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He's never been healthy for Kentucky basketball most of the season. He's spent most of the year on the bench. But Jaland Lowe never stopped being a leader. Check out my latest for The Cats' Pause. 247sports.com/college/kentuc…

So I asked @KentuckyMBB Otega Oweh when he knew his near half-court shot was going to be good. He said he never did, but had one secret weapon. "It's March." Full story about the shot and UK's OT NCAA win over Santa Clara here: 247sports.com/college/kentuc…

My photos from @KentuckyMBB thrilling 89-84 OT win over Santa Clara to start @MarchMadnessMBB. Got absolutely plowed by BG diving for a loose ball late, but worth it. Did request he autograph my black eye tomorrow :-) See all my photos here: facebook.com/photo/?fbid=12…

Wow! Maybe this is 2014 2.0

Won’t be long now

Another story I started one way before it took on a life of its own. Kentucky basketball has a healthy mix of veteran "haves" and youthful "have nots" as far as March Madness goes. I broke down why that's beneficial and how it's visible in St. Louis. 247sports.com/college/kentuc…

Herb Sendek emphasized that Santa Clara isn't focusing much on the noise surrounding its matchup with Kentucky basketball. For their parts, his players seemed to follow suit. My latest for The Cats' Pause 247sports.com/college/kentuc…

If you believe @KentuckyMBB is going to beat Santa Clara today, you may be in a very small group. The upset is the trendy national pick and making UK only 2.5 point favorites

.@ColeParke_wsc and I have six stories today previewing @KentuckyMBB NCAA game vs. Santa Clara. Please check them out at CatsPause.com. Plus 2 more coming in morning.

.@KentuckyMBB would love to do what Jenny asks and 'Run UK, run!' It's not that simple as @CoachMarkPope explains on eve of UK-Santa Clara NCAA Tourney game 247sports.com/college/kentuc…

So who gives up promising careers to chase a dream to coach? @KentuckyMBB @CoachMarkPope and @SantaClaraHoops @HerbSendek, that's who. They explain why ahead of their NCAA Tourney matchup. 247sports.com/college/kentuc…

Kentucky basketball big man Malachi Moreno spoke to me about where he's at physically and mentally right now heading into the NCAA Tournament. Moreno spoke of "The curse that comes with glory." 247sports.com/college/kentuc…

.@KentuckyMBB held an open practice in St. Louis ahead of Friday's NCAA Tournament game with Santa Clara. See all my photos here: facebook.com/photo/?fbid=12…

.⁦@KentuckyMBB⁩ open practice St Louis

Just realized I based an entire @KentuckyMBB column on a 1960s sit-com and many people won't have a clue what I'm talking about... Oh well, if you know, you know. And if you don't, let this be a valuable history lesson :-) 247sports.com/college/kentuc…

We talk of desire to shorten basketball games while adding continuation rule that often results in free throws with clock stopped instead of simple in-bounding ball.

Some of the stats favor @KentuckyMBB, others Santa Clara with one potential fool's gold. 247sports.com/college/kentuc…

Per NCAA.com @KentuckyMBB plays Santa Clara at 12:15 pm EDT on CBS. ncaa.com/news/basketbal…

SCOUTING REPORT: Kentucky basketball will face Santa Clara in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. I took a deeper look at the Broncos for The Cats' Pause. 247sports.com/college/kentuc…

If @KentuckyMBB could pull miracle run fan support would be huge with travel to St. Louis, Chicago, Indy.