2008 McDonald's All-Americans

Kentucky's DeAndre Liggins and Darius Miller were not selected.

EAST
# Tyreke Evans, SG, undecided
# Mike Rosario, SG, Rutgers
# Kemba Walker, PG, Connecticut
# Sylven Landesberg, SF, Virginia
# Elliot Williams, SG, Duke
# Chris Singleton, SF, Florida State
# Ed Davis, PF, North Carolina
# Tyler Zeller, PF, North Carolina
# Al-Farouq Aminu, PF, Wake Forest
# William Buford, SG, Ohio State
# JaMychal Green, PF, Alabama
# Samardo Samuels, C, Louisville

WEST
# Iman Shumpert, SG, Georgia Tech
# Brandon Jennings, PG, Arizona
# Luke Babbitt, PF, Nevada
# Greg Monroe, PF, Georgetown
# Malcolm Lee, PG, UCLA
# Willie Warren, SG, Oklahoma
# Jrue Holiday, SG, UCLA
# Larry Drew, PG, North Carolina
# Demar DeRozan, SF, USC
# Scotty Hopson, SF, undecided
# B.J. Mullens, C, Ohio State
# Michael Dunigan, C, Oregon

Bubble Wednesday

Big Wednesday today. There are approx. 11 bubble teams in action on Wednesday.

Temple (63) on the road against St. Bonaventure
N.C. State (58) home against North Carolina
Texas Tech (67) on the road against Colorado
Villanova (60) home against West Virginia
George Mason (65) home against Delaware
VCU (64) on the road against Northeastern
Wright St. (62) home against Detroit
Florida (57) home against South Carolina
Virginia Tech (71) at Maryland (50)
Miami, Fl (39) hosting Duke
(Joe Lunardi, ESPN's Brackatologist has VCU and Maryland in the field of 64)

Bubble Watch Tuesday, Feb 19

The Cats took care of business against the Georgia Bulldogs. The other bubble teams also won when needed except for Baylor. Using crude math, I figure there are still about 20-25 teams ahead of the Cats for an "At Large" bid. This game will not sway the voters.

Here are the results of the "Bubble" games that mean something to the Kentucky faithful.

Bowling Green 48 vs Ohio 69
Missouri St. 67 vs. Creighton 88
UNC Greensboro 66 vs. Davidson 75
Southern Utah 62 vs. Oral Roberts 71
Baylor 91 vs. Oklahoma 92


(Tuesdays Results have not been calculated)

Conf Standing	Ohio 3		Creighton 4		Davidson 1		Or. Roberts 1		Baylor 5		Kentucky 2
AP Rank	0		0		0		0		0		0
RPI	0.5687		0.56		0.5633		0.584		0.588		0.5582
RPI Rank	56		70		66		43		40		72
SOS	0.5206		0.5245		0.4969		0.5113		0.5618		0.5725
SOS Rank	117		111		166		131		42		27
Wins & Losses
Overall	16-9	(64.0%)	17-8	(68.0%)	19-6	(76.0%)	18-6	(75.0%)	17-7	(70.8%)	13-10	(56.5%)
Home	9-0	(100.0%)	13-2	(86.7%)	10-2	(83.3%)	10-0	(100.0%)	10-3	(76.9%)	10-4	(71.4%)
Away	5-8	(38.5%)	4-6	(40.0%)	9-3	(75.0%)	7-5	(58.3%)	4-3	(57.1%)	3-5	(37.5%)
Neutral	2-1	(66.7%)	0-0	(0.0%)	0-1	(0.0%)	1-1	(50.0%)	3-1	(75.0%)	0-1	(0.0%)
Conference	7-5	(58.3%)	8-7	(53.3%)	17-0	(100.0%)	13-1	(92.9%)	5-5	(50.0%)	7-3	(70.0%)
Top 25	0-1	(0.0%)	0-3	(0.0%)	0-3	(0.0%)	0-2	(0.0%)	1-4	(20.0%)	2-3	(40.0%)
Blowout > 19	0-1	(0.0%)	6-1	(85.7%)	9-0	(100.0%)	5-1	(83.3%)	6-0	(100.0%)	5-1	(83.3%)

RPI Update

After last night's events Gonzaga rises from 40 to 32, Syracuse and the Cats each fall a Spot (47 & 72).

