Tennessee v Kentucky, 2018 SECT Final: Game thread

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Player # Class Pos Height Weight Hometown High School Summary

Kevin Knox 5 FR F 6-9 215 Tampa, FL 15.7 Pts, 5.4 Reb, 1.4 Ast

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 22 FR G 6-6 180 Canada 13.2 Pts, 3.8 Reb, 5.0 Ast

PJ Washington 25 FR F 6-7 236 Dallas, TX 10.6 Pts, 5.4 Reb, 1.7 Ast

Hamidou Diallo 3 FR G 6-5 190 Queens, NY 10.3 Pts, 3.7 Reb, 1.3 Ast

Quade Green 0 FR G 6-0 180 Philadelphia, PA 9.9 Pts, 1.9 Reb, 2.6 Ast

Wenyen Gabriel 32 SO F 6-9 213 Manchester, NH Wilbraham & Monson Academy 6.1 Pts, 5.3 Reb, 0.6 Ast

Nick Richards 4 FR F 6-11 240 Jamaica 5.7 Pts, 4.9 Reb, 0.3 Ast

Sacha Killeya-Jones 1 SO F 6-10 230 Chapel Hill, NC Virginia Episcopal School 3.2 Pts, 2.9 Reb, 0.3 Ast

Jarred Vanderbilt 2 F 6-9 214 5.9 Pts, 7.9 Reb, 1.0 Ast

Tai Wynyard 14 SO F 6-10 254 New Zealand Rangitoto School 1.0 Pts, 1.8 Reb, 0.0 Ast

Brad Calipari 12 SO G 6-0 178 Franklin Lakes, NJ MacDuffie School 0.3 Pts, 0.2 Reb, 0.1 Ast

Jonny David 10 JR G 6-2 175 Pittsburgh, PA Mt. Lebanon HS 0.0 Pts, 0.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast

Dillon Pulliam 30 JR G 6-3 180 Cynthiana, KY Harrison County High School 0.0 Pts, 0.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast

Jemarl Baker 13 G 6-4 182
 
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University of Tennessee Athletics

HOOPS CENTRAL: #2 Tennessee vs. #4 Kentucky - University of Tennessee Athletics

THE SERIES
• Overall: Kentucky leads, 153-71
• In Knoxville: UK leads, 52-50
• In Lexington: UK leads, 90-17
• Neutral Sites: UK leads, 11-4
• Current Streak: UT has won two straight
• Last Meeting: Tennessee won, 61-59, in Lexington, 2/6/18
• Rick Barnes vs. Kentucky: 5-4
• Rick Barnes vs. John Calipari: Barnes leads, 6-4
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RIGHT NOW
• In its two wins over Kentucky this season, Tennessee has held the Wildcats to 62.0 ppg and owns a +4.5 rebounding margin and a +3.0 turnover margin.
• SEC Co-Player of the Week Admiral Schofield is averaging 19.5 points and 6.7 during UT's six-game win streak.
• KenPom.com rates Tennessee third nationally in defensive efficiency, behind only Virginia and Cincinnati.
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A WIN WOULD…
• Extend Tennessee's win streak to a season-best seven games.
• Keep the Vols undefeated in rematch games this season. Tennessee is 7-0 in such games.
• Give Tennessee its fifth SEC Tournament title and its first since 1979.
• Mark just the third time a team has posted a 3-0 sweep over Kentucky in a single season. Tennessee did it in 1979, and Florida did it in 2014.
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TENNESSEE RIGHT NOW
• Tennessee enters Sunday's SEC Tournament Championship Game riding a league-best, six-game win streak during which the Vols are allowing only 60.3 points per game while boasting a +10.2 scoring margin.
• The Vols played a home-and-home series against five SEC teams this season: Kentucky, South Carolina, Vanderbilt, Ole Miss and Georgia. Prior to the season, Rick Barnes stressed the importance of those games to his coaching staff and said the Vols needed to go 8-2 in those contests. Tennessee was better than that—it went 9-1.
• Picked to finish 13th in the SEC during the preseason, Tennessee entered this week's SEC Tournament as the SEC Champion and ranked 13th in the AP top 25 poll.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
No pressure on TN. KY is under pressure to not be embarrassed by losing 3x.



Let's party like it's 1979.
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Betcha Don DeVoe will be watching. 1979 has always been my favorite season (was a senior). This one could top it.


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A party bout to break out about 3 o'clock tomorrow... Party like its 1979 .
 
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I’m going to be real here. May not be a likeable statement, but it’s true. It’s hard to beat any team 3 times in a season. Look at Oklahoma st and Kansas for some recent evidence. I will admit, I expect a loss. I don’t think we can do it three times in one season. I will GLADLY come back and eat crow if we win. But I don’t think it will happen, and that’s not a bad thing. It’s not a bad thing to lose tomorrow. (Unless it’s by 30) will it suck? Yes, but I would prepare my self for it. Now, with the common sense out of the way, let’s go whoop that ass.
 
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Orangeblood98' said:
I doubt they think like that but maybe. I actually think there is more pressure in TN to get it done. It’s gonna be a doozy either way! Go vols
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The only pressure on TN is to continue a possible run to the most successful season in program history. Record wise it's #4 and nearly #3.

KY players are more worried about their NBA careers... not too much pressure on them since they really don't care all that much about Kentucky's history.
 
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Dallasbowlin said:
I’m going to be real here. May not be a likeable statement, but it’s true. It’s hard to beat any team 3 times in a season. Look at Oklahoma st and Kansas for some recent evidence. I will admit, I expect a loss. I don’t think we can do it three times in one season. I will GLADLY come back and eat crow if we win. But I don’t think it will happen, and that’s not a bad thing. It’s not a bad thing to lose tomorrow. (Unless it’s by 30) will it suck? Yes, but I would prepare my self for it. Now, with the common sense out of the way, let’s go whoop that ass.
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Go away!!! :)
 
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The tables have turned. The officiating calls will likely go our way tomorrow. The SEC would like to see a 2-seed in the NCAA tournament.
 
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I hope we beat them and somehow end up playing them in the tournament again and go 4-0 against them. That would be incredible.
 
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Overall, Kentucky arguably has better individual talent. We have a better team. The better team usually wins. WGWTFA. Go Vols!
 
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There is no way that Gabriel will shoot 7 for 7 from 3 point land for Kentucky and he should be face guarded all game by the UT defense. A win tomorrow should give UT a 2 seed for the NCAA Tournament.
 
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A Kentucky fan post on their message board, Cats Illustrated...
 

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