Kentucky Wildcats (1) at Mississippi St. Bulldogs: Open Game Thread
by Glenn Logan on Feb 21, 2012 8:55 PM EST
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Welcome to the A Sea of Blue open game thread for the Kentucky Wildcats at Mississippi St. Bulldogs basketball game tonight in Starkville, Mississippi. Game particulars are as follows, courtesy of UKAthletics.com:
| Kentucky @ Mississippi St. |
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| Kentucky at Mississippi State Tues., Feb. 21 - 9:00 p.m. ET Starkville, Miss. Game Notes: UK  | MSU |
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This is one of those games that Kentucky could easily drop if they don't bring their A-game. Mississippi St. is a talented team that has largely underachieved this year, particularly the last three games, which have all represented games that they should've won, but didn't. That means they are likely to be hungry for a victory, and it's never a good thing to face a team this talented who also has a lot of motivation.
Kentucky enters this game on a serious roll, having not tasted defeat since early December of last year. Over two months of undefeated basketball and maturation have turned this team into a machine that has only rarely been seriously challenged by anyone.
What Kentucky must do to win tonight:
- Make open shots. MSU will give Kentucky good looks, and they need to knock them down.
- Force MSU to put the ball on the floor. The Bulldogs have very capable 3-point shooters.
- Force the ball out of Dee Bost's hands as soon as possible. The more he touches it, the tougher the Bulldogs can be.
- Get a body on the Bulldog's offensive rebounders. Mississippi St. is pretty long themselves, and even though they aren't known as a great offensive rebounding team, they are capable.
- Keep Anthony Davis in the basketball game.
I don't think the Dawgs can beat Kentucky if we don't give them open looks from three, and make the open looks that UK will get. MSU is just not a great defensive team, but Kentucky has occasionally been the best defender opponents have when they are taking early, quick, challenged shots like they did in the middle of the first half against the Mississippi Rebels Saturday.
Focus, make open shots, and defend their spots. If they do that, this should be a W.
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cmon OSU.....end this thing
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by Greg Alan Edwards on Feb 21, 2012 8:56 PM EST reply actions
I am just glad to be here......period!!!!!
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by Greg Alan Edwards on Feb 21, 2012 8:59 PM EST up reply actions
OSU is looking pretty good.
Sullinger goes out with 9 pts and 5 fouls, but they are still killing Illinois.
Illinois is just really bad...
"You are what you are and you ain't what you ain't"
by iam4ukintn on Feb 21, 2012 9:08 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Internet Radio
I never used iHeartRadio on my droid for some reason. But with my iPhone I now listen to WLAP pregame show….so cool.
by darkandbloody@gmail.com on Feb 21, 2012 8:59 PM EST reply actions
Let's go!
Evening off to a good start for me: Clemson throttles GTech by 19 on the road. Now time for UK to cap it off with a W!
Statistics is the part of mathematics that God didn't invent. - Ethan Smith
correct
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by Greg Alan Edwards on Feb 21, 2012 9:01 PM EST up reply actions
That was EST or CST? Remember, I'm in the Central time zone.
by bluegrassgal on Feb 21, 2012 9:05 PM EST up reply actions
you want the final score too???.....lol
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by Greg Alan Edwards on Feb 21, 2012 9:04 PM EST up reply actions
78-65 Cats
Statistics is the part of mathematics that God didn't invent. - Ethan Smith
I was told 88-65 Cats
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by Greg Alan Edwards on Feb 21, 2012 9:06 PM EST up reply actions
That's what it *would* be
Except Cal will remove Davis from the game with a few minutes to go to spare Stallings some hurt feelings.
Statistics is the part of mathematics that God didn't invent. - Ethan Smith
Well, I wasnt listening to the whole conversation.....lol......I got distracrted
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by Greg Alan Edwards on Feb 21, 2012 9:08 PM EST up reply actions
I make no promises
I’m terrible at the GOG ;-)
Statistics is the part of mathematics that God didn't invent. - Ethan Smith
oh, I can put together questions
I’m just terrible at guessing the answers!
I was looking over some from the first year, and I had a -2 for one score.
Statistics is the part of mathematics that God didn't invent. - Ethan Smith
I probably had a bigger negative than that a time or two.
Blue... there is no other color to Bleed !!!
I know - I was being a jerk. Game should start @ 9:00 EST
by bluegrassgal on Feb 21, 2012 9:04 PM EST up reply actions
I think they are delaying them a little so
that you don’t miss as much of your game if the previous game runs long.
