you dont like it…MSU is a bunch of racist trash and you are one of them
February 17th, 2010 at 12:22 am
#149 You had it the first time lol ” you’re ” means ” you are “
February 17th, 2010 at 12:23 am
147. Wall did not give anyone the finger. Us fancy well-to-do people with DVRs rewound to verify.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:23 am
I had the best seat in the house. Shore glad coach didn’t make me leave it. Cuz was really having fun with the crowd. Coach was trying to get him to stay focused.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:23 am
Give it to Huggins. At least he called his own fans out after that kind of garbage. Redneck, white-trash, inbred Mississippi garbage fans. Suck it.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:23 am
131, thanks. Here’s the stat line for Elgin Bailey in tonights game:
Minutes: 0
Points: 0
Rebounds: 0
Assists: 0
Blocks: 0
He sure did EARN the right to talk some smack, didn’t he?
February 17th, 2010 at 12:24 am
Klan jokes aren’t funny. period. That shit makes me sick. We’re better than that. Even if you’re trying to make fun of some other fanbase for being rednecks, there are better ways to go about it (141). It’s not funny. KKK is a disgrace to this country that’s supposed to be base on equality. You think our players think the KKK is funny?
February 17th, 2010 at 12:24 am
Excuse me, yeah he did flip off the fans. Wall shore did. Gave’m the middle doggie.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:25 am
Suck it MSU. You guys deserve to loose after all that shit you kept talking. It was a good win and I’m ready for vandy. Lets keep the roll going. GO BIG BLUE!!!
February 17th, 2010 at 12:25 am
Billy Clyde would have thrown the water bottles back at them
February 17th, 2010 at 12:26 am
158) DVR’ed it…he did no such thing.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:26 am
That’s what they get when they call our players and harass them and drop the n-bomb.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:27 am
#157 Yeah not funny…
anyways
Everyone should watch this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0
February 17th, 2010 at 12:27 am
Excuse me, YOU’RE DEAD WRONG http://lh3.ggpht.com/_2lZtarARyWQ/S3t25WNa9yI/AAAAAAAAAaU/m0VDQPvEEII/s800/IMG_0257%20%28Custom%29.JPG http://lh4.ggpht.com/_2lZtarARyWQ/S3t25ZEDhfI/AAAAAAAAAaM/AyAPxfuKayY/s800/IMG_0255%20%28Custom%29.JPG
February 17th, 2010 at 12:27 am
In looking at the box score, one thing gives me pause: We were 4 of 24 from behind the arc. That’s gotta improve, or we could run into trouble against a tough zone in the tournament.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:28 am
You still have to appreciate the passion of SEC fans, even when they act like complete bafoons,,,that’s right baphoons, I mean bufoons, nope that’s note it, bifoions ,,,,,bufoons,,,,,bophooons …..ok dumbasses!
February 17th, 2010 at 12:28 am
157. It’s not fun. It’s not funny. It’s not fun.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:28 am
apparently missed something wherein people from mississippi acted like the sharecropping cornpone jackasses that they are. Or as they call it, Tuesday.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:28 am
Nice 164) I still don’t think that will proof enough for some people.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:28 am
I love this team.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:28 am
There were definitely some questionable calls at the end of the game, but you know what…there were some questionable calls throughout the game that went Miss. St’s way! Starkville, MS…the Cleveland of the south. Big Cuz needs to save all the numbers of the redneck hillbilly mf’ers that called him and release the numbers to BBN so we can have a little fun (in a nice and non-derogatory way, of course-we wouldn’t want to take a page out of their playbook). I guarantee within a week, half of Starkville will be changing their phone numbers.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:29 am
164) I don’t see a middle finger in either of those pictures.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:29 am
160 Hahahaha.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:29 am
Billy Clyde woulda had put booze in the bottles then give them to the students to throw after the game
February 17th, 2010 at 12:30 am
160 Hahahaha. And what was Cousins and Cal doing on the bench with that old lady. I think Cal ripped her a new one
February 17th, 2010 at 12:30 am
The secfanatics are saying that MSU was a huge underdog, the line I saw was UK by 2.5…
February 17th, 2010 at 12:31 am
167. LOLZ I haven’t heard that in 10 years.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:31 am
LOL! All I know is that Cousins and the Cats really pissed off those fans and then laughed in their faces. It was hilarious to watch.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:31 am
I wish the NCAA would let Renardo Sidney play. I would love to see his fatass out there on the court. GEEEZ that program is a mess. 135 people acting foolish on the bench (I did like the lil’ dude in his Sunday Go To Meeting Outfit)
February 17th, 2010 at 12:32 am
http://www.statemaster.com/state/MS/Bottom-Rankings
February 17th, 2010 at 12:33 am
Was I the only one that thought Varnardo got 6 fouls? Espn box score showed him with 2 at half and then he got 3 straight in the second half fouling Boogie, then Pat twice back to back. And then finally the over the back for his last. I checked with the live blog and Matt u even thought he had 2 in the first but then said “well i guess thats just his first.” Anybody?
