03 13 2016 Kentucky vs Texas A&M SEC Tournament Championship 720p

[Music] this is champ week presented by dick sporting goods and from music city nashville tennessee and bridgestone arena it's the 57th southeastern conference tournament championship with the wildcats of kentucky and the aggies of texas a m both with their eye on a conference [Music] [Applause] crown [Applause] [Applause] are you serious mr briscoe and the cat fans [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] shot right there welcome to the sec on espn a packed house bridgestone arena nashville tennessee close to 20 000 on hand to watch the number one and number two seeds in the sec the kentucky wildcats and the aggies of texas a m for the sec tournament championship and before we tip let's meet our starting lineups and we head to our pa announcer john george good afternoon ladies and brickstone gentlemen in nashville tennessee for the 2016 sec men's basketball tournament and this championship game between the kentucky wildcats and the texas a maggie it's time now to introduce our starting lineups for our game [Music] for kentucky at forward a 611 freshman from port-au-prince haiti number one scale laplacier [Applause] for texas a m at center a 6-10 freshman from plano texas number 34 tyler davis [Music] fort kentucky edgard a 6-3 freshman from newark new jersey number 13. i isaiah brisso [Applause] [Music] fort texas a m at guard is 6-1 senior from houston texas number 11 anthony collins [Applause] for kentucky at forward a 6-8 senior from clarksville tennessee number 22 alex poyce fort texas a m at forward a 6-7 senior from dallas texas number 12 jalen jones for kentucky edgard a 6-4 freshman from kitchener canada number 23 jamal curry for texas a m at guard is 6'5 senior from college station texas number 21 alex caruso [Music] port kentucky at guard a 5-9 sophomore from chicago illinois number three tyler euless for texas a m edgard a 6-7 senior from fresno texas number 23 daniel house [Applause] head coach for the kentucky wildcats coach john calipari the head coach for the texas a m aggies coach billy kennedy [Music] there's your starting lineups there's your coaches there's your number one seed kentucky your number two seed we welcome you back to bridgestone arena some of you have been with us since wednesday night brad nessler with dick vitale sean farnham john saunders are here shannon spake will be along shortly all right partner they played in the regular season it went to overtime aggies one by two controversial sort of ending 19 800 in here are wearing blue the other 200 wearing maroon and the kentucky fans think that kentucky should have been the regular season champion so here's the rematch think all they want brad but you're right now we'll find a showdown 40 minutes find out who's the best in the sec kentucky says we are the aggies say we are we will find out baby and some interesting matchups caruso versus certainly murray really intrigues me offense versus defense well the best back court in the country belongs to kentucky and jamal murray and tyler euless just about set to tip off before we do check in third member of our team is shannon speak shannon hey there brad let's talk about the x factor in this game the player or players who could make the biggest difference in this game of course for a m it's their bench 42 points in yesterday's game and have been a key factor in their run in this tournament and for kentucky it's gal lavissiere played just four minutes in yesterday's game has the precious legs alex caruso in fact said that gal when he is playing at a high level kentucky is elite of course gal in that starting lineup so they're looking to get him going early the wildcats 25 and eight they've won 28 sec tournament titles the aggies the texas a m newcomers basically to the sec a few years ago they're 26 and seven they're looking for their first sec crowd they haven't won a conference tournament since the old southwest conference in 1986. three of the best in the business olandis pool joe lindsey and tony green our officials tony's got it in hand we're set to crown an sec champ in the next two hours [Music] and lavissiere with the tip back to tyler euless there's a match up collins going to check euless college of transfer came from south florida played in the ncaa tournament his first year live underneath murray from le mission what a way to start what a great backdoor cut without the ball that's one of the great strengths of jamal murray he moves well without the ball as well as with the ball collins moves it to caruso and now jalen jones against he's got great quickness at that fourth slot jalen jones beats most four guys with his quickness nice hands by briscoe knocking it out of bounds this is the way you open up a game well that's a set play right there they go diagonal they can throw the ball right over the top you can see it to murray look at the movement off the ball great elevation and we know he can flat out shoot so when you got that versatility when you can make the back door cut as well as shoot you're a dangerous threat [Applause] give him a great combo in the wings jones missed everything on a three-pointer and he'll hear about that billy kennedy coach of the year in the sec and has a brand new five-year extension wise and he deserves it really deserves a great feature on him today on espn very unbelievable as he's battled parkinson's and he's doing great he told me right now with meditation and exercise and collins with a foul on euless one thing texas said i'm going to be careful early in this game because i see a certain balance of the swag right now to kentucky that we didn't see earlier in the game with georgia georgia had it on them they're not here with a purpose man they want to win this to prove they're the best in the sec there's one of the best in the business hall of fame coach john calipari in his seventh year not bad he's won a few games he's won a few games like 660. tyler euless the player of the year in the sec and the defensive player of the year in the sec multiple honors and awards last year caruso was the defensive player of the year rips them both four or nothing wildcats feel quite pressure right now i've been trying to think about every rhythm they'd like to run into offensive sets [Applause] [Music] i would think the aggies want to get tyler dale to touch sometime here in the next minute he's been very effective in the box low post for texas a m all year long he sets a pick for house and now he's asking for it [Music] and house fouled on the way to the basket in our house a good driver transfer came out of houston you know jalen jones came the way of smu and little transfer university unhappy come on down this year with the foul he got foul trouble early yesterday santa bench didn't play many minutes and shannon said four minutes yesterday [Applause] to jalen jones great execution on the inbounds play a little lob in the center texas aggie fans that are here love it as you said earlier the place is dominated with blue there's a lot of up on top and there's the jam and labissiere with the second foul already much like yesterday he's got to come right out there is no way that labissiere should be going to the nba and people are talking about no way i mean he is so far from ready physically and every other way for nba basketball he may sit the rest of the half officials checking to make sure the monitor and with that's jalen jones at the free-throw line you know i said the other day with you that i think he needs kentucky more to kentucky i really believe that [Music] [Applause] three-point play makes it a one-point game little zone right now a little assault came out of the man-to-man look at the zone you saw tyler davis back it out and assess the situation and kentucky's been shooting the three really well tournament eight on the shot clock murray's asking for it over here on the right wing i don't know if they're going to get it to him or not euless down low to point this pointless with two to shoot lost the ball shot clock violation aggies nice job defensively yeah great job defensively john very animated i'm going to tell you this kentucky their game goes to another level if they get a positive positive positive performance out of portfolios when he plays well it just makes the guards that much more effective he did yesterday in the second half he called him out and he answered the call in the second half yesterday in the win over georgia [Applause] caruso drives on the baseline he lost the handle and an air ball sent up daniel house no chance on that shot live great feed by euless and marcus lee slams it be careful america tournament dodge kentucky if they're operating with all their people playing well watch out davis had that shot swatted out of bounds but he's fouled and it's lee but the personal they're going to watch a little one baby run here come the cats in transition and there's the great vision the lap up on top and there's the gym he does that really well how about no look on top of it looking to his left throws it back the other way and lee is waiting for it and he laid it perfectly i mean perfect why he's a player of the year in the conference here's tyler davis at the free-throw line he's first-team all-american for me as well he's been super all year tyler euless [Applause] tyler davis the freshman has been strong for the aggies all year long the better freshman in the country yeah he's been one of the real forces on the interior excellent i think a great balance not a change in another look going a little three-quarter looks like they'll have to want to go to trap then they fall back into the zone they're going to find murray getting the gaps in that zone [Applause] euless feeds the paint to poitras with the hook davis will pull off the miss trying to establish boyfriends early in the game trying to get a bit deep with the basketball house from 15. got the roll a little touch right there house and jaylen jones giving two outstanding players on the wings aggies with their first lead hands by davis poked it away from euless from behind still kentucky ball yeah he came out gave some help and then he reached in john calipari what can you say basically the guy's done an amazing job at kentucky there aren't many people that can handle that job patina was able to handle it he can and i'm not just talking coaching there are a lot of guys that can coach but in kentucky you got to be more than just the coach and euless is found by colin that's colin's second foul that's not good news for the aggies backcourt he's heading to the bench i think on his own right now and that will mean that admon gilder is going to check in [Applause] good player but a freshman and they lose the leadership of collins who's one of the best assist men in the conference and he has to sit well gilda was really a member to heidi raven recruiting class they had a good game yesterday ten points four rebounds he could score get a shot of the dribble good offensive player in transition as well briscoe kick out porthus three got it oh that's big that's big big bassline scoring with their baseline it just takes them to another level only his seventh three-pointer of the year that tells you if it's going for poitras it could go for everybody it's a positive and murray nice job defensively to force your turnover yeah he did a great job rotating euless all you land kids out there who are under six feet don't tell me you can't play you can play have hard pride [Music] four-point advantage kentucky [Applause] and a foul inside on the drive by daniel house i love the way house attacks the basket he really can attack the basket take a look right here look at this drive look at this drive the kick out and there's poi through spam with the shot from the baseline and then tyler euless so shows what he's a pt peer and a player of the year in the sec espn's exclusive presentation of college basketball is brought to you by dick's sporting goods proud to employ and support hundreds of team usa contenders and the lexus command performance sales event now through march 31st see your lexus dealer these two teams met in the regular season back on february 20th in college station big play by isaac humphries with a block