South Carolina Beats Kentucky 66-62

by Vandy Dan on Jan 26, 2010 11:22 PM EST in Vanderbilt Commodores Basketball

While this takes a little bit of the luster off of Saturday's trip to Rupp, it means that Vanderbilt and Tennessee will be playing for first place in the East - at least until Saturday. It also makes Vanderbilt's convincing win at South Carolina look even more impressive.

If we're lucky, President Obama will give Bruce Pearl and his guys a call tomorrow morning.

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What a game…while I’m happy that UK is beatable, I wanted Vandy to be the one to do it. Our schedule just got tougher with two teams stinging from losses. Enjoy being number 1 in the SEC East tonight! Here’s hoping we’re still it this time tomorrow. Go ’dores!

by doredarling on Jan 26, 2010 11:30 PM EST reply actions

Oh excellent. Now we get our two toughest away games against pissed off opponents coming off a loss.

by Christian D'Andrea on Jan 27, 2010 9:49 AM EST reply actions

I thought about mentioning this, but I’m not sure it is accurate. Sure, it is convenient to use this as an excuse if Kentucky comes out and demolishes us, but is that outcome any more likely than having this loss demoralize Kentucky – at least temporarily? There is no way of knowing how a very young Kentucky team will react to their first loss of the year. I’m hoping that a rift is developing between the upperclassmen and the freshmen.

And what is true for Kentucky might not be true for Tennessee. Whereas Kentucky is just damn talented, Tennessee was playing on an emotional high since the Felonious Four’s encounter with the police. Did the Georgia loss kill that emotion? Or did Tennessee just have a tough shooting day on a day where Georgia could not miss?

We’ll see. My hope/prediction for the week is still 1-1. I still think we match up well with Tennessee, though recent trips to Knoxville did not go well for our teams.

by Vandy Dan on Jan 27, 2010 11:15 AM EST up reply actions