Game Thread: Vandy vs. Kentucky

[Will Lavender]

So here we go. Nothing needs to be said, really, except maybe this: I watched all of Vandy's game against LSU last night because I'm a masochist, and you have to keep them from driving the ball. If you cut off their drives you win. If you let them get into the paint they can really hurt you. They basically don't run sets as much as they just run a version of dribble-drive, trying to crash the paint with various players every trip. They often drive it from straight out front, so it's not even really like they try to mask what they're doing.

Stop it and we win this easily. If we don't we're going home.

Game is at 9:30 on SEC Network barring overtimes or whatnot.

[matt colvin]

[TrueblueCATfan]

Wanted LSU to win...didn't want to face Vandy a 3rd time

Hope the CATS bring their A game tonight

[Downes Van Zandt]

9:30? Gah. I was hoping to be a couple whiskeys in by then. Odds are low I’ll make it through that one.

[matt colvin]

9:30? Gah. I was hoping to be a couple whiskeys in by then. Odds are low I’ll make it through that one.

I have similar concerns.

[Will Lavender]

Hey, nobody had as much Jameson as I did last night and here I am, wide-eyed at work, getting fired up about tonight.

Anybody who falls asleep on this I'm calling out as not fully a man.

[matt colvin]

Hey, nobody had as much Jameson as I did last night and here I am, wide-eyed at work, getting fired up about tonight.

Anybody who falls asleep on this I'm calling out as not fully a man.

Were you awake by 05:30 this morning ? I nearly always fail at converting back to sleeping at night / being awake during the day. I went to bed around 9pm last night.

So IF I don't manage to be awake all game, well, obviously it's Cal's fault.

[Will Lavender]

Were you awake by 05:30 this morning ?

Yes. I was out chainsawing a tree in my back yard. WHERE WAS DOWNES?

I'm gonna go into the admin panel and set up an alert so that it pings to Downes' phone every time I post. Then I'm gonna stay up til 3:00 a.m. watching Cal Northridge vs. Cal Suny Obispo Polytechnic and live post the whole thing, every single basket, so he thinks the world's ending or something.

[Catgrad7072]

Yes. I was out chainsawing a tree in my back yard.

I wondered what that noise was ...... I'll only be impressed if you were drinking Irish coffee made from the Jameson dregs with one hand and chain-sawing with the other.

[Will Lavender]

In all seriousness I was on octane levels of Jameson last night. And I did stay up to scout Vandy for Cal. And I did stay up even after that to watch the endings of various terrible games, none of which were close.

Why? Because I'm tough. That's really all there is to it.

[matt colvin]

Calipari was watching The Waltons and petting McGruff.

[lilproUK98]

I don't feel good about it, so UK will probably win by 20.

[KCKUKFan]

The bigger question here is what led Will to drink Jameson's. Seems awfully manly, knowing your taste and all.

[Will Lavender]

The bigger question here is what led Will to drink Jameson's. Seems awfully manly, knowing your taste and all.

The Jameson was the next thing I bought after the chainsaw.

I made three purchases actually: Jameson, saw, an old VHS copy of Death Wish. This is how I prepare for March hoops.

[KCKUKFan]

The Jameson was the next thing I bought after the chainsaw.

I made three purchases actually: Jameson, saw, an old VHS copy of Death Wish. This is how I prepare for March hoops.

I might have been wrong about you, sir.