Son of Hot and Cold: UK Edition

Look, I know it's not a cartoon and you probably want a picture from the game itself, but damnit I'm a narcissist, and I just got on ABC. With a foam hat.

And that's probably more TV time than you got during the SEC Tournament Title Game, so there.

...in all seriousness, this edition of Hot and Cold, UK Edition goes out to the SEC Tournament Champions, the Kentucky Freshm--Wildcats. And in the spirit of things, we're going with an SEC Tournament / NCAA Tournament theme this week.

HOT

UK's Three Point Shooting: How exactly is Doron Lamb shooting nearly 50% from behind the arc? That's almost as ridiculous as Alabama's Piccaso-like take on the elephant, evidenced by its children-frightening mascot. The rest of the team isn't shooting poorly either: even Jones hit a triple to go along with his usual box score of twelve turnovers and a travel.

VARRRRGAAAAAAAAAAASSS: Brewed in the titanium-aloy vats inside of this Florida team's nightmares, the half-centaur, half-drinking-bird, all-man Eloy Vargas brought the thunder against a Florida team who might as well have been looking through him. His boards and charity stripe conversions helped Kentucky get into the rhythm that became a ten-point lead we haggled back and forth for the rest of the game. We've been waiting for the manbearcentuar to awaken. At last.

Darius. Freaking. Miller: I mean, do I even need to say it? Is it really necessary?

..of course it is. Today's game, and yesterday's game, and everyday's game during this SEC Tournament was Miller time. I can't think of a more deserving guy for SEC Tournament MVP.

COLD

UK's Overly-concerned Fanbase: Guys, guys - I get it. Coach Cal probably could have ridden that last 3 minutes out against Alabama, even with all our bench players in. Still, given the results from today, is anybody complaining? Lamb and Liggins were clearly gimpy, but also far more determined than deteriorated - and I'd say that's a fascet of coaching. Cal had his guys ready to play today, and despite the nagging injuries and Mike Green's magic whistle, he coached supposedly venerable, "cerebral" coach Billy Donovan out of his Crocs. I'll take apologies now on Cal's behalf(money-orders are an acceptable alternative.).

The Selection Committee: I've seen a lot of brackets in my time as a UK fan; lots of intruiging match-ups, suprise bubble participants, and absurdly favorable Duke draws. Never before have I seen one which caused half the uproar of the VCU / UAB infested version cranked out this season. How you leave out Alabama, and Virginia Tech, and Colorado, all in favor of the two awful squads of VCU and UAB is totally beyond me.

LUKEWARM

Ole Miss' New Mascot? No, it's not a trap. In fact, it seems to be nothing at all - as you may have noticed(or maybe, as I may have just totally missed) - Old Miss did not bring its new mascot, the Black Bear Anthropomorphized-Into-A-Plantation-Owner, to the games. As a result of not having Admiral Ackbar or anyone else on the sidelines, the Rebe--Conformers were routed by that Kentucky team with no bench, too many freshman and some empty suit who can't coach. Oh, the shame.

Kentucky and Florida's Seeding: I already ragged on the Selection Committee for their bubble picks, but to be quite honest their seeding efforts were similarly awful. Kentucky whomps Florida in the Tournament Title game, after hammering them in Rupp and being just edged out in Gainsville. Florida is a 2 seed, Kentucky a 4. Or how about Georgia, 10 seed, Alabama, out. Hrm.