The Big Blue Lowdown

We know what we’ve said in the past. Florida does not match up well against Kentucky and should not be seen as the Cats’ biggest obstacle in SEC play this season.

Though we stand by that statement, all signs point to tonight’s battle with the Gators being a close, hard-fought game.

For one, the O’Connell Center in Gainesville is one of the toughest environments in the SEC—Kentucky hasn’t wont there since 2004, losing at Florida’s house for five consecutive seasons.

But beyond that, the Cats...

The Cats pulled out a closer than expected 76-68 victory over a Georgia Bulldog squad that pushed them to their physical limits in every phase of the game.

Georgia held a lead as late as the 5:00 minute mark, but defense and clutch inside baskets by Patrick Patterson and DeMarcus Cousins ended up being the difference.

Once again, poor free-throw and three-point shooting plagued the Cats, who went 2-14 from behind the arc and 22-33 from the line. But backcourt defensive pressure contributed to...

We don’t like to broadcast when a UK player gets shown up, but this dunk is frankly outrageous.

UGA’s Travis Leslie is a high wire act.

Kentucky will open up SEC play today with an interesting test against the Georgia Bulldogs.

Suiting up what is probably the SEC’s least talented roster, the Dawgs have shown renewed scrappiness and confidence under first-year coach Mark Fox. While the Bulldogs are clearly outmanned from a personnel standpoint, this is a team UK cannot overlook, judging by Georgia’s recent ability to overachieve in wins over Illinois and Georgia Tech.

A Closer Look at the Dawgs

UGA will run a triangle offense...

This is a nice piece on how the Cats are picking up the profile of the entire SEC.

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All in all the Cats are prohibitive favorites to win the league. But the SEC looks ready to send five or six teams to the big dance, where someone other than Kentucky could make an impact.

Let us start with a mea culpa. Rumors of the SEC’s resurgence were greatly exaggerated. And the BBL was as wrong as anyone.

The 40-0 Dream continues to live on as UK beat a very game UL squad 71-62 in front of an electric Rupp Arena crowd.

UK played the best half court defense all season in the first half en route to an 8 point half time lead.

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The first half was marred by some ugly flagrant fouling by each team as clearly emotions were high.  DeMarcus Cousins should have been ejected from the game immediately...

Kentucky finishes its pre-conference season 15-0, capped with a hard fought victory over in-state rival Louisville in a game that was as ugly as anything in recent college basketball memory.

Stay tuned for breakdown…

So much has already been written or said about today’s eagerly awaited UK-UL matchup that there isn’t too much left to do but sit down and watch the game.

We all know the story lines—in-state rivalry, Pitino vs. Calipari, UK’s undefeated record on the line, and Louisville going for three straight over UK. You get the idea.

In spite of the grand spectacle of it all, we think it will actually be a very competitive game that could either way. Here are the things to watch:

Pitino’s Gameplan: We...