Fire Tubby?

Despite their best efforts to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, Kentucky somehow comes away with the win. Even though we shot the lights out in the second half, it felt like we were down 20 the whole time. Why can’t they just get the ball in? It’s very frustrating to watch when they are pushing 4.7 seconds to inbound the ball every time. They also had a 10 second call. I haven’t seen one of those in a while, and Rondo wasn’t even handling the ball.

Speaking of Rondo, it looks like he decided he wanted to play tonight. He had four or five drives to the basket in about a four minute span. He’s pretty impressive in that respect. It seems like he can turn that part of his game on or off at will. Paired with his defensive skills, that has to be why he is listed so high on the draft boards.

It was a big game for Randolph as well. He finally looked like the dominating force he was supposed to be all along. I think he scored 8 or 10 straight points for us during one stretch of the game.

This just wasn’t Ravi Moss’ night though. When Tom Hammond said that Ravi picked up his second foul, I couldn’t believe it. It seemed like he had at least four at that point. I haven’t looked at the stats but he had to have been involved in a minimum of five turnovers.

Brandon Stockton may just be the smartest basketball player on the team. He doesn’t really make any stupid mistakes(see 10 second call above), and he is always hustling(see end of game). This should put to rest any of that NIT talk. Go Cats!

*update* I just realized when I read back through this post I sounded more negative than Tim Woodburn. Sorry about that, but I thought it was just a hard game to watch.

A lot of people believe this is a make or break game for Kentucky. There is no doubt, if it isn’t a “must win”, it’s a “man I really, really want to win this game” game. It would be nice to put this one away convincingly but I won’t wish for that. Nope, I’m just hoping that if it comes down to a last-second shot, that Tubby is using Jared Carter to hold Sheray down on the bench.

A couple of things need to happen in this game. When I say need, it simply means that this is what I would like to see happen. I’m not trying to break it down and give you the Dawhares, Keys to the Game. We need to make Chris Lofton look human again. Tubby, come on don’t let him beat you. If Lofton single-handedly beats us again, there will be people trying to jump off the 5/3 building downtown screaming “Tubby can’t recruit” all the way down.

Also, is there anyway we can take Bruce Pearl out of the game? How about Brandon Stockton diving out of bounds to save a ball and hitting Pearl in the groinial region? Is that to much to ask? I don’t think so. Sorry about that, I was channeling those fans that want Bob Huggins as the next coach. Anyhow, wouldn’t Bruce Pearl be one of the greatest used car salesmen ever? I mean he already has the jacket. We’ve heard he can be very motivational. Seems perfect to me.