Making waves in a sea of blue.
Anybody know the clock operator up in Columbus
Tell em to keep that hemmer down. Why is that clock stopped?
they would have had to do that before tipoff
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by Greg Alan Edwards on Feb 21, 2012 9:03 PM EST up reply actions
Good news about your wife Greg.
Now for the event of the day that is nowhere near as important.
Making waves in a sea of blue.
thanks.......I think I just got a couple years younger
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by Greg Alan Edwards on Feb 21, 2012 9:06 PM EST up reply actions
GO CATS
I hope MKG shows up!!!!!
by OvaDwayneBowe on Feb 21, 2012 9:07 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Illinois making it look more respectable than it was
expectations are premeditated resentments - cheshirecat
No, I mean the spread
Back when I used to gamble, I’m fairly certain the line would have been 17, and I would have had the rent money on OSU.
And we're off!
Statistics is the part of mathematics that God didn't invent. - Ethan Smith
Go Big Blue
"You are what you are and you ain't what you ain't"
by iam4ukintn on Feb 21, 2012 9:10 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I would say that's a yes
Statistics is the part of mathematics that God didn't invent. - Ethan Smith
TJ came up a little hurt
after that collision.
War is God's way of teaching Americans geography. - Ambrose Bierce
Lazy D and Lazier O
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by Greg Alan Edwards on Feb 21, 2012 9:12 PM EST reply actions
Talk me in off the ledge. I'm already having a panic attack. This team has always scared
mt.
by bluegrassgal on Feb 21, 2012 9:15 PM EST up reply actions
they'll be okay
Statistics is the part of mathematics that God didn't invent. - Ethan Smith
please stop taking jump shots and get something going to the rim
Statistics is the part of mathematics that God didn't invent. - Ethan Smith
Tight rims.
Need to hit a couple to make them bigger!
War is God's way of teaching Americans geography. - Ambrose Bierce
we are taking awful awful shots
I don’t get this
expectations are premeditated resentments - cheshirecat
Same Start As KSU-MU
And MU never did recover – - at home.
"In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act." - George Orwell
oh good grief
What was that TJ?
Ok – dunk is much better.
Statistics is the part of mathematics that God didn't invent. - Ethan Smith
nothing good about it, sis, but glad you're here.
by bluegrassgal on Feb 21, 2012 9:19 PM EST up reply actions
At least MSU
is missing their long shots, too.
Now we need to stop the shorties.
War is God's way of teaching Americans geography. - Ambrose Bierce
I am going to say it right from the start
I hate to lose, but a loss tonight would not be the end of the world. It would re focus our team for a championship run..
"You are what you are and you ain't what you ain't"
by iam4ukintn on Feb 21, 2012 9:19 PM EST via mobile reply actions
wash your mouth with soap and water. I hate MSU and we cannot lose to this team.
by bluegrassgal on Feb 21, 2012 9:20 PM EST up reply actions
I don't think focus is an issue
The start of this game not withstanding, what has happened the last 3-4 weeks to make you think it is?
Statistics is the part of mathematics that God didn't invent. - Ethan Smith
Agree it may not be an issue
But they have won so many in a row, that a loss would just make them that much tougher.
"You are what you are and you ain't what you ain't"
by iam4ukintn on Feb 21, 2012 9:25 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
No championship UK team ever had only had one loss. Just sayin'
Blue... there is no other color to Bleed !!!
How though?
Statistics is the part of mathematics that God didn't invent. - Ethan Smith
forget that.....time to turn the heat up......
Sidney cannot play more than 20-25 min a game……we burn him with fouls when he comes back in
I am now and shall forever be the Cat in The Hat, The Artist Formerly Known As ABC!!!
by Greg Alan Edwards on Feb 21, 2012 9:21 PM EST up reply actions
I'd rather lose to MSU than Florida, for sure.
War is God's way of teaching Americans geography. - Ambrose Bierce
And finishing with one loss
to INDIANA gives me heartburn.
War is God's way of teaching Americans geography. - Ambrose Bierce
And that one loss was ON my birthday. I am developing a complex over it.
Blue... there is no other color to Bleed !!!
I guess I don't understand. I'd rather finish with one loss than two.
by bluegrassgal on Feb 21, 2012 9:23 PM EST up reply actions
Indiana = Bobby Knight = Major Illness
War is God's way of teaching Americans geography. - Ambrose Bierce
He would smirk at being the team that kept
us from being undefeated, like UK did to Indiana when he was there.
