Kentucky pulls out a win over Georgia 66-60

  Kentucky won what turned out to be a hard fought win against a scrappy Georgia team last night in Rupp Arena. The first half saw Kentucky playing like a top 25 team, but the second half was a different story.

Kentucky lost a 17 point second half lead and squeaked by what I think is a top team in the SEC eastern division.  A lot of mental mistakes led to the close finish from head scratching turnovers to miscommunication on defense. In my mind Georgia got too many easy shots in the second half because Kentucky's defense was lacking the same energy that it had in the first half.

  But there was some positive to take away from this game. One being the play by Darius Miller, he was aggressive and drove the lane like he should have been doing since his freshman year. The one play that comes to mind was Miller driving the lane with the mind set of ripping the rim off with a one handed dunk, but a foul prevented him from blowing the roof off Rupp. I have said it time and time again, Darius Miller is the most athletic player on this team by far. There is no reason he is not averageing 20 and 10. He was the second most athletic last year behind John Wall.

  The other positive from yesterdays game was the presence of Ashley Judd in the crowd! I mean come on, who doesnt like looking at Ashley Judd.  Her reaction to Eloy Vargas getting a block was second to Coach Cal's reaction. Cal went into a frenzy of disbeliefe on the bench when Eloy got the block, and is worth a second look if you have it saved to TiVo.

  But all in all, it was a good win over a quality opponet and it kept the nation's second longest home winning streak alive.  But this team is going to be in a lot of close games this year, and if they meet a team with even a decent inside game there is going to be trouble.