and then in his youthful enthusiasm bounced the ball and that's a technical according to pat adams with that the aggies went on hit a shot by tyler davis they wanted an overtime 79-77 and as i said earlier most of the people in this building and everybody watching at home that's a kentucky fan thinks that that technical cost the wildcats the regular season crown that they had to share with texas a m thus we're in the rematch right now and kentucky leads by four and isaac humphries is checking in for the wildcats right on right on cue for us hey controversial call no doubt about it i thought a little better judgment should be utilized he was absolutely exuberant he wasn't trying to show any disrespect to the official at all and i really thought a better judgment should be utilized now there's no guarantee they would have won the game right kentucky but they would have been in great great shape we had the same kind of call yesterday on ben simmons of lsu and their lackluster performance in our semifinal game i was so disappointed in performance both simmons's effort his energy and the whole lsu team i didn't think they came to play with no fire in their belly at all that was sad because it was embarrassing and humiliating and then in the second game we had a thriller as georgia had kentucky on the ropes deep into the second half before the wildcats came back and won it 93 to 80 over georgia mark fox had that radio play they started to look so well it's like you had their hands full but they responded to the challenge [Applause] working the paint nice shot i'm going to tell you brian he's got talent he's got so many injuries he came out of high school he's so highly rainy some people thought he was going to be a one-and-done player well he's got the perfect body six eight 230 pounds he's got the power he's got the moves he's just inconsistent tyler davis down low came up short but did draw foul nice entry trying to get davis on the interior take a look at mr poytus right here this is the kid that has great ability a little screen i was gonna roll in size big wide as brad said so well he's got great moves hey you know your basketball man you do a great job football basketball man i wouldn't mind him as a tight end actually he can right like some of those guys that came from basketball you think about uh the great great player that played from california tony gonzalez yes sir you think about him you think about gates yep let's check in with shannon brad the anim coaches are just telling the guys remember your scouting reports specifically on defense they said you guys are coming way too far out on isaiah briscoe who's not going to shoot the ball they said back up remember what we what we studied and what we watched in preparation for this game especially briscoe's not an outside shooter at all ball kicked out of bounds right in front of us by daniel house shannon knows your basketball as well hey another tie down what about graham came from miami basketball yep i became all pro as a football player so you can do it maybe point this goes that way [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] last night with a pass it was really crucial caruso found a little avenue but he missed humphries will clear it off for kentucky did everything right except score humphreys lays a big screen nice pass by euless into humphreys he's short on that the willis will track it down and that's stolen away by gilder ahead to caruso with murray on him and he lost it good job by murray stopping the easy layup oh he gets it back and he scored that time he gets him down had to fight for that one didn't they cruiseless dad was after the player played for any son athletic director now at texas a m so it's a family affair [Music] first tie the game at 13. good look by willis into murray and murray a chance for a three-point play you know here's another example my removal without the basketball something i've talked about so often so many kids become stationary when they don't get the ball watch murray he's thinking about how to cut without the ball and there he is very active always moving i'm telling you the toughest player to guard is a guy in motion for your young kids listening dick the other thing about murray early in the year he was kind of a spot up shooter he'd run around a screen and just stand there now he's creating shots he can get a shot off the dribble he can score inside he's becoming a complete player didn't hit the free throw but nonetheless trying he's averaging over 25 a game since february first leads the nation he placed up on the defensive end you know john calibre hey you got to play defense i know you can shoot i want you to play defense he was kidding him about it yesterday as he was getting photobombed when shannon was talking to coach calipari murray with a big smile on his face saying what do you mean i don't play defense here's gilder got it that's good plus basketball getting that out of gilda replacing college tied again seven minutes in 15 a so far they've done a piece job keeping the three-point shot away from murray he's got two backdoor threats but he hasn't had open looks from the three pointers on the baseline fouled i think they're gonna call that on hog little identity wanted to crawl right there an offensive foul there's a reversal of basketball look gilbert's step back step back just like a little curry does everybody's trying to emulate curry now kyra he's become the guy everybody tries to emulate my grandkids go in the backyard they say papa we're going to show you a little curry [Applause] tell him to keep working on it there's not many that can shoot as good as he can his release is unreal there's that zone defense now trying to match up in that zone humphreys from the free-throw line a brick and matthews with an offensive rebound he's fouled that's what john calibrator loves about matthews he's a gamer he's a kid that just plays hard you don't look at the box score see a lot of points but you see somebody that contributes to the team whether it be defensively with offensive rebound plays 10 minutes you know he had three rebounds and two steals yesterday in limited duty so you're right [Applause] charles matthews freshman out of chicago shooting's been a problem for him throughout his career tuning tonight find out who's in who's out who's playing whom and when get it first get it fast exclusively on cbs 5 30 p.m on the ncaa basketball championship selection show i'm so disappointed to hear understand only projecting two teams out of this conference i think that is justly in justice if that was to happen that's the two teams we're seeing right now yeah south carolina to me certainly belongs in on it vanderbilt should be a bubble team certainly right there south carolina one at texas a m they played without carrera in the tournament here and they lost that tough game at the last second in georgia i agree with you about south carolina and they lost three times to georgia georgia should be in the mix too [Applause] aggies turn it over only the second time so far both teams are two turnovers oh team's playing a lot of pride right here it's not gonna affect these clubs getting in the tournament seating wise it might affect the three or four and as much david said so well today on the gameday show not much difference for them tyler euless just laid that one up on the back of the rim and it fell in he's got six points everybody we're going to see how interesting it is on draft day to see who drafts him with his size a lot of people say he can't play avery johnson said i played in the league a lot of years trust me this kid can play in the league kentucky good defense right now sticking to everybody with six on the shot clock and a guy that was big yesterday trochee morelos who had 13 points actually led a m in scoring yesterday off the bench and he's got his first basketball team one thing they go to the bench they got some depth [Applause] catch and walk with it that took the extra step defense rotated over 11 20 remaining in the first half number one and number two seeds and a good battle right now kentucky leading by one [Music] [Applause] kentucky by one with 11 20 remaining in the first half let's get wired with alex caruso the senior leader of the aggies in the pre-game huddle no amount of dancing no amount of halloween is going to do anything for us it's about 40 minutes how hard we're gonna play together that exemplifies this team they are together they don't care who scores they don't have to dance they don't have to play to the cameras they just play solid basketball and that's why they're and seven and they're ranked in the top 20 and they're going to ncaa tournament uh regardless of the outcome here today i think you just go audition for a coaching job because i think this is going to be a coach i mean really he showed a lot of enthusiasm energy there leadership ability he doesn't make it as a player one of the best seasons ever in a m basketball history [Music] it's been a lot of years as you said earlier since they've won a championship the conference championship that was a southwest conference back in the day a long time ago here they are with a chance to regain the lead [Applause] [Music] no call no call right there he did a little dancing getting out dancing with the stars gives him the lead appreciated really doing a good job off that bench he was awesome yesterday 13 points three rebounds and an assist and helped him to their win to get to this championship final man with smith and jones and they're challenging me here he won and he missed that joe lindsey didn't miss that but they missed the one up here tony trojan morelos from carahanya colombia is the guy that gave the aggies the lead on this move after the pass from hogue paul look a little dance he did a little dance he did [Applause] [Music] [Applause] nice blend of veteran leadership and then the young guys here's collins not a big scorer the three rebound by willis and he's bumped by davis terry willis was out here early really working on his game he's shot he's going in free-throw line he's been a very valuable contributor to kentucky bad news for aggie fans davis that's his second foul and that might do it for him for the half he immediately walks over to the bench they bring back jalen jones back into the lineup but uh jalen's not the muscle guy that davis is no jalen does it with a lot of quickness good first step davis is inside as a post throw euless missed from the free-throw line good defense by collins on him no turnover right there collins played him really tough played at south florida [Applause] not a big score he's a distributor defensive man trying to distribute that one to gilder and a little bit too far in front of him so the aggies give it right back to kentucky didn't have a good angle you know one thing texas a m does really well the fourth in the nation forcing turnovers right behind west virginia washington and oregon and their points off turnovers is tops in the sec at almost 18 a game [Music] i like that worrying team by the way kid coach murray trying to look at shake gilder is he moving without the ball i can tell you what giller is right with him though he got over the screen he's fighting a lot of kids don't fight over the street let's take a one-on-one backs up over gilder rimmed out the shot jalen jones with a rebound they're going to make murray really have a tough time squaring up shooting three he's gonna have to really work for his shots at the perimeter he had to work in the second half against georgia yesterday too he had 19 in the first half he was hitting everything he threw up there not so much in the second half well gaines played him tough in the second half and i think it affected gaines it's offensive you're right joshier morales got two rebounds lost the second one though to murray tyler euless working the baseline will pick it back inside to matthews and he's fouled he's coming out the ball but good luck by euless early kennedy five-year contract extension there's a defense on murray the last trip down court watch fielder watch number three man on his hip right now look at him he's gonna get over the screen there he is over the screen he makes him take a tough tough shot nice job by admin