Oakland vs. Kentucky – First Round NCAA tournament extended highlights

AGGRESSIVE LIKE WE SAW OREGON THEY PLAY A MATCHUP ZONE ALL THE TIME. ANDREW: TRE MITCHELL KNOCKS THAT IS 1-5 MMENT — 1-5. KENTUCKY COMING OFF A LOSS IN THE S.E.C QUARTERFINALS TO TEXAS A&M WHEN THEY GAVE UP 97 POINTS. THAT THREE IS GOOD FOR COLE. STEVE: D.Q. COLE 35% THREE-POINT THAT TIME TOWNSEND KICKED IT OUT. ANDREW: REEVES BROOKLYN — BASELINE LAY-IN. TEAM. >> OAKLAND IS 1-13 TO OPEN UP THE GAME. ROCKET WATTS CONNECTS. STEVE: HE’S HAD KIND OF A TOUGH CAREER, STARTED OUT HE WAS ALL TOW TOWNSEND. TOUGH PASS BUT FIELDED BY KNIFE KNIFE. THAT

DOESN’T GO, TIPPED TO COLE, HE GOES UP WITH IT AND MISSES. ALREADY SEVEN OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS FOR THE GOLDEN GRIZZLIES. REEVES TAKES A BUMP, COUNT IT AND THE FOUL. STEVE: THE BEST WAY TO BEAT A MATCHUP ZONE IS PUSH IT UP SO MATCHUP ZONE IS PUSH IT UP SO THEY CAN’T GET MATCHED,QUICKLY ENOUGH. THAT IS WHAT KENTUCKY DID, ANTONIO REEVES ABLE TO FINISH. ANDREW: D.Q. COLE COMMITS THE POINTS PER GAME. HERE IS GOHLKE PUTTING UP A THREE AND HITTING. LOOKING FOR A FOUL, DOESN’T GET ONE. STEVE: HE HAS THE ULTRA QUICK GOHLKE WITH HIS 122ND THREE-POINTER

OF THE YEAR. STEVE: NO, THAT IS NOT A FOUL. ANDREW: CLOSE. — TO INBOUND. DI DILLINGHAM TO OEADVIC SADVICE . — EVERYTHING WAS A THREE. GREAT PASS BY

IVISIC THERE. BUT HERE IS GOHLKE. THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A FOUL. ASSISTS PER GAME GREAT BALL MOVEMENT ON THAT POSSESSION. GOHLKE AGAIN PUTTING UP THE THREE. MY GOODNESS. STEVE: HE NEARLY GOT FOULED AGAIN. THIS GUY, HE HAD A GAME THIS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A FOUL. ANDREW: OAKLAND STARTED 1-13 STEVE: JOHN CALIPARI DOESN’T LIKE WHAT IS GOING ON. REEVES CONNECTS FROM A GREAT DISH BY THIERO. STEVE: THEY

STARTED IN A 1-3-1 BUT YOU CAN’T LEAVE THAT SPOT THAT OPEN. ANDREW: OVER EVE TIPS IT IN. STEVE: I THINK THAT IS WHAT KAMPE IS TELLING THEM. WILL BE TOUGH. ANDREW: EIGHT ON THE SHOT CLOCK, HERE IS GOHLKE, TO TOWNSEND. HE GOES UP AND SCORES. STEVE: THIS KID HAD 38 POINTS IN THE HORIZON LEAGUE FINAL. HE KNOWS HOW TO GET TO THE BASKET AND SCORE, GOOD OAKLAND. SHOT CLOCK AT FIVE. WAGNER PUTS UP A THREE. A SCRAMBLE ON THE GROUND AND THE GOLDEN GRIZZLIES COME AWAY WITH IT. THE THREE IS GOOD! STEVE: IF YOU DON’T

FIND HIM JACK GOHLKE 12 POINTS ALREADY. STEVE: HOW ABOUT THESE GUYS, THEY ARE 5-12 FROM THE THREE-POINT LINE BUT HE HAS TAKEN SOME TOUGH — THIS ONE IN THE CORNER. LET THEM TO WHAT THEY WANT JUST STAY ON HIM. THERE’S A GOOD SWITCH BY WAGNER. ANDREW: THERE HE IS AGAIN — OH, BOY! OH, MY GOODNESS. THE CORNER. ANDREW: THIS IS HIS FIRST YEAR REED SHEPPARD QUIET SO FAR. REEVES INSIDE, NO. BUT THE FOLLOW BY MITCHELL AND A FOUL. THAT WAS A BIG EVERY REBOUND BY TRE MITCHELL A PITTSBURGH NATIVE STEVE: THEY SHOULD MAKE OAKLAND PLAY

