Looking at tonight’s game against Tennessee

Coming off a OT loss at Florida, the ‘Cats are hungry and want to get back to winning.

Player Analysis

Patrick Patterson has been leading the way statistically with 16.6 points and 8 boards per. He has struggled somewhat the past couple of games and will need to get back into form and come up big against Tennessee.

Ramel Bradley has been playing his heart out and leading this team, scoring 20+ points in the last six games. He’s a work horse logging many, many minutes.

Ramel needs to cut down on the sloppiness at times and make better decisions with ball.

Hopefully Jodie Meeks, who’s been injured of late can back his shot form back and contribute the way we know he can.

Joe Crawford can be a mixed bag at times, but has that inside drive knack that’s needed. Needs to knock down the outside shot when be. Drive and get to the line.

Keys To Winning

This game is going to be a tough one for Kentucky. It will take our best effort all season long to pull off an upset.

Tennessee likes to run and has the players to do it. We are going to have to keep the pace slow and play a somewhat chess match.

We will need to play smart, limit their possessions and not turn the ball over. Turnovers have plagued us this season, but we did do a better job against Florida.

We shoot foul shots well, so getting to the line is a must. Coach Gillispie brought this up yesterday, and I agree.

We have struggled lately from 3 point land. We have guys as in Bradley, Crawford and Meeks who can hit these shots. They need to knock those down.

Defense, Defense, Defense. You can never stress this enough. Defense does and can win you games. We need to give a strong effort out there on this. We’ve shown in games past we’re capable of doing it well.

Play the whole game well

We have at times played one half well and the other terribly. If we can put a solid effort in the whole game, then this will work wonders towards a win.