UK Senior Night

Tonight was the climax end of two UK Wildcat Men's Basketball players time at Rupp Arena. Though the season is far from over, the last home game of the season has concluded.

I was fortunate enough to be a witness of Sr Night tonight. This was my first time to experience the excitement and festivities around Sr. Night. It was an emotional and touching night for a lot of those involved.

Josh Carrier - KY Mr Basketball - He came out to play tonight, Scoring a career high 9 pts off of 3 - 3 pointers, and getting to start in his first and probably only UK game.

Chuck Hayes - From Sunny California - came with a full heart and a lot of emotion. Scoring 13 pts, in which 9 of them came in the last 5.5 minutes to pull KY away from a 55-55 tie.

UK won 73-61 but not after a sloppy and not well played game. My view of the game came from the top of Rupp Arena center of the basket on UK's end. The second half offense was hilatious. I saw maybe 2 offensive plays run against the man to man defense. The rest of the time, it was a lot of standing around and moving the ball btwn about 2 people and not penetrating the defense to free anyone up. Rebounding was atrocious again tonight as well. I don't know how many times I saw TN on offense be btwn the defense and the basket. Defensive rebounds don't come with a player btwn you and the basket.

Those are my observations for what they are worth.

Thanks to my friend who accompanied me to the game tonight. It was a lot of fun, though nail biting.