Kansas State vs. Kentucky – Second Round NCAA tournament extended highlights

THEY SHOT 58% IN THAT VICTORY. TOMLIN TO JUMP IT UP WITH TSHIEBWE AND KENTUCKY CONTROLS THE TIP. WE’RE UNDER WAY. KENTUCKY GOT IT DONE. MISSES ON A THREE BALL. JIM: LOOK AT TSHIEBWE. HAD HIS HANDS ON THAT ONE ALL THE WAY OUT 15 FEET AWAY. IAN: JOHNSON OVER TO CARTER. AND THEY GET THE LAY-IN. CAM CARTER THE SOPHOMORE FROM DONNELLSVILLE, LOUISIANA, GETS THE SCORING STARTED. JIM: KENTUCKY, EVEN AFTER THAT IAN: THEY OUTREBOUNDED PROVIDENCE 48-31 INCLUDING 11 OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS. TSHIEBWE. FINISHES AT THE RIM. JIM: AND HE DIDN’T HAVE TO PUT THE BALL ON THE FLOOR. CLOSE

TO A TRAVEL. OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME. IAN: 3-2 LEAD FOR KANSAS STATE. THE THREE SEED HERE IN THE EAST. TSHIEBWE GIVES IT UP. TOPPIN. JIM: AND LIKE THE FACT THAT THEY IAN: RIGHT NOW, IT’S WALLACE MATCHED UP WITH SILLS. THE JUMPER DOESN’T GO FOR REEVES. HE’S 0-3. TSHIEBWE. HE IS A MACHINE! JIM: HE’S AMAZING. LOOK AT THIS PASS, THOUGH. IAN: N’GUESSAN EXTRA AND IT BETTER CHANCE YOU WERE. CHANGE HERE WITH IYIOLA NOW IN THERE. THEY’RE GOING TO THROW DIFFERENT BODIES AS WE KNOW AT TSHIEBWE. UNDERNEATH, NICE FINISH BY SILLS. CONSUMMATE TEAM PLAYER. IT. WALLACE,

DUMPDOWN, TSHIEBWE, MUSCLES IT HOME AND A FOUL. AND IT’S GOING TO WORK AGAINST IYIOLA. JIM: AND STATING THE OBVIOUS HERE, IAN, IF YOU’RE GOING TO DO YOUR

WORK AND YOU’RE AS POWERFUL JIM: NOT SO SURE HE HAD TOTAL LEGAL GUARDING POSITION ON THAT, THOUGH. AND I THINK THAT’S WHY THE CALL. NICE CUT. IAN: GET IT INSIDE. THEY LOST TOMLIN. HE IS A REALLY INTRIGUING GATHER. TOPPIN HAS BEEN PLAYING WITH CONFIDENCE. WALLACE MAY HAVE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN AND GETS THE PESKY DEFENDER NOWELL. THE JUMPER IS GOOD. HE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO BUY A THREE-POINTER.

AND WITH THE SHOT CLOCK WINDING DOWN, YOUR INSTINCTS JUST KICK IN. REEVES IS OPEN. MISSES ON A THREE BALL. AND THE REBOUND CONTROLLED BY TOMLIN. STEPAN BY WALLACE. HE’LL TAKE IT HIMSELF. GOOD. AND-ONE. CASON WALLACE THE FRESHMAN MCDONALD’S ALL-AMERICAN WILL AND THE REBOUND TAKEN OFF THE FLOOR BY KEYONTAE JOHNSON. SO THEY DID A GOOD JOB BOXING OUT TSHIEBWE. RIM RUN. DAVID N’GUESSAN FILLS ITSELF LANE. JIM: YOU’RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ON THAT LAST DEFENSIVE EFFORT. WHEN THAT BALL HITS THE FLOOR, REEVES TRYING TO SHAKE OFF THE DEFENDER. THE SHOT CLOCK TO SEVEN. LIVINGSTON TRYING TO MAKE IT