Bubble Watch

Here is the Bubble Watch after Monday nights games:

(ALL RPI rankings as of February 17)

Lousiville 61 - Syracuse 50
Syracuse
RPI 46
Overall: 17-10
Conf: 7-7 Big East (9th)
SOS: 13
Top 25: 1-4
RPI Top 50: 2-8
RPI 50-100: 5-0
RPI 101-150: 7-2
RPI 151-200 : 2-0
RPI 200+ : 1-0
Big Wins: Feb 16 against #8 Georgetown
Big Losses: Feb 13 against South Florida (RPI 156)

Syracuse really helped themselves last week with a big win against top 10 Georgetown. It nearly erases the bad loss 3 days earlier to South Florida. There is not an easy game left on the schedule.

Gonzaga 56-San Diego 51
Gonzaga
RPI: 40
Overall: 21-6
Conf: 10-1 WCC (1st)
SOS: 93
Top 25: 0-4
RPI Top 50: 3-4
RPI 50-100: 2-2
RPI 101-150: 3-0
RPI 151-200: 6-0
RPI 200+ : 7-0
Big Wins: In late November, early December on Neutral or Road courts the Zags beat VT (72), St. Joe's (RPI 41) and UCONN (RPI 12)
Big Loses: None

They play in the WCC (RPI 12) so their SOS is not going to be great. The Zags have beat the teams they were supposed to beat (13 with 150+ RPI) and lost to good teams (Texas Tech, Washington State, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Memphis, St. Mary's). They have done enough to get in and will probably go deep into the conference tourny without a loss.

Kentucky
RPI: 71
Overall: 13-10
Conf: 7-3 WCC (4th)
SOS: 25
Top 25: 2-3
RPI Top 50: 3-4
RPI 51-100: 1-3
RPI 101-150: 3-3
RPI 151-200: 2-0
RPI 200+ : 4-0
Big Wins: Jan 12 Vandy, Jan 22 Tennessee,
Big Loses: You Know!!!!!

Games tonight:
Bowling Green vs Ohio (63)
Missouri St. vs. Creighton (70)
UNC Greensboro vs. Davidson (56)
Southern Utah vs. Oral Roberts (44)
(42) Baylor vs. Oklahoma

Bubble Watch

After a long month out of the country..........and away from a computer I have returned to the DREADED BUBBLE WATCH. So this week I am tracking the games that have meaning for Kentucky.

Monday Night
Syracuse at #23 Louisville.
Gonzaga at San Diego

The Orangemen (RPI 46) could slide in if the season was to end today, but they have a lot of work to do. The Zags (RPI 40) are in with maybe a 9 or 10 seed but if San Diego could knock off a Top 50 team it would strenghen their RPI (115) therefor helping the Cats (RPI 71).

Complete breakdown of these games tomorrow plus a preview of the match ups on Tuesday.

Mississippi St. Holds off Kentucky, 69-64

Well Kentucky just didn't have the weapons last night. It was evident and Mr. Obvious, Jimmy D, pointed it out on a number of occasions. Jodie Meeks and Derrick Jasper were both out with sickness or injury.

Case in Point: After Kentucky had cut the gap, Jarvis Varnardo kept getting removed from the game because of his offensive liability. Coach Billy Gillispie used the same concept: Mark Curry was coming off the bench for defense. He was repeatably taken out on the offensive side of the ball by............Perry Stevenson. Thats how bad it was.

Just a quick thought about the game. It is hard to tell if Ramel Bradley is more a liability or lifesaver. He missed a number of open shots and had costly turnovers down the stretch. But without him, the Cats might have lost by 20.

Last note before the breakdown. My worst fears came true. I was afraid that the Bulldogs would erase every shot, and they did. I was also afraid the Bulldogs would contain Patrick Patterson, and they did. Kentucky got intimidated early, fell behind and never caught up. Props to the Cats for playing hard............................IN THE SECOND HALF.

