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The Kentucky Wildcats (12-10) have struggled at times this season but they have started to play better basketball of late. Then they went to Nashville to play the #19 ranked Vanderbilt Commodores (21-4) and left with their worst loss since 1989 and their worst SEC conference loss ever.

The Commodores dominated the Wildcats all game long on their way to a 93-52 win, the Commodores led the game by as much as 43 points. The Wildcats were limited to only 11 points in the first half, yes that is not a typo – the winningest program in NCAA basketball history was limited to 11 first half points. Kentucky freshman Patrick Patterson summed up the game when he said - “To have them to stomp us into the ground like that, it’s horrible, they played like men, and we played like boys.”

Wildcats first-year coach Billy Gillespie is surely under some serious heat after this embarrassing game. The Wildcats season has been marked by numerous embarrassing losses including an 84-68 loss to Gardner-Webb (who?) in Rupp Arena and a 70-51 loss to Indiana, this loss to the Commodores just might be the 3rd strike for Gillespie. However, Gillespie somehow tried to make light of the loss. “We just got our tail kicked. That’s all there is to it. It’s one loss, and we got our tail kicked severely. Congratulations to Vanderbilt. They played fantastic. We’ll move on. We’ll make a positive out of it someway,” Gillespie said after the game. Just one loss? Umm no, this is your 10th loss this season for a team and school that prides itself on being competitive every single year. I think someone needs a reality check.

The Commodores were led by Shan Foster who scored 20 points and A.J. Ogilvy who put in 19 points and a game high 12 rebounds. Ramel Bradley led the Wildcats with a game high 21 points – 18 of them coming in the second half.