I love that we won and it provides hope. But..............................we again gave up a ton of straight iine drives to the basket and for whatever reason Tenn missed at least 5 uncontested lay-ups as well as a few somewhat contested shots that were not blocked but short. This is a continuing Kentucky defensive problem.
Toppin continues to frustrate doing one good thing and then something bad making a transition easy shot by our opponents available.
In my view as much as Reeves scored it was C.J. that made the difference. He stopped what was going to be a blowout, looked much more relaxed on several shots, played much better defense only one time getting beat by a cutter and remains an excellent passer. He should still have screens set for him and be taking more shots as having the 3 guard line-up made a huge difference on our offense. Yes, Wheeler not playing helped and I still feel like many he should be relieving Wallace not playing along side him.