February 5th: On this date...

... in 2005, your #4 University of Kentucky Wildcats marched out to a 17-point halftime lead on their way to beating Vanderbilt, 84-70. The significance of this game is it’s the last time Big Blue came out of Nashville with a win. Five years, people. FIVE YEARS Vanderbilt. Seriously? And after dominating the first half, Kentucky still needed a 14-2 second half run to get the final margin. The win pushed UK to 17-2 on the season, along with an undefeated 8-0 record in conference. Big Blue was led by senior great Chuck Hayes (15 points - 13 rebounds - 3 assists - 2 steals - 1 block) and his new Hannibal Lecter mask. He broke his nose a few games earlier at Tennessee when I’m sure something dirty happened to our Modesto-native. Hayes said it was the first time he had felt completely comfortable in his new face garb. Kelenna Azubuike (15 points - 5 rebounds), Johnny Rondo (14 points - 8 assists), and Booger Sparks (15 points - 4 steals) helped Chuck put a hurting on the Commies in half one. Hopefully Coach Cal will have The Boys ready to break this disturbing streak a few weeks from now. If there was ever a team to......... (gasp)........... beat Vandy in Nashville, this is it. If not, then it might not ever happen again.......DUM-Dum-Dum.

Big Blue Booyah on Tom Leach