HAPPEN. THE SPIN. THE DEUCE. JIM: PRETTY GOOD UNDERSTANDING JUST THEN. OF LIVINGSTON, AT 6’6″ GOING JOHNSON LINES IT UP. REBOUND, TAKEN IN BY TOMLIN. AND HE PUTS IT HOME. THAT WAS AGAINST TSHIEBWE. JIM: I WAS GOING TO SAY LOOK WHO’S ON HIS BACK THAT TRIP. HE BOXED HIM OFF THE GLASS. WELL DONE. CREATING SHOTS FOR HIS TEAMMATES. IAN: EIGHTH REBOUND FOR TSHIEBWE. FREDERICK, BOTTOMS. JIM: HE’S BEEN STRUGGLING WITH THE RIB PROBLEM. AND HASN’T BEEN SHOOTING AS WELL THERE’S WALLACE. KICK IT OUT FOR TOPPIN. THE CUTTER. LIVINGSTON FOR THE FLUSH! BEAUTIFUL SETUP BY JACOB TOPPIN. JIM:

YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT TSHIEBWE WAS MOVING AWAY FROM THE BASKET. THE BASKET. HE WENT UP ABOUT 10 FEET ON THE FLOOR. IAN: NOWELL. HANGS AND HITS! HE PUTS SOME EXTRA ENGLISH ON IT FOR THE BUCKET. JIM: WELL, HE SAW TSHIEBWE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BASKET SO HE’S FIGURING I HAVE NO SHOT IF UP AHEAD, NOWELL. BEHIND THE BACK. OH, JOHNSON. RAZZLE-DAZZLE FOR THE JAM. JIM: MAKING GOOD DECISIONS. AND HOW ABOUT NOWELL ON THE AND THIS IS A DANDY ALSO. RIGHT BEHIND THE BACK. AND SOMETIMES THAT’S CALLED SHOWING OFF. BUT RIGHT THERE, THAT

— THAT WAS WITH A PURPOSE. HE UNDERSTANDS THE DEFENDER IS COMING AT HIM AND EASIER TO GO BEHIND THE BACK ASK DIRECT IT THAT WAY. IAN: EXCELLENT COACHING. JIM: GET THE HANDLE OUT. IAN: NOWELL, EXTRA. AND THE BANKER DOESN’T GO. TIP-IN DOES. NAE’QWAN TOMLIN. JIM: I’M LAUGHING BECAUSE THAT’S JUST SENSATIONAL THE WAY HE CAN WARE. POST-UP. TSHIEBWE. OFF THE RIM. TSHIEBWE ANOTHER REBOUND. OH, TSHIEBWE! THAT’S A GROWN MAN’S JAM! AND A FOUL. THIS FIRST HALF. NOWELL. TAKES IT HIMSELF. A LITTLE SLEIGHT OF HAND FOR THE CREATIVE MARKQUIS NOWELL. 27-26. LEFT. JIM: TRYING TO GET IT

OUT OF HIS HANDS. IAN: THEY BLITZ HIM. NOWELL SQUEEZES THROUGH. OH, NO-LOOK! THAT WAS SPECIAL! NAE’QWAN TOMLIN! HAMMERS IT HOME. NOWELL WITH THE BLIND DISH FOR [CAPTIONING FUNDED BY CBS SPORTS DIVISION] [CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE, WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS CAPTION CONTENT AND ACCURACY. VISIT NCICAP.ORG] JIM: WE TALKED ABOUT XAVIER IN THE FIRST GAME AVERAGING 19 THEY AVERAGE ALMOST 15 — 17 I SHOULD SAY WITH THE ASSISTS. SO THEY’RE VERY GOOD. IAN: PUSH SHOT. GOES FOR CASON WALLACE. THE BALL — WALLACE CAME IN IT GOING A BIT. SWITCH. AND WALLACE, TAKES IT

