that irritatedme more than anything else is that when the game was starting to wind down and we knew we needed something big to get us back, Liggins decided he was going to take over the game. Now, i appreciate the thought but i just kept yelling at the tv “Know your role!!”. Liggins is not the one we need taking over the game late.

They average 9.3 ppg and 5.7 ppg for a combined average of 15 ppg on the season.

TONIGHT they had 41 points combined. Ugh!

there is enough blame to go around whether it be offensively, defensively or rebounding-wise. Ole Miss had 4 players get at least 6 rebounds (8 with at least 5) and probably played as well as they are capable of playing. Not sure about the official stats but ESPN has Ole Miss with a 10 board advantage (not 5). I believe that UK was exposed in some sense by the fact that if you can make Jodie struggle, UK might struggle offensively. UK made up for a poor offensive shooting game by making 23 FT’s to 25 FG’s (2 FG’s coming in the final seconds on desperation 3’s).

Offensive rebounds were killers. Not sure how many 2nd chance points they got but they all hurt.

If I looked at the play by play correctly, Patterson scored a field goal at the 7:29 mark and UK did not make another field goal until Stephenson made a layup at the 1:56 mark. There were FT’s made between then but no FG’s. The next made FG came at the :35 mark when things were basically over. That is not typical but UK has to do a better job of executing offense down the stretch in tight games.

He had a solid game. It wasn’t great, but it was better then he has played in a long time. I hope he can build on this game and continue to improve. We’re going to need him as we get into Feb and March.

The UK faithful is going to have face losses such as this once and a while under BG.

Kennedy’s game plan was to face guard Meeks with one guy, crowd the lane with the other 4 in a zone, then converge on Meeks or Patterson when they get the ball and hope the rest of the team will not know what to do. And it worked to a T. Kennedy is not a genius, this is the same defense we have faced for the last three games (all of which we looked bad on defense), but this time the opposing team had longer to implement it and they executed it well enough to win.

Offensively, they employed moving screens, which the refs refused to call tonight (unlike the ALA game). They also repeatedly got Patterson out of the middle by moving his man a little bit outside just a second before someone drove to the lane. Patterson, playing man D, would move outside just a bit and then have to run back into the lane. More often or not he was too late. Again Kennedy is not a genius. This is a very old play designed to defeat man defense, but only works if one of your big men can hit an outside shot and you KNOW that the defense is not switching back and forth between man and matchup zone. The fact that Ole Miss was able to run this play over and over was very frustrating.

BG’s game plan is simple. Play man D, get the ball to the best offensive players at auspicious moments. With very good athletes in very good shape and executing well, this WILL win many games, even if the opposing side knows exactly what is going to happen. But, sometimes, like tonight, lesser teams are going to win because they execute their counter-strategy better than we execute our game plan.

The crazy thing is,with a second reliable outside scorer, Ole Miss could not have beaten us. Period. They couldn’t have crowed the lane like that and they couldn’t have focused on PP and Meeks as much. This is why everyone has been talking about the elusive “third scorer.”

that you did a good job summarizing things Tru. The shots weren’t falling. We weren’t consistently tough on defense. It bit us in the rear tonight. I mean how rarely do we see Meeks miss that many? Its going to happen. But it gets them focused for South Carolina who will be very very tough. In this case a loss humbles them. I don’t know if this team is mentally ready or mature enough to handle spotlight.

A top 25 team would not lose to a depleted Ole Miss team even on the road… Not taking anything away from Ole Miss, they out played us in every part of the game and Andy K put on a coaching clinic for Billy G… Hey Billy it was a box in one did you not see that coming? As good as our defense has been in this stretch is as bad as it was against Ole Miss… I do not have an issue with Liggins having that many shot attempts but they need to be off the dribble drives as this kid is not an outside shooter at all… I still do not understand not getting any playing time at all out of Galloway or Harrelson? Utilize the bench as that is and should be one of our strengths… This is a very bad loss… With USC, Miss St, Florida, at Ark, at Vandy, UT and at USC we will see what we truly have or have not… I think 4 and 3 wil be about as good as it gets for this stretch… Can four or five losses win the conference??? Five or six seed is probably right for this team… Go Cats…

As hard as this team has worked all year, as soon as we get into the top 25, we lose to an inferior team. I am so disappointed that I could drink my Southern Comfort without ice. I wasn’t able to see the whole game, our cable went out last night about 5 minutes into the first half & didn’t come back on until there was about 7 minutes left in the game, but what I was able to see was a disjointed affair masquerading as a “team”. Ole Miss was able to take Meeks out of the equation (although with so many misses he helped tremendously) & our second option, PPat didn’t seem to be in sync either. That leaves us pretty much exposed to the world because no one, except on the rare occasion, Stephenson, has the ability to step up. And trust me fellow bluesmen, from here on, stepping up becomes the name of the game.

I admit that I am still puzzled by BCG & his coaching. Most teams have a reliable rotation of players. Players know their roles (or not-Liggins) & what situations they may be called on to perform. I don’t see that, in any way, shape or form here at Kentucky. Don’t get me wrong, I love my Cats, have for 40 years, & always will, but I don’t get the coach’s overall system, other than man-to-man defense, which can be overcome with good screening. And if you question him, coach gets an attitude which is quite rude, crude & socially unattractive. It just makes me wonder.

who go onto message boards and post antagonistic comments – TROLL! He is looking for an argument plain and simple.