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Kentucky Wildcats (2) at Auburn Tigers: Second Half Open Game Thread

Keep it on the road, Wildcats. (via eliduke)

Keep it on the road, Wildcats. (via eliduke)

The first half ends at 32-28 on a running, contested, Darius Miller 3-pointer at the horn.

Hopefully, that will give the Wildcats a shot in the arm. Kentucky is only shooting the ball at a 40% clip in the first half, and allowed Auburn to shoot 48%. That's not going to get the job done.

Let's get some second half mojo going.

Go, 'Cats

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2nd half mojo, wooo!
Wonder what the % of 3 point shots is for the Cats?
Good, I think

let’s see, Jones and AD missed one, Darius missed one, MKG missed one, Wiltjer missed one.

Auburn = 0% .... I can actually do that one in my head ... 0-5
MoJo
Let's get it in gear blue!
I put on Blue Gear

is that okay?

Absolutely!!! I have on mine and my dog, named Texas has a blue bow on her head! Haha!
Shooting nearly 50% from 3 pt range

need to take a few good ones against that zone.

7 for 12 is more like 59.5%
it was 5 for 12
Wouldn't've hurt to get a few more rebounds in that first half.
Not a good way to start the 2nd half...
that's the call they make?
Cal... "why would you do that??" LOL
Did Teague hit him in the nuts?
I don't think it was a "groin strain"
A flagrant for what!!???
flagrant foul to the clackers
what the heck is going on?
My goodness....Teague pulled the ole tap the nuts on the jump shooter as he goes up move
it looked like they auburn kid stepped to teague and teague walked away
It was on the shot previous. Teague tapped his nuts
why did they call it 2 minutes late?
This is absurd

why don’t the refs just eject a UK player or something?

dude, the refs are gonna MAKLE this a bad situation
I'm about 30 seconds behind and soooo confused!
BBUKFAN sums it up accurately
"let's call it the mid-section"?

Because “groin” is suddenly too naughty?

This is so ugly!
I am on

the radio and it even sounds ugly

Thank you Jones
TJ with a heckuva shot there!
and no basket!!!!!
Can't believe they counted that basket

shouldn’t have, but bout time for something to go our way

Big basked for Lamb
Smooth with a MAN move!
ok they gave it to him
Never seen that before
That would have got points in a slam dunk contest
jones needs to get it down low! what is with this jumpshooting crap?
#4 defense?

Sure doesn’t look like it.

We *gotta* do better on offense

so many bad shots

Auburn's trying to get into UK's head with the physical play
We all complain a LOT, but this game IS bad!
I'm sorry..you dont beat this zone by dribbling into it.

You pass quickly to make the defense move and open then dribble in or pass in the middle.

NO.

They had it right two possessions ago. They just aren’t recognizing the zone.

True

but Auburn really is doing a good job of playing zone and shifting quickly on the perimeter, and we are not taking advantage of them keeping 3 guys out either, because we can’t get it inside for some reason

Welcome to playing on the road UK freshman...
Didn't Auburn get the memo?

Cats are supposed to dominate here.

i think kenny gabriel switched uni's with uni...
If we play this bad Saturday

we’ll get our butts handed to us by UT…!!!

We got a long rebound

miracle

Just got off the treadmill

sounds tight. Go Big Blue!

I miss Caywood

TV announcers don’t do squat when you aren’t watching for situational awareness.

Awwww! Cawood on the radio with the TV turned down. Miss that voice.
Hey, don't they know they're supposed to give MKG offensive fouls!
No D tonight at all...
I take that back, Miller has closed Sullivan down pretty well...

After that, not so much…

Senior's job

he’s doing pretty good at it.

True, he's been there and done that in regards to SEC road trips...
Kentucky Wilcats!
Zing! :-)

Took me a second there…

Come on Cats! I'm screaming at the Kindle now!!!
Is Davis just not going to play D now?
Davis doesnt look like himself tonight
Is anyone playing well?

Miller or TJ maybe?

Teague is the problem.

He gambled, got disadvantaged, and Davis rotated to help, leaving his man open.

No Twany Beckham to this point??
He won't get in if it is close
Twany must be REALLY bad not to get playing time tonight!
Beckham can't carry Teagues jock
Teague 1 ast, 2 to's and 3 fouls
Wow, MKG just said NO!
MKG joins the block party
These kids really haven't won an AWAY game yet this year.

