Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 at 10:00 am  |  11 responses

Davis Leads No. 1 Kentucky Over Tennessee

by David Cassilo / @dcassilo

Anthony Davis showed once again why he is the consensus No. 1 pick in next year’s draft as both his offense and defense led No. 1 Kentucky to an easy 69-44 victory over Tennessee.

The sophomore forward tallied 18 points, 8 rebounds and 7 blocks in 30 minutes on Tuesday. The 6-10 Chicago native was one of the reasons why Tennessee shot an abysmal 28.1 percent from the field. The 44 points were the least the Volunteers had scored in a game since Nov. 22, 2006, against Butler.

Afterwards, Tennessee’s head coach said a player like Davis doesn’t come along often.

From The Courier-Journal:

“He’s a difference, and probably one of the best, if not the best, in the country at changing the game with his presence on the defensive side of the ball,” UT coach Cuonzo Martin said. “When you have a guy like that – they come along once in a lifetime – he just changes the game.”

The Wildcats have now won their last two games by a combined 49 points. With the SEC’s worst team, South Carolina, next on the schedule, things could get even uglier.

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  • Enigmatic Posted: Feb.1 at 10:19 am
    David, Anthony Davis is not and will never be a sophomore.
    Anyways, I know a lot of people would still take Andre Drummond over David but I just don’t see it.
    Davis should be the clear-cut choice for number 1 pick.

  • Wayno Posted: Feb.1 at 10:37 am
    Welcome to Detroit…hopefully. Detroit just has to keep being terrible and they’ll have a good shot.

  • Wayno Posted: Feb.1 at 10:39 am
    Co-sign enig too, I’d take Davis over Drummond all day.

  • niQ Posted: Feb.1 at 10:42 am
    Davis is definitely number 1 right now. But man, I still think he could add a few more pounds…

  • JTaylor21 Posted: Feb.1 at 11:32 am
    Nah…I would take ADavis over Drummond in a heartbeat.

  • Byebye Posted: Feb.1 at 11:36 am
    Drummond hasn’t done anything all year

  • IAMORANGE4EVER Posted: Feb.1 at 11:57 am
    How long until the Orange back at #1 in both polls? Answer: 11 Days

  • IAMORANGE4EVER Posted: Feb.1 at 12:01 pm
    Actually it’s 12 days, because the new polls always come out on Monday’s.

  • nbk Posted: Feb.1 at 12:04 pm
    The scariest part of Davis (imo) is that he hasn’t begun to fill out at all. Are we even sure he’s done growing?

  • hillbilly Posted: Feb.1 at 4:36 pm
    So, how many more days until Bernie Fine pops another prepubescent butt cherry? Got any numbers on that, IAMORANG4EVER?

  • Chubachuchi Posted: Feb.1 at 4:55 pm
    Another one from the Chi I hope he reaches at least 7 feet that would be some scary sh*t lol

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