March 5th: On this date....

..... in 2003, your #2 University of Kentucky Wildcats beat up Vanderbilt, 106-44, to move to 15-0 in conference play and put themselves in a position that only the 1996 Cats had ever been in, going undefeated in all 16 conference games. All 15 players saw at least four minutes of court time in a game that saw only two players play over 20 minutes (Seniors Marquis Estill and Keith Bogans). The first half was the setup, outscoring the Commies 48-29. The second half was the annihilation, outscoring Vandy 58-15. Kentucky had almost as many made baskets as Vanderbilt did points, 43 to 44. Tubby's finest team was led by an efficient Erik Daniels with 20 points on 9-12 shooting, 2-3 from 3-point range. Josh Carrier was given a technical for pushing and Bernard Cote even put up five points and four rebounds in a game that apparently had everyone feeling like they were John Wall. The only Cats not to score on the day were Matt Heissenbuttel and Preston LeMaster, but who cares, they could still ball us out.

Big Blue Booyah on Tom Leach