No matter how many the program already has.
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“It’s a great feeling getting this win”, Kentucky sophomore guard Tyler Ulis said.
“It’s a good feeling”, Murray said. They fell to Kentucky in the SEC tournament final on Sunday and their defense will again be tested against Green Bay, who is sixth in the NCAA in scoring (84.2 points per game). “They are good, but I feel like we can play with anybody with our style”. “I mean there’s just a testament to how good each of these teams are and how well coached they are”. Tyler Ulis picked up the slack with 30 points while dishing out five assists – becoming the first United Kingdom player to achieve a 30, five, game since 2001.
Simmons finished with 10 points and 12 rebounds as LSU’s lone player with more than six points. After Houston Kessler’s jumper got Georgia within one, Ulis scored five points while Murray made a layup during the critical run that pushed second-seeded Kentucky ahead to stay and into today’s championship against top-seeded Texas A&M. 15 Texas A&M on February 13 – the Aggies’ last loss.
Kentucky is projected as high as a 3 seed in The NCAA Tournament.
Murray has been on fire since February 6, averaging 25.6 points while hitting 53.3 percent of his 3-pointers in 11 games.
House forced overtime with the performance of his career, even though he was bent over late with his hands on his knees.
-The determined Aggies rallied and tied it at 71 on a Danuel House drive and basket with 18.7 seconds left. “And because he’s 5-9, I think that affects how people view him”.
And of equal importance is that fact that forward Alex Poythress has provided the Wildcats with something unfamiliar to them in recent years; a senior leader hungry for a championship. House missed two 3-point attempts, including one just before the buzzer that Briscoe rebounded and then celebrated the win by tossing the ball high up in the air near the top of the video board.
March 8: Jalen Jones, A&M’s leading scorer, is named to the All-SEC first team.
For the Kentucky Wildcats, every Southeastern Conference tournament title is special.
These Wildcats, however, are not flawless, something head coach John Calipari knows well.
Although it doesn’t happen often, there have been 20 times in NCAA tournament history in which the No. 14 seed upset the No. 3. The Wildcats were 2 of 6 from beyond the arc in the first half and hit 8 of 18 in the game.
-He ended his streak of 12 consecutive 20-point games. The Missouri Valley Conference champs took down North Carolina, Iowa State and Wichita State this season and they come into the NCAA Tournament on fire, having won 12 of their last 13 games. Kentucky also outrebounded the Bulldogs 31-29 and outscored them 34-24 in the paint.
Kentucky, which earned a No. 4 seed in the East region in the NCAA tournament and will face No. 13 Stony Brook, used the SEC tourney to put its lackluster regular season behind it. Now the Cats have a chance to re-write that script in the Big Dance.
The heated rivals and former Big 12 conference peers haven t tangled on the fields of play much since Texas A&M moved to the SEC.
Percentages: FG.483, FT.667. The 5-foot-9 All-America candidate scored 30 points on 10-of-17 shooting from the field and also had five assists, three steals and three rebounds.
Blocked Shots: 6 (Lee 2, Labissiere 2, Willis 2).
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Percentages: FG.424, FT.682. Then Jamal Murray hit a 3 pointer for an 81-75 lead with 15 seconds left to put it away.