gilder the freshman out of dallas charles matthews at the free-throw line he's not a good free-throw shooter but he is one out of two today [Applause] i think they went into the iges they're going to team the streaks start new season 7-0 in conference play then they lose five in a row in conference play and they ran off six more at the end yeah and now they want you here sitting on an ak winning streak nice move on the baseline by jalen jones and he's found by poitras i like his first step very quick with that first step coming up next memphis and yukon square off in the aac championship game champ week presented by dick sporting goods also streaming live on watch espn and the espn app that'll follow us i'll tell you one thing i know jim behind but all these people i know a lot of people are rooting like heck for uconn because if memphis wins they will steal an absolute at-large birth from someone who has been on the bubble and was in a bubble bath all night last night dreaming and hoping i thought you were going to be in a bubble bath and you ended up the grand ole opry how's that work they had a great time john sonmez and i got up there no we asked the crowd how many protections some chance how many for kentucky he's a guest of lee greenwood really tremendous god bless the usa he sang it saying it well there's goosebumps in your body a m by two their biggest lead that's how close this one's been throughout three-pointer won't go on the baseline for willis and the rebound is caruso you know chris are really a goddess with the blender the facilitator passed the ball about nice entry jalen jones blocked from behind by willis good defensive play by bullish rotating over as they have a great angle on that shot willis doesn't get enough credit i don't think in this kentucky team he's a great outside shooter and he's pretty good defender as well poitras and a blocking foul on troje morales they really want to get the ball inside they want to establish that baseline play [Applause] 7 53 remaining in the first half it's been tight throughout right now the number one seeded aggies leading number two seed kentucky by two coming up tonight at five eastern on espn we'll reveal the ncaa men's field of 68 as the teams are announced on sportscenter bruce j will j bill and seth anchor the coverage with analysis from mr vitel and mr lennardy then at 7 bracketality presented by staples continues covering for two more hours and more breakdowns it all happens today also streaming live on watch espn and the espn app the aforementioned richard vitale vicky v you're always along you rant and rave and uh you know what they're gonna say there's two sec teams and that's it you're gonna go crazy right well you know i think two sec teams is gonna adjust this i think absolutely south carolina belongs in i think had to have carrera they might have been playing in the final but saying all that also i like the little guy and i can't see monmouth not being in a tournament right now joe linardi has them out has saint mary's in and i would think there's about right now brad about 15 teams battling for like eight spots the at-large what's gonna happen because of the unbelievable balance we've had this year about six to seven teams are gonna have legitimate arguments at the end of the year at the end of the night rather in terms of saying we should have been in but that's every year we should have been in it there's a lot of teams gonna be 69 and 70. but unfortunately that means n i i'm gonna head straight to a sports bar when i leave here because i love watching you argue with joe monardi it's like must-see tv for me well joe's not the problem with the problem sometimes the committee i know that i have great great feeling and respect for joe kistan leon and i know he's going to do the right thing as the leader in his selection well he knows that oklahoma's in so he's cool with that here's caracao on the baseline a three you know shoot the ball doesn't take many shots quality shots and whistle foul underneath as a m's taking a four-point lead john calipari in that last time out told his guys listen you're gonna have to make your free throws if you don't make your free throws i can't do anything for you so certainly that he also told um some of the guys hey he's been pleading his case with the officials feels like there's a lot of contact out there he says we're not getting the calls you guys are just gonna have to fight through it they have missed four free throws and he also told them yesterday in the game against georgia why don't you rebound if you rebound you'll win and uh they actually started rebound against georgie and by golly they won i'd say one thing john calibre stays right on top of it he's all about the moment not about what he did in the past and all the great teams he's had with anthony davis's club you think of the john wall club you think of last year's team was incredible i mean lose one heartbreaking game 38-1 but this right now the free-throw line shannon's right has been a difference because when you look at texas a m they're eight for nine on a free-throw line kentucky's missed three murray hit the last two or however and cuts it to two with 7 28 remaining in the half and he'll get a breather one thing great job defensively by billy kennedy's team their game plans trying to contain the perimeter shot of murray and he has not been able to hit a three loose ball kentucky battles for it tyler euless comes up with it he's such an inspiration to so many kids buellers see kids out there under six feet so you know we can play briscoe inside that's what he does well he really does well now you're 100 he's really an attacker off the bounce on the other end nice job by dj hogue going straight to the rack in a hurry you know hoe gets the layup at john calibari not happy at all with their defensive transition didn't get back offensive foul that's a second that's a good call right there by joe lindsey good call through his shoulder [Music] [Applause] i'll say one thing right now we talked about the whole building is wildcat fans right now and with the play of texas a m including jose mourinho's holding his ground to draw the charge from poitras they have kept the crowd out of it completely there has not been one eruption like we had yesterday against georgia by the 19 000 somewhere in blue in this building right now and credit texas a m they're just steady they're just keeping the pace they keep the lead by two they tie it up whatever but kentucky fans haven't gotten into it yet that's why i love working with you right on top of wallet watching the crowd the whole bit you oh what about that's hey that's a dicky v kind of path that's one of my best on the third row that's one of those one eye passes right yeah does he have an excuse he's got two [Applause] [Music] billy kenny defense murray right back in got about a minute over there of clock time anyway on the bench so it's euless and willis briscoe lavissiere and murray on the floor remember this year picked up two early five much like he did yesterday briscoe extra step maybe but he got away with it one thing he spotted the gap in that zelda he just attacked it off the bounce and as you said earlier that's what he does well jones got a three kelly jones big time prolific scorer there's a perfect example they tied it up and jones comes right back down and rips a three points exam back in front let's go let's drive he's in the driving dude murray wants a shot i can tell you that right now i don't know if they're gonna get him one there it goes short though [Applause] [Music] a m by three jones inside swatted away by lavissiere givenchy here with a good block right there rotating over defensively [Applause] he's a goliath man with the rocks in his hands he's in chain he's a giant now the crowd's into it yes sir here comes the cats big blue nation caruso dishes troje morales too strong underneath here come the cats man or the tech mode chance to lead euless from 15. tipped out out of bounds to the aggies well just when the aggies had things going their way lavissiere comes over swats that one away and then on the other end tyler euless says i'm going to take this myself that's it my nylon baby nba time limit with that good shot block playing with those two fouls jalen jones three got another one back to back threes by jalen jones 31-28 that was house right there i think that his house wasn't joking that was house it was house yeah it was house jones shot right there a little bit earlier here's briscoe from the free-throw line and jones with a rebound a solid basketball team this texas a m team there's no doubt there legit basketball team that one's short now tyler euless runs down the rebound on the baseline what i love about him making a great balance euless all the way trying to do it himself and does did he get to the basket can he get to the basket i think he does a great job he's stronger than what he looks yeah much stronger you might only be five nine at about 150 pounds but it's all muscle tell what that this is a quality basketball game for a championship oh great drive by jalen jones johnny joe says hey he hit the three before but there's my drive and it says eddie you're gonna do euler so i'm gonna show you i could do something a little better oh crossover by euless willis for the tie not that time caruso says let's calm this thing down for a second i'm a senior i'm gonna look at my coach and i'm going to bring it up as slowly as possible i think he might want to timeout thank you he is really a leader on the floor he is really a leader 3 32 remaining in the half tyler euless the head cat and on the other end jalen jones a senior says we're going to stay in front 33 30. espn's exclusive presentation of college basketball is brought to you by cub cadet welcome to strongsville texas a m still in front 33-30 right now but kentucky right on their hip courtesy of the smallest guy on the floor and the biggest star in this conference this year tyler euless that one thing does so many things there's with the drive using the left hand on the drive to the goal oh look at the change of direction look at the strength of the body to get in there and score and then he says you know what i'll show you my versatility and i'll drill a three kentucky right now has got an 18-8 edge in the paint and that wasn't the story in the regular season a m was plus 10 in the paint in the regular season game at college station you know everybody's making a big thing about playing three games in a row now when you look at texas a m they did this earlier in the year they played in the bahamas and they beat a good texas team they beat a good gonzaga team and then they lost the syracuse and that's got to be a big case you got to believe that syracuse is rooting for texas a m because that could help their stock if they beat kentucky jones asking for it on the low block in the lane shot at hook shot miller picks up the offensive rebound shot clock didn't reset gotta hurry there's a blocked shot by le missier and he gets it out to murray he got a great defensive play there very quick reaction as they had a layup caruso spotted the open guy inside two nice blocks by lavisierre in this first half he'll try it on offense on the other end house brings down the miss with just under three minutes to go in the half that's what they want on scalp play some defense get for you offensively play hard play hard that's what john calabro is saying play wide be aggressive jumper outside three goes for house that's his second of the half i tell you that combination house and joe jones they can score old marco polo's transfer guys boy you can hear pin drop in here right now it's a six point texas a m lead biggest of the half turn back in that zone that truth result big opening right there where the logo is sec right open at that foul line i would slash somebody in that foul line area [Applause] and there it is right there's an opening thank you again briscoe inside thank you for the opening right there [Applause] sec logo he is sneaky when he gets in close to the basket oh he has the great driving ability under two to go four point aggie leads jones now caruso out on top [Applause] got the screen got the jump shot got the basket he's so