Kentucky bowed out of the SEC Tournament with its 67-58 loss to LSU today. Jodie Meeks was held to 8 points on 3-for-9 shooting in a game in which the black-clad Wildcats trailed almost throughout.
LSU proved to be the better team, as expected of the SEC regular season champs, and asserted itself with tight defense not only on Meeks, but also in limiting Patrick Patterson to a laborious 15 points. Ramon Harris was the only other Wildcat in double figures, tallying 11. The Tigers were lead by Marcus Thornton with 21.
The loss, Kentucky's 13th on the season, almost assuredly sends Coach Billy Gillispie's team to the NIT, which would be the the first time for the Big Blue since 1979.
And with that, it seems strangely appropriate to offer up a video today-- a Smashing Pumpkins tune named for that same year, now a full three decades ago. This is from the Punkins' 3rd studio album, (appropriately?) entitled Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. I hope it somehow helps to ease the pain of realization that UK will not be playing in Tampa this weekend. We will have plenty to discuss later....thanks as always for reading.
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