MSU Half-Time

Wow. What a way to end the half.

Kentucky played without energy, without intensity and without the lead for the entire first half. But everything changed in that frantic, final second.

There is no doubt that Brandon Knight was shooting the basketball. He is a smart kid, a smart player. He knew that Mississippi State was going to foul because they only had 5 team fouls, so he saw the contact coming and threw up a shot.

No logical reason for Rick Stansbury to complain.

But even if you throw that aside, there is one, I repeat ONE second on the clock! What else is the guy trying to do? Throw a pass?

No logical reason for Rick Stansbury to argue for over three minutes.

Put ALL of that aside, and your team will have, at the very least, a two-point lead at half-time in Rupp Arena.

No logical reason for Rick Stansbury to get a technical foul and incite the Big Blue Nation.

And yet....

Stansbury argued the call, berated the officials for a good three minutes and got a technical foul for his troubles.

And in the process, he single-handedly reversed the momentum of the game and nearly blew his team's five-point lead in the final second.

Instead of having a five-point lead in a silenced Rupp Arena looking for something to cheer about, the Bulldogs now have over 23,000 rabid screaming fans and a negligible one-point lead to look forward to as the second half gets under way.

Mississippi State is tired. They are slow. They are a team comprised of a good, experienced point guard, a standstill shooter and a fat, pretentious center who doesn't play defense. There is no possible way the Cats will lose this game, especially after the way the half ended.

Stansbury has practically gift-wrapped this one for UK. All the Cats have to do is open their present and get the W.