Unprecedented!

This turn of events has been truly stunning I agree... however, greatness isn't a label handed out for walking the easy path.  IF somehow we manage to win this tournament, you don't think we'll all be telling our grandkids about it?

Watching the game on TV will be very weird without the fans there.  Hopefully our band can cheer louder than their band!

I care a lot less about playing at 9 than I do that there will be no fans there.  The place is like 30% Kentucky fans and that's just a shaft to every one of them and one of our biggest advantages to begin with.

I just wish I could get some solid info on the TV status.

Given the horrid performance of bubble teams over the last few days, I think UK has plenty of cushion.  The committee can point to the events of last night and today as reasons to discount any odd performance, particularly as those are game conditions that are highly unlikely to be replicated in the NCAA tournament.

But past the UGA game, there's no way anybody would hold the late game against UK if they should lose that one.  That's a freebie, as far as the NCAA tourney is concerned.

But, you do believe you have one of the best coaches in the country, right?  Will he prove it here?

I just called a guy from work who is at the SECT.  He said they are refunding the money for all the games that are not played at the Georgia Dome. He also said there is NO RAYCOM AFFILIATE IN ATLANTA.  So the game isn't even on TV except any sports bars that may have it on satellite.  Good luck getting in one though.

He said they may well just head back to Lexington so at least they can watch the game.

What a crazy spectacle this is, but what can you do I guess. :(

semi-responding to many posts above,  if UK does happen to win this whole thing you all will be utterly insufferable for years.  Seriously.  Nothing will spell hatred of another team's fanbase faster than a conversation beginning with, "Back at the SEC tournament in 2008,..."

;)

When they played UT in K'ville, remember how they'd sit on the ball for about 22 seconds and then run a 3-second offense?  For the entire second half?  It didn't work too badly then, and I would expect to see a lot of that now so long as the UGA doesn't build up a big lead.

From the article:

"Also, an NCAA official e-mailed ESPN.com and said the NCAA will plan accordingly on Saturday morning on how the SEC situation affects the selection, seeding and bracketing process."

That's before the first game is even played.  I have no doubt the selection committee will have plans for everything, from an out-of-kilter losing performance against UGA to a lights-out, B-grade movie plot to win the tourney.

It may not be fair in any sense, but there's no fault to be handed out either.  The officials can only react to these events, not control them.  This probably is the best solution available; even though I thought the final would be on Monday, that creates logistical nightmares for teams, fans, and a city; this also allows any students with classes on Monday to get back to school rather than miss a day.

they get stuff figured out by tonight or tomorrow and let the certain fans attend those games?
I think the whole thing is , if the building was safe enough to make everybody STAY in it, why the in the world couldn't they be playing some basketball last night after everything calmed down.  This option (2 games in one day and no fans) is the WORST option they could have come up with for UK.  This is one of the rare times the SEC has dissapointed me.  I know it was an act of God, but for all the BS they were spewing last night on tv about how prepared they were for the situation (Raycom patted the SEC and themselves on the back for no apparent reason for an hour last night), it sure doesn't seem like they were very prepared.  I would be really upset if I had made the trip to Atlanta, which I almost did.

But even though I am upset, I am thinking BCG would absolutely destroy me for my poor attitude and he will have the team ready to go.  All of the sudden those game day practices all season don't seem like they were such a bad idea now, huh?

And as much as I proud of the fact that UK fans are more passionate and less annoying/illogical than other schools (can anyone say Duke fans?), I would absolutely love for a UK team to be so memorable that UK fans could not help but be insufferable for years to come.

Lastly, if only the Gophers could have pulled off that magic in the NCAA tournament - then perhaps there would have been a slight reduction in the 15 times a day we will all see the Hill to Laettner clip on espn and CBS for the next 4 weeks.
And what about Hoffarber, that kid certainly has a knack for the unbelievable.  He is going to win the espy for best play of the year twice as an amateur athlete in the span of four years.

All the basketball players have tutors available to them and every other resource imaginable to them.  It is a farce when the 'student' athlete excuse is used by the NCAA.  Everyone of those kids would much rather play a fair tournament that ends on Monday and miss a couple of lectures.  
And all of the other students might as well go home today if they arent letting fans into the games.
I think the committee should have made 2 different brackets on Sunday, based on the either of the two SEC finalists winning the final game on Monday.  

So with potentially two games today, is BCG holding a practice right now? :)

Rupp Arena would be glad to host the remainder of the tourney, I am sure of that!! :D

Raycom will broadcast the remaining games. UK vs GA at 12 Eastern. At 6pm Eastern the Arkansas vs Tennessee game will be shown and thirty minutes following that game will be the Miss St vs UK/GA winner.

Since Raycom is a regional gig folks in areas that don't have Raycom will have to go online to Yahoo sports and in the mens college b-ball section there is a tab that says broadcasts. Click on that and you should be able to find the UK games there. As far as CBS is concerned I am sure they will still broadcast the championship game at the same time. Haven't heard about a time schedule for that yet. When I do, I will post.

One more tidbit that I noticed before the tornado incident. Ever notice that no matter what the seed UK has gotten for the SECT we always seem to play the late game on Saturday. Fan retention maybe? If anyone has the time and patience I wonder if my theory is correct. Is it just my imagination or does UK seem to always get the late game?

GO BIG BLUE!!!!!

PS These guys are tough as nails, don't worry about two games in one day or another team more rested, this team can persevere.

still find a way to say we don't deserve to be in if we come out of this?

I like him. I feel sorry that he played his hand so hard so early and has no backup room now that we are winning.

OAN:
So, did we just see Tubby's boys "feel good shoot" themselves into a seat on the bubble?

SO I heard that they arent letting fans into the arena to watch the game becuase the atl pd was worried about people camping out and storming the arena to get seats.

John clay has some pictures up of inside the arena and it's really surreal. There are appx 500 UK fans inside this arean that seats around 9000 and according to clay 10 Georgia fans.

SO Im going to bed last night aroun 1am and I flip on Sports Center right before I turn the tv off. What do I see? A completley random clip in no context at all of the Laettner shot on the way to commercial break.
ESPN just freakin pisses me off. They will be feakin showing that clip 100 yrs from now. I say down with ESPN.

It's on the ESPN Full Court package, so at least that's something.  Totally wierd to see/hear the almost empty gym - the cheerleaders are echoing!

Kicks Georgia's traveling party's a$$.