Jimmy Dykes seems to always have a theme for each game he calls. It was violent cuts for Jodie Meeks, and now “DeMarcus Cousins is a Man” has taken over as the theme of the SEC Tournament. I had a feeling that Cousins would dominate today and he did not disappoint! Lets look at the boxscore.
[TABLE=”class: tablehead, width: 100%”]
[TR=”class: stathead”]
[TD=”colspan: 13″]TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: colhead”]
[TD=”align: left”]STARTERS[/TD]
[TD=”width: 5%”]MIN[/TD]
[TD=”width: 7%”]FGM-A[/TD]
[TD=”width: 7%”]3PM-A[/TD]
[TD=”width: 7%”]FTM-A[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]OREB[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]REB[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]AST[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]STL[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]BLK[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]TO[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]PF[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]PTS[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: oddrow”]
[TD=”align: left”][URL=”http://espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=31522″][COLOR=#000000]Wayne Chism[/COLOR][/URL], F-C[/TD]
[TD]22[/TD]
[TD]3-10[/TD]
[TD]0-3[/TD]
[TD]2-2[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”]2[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]8[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: evenrow”]
[TD=”align: left”][URL=”http://espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=36081″][COLOR=#000000]Brian Williams[/COLOR][/URL], C[/TD]
[TD]20[/TD]
[TD]4-8[/TD]
[TD]0-0[/TD]
[TD]0-1[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”]2[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]8[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: oddrow”]
[TD=”align: left”][URL=”http://espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=27121″][COLOR=#000000]J.P. Prince[/COLOR][/URL], G[/TD]
[TD]30[/TD]
[TD]2-5[/TD]
[TD]0-1[/TD]
[TD]2-4[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”]1[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: evenrow”]
[TD=”align: left”][URL=”http://espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=41337″][COLOR=#000000]Scotty Hopson[/COLOR][/URL], G[/TD]
[TD]29[/TD]
[TD]4-10[/TD]
[TD]1-5[/TD]
[TD]2-4[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”]0[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]11[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: oddrow”]
[TD=”align: left”][URL=”http://espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=31802″][COLOR=#000000]Bobby Maze[/COLOR][/URL], G[/TD]
[TD]26[/TD]
[TD]1-8[/TD]
[TD]1-4[/TD]
[TD]0-0[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: colhead”]
[TD=”align: left”]BENCH[/TD]
[TD=”width: 5%”]MIN[/TD]
[TD=”width: 7%”]FGM-A[/TD]
[TD=”width: 7%”]3PM-A[/TD]
[TD=”width: 7%”]FTM-A[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]OREB[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]REB[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]AST[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]STL[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]BLK[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]TO[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]PF[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]PTS[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: evenrow”]
[TD=”align: left”][URL=”http://espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=32116″][COLOR=#000000]Steven Pearl[/COLOR][/URL], F[/TD]
[TD]20[/TD]
[TD]1-3[/TD]
[TD]0-0[/TD]
[TD]0-0[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”]1[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: oddrow”]
[TD=”align: left”][URL=”http://espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=32060″][COLOR=#000000]Josh Bone[/COLOR][/URL], G[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]0-0[/TD]
[TD]0-0[/TD]
[TD]0-0[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: evenrow”]
[TD=”align: left”][URL=”http://espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=35253″][COLOR=#000000]Quinn Cannington[/COLOR][/URL], G[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]0-0[/TD]
[TD]0-0[/TD]
[TD]0-0[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: oddrow”]
[TD=”align: left”][URL=”http://espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=36644″][COLOR=#000000]Melvin Goins[/COLOR][/URL], G[/TD]
[TD]13[/TD]
[TD]0-3[/TD]
[TD]0-0[/TD]
[TD]0-0[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: evenrow”]
[TD=”align: left”][URL=”http://espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=36080″][COLOR=#000000]Cameron Tatum[/COLOR][/URL], G[/TD]
[TD]17[/TD]
[TD]0-4[/TD]
[TD]0-1[/TD]
[TD]1-2[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”]0[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: oddrow”]
[TD=”align: left”][URL=”http://espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=41340″][COLOR=#000000]Renaldo Woolridge[/COLOR][/URL], G-F[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]0-0[/TD]
[TD]0-0[/TD]
