Written by FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ALMOST FOUR YEARS, YOUR UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY WILDCATS HAVE WON AN NCAA TOURNAMENT GAME.
Now that that’s off my chest, what a grind-it-out game for the ‘Cats.
Kentucky seemed to be rolling on all cylinders in the first half, but Providence slowed the pace in the second half and Kentucky adjusted, especially on the defensive end. Forcing an already bad shooting Friars team to take forced jumpers and bad shots, Oscar Tshiebwe them clean up on the glass with a tournament-high 25 rebounds for Kentucky.
Now, Kentucky will await the winner of Kansas State-Montana State for a trip to New York.
After an early exit to Vanderbilt last week in Nashville, these Cats seemed to have found their groove, at least after Night 1 in Greensboro.
Soak this one in, BBN. And rest up for Sunday.
Here’s how Twitter reacted.
GO BIG BLUE!!!
— Kentucky Men’s Basketball (@KentuckyMBB) March 18, 2023
It has been 0 (zero) days since Kentuckys last NCAA Tournament win.
— KG (@__NotKG) March 18, 2023
And I stayed in the Arena the whole game
— Matt Jones (@KySportsRadio) March 18, 2023
Kentucky won this game because of Defense and Rebounding. It was really good for basically the entire game
— Matt Jones (@KySportsRadio) March 18, 2023
For the first time in a year, I can breathe easy. Exercised some demons tonight! LETS GO!!!!
— Hayden Hooper (@haydenhooper01) March 18, 2023
Do not let this team get hot……..
— Barstool SEC (@SECBarstool) March 18, 2023
Last time Kentucky won an NCAA tournament game, Covid-19 wasn’t a thing
— Lyndsey Gough (@LGonTV) March 18, 2023
Huge win for Kentucky and Coach Cal who both really needed that. The Cats advance in a East Region that is WIDE open @BarstoolUK
— Barstool SEC (@SECBarstool) March 18, 2023
Streaks over. Suck it, Providence. Suck it, haters.
Antonio Reeves game ball.
Oscar rebound ball.
Jacob Toppin was great.
Just win. See you Sunday.
— Bobby Reagan (@BarstoolReags) March 18, 2023
Oscar Tshiebwe’s 25 rebounds broke a school single-game record for an NCAA Tournament game. The list
24 Jerry Bird vs. Iowa 1956
21 Bill Spivey vs. KSU 1951
18 Bam Adebayo vs NKU 2017
16 7 times (including Oscar vs. St. Peter’s last year) pic.twitter.com/uLfmJELrbv
— Eric Crawford (@ericcrawford) March 18, 2023
This shows why CJ Fredrick still plays a key role despite his inconsistent shooting this season.
Providence has to respect a career 41%+ 3P shooter – which is why they double Fredrick – leading to a WIDE OPEN three from Reeves. #BBN pic.twitter.com/sSgV33mM87
— Tristan Pharis (@TristanUda) March 18, 2023
Jacob Toppin rose to the challenge of playing against Bryce Hopkins
And he was very gracious talking about him after saying, “He is a great player and I love him”
— Matt Jones (@KySportsRadio) March 18, 2023
This was extremely lighthearted btw.
— Big Blue Drew (@BigBlueDrew33) March 18, 2023
Get me to New York and we ride til dawn
— Ian Teasley (@ianteasley) March 18, 2023
For those graduating in May, how does it feel to finally win a tournament game? #Chasing9
— Barstool Kentucky (@BarstoolUK) March 18, 2023
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Discovered on: 2023-03-18 02:09:42