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Kentucky basketball head coach Billy Gillispie reacts to a call during the second half of his teams 58-54 win over Mississippi at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008.
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Every Tennessee-Kentucky basketball game is big, but the Wildcats, given up as contenders early in the season, are back and they can prove it Sunday -- or so say their fans.
The Wildcat logic goes like this: The Wildcats are just one game out of first in the SEC East after a tumultuous start; they have already beaten the Vols once; and Thompson-Boling historically has been a friendly litter box (in some years sporting more blue than orange).
Will the Vols end up Sunday losing two No. 1's in a week?
Read the blogger buzz on Sunday's pivotal game (yeah, they're all pivotal now).
- Video - Bruce Pearl Talking Before The Memphis Game - College Basketball | Ball Hype
- Bruce Pearl Can Coach! | SEC Sports Fan
- Bruce Pearl's Ties Are Entirely Too Long | Chris' Sports Blog
- Who's the top team of Tennessee now? | The JBS Blog
- Guitar Shots to the Head: The Quotable Bruce Pearl | VolNation
- Oh the Possibilities | Fulmer's Belly
- Vandy Fans Let Bruce Pearl, Viewers at Home Have It | InternationalFoul.com
- UK builds huge lead, then holds off Rebels | Kentucky.com
- Discovering a Pearl | Rocky Top Talk
- Bruce Pearl Is Still No. 1 In Our Search Engines | College Basketball Closer
- John Clay: Time to look out for No. 1 -- in the SEC | Kentucky.com
- Don't Count Out Kentucky Yet | CSTV.com
- Gillispie's demanding style not unique | Kenucky.com
- Ole Miss almost stuffs Kentucky's Yin up their Yang | A Sea of Blue
- Gillispie and Kentucky: A Relationship Improving Exponentially | Sports Talk on KentuckySportsRadio.com
- It Takes Two | WorldClassGlass
- How To Get Far In Basketball In The UK | Fire Billy?
- Despite loss, Memphis passes test | The Badger Herald
- Wildcats Smell Blood In SEC East | Ramblings Of A Pop Culture Junkie
- Kentucky To The NCAAs? | The Sports Lounge
- Kentucky's New Life | The Madness
- SEC Race | LEX18 Sports Blog
- Pre-SEC Tournament Breakdown | SEC Hoops: The Good. The Bad. The Dirty.
- Suddenly, we have a race | Sidelines
- kenpom, pythag, and expected scoring margin: a reader's question | Rocky Top Talk
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Comments » 13
schymtz writes:
From Mark Twain:
Tom Sawyer: "Whatcha got in the bag, Huck?"
Huckleberry Finn: "Dead Cat, Tom."
Beat these guys! Ernie G. is in the house!
RockyTop1 writes:
Let's rock the CATS!! Dead Cat walking, Dead Cat wlakinh, dead cat.......GO VOLS!! Take the SEC!!
govolsfan#214750 writes:
3 games away from SEC title. Lets Step It Up.
Orangeblood13 writes:
I smell a pole cat, not a wild cat. We got this cat bagged!
Go Vols
pdhuff#552644 writes:
Somehow, do it.
bowerst#242774 writes:
Billy G. is a good coach but this Kentucky team is not the one that can come into Thompson-Boling and beat this Tennessee team. Prediction: UT 92 KY 64
doctorvol#211700 writes:
get Billy a drink (and some girls)!
murrayvol writes:
Don't think we win by 41 but I'd sure like to see the Vols punch the Cat's ticket to the NIT.
VolCane7979 writes:
Kentucky is a pretty good defensive team... better than Vandershfincter. I can't believe it, but this could be a tough game. We must come out angry, hungry, and aggressive as hell on offense. Stick with Ramar as long as possible and cram the ball down the lane and down their throats. Drives create opportunities and we must start doing more of that. CBP will have them ready. Go Vols!
BillVol writes:
Everybody's a writer.
johnlg00#206211 writes:
VolCane7979, you may have a point about Ramar's value in this game. UK is not that deep inside, so Ramar's drives may really pay off in both points and fouls. I expect us to win by double-digits, but I doubt UK will be as flat against us as they were at Vandy, so I don't see the game as a rout in our favor. I think we just take care of business and lock down that elusive SEC regular-season championship, and go on to secure a #1 seed in the NCAA tournament.
cwisenhower#637741 writes:
http://www.kentucky.com/254/story/333...
Patrick Patterson will not be playing on Sunday! Sucks for him but not for us!
johnlg00#206211 writes:
It may suck for us, too, cw.... I'll bet our bigs have had Patterson's picture up in their lockers ever since he killed them at UK. It might be a little harder for them to get up against relative no-names; it's just human nature. UK will be playing loose to screw us up since they probably aren't going anywhere now. If Bradley and Crawford are up for their usual iron-man performances, they could make things tough for us in a slow-down game. Can't let up even a little bit now. The stakes are just the same for us as they were before this. GO VOLS!!! SKIN THE (rest of the) 'CATS!!!
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