Kentucky- 72 #5 Tennessee- 66

[MVP2]

Final.

YES!....The Wildcats upsets the #5 team in the nation to move 2-2 in conf.!!!!

This should give us A LOT of confindence!!!!!!

:D :D :D


Bradley-10-10 FTs. 16 pts.

[15th region slamdunk]

WOOHOO.... Were back to normal... for tonight anyway. Congrats Cats!!!

[Cards09]

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I love blue GO CATS

[4_real]

LOL...now lets hear the haters that had uk geeting beat change their tune...

[colts12]

WOO HOO!!

This is a great win for the Cats and I think now that Meeks and Jasper are healthy and Stevenson is playing the way he is the Cats are a real contender in the SEC.

Go Big Blue

[MVP2]

Wow, Stevenson played awesome tonight!!!!

[FBALL]

Ramel Bradley fails to get to the 20 point mark tonight for the first time in 7 games. Tonight though was the best game I have ever seen him play. Controlled the offense. Awsome denial on Lofton. Made far fewer bad decisions. Great free throw shooting.

Player of the game.

[globetrotter12]

Billy Gillispie is the man!!

[4_real]

wats his stats?

[BlackcatAlum]

Kentucky played awesome tonight...

Our Post play I think won us the game. Patterson and Stevenson played really good games, Jasper came up with some key rebounds, Bradley hit the free throws, and Crawford hit the 3's. Now that sounds like Kentucky basketball! I'll give credit to our defense too, they stayed in the Vols face all night and contested every shot. Smart coaching there from Gillespie there towards the end on the in-bounds.

GO BIG BLUE!

[bobcatfan22]

WOW...this is what i have been waiting to see...GO CATS

[Beef]

Of course I didn't watch the second half (well last 5 seconds or so I saw)...but GO CATS!!!!!

[bac2369]

Best game i have seen kentucky play all year. Stevenson played a heck of a game. i hope to see more of this as the season continues.I also hope Bradley and Crawford step up in big games like they did tonight. UK is playing with confidence and somewhat healthy so watch out teams in the sec kentucky is coming for you.

[BurntTires]

Congrats Cats!!!

[15thRegionSlamaBamma]

This is the team we should have had all season thus far. They played with heart and determination which IMO won it for them. I loved seeing with about 10 sec left Jasper and another UK player dive for a loose ball when we had the game basically sealed up. Good god Cats keep it up turn it around boys.

[bluegrassballa]

ALRIGHT!!! I didn't think UK would win. I thought Tenn would blow them out. But I was gladly wrong!! UK is back boys!

[sumj45]

great game and win for the cats. stevenson played the best game of his uk career. bradley was clutch, and they are a much better team with coury and porter on the bench.

[15thRegionCrazy]

Great game... UK has been playing hard with a lot of heart!!

[bac2369]

This is the team we should have had all season thus far. They played with heart and determination which IMO won it for them. I loved seeing with about 10 sec left Jasper and another UK player dive for a loose ball when we had the game basically sealed up. Good god Cats keep it up turn it around boys.

thank you for bringing that up. They both showed great hustle and heart. It also showed me that Jasper is playing 110% and wanted to make sure we won that game. I think it was a little to risky for him to dive on the ball with a bad knee, but great effort. so lets go wildcats take down south carolina saturday.

[bac2369]

great game and win for the cats. stevenson played the best game of his uk career. bradley was clutch, and they are a much better team with coury and porter on the bench.

amen to that. no disprect to them. but i agree

[Jimmy Dugan]

GREAT JOB CATS

Bradley was clutch
Stevenson played well all game
Patterson is just a beast
Crawford with the big 3's
and I think Jasper and Meeks healthy really helps.
:Cheerlead

[Tubby Hater]

The Cats played the best defense since the Ricky P days. Also Porter had another great game with 0 turnovers, that was huge for us to pull off this win. Now I am just waiting for Coury to have his best game with 0 minutes and 0 bad decisions, when this happens I think we will finally turn the corner.

[UnderArmour24]

This is the UK team that i want to see and that i new could play like they did tonight. They are much better with Porter and Coury on the bench who shouldnt even dress in a kentucky uniform IMO. I do believe if UK can play like they did tonight and keep up the good play down low they can end up being a force in the SEC.

