Sec Tournament Championship - Vanderbilt Upsets No - 1 Kentucky In Sec

When he / she last but not least were standing up, he in addition to Vanderbilt possessed your bill more simple to convey in order to keep in mind - SEC Tournament champions. The Commodores upset No. just one Kentucky 71-64 in front regarding 18,114 at New Orleans Arena for their first SEC Tournament championship given that 1951 when additionally they whip Kentucky, 61-57. It appeared to be Vanderbilt's very first SEC concept in a single with the big two physical activities - soccer and also men's basketball - since 1993 when the basketball company earned the SEC frequent months subject below coach Eddie Fogler .

"Outstanding, awesome, incredible," Williams II said. "And these people deserve it. That was a new really good Kentucky team, nevertheless we deserved it."

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Kentucky (32-2) discovered it has the 24-game receiving streak end, however it expected your No. just one national seed starting within the NCAA Tournament. The Wildcats, who led 62-55 by using 5:23 to experiment with upon a couple of cost-free tosses through freshman forwards phenom Anthony Davis , hadn't missing considering Dec. 10, 2011, from Indiana.

"I wish this can have transpired recently (Saturday), consequently most of us bought property a day earlier," Kentucky private coach John Calipari said. "We acquired the following out of some of our plate. We don't have to worry about a gain skills - none of them of that. Let's just move enjoy this (NCAA) tournament."

The Commodores (24-10) were playing of their earliest SEC Tournament name activity since profitable the item with 1951 with Louisville, Ky. Kentucky seemed to be enjoying for the 3 rd straight SEC Tournament 7steps plus 28th overall. The Wildcats claimed the actual SEC normal time name simply by five games at 16-0 over Vanderbilt, Tennessee in addition to Florida.

"We sure anxiously waited a very long time for this," Vanderbilt discipline Kevin Stallings said at midcourt less than your seaside involving black in addition to yellow metal confetti. "I convinced anticipation we all any longer ! wait seeing that longer to have our next one. Kentucky, they collection your bar. They set the particular bar nationally this kind of year. They established that tavern in your little league every year. They definitely does that year. They have got an incredible team. So we're happy to obtain beaten them, proud to possess picked up your SEC championship."

Guard John Jenkins' reverse layup along with 1:32 going put Vanderbilt upward 64-62 due to the first direct since earlier inside the next half. The Wildcats acquired brought by simply 57-51 by using 9:47 to take guard Darius Miller's three-pointer. Miller's putback slam dunk kept Kentucky in place 59-54 with 8:04 left, even so the Wildcats will possibly not credit score yet another area purpose with the rest of the video game as they skipped their final 13 shots along with have been outscored through that will grow 17-5.

"I not so great plenty associated with shots," claimed Miller, that led Kentucky with 16 tips within a unusual start, but they overlooked four of the people 13. "I couldn't shoot also since I idea I should, therefore it don't determine with this end."

Forward Jeffery Taylor directed Vanderbilt with 18 points and 11 rebounds. Jenkins and heart Festus Ezeli each included 17 points.

"To acquire the championship after 60-some years is actually incredible," Jenkins said.

"I mean that they claimed 20-some games in a row," Taylor said. "We feel excellent regarding ourselves."

Kentucky forwards Calipari interrupted, "Arrogant."

In 1996 throughout New Orleans, Kentucky lost that SEC competition tournament online game to Mississippi State immediately after succeeding 27 consecutive games and took for you to succeed the particular countrywide championship. Many assumed then-coach Rick Pitino , a Calipari mentor, wouldn't thought process of which loss. He in addition benched superstar Antoine Walker , exactly who experienced merely a minor injury, within the subsequent half.

"I informed the actual team, 'Hey, I'm happy. Let's go. We're a good team. We'll be fine. You guys now will probably tune in to precisely what I'm likely to inform you and also exactly how we've been likely to existing the sleep involving this season with regard to us,'" Calipari said. "I considered Vanderbilt played actually along the stretch. We have our chances. We acquired our shots. We didn't generate them. You've have to customers credit. That game has been over, along with in that case each of a sudden it's like, 'basket, basket, basket.'"

It ended up being Vanderbilt's very first enlighten Kentucky seeing that continue season along with just it has the subsequent against Calipari, who have five is victorious with the Commodores given that being Kentucky's train prior to a 2009-10 season. Kentucky won 83-74 in addition to 69-63 this season.

"We needed an additional shot at Kentucky because, well, mainly because they're Kentucky," Stallings said. "We had been just prepared for a different outcome."