[TD]0-0[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: evenrow”]
[TD=”align: left”][URL=”http://espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=45891″][COLOR=#000000]Kenny Hall[/COLOR][/URL], F[/TD]
[TD]16[/TD]
[TD]2-4[/TD]
[TD]0-1[/TD]
[TD]0-0[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”]2[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: oddrow”]
[TD=”align: left”][URL=”http://espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=45890″][COLOR=#000000]Skylar McBee[/COLOR][/URL], G[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0-0[/TD]
[TD]0-0[/TD]
[TD]2-2[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: colhead”]
[TD=”align: left”]TOTALS[/TD]
[TD=”width: 5%”][/TD]
[TD=”width: 7%”]FGM-A[/TD]
[TD=”width: 7%”]3PM-A[/TD]
[TD=”width: 7%”]FTM-A[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]OREB[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]REB[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]AST[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]STL[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]BLK[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]TO[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]PF[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]PTS[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: evenrow bi”]
[TD=”colspan: 2″][/TD]
[TD]17-55[/TD]
[TD]2-15[/TD]
[TD]9-15[/TD]
[TD]8[/TD]
[TD]26[/TD]
[TD]9[/TD]
[TD]8[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]15[/TD]
[TD]25[/TD]
[TD]45[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”bgcolor: #FFFFFF”]
[TD=”colspan: 2″][/TD]
[TD]30.9%[/TD]
[TD]13.3%[/TD]
[TD]60.0%[/TD]
[TD=”colspan: 8″][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: stathead”]
[TD=”colspan: 13″]KENTUCKY WILDCATS[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: colhead”]
[TD=”align: left”]STARTERS[/TD]
[TD=”width: 5%”]MIN[/TD]
[TD=”width: 7%”]FGM-A[/TD]
[TD=”width: 7%”]3PM-A[/TD]
[TD=”width: 7%”]FTM-A[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]OREB[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]REB[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]AST[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]STL[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]BLK[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]TO[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]PF[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]PTS[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: oddrow”]
[TD=”align: left”][URL=”http://espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=36191″][COLOR=#000000]Patrick Patterson[/COLOR][/URL], F[/TD]
[TD]35[/TD]
[TD]2-2[/TD]
[TD]0-0[/TD]
[TD]0-0[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”]2[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: evenrow”]
[TD=”align: left”][URL=”http://espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=45882″][COLOR=#000000]DeMarcus Cousins[/COLOR][/URL], F[/TD]
[TD]26[/TD]
[TD]6-8[/TD]
[TD]0-0[/TD]
[TD]7-17[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”]6[/TD]
[TD]15[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]19[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: oddrow”]
[TD=”align: left”][URL=”http://espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=41836″][COLOR=#000000]Darius Miller[/COLOR][/URL], G[/TD]
[TD]20[/TD]
[TD]2-5[/TD]
[TD]1-4[/TD]
[TD]0-0[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: evenrow”]
[TD=”align: left”][URL=”http://espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=45881″][COLOR=#000000]Eric Bledsoe[/COLOR][/URL], G[/TD]
[TD]33[/TD]
[TD]5-11[/TD]
[TD]5-8[/TD]
[TD]2-2[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”]0[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]17[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: oddrow”]
[TD=”align: left”][URL=”http://espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=45885″][COLOR=#000000]John Wall[/COLOR][/URL], G[/TD]
[TD]36[/TD]
[TD]5-10[/TD]
[TD]0-2[/TD]
[TD]4-6[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”]2[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD]9[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]14[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: colhead”]
[TD=”align: left”]BENCH[/TD]
[TD=”width: 5%”]MIN[/TD]
[TD=”width: 7%”]FGM-A[/TD]
[TD=”width: 7%”]3PM-A[/TD]
[TD=”width: 7%”]FTM-A[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]OREB[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]REB[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]AST[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]STL[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]BLK[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]TO[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]PF[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]PTS[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: evenrow”]
[TD=”align: left”][URL=”http://espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=31685″][COLOR=#000000]Perry Stevenson[/COLOR][/URL], F[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]1-1[/TD]
[TD]0-0[/TD]
