Well, with the matchup being set now, seeing as how the Rebels took care of Darrin Horn and company, the Big Blue Blogosphere is all tingly with the prospect of revenge.
Ole Miss notoriously took down Kentucky on a Chris Warren dagger in Oxford back on the first of February. Was it a lucky shot? Not necessarily. Warren's a good player and he made a clutch jumper when his team needed it.
But I don't think the University of Mississippi is looking forward to playing the Cats in Atlanta. They shouldn't be.
Kentucky will be plenty motivated. Kentucky is now playing much better than it was in early February. And Kentucky, for all intents and purposes, will be playing in front of a home crowd in the Georgia Dome.
I expect a close game early, maybe even into the second half, but I will be SHOCKED if my beloveds somehow drop this one. Coach Cal knows a good NCAA seed is out there for his team-- possibly even a #3 if you believe a few of the more optimistic analysts-- and I therefore think the Cats will turn in a nice, "professional" 40 minutes against the Rebs.
And hey, it's not like Mississippi has had a whole lot of time to rest after getting past the Gamecocks.
Conference tournament games tend to be tight, white-knuckle affairs, and I don't ever want to look past ANY opponent-- but I really think Ole Miss doesn't want any part of Kentucky in the SEC.
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Yea, looks like old johnny reb gave us all we wanted. You move away from KY and your ability to analyze basketball wanes significantly.
ReplyDeleteSigned, Your ol bud from room 425, Stevie T. (Met up with Tracy Redmon in a networking group here in LOU and she told me your were blogging.)
Stevie! Drop me a line homeboy! Find me on facebook or something...we can trade Betty Wardlow stories!
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