February 17th, 2010 at 12:34 am
OK #80, that’s pretty good. But us Nashville UK fans know that no Dr’s will work on us down here if we’re UK fans, we jus have really good teeth w/all the UK dentists. Should be a fun trip to the worst court in the country @ Vandy.
Maybe BKG can get work @ UNC?
February 17th, 2010 at 12:34 am
Welcome to the SEC Coach Cal, there’s a John Chaney in every seat of every opposing arena.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:35 am
Classy, classy move Starkville…..Your almost gonna make the SEC look as bad as the numb nuts West Virginia fans
February 17th, 2010 at 12:36 am
I look forward to seeing all the numbers on Cousins’ cell phone and expelling those students for breaking the SEC Fan Code of Conduct.
SEC FAN CODE OF CONDUCT
In the spirit of sportsmanship, fans shall:
•Conduct themselves in a manner that represents their university, the Southeastern Conference and the NCAA with honor, dignity and respect
•Demonstrate the qualities of civility and sportsmanship at all times
•Not use vulgar, abusive, racist, sexist, demeaning or intimidating language at any time
•Support the players, coaches and officials in a positive manner
•Treat the visiting team, coaches and fans with courtesy and respect at all times
•Not engage in cheers that are vulgar, crass or demeaning
•Refrain from throwing objects onto the field for any reason
•Not become inebriated or belligerent
•Refrain from entering the playing field at any times, including after the game
•Be a positive role model for those around them by treating others with courtesy and respect
February 17th, 2010 at 12:37 am
Majority of the MSU fans on that SixPack MSU forum web site are embarassed by that behavior.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:38 am
wonder if we are gonna see postgame interviews soon??
February 17th, 2010 at 12:38 am
181- They called the first charge as a block on Patterson, Matt missed that one on the live-blog, otherwise his consistency comment would make no sense.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:43 am
Great “grinding” win for the CATS. Anybody else notice that their record, sell-out crowd of just over 10,000 was louder and more animated than almost any Rupp crowd? Wish our students had more seats!
February 17th, 2010 at 12:46 am
really proud of cousins tonight… did anyone see the pirate over by our bench?
February 17th, 2010 at 12:49 am
I wear more makeup than a Louisville hooker.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:51 am
#191 LOL
February 17th, 2010 at 12:51 am
I want Boogie’s number… I would call him anytime
MSU showed their asses and I am proud to say I go to a University that would never participate in those kind of actions! GO CATS
February 17th, 2010 at 12:51 am
let us NOT ACT like most of the nation views us. Remember The eyes see and the ears hear what is already perceived in the mind!!!!!!!!!! Ky fans show some class and remember …..we are the BEST TEAM IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL—
February 17th, 2010 at 12:52 am
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5073642863&ref=mf
i put this on there fan page lol
February 17th, 2010 at 12:56 am
This almost felt like the South Carolina game, only this time at the end we executed down the stretch like national champions do on the road. I think we all planned on a tough one in a very tough environment. On a more technical basketball note, Cousins first move of the game attacking Varnardo was terrific. That set him up for the big game that they all had down low by getting Varnardo in foul trouble. Hate the actions of the fans for Stansbury, he seems like a classy type of guy.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:58 am
LOL…saw the pirate. And does anybody else find it incredibly ironic that Miss St. fans made racial slurs to Cousins? I mean, did I mistake the ethnicity of Sidney, Johnson, Bost, Beckham, Osby, Stewart, Augustus, Varnado? Please, correct me if i’m wrong.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:58 am
The Hump is officially now known as The Dump
February 17th, 2010 at 12:59 am
I just seen the Jimmy Johnson EXTENZE commercial…hope it gets here for the weekend!!!