Notes:

• Ramel Bradley has played every minute in the last 3 games.
• Kentucky only had 10 turnovers, there lowest of the season
• They had 12 in the loss to G-Webb
• MSU had 15 blocks, UK 5

To hell with it, you saw the game, plus it is two days later.

VISITORS: Kentucky (7-8, 1-1 SEC)
                        TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
34 Harris, Ramon....... f  1-3    0-1    0-0    2  2  4   3   2  1  3  2  2  38
42 Coury, Mark......... f  1-6    0-0    1-2    0  3  3   2   3  1  0  0  0  20
54 Patterson, Patrick.. f  4-11   0-0    2-2    1  2  3   3  10  0  0  1  0  36
03 Bradley, Ramel...... g  6-17   2-10   8-8    0  4  4   2  22  4  5  0  4  40
32 Crawford, Joe....... g  8-19   4-8    0-0    3  2  5   4  20  5  1  0  1  39
12 Krebs, Mark.........    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  1  1   0   0  0  0  0  0   1
13 Porter, Michael.....    1-1    1-1    0-0    0  0  0   1   3  0  1  0  0   2
15 Stewart, A.J........    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  1  1   0   0  0  0  0  0   1
21 Stevenson, Perry....    2-3    0-0    0-0    3  4  7   5   4  1  0  2  0  23
 TEAM................                         2  3  5
 Totals..............   23-60   7-20  11-12  11 22 33  20  64 12 10  5  7 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-28 42.9%   2nd Half: 11-32 34.4%   Game: 38.3%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  3-9  33.3%   2nd Half:  4-11 36.4%   Game: 35.0%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  0-0   0.0%   2nd Half: 11-12 91.7%   Game: 91.7%    1


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HOME TEAM: Mississippi State (12-5, 3-0 SEC)
                        TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
23 Rhodes, Charles..... f  5-8    0-0    2-4    1  2  3   0  12  2  3  1  1  30
32 Varnado, Jarvis..... c  3-5    0-0    4-10   2 10 12   2  10  1  1 10  0  36
22 Stewart, Barry...... g  2-11   0-5    5-8    3  1  4   3   9  4  5  0  1  35
25 Turner, Phil........ g  4-10   3-8    0-0    1  3  4   1  11  1  0  0  0  33
44 Gordon, Jamont...... g  7-11   5-7    5-9    2  7  9   3  24  5  2  1  0  36
02 Johnson, Ravern.....    0-3    0-2    0-0    0  1  1   0   0  0  0  1  0   6
03 Begley, Billy.......    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   1
15 Benock, Riley.......    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  1  1   1   0  0  1  1  0  11
21 Johnson, Brian......    1-2    0-0    0-0    2  0  2   1   2  0  1  1  0   9
45 Bailey, Elgin.......    0-1    0-0    1-2    1  0  1   2   1  0  0  0  0   3
 TEAM................                         2  1  3
 Totals..............   22-51   8-22  17-33  14 26 40  13  69 13 13 15  2 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-30 43.3%   2nd Half:  9-21 42.9%   Game: 43.1%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  5-15 33.3%   2nd Half:  3-7  42.9%   Game: 36.4%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  1-4  25.0%   2nd Half: 16-29 55.2%   Game: 51.5%    9


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Officials: Doug Shows, Anthony Jordan, Rick Crawford.
Technical fouls: Kentucky-TEAM. Mississippi State-None.
Attendance: 9862
Score by Periods                1st  2nd   Total
Kentucky......................   27   37  -   64
Mississippi State.............   32   37  -   69
Actual attendance: 8,787. MSU owns 7-game win streak (6 straight SEC home wins
dating back to last February). MSU has first 3-0 SEC start since 1993-94. MSU
wins back-to-back games over UK for second time in school history (1962 & 63).
Varnado records third triple-double in school history (J. Gordon & L. Roberts)

Points in the paint-UK 26,MS 24. Points off turnovers-UK 13,MS 9.
2nd chance points-UK 6,MS 13. Fast break points-UK 2,MS 2.
Bench points-UK 7,MS 3. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed-5 times.
Last FG-UK 2nd-00:09, MS 2nd-06:26.
Largest lead-UK by 5 1st-18:34, MS by 12 2nd-14:58.

