Some Keys to Beating Kentucky Tonight

-UK will gang-defend johnny o'bryant. we've got to hope we can at least shoot our average quota of 6-7 threes to take advantage of the openings that will be available in their defense and make them think twice about doubling down and sagging off the perimeter. will be tough to replicate last night's output but we will need stringer, hickey, and coleman to knock some down

-will be a huge boost if johnny can come out like he did in BR and face up and knock down some 10-12 footers. if he gets doubled, tripled early on it seems to disrupt his impact on the game early which is understandable.

-want to see j-mart be aggressive as well. attack off the dribble. he does this and their defense has something else to think about.

-be multiple defensively. we did really good in the 2nd half at rupp of switching things up between man, zone and press. we can't/won't press too much given their athletes and it's our 2nd game in a row but im sure jones will turn it loose in situations. if they struggle shooting from the start we'll see a lot of zone. young is the only guy that scares me.

-if all cylinders click and we can make shots and make some plays going to the rim then we need to pound it at will in the 2nd half. they don't have anyone who can post up johnny man on man except maybe johnson.

all this and the usual rebound, defend, take care of the ball fundamentals you preach every game. LSU has done a good job containing julius randle bar that one game winning tip in. if we can find a way to do it once more it will be a big help.

obviously need a lot to go our way but it's possible. believe sons.