February 17th, 2010 at 1:03 am
SEC needs to fine MSU for their fans, and if it happened earlier, it should have been a technical. The fine should be enough where they feel it in that barn they play in
February 17th, 2010 at 1:04 am
MSU fans will feel better tonight with a few cross burnings in the yards of their fellow black MSU fans and call Big Cuz the N word a few more times. Not only are they classless but are racist too.
February 17th, 2010 at 1:05 am
I wish I could be blue glasses guy…
February 17th, 2010 at 1:05 am
Patrick Barker on Dee Bost “He runs the offense, but I seriously doubt he’s much of a factor in this game.”
DOH!
February 17th, 2010 at 1:05 am
Just watched the post-game presser on John Clay’s site. I feel so bad for Stansbury, who I think showed a lot of balls by benching one of his starters for poor attitude prior to the game that gets them into the only tourney that matters. However, I’m ecstatic to shove it in the face of the rest of the state who, quite frankly, are a bunch of idiots. I hope Stansbury gets a better gig soon and gets out of that God-forsaken place. Go Cats!
February 17th, 2010 at 1:05 am
195. Love it!!
February 17th, 2010 at 1:08 am
Thank god we lost that NIT game last yr.
February 17th, 2010 at 1:15 am
After 2 years ago when the referees allowed Vornado to set the NCAA single game record with 82 blocks and 0 fouls, UK deserves every questionable call vs. MSU for the next 10 years. That game was atrocious.
February 17th, 2010 at 1:21 am
ARGH!!! Ya skallywags saw me now did ya?!?!?! Stop callin’ me mates rrrrrrrracist. ARGH!!!!
February 17th, 2010 at 1:22 am
204-what is john clays site?
February 17th, 2010 at 1:23 am
Forde at it again, “@espn4d John Wall is so good, he can goaltend and get the call.” My question is, will his head explode when we win the National Championship?
February 17th, 2010 at 1:23 am
202 – technically he could only be blue glass guy
February 17th, 2010 at 1:24 am
209, it’s http://johnclay.bloginky.com/ Good source for media interview videos, etc
February 17th, 2010 at 1:25 am
You think that was bad…3/4 of the fans are still in their FEMA trailers
February 17th, 2010 at 1:25 am
#204 I have to agree. To hold out your highest ppg player “against KY” to teach a lesson is very balsze’.
February 17th, 2010 at 1:33 am
thanks 212!
February 17th, 2010 at 1:36 am
215, you bet! Go CATS!!!!
February 17th, 2010 at 1:41 am
662-325-3800…this is the miss st. athletic dept. phone number…everyone give them a shout out and ask them how cousins did…lol…im calling first thing in the morning!!! get it UK fans lol
February 17th, 2010 at 1:50 am
207. Could never agree more, I was actually dreading this game just thinking about some of the breaks Varnardo would probably get. In all honesty, I halfway planned on loosing this game. But oh well, we get this hard win tonight to cancel out South Carolina that I’d thought we’d win.
February 17th, 2010 at 1:58 am
“(1) From a basketball perspective, this was as good of a win as this team has had all season.”
I guess I was watching a different game. The ref’s gave the game to UK in overtime > Patterson charging, Wall goal tending and the last call out of boungs, plus the bogus call on their hightest scorer of the game leading him to foul out, when he put his hand on the ball when Wall was shooting. MSU had their top scorer benched for the game with Varnado only playing half the game, and top scorer fouling out on nonsense calls.
I think this game shows how far UK still has to go to have dreams of a final 4. Playing at Vandy, Tenn. and Georgia could get interesting.
February 17th, 2010 at 2:02 am
219. You must be drunk. Please get alcohol poisoning.
February 17th, 2010 at 2:08 am
I am watching the game again on the U. That by far was the best game to play before Vandy. The road is very hard to play on in college basketball and the Dump was rocking tonight. Awesome road win. Made me fistpump multiple times.
February 17th, 2010 at 2:09 am
Beisner… “someone invented the box score and he should be shot” according to daryl morey http://tinyurl.com/bb93mk Don’t let anyone tell you that helping the offense flow and defense be successful is not worth pointing out!
February 17th, 2010 at 2:13 am
And it’s official. Techno music gets every crowd hype. Even Redneck and Fat Chicks from Mississippi.
February 17th, 2010 at 2:19 am
This takes the pressure off the vandy game. If they lost tonight, they would have to win saturday to win the sec because vandy may not lose again.