War is God's way of teaching Americans geography. - Ambrose Bierce
Or Vandy
"You are what you are and you ain't what you ain't"
by iam4ukintn on Feb 21, 2012 9:27 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
well I hope at least one of the defense or the offense shows up
expectations are premeditated resentments - cheshirecat
DEFENSE.......
its what got you here…..
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by Greg Alan Edwards on Feb 21, 2012 9:20 PM EST reply actions
Didn't come to play tonight, boys and girls.
This game is going to be really hard.
A Sea of Blue -- Kentucky Sports for the Discerning Fan
I got a feeling.....about to get mean
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by Greg Alan Edwards on Feb 21, 2012 9:22 PM EST up reply actions
ESPN3 Not Working For Me
Wife may have to miss movie.
"In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act." - George Orwell
Now it's time to see if they can gather themselves
and get back in this game a little here and a little there. Score a few more than they do. (Sounds easy huh?) This is the first time this year that they actually look a bit scared. They know they are in a fight tonight now.
I'm dying here.
"For southern girls, a football game is just like church. We get dressed up in our finest outfits, prepare a big lunch for family and friends, scream like the Holy Spirit is upon us, and spend hours praying for a miracle."
by KYBlue on Feb 21, 2012 9:22 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Good start - inside to TJ!
Statistics is the part of mathematics that God didn't invent. - Ethan Smith
Just need to get the offense going....
I do nto worry about the defense….MSU will settle down at some point
Slower Traffic Keep Right!
They'll only settle down if we start playing good defense
expectations are premeditated resentments - cheshirecat
good grief Teague
Don’t assume the ref is going to call the ball out on MSU – go and get it!
Statistics is the part of mathematics that God didn't invent. - Ethan Smith
This is what they need,
a great test of their will to find a way to win.
Making waves in a sea of blue.
I don't know that it's required. Keep digging into these holes, and find themselves in
one they can’t dig back out of.
by bluegrassgal on Feb 21, 2012 9:28 PM EST up reply actions
They have always dug out. Indiana game was lost by the Hoosiers hitting a buzzer beater.
Blue... there is no other color to Bleed !!!
Exactly. Cal can only do so much.
Notice how he didn’t call a TO when we were down really early? Letting them search within..
Blue... there is no other color to Bleed !!!
that was
not as much a steal from the press as it was a “woops look what I found”
by drc928 on Feb 21, 2012 9:29 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Their backup PG is majorly rattled by the pressure
the press created it
expectations are premeditated resentments - cheshirecat
Hacked. (But got pissed and recovered with a layup)
War is God's way of teaching Americans geography. - Ambrose Bierce
This game is going to make Cal lose his tie
And very possibly his lunch
Proud member of the Big Blue Nation - Let's Go Cats!!!
we get racked up on our end
and they call ticky tack fouls on us.
You can take the girl out of Kentucky, but you can't take KENTUCKY out of the girl!
Im pretty sure that ball bounced on the floor
and back into the basket….
by floundringaround on Feb 21, 2012 9:33 PM EST up reply actions
Prediction:
Stansbury get first technical at about the12:00 mark of the second half.
War is God's way of teaching Americans geography. - Ambrose Bierce
hope that wasn't a "magical night" shot
Changing how you think will change what you think.
by wilson452 on Feb 21, 2012 9:35 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
21 Points In 10 Minutes Is Poor D
"In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act." - George Orwell
now that's a good jump shot
In rhythm and from an inside-out pass
Statistics is the part of mathematics that God didn't invent. - Ethan Smith
MSU will self destruct if we keep playing them hard
I am now and shall forever be the Cat in The Hat, The Artist Formerly Known As ABC!!!
by Greg Alan Edwards on Feb 21, 2012 9:34 PM EST reply actions
Fingers crossed. At some point Sidney will run out of steam.
I’d say something tackier but I’m saving my classy snark for the second half.
Proud member of the Big Blue Nation - Let's Go Cats!!!
If Miller and/or Lamb start hitting outside, it will open up on offense
expectations are premeditated resentments - cheshirecat
Withstand the early storm
keep cool and play our game. We will get back in it.
Making waves in a sea of blue.
No fouls being called
Will be when we get within three
"SPORTS"--Not interested----"CATS"--Pull up a chair,I've got all night.
