March 16th: On this date....

..... in 2002, your #16 University of Kentucky Wildcats squeaked past a game Tulsa squad, 87-82, in the second round of the NCAA Tournament behind another one of those game's from All-American Tayshaun Prince. He was unconscious, hitting on 14-21 shots from the floor, including 6-8 from 3 point range. Prince ended that Saturday with a career-high 41 points - 9 rebounds - 4 assists - 3 blocks - 0 turnovers. The tall, slender senior from Compton, California, had a knack for getting himself into The Zone, and his timing couldn't have been better, as the rest of the team shot the ball poorly most of the afternoon. The Golden Hurricane had no answer for the matchup nightmare that was Tayshaun Prince. The win put the Cats into their fourth Sweet 16 in the past five years and moved Tubby's team to 22-9 on the season. Big Blue would get knocked off by the eventual National Champion, Maryland, in the next round, giving Tubby Smith his third straight ten loss season. Uh Oh.

Big Blue Booyah on Tom Leach