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Arkansas at Kentucky: Second Half Open Game Thread

The Wildcats need to shoot straighter in the second half. (via Clintus McGintus)

The Wildcats need to shoot straighter in the second half. (via Clintus McGintus)

Kentucky played a decent first half, but could not hit open shots. Defensively, though, they were a smooth wall. No cracks. Arkansas was held to 31% from the floor.

Kentucky needs more offense, and definitely needs to shoot straighter. They couldn't ask for many more open shots.

Go, 'Cats!

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We'll call this the Triple-Double watch thread!
AD needs 7 blocks!

I think TJ might be closer to a triple-double actually

Listed with 4

so only 6 away

oops
according to Gametracker

So might not be an official number

I'm good with that!
We missed a bunch of open 3s

but I think we shot well overall

here we go wildcats, here we go
Arkansas with 9 FGs; UK with 8 blocked shots
Davis still 0-fer from 3
note to Anthony Davis

You are really awesome. You can do a lot of really great things. 3 point shooting isn’t one of them.

DM knew that one was going as it left his hand!
MILLER!

hooray!

I think AD needs 30 more blocks to te Shaq's single season record?

Tonight! (just kidding)

2 blocks on same play!!!
TJ and then AD back to back!

STIFLING!

Blowout starts NOW!!!!

Davis blocks ..... at his current pace he will have around 170 for the season

Single season record is Robinson at 207, others of note …. Adonal Foyle 180, Shawn Bradley 177, Jarvis Varnado 170, Shaq 157

Varnado is SEC record
I think he is definitely on that neighborhood .. hope he makes it
I've never seen anyone block shots from so far away

with so much regularity

Dramarcus Wade can score
Yep, this is a blowout now
nice ballhandling move by Jones!
TJ end to end!

smooth

TJ with the right hand.

That’s awesome.

i think jones' finger is better,
with the right hand on that drive
Did you see the magnitude of that FLOP on the Teague drive??!!

insane

Reichter scale proportions...
Pretty awesome wasn't it?

Wow they didn’t call Teague for the charge on tag oop bout time

Two travels in one play...
I guess you don't have to dribble in the lane

there had to be two walks in there before the foul

Refs were fixated on the arc
need and "arc" judge ... another ref what else??
Missing easy shots.

Make it stop.

MKG being held out to prompt others to play hard and lead ?
Good question... Don't know??
We're doing fine though
Yes and it is refreshing!!
2 early fouls in the first half

I would say it is more about that.

jones seems to play harder

when MKG is on the bench

You think?? I don't know about that??
I wouldn't say so

God save us if they ever run on all cylinders, these guys have so many weapons. Teague seems to be the only weak link to date.

God help the other teams lol
Wow, teague got bailed out by the ref there
looked like it
Left his feet, again...
Arkansas is really turning up the intensity
They are making some shots, so they have the chance to press...
Even in the halfcourt though

double team pressure all the way out to half court

line was 16 I think ,,, we dont usually cover the spread
Ad just cleaning up
defense hasn't been quite as effective this half

Arkansas scoring much more easily

Ooooh baby

Wow, such team work

This is easy for them tonight
That's hwat happens when you break the press!
Teague having a good game.

I like what he’s done tonight.

7 assists

Is that a career high?

I think 8

I'd say this is our most complete team effort overall

I like it a lot

Other than the charge in the 1st half and the recent "leave the feet" incident, he's been solid all game long!
Teague

Agreed, he deserves some credit. In the pre-game write ups, he seemed to be looking forward to a fast pace game.

Didn't TJ get a block on that shot that Dykes called an air ball?
Pretty good decision by Teague there - looked like to me - just sayin :)
Jones and Davis with 5 blocks a piece

Davis with 9 boards, Jones with 8

AD is two rebounds and 5 blocks

away from triple double

It won't happen

But it would be absolutely awesome if he and Jones both did it

The main reason it won't

is the blowout…he won’t be in long enough

TJ has made me happy tonight

he is very close to being 100% if this is an indication

Ooh, weak foul call
Teague foul?? What??

Ticky-tack…

TJ & MKG; 56-37
MKG is an opp machine on the break!!
And a layup machine...

