AUBURN, Ala. — The Commodores snapped a four-game losing streak by knocking off Auburn 82-75 Saturday on the road. Jermaine Beal led four VU scorers in double digits with 21, while A.J. Ogilvy and Jeffery Taylor netted 14 apiece and Brad Tinsley added 13.
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Devan Downey’s turnaround jumper with 3 seconds left lifted South Carolina to a 78-77 victory over No. 24 Kentucky on Saturday, the Gamecocks’ second victory in 23 games in Lexington.
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BATON ROUGE — As LSU celebrates its 100th Anniversary of Men's Basketball on Saturday, the Tigers are providing a sold-out Pete Maravich Assembly Center with a great show. LSU's Marcus Thornton, Bo Spencer and Chris Johnson combined for 37 first-half points, as the Tigers lead Arkansas at the half, 41-21.
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BATON ROUGE — The three LSU basketball players whose jerseys adorn the western rafters of the Pete Maravich Assembly Center highlighted the 16-player LSU All-Century team announced Saturday at halftime of the LSU-Arkansas men's basketball game.
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No. 14 Arkansas will face No. 17 Notre Dame on Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Dills Indoor Tennis Center.
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Despite a game-high 28 points from Patrick Patterson and 20 points from Jodie Meeks, the Kentucky men’s basketball team dropped a 78-77 contest to South Carolina, on Saturday afternoon at Rupp Arena.
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The battle of the interim HCs comes to Tuscaloosa. Also, it’s a battle of 2 of the bottom dwellers in the SEC.

UGA stats

UGA stinks… there’s no getting around that. I watched them a couple of times… most recently against Mississippi State and to say they have no clue on offense is an understatement. They can’t shoot, have no real inside presence, and can’t hit FTs. Sounds familiar?

The stats:
- 42% FG
- 34% 3PT FG
- 61% FT
- +1.9 rebound margin
- 17.4 turnovers per game

Terrence Woodbury and Trey Thompkins are the only players averaging 10+ PPG on the team. Thompkins is the only real 3 point shooter on the team. Otherwise, not much to worry about from their offense.

Prediction: This game is going to be ugly… real ugly. I believe Torrance shakes his mini slump and leads the way to a 8 point win for Pearson’s first win as a HC.

Gametime is 7PM EST (6PM CST) and it’s on FSN.

SEC Power Poll week 4

UGA is the unanimous worst team in the SEC according to us bloggers… no surprise there. What surprised me is Tennessee being 4th. I had them 6th.

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OK, we get it; you’re the man.

Beating Florida was a big victory of sorts. However, and with no disrespect to the Gators and although there was no home crowd to please today, beating Kentucky in Rupp is a season-defining moment for these Gamecocks. Coming into this week, Kentucky was the best team in the conference, with no SEC losses. Now, they’re behind us in the standings. Moreover, winning games in Rupp against the fabled Cats program is not something that comes often for the Gamecocks. I mean this will all respect to the Cats; it means something to win in their house. In fact, we had only won once before in Lexington, back in 97 during the heady days of Eddie Fogler’s tenure as HC. In sum, this was both a historical win for us and a win that will go a long way towards getting us into the NCAAs for the first time since 2003-04.

For those on the national scene that were paying attention, this was also (or should have been) the game where Devan Downey arrived as a major player for props as one of the best in the nation. Gamecocks fans and fans of opposing teams have known Downey is a great player for a long time, but today, Downey should be recognized as one of the nation’s best. Not only did he outplay POY candidate Jodie Meeks, but he also put in one of the most clutch performances in Gamecocks’ history. Eight points in the final four minutes. Two straight threes. And then the game winner on a turnaround jumper with five seconds left. AMAZING.

This definitely isn’t to say that it was all Downey. Several Gamecocks came up big today. Zam Fredrick hit some huge shots and actually outscored Downey by one. Mike Holmes played a good game. Dominique Archie made an important shot late in the game. This is a team that is greater than the sum of its parts, and it’s a team that could very well win the SEC this year. They’ve gotta keep winning, but they’ve shown they can that.

I’ll have a more nuanced recap up tomorrow. Obviously, a lot of things contributed to this victory, good defensive play in particular. Right now, though, let’s just enjoy it. This was a HUGE win.

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Rick Bozich and I will be live-blogging today. We’ll start a little before tipoff, at about 2:45…

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A quick programming note: We’ll be live-blogging from this afternoon’s Kentucky-South Carolina game…