For some strange reason-
I think all this is good for them. They can still win… It is early…
"You are what you are and you ain't what you ain't"
I just don't see it Getting your ears beat off in a hostile environment does
not seem to me like a good thing. Maybe adversity builds character, but I just want out of here with a win.
by bluegrassgal on Feb 21, 2012 9:41 PM EST up reply actions
Wow, TJ not ready for Miller's pass
awesome pass form Miller though
expectations are premeditated resentments - cheshirecat
Miller almost Wilson'd Jones there
Statistics is the part of mathematics that God didn't invent. - Ethan Smith
TJ wasn't ready for the pass and Moultrie simply took it away.
Blue... there is no other color to Bleed !!!
not really, the replay shows him asking for the lob and was in the process of jumping
when the ball came in there like a rocket
Slower Traffic Keep Right!
terrible pass
On the other hand, why didn’t anyone come get the ball after he picked up his dribble?
Statistics is the part of mathematics that God didn't invent. - Ethan Smith
someone send Terrence an ice bag.....
and then drop it into his shorts and wake him up
I am now and shall forever be the Cat in The Hat, The Artist Formerly Known As ABC!!!
by Greg Alan Edwards on Feb 21, 2012 9:40 PM EST reply actions
make it a towel
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by Greg Alan Edwards on Feb 21, 2012 9:41 PM EST up reply actions
These refs are NOT calling
it the same way on both ends!!!!a Even my referee hubby who is a Vols fan agrees that they are aren’t!
You can take the girl out of Kentucky, but you can't take KENTUCKY out of the girl!
And Teague didn't get
hacked going in there? BS!
War is God's way of teaching Americans geography. - Ambrose Bierce
looked like a clean swipe to me
FWIW
Statistics is the part of mathematics that God didn't invent. - Ethan Smith
Every time we do something right
we come back and shoot ourselves in the foot
expectations are premeditated resentments - cheshirecat
That is nothing!
Not T worthy!
You can take the girl out of Kentucky, but you can't take KENTUCKY out of the girl!
Figures it would be
Doug Show that called the T.
You can take the girl out of Kentucky, but you can't take KENTUCKY out of the girl!
Officials have taken the energy out
of our team.
You can take the girl out of Kentucky, but you can't take KENTUCKY out of the girl!
I agree-
I just told my son and wife the same thing..
"You are what you are and you ain't what you ain't"
we look a tad like 5 individuals
November ball.
Changing how you think will change what you think.
by wilson452 on Feb 21, 2012 9:47 PM EST via mobile reply actions
D and O both have to improve in the 2nd half
expectations are premeditated resentments - cheshirecat
MSU is lobbing all over us
right out of our own playbook. Not fun on this end
expectations are premeditated resentments - cheshirecat
FINALLY<
Caught Sidney doing something…He has had a fist full of Davis’ jersey all night and now he set up and threw a chicken wing out at Doron.
You can take the girl out of Kentucky, but you can't take KENTUCKY out of the girl!
Time to get old school.......
start hitting floaters and short jumpers…..play them out of the paint
I am now and shall forever be the Cat in The Hat, The Artist Formerly Known As ABC!!!
by Greg Alan Edwards on Feb 21, 2012 9:48 PM EST reply actions
Get ready to hear the inevitable "learning experience" whether we win or lose
all week long
Slower Traffic Keep Right!
Time for us to go NUTTY
Fat Tuesday. Mardi Gras has begun. Down 68-37 with 16 minutes to go. 99-95 good guys in the end.
Never, never, ever give up.
I don’t think this team can go 62-27 on Miss St, but we can do a whole heckuva lot better than we have been doing.
that's right!
It’s the day of the Mardi Gras miracle. The Starkville Surprise doesn’t have quite the same kick, but I’ll take it!
by blue kentucky girl on Feb 21, 2012 10:03 PM EST up reply actions
Sidney should have been T'd up
for that AND it was goal tending by Sidney!
You can take the girl out of Kentucky, but you can't take KENTUCKY out of the girl!
looked like all ball to me
Statistics is the part of mathematics that God didn't invent. - Ethan Smith
get a stop and another score
Statistics is the part of mathematics that God didn't invent. - Ethan Smith
rick has worked the refs and sec
For three years to get a game called like this.