Tonight is a learning experience.

Only real Away game was Indiana, otdshers wee neutral
Gotta learn to be solid and silence a crowd as well as fire a crowd up.
A stop is a good start
That was nice D
Uni, finally!

And got pushed…

that's what i was missing
Play defense, cmon
I was just wondering where that lob has been
we don't even watch for rebounds
Yep, AD was fouled too
Teague acts like he didn't do anything...

No Emmy for there Hot-rod!

bye bye live feed :/
Davis doesn't have a foul. He needs to fouls somebody hard
I don't even want to see the rebounding stats. Ug.
unbelievably bad rebounding
This will be the game of his lifetime for that guy Chubb
REBOUND REBOUND REBOUND

we are getting killed!

I keep losing all cable services here lol
5 rebounds between Davis, TJ and MKG
43-43, 13:12
And 29-14 rebound advantage to Auburn
MKG, you CANNOT keep trying to dribble over the defender to the middle

that is going to keep happening

The definition of insanity!
Davis with a rebound!
Out rebounded 29-14

that is a problem. Do we WANT it?

Auburn is playing very very well
And we go down the floor and give up a bucket... Sigh...
WTF

When is UK going to pull away?

this is making me sick to my stomach
Ditto! At least we're not down by 31 (snicker)
+1 for Angry Birds reference...
Could we play a little worse please

when games are close we just make poor decision after poor decision to compound the problem. Youth…

Teague and Miller have 7 of those rebounds
This team does not understand basketball.

That shot by Doron Lamb was inexcusably bad.

Time for Wiltjer?
Wiltjer has played as bad as everyone else or worse...

we’re gonna sink or swim with the regulars

I'm done with Teague

Can’t wait for Harrow next year.

You are just so wrong
Teague has not been the problem
Dude he is a freshman

he is going to have growing pains

And react by smacking people in the balls?

That’s not the type of pain I’m OK with. He’s a selfish thug and makes awful, me-first decisions. Hope we can win in spite of him.

come into the season with a decision on him already made or what?
Into the season?

Nope… had high hopes for him. Just have to accept him for what he is at some point. Smacking the dude in the nutsack is just ghetto, thuggish basketball. No place for that at UK.

Bad decisions are one thing, thuggery is another.

You would fit in well on Card Chronicle.
Long time UK fan...

Call it as I see it. If you disagree, fine. But don’t be dumb. No Card here…

Just referring to throwing the players under the bus.
He did it to himself.
Well I have lost everything...........:( Not happy.........I pay 150 a month for this and it always breaks when I want to watch something
ESPN3 has gone fishbowl on me, I can't tell who is who
Miller mugged him
That was so dumb

he’s a senior, needs to make way better decisions than that

he has 4 fouls now
Time for the bench to replace Miller
he's been one of the best players so far

good luck

this is getting ugly. well, uglier.
Damn that crowd is loud and that doesn't help
Kentucky is now panicking.

They tried so hard to get that rebound, they lost it.

This team clearly took Auburn lightly. Losing this would probably be a good lesson.

But I don’t want that lesson.

Disn network

has called it a night. ugly yellow screen

I don't want to put up wth the bad losses we took last year.

this team should be better than that.

Cal on Twitter...

All rebounders report to Craft Center at 8:00 Saturday for tryouts

ROFLMAO

It’s funny ‘cuz it’s true

They need these tough games on the road

Just like last years team they will learn tenfold from this

This is life on the road in the SEC
out played by a lesser team

Whether we win or lose, we got out coached and out played tonight

I'm not up for lessons tonight. They need to buckle down and play Kentucky ball. Not that crap they're playing.
We're down by 2, not 31. Pull it together Cats!
it's never too late to start playing well, cats
I think Davis backhanded that one in
TJ needs to get down low like that.
Wow, that was the strangest and coolest putback I've ever seen

AD is unconventional but extremely effective around the rim!

Learning Moment

We can only hope they are learing a lesson. I’m quite sure Coach Cal is taking note.

