Losing JR and LB has been rough as we all know. I mean at the beginning of the season if you had layed out a doomsday scenario for this team it would have included injuries to these two guys. But, let's look at where this team is now and where it may be provided there are no more setbacks.

If JR and LB had never gotten injured then we would not have the Perry/chandler/Noah that we have today. If our guys never got hurt then those 3 freshmen would have been no further along and then if we did need them to come in I believe we would see a huge drop-off from the starters. This stretch has done wonders for the 3 freshmen guards. Talk about being thrown into the fire. These 3 have grown up in a way that only these injuries could have allowed. Now once we are at full strength this team is exponentially deeper and we can seriously hurt you with our bench. On top of that, we weathered the storm with Caar and he looks to be closer to his old self. I do wish Almanor could have stepped up a bit more in his absence though.

Go cats

My goodness, now we are known as the league that plays football for basketball. Nice job SEC.

We get Ravech and Dykes on the call Thursday and Friday.

Rare SECN appearance by both Shulman and Bilas Wednesday and Thursday.

Todays Tenn vs Auburn game Adam’s has video challenges at 4.5

I can only list 10 so there are some that belong on a list so just add it if it's yours but I'm banking on your favorite being one of these 10.

I think it's a tough call for Godfather, Godfather II and Goodfellas. Those three are so above everything else to me. But my favorite is Goodfellas. I think it's a perfect movie.


There's probably 10 iconic scenes.

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These are Mark Sears freshman year stats- I wonder what they would have looked like playing our schedule in this years SEC? My point: I like our Freshman, and it's way too early to say that they don't have what it takes to compete.


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That’s officially another tournament team we beat this year. Can’t hurt.

I'm not a CBB fan but do keep up with UK now that Cal is gone. The two minute interview after the game cemented my total support for Pope. Paraphrasing, he stated how fortunate he felt to be 'serving in this role'. Cal thought being the coach at UK was his birthright. Pope feels only gratitude for being chosen to serve in this role. Refreshing.

With some returnees, the HS recruits and some key transfers, I look for UK to be even better next year with an eye towards the following year to make a serious run at FF. Regardless, Pope is exactly what the program needed. Butler looked happier for Pope's first NCAA win than for himself. That says a lot to me.

I remember being so pissed and down after UK got upset by 20 to Ohio St. in December. Well, UK just beat a very good Big 10 team that beat both Ohio St. and Arkansas. I love it.

I see a window of opportunity here...beat Oklahoma. Then beat Bama, 2 seed.

When did the SEC start using NBA rules??

* Massive win for the Cats who entered the game a 6.5 pt underdog. Missouri is a really good team, especially at home, this was really good resume and momentum win for the Cats.

* It was an ugly start for the Cats, but Missouri couldn't take advantage in the first 10 minutes, and thanks to a hot shooting Brea, Chandler starting to find his game, and Williams doing everything, the Cats found themselves up 9 at the half. Cats were +12 from the 3pt line at the half.

* Cats started well in the 2nd half, pushed the lead out to 16 ... and then stumbled a bit as Missouri made a run to get within 5, but the Cats found a way the final 4 minutes to get the win.

* Both teams ended up making 11 3's, Missouri made everything late. Cats +1 on the glass, although Missouri got a lot of 2nd chance points, +12 from the FT as Missouri fouled constantly at the end.

* Butler makes us a different team on both ends of the floor, has to stay out of foul trouble. Of recent, Williams has played great for what we ask him to do ... huge to our team. Oweh finished with 22, (8-10 from FT line) but forced some things on offense both early and late. His defense on Grill though, was really good. Carr was huge today with 16 and 12 ... he made big plays in big moments on both ends of the floor. Brea was big in the 1st half. Chandler appears to have separated himself from the other freshmen - good timing for that. Almonor was mostly invisible today, and it wasn't Garrison's day either.

* The key to the game for me was turnovers. The stat sheet attributes 10 to the Cats and 10 to Missouri. We had 2 or 3 inbounds plays in the 2nd half where we just threw it away, but in the halfcourt, we mostly got shots instead of throwing it away. Missouri thrives on turning TOs into points, and the Cats did a good job preventing that today.

* Up Next: Cats head to the SEC Tournament ... I think possibly as the 6-seed if Texas A&M beats LSU ... playing the late game on Thursday night against the winner of the 11 and 14 seed game ... and the 3-seed waits after that. It's tournament time ... have to step it up.