Final Four Weekend In New Orleans Diary: Part II
If you'd like to refresh your memory by reading Part I, you can do so here The perfect level of intoxication for a situation like being alone and lost in downtown New Orleans at 4:30 in the morning...
| Final - 3.31.2012 | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville Cardinals | 28 | 33 | 61 |
| Kentucky Wildcats | 35 | 34 | 69 |
If you'd like to refresh your memory by reading Part I, you can do so here The perfect level of intoxication for a situation like being alone and lost in downtown New Orleans at 4:30 in the morning...
With the Kentucky Wildcats preparing to take on fellow college basketball blue blood, the Kansas Jayhawks, I take a look at how John Calipari has executed a program turnaround in his three years on...
Louisville at Kentucky, 2012 NCAA National Semifinal: The Game Without Joy. A Sea of Blue recalls the feelings of last night's National Semifinals between Kentucky and Louisville.
Rivalries, rematches and flying seat cushions. Mike Rutherford recaps a wild Final Four Saturday in New Orleans.
Free Form Sat asks you to drop by and vent about anything from the Final Four to the Beatles to Super Heroes. And anything you want to say about Chick Fil A.
(1) Kentucky Wildcats 69 (4) Louisville Cardinals 61: Post Mortem
Another 20 minutes of this and things will be a lot clearer. You can do this guys. 20 more good minutes of team ball is all it takes. Show the nation why we cheer Go Big Blue!!!
No, the Syracuse Orange are not prominently involved. But chances are you'll be watching the Final Four anyway cause you're a glutton for punishment.
A Sea of Blue Interviews Sports Illustrated's Seth Davis. SI's Seth Davis talks to A Sea of Blue about the Louisville/Kentucky national semifinal tonight.
This is where I'm supposed to write something poignant(?) about the game for you to read. It's how our relationship works. It's what we do. But what do you say at a time like this? I mean what do...
In preparation for tonight's Final Four match-up with arch-rival Louisville, I take a look at Kentucky's rich Final Four history by recounting some of the great team and individual final weekend...
Four hours.
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 28 | 33 | 61 |
| Kentucky | 35 | 34 | 69 |
| Louisville | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peyton Siva | 31 | 4-11 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 3-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2-0 | 11 |
| Chris Smith | 23 | 3-11 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 8 |
| Gorgui Dieng | 40 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 12-8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2-0 | 7 |
| Kyle Kuric | 28 | 3-8 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 5-4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 7 |
| Chane Behanan | 34 | 4-9 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 9-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 10 |
| Russ Smith | 26 | 4-15 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2-0 | 9 |
| Jared Swopshire | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Elisha Justice | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Wayne Blackshear | 14 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-0 | 9 |
| Angel Nunez | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Zach Price | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Kevin Ware | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Stephan Van Treese | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Rakeem Buckles | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Mike Marra | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Luke Hancock | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Mark Jackson Jr. | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Tim Henderson | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 24-69 | 4-11 | 9-13 | 40-19 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 16-0 | 61 | |
| .348 | .364 | .692 | Team Reb: 3 | Total TO: 0 (0 pts) | |||||||
| Kentucky | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrence Jones | 33 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 7-2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2-0 | 6 |
| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist | 23 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 4-0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3-0 | 9 |
| Doron Lamb | 35 | 4-9 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1-0 | 10 |
| Anthony Davis | 39 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 14-2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2-0 | 18 |
| Marquis Teague | 33 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4-0 | 8 |
| Darius Miller | 29 | 4-7 | 1-4 | 4-4 | 3-0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 13 |
| Kyle Wiltjer | 8 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 5 |
| Eloy Vargas | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Sam Malone | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Brian Long | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Jarrod Polson | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Ryan Harrow | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Twany Beckham | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Jon Hood | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 28-49 | 2-7 | 11-20 | 33-6 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 14-0 | 69 | |
| .571 | .286 | .550 | Team Reb: 1 | Total TO: 0 (0 pts) | |||||||