Kentucky Upsets Vandy in 2 OT, 79-73

Billy Gillispie, welcome to the SEC. The Cats played great the first half and parts of the second. There was about a 7 minute stretch in the second half when the Commodores trimmed port of the the 16 point lead. Ramel Bradley played horrible during that period . He took bad shots and had costly turnovers. It's no secret that I do not like Ramel (as a player), but at least he tried to step up and win the game, he just doesn't have the skill or basketball IQ to do it. I am not sure if Ramal's play allowed Vandy to come back or keep the Cats in the Game, but he didn't quit and neither did the team.

Also would like to point out that Joe Crawford played a great game, especially on defense. Mark Coury and Perry Stevenson also played very good. Lets get to the Box Score Breakdown:

Team Notes

• Attendance was 23965
• This was the 12th different starting lineup.
• The wins stops a 12 game (two year) losing streak to ranked opponents.
  
• Kentucky dominated on the glass, they had a 45 (17 offensive) to 23 (4 offensive) rebounding margin.
• Vandy had only 2 second chance point. It sent the game into 2 OT. Kentucky had 18.
  
• Both shot well below their season average from the line. Kentucky was 24of 36 (66%).
• There was a lot of sloppy play from both teams, Kentucky had 23 turnovers, Vandy had 22.
• Kentucky only had 11 assist.
• Kentucky only shot 31% (4-13) in the overtimes, fortunately Vandy shot 2 of 10 (20%). from the floor including 0 for 5 from three point range.
• Kentucky had 12 steals.

Player Notes

• Ramel Bradley played the entire 50 minutes.
• His numbers look pretty good, He had 20 points (6-15 FG, 1-7 from behind the arc) 6 rebounds, 3 steals, and 5 assist. He also had 6 turnovers.
• It was his fourth straight 20 point game.
  

• Joe Crawford added 17 points, 2 boards, 3 assist and 5 turnovers.
• He also made his second start.
• He held the SEC leading Scorer (20.8), Shan Foster, to 17 points.
  
• Mark Coury played well yesterday. This is the role I envisioned him in, well maybe not starting.
  
• He scored 9 points and grabbed 5 rebounds in 17 minutes.
• Patrick Patterson had his his third 20/10 game of the season, a UK record.
  
• He had 23 points and 12 rebounds, 6 were offensive.
• He owned Ogilvy.
  
• Derrick Jasper took 3 shots in 26 mintutes. He had 6 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist and 4 turnovers.
• Jasper left the game with a sprained ligament in his left knee.
  
• Perry Stevenson still has the worse hands in the world. His stat line does not jump out at you but he had 5 big steals (career high) in 33 minutes of play.
• Michael Porter only played 1 minute.
• Jodie Meeks sat out again with his hip flexors injury. This is the 8th game he missed.
  

Conclusion
Could this be the game that turns the season around. Bradley believes the team can go 16-0 in the SEC. Don't know about that, but lets try.

VISITORS: Vanderbilt 16-1, 1-1
                        TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
00 Beal, Jermaine...... *  2-5    1-4    1-2    1  1  2   3   6  5  1  0  1  37
03 Gordon, Alex........ *  4-10   4-9    3-4    0  3  3   3  15  3  4  0  0  46
04 Ogilvy, A.J......... *  6-11   0-0    4-7    1  4  5   4  16  2  2  5  1  34
32 Foster, Shan........ *  5-11   3-7    4-7    0  3  3   3  17  4  5  0  1  47
41 Neltner, Ross....... *  1-2    0-1    0-0    1  2  3   5   2  0  7  0  2  24
11 Metcalfe, Alan......    2-5    0-1    0-0    0  1  1   3   4  0  0  0  1  19
13 Bell, Keegan........    1-2    1-2    0-0    0  1  1   1   3  1  1  0  0  16
21 Mcclellan, Darshawn.    3-5    0-0    4-5    1  2  3   2  10  3  2  0  0  22
24 Walker, Andre.......    0-1    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   3
34 Drake, George.......    0-2    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   1   0  0  0  1  0   2
 TEAM................                            2  2
 Totals..............   24-54   9-24  16-25   4 19 23  25  73 18 22  6  6 250


