but I’m getting pretty damn tired of taking the time to post or respond only to have this site reboot and wipe every thing out🤬this has been going on for a while now with numerous complaints and no addressing this problem🤬🤬🤬

Glad to see this guy back 🍺

Gutty performance against a hot team. Reed, DJ, AB and Mitchel with huge games.

By 18 in the 2nd half.

Hogan to New Mexico St, Sheron to UT-Martin. Good luck to them.

Some really interesting results with more to come. Some crazy games already, too. Sorry if this turns into a long post, just thought we could all focus a bit on the SEC here.

Leading off with Kentucky's big win at Florida, the Gators are a good team, they look like an NCAA tournament team to me. So it was a huge win for the young cats. Very happy for us all ! Something to celebrate.

What a wild game between Miss. St. at South Carolina, with the gamecocks winning a tightly contested game. Both of those teams, along with Florida, isn't getting much traction at all from national media, but all three teams look good, and should definitely be in the mix for an NCAA tournament bid by the end of the season, I'd say.

Auburn putting an absolute shellacking on Arkansas at Bud Walton arena is shocking. Did Arkansas simply give up in this one ? Looks like it to me, but I didn't see the game. Auburn really gave it to the Hogs hardcore. Either Arkansas isn't nowhere nearly as good as most thought (at least preseason, making for a disappointing season so far) or Auburn is really a lot better than anyone is giving them credit for. I am of the opinion that Auburn has the easiest conference schedule and has an inside track to the regular season title, at least to me, which shocks me to even be thinking this. They should be in the top 3 of the conference when it's all said and done, though. But that's all my thinking, and I've been wrong plenty of times.

Alabama is highly ranked in the NET. But they haven't really beaten anyone. I know the way the numbers work, and that they tend to work themselves out over time, but coming away with a win over Vandy, well.... It's a win. As for where they finish, we shall see.

Ole Miss is currently playing the Vols as I compose this post. They started off rough, but righted the ship and are playing competitively against Tennessee. Vols should win this one, but Ole Miss has been a pleasant surprise for the SEC. If they lose today, then Houston will be the last unbeaten team in the country.

Georgia dropping Missouri doesn't surprise me, Georgia is improved, and Missouri is playing Kentucky next. I don't know how many times I've seen an SEC team drop the game right before they play Kentucky. Many, many times it's happened before. but hey, nice road win for the Dogs. Shout out to all the Dawg fans that are out here regularly on our board !

Last game of the night belongs to Texas A&M vs LSU in Reed arena. A tough place for LSU to start conference play. A&M is good this year, too.

All in all, I think the SEC could / should get a minimum of 7 teams into the big dance by the end of the season. Maybe 8. I highly doubt 9 teams would make it, but the conference is really strong this year, once again. And, as far as I am concerned, that's GREAT for Kentucky. Why ? I have always thought that Kentucky does some of our best work when the conference is strong and the competition truly pushes them. It should be no exception this year, by the looks of things.

It's shaping up to be a fine year for the conference in hoops.

Your thoughts are always welcome, would love to hear what everyone thinks on where things will go, the big games to come, and how it'll shape up.

Go Big Blue !

Who won the rebounding total today ? Can't find it.

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No Adou hurts but we’ll be fine. Still don’t get how we’re underdogs but oh well. Just more money for me when we win

Remains undefeated.

Wilmington just lost their third game in a row, to Towson, after Arkansas and Drexel.

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Landed at New Mexico State

This game would have been easier if he played

1 week off to prepare for the Gators, but they also have the week off to prepare for us.

They are one of the few teams in the country that can score similarly to us (UF averages 86 PPG).

They run like crazy, their tempo is very similar to ours.

They only shoot 33% 3FG, but shoot 47% overall and generate a ton of possessions.

5 guys averaging double figures.

Their 3 losses are against Baylor (by 4 points), Virginia (3 points) and Wake Forest (11 points).

ESPN predictor gives Florida a 62% chance to win, and Kentucky only a 38% chance to win, which is surprising but maybe it's accurate.

First true road environment we will face, the O'Dome is already sold out and will be ROWDY.

Quad 1 opportunity.

I'm a little surprised to see that Florida (9-3) is not even receiving votes in the AP or Coaches polls.

Needless to say I think this is a must-win to start league play and earn a big Q1 win, but I'm nervous about this one for sure.

What does everyone think going into this game?

Things get tough and he immediately reverts to feeding the post and slowing things down. If we need to depend on our bigs to make offensive plays, we won’t beat anyone.

Beat UT!

It’s Vandagriff. I’ve seen so many misspellings of his name. He’s our QB of the future we should learn to at least spell his name correctly.

