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On the day before the South Region final, the NCAA arranged to have five players from each team in “breakout” rooms for interviews with the media.
Here we have video clips of the five Kentucky players that went to the breakout rooms. They were Marquis Teague, Terrence Jones, Darius Miller, Doron Lamb and Anthony Davis.
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A player-by-player look at Kentucky:
Terrence Jones: Produced his third double-double in his past four games. Scored 22 points, his highest total since his 27-point game at LSU on Jan. 28. The sophomore made nine of 13 shots, hit one of his two three-point attempts and was a perfect three-of-three from the line. Grabbed 10 rebounds, and is now averaging 10.2 rebounds per game over his last four. Compare this to last year when Jones had 10 points and two rebounds against Princeton in his NCAA Tournament debut.
Anthony Davis: Scored 16 points for his fifth consecutive double-figure game. Grabbed nine rebounds, so missed a double-double by just one rebound. Blocked seven shots, his highest total since he blocked seven at Vanderbilt on Feb. 11. Davis made four-of-five shots in the second half. He had 11 points, four rebounds and four blocked shots in the second half.
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Kentucky senior Darius Miller talks to the media in a packed locker room in the KFC Yum Center.
Kentucky coach John Calipari talks about the loss to Vandy today and UK’s draw in the upcoming NCAA Tournament, and senior Darius Miller talks about UK’s seeding in the NCAA Tournament.
John Calipari
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Post-game player videos from the UK locker room after Kentucky’s 71-64 loss to Vanderbilt in the SEC Tournament.
Anthony Davis
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Covered the post-game press conference in interview room, so could not get locker room video after UK’s nine-point win over LSU at the New Orleans Arena.
Thanks to Nation of Blue, which was on the spot and shot interviews of Doron Lamb, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Marquis Teague and Darius Miller.
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Videos from today’s Kentucky basketball media opportunity at the Craft Center.
John Calipari says he doesn’t really care for the SEC Tournament, but “we’ll be there.” He talks about Anthony Davis’ development and Orlando Antigua being mentioned as a possible head coach for job openings. Darius Miller talks about the tournament and what it meant to win MVP honors at least year’s tourney. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist talks about being named first-team All-SEC.
Anthony Davis was not available. The same day the freshman center won Player of the Year honors in the SEC, he was out of town because of a death in his family.
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The college basketball season awards are starting to file in and Anthony Davis has been named Sporting News National Player of the Year. TSN writes: “Davis leads the nation in that category, but it’s the breadth of his defensive wizardry that separates him from even the best shot blockers. Davis has an uncanny feel for defending pick-and-roll plays, hedging more effectively than the folks at Goldman Sachs, blitzing more savagely than Terrell Suggs. The residual quickness from his days as a guard allows him to erase jump shots as well as layups.”
Meanwhile, over at SI.com, Seth Davis has named UK’s Darius Miller as the captain of his All-Glue team. Davis writes: “Miller is a genuine throwback, which is ironic considering he plays for the program that has been the very embodiment of one-and-done recruiting. (To great success, I might add.) Miller is a senior (yes, a senior at Kentucky) who has gotten a little bit better each year. He possesses the classic glue guy’s blend of power and finesse. At 6-8, 225 pounds, he has the body of a power forward, yet he strokes threes as well as any two guard in America.”
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