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Looks like those country roads took him home.

Usless yes. Fun yes.

12/10 Bracketology

* Cats get the win over Colgate … but it was not without some drama. Cats open up a 17-0 lead with 13:20 to go in the 1st half … and then find themselves down 3 with 17:30 to go in the 2nd half … a 20-pt swing to the advantage of Colgate … that cannot happen … Cats playing with fire in 1st half of some games.

* Cats probably won because we had 11 more rebounds …8 more offensive rebounds which led to a few more FTs and 2’s … the rest of the stats were pretty close. Cats -3 from 3pt line going 10-31 … need a couple more of those to go down.

* Don’t like what we are seeing of late with Williams .. too many effort and playing lapses. Garrison, has to be better … plays too much below the rim ….has to elevate and make those baby hooks

* Somehow we got all 5 starters in double figures … Brea played well on offense, not so much on defense … Oweh our best player on both ends … Robinson is a catch and shoot player, not his strength off the bounce … Carr steady as always

* Nothing against our current freshmen class, but CMP needs to bring in some big-time freshmen (off to a good start) and some big-time stars from the portal …

* The game only took 1 hour and 45 minutes to play …. can’t recall a game that played that fast … ESPN had a lot of time to kill after the game

* Up Next: Cats vs. the Birds on Saturday… the Birds play with a lot of energy and shoot a lot of 3’s … Cats better come ready to play in this one. Cats injuries to Butler and Kerr is a big concern .. we need Butler back asap with Kerr out a month or so.

** Elon EDGE defender Cazeem Moore confirms that interest from Kentucky has been ongoing but he does not yet know if he is going to take a visit yet. Memphis, Cincinnati, Texas Tech, Virginia, USF, Coastal, Oklahoma State, and San Diego State are the other schools that have offered. He tells CI that he has some visits on the books but Kentucky is TBD. So someone to know about but still work to do unless it's farther along.

** UK has had some interest in Tulane quarterback Darian Mensah. However, I think the asking price is going to be very high. Kentucky has a much improved NIL situation but you have to keep in mind, they have a lot of starters they have to bring in. Makes you wonder if they are going to be in a position to get a top dollar quarterback.

** I mentioned an OL I felt like they have a great shot with. Here's what I can tell you. Three year full-time Division I starter with a strong record in pass protection. I don't think anything is going to happen for the next few days on that but I will keep you posted.

** Alabama OL and former UK target Naquil Betrand has gone into the portal. As with Miles McVay, also transferring from Bama, I am not expecting Kentucky to be involved. Keep in mind the priority is going to be guys who have played and guys who are athletic. If you're a prospect at a big brand school that might be a fourth take, but you need proven track records at this point.

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Cats by 90.

Who will win this race and what will success mean for that country and for the people of the world?

Is this the computer version of the nuclear weaponry?

Here is the game, in case you missed it. It's not a pretty game, but a win is a win.


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Nevada OT Isaiah World was on track to visit UK this weekend but I am now told this is unlikely to happen.

Ohio State is involved and the numbers I am hearing are crazy.

Better have the right $$ situation but UK has a lot of ways they have to cut the pie.

On another note, I think they are in good shape with Braun. Will be a guard, wants to learn center.

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We all know the BCG era in UK didn't end up so great but there were some good moments in there I think.

With the passage of time how do you think the Rupp crowd would treat BCG as the opposing coach? Let's say Tarleton State ends up on the schedule next November.

Nm

KENTUCKY MEN’S BASKETBALL POSTGAME NOTES
RUPP ARENA AT CENTRAL BANK CENTER | LEXINGTON, KY
DEC 11, 2024
ATTENDANCE: 19,646



Final Score: No. 5 Kentucky 78, Colgate 67



Team Records and Series Notes

• Kentucky is 9-1 and Colgate is 2-9.
• This is the first meeting between the two schools.
• Mark Pope is 196-109 as head coach including 9-1 at Kentucky.
• Next for Kentucky: Kentucky takes on the rival Louisville Cardinals, Saturday, Dec. 14 at Rupp Arena. The action will tip at 5:15 p.m. and air on ESPN.

Team Notes

• Five Wildcats scored in double figures tonight. It’s the sixth time in 10 games that at least five Cats have hit double digits in scoring.
• Kentucky won the rebounding tonight, 46-35. UK has won or tied the rebounding in all but one game this season.
• Kentucky used its size to win points in the paint, 40-24.
• Kentucky sent Colgate to the free-throw line for three attempts, fewest for a Wildcat opponent since North Florida shot only two on Nov. 26, 2021.
• Kentucky had a season-low six turnovers.

