Kentucky Basketball: Tyler Ulis is Leading the Charge

More importantly, the kids can play.

While UK fans are mightily enjoying the humbling of their “turn-Cat” former coach, the nation will start to lose interest in Kentucky-Louisville if it continues to be so one-sided.

Katz went on to credit junior guard Dominique Hawkins for his “magnificent game”, and called Ulis a “sensational player”. Louisville fought back from 16 points down in the second half to seize momentum and almost claim the win, but Damion Lee’s step-back three missed as time expired. Amazingly, Pitino has lost 11 of his last 12 against non-Billy Gillispie-coached Kentucky teams.

The Wildcats finish non-conference play on a high note, their two losses come to some struggling teams but they have key wins over ACC teams in Louisville and Duke.

As you can see in the picture above that shit was from way deep and I would say out of 10 shots he maybe makes 3 of them if he is really feeling it but not on this day. “(It) cleared their minds.”Alex Poythress scored 14 points for Kentucky. The senior finished with 14 points, six rebounds and three blocks. Kentucky won’t hit a ton of threes, but it will get to the basket with Murray and Isaiah Briscoe leading the way. Yes, Coach Calipari’s name is mentioned in my post, but not at the attempt to degrade him or his ability to recruit, and turn those recruits into championship contenders nearly every season. “That’s what he did”, Calipari said. “What hell do is hell come back and kill people next week, if his ankle is healthy.”Freshman guard Charles Matthews started in place of Briscoe, who averages 11.5 points, but it was Hawkins who gave the Wildcats a spark in his absence.

Louisville climbed back into the game with the added presence of Chinanu Onuaku, who only played six minutes in the first half because of foul trouble and the play of Lee and fellow graduate-transfer Trey Lewis.

Louisville’s starting point guard Quentin Snider played 28 minutes, but failed to score a point or shoot a free throw. Don’t. You don’t need to do it.’ I mean, let’s just enjoy the basketball game. By comparison, nine of the Wildcats’ first 12 games during their undefeated regular season a year ago were decided by 19 or more points.

The most noticeable problem was his shooting touch, but even in his bread and butter areas of passing and defending, Ulis just didn’t seem his old self. The Wildcats are 61-1 against non-conference opponents during John Calipari’s seven seasons in Lexington. Louisville had just cut UK’s early 16-point second-half lead to one on a 3-pointer by Lee.

Twice after Louisville pulled within two in the last five minutes, Kentucky hit a big 3-pointer – one by Ulis and another from Hawkins.

“The Bird” is the word right now about Coach Pitino, and it appears that he’s throwing up a fist after the fan yells “ONE-AND-DONE!”