Even with all the negative energy surrounding the program, Kentucky fans showed up by the thousands to fill the Georgia Dome. It really makes you think what a small percentage of fans are responsible for all the internet chatter about Tubby's future. The fans I saw were as passionate and enthusiastic as ever. They got to see Randolph Morris play well on both ends. Morris was a tough match-up for the Tide and he scored 17 points and on the other end he pulled down 10 defensive rebounds. Ramel Bradley and Joe Crawford added some key buckets and freshman Jodie Meeks really showed off his speed with a couple of dunks off turnovers. All in all the 'Cats had five players scoring double-digits. That's the kind of effort that could give this team the confidence the need to get on a roll. You do have to wonder how much closer it would have been if Bama's talented point guard Ronald Steele wasn't hurt. He only played 12 minutes and scored 2 points. The next game is very winnable against the champions of the very average SEC West division, Mississippi State.

Behind the scenes, we are here with a bunch of other television stations from all over the SEC. You have Birmingham covering Alabama and Auburn, Knoxville and Nashville covering Tennessee, Columbia covering South Carolina, etc. And the way it usually works is when the team you are covering loses, you go home too. So by Sunday, the television media compound where our editing equipment is set up clears out. Friday along with Kentucky's quarterfinal game, you also have the teams that had first-round byes in action. Vanderbilt, Ole Miss, and the defending National Champs from Florida. We'll be on the air from Atlanta on WHAS-11 news at 5 and 6 with more coverage of the Wildcats on the court and in the lockeroom.