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John Calipari talks about Patrick Patterson and other topics after Saturday’s game:

(H-L photo/Mark Cornelison)

As provided by UK:

2009-10 Kentucky Basketball
#1 Kentucky vs. #23 Vanderbilt
Lexington, Ky. — Rupp Arena
Jan. 30, 2010
Post-Game Quotes

Kentucky Head Coach John Calipari

On DeAndre Liggins play …
“He did great. What he’s doing, he’s having a few breakdowns we’ve got to work on. This stuff at half-time, it’s a five-point swing and he misses two free throws and then because you miss the two free throws going under on a ball screen on the one guy who can make shots. I told them, yeah we we’re up 20 instead, it’s 15 and now they have hope. It’s not just him we’re doing some of that. There was some immature stuff that we did, but we’re a young team. We outrebounded a good rebounding team by 18 rebounds, we hold them to three offensive rebounds which means as a bounce back from giving up 20 at South Carolina is a good sign. I loved the way Darnell shot the ball and Patrick shot the ball, DeMarcus, again, had a double-double, John had nine assists, Eric Bledsoe, I thought wanted that game and did well.”

On the improvement of the team …
“We’ve got a ways to go. We beat a good team. Vanderbilt had won 11 in a row. They remind me of Massachusetts teams, we didn’t have the big, big like they have, but the other guys on that floor were like my UMass guys, their not going to beat themselves. They’re not going to have bad turnovers, you have to grind them out. What we did, I hope you saw today, is we played a little more half court because against South Carolina they held the ball and we shot it quick and what was happening was, we were on defense 75 percent of the time, so now we we’re looking for an easy basket, a layup, a post up, and if it wasn’t there we wanted them to play in the half court, and still their were some errors. But again, we had five almost six guys in double figures scoring, no one shoots it more than 12 times, and a bunch of 10s and 7s, we’re getting balance. You saw that I tried to play Daniel (Orton) and DeMarcus (Cousins) together, which we have to continue to do, I’ve got to spell John like I did, get him time off the court, same with Eric Bledsoe, which is going to get time for Darius (Miller), Darnell (Dodson) or Ramon (Harris), DeAndre (Liggins), whoever wants that time to get in there and play.”

On keeping up with Vanderbilt’s runs …
“The big shot I thought was DeAndre’s three, because we were teetering a little bit on not knowing what we were doing and I think DeMarcus (Cousins) threw and he makes that three just takes the wind out of their sails. They are making their little run and you have to beat them back. We missed some free throws, Eric (Bledsoe) isn’t a guy that goes five for 11 from the line, but he does end up with seven rebounds which is our second leading rebounder. Eric (Bledsoe) and John (Wall) probably played a minute or two more than I wanted them to but those numbers are starting to look how I want them to look.”

On DeMarcus Cousins’ technical …
“With what he said he deserved the technical. He said he did not touch the ball which I believed but they called it, so I said go to the monitor and check it, but it’s not a play that you can go to the monitor. I thought I might fool them, but they knew that you could not go to the monitor and check the monitor on that kind of play, but he walked off and said what he said and he deserved to get a technical. Do you know how far he has come?’ He got punched in the head today and the official came over and said I should have called it. He did not respond to it. DeMarcus (Cousins) is growing up. He is going to do dumb things at times but out here with all of those young guys, it’s all freshmen stuff.”

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From Dick Vitale’s Twitter page this morning:

(H-L photo)

Big Blue Links for Sunday:

• Jerry Tipton of the H-L reports on Kentucky’s 85-72 win over Vanderbilt.
• Tipton’s notes say Patrick Patterson is focused on winning, not stats.
• My column says Calipari hit all the right buttons as Cats light it up from three-point range.
• Herald-Leader photo slideshow of Kentucky’s victory over Vanderbilt.
• Dick Weiss of the New York Daily News on Kentucky’s win with LeBron on hand.
• Chip Cosby of the H-L reports that Joker Phillips is hinting of a possible football surprise.
• Brett Dawson of the C-J writes that Cousins was untouchable as Cats cruise past Commodores.
• Matt May of the Cats Pause reports that Kentucky proved its still capable of taking the crown.
• Metz Camfield of the Kentucky Kernel on DeMarcus Cousin’s emotions.
• Brian Rickerd of the Frankfort State-Journal writes that UK’s big man came up big.
• Eric Lindsey of Cat Scratches writes on King James holding court at Rupp Arena.

Continue reading ‘BBL: King James watches Cats shut down ‘Dores’

(The State photo)

SEC links for Sunday:

South Carolina 78, Georgia 77

• Chris Dearing of The State writes that Devan Downey denied the Dawgs.
• AP report on Georgia’s tough loss to the Gamecocks.
• Travis Haney of the Charleston Post-Courier reports on South Carolina’s close shave.

Auburn 58, Alabama 57

• Jay G. Tate of the Montgomery Advertister writes that Auburn made the plays to turn back Tide.
• Kevin Scarbinsky of the Birmingham News writes that Jeff Lebo does it again against Bama, though he’s not getting it done overall.
• Gentry Estes of the Mobile Press-Regsiter writes that Bama carries another tough loss back from Auburn.
• Cecil Hurt of the Tuscaloosa News reports on Alabama’s fourth straight loss to Auburn.

Mississippi St 67, LSU 51

• Rusty Hampton of the Clarion-Ledger reports that State finds a cure for its ailments.
• AP report on Mississippi State’s win over LSU.
• Writing for The Advocate, Brad Locke reports that LSU’s offensive woes continue.

Video of DeMarcus Cousins and John Wall after the Cats’ victory over Vanderbilt.

Video of Vanderbilt coach Kevin Stallings talking about the loss to Kentucky.

Here is the first five minutes of John Calipari’s press conference after UK’s 85-72 win over Vanderbilt.