Ides of March Fall on Cats as they lose to LSU 67-58

UK most likely saw it’s NCAA bubble burst by dropping a tough loss to the SEC’s regular season champion LSU Tigers (26-6)..The Wildcats last missed the NCAA tournament in 1991, and will likely now miss the tournament after 18 consecutive seasons.

The hotly contested game saw LSU lead for most of the game as the UK squad played catch up…In the end, too many turnovers, the season’s bugaboo, along with a subpar game from our stars, Jodie and 2Pat, as they came up short of their combined scoring average. Perry S had a subpar game with only 5 points, a far cry from yesterday’s performance.

Credit is due to LSU, an experienced, well coached, patient basketball team that runs all their stuff and hits the boards very hard. They have seven (7) 4th year seniors, and their maturity shows on the court.

Coach Billy Gillispie said in describing UK’s loss, “We just turned the ball over too much and didn’t keep them off the offensive boards” … They made better decisions and that is why they beat us”…