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01-26-2007, 09:03 AM
Weak second halves lead to 2-game slide
class=sidebarBy Brett Dawson
bdawson@courier-journal.com (mailto:bdawson@courier-journal.com)
The Courier-Journal
ATHENS, Ga. — The University of Kentucky basketball team is struggling in second halves.
But it's a final third that ultimately will tell the tale of the 2006-07 Wildcats
Suddenly sputtering UK -- which has lost two straight games, including Wednesday's 78-69 loss in overtime here to Georgia -- has been heading downhill since Vanderbilt snapped its 11-game winning streak Saturday.
Now the Cats (15-5, 4-2 Southeastern Conference) face an uphill climb.
UK is No. 7 in the Ratings Percentage Index -- a system that's part of the formula for selecting and seeding the NCAA Tournament -- according to www.realtimerpi.com (http://www.realtimerpi.com/).
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070126/SPORTS03/701260530/1002/SPORTS
class=sidebarBy Brett Dawson
bdawson@courier-journal.com (mailto:bdawson@courier-journal.com)
The Courier-Journal
ATHENS, Ga. — The University of Kentucky basketball team is struggling in second halves.
But it's a final third that ultimately will tell the tale of the 2006-07 Wildcats
Suddenly sputtering UK -- which has lost two straight games, including Wednesday's 78-69 loss in overtime here to Georgia -- has been heading downhill since Vanderbilt snapped its 11-game winning streak Saturday.
Now the Cats (15-5, 4-2 Southeastern Conference) face an uphill climb.
UK is No. 7 in the Ratings Percentage Index -- a system that's part of the formula for selecting and seeding the NCAA Tournament -- according to www.realtimerpi.com (http://www.realtimerpi.com/).
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070126/SPORTS03/701260530/1002/SPORTS