focused he really is he's a coach on the floor we use that turn quite a bit but he is a legitimate coach on the floor again kentucky made a little push and the aggies push right back up by six [Music] this time they cut briscoe off at the pass [Applause] nice look inside lavisier with a slam off the briscoe pass nice look by certainly briscoe lebrucia showing that athleticism quickness if he puts some weight on that body he can be a tremendous player next year house has to kick it back outside caruso thought about a three we got a minute to go in the half always in triple threat position catches the ball he faces the goal pass shoot drive i'll see that triple threat position right there house three-pointer no good jones underneath and he missed in close he had a layup he might get another one that still doesn't go and now a battle with matthews for the rebound they both hit the deck possession arrow is going to be in a m's favor you know kentucky better really lace them up on the inside because they are really climbing the glass texas a m had two great opportunities coming up on the volkswagen halftime report john and sean will be along an aac preview big ten preview bubble talk all of that there look at this first half all that 38.5 seconds away got memphis playing against connecticut that's been interesting because memphis could steal a bid let's check in with shannon brad you mentioned isaiah briscoe how sneaky he is in the paint that was a main focus in the a m huddle they said he likes to go left and house said i can stay on him but he is quick there's about a seven second difference on the shot clocking the game clock right now associated morales doesn't care he put up a three probably not a great shot although he's a good three-point shooter kentucky comes back with an opportunity to cut into this four-point advantage before the horn sounds tyler euless as i got this everybody get in place he's an orchestra leader he takes charge right now got that point right slot he's the boss man now with less than 10 he'll go to work got murray over on the left wing and willis right here in front of us for three [Music] and a m is going to have the halftime lead that ball almost went in great first half number one and number two seeds they're showing why trailing at halftime in back-to-back games for the first time in about two months let's check in with shannon thanks brad cal what stands out to you about this first half the most i can't hear you but what happens is our pick-and-roll defense we're telling our bigs to get up and they're back so you can't really play the other thing is it's getting physical inside and we got a couple guys and you just can't be in the game the game's too physical for you for them to grab balls and do it and then the other thing is we're we're not finding jamal like we got guys looking away you almost drive up the court in the transition where is he to get him going a little bit we're not doing it but hopefully in the second half thanks cal no doubt jamal murray was on point early but ended up with only six points at the half and texas a m trying to pull a little bit of surprise in the eyes of a lot of people anyway 38-34 number one seed lead number two here at halftime time for the volkswagen halftime report john and sean are standing by guys [Music] brad thanks a lot very entertaining first half as expected here in the volkswagen halftime report john saunders alongside him sean farman rather sorry about that sean but anyway as we watched the first half one of the more interesting things to me was the fact that kentucky was out rebounded it was a three rebound advantage but on the offensive glass texas a m had seven offensive rebounds that's got to change for kentucky but that's what they did in the first game too they were able to get those second chance points that's how they won the game on the tyler davis putback so they have size tyler davis got into some foul trouble he went out to me i loved kentucky's approach early and really throughout the course of the first half was to try to get the ball underneath and attack the wildcat attack the aggies in the paint the thing is about this texas a m team though is they're balanced they have great depth and it showed up in the first half once again i got to ask you as a guy who has played this game this is a neutral court it's supposed to be a neutral court this may as well be rough arena how difficult was that for texas a m they call it lexington south but i love what alex caruso was telling his team and this is an experience team this is what we talked about yesterday during the semifinal game when i was sitting next to brad is that this is a team that has the ability to have upperclassmen and experience there senior leadership but freshmen as well it has those guys that are off the bench that are able to step in and knock down shots they don't have to just rely on one or two guys just the same energy is affected by the crowd i'm affected by your energy i've got plenty of it around vital you can't help it right all right so stick around we'll continue with more of the volkswagen halftime report when we come back we'll take a look at a couple of other bids that will be handed out today and will one of them steal one from a deserving team you're watching the volkswagen halftime report it's going to be a great matchup we're going to make some shots we're going to defend really well it's going to be a great game and those guys are just playing with so much harder they never gave in through this up and down season and we just got one more of the fight [Music] the american athletic conference as we welcome you back to the volkswagen halftime report it's an interesting one because uconn seemed like they were on their way to a mediocre season but then we come this time of year and kevin ollie's squad just starts to roll away for josh pastner of memphis this might be a job saver for him because there are a lot of people who were upset with what they were doing well i just think it comes down to winning enough and i think most people around the memphis program don't feel as if the program is moving in that direction now a potential bid stealer there's no doubt they win this game they take the automatic bid somebody else is going to be on the outside looking in for memphis it starts at the defensive end of the floor for the last two of the last three games they've held their opponents under 55 points they also have to value the basketball a lot better than they did in the first meeting against uconn where they turned it over 20 times you're surprised that georgia's not on that list aren't you georgia should be on that list and when you look at non-conference strike to schedule how well they played here they beat south carolina three times and i agree with what dick vitale was saying in the first half the sec is more than a two-bit league this year south carolina frank martin has done a tremendous job they're in the ncaa tournament i'll be shocked if they're not you and i have watched this conference up close all season long they are certainly more than a two school bid conference it's unbelievable how good this conference can be at points during the season meanwhile the big ten well we know both of these schools will be heading there will it be michigan state or purdue as a team that gets the automatic bid a classic matchup the first time around between these two teams went into overtime a one-point victory for purdue but to me the guy and you if you're playing michigan state and you're going against tom izzo you've got to have incredible toughness and focus it's aj hammond's to me because he was outstanding seven offensive rebounds in their first meeting during big ten conference play the second chance points toughness those are things we usually say about michigan state but if purdue and aj hammonds brings that energy and that focus today they could pull off the upset denzel valentine of course the difference maker for michigan state when you yeah he's pretty good look at michigan state again we talked about uconn as a team that makes a run this time of year tom izzle squad in michigan state seems to be one of those squads that does it each and every year but are they big enough up front this time around i think they are and they're experienced enough too and they're passionate enough and they've got great great leadership and i think that right now michigan state is playing the best basketball in the country and they would be my pick going into the tournament to win the ncaa and likely a number one seed for michigan state as well because a couple of teams that you thought would get number one seeds villanova being one of them oklahoma perhaps or xavier as well they all got knocked out so kansas north carolina virginia michigan state that's the way joe linnardy sees it right now back with more in a moment this halftime report is presented by the newly redesigned volkswagen passat where family happens [Music] this halftime report is presented by the newly redesigned volkswagen passat where family happens before you fill out your brackets take a look at hours the best bracket analysis and breakdowns from the guys who know it best bracketology selection sunday 7 eastern on espn take a look at a couple of scores right now you can see arkansas little rock with a two-point lead over louisiana monroe and what about the a-10 st joe's just absolutely rolling right now two guys already with 20 they're up by 20. things are looking good for st joe's st joe's with a run closing a 30-win season and they've got very very hot towards the end of the season so stick around our second half is coming up in a moment texas a m with a lead over kentucky and this has been the volkswagen halftime report this is champ week presented by dick sporting goods [Music] the sec on espn from nashville tennessee at bridgestone arena we're 20 minutes away from crowning an sec champion be it the aggies of texas a m or the wildcats of kentucky so far the aggies with the lead at halftime kentucky is shot well but they still trail by four not hitting a lot of three-point shots right now that's been a key for them over the course of the last couple of days but old backcourt's doing it in different ways right now texas a m doing it from the outside dick take a look right now we're gonna watch house he's a winged player there he is coming off from curl squares his body knocks it down then they got great guard play on a caruso in the first half not only making the three but he passed the ball except she well and was tough defensively on kentucky's backcourt instead of shooting in perimeter three they're doing it off the drive attacking the basket and there's euless right there with the attack to the goal and now we're going to see briscoe who does this exceptionally well there's the drive you've done a great job but i think a key in the game so far i really firmly believe murray is all for one shooting threes they've contained him shooting the three think about this kentucky as you said they made 22 threes in the first two games they've made two here and john calipari said to shannon going to the locker room we're not getting jamal and he looks right now i'm pretty sure they're going to get him some looks here early in the second half as dick just said i printed that though to the defense i think the defense really has been superb by texas a m has caruso chasing murray didn't waste any time you got to believe that was the conversation in the locker room by mr calipari who really has like a master in psychology and coaching he can teach at harvard in terms of psychology can't spell psychology but it takes off that three cuts into a one point aggie lead [Applause] seven on the shot clock for caruso entry passing to davis davis muscles inside but he missed the shot oh what a rebound unbelievable rebound by daniel house and he scored on top of it there's the size of the house i mean he earned that baby what a terrific play i mean that was just terrific hustle pride guts watch him right now 123. he's going to slice through the way here he is come up with the ball and then he has the body strength to be able to convert and score marcus lee picked up his third foul in the process so it's a chance for daniel