I never want to google "ugly" ever again.
Two wins for the Cats and 'Dores, and both were ugly. I didn't get to see the Vandy win over LSU, but from what I heard, it wasn't quite the blowout I expected. Vanderbilt got the W from the free throw line despite a missing John Jenkins and glueman Andre Walker and a really strong game from Storm Warren. Wipe your brow, Commies fans, that's a worker's win right there.
The game I did watch, of course, was the superduper hypefest that was UK-UTK. I watched Game Day, which I usually don't do, and it was pretty incredible. Hubert Davis doing the Shizz/John Wall dance, Digger dancing, and Jay Bilas being a normal human being, it was pretty great. Then I did a bunch of other stuff (Valentine's Day dinner, natch) and got the chance to watch the actual game live at Saints in St. Matthews with some college buddies of mine. It's the first game where I've been allowed to yell at the TV in a long time, and yell I did.
While it was a very close game, I never really thought victory was in doubt. Tennessee played really well. The 3-2 zone was really, really effective in the first half, and if Dodson and Bledsoe don't find their range in the second half, it might have been a loss. Cousins had 12 boards but thanks to being a little too amped, he couldn't throw it in the ocean from the stripe. Patterson hustled. Liggins REALLY hustled. And when the game was really on the line, Mr. Everything John Wall stepped up and absolutely took over. The Vols are really athletic and long, but they don't have anyone who could stay in front of Wall, and it was good to see him play like we saw earlier in the year.
It's not tournament time yet, but we all know how tough the schedule is for both teams down the stretch, so "survive and advance" is a palpable strategy for me at this point. Ugly doesn't show up in the box score (well, sometimes it does), so as long as the Dores and Cats keep grinding it out (except for Saturday, Commies), things will keep going well.
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