Since I (finally) have some time on my hands, let's take a look at the Cats next opponent the Ole Miss Rebels, or Blackbears, no its a blackbear named rebel... Whatever.
Ole Miss is coming off a 26 point loss at home to Vanderbilt Thursday night (yes it's a Thursday/Saturday turnaround Mr. Stallings). Vandy looked good Thursday or the Ole Miss defense made them look that way. It seemed that Vandy was ALWAYS left open from beyond the three and took advantage by connecting on 12-19 threes. Looking at how easy Vandy was able to get the outside shot, Kentucky (if the 3's are falling) should have the same opportunity as well.
Ole Miss on the season hasn't been too efficient on offense averaging just 66ppg, and only hitting 29% from three and 42% from inside. If that's the case Saturday afternoon, Kentucky should have a field day with blocks on the inside. Ole Miss also has a tendency to turn the ball over during the game coughing it up 15 times per game so far this year. If Kentucky can force some turnovers, we will see the transition game that everyone tries to keep Kentucky out of.
Kentucky, on paper, is better at every position than Ole Miss, and it's not even close. The one position we should see a major advantage for the Cats, is of course which ever poor soul is assigned to Anthony Davis. No one on this team can contain him, and no one will be able to score on him one on one. This could be the game that Anthony Davis finally quits flirting with that elusive tripple/double, and finally gets it.
This should be an entertaining game regardless of the outcome, but of course this is Kentucky playing in Rupp Arena. So look for a walk-on for Ole Miss to come in and hit 8 threes in the first half, and be dubbed a first team All-American by the end of the day.
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