TOTAL FG% 1st Half:  8-19 42.1%   2nd Half: 14-25 56.0%   OT:  2-10 20.0%   Game: 44.4%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  3-8  37.5%   2nd Half:  6-11 54.5%   OT:  0-5   0.0%   Game: 37.5%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  3-5  60.0%   2nd Half:  9-12 75.0%   OT:  4-8  50.0%   Game: 64.0%    6



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HOME TEAM: Kentucky 7-7, 1-0
                        TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
03 Bradley, Ramel...... *  6-15   1-7    7-10   0  6  6   4  20  5  6  0  3  50
32 Crawford, Joe....... *  5-13   2-4    5-6    1  3  4   2  17  3  5  0  1  48
34 Harris, Ramon....... *  1-3    0-1    2-4    2  3  5   2   4  0  1  1  0  25
42 Coury, Mark......... *  4-8    0-0    1-2    3  2  5   3   9  1  1  0  2  17
54 Patterson, Patrick.. *  7-12   0-0    9-13   6  6 12   4  23  1  3  2  1  50
05 Jasper, Derrick.....    2-3    2-3    0-1    2  5  7   2   6  1  4  0  0  26
13 Porter, Michael.....    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   1
21 Stevenson, Perry....    0-3    0-0    0-0    1  2  3   4   0  0  3  0  5  33
 TEAM................                         2  1  3
 Totals..............   25-57   5-15  24-36  17 28 45  21  79 11 23  3 12 250


TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-26 46.2%   2nd Half:  9-18 50.0%   OT:  4-13 30.8%   Game: 43.9%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  3-7  42.9%   2nd Half:  2-5  40.0%   OT:  0-3   0.0%   Game: 33.3%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  5-8  62.5%   2nd Half: 13-19 68.4%   OT:  6-9  66.7%   Game: 66.7%   8,1



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Officials: Tony Greene, Bert Smith, Mike Nance
Technical fouls: Vanderbilt-None. Kentucky-None.
Attendance: 23965
Score by Periods                1st  2nd   OT  OT2   Total
Vanderbilt....................   22   43    7    1  -   73
Kentucky......................   32   33    7    7  -   79

Points in the paint-VU 22,UK 30. Points off turnovers-VU 24,UK 27.
2nd chance points-VU 2,UK 18. Fast break points-VU 2,UK 6.
Bench points-VU 17,UK 6. Score tied-5 times. Lead changed-6 times.
Last FG-VU OT-00:00, UK OT2-00:33.
Largest lead-VU by 2 OT-01:55, UK by 16 2nd-14:20.

Oh Richard!

Rich Rodriguez does not want to pay West Virginia University the 4 million dollars he owes them. In Richards world, you can break your contract and not have to pay the penalty. Was it written on an Echa A Sketch?

You abandoned WVU, the fans, and the players. Now for once in your life, do the right thing and honor your contract.

Ha Ha

Jaba Majerus your team is dreadful. Who has bad fans now?

Saint Louis set a modern Division I record for fewest points in a game, falling 49-20 to George Washington in the Atlantic 10 opener for both teams.

The Billikens (9-6), playing their first season under Majerus, missed 23 consecutive shots at one point and finished 7-for-48 (14.6 percent) from the field, including 1-for-19 from 3-point range. They trailed 25-7 at halftime.

The only thing more pathetic is Eddie Sutton chasing 800 wins.

Jackass Award - Al Sharpton

Al Sharpton you are a jackass. Yes Kelly Tilghman made a dumb remark. In an offhand comment on the Golf Channel, Tilghman said that the only way upcoming golfer can beat Tiger Woods is to:
"Lynch him in a back alley."

Not smart in this Don Imus day in age, but she apologized to friend Woods and to the American public. Then comes The African American PC Police, Sharpton.

From CNN
"Lynching is not murder in general. It is not assault in general. It is a specific racial term that this woman should be held accountable for," the reverend said. "What she said is racist. Whether she's a racist -- whether she runs around at night making racist statements -- is immaterial."

Sharpton said he wants Tilghman fired, period. And if the Golf Channel doesn't comply, the network can expect to see Sharpton and his National Action Network supporters picketing its Orlando, Florida, headquarters.