Player Notes

• Andrew Carr totaled 11 points and 10 rebounds, his second double-double of the season and 13th of his career.
• Koby Brea tallied 17 points tonight, including 5 of 8 on 3-pointers.
  • He surpassed the 1,000-point mark in career scoring and now has 1,013 points as a collegian.
• Otega Oweh scored 15 points and has hit double figures in every game this season. He also led the Wildcats in assists with four.
• Amari Williams had a season-high 15 points.
• Jaxon Robinson ended with 11 points, his fourth straight game in double figures.

In the First Half

• Kentucky’s starters were Koby Brea, Jaxson Robinson, Otega Oweh, Andrew Carr and Amari Williams. It is the first time this combination has been used.
• Brandon Garrison was the first substitution at 16:42.
• Kentucky scored the first 17 points of the game, the Wildcats’ largest run since a 17-0 spurt in the 2023-24 season opener vs. New Mexico State.
• The Wildcats went cold for almost six minutes as Colgate responded with an 11-0 run.
• The Raiders stayed hot and closed within 38-36 at halftime on a 3-pointer at the buzzer. Brea led UK in the first half with 12 points, coming on 4-of-4 on 3-pointers.

In the Second Half

• Kentucky began the second half with the starters.
• Colgate kept it going and took its first lead, 41-40, on a 3-pointer at the 18:28 mark.
• Colgate increased the lead to three points, 45-42.
• Trailing 47-46, UK regained the lead with a quartet of 3-pointers – two by Robinson, one by Trent Noah and one by Oweh to make it 58-47.
• The Wildcats never trailed again, stretching the lead to as many as 18 points at 69-51.

“I don’t know, if some newspaper tripled your salary, you might go. I don’t know, I’m very happy. Other than losing the last two games, I’m pissed about that. Everybody probably wants me to leave because we lost twice. I don’t know, my kids are mad at me.”

I’ve seen him speak a few times.

Maybe he’ll not have the career I think he is capable of, but meet the guy, talk to him, listen to him, and you’ll walk away knowing that “this guy has ‘It,’ whatever ‘It’ is!!”

Portal bound per Justin Rowland

Ugh!

Welcome to the Official Kentucky vs Colgate OOC Prediction Contest!

Follow the rules below and make your prediction. I'll publish the results after the game. You can put any comment you would like below your score prediction (put '***' after your prediction to make it easier to separate the comments) but try not to put anything above as my scripts may not be able to find your prediction. This is the 1st of three prediction contests this season: the OOC Contest, the SEC Regular Season contest, and the Postseason Contest.

Whoever predicts the score closest to the actual score wins. I take the absolute value of the difference of your guess of the Kentucky score and the actual plus the absolute value of the difference of your guess of the opponent score and the actual. There is a penalty for picking the wrong winner. That penalty is the worst score among those who predicted the correct winner. In case of a tie, the tiebreaker is used. In case of a tie in the tiebreaker, we have more than one winner.

I will be awarding points for the first 10 places, including a 3 point bonus for a perfect prediction. I will track cumulative point totals and the number of games you make the top 10. This contest ends with the Brown game.

Your post should look something really close to the example below. Remember the ":"s and the word "Tiebreaker:"! Do not!! use a "-" as a separator because some of our tiebreakers will be negative.

This game's tiebreaker is Kentucky Made 3 Ptrs.

Kentucky vs Colgate game:

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Kentucky: 106
Colgate: 70

Tiebreaker: 12
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Just cut and paste everything between the lines above into your reply and then modify the scores and tiebreaker as you see fit. If you don't know how to do that, type very carefully. Remember to type in the word "Tiebreaker:" so that I can find it. Anything my scripts can't figure out will not count.

Don't edit your post or try to post a score after the game has started.
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OOC Season Basketball Prediction Scores - Kentucky @ Gonzaga (tiebreaker was 18 Missed Kentucky 3 Ptrs):

