[Hoot Gibson]

The game did not seem as close as the final score indicated. Tennessee led nearly the entire game and looked much better prepared, more confident, and more poised than UK did. IMO, Tennessee earned a higher seed than Kentucky by winning the last two games in head to head match-ups. Kentucky played the way you would expect a talented but inexperienced team to play early in the season not a veteran team whose next game will be an NCAA tournament game.