Stony Brook (26-7) kept the game close in the first half by controlling the glass.
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Top scorer Jamal Murray led Kentucky with 19 points. “The Seawolves” baseball team played in the College World Series in 2012.
Speaking of Murray, Calipari added the following, per Tipton: “He’s going to be special”.
There were a lot of questions about this turning into a Ferrell versus Ulis contest within the game. He is considered IU’s best perimeter defender.
In a blistering rant on Sunday after his Kentucky team was announced as a four seed in the hard East Region, John Calipari blamed the SEC Tournament’s Sunday title game among a host of other grievances.
“I didn’t envision us missing seven layups in that game and two dunks”, Crean said.
Stony Brook also boasts the country’s 61st-ranked defense, and they will need to use it to stop the fluent Kentucky shooting attack, keyed by Murray who averaged just over 20 points per game. North Carolina might be the deepest team in the field, while Kris Dunn and Ben Bentil combine to average 37.1 points for Providence – roughly half of the team’s 74-point scoring average. I thought they’d try to send us to Anchorage because look, I watch Alaska Bush People and The Last Frontier and I would’ve had the Kilchers behind my bench, it would’ve been unbelievable up there.
After Thursday’s outing, Calipari chalked Murray’s slow start up to opening game jitters of the NCAA Tournament. For the first 20 minutes, at least, this seemed like a good game to get out of the Cats’ system.
At a burly 6-10, 245-pounds, IN freshman Thomas Bryant is physically the polar opposite of the willowy Labissiere. Kentucky rattled off three consecutive victories, earning themselves the SEC tournament crown, to go along with their share of the regular season crown.
Both the Cavaliers and Bulldogs can shoot the 3 – Virginia is ninth in Division I, making 40.9 percent of its long-range attempts, while Butler isn’t far behind at 16th (39.1 percent). They’ve got an answer to Kentucky’s big men that will be the match up of the day if it works to the Seawolves advantage.
No. 2 Xavier vs. No. 15 Weber State (Friday): Some might believe a two seed is too high for the Musketeers, but they have consistently reached the Sweet 16 in the Big Dance for many years, and won’t disappoint against the Big Sky tournament champion Wildcats (26-8). Turning to the defensive side, teams really have to fight for three-pointers against the Wildcats, who have allowed only 5.0 three-pointers to opponents per game. 456 from the field, .788 percent from free-throw line and a sparkling. In the game’s first 10 minutes, the senior forward had more misses than in the entirety of last week’s championship win, as he rushed shots to beat the quick traps. The 6-foot, 180-pound senior (17.1 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 5.7 assists) is also a high-level, on-the-ball defender. “You’re going to have them in the front row”. “Last year it was road wins”. The Friars (23-10) feature Big East Player of the Year Kris Dunn. Stony Brook is an even 3-3 when opponents have a similar or higher effective field goal percentage. Two of those were three-pointers.
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“The teams get better as you advance”. The athleticism and potential of OG Anunoby, a 6-8 freshman from Jefferson City, Mo., has drawn comparisons in IN to former Hoosiers star Victor Oladipo.