10 1 . Hargyt13 : 2 points, tiebreaker=19
9 2 . the nail at the foul line: 2 points, tiebreaker=20
8 3 . Bigblueincincy : 3 points, tiebreaker=17
7 4 . truckbrandon : 3 points, tiebreaker=22
6 5 . BlobUK : 4 points, tiebreaker=19
5 6 . cat tat2 : 5 points, tiebreaker=18
4 7 . Blue_belly : 5 points, tiebreaker=19
3 8 . onearmedjesus : 5 points, tiebreaker=22
2 9 . cat888 : 5 points, tiebreaker=12
1 10 . TOMCATS1990 : 7 points, tiebreaker=18
.. 11 . ORCAT : 7 points, tiebreaker=17
.. 12 . wfm101981 : 7 points, tiebreaker=20
.. 13 . Short-Dawg-69 : 7 points, tiebreaker=14
.. 14 . kennyskywalker34 : 8 points, tiebreaker=22
.. 14 . Kycatspaws : 8 points, tiebreaker=22
.. 16 . M4CAT : 9 points, tiebreaker=15
.. 17 . Roe07 : 9 points, tiebreaker=22
.. 17 . TheKentuckyKid : 9 points, tiebreaker=22
.. 19 . WalterTheHippo : 10 points, tiebreaker=20
.. 20 . BigBlueFanGA : 10 points, tiebreaker=21
.. 21 . Wildcat_In_Florida: 11 points, tiebreaker=19
.. 21 . blubo : 11 points, tiebreaker=19
.. 21 . GoBIG BLUE : 11 points, tiebreaker=19
.. 24 . lyngz : 11 points, tiebreaker=20
.. 25 . ukypug : 12 points, tiebreaker=22
.. 26 . rivercatinfl : 14 points, tiebreaker=18
.. 27 . warrior-cat : 14 points, tiebreaker=17
.. 28 . yes_takeaside : 14 points, tiebreaker=14
.. 29 . Blueisbest : 15 points, tiebreaker=19
.. 30 . Oldbluefart : 16 points, tiebreaker=16
.. 31 . pappy52 : 17 points, tiebreaker=18
.. 32 . tdjohnsky : 17 points, tiebreaker=17
.. 33 . maysvilleky : 17 points, tiebreaker=16
.. 34 . TexKat : 18 points, tiebreaker=20
.. 35 . kyfanrob : 22 points, tiebreaker=16
.. 36 . OldEvilleCat : 25 points, tiebreaker=18
.. 37 . Mrwildcats03 : 28 points, tiebreaker=15
.. 38 . North Carolina Blue Wildcat: 28 points, tiebreaker=23
.. 39 . Old_Red : 34 points, tiebreaker=23
.. 40 . ArtLaibsGhost : 35 points, tiebreaker=22
.. 41 . Smashcat : 36 points, tiebreaker=15
.. 41 . UK Widget : 36 points, tiebreaker=21
.. 43 . LogicalCat : 37 points, tiebreaker=20
.. 43 . AFSTALLION13 : 37 points, tiebreaker=20
.. 45 . ThreeHogNight : 38 points, tiebreaker=21
.. 46 . ukfan041 : 38 points, tiebreaker=22
.. 47 . UKCatWoman : 39 points, tiebreaker=19
.. 48 . docholiday51 : 39 points, tiebreaker=20
.. 48 . Chad Rock : 39 points, tiebreaker=20
.. 50 . nickhorvathsuxazz : 41 points, tiebreaker=16
.. 51 . howercat : 41 points, tiebreaker=22
.. 52 . runt#69 : 41 points, tiebreaker=13
.. 53 . number8please : 42 points, tiebreaker=17
.. 53 . Rideordiewildcat : 42 points, tiebreaker=19
.. 55 . drew_ukfan : 42 points, tiebreaker=14
.. 56 . *CatinIL* : 43 points, tiebreaker=17
.. 57 . TheBlueCat : 43 points, tiebreaker=20
.. 58 . Demarcus Kidd-Miller: 44 points, tiebreaker=18
.. 59 . CBBCrazy : 44 points, tiebreaker=21
.. 59 . Dontworryboutit23 : 44 points, tiebreaker=21
.. 61 . Jazzycat : 45 points, tiebreaker=15
.. 62 . Hang_Time_2 : 45 points, tiebreaker=22
.. 62 . kywildcat41035 : 45 points, tiebreaker=14
.. 64 . kybloo92 : 46 points, tiebreaker=16
.. 65 . YardCat : 46 points, tiebreaker=22
.. 66 . kywildcatsfannumber1: 47 points, tiebreaker=19
.. 67 . coolfred : 48 points, tiebreaker=21
.. 68 . Jperry1987 : 49 points, tiebreaker=19
.. 69 . TNCatfanforever : 49 points, tiebreaker=23
.. 70 . The Grand Poohbah : 51 points, tiebreaker=19
.. 70 . JFCats22 : 51 points, tiebreaker=19
.. 72 . jimmy cowboy : 53 points, tiebreaker=19
.. 73 . Nuke99m : 65 points, tiebreaker=25

Those who picked the wrong winner: ArtLaibsGhost, Hang_Time_2, Jazzycat, number8please, Jperry1987, ThreeHogNight, Smashcat, UK Widget, Rideordiewildcat, coolfred, kywildcat41035, YardCat, jimmy cowboy, Old_Red, Nuke99m, AFSTALLION13, kybloo92, *CatinIL*, The Grand Poohbah, runt#69, ukfan041, Demarcus Kidd-Miller, docholiday51, TNCatfanforever, CBBCrazy, nickhorvathsuxazz, UKCatWoman, JFCats22, TheBlueCat, drew_ukfan, kywildcatsfannumber1, howercat, LogicalCat, Dontworryboutit23, Chad Rock

