bleedingTNorange
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1. Great win, Mississippi State is a projected 5 seed in the NCAAT, we pretty much controlled that game throughout and if not for Holman getting hot we win by 15+ points. As a 1 or 2 seed you aren’t seeing a team like that until you are into the S16 and playing for a trip to the E8, that was a quality win against a team playing goo basketball.
2. Kyle Alexander played one of the best games I have seen him play, when he brings that intensity and activity we are a different team on both ends of the court. He has struggled through his career to bring that level of play each night, but if he can find a way to string together a few of those games in a row this is a much different type of team.
3. Similarly...Jordan Bowden and especially Lamonte Turner we’re lights out. Barnes talks about how Turner can impact the game in so many ways other than the 3 ball, that was on full display tonight, he only took 1 three pointer yet had 8 assists and at time was an absolute menace defensively, he needs to bring that level of play every night, the shots will start falling for him too from outside, that’s just how it goes. Same for Bowden, filling his role and finding his shot again, playing great defense and crashing the boards...need him to continue that.
4. Keeping this one short because I’m barely keeping my eyes open...that was a great one and the way we played was encouraging, the assists were over 20 like early in the year and we only took 11 shots from deep, we got what we wanted most of the time and scored efficiently while pretty much playing without GW the entire 2nd half. Tomorrow is a great opportunity, Vols have a 2 seed locked up imo with a chance at a 1, this game tomorrow is a E8/F4 caliber game, if we lose it isn’t doom and gloom and I think that should be understood, Tennessee wouldn’t see a team of UK’s caliber until deep into the NCAAT, just happens to be an unlucky draw to get them in the semi’s tomorrow. With that said I’m really looking forward to how this game goes, I expect it will be a close game and a battle and that it will be a very pro UK crowd, should be a great game.
GBO!!!
2. Kyle Alexander played one of the best games I have seen him play, when he brings that intensity and activity we are a different team on both ends of the court. He has struggled through his career to bring that level of play each night, but if he can find a way to string together a few of those games in a row this is a much different type of team.
3. Similarly...Jordan Bowden and especially Lamonte Turner we’re lights out. Barnes talks about how Turner can impact the game in so many ways other than the 3 ball, that was on full display tonight, he only took 1 three pointer yet had 8 assists and at time was an absolute menace defensively, he needs to bring that level of play every night, the shots will start falling for him too from outside, that’s just how it goes. Same for Bowden, filling his role and finding his shot again, playing great defense and crashing the boards...need him to continue that.
4. Keeping this one short because I’m barely keeping my eyes open...that was a great one and the way we played was encouraging, the assists were over 20 like early in the year and we only took 11 shots from deep, we got what we wanted most of the time and scored efficiently while pretty much playing without GW the entire 2nd half. Tomorrow is a great opportunity, Vols have a 2 seed locked up imo with a chance at a 1, this game tomorrow is a E8/F4 caliber game, if we lose it isn’t doom and gloom and I think that should be understood, Tennessee wouldn’t see a team of UK’s caliber until deep into the NCAAT, just happens to be an unlucky draw to get them in the semi’s tomorrow. With that said I’m really looking forward to how this game goes, I expect it will be a close game and a battle and that it will be a very pro UK crowd, should be a great game.
GBO!!!