Tilghman has been suspended for two weeks but apparently Sharpton does not believe that is enough. He is calling for her job, even though he has not seen the tape and he thought Kelly Tilghman was a man. Not everyone needs to be fired Mr. Sharpton, Get over it.

One more thing. Who in the Hell is watching the Golf Channel in January.

The Goose is Golden

Finally former Yankee reliever, Goose Gossage, finally gets his ticket punched to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

He made it on his 9th try (15 possible) and became only the 5th relief pitcher to make it.
Great 'Stache by the Way.

Another HOF Notes:
Jim Rice the former Redsox slugger came up 16 votes shy. He dominated the American League for 11 years but how soon baseball writers forget. He will have only one more chance next year and the ballot will not be full again. Ricky Henderson will be the shoe in newcomer next year.

Andre Dawson's vote total is rising but he comes up short on his 7th try. The Hawk was a great player for the Cubs for so many years.

Exhibition Season is Over

The college football season has finally come to an end. And what do we know: LSU is better than Ohio State. Well thank you Mr. Obvious. This snooze fest was down 17% in viewers from last year. What about USC and Georgia? Both teams are hot and could have beaten Ohio State.

I like college football, mainly for the regular season. For me the BCS and the 741 bowl games are a shame. Only one game really matters, the BCS Championship. The rest are for pride and money.

Just imagine a 6 team tournament, and yes you can call the the names the Rose, Fiesta, Orange, etc, Bowl. The other bowl games will not be affected. We can still have the Kassingers Used Tired Bowl played in early December.

One more stipulation, WIN 7 GAMES. This 6-6 mediocrity is a joke.
There were 32 Bowl games (64 of 120 teams get an invite).
14 additional teams would not get an invite because they did not win 7 games. Bye, Bye.
If the NFL rewarded mediocrity, the NFC would have 9 teams with 500 records, and the AFC with 8.
The NBA already awards poor play.
MLB would have a 15 team playoff instead of 8.

Additional Notes:
If one conference has a Conference Championship we all do. Sorry Kansas you would have been in the Championship, Your Welcome Ohio State. If OSU played that additional game, they might have lost.

Oh yeah, the Bowls should be done by New Years. Teams have to wait months just to play again. Talk about rusty.

Brain Food

Footage from actual Kentucky Practice


How Bad does Kentucky look in the RPI?

• They are 223 in the RPI.
• Oregon St (261) of the PAC 10 is the only other team from a major conference with a worse RPI.
• Of Kentucky's 6 wins, Liberty has the highest RPI of 238.
• The average RPI of the teams Kentucky has beaten is 290.
• G-Webb (6-9) has an RPI of 233.
• Georgia (7-4) is the next closest to Kentucky in the RPI at 184 (SEC).
  

How do they stack up in the SEC?

• Kentucky and LSU are the only 2 teams in the SEC below 500.
• Kentucky is 49th worst in the nation with 17.4 turnovers a game.
• 17.4 turnovers a game is worst in the SEC.
  
• Kentucky leads in fouls with 20.7.
• Kentucky is 9th out of 12 in scoring with 72.4 ppg.
  
• Kentucky is last in rebounding with 34.4 rpg.
• Kentucky is 10th in assists with 14 apg.
• Kentucky leads in FT% with 75.9.

Dream Game: U of L Rips UK, 89-75

This game was pretty bad, not horrible. The first 7 minutes were bad, and the last 20 minutes were horrible. For 13 glorious minutes in the first half, Kentucky played very well. They had Jasper, Bradley, Meeks, Crawford and Patterson on the floor for most of that time.........Then comes the Classic Billy Gillispie halftime adjustment. Kentucky came back after halftime and played some of the worst basketball this year. Screw it, lets get to the Box Score Breakdown:

Team Notes

• Attendance 24386, 4th largest ever at Rupp
  
• Kentucky will enter SEC Play below 500% for time since the Eddie Sutton era (1988-89)
• Kentucky has lost 4 non-conference games at home, they have never lost more than 2.
  