[TD]0-1[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: oddrow”]
[TD=”align: left”][URL=”http://espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=35582″][COLOR=#000000]Ramon Harris[/COLOR][/URL], G-F[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0-0[/TD]
[TD]0-0[/TD]
[TD]0-0[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: evenrow”]
[TD=”align: left”][URL=”http://espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=36576″][COLOR=#000000]Darnell Dodson[/COLOR][/URL], G[/TD]
[TD]14[/TD]
[TD]3-7[/TD]
[TD]2-6[/TD]
[TD]0-0[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”]0[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]8[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: oddrow”]
[TD=”align: left”][URL=”http://espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=38408″][COLOR=#000000]Mark Krebs[/COLOR][/URL], G[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]0-1[/TD]
[TD]0-1[/TD]
[TD]0-0[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: evenrow”]
[TD=”align: left”][URL=”http://espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=41838″][COLOR=#000000]Josh Harrellson[/COLOR][/URL], F[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]1-1[/TD]
[TD]0-0[/TD]
[TD]0-0[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”]1[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: oddrow”]
[TD=”align: left”][URL=”http://espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=41837″][COLOR=#000000]DeAndre Liggins[/COLOR][/URL], G[/TD]
[TD]12[/TD]
[TD]0-0[/TD]
[TD]0-0[/TD]
[TD]1-2[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: evenrow”]
[TD=”align: left”][URL=”http://espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=45883″][COLOR=#000000]Jon Hood[/COLOR][/URL], G[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]0-1[/TD]
[TD]0-1[/TD]
[TD]2-2[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: oddrow”]
[TD=”align: left”][URL=”http://espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=45884″][COLOR=#000000]Daniel Orton[/COLOR][/URL], F[/TD]
[TD]14[/TD]
[TD]0-1[/TD]
[TD]0-0[/TD]
[TD]0-0[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”]1[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: colhead”]
[TD=”align: left”]TOTALS[/TD]
[TD=”width: 5%”][/TD]
[TD=”width: 7%”]FGM-A[/TD]
[TD=”width: 7%”]3PM-A[/TD]
[TD=”width: 7%”]FTM-A[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]OREB[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]REB[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]AST[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]STL[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]BLK[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]TO[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]PF[/TD]
[TD=”width: 6%”]PTS[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: evenrow bi”]
[TD=”colspan: 2″][/TD]
[TD]25-48[/TD]
[TD]8-22[/TD]
[TD]16-30[/TD]
[TD]12[/TD]
[TD]40[/TD]
[TD]14[/TD]
[TD]8[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]17[/TD]
[TD]17[/TD]
[TD]74[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”bgcolor: #FFFFFF”]
[TD=”colspan: 2″][/TD]
[TD]52.1%[/TD]
[TD]36.4%[/TD]
[TD]53.3%[/TD]
[TD=”colspan: 8″][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[B]Technicals:[/B] 4 KENTUCKY ( D Orton 1, D Cousins 1 ) TENNESSEE ( W Chism 1, M Goins 1 )
[B]Officials:[/B]
[LIST]
[*]Who peed in Daniel Orton’s cheerios this morning? If he wasnt running into the locker room from the bench, he was starting a fight with anyone he could get his hands on. A lot of short tempers out there today, and Orton was on the verge of exploding several times.
[*]Darius Miller had 5 points and just can’t consistently hit the 3 in transition. I still look for him to dominate a game in the tournament. He should be such a matchup problem for other teams, especially in the early rounds of the tournament.
[*]Patterson had the game that Cousins has been having the last couple of games. He only had 4 points and 5 rebounds. This just shows how this team can beat you with so many people. Not just 1 or 2.
[*]John Wall and Eric Bledsoe did what they usually do. They win. Wall had 14 and Bledsoe lit up the nets with 17. Guard play is crucial in March. I think the Cats have got it.
[*]One of the most high temper moments for me was when DeAndre Liggins tried some kind of circus pass in the lane and UT got the turnover. Can we really win with Liggins in the game?
[*]Darnell Dodson does some good things, and he also does some stupid things. Today he was good. He had 8 points in 4 minutes and had a highlight reel alley oop dunk with the pass from Miller.
[*]DeMarcus Cousins is a man. 18 and 15 is Shaqlike. He has the uncanny ability to touch a basketball and make it his. He has Spiderman hands and they help him dominate the glass. It has been a real pleasure watching this kid grow. My bad, “He is a Man.”
[/LIST]
Now we wait and see who we are going to beat tomorrow. I would rather play Vandy because they can’t match up with Kentucky. Also, it would be cool for DeMarcus Cousins to meet Kevin Stallings, since he had no clue who he was when he won the SEC Coach of the Year over Cal. Go Cats!!
