The young Kentucky basketball team could not close out a win on the road in Oxford, Mississippi last night. There is nothing new about that, its just frustrating, seeing no production out of the upper classmen, Miller, Liggins, and Harrellson. Experience is supposed to be the thing that gets it done in close games and on the road, but on this team the freshmen are the fearless ones, that at least, show some leadership and a will to win.
Coach Cal has been preaching all season about this and apparently it falls on deaf ears. Case in point was in the last few seconds, with Kentucky clinging to a one point lead, Darius Miller passed up a wide open shot, and than the Cats fumbled away the possession with a shot clock violation, and boom, made three pointer, another loss on the road to an inferior team.
Florida looms on Saturday, in Gainsville, and it makes you wonder if the training wheels aren't running off of the Big Blue Express. Leadership is never thrust upon you, most of the time you have to reach out and take it. Until the older players on this team grasp this, I am afraid expectations are going to fall far short, this basketball season. Still, watching these freshman perform, always gives you hope.
That's the way I see it on a stormy night in Mississippi and Kentucky.
Mikey Cameron
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