03-09-2012, 01:45 PM
NEW ORLEANS, LA. â Returning to Louisiana to take on LSU in todayâs Southeastern Conference quarterfinals must feel for the top-ranked University of Kentucky Wildcats a little like coming back to where they grew up.
The last time the teams met, about an hour down the road in Baton Rouge on Jan. 28, it turned out to be a turning point for UK. Coach John Calipariâs team finally heeded what heâd been pleading for weeks. The Cats took a teamâs best punch â almost literally â and answered with a knockout blow of their own.
The Tigers trailed by just two points with 2:39 to go in the first half, using a bruising approach to try to disrupt a young UK squad, but the Cats clobbered LSU the rest of the way and won by 24. For more than a month leading up to that game, Calipari had harped on his teamâs need to ânegate physical playâ with a tough, aggressive effort of its own.
That day against the Tigers, Kentucky got 27 points, nine rebounds, three blocks and two steals from sophomore forward Terrence Jones, whose season to that point had been something of a disappointment.
âIt was great,â Calipari said afterward. âThatâs the guy I want. Thatâs the guy people want to see. Thatâs the guy people want to play with and coach.â
Perhaps more notably that afternoon, LSU attempted to pummel star freshman Anthony Davis and his wiry, 6-foot-11, 220-pound frame into submission. He was the victim of several hard fouls, one blow to the face and an egregious flagrant foul when the Tigersâ Malcolm White yanked Davis down hard from behind on a fast break.
Davis stayed down for a long time and White was ejected. But as he did all day, Davis eventually picked himself off the court and kept playing. He finished with 16 points, 10 rebounds, three blocks and two steals.
âBy getting up, he shows that he has the courage to do what he needs to do,â Calipari said that day.
The Wildcats (30-1) can expect more of the same â minus the cheap shots, the Tigers say â in todayâs rematch. LSU (18-13) has plenty of big bodies to throw at the Cats, most notably former McDonaldâs All American Johnny OâBryant III, a 6-9, 262-pound bruiser who lit up Arkansas for 18 points and 11 rebounds in just 22 minutes of the Tigersâ 70-54 first-round win Thursday in the New Orleans Arena.
The last time the teams met, about an hour down the road in Baton Rouge on Jan. 28, it turned out to be a turning point for UK. Coach John Calipariâs team finally heeded what heâd been pleading for weeks. The Cats took a teamâs best punch â almost literally â and answered with a knockout blow of their own.
The Tigers trailed by just two points with 2:39 to go in the first half, using a bruising approach to try to disrupt a young UK squad, but the Cats clobbered LSU the rest of the way and won by 24. For more than a month leading up to that game, Calipari had harped on his teamâs need to ânegate physical playâ with a tough, aggressive effort of its own.
That day against the Tigers, Kentucky got 27 points, nine rebounds, three blocks and two steals from sophomore forward Terrence Jones, whose season to that point had been something of a disappointment.
âIt was great,â Calipari said afterward. âThatâs the guy I want. Thatâs the guy people want to see. Thatâs the guy people want to play with and coach.â
Perhaps more notably that afternoon, LSU attempted to pummel star freshman Anthony Davis and his wiry, 6-foot-11, 220-pound frame into submission. He was the victim of several hard fouls, one blow to the face and an egregious flagrant foul when the Tigersâ Malcolm White yanked Davis down hard from behind on a fast break.
Davis stayed down for a long time and White was ejected. But as he did all day, Davis eventually picked himself off the court and kept playing. He finished with 16 points, 10 rebounds, three blocks and two steals.
âBy getting up, he shows that he has the courage to do what he needs to do,â Calipari said that day.
The Wildcats (30-1) can expect more of the same â minus the cheap shots, the Tigers say â in todayâs rematch. LSU (18-13) has plenty of big bodies to throw at the Cats, most notably former McDonaldâs All American Johnny OâBryant III, a 6-9, 262-pound bruiser who lit up Arkansas for 18 points and 11 rebounds in just 22 minutes of the Tigersâ 70-54 first-round win Thursday in the New Orleans Arena.
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03-09-2012, 02:07 PM
SEC tournament in New Orleans
Thursday
#8 LSU 70, #9 Arkansas 54
#5 Alabama 63, #12 South Carolina 57
#7 Ole Miss 68, #10 Auburn 54
#11 Georgia 71, #6 Mississippi State 61
Friday
#8 LSU vs. #1 Kentucky (1:00, SEC, ESPNU)
#5 Alabama vs. #4 Florida (3:30, SEC, ESPNU)
#7 Ole Miss vs. #2 Tennessee (7:30, SEC)
#11 Georgia vs. #4 Vanderbilt (10:00, SEC)
Saturday
First semifinal (1:00, ABC)
Second semfinal (3:00, ABC)
Sunday
Championship game (1:00, ABC
Thursday
#8 LSU 70, #9 Arkansas 54
#5 Alabama 63, #12 South Carolina 57
#7 Ole Miss 68, #10 Auburn 54
#11 Georgia 71, #6 Mississippi State 61
Friday
#8 LSU vs. #1 Kentucky (1:00, SEC, ESPNU)
#5 Alabama vs. #4 Florida (3:30, SEC, ESPNU)
#7 Ole Miss vs. #2 Tennessee (7:30, SEC)
#11 Georgia vs. #4 Vanderbilt (10:00, SEC)
Saturday
First semifinal (1:00, ABC)
Second semfinal (3:00, ABC)
Sunday
Championship game (1:00, ABC
03-09-2012, 02:08 PM
Kentucky beat LSU 74-50 back in January in Baton Rouge.
03-09-2012, 02:10 PM
SD, what is up with your Favorite Teams? Please tell me your not a dUKe fan?
03-09-2012, 02:34 PM
Strikeout King Wrote:SD, what is up with your Favorite Teams? Please tell me your not a dUKe fan?
hehehehe, Look under my User Name!
03-09-2012, 02:34 PM
It's on CBS Channel (CBS is the same channel as SEC Network)
03-09-2012, 02:35 PM
Stardust Wrote:hehehehe, Look under my User Name!
Shew you scared me there for a minute, I seen the dUKe logo under your avatar without looking under your username and it gave me a scare haha
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