That's a really tough loss for Kentucky. Vanderbilt isn't a bad team at all but when you erase that first half deficit and build a seven point lead only to see it get away, it's rough.
Instead of 4-2 in the SEC with the momentum of a road win, they're now .500 going to Knoxville and then Calipari in a game that might be emotional and unpredictable.
Kentucky's effort in the first half was unacceptable by any measure. In the second half they came out strong but it's hard to imagine things flipping so hard on a time as soon as they built their biggest lead of the game.
Lamont Butler was far from his best. One of his worst games of the season. Andrew Carr was out and that certainly didn't help.
Otega Oweh played hard and Trent Noah did as well. Otherwise it's tough to find guys who played at the level they need to be at for Kentucky to be its best.
We will say plenty of things about this game, but at the end of the day they had to wake themselves up at halftime to play good basketball for 12 minutes.
Instead of 4-2 in the SEC with the momentum of a road win, they're now .500 going to Knoxville and then Calipari in a game that might be emotional and unpredictable.
Kentucky's effort in the first half was unacceptable by any measure. In the second half they came out strong but it's hard to imagine things flipping so hard on a time as soon as they built their biggest lead of the game.
Lamont Butler was far from his best. One of his worst games of the season. Andrew Carr was out and that certainly didn't help.
Otega Oweh played hard and Trent Noah did as well. Otherwise it's tough to find guys who played at the level they need to be at for Kentucky to be its best.
We will say plenty of things about this game, but at the end of the day they had to wake themselves up at halftime to play good basketball for 12 minutes.