Another tough put back from Davis
AD is pretty good
HERE COMES DAVIS!
Davis that was just amazing

it’s amazing how soft the touch is on his putbacks

We're finally going inside.
Finally a good set against the zone

didn’t go but it’s a start

doron has been cold for 2-3 games.
should have been a foul
MKG was fouled hard on his second attempt
Couldn't buy a bucket on that one...
Possessions like that drive me crazy...several shots/taps right at the rim and nada
There was an obvious foul
well at least they made up with that throw down
WOW! they gave us one. must have felt sorry for us!
TJ is playing a solid game
Teague

hell yea fighting

How did Teague do that? lol
MT with a bound and bucket...
Teague showing some heart
Wow absolutely amazing Teague got that board and then put it in the basket despite getting MUGGED
Teague is having some trouble but he is really playing hard.
Anthony Davis is my hero.
Gonna be hard to pick a game-baller tonight Boss...
Might come down to a game winning shot
Yeah.

That’s true.

I vote the brave UK fans in the Auburn student section
he's keeping us in this game ... we have serious rebounding problems
Kentucky is just getting murdered on the glass.
this needs to be addressed

2 games in a row?

We need the real TJ back pronto
UK's young guys really are NBA prospects

they walk around for 3 quarters then turn it on at the end.

Ha, very good observation!
This is going to be a good road win

Gonna learn alot tonight, even if the unthinkable happens. But we got this one – refuse to lose.

I'm refusing but they are listening!!!!!
WKYT

what happened tothe game?? I am so PO’ed!

wave 3 still has it....crossing all body parts !! lol
How is that out off us?
Because we're Kentucky, that's how
Great move Teague
MT with a nice floater!
Teague floater

nice play

Lets go on a run here boys!

put this game away

It would be a good time for a run to pull away, and put the world back on it’s axis.

Teague with a nice floater there.

He has had his moments tonight. Not many of them, but he has had them.

hell ya marquis! teague DOES have some Cal guard DNA!
MKG not having a good game

Lamb either, he’s done the disappearious thing tonight

I wonder if MKG is 100%

He has looked a step slow tha past two games as well

Is this that part of the season where freshman are looking to find their second wind?
he;s not the ball of energy he usually is
Boom there's Lamb
Dagger... Hello Mr Smooth!!
that was hugeeee
Time for a dagger
Absolute absolute bullcrap

that was a GREAT play by Teague

We see eye to eye my friend
Smart play, Teague
that call was retarded
Well we certainly do charge well
I dont know about that?

I still like what Teague was thinking he was attacking hard

oh he was sliding. bs.
Apparently, in Auburn you CAN take up position after the offensive man has left his feet.

BS call on the Teague charge

yeah look at this!
Not even the rim could protect that shot from MKG!!

Great hustle (not to mention athleticism)

With 5 MKG's we could win the NBA title
I like where your heart's at....

but….yeah

Game on, boys and girls!

Big-boy rebound by Lamb, but Auburn is doing a fantastic job taking charges.

Good recovery by MKG, he was beat on the back door cut...
This is like Ohio State last spring

We started winning…then the score reflected it. We are winning right now, they got their shoulders sagging.

i have seen more offensive fouls called against us this year than i have ever seen

it’s unbelievable.

I think there might be an emphasis because of that arc

I have said all along I hate it

I think you are right; refs letting the arc make the call
It's a player protection rule....too many players getting undercut by defenders under the basket
AU

What is AU’s win loss record to date?

looked like a good call on teague
I think it could have gone either way, but it's always going to go to the home team...

We get that call at Rupp. Nature of the beast on the road.

DM!!!
Big time bucket there!
DM!

It’s about time

Picture perfect from Miller

knew that was going when it left his hand

Daylight...Miller for 3
I like that Miller guy also
Miller, that was great.

Just great.

Not that you need my two cents Glenn

but he gets my game ball!

Boom goes the

Darius!

guess i'll join the party

Annoying game…

I hope we learn from this.

i don’t think we learned from Indiana.

MKG got a call

musta been flagrant

Stop the presses

Blocking call

kinda scared there!
MKG running a suicide tomorrow?
There you go MKG

He avoiding going straight through the defender. Don’t even give the refs any reason to justify a charge call.

Bad shot TJ...
wasnt it a shot clock deal
shot clock

kinda had to

Thanks, missed the shot clock running down...
Good job Lamb, got position for rebound and a fouul
Make the front end this time Lamb
Wish comes true! :-)
bad shot jones. looks like davis got mugged. lamb too i guess
3 on the shot, he just missed it.

Just because you miss doesn’t mean it was a bad shot

Come on Lamb knock these down
Seriously, Auburn, your heckling is just painfully amateur.
Stanford, they are not
They are loud though.
Princeton at least had the SAT chant.

