Kentucky remains perfect with rout of Arkansas
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01/23/2010 - Lexington, KY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Darius Miller poured in 18 points, grabbed five rebounds and dished out four assists, as the second-ranked Kentucky Wildcats kept their perfect record in tact with a 101-70 rout of the Arkansas Razorbacks at Rupp Arena.
DeMarcus Cousins added 16 points and 14 rebounds for the Wildcats (19-0, 4-0 SEC), who are off to their best start since the 1966 season. John Wall donated 16 points and seven assists. Eric Bledsoe chipped in 10 points, seven boards, and six assists for the victors.
With the victory, Kentucky head coach John Calipari won his 65th straight game versus league opponents, including conference tournaments. Calipari broke Adolph Rupp's NCAA record for consecutive wins against league foes. Rupp won 64 in a row from 1945 to 1950.
Courtney Fortson ended with 21 points and seven rebounds for the Razorbacks (8-11, 1-3), who have dropped two in a row and six of seven overall. Rotnei Clarke finished with 13 points, while Mike Washington donated 11 points and five rebounds for Arkansas, which shot just 30.6 percent from the floor.
The Wildcats took control from the start, opening the contest on a 15-3 spurt. Kentucky then put together an 11-1 burst moments later to extend its margin. Perry Stevenson's slam made it 26-7 with about 10 1/2 minutes remaining.
Kentucky scored the final seven points of the half to take a commanding 57-27 lead into the locker room.
The Wildcats started the second half on an 18-2 run to turn the tilt into a laugher. Miller made a trio of three-pointers during the spurt, including a trey to give Kentucky a 75-29 margin with less than 16 minutes to play. UK cruised to victory from there.
Game Notes
Kentucky is 24-7 all-time against Arkansas and has won 10 in a row against the Razorbacks...The Wildcats shot 57.1 percent in the first half.
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Work left to do: Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Kansas State
Texas joins Texas A&M and Kansas as locks after getting league win No. 11. Texas Tech greatly helped its own hopes and crippled OK State's with the two-point win Saturday. Is K-State the last reasonable hopeful? Could be an elimination match in Stillwater on Tuesday, at least for the Cowboys.
Work left to do:
Texas Tech [18-11 (7-7), RPI: 44, SOS: 12] A critical two-point win over OK State leaves the Red Raiders with Baylor and at Iowa State left. Get both and the Red Raiders likely are good to go. Get one and there could be some interesting comparisons with a K-State team that could finish two or three games "ahead" of them in the standings but doesn't have any of the quality wins Texas Tech has. Not a lot in nonconference play (against Arkansas in Little Rock being the best win, by far) to lean on.
Oklahoma State [18-9 (5-8), RPI: 50, SOS: 35] Still without a road win, the Cowboys now need to win two on the road just to get to .500 in conference play. It's hard to recall a team (OK, other than Clemson) falling so precipitously from lock status to almost certainly out of the NCAAs at this point. There are wins to be had in the last three, including a very big home game against K-State on Tuesday, but this team is reeling. Can you tell the pressure to win is getting to them with the way the final possession played out at Texas Tech? There are some good nonconference performances to lean on, specifically beating Missouri State and Syracuse on neutral floors and Pitt in OK City, but if the Pokes don't right this very, very soon, that won't be enough.
Kansas State [20-9 (9-5), RPI: 56, SOS: 96] It pays to be in the Big 12 North. The nine league wins are Colorado (twice), Missouri (twice), Iowa State (twice), Baylor, Nebraska and (a good one against) Texas. That helps explain the middling computer profile. The win over USC is nice, but the nonconference leaves a lot to be desired. The game at OK State in Stillwater on Tuesday is huge, as it could KO the Cowboys and leave K-State with a home date against Oklahoma with which to work.