Kentucky Wildcats Led by the Unexpected

Pitino coach also declined to say what comments were hurled at him by fans saying: “It’s too ugly”.

Hawkins is the feel good story of the day, a Kentucky fan from childhood getting big minutes against Louisville.

Dominique Hawkins grew up in nearby Richmond playing basketball on a outside goal, pretending it was Kentucky versus Louisville for the championship of the free world.

If Kentucky is going to beat Louisville then they’re going to have to solve the Cardinals press when we watch the Kentucky game live streaming or on TV today. That said, when Ullis is good he’s near great. “I didn’t want to let them down”.

“We’ve got things that we’ve got to do”, Calipari said.

Kentucky freshman guard Isaiah Briscoe, considered a key component with his defensive ability to shutdown Louisville’s Lee, suffered a left ankle injury during warmups, about an hour before the game.

Pitino said his team is still dealing with a lineup shuffle due to injuries heading into the United Kingdom game. That’s not possible. As Pitino noted after the game, “We hate to lose to these guys”. The Wildcats made a season-high 11 3s.NO PITINOPitino didnt meet with reporters after the game, with assistant Ralph Willard taking his place. Ohio State led throughout and withstood a second-half rally led by Jamal Murray’s 33-point explosion.

Lee scored a game-high 27 points for the Cardinals (11-2). Quite often, they made one and missed one. The former Kentucky Mr. Basketball put up 13 points and hit 3-of-4 threes in easily his best game with the Wildcats.

From there, United Kingdom missed a 3-pointer and committed a turnover, and UofL also had a turnover.

After Louisville trimmed a 16-point second-half deficit to one in the game’s final five minutes, both Ulis and Hawkins sank critical 3-pointers to keep Kentucky in front. “For us, it is finishing and executing later on down the stretch, because in ACC play, we are going to go up against some hostile teams”. “He defended, he’ll fight like insane”. But the Cardinals will need Trey Lewis, Quentin Snider and Damion Lee to get the offense flowing early while they force the Wildcats to hit triples. “One of the great kids of all time”. I predict, just as Louisville claimed last month that they rule football in this state, the men’s basketball team will make a similar statement on December 26.

Beginning with the 1983-84 season the series has switched back and forth every year between Lexington and Louisville, with United Kingdom holding the edge 21-11 in regular season games and 2-0 in NCAA tournament games. The 1-8 comment (Pitino’s record against Kentucky coach John Calipari) was fine. The 5-9 sophomore added one rebound, one steal and one block in the game.