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Kentucky at Georgia: Updates and analysis
sethemerson
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Greetings from Stegeman Coliseum. Very big game set to tip off here at 6 p.m. Georgia students have been lined up since this morning, and the line was down the block when I pulled up a couple hours before tip-off. There were, as always, the usual blue-clad fans walking towards the arena.
So it's going to be a raucous atmosphere, as it always is when Kentucky visits.
As for the actual basketball part of it, starting lineups haven't been posted yet, but if I had to guess I'd say Georgia goes with the same starting five as last game: E'Torrion Wilrdige at small forward, with Juwan Parker at the 2, and then the usual three of Frazier, Maten and Ogbeide.
As always, I'll have updates and analysis here on the message board. Feel free to chime in.
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Inside the arena now with 25 minutes till tip-off. There's a lot of blue, as expected, but the vast majority att this point are in the upper sections. There are some in the lower sections too, but it's hard to predict what the percentage will be until the arena is full.
At minimum, there will be a lot of cheers for Kentucky baskets. The question is how much louder it will be for Georgia baskets.
Confirmed: E'Torrion Wilridge remains in the starting lineup, starting a second straight game. Georgia sticks with the same five as Tuesday's win over Mississippi State: Frazier, Parker, Wilridge, Maten, Ogbeide.
Mark Fox has been playing the match-ups lately. He must like Wilridige's length, perhaps he'll be guarding Malik Monk, trying to keep a hand in his face.
John Calipari isn't wearing a tie.
I'd say it's about 75-25 in favor of Georgia fans. Almost everybody's here. (Other than a big section that I think is reserved for the football team and recruits. They're taking their time getting here.)
Final thought before tip-off: There are a lot of factors that point to a Georgia upset - not the least of which is how important this game is for it, while it isn't for Kentucky.
But ultimately given the inability to pull off this kind of win over a ranked team, as close as Georgia has been, it's hard to predict it until you see it happen.
Yes, Wilridge is guarding Malik Monk. Wilridge is 6-7 and Monk is listed at 6-3, so that makes sense.
Yante Maten down, clutching at his knee. Anxious moments here.
Maten gets up and limps off to the locker room. We'll provide an update as quickly as we can get one.
J.J. Frazier 6, Kentucky 5, after four minutes.
Kentucky with back-to-back 3s to go up 13-8, and Mark Fox calls timeouts. Turtle Jackson just missed two 3s from the same spot in the corner.
No sign of Yante Maten yet either.
Trainers just came out of the locker room and said something to Maten. No word to the media up here yet.
Yante Maten has returned to the bench. He's limping noticeably.
But for what it's worth, the fact Maten has the ability to stand during this timeout is a decent sign about the long-term prognosis.
Georgia trying to hang in there, and it helps that Kentucky point guard De'Aaron Fox just picked up his second foul with 10:25 left in the first half.
Kentucky leads 17-16 at the 9:03 mark. Frazier has eight of Georgia's points, the other eight coming on a basket by each of four other players.
Id be shocked at this point if Maten returned to the game. The question now is how serious a long-term injury this is. I'm not sure what it means that he's back on the bench rather than in the training room, being taken to a hospital, etc. Either way, obviously this changes not only the complexion of the rest of this game but the rest of this season.