February 17th, 2010 at 2:25 am
wow im 223rd
February 17th, 2010 at 2:32 am
Why do I love it when Stansbury calls us the best team in the country during the post game questions? Oh yeah, it’s because he knows the truth and the polls don’t!
February 17th, 2010 at 2:34 am
so, is vandy playing with “house money” on saturday?
February 17th, 2010 at 2:44 am
When I saw that cop I asked myself, “Is that Eric Scott?” …the former UK center (football)… Anyone know if that really was him?
February 17th, 2010 at 2:45 am
Hey fans…want to submit an ethics violation to MSU for their classy behavior last night? Here is the web address…https://secure.ethicspoint.com/domain/en/report_information.asp
February 17th, 2010 at 2:46 am
I couldn’t understand the chants… anybody able to make them out?
February 17th, 2010 at 2:48 am
Eventually, once the young guys are too young to remember Jordan and they realize Ole Roy is F–king Barney Fife (who they won’t remember either) they will understand that UK is the relevant program in todays game.
February 17th, 2010 at 2:50 am
Just rewatched the game on ESPNU and while the block/charge could’ve been called, MSU fans don’t realize that the two times in OT they lost the handle and had steals were what lost them the game. It wasn’t the refs handing it over
February 17th, 2010 at 2:50 am
230…I’m pretty sure they were chanting, “We blow goats!” We blow goats!”
February 17th, 2010 at 2:51 am
way to many three’s taken , but it was a good win.
February 17th, 2010 at 2:52 am
234…not even too many 3′s, just too many stupid 3′s at the wrong time
February 17th, 2010 at 3:10 am
no seriously what were they chanting at the end
February 17th, 2010 at 3:27 am
I thought they were saying “Refs you suck”, they chanted after bad calls 2 times during the game
February 17th, 2010 at 4:21 am
Glad I wasn’t the only person who saw the guy refuse to shake Boogie’s hand at the end of the game and then yell at him. And that, I’m pretty sure, led to the mouthing that was going on when Cal stepped away from the interview to push his guys toward the locker room…
February 17th, 2010 at 4:55 am
“Refs you suck” is always a good way to get calls. MSU fans, write that down. It worked so well. Fans forget that the refs will call future games and are human, you thrown stuff and yell at them and you will get Donaughy’d.
February 17th, 2010 at 5:56 am
Shall I sing ye all a little pirate sea shanty?
Ooooh I be the MSU Pirate..
As racist as can beeee..
I hate all African Americans..
Especially the one they call Boogie..
Ooooh I’m the racist MSU Pirate..
And our fans are Inbred as can be..
Once you beat us at our dump known as the hump..
We will become so very angryyyy..
We throw bottles and coins at your players..
And maybe even a pop tart for Perryyyy..
Ooooh I’m the racist MSU Pirate..
And our fans still live in the 1920’s..
We will find your number and call you a N…..
And when we see you in person we will piss and shiver..
Oooh I’m the racist MSU Pirate..
Where the average fan weighs about 290..
And we have a “pep rally” before each game..
Where we dress up in our whitest of linens, carry signs and chains..
If you see a burning cross, NO silly you’re not lost..
We are just having a rally for the team!
Oooh I’m the racist MSU Pirate..
February 17th, 2010 at 6:56 am
http://sdnmsu.wordpress.com/
February 17th, 2010 at 7:03 am
Read that MSU blog for Jerry Tipton’s assinine comments, if nothing else.
February 17th, 2010 at 7:29 am
I think that was Ramon Harris’ dad and not Eric Scott
February 17th, 2010 at 7:35 am
Big prop’s to Coach Stansbury for sticking to his guns and benching his player! That takes alot of balls and as far as I’m concerned if Miss St. is looking for a scapegoat to pin the “what could’ve been’s” on it is the suspended players shoulders to bear….
Go Cats! This game was a testament to their grit and shows they have what it takes to pull out those tourney wins come March..
February 17th, 2010 at 7:38 am
I made a single post about how classless the end of that game was (no profanity) on that SixPackSpeak web site and the moderators booted me off the board. Seems they are even sore losers in the cyberworld.
February 17th, 2010 at 7:44 am
The msu fans just gave their school a huge blackeye last night, on national tv, and the school does owe the University of Kentucky an apology.
I suggest with that bunch of tuggs they call fans that they have some securtiy next time.
