rec.sport.basketball.college

On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 20:52:40 -0600, Daniel Seriff wrote:

> On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:16:59 -0600, mimus wrote
> (in article ):
>
>> On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 15:15:23 -0500, mimus wrote:
>>
>>> Kentucky even more desperately than usual needed to win this, after being
>>> blown out at Vandy, and one would've thought a struggling LSU team
>>> would've been just the ticket for a good road-win, but LSU had just gone
>>> into Florida and knocked the Gators off, so one hardly knew what to expect
>>> . . . .
>>>
>>> What one especially didn't expect was a hypnotizing half-court tussle all
>>> the way, since what little I saw at least of the Florida game looked
>>> pretty much run-'n'-gun.
>>>
>>> But that's what we got.
>>>
>>> UK did get the defensive jump on LSU at the start of the second half and
>>> rode its consequent small margin for much of the half, while LSU returned
>>> the favor with about five minutes to go, getting loose on some breaks in
>>> the process, and the game went on down to the wire, with UK making its
>>> free throws to seal it.
>>>
>>> UK wins 67-63.
>>>
>>> A big big win after the Vandy blowout, and especially considering that
>>> this LSU team, presumably disorganized by a bad season so far capped by
>>> the mid-season departure of its coach, had just gone into Gator Alley and
>>> knocked off the Gators.
>>>
>>> UK's 1-3 swing-man Meeks started and played much of the first half, for
>>> the first time in seven games, but was rusty, although knocking in a handy
>>> couple of 3s late in the half.
>>>
>>> Now to win three home games!
>>
>> I meant, of course, to title this post "Kentucky at LSU", but am
>> apparently still in shock from the you-know-who game . . . .
>
> It's been a whole week, and I'm *still* laughing.

Hopefully we'll meet again in the SEC tourney.

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