Jan
2008
The thing that sucks about sucky people using good lines, is that even though the people who use the lines suck, the lines themselves, are usually pretty good. It is with that explanation, that I have used a “Corso-Line” to describe the loading, arming, aiming, and subsequent shooting in the foot that befell the BasketVols last night.
Tennessee was able to piss away at least two 10 point leads in order to lose to a Kentucky team that, quite honestly, should never have been in the game. Too concerned was Tennessee with obtaining a highlight-worthy play, that they weren’t able to make the easy buckets that could have swelled a 10 point lead into the likes of an 18 point, somewhat unsurmountable lead.
Unsurmountable is a funny word.
The one bright spot (at least for the first half, and the last 15 seconds of the second half) of course, was Chris Lofton. Everyone knew that if there was a game in which he’d break out of his funk, it would be this one. With 14 points in the first half, it was decided (either by himself or by the coaches or whoever), that he should stop shooting in the second half. A brilliant strategy indeed. He held on to his 14 point scoring total until the game was essentially out of reach, when he decided to go all last year on everyone’s asses and throw up ridiculous looking 3 balls that managed to find the bottom of the net every time.
Hopefully this will become one of the losses that the team can build on, but as far as that top 5, school record ranking? Not so fast my friend.
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Loften didn’t shoot the second half because Bradley had him covered up and denied him the ball. An adjustment Kentucky made at the half.
Worse Kentucky team in 20 years….best Tennessee team in history……Kentucky wins. What does that have to say about UT basketball?
Don’t forget. Kentucky is still the Big Dog. Always has been, always will be.
Kudos to Kentucky for playing tough. Vols looked way out of rhythm on offense with the exception of Lofton’s first half.
Sun shines on a dog’s ass every now and then though, right Dave?
See you in the tourney…err maybe.
You are right about that. Tourney? Maybe. Give us a season or two and it will be just like old times. Beat Memphis and please, please…….beat Florida’s ass.
you know what i realized, is that perhaps the SEC being a zero sum conference is for the most part true. Kentucky football has been nipping at the heels of UT football forever, but just not able to get over the hump. Same with UT’s basketball against Kentucky (especially at Rupp).
I’ll agree that Kentucky is still the big dog of the SEC, and if they start playing Gillespie ball full out, they’ll be a force to be reckoned with.
Good win UK.
The amazing thing is that Kentucky could still sneak into the tournament, as weak as the conference is this year. Outside of UT (who actually played and beat some talented teams before the conference season began), it’s a crap shoot. Vandy, Florida, and Mississippi State have only played one ranked opponent a piece, and all 3 lost. Ole Miss is a question mark, with a 2-2 conference record (each game decided by no more than 3 points). The SEC will probably get 5 teams into the Dance, thanks to their “superb” non-conference scheduling (excluding UT).