[mrfootball03]

Stevenson is finally stepping up, and being the player we need him to be. He is a major part of this success. Jasper & Meeks are also major parts. Kentucky is really starting to gel, and really buying into BillyG's system. Jasper and Meeks really helped this team with chemistry. I like the line-up of Bradley, Jasper, Meeks, Stevenson, & Patterson.. with Joe Crawford interchanging with Meeks & Jasper often. Right now, I don't think Ramon Harris, & Mark Coury are really contributing very much. I don't really know what Harris is capable of, but Coury just doesn't seem to have the skill nor toughness to contribute in the SEC. Sadly tho, those top 6 players seem like the only ones who are even worthy at being at UK. I do think AJ Stewart should be worked in a little too. I really can't wait until Jasper & Meeks get back in the shape they are capible of. When they do, watch out! But all in all, I feel as though this Kentucky team is making strides, and finally becoming a team.

[alfus21]

Great win for UK, everybody played good and stepped it up. Still don't know why Coury starts though. Overall everything looked good tonight. I love seeing UK win especially against Tennessee in any situation especially considering they were ranked so highly.

Now it's time for me to stir the pot a bit I guess. Yeah we won tonight and we beat Vandy and some of you are saying Billy G. is the man and that this was the best defense since the Ricky P. days!? :eek: Let's take it one step at a time guys. Good win here, but things are still a little grim for our program on the season.

[BelfryPride]

Just got home from Rupp.....the game was awesome!!!!!!!!!

I'll post more tomorrow...need sleep, 6:30 am comes early

Go Cats !!!!!!!!!!!!:notworthy

[More Cowbell]

Solid win for the cats today. I thought overall they played even better than the Vandy game, but really they have played much harder since SEC play began. My thoughts on the game:

- Inside play kept us in the game when Tennessee was threatening to blow us out in the first 30 minutes. Patterson was dominating as he should, and Stevenson played with some fire and showed what he is capable of too. Didn't think there'd be too many games where we would win the battle on the inside this year, but it happened.

- Lockdown defense won the game in the second half. We simply put the clamps on Tennessee in the second half. If you throw out those two threes Lofton nailed in the last 12 seconds, Kentucky had held the Vols to 24 points in the half to that point. Wow! I was also especially impressed with the job Bradley did on Lofton in that half, he pretty much stayed in his jersey.

- Free throw shooting sealed the deal. In a year where the bright spots have been few and far between, this has been one of them. How many times in recent years has poor foul shooting come back to bite UK in the butt? Now this year we lead the SEC in FT shooting, with Bradley and Crawford sitting at 1-2, and Meeks also shoots over 80%. Very impressive.

Let's keep it going, Cats. Take care of business this weekend against Carolina.

[mrfootball03]

Solid win for the cats today. I thought overall they played even better than the Vandy game, but really they have played much harder since SEC play began. My thoughts on the game:

- Inside play kept us in the game when Tennessee was threatening to blow us out in the first 30 minutes. Patterson was dominating as he should, and Stevenson played with some fire and showed what he is capable of too. Didn't think there'd be too many games where we would win the battle on the inside this year, but it happened.

- Lockdown defense won the game in the second half. We simply put the clamps on Tennessee in the second half. If you throw out those two threes Lofton nailed in the last 12 seconds, Kentucky had held the Vols to 24 points in the half to that point. Wow! I was also especially impressed with the job Bradley did on Lofton in that half, he pretty much stayed in his jersey.

- Free throw shooting sealed the deal. In a year where the bright spots have been few and far between, this has been one of them. How many times in recent years has poor foul shooting come back to bite UK in the butt? Now this year we lead the SEC in FT shooting, with Bradley and Crawford sitting at 1-2, and Meeks also shoots over 80%. Very impressive.

Let's keep it going, Cats. Take care of business this weekend against Carolina.

yes, I was quite amazed as well. That just simply brilliant. Free Throws should be the easiet points to pick up, as are lay-ups. So glad we do have that part of the game up to par.

[bevinsville_bomber]

Rupp sure was rockin' tonight. Best game we've played all season. I was really impressed with our post offense in Patterson and Stevenson. Patterson played like a senior tonight. He had some monsterous rebounds and put-backs. We played solid D', shot FT's really well, and executed on the offensive end, and came away with the W. With Meeks and Jasper in the lineup, we are an entirely different team. I'm really looking forward to the rest of the season....

[TRAIN85]

I thought for sure that UK would get beat by 20. I am glas they won though.

[OffTheHook]

I thought would be beat as well. But, like I said earlier in the season. Everyone just needs to be patient with Billy G. and things will be just fine. Cangrats CATS!

[phs1986]

SHOCKED!!!

Way to go Cats!!

[Amun-Ra]

UK showed some mettle and if they can keep that up we may get a bid for the NCAA.

[-STAT-]

Yeah UK really played an all around perfect game! Just when it looked like UT was going to pull away UK fought back and hung in there, eventually sealing UT's fate. Stevenson played the game of his life, and the rest of the crew did what they normally did! Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooo

WTG UK!!!!!

