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[vhcat70]

About last night:

Whatever happens the rest of the way, I'm always going to love Pope's first team.

Beat Duke, Gonzaga, Louisville, swept Tenn, two games with late Oweh shots to take down Oklahoma...the first SEC game/win was a shoot-out classic with Florida.

You see character from many of these guys, without the injuries we got 2 or 3 more wins right now.

I think something special is brewing in the basketball program.

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With Butler out, anything more is icing. Yes, great season when all is considered & not bad in the absolute.

 

[berniecarbo]

He ghost wrote a book for Bob Knight. He told lies about Kenny Walker being paid to go to UK. I helped Joe B. recruit Kenny and was there in all the conversations. No money and no promises. John Feinstein in my book is a worthless lying sob.

We met a guy at a craft show who made lamps that were fishing related. We sold him some shades that were fishing related. He told us later he sold a lamp and one of the shades to Joe B.

 

[warrior-cat]

I see John Feinstein, the Kentucky-hating sports writer died.

Is it too soon to tell a story about him that makes me look like a jerk? I guess I'll do it anyway.

As some of you know, Feinstein graduated from Duke in 1978, and it was the Cats beating his beloved Blue Devils that year in the championship that made him a lifetime hater and critic of UK...

Fast forward to 1998. He had just written a fawning book about ACC basketball. I was working in DC at the Scripps Howard news bureau, where we put out a wire service that reached 800 newspapers across America. Feinstein was working at the Washington Post, which had offices just a couple blocks away.

In late March of that year, about a week after the legendary Kentucky comeback to beat Duke in the Elite Eight, Feinstein came up to our offices to promote his book with our sports editor. I spotted him, and so I lurked around until I saw him heading for the elevator of our 11th floor office.

I walked up to him and said, "Aren't you John Feinstein? I'm a big college hoops fans and know your work (know, not like...)" He seemed flattered and we both got on the elevator...I had him trapped...

So I said, "Hey, let me ask you: What happened to Duke in that tournament game with Kentucky last week? How do you blow a 17-point lead with nine minutes to go?" I swear his face got white and mumbled something about, "just bad luck.." But I kept it up: "Did Coach K just choke? He looked like he was pissing his pants on the bench...Man, he was totally outclassed by that Kentucky coach, what is his name again? He's new, right?"

It was the longest elevator ride of Feinstein's life. When we got to the lobby he didn't even pretend he wasn't pissed. He just made a beeline for the door...No wonder he hated Kentucky. We can be an ornery bunch...

Jerk.

 

[BBUK]

 

[UK82]

Looks like tonight's game might actually go off on time for a change.

 

[BBUK]

Welp....

Alabama.....

With the bath water..... take a dunking....

GO CATS!!!

True Grit CATS, True Grit CATS!!!

 

[Catfan in Tn.]

Go Cats!!

 

[vhcat70]

With Butler out, anything more is icing. Yes, great season when all is considered & not bad in the absolute.

Well, appears Butler will be able to play again, but not tonight. Great for him.

 

[UK82]

Cats let it get away from them at the end of the half. Bad decisions. Should have been closer. Still a ball game.

 

[Catfan in Tn.]

That was a butt kicking. Now to see where the Cats end up on Sunday.

 

[AustinTXCat]

Tide beat our Cats last night like they stole something. Painful 2nd half to watch.

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

Tide beat our Cats last night like they stole something. Painful 2nd half to watch.

The Cats were thin and Alabama beat them like a rented mule.

 

[UK82]

UT did their best to throw the game away. Heading to the championship game.

I've almost forgotten what it's like to watch UK win a Saturday SEC tournament game. Been 7 years.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Hey folks. Just checking in late. SPent a long, full day getting the best out of Savannah. Heading back to Maryland early in the morning. But it was a great trip. As many of you know, this is a beautiful, colorful and historic town, and it was rocking ahead of St. Patrick's Day. They have the second largest St. Patrick's parade in the country, after only NYC, and hundreds of people were getting an early start today.

Hope you all are having a nice weekend.