Saturday night, Kentucky will makes its annual trip down to Nashville to take on Vanderbilt. This is a trip that as a Kentucky fan I dread every year. I hate playing in Memorial Gym, hate it. They have a raised floor, benches under the goals, a very annoying coach, and just a hard atmosphere for a team to play in. Memorial hasn't been so kind to Kentucky through the years handing the Wildcats a 41-26 record all time, and 1-5 over the last six games.
Everyone talks about Cameron Indoor, Phog Allen, The Dean Dome, or even Rupp Arena being a tough place to play. They have never had their team play inside the cold walls of Memorial Gym. It is cold hearted, unforgiving, and just down right haunting for a top ten team to go in and try to get a victory. I challenge any top team in the country that has never played there, try to go in and run your normal game plan, and try to come out unscathed. Won't happen easily, or often.
So on Saturday, watch the game hope and pray the Cats can keep up the same intensity and domination they have had the first 10 games of SEC play. Is Kentucky better than Vandy? By a landslide! But inside Memorial? Well... That remains to be seen.
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