Arkansas downs Vanderbilt to setup rematch with Kentucky in SEC finals

At 6-3, 210 pounds, Briscoe looks like he could be a safety for a top SEC football school. “And, you know, we’re going tomorrow to watch the brackets and hopefully have a good celebration after”.

As the postseason gets going, and United Kingdom gets set to meet Alabama in Saturday’s SEC semifinals, Briscoe may become more of a big deal. “I knew I had to get up and execute for the team”. We battled, we fought. Seton Hall also owns a pair of victories and a narrow overtime loss against fellow Big East member and tournament team Marquette while also holding a victory over #6 seed Creighton. They are a few possessions per game slower than Arkansas’ slower-than-normal pace this season.

Calipari said he will talk to Monk after not seeing the gestures during the game. The Razorbacks have won seven of their last eight games since a 72-59 home loss to the Commodores on February 7, and they eked out a 73-72 win over Ole Miss on Friday behind 17 points from Daryl Macon.

Freshman guard Dazon Ingram paced Alabama (19-14) with 17 points. Arkansas last led at 18-17 midway through the half before Monk scored to put Kentucky ahead for good. Forward Justin Jackson has improved his 3-point touch and scoring point guard Joel Berry, who lit up Duke for 28 points in a regular-season finale, making 5 of 5 3-pointers, made 4 of 4 3-pointers in last April’s three-point loss to Villanova in the national-title game.

Still, Kentucky led by only two until Fox went Kyrie Irving at the other end.

“It was unfortunate but, at the same time, I don’t think anybody was intent on trying to hurt anybody”, Anderson said.

“We made a lot of history since our class came here”. That’s a 5-point swing right there.

The Razorbacks, most likely, weren’t going to come all the way back with Kentucky’s starters back on the floor, but the ending was nearly as dramatic as if they did.

This is the definition of the 8 vs. 9 matchup.

The Razorbacks had 10 field goals in the first half, five in their half-court offense against a too-quick Kentucky man-to-man defense and five in transition off turnovers. Kentucky has had to come from behind against a few less talented teams in recent weeks, but has looked much better overall since being blown out at Florida on February 4. Freshman Edrice Adebayo finished with a game-high nine rebounds. Kingsley leads in rebounds with 7.7 while Macon tops in assists with 2.3 per game. 2016 SEC Sixth Man of the Year Duane Notice played 31 minutes and scored zero points for SC, while Alabama got a game-high 18 points from Braxton Key.

Arkansas, meanwhile, started 1-for-7 and went almost three minutes without a point before catching fire for its own 7-0 run to grab a 9-7 advantage. Kentucky outlasted Alabama while Arkansas dominated Vanderbilt the second half to win 76-62 as Vandy missed 23 of 31 3-pointers. “And our guys’ body language and faces were locked in today”, Johnson said. If he’s playing with energy, the whole team is going to play with energy. Trusting the guy that got the hot hand. They poured their hearts out.

“But we’re continuing to progress … you can see us going somewhere with the program”.