Jamal Murray had some bad parts and Kentucky still found a way to win. “It’s a good feeling”.
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March 5: The Aggies close the regular season on a six-game win streak-hence the roller coaster reference earlier-by beating Vanderbilt 76-67, despite shooting just 6-of-20 from deep.
Kentucky’s Skal Labissiere (1) dunks past Texas A&M’s Tavario Miller (42) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the championship of the Southeastern Conference tournament in Nashville, Tenn., Sunday, March 13, 2016. So now, instead of you just looking (for) Player of the Year nationally at his numbers offensively, which are like eye-popping – like, eye-popping – you then shift and say, ‘But he also does it on defense.’ Now you have a player that truly had Player of the Year numbers and efforts and all those things.
The Aggies routed the last team to beat them back on February 13.
Sophomore Tyler Ulis totaled a career-high 30 points, five assists, three rebounds and three steals. And Texas A&M buries Florida, potentially keeping the Gators out of the dance.
The Kentucky Wildcats are the next best seeded team as a 4-seed in the East regional. Obasohan said. “We played some tight games with some teams that are now top 10 in the country, top 15 in the country”.
House forced overtime with the performance of his career, even though he was bent over late with his hands on his knees. After forcing a stop, Jamal Murray knocked down a three himself from the left wing to ultimately put the game away for good. The Wildcats had the ball with 15.3 seconds remaining, but Ulis’ shot hit the front of the rim. The Boilermakers average 78.2 points per game and hold opponents to 64.5.
“I think you can look at our record … our record really speaks for itself in what these guys have been able to do and the way they’ve performed on the stage”, he said.
-He has made at least one 3-point shot in every game this season, the first player in Kentucky history to make a triple in each of his first 34 collegiate games.
Key stats: Texas A&M allows 65 points per game and held LSU to a season-low 38 in the semifinals.
However, while the Aggies broke out of the dry spell with blocked shots and three-pointers, LSU faltered on the offensive end, missing 14-straight shots and having Victor and later Simmons on the bench with two fouls.
-Trailing 45-44, United Kingdom got a 6-0 run to go ahead for the first time in the second half, 50-45. Kentucky averages 79.2 points per game, while the Aggies average 75.9.
Texas A&M: The Aggies’ two tournament titles came in 1980 and 1987.
When the final buzzer sounded in Detroit last Tuesday, and the Phoenix officially staved off Wright State, 78-69, a program that peaked in the 1990s finally captured the elusive Horizon League tournament title that would quell a postseason absence. The Musketeers also have a strong backcourt and could outrebound Kentucky with 6-foot-10 senior James Farr.
– Seniors Danuel House and Jalen Jones enter the NCAA tournament fresh off being named to the All-SEC tournament team. He argued that Ulis deserves as much consideration for player of the year as anyone both on TV after the game and again with reporters.
Percentages: FG.483, FT.667. He finished just 3-of-10 from 3-point range.
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Percentages: FG.424, FT.682. Jones leads in rebounds with 7.1 while Alex Caruso tops in assists with 5.1 per game.