house for a three-point play what a big possession right there by texas a m missed the free throw however getting three on lee certainly never been find murray because murray has spurts that are unbelievable he can go quiet and then all of a sudden look he's got 15 points yesterday he had 19 in the first half against georgia this is four shots he's very patient he looks to the good shot euless tried to cross-court it to him and colin swiped it he telegraphed that passage caruso with a flush nice pass what a great basketball right there tremendous execution by the aggies all the aggie fans that are here behind the bench they love it they may not be a numbers but they got quality fans here great play euless tried to get it over to murray and then collins with the swipe and then the dish to his back court made for the flush the russo is very underrated man that kid can play he's not going to beat you with a lot of style and spectacular basketball look at him dig in defensively you're fighting to get over that screen here's pointless he's not a three-point shooter and it showed right there yeah he made one so he gave him the confidence to try another but that was absolutely airborne time he made one but he's only made seven all year i wouldn't be shooting him let's check in with shannon well this a m team is absolutely stuck to the plan billy kennedy told me they want to come out and they want to make a statement in the first four minutes he told me they were going to do that by how going inside to tyler davis so if he can stay out of foul trouble he's going to be key in the second half shot selection and maintaining the pace also priorities for this a m team they did go inside to davis and he had a drive where he should have scored but it was a house that followed with the offensive rebound and the score having inside better space than it had right there kentucky lost it going up knocked out of bounds though by texas a m you know willis hasn't scored yet either so kentucky he's got to make some threes his strength is to shoot the three john calvary knows he's in a battle this is a legitimate top 15 team texas here comes willis for three [Music] got together got to get that three baby out of him and he delivers right there there's a battle this game it's a battle man now the kentucky fans come to life a little bit on that three-point shot everybody have an answer they come right tried to get it to davis and knocked out of bounds by kentucky [Applause] the cruiser i love him he's into the game big time he's there a coach on the floor here comes wilson he's spotting up he's wide open he catches it and he nails it [Applause] that last play they were taking a look at who it was off of what comes off kentucky to make i thought it was too it's kentucky ball and bench warning against billy kennedy over at texas a m i don't blame him willis another three from the other side this one's off the mark but murray tracks it down he's going to get it back from euless that collins all over him right up in his face they're going to make him drop he wants to shoot it open he's got the size he did and he's fouled he took him one-on-one right there tried to take advantage of his size the differential collins has given away three or four inches on murray and you can see it right here yeah he did that yesterday too he took advantage when he had a mismatch against jj frazier absolutely he's a heavy player very cerebral comes out of canada so collins will head to the bench as murray steps to the free-throw line where he's two out of three today a lot of quality players coming from canada now playing here in the usa three fouls on collins knocks it down as dick said yesterday since february first nobody's better major conference players as far as scoring yesterday he had 26 six rebounds two assists those kids up there in that list can flat out score every one of them buddy healed in my choices national player of the year with 11 today and we are tied [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] time for the sixth time on the afternoon house nice drive he really beat waitress in a one-on-one scenario right there good first step he and jones have great first steps briscoe trying to answer on the other end and does he does great job in transition they don't get back quick enough texas a m but briscoe takes advantage three and a half minutes into the half tied at 44. he's a big-time high school player in new jersey a quality game right now both teams playing well both teams play electric threats to make some noise for the ncaa tournament wouldn't want to play either one of them [Applause] now is the crossover on willis got into the turn through the you drew the foul with that little head fake of golfing i am so impressed with house and jones ability and caruso on the periphery so daniel house the senior out of fresno texas will step up the line he's the leading scorer right now for the aggies with 14. here's the leading scorers for texas a m house 14 caruso 9 and jones 9. crucial not only has nine points he's got a tremendous leader on the floor and house gives the aggies the lead back by a single digit four minutes into the half court trapped in and [Applause] [Music] [Applause] one in that zone to get murray free kentucky a chance to lead for the first time since about 11 and a half minutes of the first half will they get it from murray not that time tyler davis will clear it off [Applause] now from texas show a little patience get them all inside to davis let me utilize his ability to post on the inside he's got pointless playing them caruso lost his footing tyler euless keeps the dribble and euless for the thanks for kentucky league by euless defensively and offensively had a lot of poise right there didn't take that extra dribble in charge first kentucky lead since it was 18 to 17 in the first half another steam and another score get a t-o baby here come the cats big blue nation big blue nation [Applause] listen to the crowd at bridgetown how did the cats get the lead with the player of the year in the league with back-to-back steals defensive player of the year and he showed it right there and now he's going to show the ability poise where's 15-foot jumper how about another pickpocket job by tyler euless right there he's like a time square man stripping somebody there he is going to the goal laying it out of glass great play tyler euless i want to give a shout out to the folks in the watering hole across the street from us who couldn't get in among the 19 800 of bridgestone arena kentucky fans all over the place as we take a look at our tournament challenge resume brought to you by allstate kentucky's tournament history second to none eight national championships 17 final fours they're the winningest program in college basketball history that's pretty much kentucky for you one they got a pretty good resume don't they that's a pretty good basketball program wow they're pretty good and those people could get in the game they just had to pay bigger prices they might have got in but they're having a ball where they're at the wildcats right now in front and in search of their 29th sec tournament championship there aren't many programs where fans are that big in numbers that they can't get in to come to a game carriso for three i think tyler euless got a piece of that caruso got it back kicks out it's house for a triple and he missed davis keeps it alive wow wow four opportunities unbelievable and now rejected by lee but he's fouls davis boy am i impressed with the hardened guts that this texas a m team four opportunities right there just strictly went up on a glass really out scrapping how clawed [Music] espn's exclusive presentation of college basketball is brought to you by michelin a better way forward kentucky leads by three but texas a m is not going anywhere check out the effort missed shots tyler davis battling got his own miss goes back up again and draws a foul 11 offensive rebounds for the aggies the problem is they've only scored twice on second chance points but in this case tyler davis by working that hard is going to go to the free-throw line well what really sends a message loud and clear to playing aggressive basketball anytime you get on the offensive boards you have deflections defensively pick up charges that means you're playing aggressive basketball tyler davis four free throws today is all he has but he's hit all four doesn't have six rebounds right so hard to believe that he is a true freshman he had that huge play at the end of the game against kentucky college station said he had so many friends and family reach out to him congratulate him what a player he is fighting through a sinus infection today but he told me before the game i just have to sell out for my team he missed both free throws but he did have a huge game in that regular season win in overtime had the winning basket 79-77 you know kentucky does a great job adjusting at halftime yesterday to outscore georgia [Applause] kentucky executes that play as well as anybody in america aggies better watch out right now because the crowds into it their team leads by five which is their biggest lead of the day and they need some offense right now well we always talk about a point in the game danger time this is danger time for the aggies davis nice feed down low good answer right there is trochee morales with the stuff jose morales has really been an effective player off the bench but it was a great look by davis they rotated to davis because of his efficiency and they were able to get that layup inside [Applause] let's see if kentucky gets jamal murray a shot this trip [Music] it's going to be tyler euless instead and house with the rebound [Applause] house going to the rack he's a big-time squirrel he's got great squirt ability in this driving game he changes direction really well utilizes his body as good extension picks up his third foul in the process they're not going away man this team is not going away they're too talented i'm telling you brad these are two teams that can make big noise come march madness great body control and then moved it to the left hand off the window and the free throw upcoming can tie it for the third time in the half and the eighth time in the ball game i love the way you described that changing the right hand to the left hand wow 50 50. 13. number one seed number two seed that's the way it's supposed to be tied in conference play controversial call on february 20th now we find out baby the next 12 minutes who's the best in the sec vader weighed three by murray that was not a good shot he was really forced that shot jose mourinho's with a rebound and now it's house for the lead yes i'm telling you they don't have an answer in the house his driving ability is driving big blue nation crazy this kid can score he's tough he's tenacious here's the bad shot that's a bad bad shot he doesn't take many and then he's a good good shot great shot look at the speed look at that thickness for the mask i mean look he's like a runaway freight train he could be one heck of a halfback he's given back-to-back old-fashioned three-pointers but he's got it and a m's got the lead back by three they can thank mr house man he is in the house made a house call on back-to-back trips and a walk on kentucky hasn't been a lot of turnovers then kentucky had the place for a wild i took that five-point lead take a look right now what happened to that five-point lead [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] can he score again another three he knew that one was off the mark he almost followed it in with a rebound and now poythress goes right into the a m bench to save it for kentucky look at that hustle on the floor murray got it to euless euless to briscoe fresco score that one john briscoe just like house they're attackers once they get the ball to get the full steam they go to the goal i was going to tell you a moment ago house has seven games this year 20 or more points [Music] [Applause] that's team effort man california is going to love that effort billy kennedy doesn't like to see that and then look at briscoe finishing the play [Applause] briscoe only a 44 free throw shooter did pretty well at the line yesterday when he got there though right now