[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.