[King Kong]

Hat's off to Clemson on the win.  That gym was absolutely rocking last night! Thought for our first true road test,  we handled it pretty well. 

This game had several lead changes.  It seemed like twice,  Clemson might run away with thing's.  They got up around like 8 or something like that.  Our guys keep fighting and battling,  and was able to stay in this thing.  Battled until the end. Almost gave ourselves a chance to tie or win the thing at the end. 

So this game reminded me of the Duke game.  We kept fighting and battling till the end,  in both.  We won one and got the loss last night.  Kinda like a legendary coach once told me,  sometimes the breaks go your way, sometimes they don't. 

The hostile environment was a good learning experience for us last night.  We will definitely face that a lot when we get into conference play,  on the road. 

Clemson stormed the court somewhat after the game. That was a huge lesson for our guys right there.  New coach,  staff,  players,  first year,  it doesn't matter,  we're still UK.  This is many teams Super Bowl.  Even a team like Clemson,  who made the elite 8 last season.  A really good team like that storm's the floor when they beat us,  the fans do.  That right there tells how big of a deal it is when other teams play us. Tells how big of a target we have on our backs.

Some really great teaching moments last night.  We took a mark in the loss column, but I believe this game will help us more than it hurts.  

On to the next one