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[FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]Tuesday, the CATS travel to Starksville for a “block” party that should not disappoint. It will be interesting to see how the CATS react to being on the road after playing the last four out of five games at home. State’s home court advantage is a one of the reasons UK is only favored by 3.5 points. [/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]Mississippi State leads the conference in blocked shots and are ranked twenty-third in the country. Led by Jarvis Varnado, I would expect to see a different style of offense than what we’ve seen in the last few games. If Varnodo is able to rattle Cousins early, we’ll need Patterson and others to start knocking down shots on the perimeter.[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]Let’s take a look at the four factors of winning….[/SIZE][/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]Once again UK leads in all of categories except for Turnovers, and what makes up for our turnovers…Rebounds! I really think the only way we’re going to lose this game is if we fail to rebound. Against South Carolina we we’re out hustled to practically every loose ball (long rebounds). This reduced our number of possessions and kept USC in the game.[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]I’m still picking Patrick Patterson as our player to watch. I think Varnado is going to reduce the number of touches for Boogie and open up things for Patterson, Bledsoe, and Wall. DeAndre Liggins also makes the watch list as the critical sixth man. His energy and hustle could be the deciding factor if things are close.[/SIZE][/FONT]
Here is where I would normally insert a funny video that pertained to Miss. State. This time I ran into a snag. When I searched “Mississippii State in YouTube, all I could find is Kentucky talking about Mississippi State! So here’s the pre-game interviews instead.
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[SIZE=3][B]Demarcus Cousins[/B][/SIZE]
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