he's got 10 points terry one thing he does well he plays so hard plays with a lot of emotion defends and attacks that's a nightmare for him the free-throw line so the aggies clinging to a one-point lead at the 12-minute mark playing a rosel catholic high school union new jersey frisco i think gilder got away with a double dribble right there yeah he did he got away you're right so what could relationship balance it out [Applause] and a blocking foul on lavissiere is that three-fifth now yep 11-50 remaining to crown an sec tournament champion number one seed leading number two seed by one [Music] aggie band pounding away their team's pounding away as well 53-52 with the lead they've been taking it to the house in the second been terrific half driving to basketball he's better at attacking the wren and shooting a shot he's been a little inconsistent this year he's a guy that's had some great moments great games and certainly having one right now here is 21 points 11 of those in the second half 7 out of 12 from the floor check in with shannon yeah some of the things that one of the things i i guess calipari told the guys in the huddle isaiah briscoe he said you know great effort but you can't take any plays or back off on any plays he can play defense he can play for me this kid he plays really hard he's got to just work on his perimeter shot in the free-throw line there he is taking the charge gives kentucky an opportunity to come down and take the lead again we've see saw it back and forth we've had eight ties in the game kentucky's led by as many as five in this half so is a m and that's a one-pointer kentucky's been really living off to three here in this tournament four for thirteen right now two for seven in the second half this is a guy that can shoot the three as well as anybody in the business they're going to make him drive they're going to make him drive this example from gilder he's been told challenge him get right up in his face don't allow to shoot the three don't forget bracket time it all starts today fill out your ncaa bracket at espn.com or download the tournament challenge hurry around to pick still he's got gilder right in his hip pocket briscoe bumped on the baseline by hogan both bumped up he wasn't there should have beat him to the baseline she planted his foot that becomes like another defensive player cut them off so they'll let them have a little room make the turn and get called for the block we reset the shot clock for the [Applause] we wildcats 11 minutes remaining back out to tyler euless near midcourt i think it's amazing man i see teams rise and they see the blue jersey they play at such a level against the cats briscoe back to euless now murray on the baseline and collins got right up on him to get an opportunity to shoot four to shoot euless is gonna have to put one up from three-point range and got it that's pretty good choice right there pretty good charge shotgun it down highway euless another big play he's made him all year he's been a difference maker gives the cats the lead back by two he's been a star of stars [Applause] [Music] one minute kentucky goes up five then they come back texas a m and then right here shot clock winding down get it to mr euless number three says let me take one from three he shot that from memphis from elvis presley's house he didn't want to go to the ground up he was in graceland right now but hershey morelos at the free-throw line quiets the crowd momentarily and he can tie it up again he has been really very very valuable coming off the bench [Applause] short on that one and humphreys with the rebound trying to get a few minutes out of humphreys with a great size and 12 rebounds in the match up against them in the first half he's gonna take a baseline jumper [Applause] [Music] and decides to bring it back out to collins colin says let's calm down guys we're past the midway point of this half in a one-point game can't ask for more than this alex the only guy on the floor from texas tried to dish it with his left hand six on the shot clock jones throws it away got in midair had nowhere to go with it pointless offensive foul i think that was a good call he was out of control totally out of control [Applause] that's his fourth foul lost the handle a little bit there and then he lost body control and a nice job by jalen jones of holding his ground there's no doubt look at jail stationary he's the way it's supposed to be buddy hey barton we got a good one man number one seed of a juicy conference championship at stake and a half to go jones lost the handle but it came free over to caruso [Applause] [Music] many touches so kentucky's got it back i love games like this not like yesterday when you had the game with lsu laying down there in that game not playing hard that's so boring [Applause] with his face in the towel over there with four fouls tyler euless from the free-throw line [Applause] [Music] nba i got a bulletin for you get him out of the second round late first round i'd take that kid he's gonna play somewhere catch by three and a foul on briscoe [Applause] take a look at tyler right here tyler euless loves the ball at the big moment his 14th 20-point game of the year what about his assists what about his defensive ability you factor all it in defensive player of the year tough assist man in the conference and 20 points a game you were the first guy to really suggest that i heard on tv that he should be player of the year because everybody just assumed it had to be ben simmons but you were the first guy mr wrestling i credit you for that and then i followed up you and i said he says it i believe it with two more 23 for the game again a one-point advantage kentucky [Applause] murray lost the handle when it comes to euless that's a good place for it to end up coming out of demand going into the zone tough to man euless briscoe is going to try to drive on it does but davis pinned it against the backboard that's gonna be kentucky ball with seven to shoot first conference championship right now for texas a m since 94. the southwest conference title lost to texas [Applause] [Music] four on the shot clock i don't know if they're aware of it murray is now he's got to pump it from long range they just weren't aware that they only had seven to shoot on the inbounds play well the one thing is murray's not getting in the open looks for a three i can guarantee you that that would be heavily flying davis wants the ball inside what slide to the low box we're at the eight minute kentucky by one caruso davis three he wants the ball brad he was hungry in that possession he wants the ball and caruso with a great two-man game right there showing why he's the top assist man in texas a m history with that little pass that's given his team the lead back courtesy of tyler davis and he also needs the conference he steals last year and this year willis for the lead for kentucky he's going to make big threes he has that ability that gives you we got a game baby we got a heck of a basketball game kentucky back in front by two i'm getting all few steps in here man i can't believe this this is quality basketball davis asks for it again working against lee runs into a double team niels did a great job double it up get the ball out of his hands colin's rejected by lee comes free to jones jones had it partially blocked for kentucky euless wide open triple from euless and it'll be kentucky ball and the long rebound out to murray though these teams want this title you can see the intensity and the emotion they're playing now in that zone again [Applause] euless back out there [Music] that's the first open look he's had for a friend what happened i don't think he believed that he was gonna be that old he shocked himself he could get close [Music] [Applause] ball out the official's gonna talk about this one i think gonna be a m ball after this timeout 6 25 remaining for an sec tournament championship what a game kentucky clinging by two wow espn's exclusive presentation of college basketball is brought to you by dick's sporting goods proud to employ and support hundreds of team usa contenders and the lexus command performance sales event now through march 31st see your lexus dealer kentucky by two with 6 25 remaining in regulation as we look at our move of the game brought to you by degree motion sense tyler euless the live underneath the poitras and he's had a lot of those over the course of this season and his career at kentucky what a great passer he is euless great head up all the time great vision knows where his teammates are what a line he has for this game actually he came on the second half of last year and despite the fact that harrison twins were out there and had the experience on him he was the spark plug of that team that went to 38 before they hit the one 38-1 you know a lot of people thought that starting back work should have been euless and booker yeah but they went for the experience john calipari went with the experience of the harrison kids and they had a tremendous team that team was so special carl anthony towns now a lot to be rookie of the year brad billy kennedy told his guys all of the pressure is on kentucky right now just hang in there but alex caruso did uh address something that we haven't really talked about the fatigue factor three games in three days we said guys we're getting tired we have to communicate i'll tell you one thing that went through that earlier this year he talked about it earlier and beat texas gonzaga then lost to syracuse by seven house in too deep couldn't get the layup and euless pulls it down at the six minute mark for kentucky and he's going coast to coast and score what a score right there i don't buy about the pressure being just on kentucky texas a m is the number one seed i know billy wants to do that as a coaching aspect these kids don't feel that pressure they feel the pride of wearing that kentucky jersey jaylen jones goes strong to the rack i got to do more of that jones he can attack the basket that's a tremendous first step that's his first basket of the second half he's got to help house out without driving a balloon tyler euless is putting a stand today showing people why he deserved to be player of the year in the conference you didn't have to prove it anything to me i've watched him about 10 times in person this year murray with a runner and jones pulls off the miss they've done a great job really containing murray remember he's had 11 consecutive games of 20 points or more caruso trying to kick it out to collins and does under five minutes to go a m trying to tie this thing up on this possession collins i think he wanted to pass it and got in midair and took a bad shot he was indecisive right there nice no indecision there and he's going to go to the free-throw line but i'm impressed with his strength for the basket he's so much stronger than what he looks physical [Music] euless pulling down that ball and then going the other way look at his head up all the time and then offense on the other end what a great play right there he's got that winner's mentality look at his numbers first two games today what a line he has today 22 on the day only has one of one turtle and he has the ball in his hands he always tries to make plays it's the first free throw monday selection monday presented by capital one we'll have the exclusive live announcement of the 6014 ncaa women's championship field again this year at 7 eastern on espn for the bonus hour of coverage at eight on espnu you can get that live or watch espn the espn app rebecca lobo cara lawson kevin aganda we'll have all that for you coming up monday they'll do a great job the three of them is one story right there can everybody be connected can a m beat kentucky a second time this year they trail by four davis [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] they want to send a message we're the best we're the best i know what's good about this game being this close i'm not a bracketologist i know nothing about seeding and all that stuff that but this isn't going to affect the seeding of these two teams they're playing down to the wire and they're going head to head and i don't think it's going to matter absolutely euless almost threw it away caruso going for the