February 17th, 2010 at 7:54 am
I was very happy to see Liggins in the game at crunch time. It is amazing how far he has come, considering the fact that he did not play the first eight games. I did not like the way Cal reacted to him at the end of OT. I realize you can not be that lax with the ball, and he should have passed it back to Wall to run more clock, but he has to go shoot free throws later. I think coach should have held up a little bit and yelled and screamed when they watch the tap. Liggins showed a lot of poise, he was visibly upset and Patterson tried to come him down. He stepped up and knocked down those free throws. I am so happy for this kid, he has really matured from last year and I think he is going to be a star in years to come.
The only question I really had about the game was the play at the end of the game. I really thought they would just give it to Wall when it was under the basket and let him go to work. A little screen and lead him with a pass he gets down there in no time. The play they ran had Wall and Bledsoe in the back court. It was almost like that play was run for Liggins?
February 17th, 2010 at 8:01 am
Did anyone besides me notice that MSU was “Ginger Central”? EVERY SINGLE pan to the crowd showed red-head, after red-head, after ugly ass red-head. I mean, at least let it be hot gingers like the Texas chick, but instead this was like a bad nightmare.
Just as an example to prove my point go back and watch when edwards was interviewing Cal after the game andyou will see no less than 4-5 red-heads in the background.
February 17th, 2010 at 8:04 am
#248 my 10 year old son and I were laughing at that too. Ginger’s everywhere! On top of that, it was an UGLY crowd. I mean, to each his own, but damn…they were an UGLY bunch of people.
February 17th, 2010 at 8:09 am
go cats!
February 17th, 2010 at 8:17 am
One of my favorite moments last night involved Boogie. He got called for a charging foul that he obviously didn’t like. He said nothing and immediately ran to other end of the court to play defense. 2 months ago, he would have had a complete meltdown. Boogie is growing up emotionally and it is good to see.
February 17th, 2010 at 8:19 am
Miss st did not have there best player, and Venado played 17 minutes, we won in overtime, and we are discussing a NC, funny. M st sucks dude,
We are a good zone away from an early exit
February 17th, 2010 at 8:23 am
252 – Stay in school, junior, you need LOTS of grammar, spelling and puncutation lessons. Sure you aren’t from MSU?
February 17th, 2010 at 8:23 am
Jerry Tipton asked Coach Stansbury about the fouls called on Varnado, and Stansbury said the forth and fifth fouls were nit picky. I can’t remember #four but the hack job reach in for # 5 on Pat Patterson was anything but nit-picky.
February 17th, 2010 at 8:24 am
West Virginia and Mississippi fans, I don’t see a difference. These are 18-21 year old KIDS and you are throwing bottles at them! I actually heard a Miss. State fan justify and say, “They are just plastic bottles!” Red headed backwood idiots! Go Blue
February 17th, 2010 at 8:25 am
*punctuation (whoopsie) :>
February 17th, 2010 at 8:28 am
UK should not give MSU the #s they need to turn them over to Ky officials
February 17th, 2010 at 8:33 am
Any of us who have watched SEC basketball regularly knows how good a win this is. SEC road games are dogfights. Add to that the fact that the opposing team will play their bast game of the year against UK and you get what we saw last night. Those of you who are trying to make this into evidence that UK is not very good just aren’t taking all the variables into consideration.
Great win..on to Nashville for another battle.
February 17th, 2010 at 8:36 am
252) 25-1. I think we qualify as a contender. Some people just have to find the bad in everything.
February 17th, 2010 at 8:37 am
Did anyone else see the ugly chick in the stands giving Coach Cal an ear full after the game when he was heading into the tunnel? Her man standing right beside of her. Stay classy Starksville!
February 17th, 2010 at 8:41 am
I think we caught a glimpse of Patterson starting to click (big dunk, huge block, crucial jumper). He has played well all year. But he if plays up to what he is capable of the rest of the way, we will win it all.
February 17th, 2010 at 8:43 am
the 5th foul on Varnado was practically assault
February 17th, 2010 at 8:43 am
It is official – Bob Knight hates UK with an unbalanced hatred. When asked just a few minutes ago on Mike and Mike (ESPN Radio) about the top 2 or 3 teams in the NCAA he mentions KU (a well deserved choice) and Syracuse (after getting beat at home by UofL). Analysts are supposed to be impartial – he is not. He was a great coach – he is not a fair and balance analyst.
“They had it before you, they had it during you, they’ll have it when you’re gone”….”
- Al McGuire on University of Kentucky Basketball Tradition
February 17th, 2010 at 8:44 am
Spent time on Live Blog last night, that is one waste of time. More stupidity than basketball discussed. Love this site and the news otherwise.