Changing how you think will change what you think.
by wilson452 on Feb 21, 2012 9:55 PM EST via mobile reply actions 1 recs
Every 3 they throw up is going in
looks like not our night, if that keeps happening
expectations are premeditated resentments - cheshirecat
I mean if we don't play defense
is that still them going nutty?
expectations are premeditated resentments - cheshirecat
Mine, too, bgg!
You can take the girl out of Kentucky, but you can't take KENTUCKY out of the girl!
NEW THREAD
NEW MOJO, NOW! (Please)
War is God's way of teaching Americans geography. - Ambrose Bierce
Some home cooking going on at
M-I-crooked-letter-crooked-letter-I-crooked-letter-crooked-letter-I-humpback-humpback-I State
Blue... there is no other color to Bleed !!!
Do you have any idea how long it took me to type that right? '-)
Blue... there is no other color to Bleed !!!
Very true, but to be expected. Especially as someone said upthread that Stansbury
has worked hard for this.
by bluegrassgal on Feb 21, 2012 10:00 PM EST up reply actions
Like Cal said on camera
“Quit complaining about it and play through It”.
Blue... there is no other color to Bleed !!!
settin in class
watching on espn3, no sound, I don’t like what I see… WTF????
by BleedsBlue_N_TN on Feb 21, 2012 10:00 PM EST reply actions
Haven't we discussed you going to that class on game night? Get out of there quickly;
you need to be able to hear the game.
by bluegrassgal on Feb 21, 2012 10:01 PM EST up reply actions
I'm trying... still got 50 minutes...
be over by then,… hopefully leaving with a smile and UK with a W…
by BleedsBlue_N_TN on Feb 21, 2012 10:02 PM EST up reply actions
Oh, I see, you're in Tenn.
No-one in KY would ask you go without sound, much less have a class right now.
Tuesday night class = major no-no!
Although, come to think of it, you may be the lucky one tonight.
by blue kentucky girl on Feb 21, 2012 10:06 PM EST up reply actions
well, um, we certainly have a great deal of room for improvement in the second half!
how is that for glass half full? ;)
by blue kentucky girl on Feb 21, 2012 10:00 PM EST reply actions
we sucked and they played out of their minds
Adjusted second half to more normal reality says we are 16 to 20 points better in a half.
Changing how you think will change what you think.
by wilson452 on Feb 21, 2012 10:02 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I remember UT fans telling me that once.
Though they were speaking of Jodie Meeks.
by GoLightning on Feb 21, 2012 10:07 PM EST up reply actions
Lol-
D. Miller and D. Lamb are going to light it up like Meeks…
"You are what you are and you ain't what you ain't"
If we are going down,
this bourbon is going down too.
Making waves in a sea of blue.
by kywineman on Feb 21, 2012 10:02 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
I'd planned to lay off the adult beverages for a week or so, but plans may change!
by bluegrassgal on Feb 21, 2012 10:04 PM EST up reply actions
there's definitely been some turnovers
Statistics is the part of mathematics that God didn't invent. - Ethan Smith
I distinctly remember
one by TJ on a bad lob pass on the perimeter.
War is God's way of teaching Americans geography. - Ambrose Bierce
Would have felt better-
If it was under 10 though…
"You are what you are and you ain't what you ain't"
Cats can do it
remember down at LSU? :)
by UKWildcats #1 on Feb 21, 2012 10:07 PM EST up reply actions
Yes, I do-
I watched it live and have it on vhs…
"You are what you are and you ain't what you ain't"
Second half game thread.
http://www.aseaofblue.com/2012/2/21/2815653/kentucky-at-mississippi-st-second-half-open-game-thread
http://www.aseaofblue.com/2012/2/21/2815653/kentucky-at-mississippi-st-second-half-open-game-thread
http://www.aseaofblue.com/2012/2/21/2815653/kentucky-at-mississippi-st-second-half-open-game-thread
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OK.....I have figured this out
Our shooters aint shooting
Our defenders aint defending
The referees aint reffing
And our Swagger aint swagging……
Did I forget anything??
I am now and shall forever be the Cat in The Hat, The Artist Formerly Known As ABC!!!
by Greg Alan Edwards on Feb 21, 2012 10:13 PM EST reply actions
Brother can you spare a three???
I am now and shall forever be the Cat in The Hat, The Artist Formerly Known As ABC!!!
by Greg Alan Edwards on Feb 21, 2012 10:15 PM EST reply actions
Someone probably already said this
But Bost got one three (and two technical FTs) after MKG went on him. What a great defensive effort.
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