steal well two games that played plus an overtime on a few points differential murray triple on the way out there for him today briscoe keeps it alive murray will try again he won't miss two in a row right now you don't give him two in a row it's gonna go down baby biggest lead of the game for the wildcats timeout a m and this place is about to erupt put a smile on his face i love this kid he's got great personality they love one another oh do they play pride for that jersey that says kentucky you don't ever want to give jamal murray a second chance outside the three-point line the blue arrow strikes again and kentucky on a 10-2 run right now to lead by seven their biggest lead of the ball game the celebration a little hard you don't want to give them a second opportunity especially a wide open there's the trophy man that and the pride that goes with it to say we're the tournament champions in kentucky's case it would be number 29. in a m's case it would be number one a little difference hey jamal murray ready for this he's got 14 points and he's had a very quiet game four for 12. very quiet [Applause] sure with the stoppage in play is tony green over the school's table i think it's a clock problem but we'll wait to see know it's big here in the second half really big three turnovers only for kentucky only three turnovers in the second half they've really made adjustments in both games halftime look at the backcourt production by euless and murray as dick said and sean has said as well best back court in the country and proving it here in nashville giving up a lot of size and makes up for the quickness [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] at least got it up there and davis pulled down the rebound and scores boy is he a horse oh is he a horse yeah davis might have got away with a push up this stuff [Applause] that was a big possession for them they needed that score desperately stops the kentucky run at the three-minute mark a five-point game two possession outing pointless rejected by davis and now it's caruson [Music] well they're going to fix the net i think maybe john does want to time out but on the other end after ripping that slam dunk the net got inside out davis great job on defense though tremendous shot but then they get the breakaway jam and we do have a timeout 2 52 to play a one possession game in nashville [Music] sec tournament titles a little bit of discrepancy with the rest of the conference kentucky's got 28 alabama is the next closest and if you combine all the schools you still don't come up with what kentucky's done winningest college basketball program in history over 2000 wins and right now looking for another sec tourney title and clinging to a three-point lead against the number one seed the aggies of texas a m [Music] euless on the dribble working against jones and drew a foul there's another example of the young kids out here use the head fake in the ball of fake it'll create either space or create a foul opportunity and he does that really well tyler euless [Applause] but just right now here comes the wall fake as the head fake and there's the contact and he's four for four from the free-throw line right now not sure he doesn't have a little blood on his elbow and we gotta stop step back up to the line with 24 points on the day so far he's got to be a bmoc on that campus in lexington [Applause] he might only be 5'9 but he will be the bmoc no doubt still perfect from the line i got a feeling his trophy case getting a little bigger i think with this game i think he might be seeing another gold trophy he can add the player of the year and defensive player of the year and player of the tournament to his resume if they win rips them both six for six on the line kentucky by five with two and a half to play he's done everything he's upset popcorn and hot dogs there he is look at his size for caruso right now i don't think so hungry enough to want to shoot them house off balance off target cleaned up by jones though tell you jones davis house they are tough to deal with they're so tenacious every time it looks like a little breathing room from kentucky here comes will be house whether it be jones i remember georgia yesterday pushed and shoved kentucky and then they went on a 13 30 to 13 run to finish it off they're in that same kind of situation here today but only up by three euless in and out poitras keeps it alive and he's found players playing with four fouls right now [Applause] [Music] good position by alex poythress to come up with this offensive rebound and then drew the foul from gilder so he'll step to the free-throw line one for two today for alex from the three-through liners the 69 percent free throw shooter game comes down now when you look at this scenario to the free-throw line gotta make your free throws late in the game this would put him in double figures and give kentucky a five-point lead back when he does big two right there now another big possession coming up what will they do i know what though davis would like to get a touch inside everybody wearing blue on their feet right now for the defense of the wildcats house double team down low now he takes a fade away jumper on the baseline caruso kicks it back out to him for three got it what a great play by caruso to get the second opportunity house out of the possible shot on the baseline poor angle 26 for daniel house it's a two-point game you need that possession count [Applause] risco euless and now murray with a minute to go spins in the lane lost the handle great help defense rotating over when he made the spin a m can tie at this trip i'd say this kid can pass the rock man that's why he leads them and assists time out looking into the fire [Applause] [Music] 49.6 remaining in regulation we're going to say it that way because the first game this year went to overtime and the aggies won by two right now it's kentucky leading by two and house having the game of his life here in nashville caruso with that great pass don't forget coming up next memphis and yukon square off in the aac championship game champ week presented by dick sporting goods also streaming live on watch espn and the espn app brad nestler dick vitale john farnham john saunders shannon spake and the whole crew this is a beauty it's a real beauty and it's really been a great game a lot of intensity a lot of emotion now we come down to a scenario got 22 seconds on a clock here i think we got to think about davis inside he's really a force to deal with and house's driving ability kentucky's got to be certainly key and a guy that's really so underrated caruso i just think he's got to shoot the ball a little more he's such a quarterback and a leader when he's on the floor he's an extension of a coach [Applause] the players that were standing over the players sitting on the chairs for texas a m they all joined arms guys these guys are unified they're talking about getting stops getting rebounds just fighting to the very end i'm looking at the crowd across court from us everybody's standing right now whether they're aggie fans and in the case of about 200 aggie fans compared to 19 000 in blue this is a heck of a game 13 on the shot davis trying to keep it alive foul it'll give it back to kentucky they missed davis on a little two-man game after he set the screen should have got the ball back house made a strong drive to the goal and then was the offensive rebound with her foul took place see right now the bill should go back to davis davis with the foul over the back of poitras so we walk it down the other way for free throws well pointless made two in a row last time he was on that line he's three out of four on the day makes two keeps it a two possession game makes one a little nervousness right there [Applause] davis with a rebound aggies with a chance to tie or lead as we approach a half minute they miss davis every time he lays the screen and rolls to the basket house with euless on it one inside and scoring why not he's been doing it all day what a great play now kentucky could get the last shot house matches a career high to tie it at 71 in a timeout kentucky what a great play by house but now kentucky gets the last opportunity watch for the offensive rebound there's always a danger moment look at the change in direction you're going to have a strong drive off balance great crossover look at his crossover i mean great change in direction he beats euless on the bounce he goes by euless he goes over briscoe and lee oh man what a terrific play my house remember they met february 20th in college station texas that one went down to the wire humphreys with a blocked shot and then in his enthusiastic response slammed the ball on the court that is to rule 10 section 3 uh technical it was called it could have been left alone and with that tyler davis goes in and scores and they win in overtime 79.77 we're down to the wire here 15 seconds to go title 71 it also mentions brad in that rule that had the unsportsmanlike conduct in terms of disrespect for an official that was none of that there but now think about this scenario 15 o'clock you know the ball is going to go in euless's hands trying to create an opportunity whether it be from murray or whether it be a drive to the goal but i'm telling you the most dangerous thing on the floor is the offensive rebound you better be cautious of them coming up with that just like it happened in game one the offensive rebound by tyler davis was the winner at the basically at the buzzer here's who kentucky brings out willis a great three-point shooter euless of course the commander at points jamal murray with the exception maybe a stephon moody might be the best shooter in the sec briscoe the guy that can penetrate inside and marcus lee 15 seconds in regulation let's play overtime we got nowhere to go our next gig he's about to fill about six o'clock here we go now euless on the dribble caruso on him six on the shot clock in the game clock euless with three crossover fade away we're going to over time little ot right there the size really bothered you loose on that shot caruso size hey why not these two teams are so evenly matched what do you play look at things all the minutes to play so far they've played 85 minutes and it's only two points has separated euless took the last shot but again caruso is about seven inches taller than him defensively he stayed in front of him he did a great job staying in front and put the hand up and i just bothered him slightly nothing was close that's the offensive rebound so about an inch away from a winning shot and the a m bench will respond going we got five more to go at least [Music] 71.71 that's the way it's supposed to be my friend supposed to be that way number one and number two both same records in conference play 13-5 they share the regular season championship though with the tiebreaker it was texas a m's and one team comes in 26 and seven the other one 25 and eight aggies riding a eight-game winning streak kentucky looking for their 29th sec tournament title and the aggies were trailing in this game but they just kept fighting and tyler davis and daniel house and jalen jones on the inside and then caruso with a kick out to house for the three that saved the day house has done it all driving shooting three hey think about this a m last conference championship 1987 when they beat baylor in the southwest conference final 1987. wow this seems like an eternity to go i had just about five more strands of here at that time john calipari just told his guys you have to want to be in the eye of the storm guys you have to make the play no one else you have to make it here we go extra session [Applause] play three games in a row but these kids are such great condition today with the amazing work done by the therapists and the people and their extra training programs double team on euless but he got into briscoe underneath and now murray opened momentarily for three and jones rips down a big rebound momentarily he was open and caruso rushed right out and recovered defensively that was a big time rebound by giants [Music] [Applause] he's asking for it on the low block right now [Applause] shadowed by poitras who's playing with four fouls here's that match up jones back out with five