February 17th, 2010 at 8:48 am
That was Eric Scott for sure. I taught some of his classes at the academy not too long ago, he is a good dude. I think its funny he is travelling already with the team though. I guess UK takes care of their former players well!
February 17th, 2010 at 8:49 am
I heard Knight’s comments too this morning. I was flipping the bird to my car radio. Having Forde, Digger, and Knight as main college basketball commentators really hurts ESPN’s credibility because of the bias they display daily against UK. Pitino will probably retire to be a c-bb analysis for ESPN.
February 17th, 2010 at 8:52 am
260 I saw when Cal was being interviewed after the game several msu fans were yelling in the back ground with a cop (BIG ASS COP) facing them. And Hell they were old folks at that. My guess is that the gene pool in Mississippi is as small as an eraser head.
February 17th, 2010 at 8:57 am
I had no problem with Liggins being the choice for the last shot in regulation. Coach Cal and Liggins just need to review film of Patrick Sparks and Travis Ford getting defensive players in the air and drawing the foul rather than attempt a fadeaway. It set up perfectly he just didn’t know.
February 17th, 2010 at 9:02 am
Knight = Phallus
February 17th, 2010 at 9:02 am
Although it was not the best look, I would have loved for Liggins to hit that shot. He has been a work horse and that would have been good for him.
February 17th, 2010 at 9:05 am
263 266 Knight has absolutly no class about him what so ever. Seriously, I forgot when it was, but on seniors night and he said the little poem about when he dies and bury him upside down so that everybody can kiss his ass, now had any self respected alumni in the stands with their children didn’t call the AD about that remark then it shows how much class they have…..Which is none.
He’s not going to give UK any kind words, like Dykes and Nesslar last night for the love of the game, if you’re a hater of UK don’t do the damn game. Say what you will but for my money (even though they were both UK grads) give me Tom Hammond and Larry Conley, they were about unbias color as two men could be. This morning it is great to be a UK fan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 17th, 2010 at 9:06 am
How can you complain about DeAndre Liggins’s shooting? If it wasn’t for his 3 pointer when it was 67-60, UK loses. His shot started a 7-0 run for UK to tie the game and he almost won the game at the end of regulation (although I don’t understand why Wall doesn’t have the ball in that situation)
February 17th, 2010 at 9:13 am
I feel like last night the whole teamed felt like when Hancock is in the middle of all his heckerlers after saving Jason Bateman’s life. And as they egg them on, he acts like he is conducting an orchestra. Because like Hancock, This teams KNOWS you can hate us all you want, but we are and always will be better than you! C A T S!
February 17th, 2010 at 9:21 am
210–did you see Forde’s post on ESPN? Headline suggests he is going to criticize MSU fans, but in typical Forde fashion he manages to criticize the referees and UK players for talking trash. He basically says there is no excuse for throwing things on the floor and then provides excuses.
February 17th, 2010 at 9:21 am
219- Do you have dvr. Vernardo CLEARLY hit him on the arm to get that last call. not even close. The goal tending in real time speed looked like a great block, and the foul call out of bounce on wall at the end was a 50/50 call. Overall, the refs did blow the whistle way too much and had to much affect on the game
February 17th, 2010 at 9:23 am
Guys: Don’t you think we can all die happy now? I mean, did you EVER think we’d listen to the arguments that the REFS actually WON a game for us???!!! As for Boobie Knight, senility is a bitch. Any self-respecting fan knows all he is capable of doing is spewing shit about UK yet he doesn’t have the BALLS to show up for the Tennessee game. That’s probably the only smart decision the cretin has made in his entire life.
February 17th, 2010 at 9:34 am
Starkville is damn lucky I didn’t get wet
February 17th, 2010 at 9:38 am
Personally, I hope we can invite Shagari back to visit Starkville and have him leave some floaters in all their bathrooms… on second thought, would they even notice the difference?????
February 17th, 2010 at 9:41 am
I just wanted to remind everyone to be sure and “guard your yard”.
February 17th, 2010 at 9:44 am
255. I was in Rupp in 96 when Pitino had to come on the PA to beg our fans not to continue throwing cups of ice and water bottles onto the floor. Complain now, be complained about later.