OOC Season Basketball Prediction Contest Leader Board:

21 : jimmy cowboy
20 : The Grand Poohbah
19 : Hargyt13
18 : Chad Rock
17 : cat888
16 : kybloo92
15 : CBBCrazy
15 : truckbrandon
14 : cat tat2
13 : Rideordiewildcat
12 : BlobUK
12 : Blueisbest
11 : Bigblueincincy
11 : Blue_belly
10 : 19jhadams
10 : kyfanrob
10 : kywildcat41086
10 : onearmedjesus
10 : ORCAT
10 : Roe07
10 : Short-Dawg-69
10 : ThreeHogNight
10 : UK Widget
10 : UKCatWoman
9 : drew_ukfan
9 : TFCats11
9 : the nail at the foul line
8 : blubo
8 : Kycatspaws
8 : maysvilleky
8 : runt#69
8 : Smashcat
7 : Creed Bratton
7 : Jperry1987
7 : number8please
7 : OldEvilleCat
7 : pappy52
7 : wfm101981
6 : LogicalCat
5 : Blueworld_3.0
5 : coolfred
5 : Demarcus Kidd-Miller
5 : docholiday51
5 : Farsight
5 : Old_Red
4 : howercat
4 : kennyskywalker34
4 : lyngz
4 : Oldbluefart
4 : TexKat
4 : TOMCATS1990
3 : Jazzycat
3 : mrjuk
3 : TheKentuckyKid
3 : ukfan041
3 : warrior-cat
2 : BC_Wader
2 : JFCats22
2 : JonathanUSAF
2 : yes_takeaside
1 : kywildcatsfannumber1
1 : ukypug
1 : Wildcat_In_Florida


Players Who've Made the Top Ten at Least Once:

4 : cat888
3 : cat tat2
3 : Chad Rock
3 : kyfanrob
3 : onearmedjesus
3 : The Grand Poohbah
2 : Bigblueincincy
2 : BlobUK
2 : Blueisbest
2 : Blueworld_3.0
2 : Blue_belly
2 : CBBCrazy
2 : Hargyt13
2 : jimmy cowboy
2 : kybloo92
2 : Kycatspaws
2 : ORCAT
2 : Rideordiewildcat
2 : Roe07
2 : TOMCATS1990
2 : truckbrandon
2 : wfm101981
1 : 19jhadams
1 : BC_Wader
1 : blubo
1 : coolfred
1 : Creed Bratton
1 : Demarcus Kidd-Miller
1 : docholiday51
1 : drew_ukfan
1 : Farsight
1 : howercat
1 : Jazzycat
1 : JFCats22
1 : JonathanUSAF
1 : Jperry1987
1 : kennyskywalker34
1 : kywildcat41086
1 : kywildcatsfannumber1
1 : LogicalCat
1 : lyngz
1 : maysvilleky
1 : mrjuk
1 : number8please
1 : Oldbluefart
1 : OldEvilleCat
1 : Old_Red
1 : pappy52
1 : runt#69
1 : Short-Dawg-69
1 : Smashcat
1 : TexKat
1 : TFCats11
1 : the nail at the foul line
1 : TheKentuckyKid
1 : ThreeHogNight
1 : UK Widget
1 : UKCatWoman
1 : ukfan041
1 : ukypug
1 : warrior-cat
1 : Wildcat_In_Florida
1 : yes_takeaside


Total Players:
Kentucky vs Wright State : 96
Kentucky vs Bucknell : 63
Kentucky vs Duke : 73
Kentucky vs Lipscomb : 61
Kentucky vs Jackson State : 80
Kentucky vs Western Kentucky : 67
Kentucky vs Georgia State : 62
Kentucky @ Clemson : 75
Kentucky @ Gonzaga : 73

Season Average for Players: 72.2


OOC Season Basketball Prediction Champs:
Kentucky vs Wright State : kywildcat41086: 1
Kentucky vs Bucknell : Short-Dawg-69: 2
Kentucky vs Duke : 19jhadams: 2
Kentucky vs Lipscomb : UKCatWoman: 1
Kentucky vs Jackson State : Rideordiewildcat: 1
Kentucky vs Jackson State : UK Widget: 1
Kentucky vs Western Kentucky : jimmy cowboy: 0
Kentucky vs Georgia State : cat888: 4
Kentucky @ Clemson : ThreeHogNight: 19
Kentucky @ Gonzaga : Hargyt13: 2


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What do we know about Colgate?