on the shot clock a minute into overtime caruso pull up 15-footer jamal murray with a rebound a minute into overtime no change in the score 71-71 [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] fell to the deck and you listen to the big big shot career high for tyler euless 29 points look at the size he's giving up look at the size he's giving up defensively i don't know why they don't post them up on the inside a little more how about having the game of your life in the biggest game you played in tyler euless coming to the forefront here and now its house will go to the free-throw line you know euless was on house in the whole sequence the of the ball badly pointers is going to file out with that last one look at the stretcher see they go gilder goes to the deck he goes to the deck and they go to the deck a little bit because he drills the three he went to the deck and tyler euless went to the bottom of the net career-high 29 points what a show he's putting on plus leadership plus not turning the ball over [Applause] one turnover in the game that's amazing you had a pace of the game like this having the ball in your hands that often and have a one turnover [Music] sits with his fifth personal and up to the free-throw line is daniel house and right now he has already matched his career high at this free throw goes he much like tyler euless has the best scoring game of his career [Applause] you can cut the kentucky lead to two and new career high daniel house and we're down approaching three minutes remaining in overtime [Applause] on a goal that stake right now but most of war at stake is a lot of pride these teams both want to show their number one in the conference kentucky chip on her shoulder after lost down there on february 20th [Applause] euless working against jones kick out murray back to euless he thought about a three trying to get in isolation he'll take the baseline jumper with one to shoot kentucky shot clock violation trying to get a little isolation here for euless to a little one-on-one i don't know he's trying to look for the score he's trying to look that somebody rotate over and give help and to find the open guy [Applause] in the fist have a flash get the ball to hauser [Applause] trying to tie things up jones [Applause] and he got the foul after losing the handle for willis little lake wall but he got made the call the right call [Applause] [Music] there's another look he just poked it as willis got it on the baseline and now willis walks to the free-throw line he's working big on his free throw line before the game he's 31-33 on the year [Music] right drive shuttle line drive 94 coming in and he misses the first of two not the second one right there first one was a little large 75-72 with two and a half to go [Music] [Applause] kicks back out to caruso he'll try a triple ran down his own rebound and then threw it away to bristol davis pokes it out of bounds and let's see the david saved our ball he's making like a reference in our ball our ball atlantis pool [Music] [Music] davis pokes a hand in there and you can be the judge it's tough looks like it came off a kentucky player at the end of that davis made the initial contact i think it's off euless well you got two eyes i do too i think it's rough euless i really do again the officials over at the monitor the scorers table to make sure obviously very important possession with 207 to go in an overtime game and with a conference crown on the line they're gonna take their time and get it right and a three-point lead it's big if kentucky gets the ball plus three i think the right hand of tyler euless trying to keep possession just sort of spun it down and i'll let tony green in orlando's pool make the decision one thing tyler davis was very emphatic almost so confident that the ball went off fuel as she saw his emotion after the play [Applause] [Music] got to be off yours [Applause] kentucky fans aren't going to like the call but that's the right call it's the right call and he showed that emotion davis did immediately immediately showed that hey it was our ball i would like to press shot clock at 30 207 remaining on the game clock in overtime i would like to see him get the ball inside the babies i really would like to see him get some touches on the interior comes out to the outside the double knicks gonna roll back inside he's gonna roll inside murray's on him right now is in this match he schmidt for three and the lead man is this kid that's it i mean it's been house and euless one big play after another i take it back not the lead but the tie 75 what a game man what a big time basketball game a lot of emotions in ncaa caliber again [Applause] [Music] good help on defense right there don't still allow euless to make the turn 10 on the shot he splits up rebound is going to be key here house hits the deck so is willis going to be kentucky ball what a great job by euless to split the trap [Applause] how about daniel house look at this look at this coming off a curl he wants to shoot it steps back there it is mr house oh is he a house to deal with [Applause] continues to add to his career-high game and has tied this game up again [Applause] he's been a force a real force [Applause] marcus lee gets the inbound pass and back to tyler euless with a minute 20 to go in overtime he's got gilder playing him right now gonna hand it off to jamal murray steve murray tries to create his own shot or if he's gonna give it back to somebody else oh caruso defensive player of the year last year matched up on murray they'll make it tough for murray to get a good look euless willis three got it gets shot by willis he's been doing that he's been doing that this year the big three thank you sean momentum here listen to the cats 33 and a half for willis house will try to answer too strong euless the rebound kentucky's got the ball with 40 to play and a three-point lead and the guy with the ball is the guy you want to have the ball and three working against gilder crusoe right now playing euler's euless wants the ball back murray is going to keep it 10 on the shot clock 23 on the game club murray against gilder it's going to be his shot and again the blue arrow has just pierced the aggies even though caruso scores with 10 to go it's kentucky's lead in a timeout jubilation on that bounce oh kentucky murray making the big shot the best ball court in basketball you can show me any others give me yours and murray and you got a chance to win baby take a look at this brad step back jamal murray the canadian superstar the arrow strikes again just in the studio memphis and connecticut playing for the american championship that game has just tipped off over on espn2 memphis trying to steal a bid uconn likely safely in the field as soon as kentucky and a m are finished we'll move the american title game over to espn right now it's over on espn2 all right reese 10.2 remaining look at the hugs by those two guys you talking about attend a dynamite duo take a look at willis he makes the big three and the furry with the real weapon right here the canadian comet there he is knocking it down there's the arrow three ball time [Music] kentucky ball on the baseline leading by four they don't need any more points a m will play for a steal here and then have to foul immediately [Applause] run the baseline call a timeout nice job defensively by the aggies as hawkins couldn't find anybody to get it to trying to get a little ball heavy on the floor with watkins out there [Music] tyler euless a player of the year the defensive player of the year in the sec and you think he had a pretty good one here in the championship round i'd say so he was absolutely sensational he was the 3s man super synthetic sensational there he goes to the goal he was a pt player a solid goal pdp a primetime performer he was awesome baby with a cup of delay he had it all going mr nestle just like you did in the game here today today he was a cher career higher [Music] 29 points career high tyler euless look at the eyes 23rd straight game with over five assists he accounts for about half of kentucky's scoring every night what a lethal back court they'll be having another back court next year it'll be just same thing as kentucky to be to go on with a great recruiting class coming in okay after the timeout now they'll stack murray and euless as again it's hawkins to inbound right and left trying to find the open guy still having trouble got it to euless they got to file him immediately he's going to run to the foul line and he's going to run and get the gold trophy because if he's not the mvp of the germany we got a scoop there should be an investigation i don't think there's going to be a problem there he's perfect from the free-throw line today six for six on the year 86 talk about having a sensational year in every fascinating game i love it when the smallest guy on the court has a chance to wrap the game up right here he's the best on the ground maybe not the best player in terms of talent for the nba but the best in college right now in kentucky [Applause] harry kane he said it yesterday to me he said he could talk about all these other point guards he said let me tell you he said pound-for-pound inch for inch the best you are right buddy larry the legend off the mark it's not going to matter a m coming down they got a hurry house a long three off the mark rebound tip kentucky has won its 29th sec tournament title here in nashville in overtime celebration begins lexington was smiling across the street where they quit getting the game a lot of cats fans smiling look at the little guy getting all kinds of hugs great effort great effort by texas a m coming down on the wildcats it's something that they're pretty used to and a little dance going on at midcourt right now as they take the sec tournament title and the blue arrow another big game but tyler euless the player of the game what a game 82-77 fantastic afternoon man if you don't like man if you don't like this there's something wrong this is march madness at its best spirit enthusiasm energy that's why it's the best time of the year of any sport you can talk the only want the world series the super bowl there is nothing that will captivate america in sports for three weeks like march madness i didn't realize your ball dome looks so good with confetti shannon's with the winning coach coach i know this team is not a finished product what do you think about what the way that they handled what you called the eye of the storm well we had some guys kind of were having they weren't ready for the eye of the storm and that's why i brought it up you got to want to make the play you got to want to make the rebound you got to want to be the guy you can't be out there like hoping someone else does and think we're going to be in a team that advances i thought tyler was unbelievable derek's three jamal's three were big we still didn't rebound the way we needed to but it was a heck of a win now how do you describe the value of tyler euless he's the player of the year in the country everybody knows it but they're afraid to say it because he's five nine there's no way someone five nine could be a first round draft pick well isaiah thomas is doing okay right now in in boston so what it is i think the little guy's coming back and this guy's proven it i know you've said all along this tournament is all in preparation for next week how prepared are they still have some holes i saw today that i kind of disappointed in but you know what let's enjoy this we want a championship and again you know i'm not big on these tournaments um but our teams have done fine and we've used it to get better and we have special group of guys enjoy thanks to everybody on our crew jd rutledge on stats rhys nestler our booth coordinator for dick vitale sean farnham john saunders everybody that's been here all week long and shannon spake of course who you just heard thanks for being with us from nashville 8277 overtime kentucky 29th sec tournament title american championship coming up uconn and memphis so long from nashville i'm brad nessler dave o'brien and doris burke next [Music]

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Brad Nessler, Jamal Murray, and Alex Caruso. What more could you ask for ?