February 17th, 2010 at 9:46 am
Man, I hope we get our outside shooting together, the SEC is horrible, and I am scared our lack of Comp will hurt us when we play other teams in tourney, just wait and see. The book is out, zone, zone, zone….M st sucks and did not have there best player….man oh man
To be honest, we have not beat one decent team this year,
February 17th, 2010 at 9:46 am
Get off Liggins back, he did hit the big three to bring us back within four.
February 17th, 2010 at 9:48 am
Couldn’t wait to get back to Lexington…..Boogie played this the whole trip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icjJ3KSKRv8
February 17th, 2010 at 9:49 am
#281 Are you serious? We beat Tennessee (which beat #1 Kansas), We beat UConn (Which beat Texas who was also ranked #1 at one time)yes those teams are struggling but the point ios we have beat talented teams. As far as lack of composure, did you not watch the game last night?????????????
February 17th, 2010 at 9:51 am
281 – who have other teams beat? Cuse just loss to UL, Kansas went to the wire against Colorado. The list goes on and on…
UK is extremely talented, and when push comes to shove can match up with any team in the nation, even when they are having an off night.
February 17th, 2010 at 9:51 am
281…you are being sarcastic right?
February 17th, 2010 at 9:58 am
Personally, I think we lucked out last night. We did have a lot of calls go our way (for a change), and on a night when we shoot so poorly from 3 point range, it really could have easily been a loss. If the suspended player played last night, I think it would have been a loss. I am happy about being 25-1, no doubt about it…but we have some work to do here folks. Compare the way we’re playing right now to the championship contending teams of the past (96-98 for example), we have a ways to go before we are at that level.
February 17th, 2010 at 10:02 am
It’s hard to say of a suspended player would have helped or not, if he played would what’s his name be jacking (and somehow making) all those threes? Miss st was jacked up for this game, and such a loss may actually break them mentally. Watchout for an LSU upset this weekend.
February 17th, 2010 at 10:07 am
I totally disagree. Liggins taking the last shot was a great play. That whole entire arena was expecting Bledsoe or Wall to get the ball. In fact, Liggins was the last player on the court anybody expected. Liggins got one-on-one with his man and nearly buried the shot. What more could you ask for?…
February 17th, 2010 at 10:10 am
You know how we chant, “BLUE–White”—–last night they were chanting, “MAROON—WHITE”………I cracked up—Maroon— I mean come on. You guys really call that a color???
February 17th, 2010 at 10:17 am
Miss State was NOT playing with house money last night, but they were a desperate team in desparate need of a win. Good thing they spent all their house money guarding their yard.
February 17th, 2010 at 10:22 am
The 1st and 10 crew on ESPN are debating the game last night… They are blaming the refs for robbing MSU of the win and are claiming Wall and Cousins are getting “superstar calls” from the refs. This is ridiculous.
February 17th, 2010 at 10:26 am
Just watched a discussion on Mississippi St on 1st and 10. I thought they would be bashing State like everyone else. Nope their debate was how UK was handed the win, didn’t earn it, and the refs gave us the win!!! I mean, seriously, I’m starting to question if people like Scoop and Skip even watch these damn games or follow the sports they discuss. There was no mention of the racist phone calls, barely any mention of the bottle throwing incident, all they wanted to talk about is how UK is overrated, Skip pretty much calls them bums, and no one on here cares what the fans at State were doing last night.
I swear to God I’m starting to believe ESPN is comparable to TMZ on how they follow athletics. I don’t think anyone should take them seriously on their journalism credentials. I will also start by saying I am a Republican, but I believe they are becoming the Fox News of sports reporting as well. They are just as biased against teams not on the East Coast as Fox News is against liberals. It is pretty pathetic! If there was an honest to God competitor worth watching for sports reporting, I would boycott ESPN and every program they have unless it was a UK game!
February 17th, 2010 at 10:36 am
293. Just saw it too and I was yelling at them through the tv…. If they thought the third and fourth fouls on Varnado weren’t fouls, then they are mentally challenged. They also failed to mention how MSU took horrible, horrible shots down the stretch and, in turn, allowed UK to tie it up. MSU handed UK the game, not the refs.
February 17th, 2010 at 10:40 am
Agreed 294. I had to turn it off. Blood pressure is getting way too high before work. You see most of us in Kentucky have jobs, unlike the State fans who we are either paying for their “schoolin” or paying for them to sit at home on the draw……did i take it too far?
February 17th, 2010 at 11:32 am
289, pretty much anything besides a fadeaway from behind the backboard by a guy who was 1-7 at that point.