Pitiful

OOOHHHH

there it is!!!!!

THE EXCLAMATION POINT!
The BROW has spoken .... !!!!!
Execution has improved.

MKG with a man’s steal.

“This ball is MINE!!

"And you can't have it!"
That was great execution for sure ...
Every has to know that lob is coming sooner or later
you just know Davis is gonna do that 3-5 times a game, EVERY GAME.
Davis

He’s calm, cool and collected. And he seems to have a ton of basketball intelligence. He’s an example to the rest of the team.

Davis

with four blocks

average night
not quite, actually :)
Wow, he moved his pivot foot three times!
Love the little almost embarassed smile
Auburn's

10 game home win streak come to an end tonight…!!!

Go CATS, what grit they showed

Smooth with a smart hop step there after catching the pass to avoid the charge...
and the AU hecklers are filing out!
True or False?

Last year, we lose this game?

Later HATERS!
On the wrong coMment disregard
The students played "hard"
I really would like Joe Dean to get crippling laryngitis
He'd just get one of those Steven Hawking things and keep plugging
Go big BLUE
GO BIG BLUE !!!! ..... there's an echo in here
students need to have some respect

and finish the darn game

Gotta love hearing Go Big Blue in a hostile arena
OK, no need to foul down the clock in this one guys
lamb is pretty good at going "rag doll" when he gets fouled!
I agree

but that one was actually pretty solid contact

Auburn fought hard but kind of ran out of steam around the 5-6min mark
Yes Sir, agreed...
Right when we started to hit the boards
that 4th foul on Gabriel seemed to take the wind out of their sails
TJ with a good follow...
Wow TJ, that was manly

good way to end it

Get the Win and get the hell outta there
Don't even take a shower, get on the bus and get the hell outta Dodge!
I heard that the LSU team was stuck in New Orleans .... seems someone painted a 50 yard line in front of their bus .... :)
lmaoo.....ouch !!
A victory!

Well, it was a tough one. The Tigers came to play, and they did play very hard.

Give AU credit, they gave us all we wanted for 35 minutes!
Yep, you have to tip your hat to them for a hard fought game
They're going to get some upsets this year playing like that.

and Glenn they gave us more than I wanted for 35 minutes.

The 15 point margin of victory does note tell the story. Hopefully, we learn a few lessons about playing hard from the get go.

was there ever any doubt ??? lol
Same 15 point margin as against South Carolina

But totally different game.

uk relies on teams running out of gas.

won’t happen every time, guys

Good tough fought victory!

Still need to address a couple of things like rebounding but good road win. It wont be easy!

Glad

Auburn lost their game at the end…..see everyone Saturday

The score is deceiving
Time to watch "Bombing Hitler's Dams" on Nova

later

didnt we win that one ???
BTW - thanks for the Nova tip. LOVE Nova.
I'm a Happy Dude.

Glad to see my boys grind it out.

Closer than the score.
Work comes early tomorrow

Night all, enjoy the road W. We’ll get more – might get a L or two as well. Gonna be fun.

and...whew.

Will be on flight to the big sandbox Saturday. Praying for flight with internet.

If not i be with you guys in spirit.

big sandbox ?
Middle East
was afraid you meant that.....stay safe

and thanks for all you do for us back home…….that goes for all of you folks that are in the service

I wi and you're welcome
oh and , give em HELL !!
I think we need to shore up our rebounding .... or we may not be on the winning end next time
I'm out...

Good W, on the road, I’ll take it…

Peace out, ya'all!

Careful with the winter weather advisory!

Whew!

Ok, I will sleep better tonight.

Out rebounded, poor shooting, on the road

and we WIN.

Happy to get this W .... I just hoped we grew up alot tonight
We grew, but more growth is needed.
have to agree with that one ...last year on the road was sooooo painful
UK is playing UT in Knoxville on Sat

I need to watch that game with my bro who is UT alum. I don’t know how it will be, we are really bad rebounding. It’s going to be a close game at Knoxville. Don’t want to lose that game.

I think if we win at UT

this team will be ahead of last year’s team at this point.

So - just got home from a function.

Looks like we won and it was probably and ugly game, but any conference win on the road is good regardless of the margin. I am also going the guess that the line was 16, since we won by 15?

Cal complaining about the refs allowing rough play in post game.

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