Just saying! :-)

That’s like ten dunks

Making it look easy now .. pressing this team is not a good strategy
What athleticism by MKG

that was crazy difficult layup

MKG scoop is sweet
Wanna play at a high pace?

Okay!

LOL Tru dat, Tru!
3 players in double figures now

Lamb with 9 and MKG with 6, could very well see 5

okay, now 4 in double figures

your move MKG

That is just NOT a good look for that dude with the wacked hair
You must mean Michael Sanchez

a former Gillispie recruit that got away…

Boom - inside outside, everywhere

too much talent all over the court. I love this game!

#31

What is up with the hair? I haven’t seen this look before.

It's a look.

It’s a BAD look.

Okay.

This is officially a laugher.

Nice to see.

exactly what this team should do to Arkansas at Rupp

Good to see.

Excellent to see

I didn’t need my blood pressure through the roof when I gotta go to bed to get up tomorrow!

Yes.

They had begun to make me wonder a little. It has been a while since we really played well.

This is what a true top team looks like

doing things right and making it easy against lesser competition tonight

Blow out

The Cats needed a blow out, sets the tone for more confidence.

Shooting practice for smooth? nice game to get your confidence back
How many assists for Teague now?

career high in assists and boards?

5 Boards and 8 Assists according to CBS
well oiled machine tonite
I insist that Arkansas players try to score against Davis and Jones

I want more blocks

Got your wish there... 63-39
Teague with a nice drive and scoop...
that is a teague man move
nice move by Teague
Teague!! Man move!
Best play of the game by Davis right there!

That is why he will be #1 pick

I am referring to the scramble on the floor for the ball

kicking out to a teammate, keeping it alive

And all of America heard Cal's plea:

“Think, Kyle, think!!!!!”

Hey Cal

It is time to bring in the subs

davis has springs in his shoes
Dykes is right

“Arkansas simply can’t do anything about this.”

Seriously what is Coach upset at AD for?

SMile on my face the size of grand canyon

Nice spin move by Uni!!
AD is a man among smaller men!
does your hyperbole know no bounds?

;-)

And among wider men,too
Unbounded!

I should make a joke on your stats sig, but I can’t right now…

Woooooooo AD my man
How many dunks is that?

What’s the UK record?

I don't see it listed
How do you beat the press?

SLAM, SLAM and SLAM again.

Turnout the lights, the party's over......
70-44

for our friend in class

Could be on ESPN

A good coach is never happy

i cannot fathom being 6'3"

then sprouting to 6’10", AND not being awkward, how did Davis get accustomed to his new body?

alien dna
i went from 5'10" to 6'2" in like a year back in like 92

and trip over my own feet, still!

ja ja binks :)
OK, +1 for the Star Wars reference!
More importantly, how many pairs of jeans did his poor Mama have to buy in a year?

:-)

He wore shorts...
Possibly some Capris

Unintentionally

May not have started that way, but certainly ended up like that! LOL
AD could pull that off
Like Calvin but in reverse
well, he wore what other would call pants

but were shorts for him!

Arkansas just getting some garbage

that’s all they can get, basically

MKG good play

Teague 10 assists

MKG bad play

hard to complain about this game though

Dunk tank...clever

AD is 9-10 in FGs and 6-6 in FTs…only miss is three-point try

Don't do that, please.

Just a few lines is enou

Oh, wait.

I see. Failed picture post.

Never mind. :-)

LOL.....come on boss, get with it !! lol
?

what’s going on?

Tried to post a picture, and it messed up. Made a really long ASCII string.
Yes I can't figure out how to post pictures

from an IPhone. Whoops.

I had such a good feeling about this game...

…that I had my cigar and drank my bourbon before the game started.

Hee!

I like it!

Teague had 8 assists against Chattanooga in December
Good job ESPN

The song playing over the highlights as they sent it to commercial was the Offspring’s “You’re Gonna Go Far Kid.” Very apt.

Alley oop party tonight
jones can't QUITE get as high as davis!
Phil Mickleson out ..... Hairbow in
Arkansas with 4 offensive rebounds out of 30 possible

Complete. Domination.