• Kentucky gave up 59 points in the second half. Most this year (49 to UNC 2nd)
• 89 points is the most given up by Kentucky all year (86 to UNC 2nd)
• 89 Points is the second highest total for U of L all year (104 against Havard)
• The 14 point loss is the largest ever at Rupp to the Cards
  
• Kentucky has turned the ball over more than the opponent in 8 of the last 9 games.
• Kentucky had only 11 assist to 22 turnovers (2nd highest number, 23 TO against Texas Southern).
  
• The Cards shot 46 free throws, that is the most by any team this year against Kentucky
  
• In Kentucky 7 losses the opponent has shot 236 free throws, the Cats shot 133
• Still no Zone Defense
  

Players Notes

• Ramel Bradly had a career high 27 points.
• He played all 40 minutes, added 5 assist w/4 turnovers.
• 19 of those points came with 5 minutes to go and the game was out of hand
  
• Jodie Meeks shot 1 of 8 from the floor
  
• Ramon Harris was 3 of 3 from the floor (8 points)
  
• Joe Crawford was 5 of 13 from the floor including 0-5 from 3pt range.
• He had a season tying high in turnovers with 7
  
• He was 9-12 from the free throw line
• He had 19 points and a team high 8 rebounds
• He is 1 of 10 in his last two games from behind the arc
  
• Mark Coury had an impressive Triple-Single, 4 PF, 1 assist, and 6 minutes.
  
• Derrick Jasper had 6 points, 7 rebounds, and 0 assist in 31 minutes.
• His 31 minutes is the most this year
  
• A.J. Stewart lives, he had 3 personal fouls, 2 rebounds in 3 minutes of garbage time.
  
• Michael Porter DNP for the first time this season
  
• Patrick Patterson took his first 3 point field goals of the year, he missed both badly.
• He was double teamed most of the day and it showed.
• He had 6 points, 7 rebounds, 6 turnovers, 5 fouls.
• His point total is his second lowest, he scored 4 against Central Arkansas in the season opener.
  

Conclusion
Who knows.........................................God help us.

                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
03 Bradley, Ramel...... *  8-12   3-6    8-9    1  1  2   4  27  5  4  0  1  40
23 Meeks, Jodie........ *  1-8    1-5    4-4    0  1  1   2   7  2  1  0  3  31
34 Harris, Ramon....... *  3-3    1-1    1-2    1  3  4   3   8  0  0  0  0  14
42 Coury, Mark......... *  0-1    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   4   0  1  0  0  0   6
54 Patterson, Patrick.. *  3-14   0-2    0-0    2  5  7   5   6  0  6  2  1  32
05 Jasper, Derrick.....    2-4    2-3    0-0    0  7  7   3   6  0  2  0  0  31
15 Stewart, A.J........    0-0    0-0    0-0    1  1  2   3   0  0  0  0  0   3
21 Stevenson, Perry....    1-1    0-0    0-0    1  0  1   4   2  0  1  0  1   8
32 Crawford, Joe.......    5-13   0-5    9-12   2  6  8   3  19  3  7  0  0  35
TEAM................                         1  1  2             1
Totals..............   23-56   7-22  22-27   9 25 34  31  75 11 22  2  6 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-28 42.9%   2nd Half: 11-28 39.3%   Game: 41.1%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  3-9  33.3%   2nd Half:  4-13 30.8%   Game: 31.8%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  4-4  100 %   2nd Half: 18-23 78.3%   Game: 81.5%   1,1


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Officials: Mike Stuart, Jim Burr, Doug Sirmons
Technical fouls: Louisville-Williams, Terrence. Kentucky-None.
Attendance: 24386
Score by Periods                1st  2nd   Total
Louisville....................   30   59  -   89
Kentucky......................   31   44  -   75
4th largest attendance ever at Rupp Arena.

Points in the paint-LOU 30,UK 30. Points off turnovers-LOU 25,UK 18.
2nd chance points-LOU 5,UK 5. Fast break points-LOU 6,UK 6.
Bench points-LOU 23,UK 27. Score tied-3 times. Lead changed-5 times.
Last FG-LOU 2nd-03:19, UK 2nd-00:14.
Largest lead-LOU by 22 2nd-08:53, UK by 3 1st-19:55.