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Little late to the party posting about this one, being stranded with no power, and no computer for a few days will do that. But this was as high level of a game as I can recall watching in a long time. Just elite level shot making, play making all of the above. Think Florida supplanted themselves as a great team, Walter Clayton is one of the best guards in the country, remember watching him w/ Pitino at Iona. Him & Martin were the ones I was worried about going into this and they did not disappoint. As we've seen now since the 30 point drubbing of Tennesee, Florida is going to be a major problem for a lot of teams, especially in this conference.

Kentucky got off to another slow start, seems to be the staple of this team, but they finally got it going midway through with that 16-0 run and taking a 10 point halftime lead. Defensively it took a bit for Kentucky to figure it out, Florida was getting a lot of easy baskets around the rim, mainly on screen & roll, drop screens and great cutting, but in the midst of that 16-0 run, Pope & staff made adjustments and took those opportunities away, extending Florida to run their offense way out on the perimeter, and into some bad shots. That's one thing Pope has preached on is ball screen defense and the improvements that needed to be made, they finally figured it out for this game, everyone just in the right spots, sliding over for help. Rebounding continues to be the issue, Florida rebounds at a high volume, but to give up over 30 second chance points is insane.

Definitely a lot more positives than negatives to take away from this one, a great offensive effort especially from Brea, young man was unconscious. Butler & Oweh are the straws that stir the drink for this team.

Unfortunately I am late posting, we already know what happened against UGA, but this was still a great win. Just wish we could see this type of effort every game.