[rallo316]

i would say the SEC and the Country better look again the Cats are back baby!!!!!!!!!

[TidesHoss32]

What a wonderful little surprise! I'll eat my crow, and love it, lol..anytime anybody can beat Tennessee, I dont care if its retirement home water polo, Im a happy camper. Way to go Cats!!!

[oneandonly]

im so glad they are starting to play the way kentucky basketball should be played! GO CATS!

[BelfryPride]

The heart and determination of this Kentucky Team. They worked together, they were down by 10 with 11 mins to go and did not give up. I love these guys...don't be suprised to see the Cats one heckuva team to be reckoned with come March...

The Raucus Rupp Crowd !!!...That place was electric last night. I have never heard Rupp like that before....All fans came together as one last night and we sent a message to the SEC that Kentucky is still Kentucky and WE ARE BASKETBALL !!!

**Here is a quote from Coach G in the postgame presser on the crowd at Rupp last night:

"These guys have figured out that it is a 40-minute game. They are going to be tough as nails to play against no matter who they are playing. No matter what the situation might be they are going to battle till the end every single time. That is what makes you so proud as a coach. The other thing is we had the best sixth man in the history of college basketball on our side tonight. No question about it. I thought that the fans were great against Vanderbilt but they had a much better effort tonight. I commend them. I was going to have to get on them if they didn’t take it up to the very highest level and tonight they could not have any better job. We appreciate that and it made a major difference for our team."



Cat fans, hang on....we may have turned the corner....BILLYBALL has arrived in the Bluegrass and what a heckuva ride it's gonna be !!!

GO BIG BLUE !!!!!!

[PLAYBOY5]

The heart and determination of this Kentucky Team. They worked together, they were down by 10 with 11 mins to go and did not give up. I love these guys...don't be suprised to see the Cats one heckuva team to be reckoned with come March...

The Raucus Rupp Crowd !!!...That place was electric last night. I have never heard Rupp like that before....All fans came together as one last night and we sent a message to the SEC that Kentucky is still Kentucky and WE ARE BASKETBALL !!!

**Here is a quote from Coach G in the postgame presser on the crowd at Rupp last night:

"These guys have figured out that it is a 40-minute game. They are going to be tough as nails to play against no matter who they are playing. No matter what the situation might be they are going to battle till the end every single time. That is what makes you so proud as a coach. The other thing is we had the best sixth man in the history of college basketball on our side tonight. No question about it. I thought that the fans were great against Vanderbilt but they had a much better effort tonight. I commend them. I was going to have to get on them if they didn’t take it up to the very highest level and tonight they could not have any better job. We appreciate that and it made a major difference for our team."



Cat fans, hang on....we may have turned the corner....BILLYBALL has arrived in the Bluegrass and what a heckuva ride it's gonna be !!!

GO BIG BLUE !!!!!!
Your post gave me chills!!! :Thumbs: :Thumbs:

[softball_5]

This was an awesome game! Go Cats!!!

[RedSeal]

Now with this big win, I honestly think The Wildcats are gonna make a run in the SEC, if the big men can step and play the way did Last night.
Ramel Bradley done a great job with 16 points and hit clutch free throws at the end of the game.
Patrick Patterson just dominated down low along with Perry Stevenson, and glad to see Derrick Jasper and Jodie Meeks back in the lineup, and with everyone back it gives the CATS a very good chance to make that run I was talkin about

[warrior20]

great win for the cats

[RavenBoy]

Good game, Meeks almost cost us the game though. Stupid shots and horrible defense on Lofton.

[zonebuster23]

Just wanted to say it was best game.....by far.....Kentucky has played all season imo. Now you guys might think i'm crazy for saying this but i believe that Gillespie sitting Crawford and Bradley at the start of the season was the best thing he could've done for this team in the long run. i know it probably cost us some games with their conflict with the coach but i believe that is what has made them as dedicated to winning as what they are. Coach Gillispie is a no non-sense coach and it took about 5 bad losses for his team to realize that, and since they have it has really turned our season around and hopefully will pay us back with a few wins come march. I have been really impressed with Bradley this season, i absolutely hated watching him play up till about 5 games ago and now i actually feel comfortable when he has the ball!!! Can't wait to see how the rest of the season plays out!

[bobcatfan22]

Crawford and Bradley has def steped it up

[SpOrTsFaNaTiC711]

This is why you should love the BIG BLUE!

[Junk Yard Dog]

Really impressed with the 2nd half effort by the cats.

[BelfryPride]

This season reminds me of 1992....Hopefully we have a special run that the Unforgettables had..