If you're going to mop the floor with them

you need a mop

referring to Sanchez

TJ fouled that kid

hmm

What a thrill for the Sea of Blue tonight:)
..thank you Wildcats and Coach Cal :)
Hear Hear!

:-)

Coverage of "we back Pat" week: aka, don't mind me, just something in my eye week

*sniff

bad luck travel for Miller
And the foul...
You can't clip our hips, so don't try!
shouldn't our subs be getting some game time?
Stakes are too big to miss real-time practice...
Come on..they just mauled Ark

Everybody got enough real-time practice.

Yeah, but Cal is still yelling at them on how to run their offensive sets...

I’ll trust Cal, he gets paid the big duckets…

that looked like either a make up call or a "we feel sorry for you call
Get Twan in there!
5 players in double figures now
MKG is strong
but not always smart
Starting to get pretty sloppy.

Cal is going to blow a gasket.

what a crappy free throw!
Davis with six blocks.
That last one was JOnes'!

He was robbed!

also didn't get credit for the rebound

Which would have given him his first dbl-dbl of the season

get that bad hair outta here

Air ball from the stripe?

Sanchez is doing the Locks of Love program

That’s why his hair is like that. Per Tom Leach

Don't they need like 10 inches of hair for that?

Good Lord. He’ll be Cousin It at the tourney!

that would certainly be a sight to see
Four more and it's a 3d
There's one of 'em!!
UNI ..... Fear the Brow
OMG.. this kid is going to be too hot in NBA
6-10" slasher
I can only imagine AD adding few more pounds in a year or so

He will just be too good a defender.

He is in for a very large paycheck ... and well earned
Another 20 would do him well...

Any more would slow him down and you wouldn’t want to do that.

TJ with the floater...
Ant is two steps from the rim from anywhere on the court
They should re-evaluate assists for this team

a missed shot is good for a davis dunkback at least 1/4 of the time!

I am going to go out on a limb...

and say that AD gets the official ASOB Game Ball tonight.

.

Gasp! Say it ain't so... :-)
Maybe it should go to Teague for finally getting it
still enough time to get Wiltjer 6 points

And put 6 in double figures

Speaking of Ali's fist

Anyone else remember the “fist” issue of SI back in the day?

No time for the scrubs tonight
Nice bucket MT!
Pretty jumper from Teague
cal must have something against mike davis

he’s not putting the subs in.

Makes me crazy
Got your wish...
he understands the fans' pain for 2004
You mean Anderson?
driving home the "play to the end" point tonight
oops, anderson... got davis on the brain!
I can't believe the refs called a travel out top

it takes A LOT for that to happen

It was obvious.

I liked the call.

I did too

just surprised because travels are just ubiquitous out there and never get called

They drag their pivot foot all the time.

I can’t believe they get away with it so much. Guess it took dragging about 10-12 inches to get called then.

Yeah, but that was a bunny hop.
It was a drag... hit replay.
No, it was absurd

it was like 4 steps too many

Yep, my bad.

It was a hopstep, drag and god knows what else. But Lamb was SHOCKED it got called! I love those reactions!

I didn't record this game.

But it was an obvious travel. Too obvious.

Come on Glenn...

hook up the DVR baby! 21st century, my man! :)

Pretty finish Lamb
Eloy really wants to get in on the block party
ummm, eloy was NOT here when we lost last at Rupp!
well, I would say that was a pretty good win
27-14-7

That’s an NBA line

Good game, needed a good butt kickin'...

Now, need an even better one Saturday, that way I can talk smack against all the ’Bama fans!! :-)

Good night everyone.. that was a good game.
night all

I guess this will be a fun post mortem to write. Other than the late night time that is.

OK gang, I'm out...

Drive it like ya stole it!! :-)

It's a wrap.

A lot of good things starting happen with regularity. Ugly parts fading. Things are looking bright blue.

Good night all.

Great game

thanks all

What makes UK great coming up on ESPN
good night

next one should be better. I am coming with my two sons…a surprise christmas gift that has me over the moon. First trip for the three of us to Rupp.

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