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orange+white=heaven

orange+white=heaven

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Big Orange at Big Blue. National TV. They're a little down. We're way up.

I'm nervous as heck about this one. I think our tempo and pressure give us an edge for the first time in ages. But Kentucky at Rupp is a tough win in any millenium.

How does this play out folks???

17-3?

GO VOLS!!!
 
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(orange+white=heaven @ Feb 6 said:
Big Orange at Big Blue. National TV. They're a little down. We're way up.

I'm nervous as heck about this one. I think our tempo and pressure give us an edge for the first time in ages. But Kentucky at Rupp is a tough win in any millenium.

How does this play out folks???

17-3?

GO VOLS!!!
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Cats win an ugly, ugly defensive struggle.
 
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By the way, this our only national TV gig for the rest of the year. For recruiting's sake as well as the win column, man I hope we can win this one!!!
 
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I'll be wearing a Lofton jersey all day tomorrow. Go Vols!
 
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(orange+white=heaven @ Feb 6 said:
By the way, this our only national TV gig for the rest of the year. For recruiting's sake as well as the win column, man I hope we can win this one!!!
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I know, that's pretty sad huh? The Florida game should've been on National TV. I hope our guys don't choke because of this.
 
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This Kentucky team doesnt scare anybody. The only thing that scares opponents is Rupp Arena.
 
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(Orangewhiteblood @ Feb 6 said:
I know, that's pretty sad huh? The Florida game should've been on National TV. I hope our guys don't choke because of this.
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I can't blame the networks. In basketball, the schedule of televised games is set before the season. Nobody thought there would be any reason to televise UT.
 
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(Orangewhiteblood @ Feb 6 said:
I know, that's pretty sad huh? The Florida game should've been on National TV. I hope our guys don't choke because of this.
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I think being on tv hurts us because of the occurrence of tv timeouts...it gives the other team a break.
 
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Kentucky isn't a bad team - it's just a bad Kentucky team.

We are the better team but road wins are tough. This would be a big win.

Go Vols
 
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I am really torn on this. While UT I think is a bit better than UK, UK's back is up against the wall. They need a big win and you guys would be it. With homecourt advantage they will be tough to beat.

Honestly, it would not surprise me to see either team come out and lay a whuppin' on the other. Somebody gets hot and scores a bundle. Going to be a fun game, I think.

I will tell you a few years back Florida went into Rupp ranked number one and flying high. That crowd erupted and Kentucky blew out the Gators by about 20. Florida was running in mud. The Gators did not recover that year at all. Mediocre from that point forward. It is a dangerous place for a team that can't take it. This is where Pearl earns his salary.

 
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(pedigovolfan @ Feb 6 said:
I will be there loud and proud. I am one of Pearl's "witnesses" GO VOLS
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Good man! Its hard to get a ticket in Rupp. Even harder to make the trip to Lex in the middle of the week...
 
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this will be the first year that i can remember being able to talk smack to one of my best friend's (a kentucky fan) prior to the game, but i think we are playing some of the best basketball in the country and if we can start solid ala ole miss we should be able to pull off the w.

here's to hoping rondo continues his sweet scoring touch :birgits_giggle: and that my first post precedes one of the bigger victories in recent ut basketball history
 
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(emainvol @ Feb 6 said:
this will be the first year that i can remember being able to talk to one of my best friend's (a kentucky fan) prior to the game, but i think we are playing some of the best basketball in the country and if we can start solid ala ole miss we should be able to pull off the w.

here's to hoping rondo continues his sweet scoring touch :birgits_giggle: and that my first post precedes one of the bigger victories in recent ut basketball history
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Welcome aboard!
 
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(emainvol @ Feb 6 said:
this will be the first year that i can remember being able to talk to one of my best friend's (a kentucky fan) prior to the game, but i think we are playing some of the best basketball in the country and if we can start solid ala ole miss we should be able to pull off the w.

here's to hoping rondo continues his sweet scoring touch :birgits_giggle: and that my first post precedes one of the bigger victories in recent ut basketball history
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Welcome! Pull us through!
 
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(hatvol96 @ Feb 6 said:
Cats win an ugly, ugly defensive struggle.
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Did you see them play at Florida, they have no defense at all!
 
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(bigdaddy @ Feb 6 said:
Did you see them play at Florida, they have no defense at all!
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That'll help. Let's just hope that Lofton will get open and get open often. I'm sure that he wants to have a good showing in his home state.
 
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(bigdaddy @ Feb 6 said:
Did you see them play at Florida, they have no defense at all!
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I'm no numbers geek but here's what SEC stats say about the two defenses...

SCORING DEFENSE
## Team G Pts Avg/G
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1.LSU................. 8 507 63.4
2.Vanderbilt.......... 8 522 65.2
3.Arkansas............ 8 523 65.4
4.Florida............. 8 533 66.6
5.Alabama............. 8 539 67.4
6.Kentucky............ 8 557 69.6
7.Auburn.............. 8 558 69.8
8.Ole Miss............ 8 566 70.8
9.South Carolina...... 8 568 71.0
10.Tennessee........... 8 573 71.6
11.Mississippi State... 9 655 72.8
12.Georgia............. 9 673 74.8

SCORING MARGIN
## Team G OFF DEF Margin
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1.LSU................. 8 74.5 63.4 +11.1
2.Florida............. 8 77.1 66.6 +10.5
3.Tennessee........... 8 80.4 71.6 +8.8
4.Arkansas............ 8 70.8 65.4 +5.4
5.Kentucky............ 8 71.9 69.6 +2.2
6.Vanderbilt.......... 8 66.8 65.2 +1.5
7.Alabama............. 8 66.4 67.4 -1.0
8.Ole Miss............ 8 67.5 70.8 -3.2
9.South Carolina...... 8 66.1 71.0 -4.9
10.Georgia............. 9 68.7 74.8 -6.1
11.Mississippi State... 9 62.7 72.8 -10.1
12.Auburn.............. 8 57.6 69.8 -12.1

FIELD GOAL PCT DEFENSE
## Team G FG FGA Pct
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1.LSU................. 8 194 477 .407
2.Arkansas............ 8 193 467 .413
3.Alabama............. 8 206 483 .427
4.Florida............. 8 196 459 .427
5.Vanderbilt.......... 8 183 416 .440
6.Auburn.............. 8 187 423 .442
7.Mississippi State... 9 239 530 .451
8.Ole Miss............ 8 201 441 .456
9.Kentucky............ 8 186 407 .457
10.Tennessee........... 8 215 449 .479
11.South Carolina...... 8 204 425 .480
12.Georgia............. 9 239 492 .486

3-POINT FIELD GOAL PCT DEFENSE
## Team G FG FGA Pct
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1.Ole Miss............ 8 34 118 .288
2.Florida............. 8 42 142 .296
3.Alabama............. 8 51 162 .315
4.Arkansas............ 8 43 136 .316
5.Tennessee........... 8 51 159 .321
6.LSU................. 8 46 139 .331
7.Mississippi State... 9 63 186 .339
8.Vanderbilt.......... 8 51 147 .347
9.Auburn.............. 8 56 146 .384
10.Kentucky............ 8 57 147 .388
11.Georgia............. 9 61 156 .391
12.South Carolina...... 8 67 164 .409


Averaged out, not sure who to give the edge to....
 
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