Kentucky finished off Mississippi State by 6 on Tuesday night, 85-79, in a game that I personally figured UK would probably win by 10 or so. The victory keeps John Calipari's record spotless at home, and pulls the Cats up to 6 W's vs. 5 L's in SEC play.
The Vegas sports books (surprisingly) had the Cats listed as a 17.5 point favorite going into this matchup, far too kind-- but midway through the second half it looked as though the Bulldogs might be ready to start the bus. However, State managed to hang around thanks to some missed UK free throws down the stretch and several three pointers from Dee Bost and Jalen Steele.
Thus continues the Jekyll and Hyde UK season of looking nearly unbeatable at home, and shaky as all get out while on the road. I've always believed that Rupp delivers a home court advantage that is WAY above average in the world of NCAA basketball, but one has to discern that something else is afoot with the way that the Big Blue has struggled in conference away games.
Perhaps it's the rims, as Kentucky hit a respectable 9 for 22 from beyond the arc tonight, and even the "injured" Darius Miller had a 5 for 9 shooting game in scoring 13 points. Let's leave a description of the "injury" to others, since I've read the speculation and it does not sound pleasant at all....and besides, I didn't blog about the Vandy game and don't want to go back and revisit it anyway.
Player of the game for me was Brandon Knight, who had a better than usual assist (7) to turnover (4) ratio, and also tallied 24 points. Needs to work on his defense some more and getting around screens at the top, but it was a great game for B.
And keeping it short this evening, I just want to throw in a huge unendorsement of the ESPN skycam. I absolutely unendorse it. Heartily.
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