Water bottles and cell phones behind us, UK travels to Nashville on Saturday to play the Nerds errr…Commodores of Vanderbilt. Earlier this year, Cousins dominated A.J. “Frosted Tips” Ogilvy and I’m sure A.J is looking for a better performance in Memorial Gymnasium.
Kentucky defeated Vandy 72-85 on January 30[SUP]th[/SUP] to take the lead in the SEC East. This game was thought to be a potential “trap” game, but UK had the game under control after the first few minutes.
Here’s a look at the team comparisons from Jan 30th.
The highlight of the game came when one of the announcers made a comment about Ogilvy’s hairstyle and called him “frosted tips”. If Ogilve had a chance against Cousins, it was immediately wiped away with that comment. I mean really, how is someone with the nickname of Frosted Tips going to overpower Boogie? It’s just not going to happen.
So what’s different about this game?…Memorial Gymnasium. Many teams have fallen victim to this Bizaro Gymnasium, including the CATS. Kentucky suffered one of its worst losses of the “BCG” era when Vandy defeated UK 93-52.
On Saturday I look for UK to take control early and grind out the Win. I am concerned about playing on the road and whether our entire team shows up to play. We really need Orton, Liggins, Dodson, Harris and Stevenson to provide a spark and keep things rolling (scoring) when our starters are out of the game.
Here’s a look at the four factors of winning and a breakdown of Vandy’s production…
[SIZE=3][B]Now for the pregame interviews and Triumph the Insult Dog…….[/B][B]
John Calipari – Part 1[/B][/SIZE]
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[B]John Calipari – Part 2[/B]
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[SIZE=3][B]Ramon Harris[/B][/SIZE]
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[SIZE=3][B]Darius Miller[/B][/SIZE]
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[SIZE=3][B]NERDS Pregame [SIZE=2](these are my favorite Nerd video’s of all time)****Viewer Discretion Advised*****(I just wouldn’t watch around the kids)
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