AWAY. WALLACE, SWOOPS IN. CASON WALLACE FEELING HIS PRESENCE ON BOTH ENDS OF THE JIM: NICE LOOK WITH THE LEFT. BUT TSHIEBWE STEPS RIGHT ACROSS ON HIM. IAN: HE ANTICIPATED IT FOR THE STEAL. LIVINGSTON TO THE RIM. JIM: AND TSHIEBWE WAS JUST HANGING AROUND. JIM: AT 6’9″ TOPPIN HAS — HIS LENGTH HAS GIVEN JOHNSON SOME TROUBLE. IAN: FLOATED INSIDE. TSHIEBWE. FINISHES. HE THOUGHT HE WAS HIT ON THE ARM. JIM: GOOD TIME-OUT COMING HERE. IAN: 9-0 FIRST FOR KENTUCKY. TO HAPPEN OFF THEIR DEFENSE. IAN: THERE’S TOPPIN OUT FRONT. POST-UP OPPORTUNITY. WHAT A FINISH. CASON WALLACE GETS THE

BUCKET. JIM: YEAH. BUT IF THEY’RE GOING TO TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GO MATCH UP, KANSAS STATE HAS GONE ICE COLD. THEY ARE 0-13 FROM LONG-RANGE. REEVES. MISSED IT. ON THE LAY-UP. TSHIEBWE. THE VACUUM CLEANER. 39-31. TSHIEBWE. THE VACUUM CLEANER. 39-31. SILLS GETS TO THE CUP. AND A NICHTY FINISH WITH THE OFF HAND. — NIFTY FINISH WITH THE OFF HAND. BANKS IT. HIGH OFF THE WINDOW! IT’S GOOD. AND-ONE. JIM: SOMETIMES YOU GET SOME ?ACTIVITY WHERE YOU FORCE AN HANDOFF. NOWELL. HE SIZES UP TSHIEBWE. GOT HIM! 0 THREE– A THREE! JIM: I PUT THAT IN A LITTLE

NOW IT’S TOPPIN. SHOT CLOCK IS DOWN TO SEVEN. TOMLIN. COMES OUT TO DEFEND HIM. TOPPIN. LEFT HAND. OH, SLAMMED DOWN! CHRIS LIVINGSTON. GETS UPSTAIRS. SILLS IS TRIPPED. IAN: NOWELL. DRIVE AND KICK. MASSOUD DISHING INSIDE. FOR THE FINISH BY TOMLIN. JIM: NOWELL SETS THE PACE. PASSING THE BASKETBALL AROUND. WINNER HERE GOES TO NEW YORK. AND THE SWEET 16 AND THE EAST REGION. WALLACE GETS TO THE CUP. CASON WALLACE PLAYING UNDER CONTROL. AND MAKING THINGS HAPPEN. JIM: UPSTAIRS. IAN: HALF COURT SET HERE FOR KANSAS STATE WITH SILLS AND NOWELL. NOWELL. ZIGZAG MOVE. GIVES IT UP. IT’S BANGER

AFTER BANGER FOR MARKQUIS NOWELL. THE FINISH BY KEYONTAE JOHNSON. JIM: AND ONE OF THE REASONS HE’S REBOUNDED BY SILLS. THERE’S NOWELL. JIM: THE DECISIONS HE MAKES. IAN: THE SPEED. NOWELL. IT’S A MASTER CLASS. OUT OF THE TIME-OUT. JIM: LOOKING FOR THE HIGH LOW TO TSHIEBWE THAT TRIP. IAN: CORNER. LIVINGSTON. COUNT IT FOR THREE. 11 POINTS NOW FOR THE FRESHMAN. JIM: GOOD DECISION BY KENTUCKY IAN: 47-46 KANSAS STATE. NOWELL. NO LOOK! N’GUESSAN. ABRACADABRA ONCE AGAIN FOR MARKQUIS NOWELL. JIM: THERE’S NOT A PLAYER IN THE COUNTRY WHO WOULDN’T BE — WOULD TRYING TO GET IN THERE DEFENSIVELY.