So does he get credit for coaching this game or he still can't coach and it was luck or was the players that won?

Great moment mentioned in the second tweet. I knew we were going to win, not just the game, but the conference. Would love to see it memorialized.

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Just saw a local commercial promoting fanfest for January 20th. It's associated with the 15 Club?

YES!!! He is taking another position.

CatsIllustrated - Cats outlast Gators

Kentucky rallies from behind to win SEC opener, 87-85

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Cats outlast Gators​

Kentucky's Reed Sheppard weaved through the Florida defense in the second half of Saturday's SEC opener in Gainesville. (Matt Pendleton/USA TODAY SPORTS)

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Kentucky is only one game into a long and challenging SEC slate, but John Calipari likes what he sees so far.

"We've got dawgs," the UK head coach said after the No. 6 Wildcats rallied from an eight-point halftime deficit to defeat Florida 87-85 on Saturday in Gainesville. "What I talked about to these guys, if you want to be a championship-level team, you've got to go on the road, play against somebody's best, hang around, and then win the game... They showed it today."

Kentucky (11-2, 1-0 SEC) trailed by as many as 11 points in the first half and went into the locker room down 45-37 at the break. The big culprit was the 3-point arc, where the Gators made eight of their first 20 attempts on the day while the Cats started 1-for-10.

Florida regressed to its norm in the second half, making one of its last 11 from deep, and that allowed UK to gradually chip away at the lead.

Still, Kentucky trailed by six with 9:42 remaining as the Gators used free throws to maintain their lead.

With the score tied at 76 with 1:45 to play, Kentucky freshman center Aaron Bradshaw blocked a Florida shot to give the Cats possession. On the other end of the floor, he splashed a 3-pointer from the top of the key that gave UK a lead it would never surrender.

Reed Sheppard hit six of six free throws in the final 19 seconds to seal the hard-fought victory for the Cats.

It was a big turnaround for Bradshaw, who struggled through the first half with no points and only one rebound. He finished with 10 points, seven rebounds, two steals, and one timely blocked shot.

"Aaron was awful -- awwwful -- in the first half, then played great in the second half," Calipari said. "I told him, I believe in you, kid. But I am not allowing you to get pushed around or not come up with balls or not dunk balls and then go miss the free throws. You're too good. I'm not letting that happen."

Kentucky was led by senior guard Antonio Reeves with 19 points. DJ Wagner and Sheppard each followed with 14. Tre Mitchell (10) and Bradshaw (10) rounded out five players in double-figure scoring for the Cats. Mitchell also pulled down a team-high 10 rebounds for his second double-double in the last three games.

The Gators entered the game as the No. 1 rebounding team in the nation, but UK was able to hang within 43-40 on the glass despite playing without injured sophomore forward Adou Thiero.

Florida (10-4, 0-1 SEC) got 23 points apiece from Zyon Pullin and Walter Clayton Jr.

"They played as well as they could play," Calipari said of the Gators. "That's the kind of game, if you win, you know you've got a chance."

"I feel like this shows we can face some adversity but keep fighting and win," Wagner said.

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In this "Rapid Recap" feature, we touch on some quick-hitters from the UK victory...

KEY MOMENT:

Aaron Bradshaw blocked a shot and knocked down only his third 3-pointer of the season in an 18-second span under the two-minute mark to help give Kentucky the hard-fought win.

GAME BALL:

Aaron Bradshaw, Kentucky - No one would have predicted this award at halftime, but the freshman 7-footer played the best 15 minutes of his young UK career in the second half to save the Cats.

BY THE NUMBERS:

2 - Turnovers by Kentucky in the second half after committing seven in the first half.

5th - Straight win for the Wildcats over the Gators, and 10th win in the last 11 meetings.

6 - Assists by UK, a season-low.

16-13 - Florida edge in second-chance scoring. The Gators entered the game ranked top five nationally in offensive rebound rate.

25% - The Cats made just five of 20 from 3-point range but were 54% from inside the arc.

50 - Second-half points scored by UK.

QUOTABLE:

"We had a lot of Big Blue down here. It was crazy." -- UK head coach John Calipari on the Cats' fan support in Gainesville.

UP NEXT:

Kentucky returns to action on Tuesday at Rupp Arena against Missouri (8-6, 0-1 SEC). The Tigers lost 75-68 today at home against Georgia. Tip-off for UK and Mizzou is slated for 7 p.m. ET on ESPN.

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Played very solid today. 6/10 from the field. One of two from three. 3 assists to only one turnover. He played aggressive, but under control. A huge reason why we won today. Well done young man. Well done indeed!

LOL at thinking this is a jinx.