Kentucky basketball: Game preview and 3 keys to victory vs Mizzou
By Drew Koch
The Kentucky basketball team travels west this Saturday to do battle with the Missouri Tigers. Check out the game preview and 3 keys to victory for the Wildcats.
The Kentucky basketball team travel west to Columbia, Missouri to face off against the Missouri Tigers. MIzzou is 14-8 on the season and 4-5 in the SEC, but the Tigers are no push over. In fact, the ESPN Basketball Power Index favors Missouri over the Kentucky Wildcats.
The Tigers are coming off a 9-point win over the Alabama Crimson Tide after losing 4 of their last 5 games. However, that one victory was a 59-55 victory over then ranked No. 21 Tennessee. Since that loss, the Vols have won 4 straight games and are now No. 18 in the AP Poll.
The Wildcats are riding high after a back-to-back comeback victories over West Virginia and Vanderbilt. The 17-point comeback against the Mountaineers was impressive, but the overtime squeaker against the Commodores has Big Blue Nation.
Who is the Kentucky basketball team? Are they the team that rallied from a 15-point deficit on the road in Morgantown to defeat the then-ranked No. 7 Mountaineers? Or, are they the Wildcats who needed an extra 5 minutes and a heroic play by Quade Green to escape the conference cellar-dwelling Commodores?