February 17th, 2010 at 11:50 am
ESPN, CBS, and the rest of their so called professional “anal”ists don’t even see the games. They go on with the likes of Dykes and Ness”LIAR” and just hear what they want to hear. Now if it was a ACC, Big “least”, Big 10, or any freaking west coast team and bottles were thrown and racial phone calls they would be up on the air DEMANDING that justice be served. Listening to those two sperm swimmers last night saying 7 teams from the big least and 7 teams from big 12 are going to be invited to the dance, hell they might as well invite the whole f-king ACC in it. We as UK fans are going to have to be thick skinned about these dickwads and the fecal matter they spew. Just looking back to last year, hell we weren’t even a second thought, and UNC n Old Roy was the absolute darlings of the media, not to mention little Rat King and the Dookies. The kids on this team are going to have to get better and better because (not if) but when the refs star listening to them (announcers) we’ll get screwed from the dance like Sypher at Porcini’s. Already we’re seeing it happen like the first half of the game last night. I’ll get off my soap box now. GO CATS!!!!!!!!!!
February 17th, 2010 at 11:52 am
Refs were bad, only a few of the fans acted stupid…and EVERY fanbase has stupid fans and a lot of the people on this site should be proof that we are one of those fanbases. Weird to see people from kentucky calling people rednecks and imbreds…and if kentucky fans got a player’s phone number like J. Noah from Florida when he played they would did the same thing to him as miss st. fans did to cousins. There are idiots everywhere they dont just live in starksville.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:05 pm
292, 293 – Best part of that whole debate was when Jalen Rose got hot at Bayless for runnin his mouth about the number of titles he (Rose) won and Jalen asked him when is the last time you played anything, anywhere… in other words “shut up you tool”
February 17th, 2010 at 12:13 pm
Bless Jimmy Dykes heart. The guy seems to think everything he says has to be a rhyme i.e. socks in the blocks or guard your yard. He just gets on a tangent and says the same thing the entire game. I realize he spent time as an assistant at UK but we can forget that right???
February 17th, 2010 at 12:17 pm
It’s time for the NCAA to do something about the fan reactions. There have been way too many schools whose fans have crossed the line this year. If the NCAA doesn’t come down fast and hard on these types of things it’s going to get seriously dangerous soon.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:32 pm
Very sad officiating and even more disappointing that a technical was not called after the water bottle hit the floor.
February 17th, 2010 at 1:07 pm
did anyone else see their big center (not sure who he is cause he never got off the bench) refuse to shake boogie’s hand after the game and then had some words for him? why is no one talking about this?
February 17th, 2010 at 1:33 pm
Yes I saw that. What do they have to say to him now I wonder? I hope this game shuts them up for a few years, or forever would be nice! They are the rudest people I have ever seen.
February 17th, 2010 at 3:54 pm
I’m a state fan and I was at the game and it was a great game but for some of you to say it was called evenly is wrong Cpisins played for about 10 min with 4 fouls and look at 2 of the charges that was called on us and you can’t tell me they could not find one foul on cousins the rest of game and then the block by wall not called for goal tending granted we want win it either and you might but I doubt you win the SEC tourney and damn sure want win the national championship
February 17th, 2010 at 4:19 pm
305. It’s wont win, not want win.
February 17th, 2010 at 4:25 pm
I suppose you could say that Demarcus had another one of those “Boogie” nights.
February 17th, 2010 at 4:48 pm
#305 Russ buddy, generally when a team plays another team with superior talent there is almost always what appears to be a disproportionate amount of fouls on the lesser talented team. Think about it…..
February 17th, 2010 at 4:54 pm
I thought our defense was horrible. Do we ever get into position to help and help the helper. Very rarely. We stand around and go for the blocked shot and don’t play helping defense. It seems as if we rely on our athleticism and not sound defensive principles. I have only seen 2 or 3 games all season when we played championship defense. We will have to play team defense to win it all.
February 17th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
hahaha i was lookin at that cop thinking wtf thats eric scott!
February 17th, 2010 at 8:47 pm
i understand that keeping it real but we was number 1 in nation with least amount of fouls per game and last night we had 38 called against us to yalls 17 28 in regulation and 10 to yalls 0 in ot
February 17th, 2010 at 10:20 pm
when was the last time 3 players had double doubles in UK game?
chuck
February 18th, 2010 at 10:55 pm
cuz has been watching Tim Tebow highlights….tebow did this call me stuff 2 yrs ago…