Selden Leads Kansas past Kentucky 90-84

No. 9 West Virginia got a bit of their own medicine on Saturday afternoon, as Florida forced 19 turnovers and totally flustered the Mountaineers with a pressuring defense in an 88-71 win in Gainesville.

-Kansas has won 35 games in a row inside Allen Fieldhouse.

Sheldon McClellan scored 18 points to pace Miami (16-4, 5-3), which had a three-game winning streak snapped.

“I did”, said Calipari when asked if he thought the shot was going in. She might be wise to bring a pair of earplugs with her to Allen Fieldhouse because, outside of meeting his wife, that sound is what really sticks with Coach Cal, even after more than two decades.

“I love the place”, he said. “Boom! Boom! You feel it. I mean that’s how it is there”.

Calipari and Self each spent much of Saturday’s postgame gushing about the greatness of both historic programs and their fans. “They came in this building expecting to win”. “There is no pro arena like that”. But even if Bill Self doesn’t want to admit it, this visit from Kentucky was a pretty fun mid-winter departure from the grind. You get outscored 17 from the line, usually you head home with a double-digit loss.

“We had our chances in regulation”, Calipari said. “I think it’s kind of smaller and kind of more on top of you, but it’s going to be a hard road game. They wore us out”, Self said.

Kentucky’s biggest lead was eight, early in the second half. Kansas found themselves down a point with 34 seconds left.

“Yeah, I didn’t have many openings”, Ulis said of playing against the triangle-and-two.

Despite the success the United Kingdom backcourt has had, there is still room for improvement. Bill Self and John Calipari on the sidelines Monday night, coaching a bunch of future pros. “I looked and said, ‘You gotta be kidding me'”. Kansas certainly figures to treat it that way. These are the two winningest programs in Division 1 basketball, they have 13 national championships between the two schools and more than 4,300 total wins. The Cats, of course, were utterly dominant in a 72-40 victory in the Champions Classic.

In the inaugural challenge in 2014, the Big 12 won six of 10 games. “I feel it’s going to make us better”.

“We did a good job with it tonight”, Mason said. “We’ve been on a little run”. No. 4 Kansas needed overtime to finish off No. 20 Kentucky at the Phog 90-84. The Wildcats are college basketball’s all-time leaders in wins with 2,194.

The Wolfpack led the entire second half and shot 51 percent for the game.

Brannen Greene, a 6-7 junior wing, gives Kansas another outside shooting threat, as he connects on 54.1 percent of his 3-point attempts on the season (20-37). Ellis led the Jayhawks with nine boards.

Wildcats guard Tyler Ulis gave Kentucky a lot of good minutes, but unfortunately they didn’t happen during the closing minutes of regulation or in overtime.

“Yeah, they’re good, but we are better, ” KU student Tanner Buzick added. Skal Labissiere picked up two hacks in OT, the final one coming with Kentucky trailing 81-78 with 2:11 to go.

Kansas outrebounded the Wildcats 42-31 and made 30-of-47 foul shots while Kentucky was 13-of-22 from the charity stripe. When their opponents record a similar or higher FG%, the Kentucky Wildcats have a losing 1-2 record.

Devonte’ Graham, a 6-2 sophomore guard, rounds out Self’s three-guard starting lineup. Selden went 12 of 20 from the field with three 3-pointers while surpassing 1,000 career points. Derek Willis has been a huge “X-factor” for the Cats of late, averaging 12.3 points and 10.0 rebounds per game the last four games. The honor is the second SEC award of his career. Murray and Co. helped lead United Kingdom to its first win in Arkansas under the direction of John Calipari on Thursday. KeVaugh Allen added 19 points. He also contributed a block and a steal in the victory.