WALLACE. PUSH SHOT GOES. JIM: GOOD PUSH — GOOD PUSH PASS TO THE MIDDLE OF THE FLOOR JUST WE’VE HAD EIGHT TIES. SEVEN LEAD CHANGES. LARGEST CUSHION WAS EIGHT FOR KENTUCKY. NOWELL. BANKS IT IN! HE IS A BUCKET! 51-50 KANSAS STATE. TODAY. TWO-MAN GAME WITH TSHIEBWE. REEVES, IS HE HESITANT? HE IS NOT. CAN’T HIT THE THREE. OH, TSHIEBWE! THE REBOUND AND THE FLUSH. JIM: THAT SHOT WAS THE RIGHT TO TSHIEBWE. IAN: 21 POINTS. 17 REBOUNDS FOR OSCAR TSHIEBWE. THE LEAD IS THREE FOR KENTUCKY. FOR THE TIE. HE’S GOT IT. NOWELL. UNLAMENTED RANGE. JIM: I THINK THEY

WANT TO GET JOHNSON — IM: YEP.Y DO. IAN: THAT’S PERFECTLY EXECUTED ON THE PASS FROM MASSOUD. JIM: YOU HAVE TO GET HIS HEAD GOING DOWN THE STRETCH HERE, IAN, WITH 5 1/2 LEFT. JOHNSON HAS TO BE A FACTOR WITH NOWELL. IAN: WE’RE TIED AT 56. WALLACE, THE DRIVE. SCOOPS IT HOME. JIM: HE JUST CONTINUES TO MAKE FLOOR FOR JOHNSON. IAN: WARE LOOKS TO THE INTERIOR. LIVINGSTON PROTECTS IT. WARE. THIS TIME HE FINISHES! FOUR-POINT LEAD FOR KENTUCKY. IAN: NOWELL. TAKES A PEEK AND N’GUESSAN SETS THE SCREEN. ON TARGET! SPLASH CITY! JIM: SOME MIGHT SAY THAT’S NOT

JIM: DRIVE AND KICK. LIVINGSTON. OFF THE RIM. REBOUNDS. MASSOUD. OH, MASSOUD. CONNECTS FOR THREE. JIM: YOU ALMOST — HE’S A 40% THREE-POINT SHOOTER. AND BOY, DID THEY USE THAT AT JIM: NOT A WHOLE LOT HE CAN DO. JUST HANG IN THERE. IAN: WE’RE DOWN TO 1:25 TO PLAY. JOHNSON. OH, YEAH REEVES. CAN’T HIT. FOLLOW. WON’T GO. LIVINGSTON. JOHNSON HAS THE REBOUND FOR 35 SECONDS TO GO. KENTUCKY IS DOWN BY SEVEN. WALLACE PUTS ON THE BREAKS. CUT BY TSHIEBWE, THE DUNK AND THE TIME-OUT. IT’S A FIVE-POINT GAME WITH 26.7 ONLY TO LOSE TO LOYOLA CHICAGO IN

THE ELITE EIGHT. SILLS CONFIDENTLY KNOCKS DOWN THAT FREE THROW. IAN: IN THE SECOND HALF, 10-11 IAN: HE DIDN’T BACK OFF THE IAN: ONLY 13 SECONDS LEFT. 73-66, KANSAS STATE. REEVES LINES UP A TRIPLE. IT’S GOOD. AND KENTUCKY WILL TAKE ITS FINAL TIME-OUT WITH 6.3 ON THE CLOCK. WITH 3.9 TO PLAY. 26 POINTS, NINE ASSISTS. WITH 3.9 TO PLAY. 26 POINTS, NINE ASSISTS. MARKQUIS NOWELL. TACK ON ANOTHER. TACK ON ANOTHER. LIVINGSTON GETS IT IN, PUTS IT UP AND IT’S OVER! KANSAS STATE CAME OUT OF NOWHERE THIS SEASON AND NOW IT’S ON TO THE SWEET 16.

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