ON THE GLASS BECAUSE WHEN YOU PLAY ZONE GETTING TO THE OFFENSIVE GLASS IS ALWAYS A BIG KEY. ANDREW: THAT IS THE SECOND FOUL A LITTLE EARLY TO DO THAT. ANDREW: GOHLKE OFF THE SCREEN, FAKES THE SCREEN — YES, SIR! THE SHOT FAKE WAS RIDICULOUS. ATTEMPT A SHOT. STEVE: LOOK HOW THEY ARE MATCHED. ANDREW: GOOD LOOK FROM SHEPPARD TO REEVES FOR TWO. STEVE: THEY ARE DOING A GOOD JOB ANDREW: WATTS COMES TO GET IT, ON THE ATTACK AND THAT IS REJECTED BY BRADSHAW AND IT WILL BE A SHOT CLOCK VIOLATION. SO THE KENTUCKY DEFENSE, WHICH HAS

BEEN UNDER FIRE ALL YEAR, ANDREW: HE STAYS OUT THERE. STEVE: LAMPMAN IS OUT THERE WITH TWO FOULS. ANDREW: HE DRAWS THE FOUL. WITH THE BUCKET. THAT IS WHY THEY KEEP HIM OUT THERE. STEVE: THAT’S RIGHT. GREG KAMPE, BUT HE KNOWS HIS GUYS AND TOWNSEND IS SO STRONG HE JUST DIPPED HIS SHOULDER INTO BRADSHAW AND GOT THE AND-ONE. KENTUCKY. REEVES THE THREE IS GOOD AND WE ARE TIED 25-25. STEVE: HE IS A SENIOR, HAD AN 41% FROM DEEP. TWO GUYS. GOHLKE WILL TAKE IT ANYWAY. WHY NOT. A LITTLE MICHAEL JORDAN SHRUGGING THE SHOULDERS FOR ANDREW: GOHLKE

HAS 18 POINTS IN 11 MINUTES. REEVES CORNER THREE, IT IS GOOD. STEVE: HE HAS FOUND THE SOFT SPOT AND THEY ARE PUSHING THE BOMB A LITTLE SO THE ZONE IS NOT IMPORTANT. ANDREW: REEVES HAS HALF OF KEN KENTUCKY’S POINTS. LAMPMAN FAKES THE THREE, NOW TAKES IT AND MAKES IT. EIGHTH THREE-POINTER OF THE HALF FOR OAKLAND. WHAT A GAME. >> HE’S MADE 83 THREES IN HIS GOHLKE AND REEVES OF KENTUCKY HAVE 32 OF THE 61 POINTS. IVISIC ALTERED THAT. STEVE: OAKLAND HAS TAKEN 11 MORE SHOTS TAN KENTUCKY. ANDREW: DILLINGHAM WITH A THREE. KENTUCKY BACK IN FRONT,

THE 10TH LADY CHANGE OF THE NIGHT. CONWAY INSIDE TRYING TO GO OVER IVISIC AND THIS TIME IT WORKS. STEVE: YEAH, GOOD MOVE. ANDREW: A FOUL AS ISAIAH JONES ANDREW: FIRST EVER MEETING BETWEEN OAKLAND AND KENTUCKY. KENTUCKY IS LOCATED IN ROCHESTER, MICHIGAN, ABOUT 45 MINUTES NORTHWEST OF DETROIT. GOHLKE BANKS IT IN! OH, MY GOODNESS. 21 FOR JACK GOHLKE. TIME-OUT WITH 1:22 TO GO. JACK GOHLKE FROM MILWAUKEE, WISC WISCONSIN. MY GOODNESS, WHAT A NIGHT FOR JACK. FIRST HALF. STEVE: TWO GUYS ON HIM. ANDREW: WATTS STEP BECOME, IS GOOD. STEVE: HE WAS HURT IN THE HORIZON LEAGUE TOURNAMENT.

ANOTHER 20 MINUTES. THAT IS THE QUESTION. ANDREW: THERE’S EDWARDS GOING TO ALMOST MAP WITH TWO FOULS, FINDS A CUTTING MITCHELL AND ONYENSO WITH ONE. SO KENTUCKY GOING INSIDE THE FIRST TWO POSSESSIONS. PASSING IN TO THE BIG GUYS. THIS DEFENSE HAS TO PACK IT IN A LITTLE MORE. THEY HAVEN’T SEEN KENTUCKY MAKE A LOT OF THREES IN THE FIRST HALF. REEVES IS FOLLOWING GOHLKE RIGHT NOW. TOWNSEND TRYING TO MUSCLE HIS WAY DOWN LOW, NICE MOVE FOR TOWNSEND. STEVE: HE HAS THAT BIG BODY AND STEVE: HE BOUNCED IT. THAT IS A WIN FOR KENTUCKY. ANDREW: COLE ON

THE ATTACK. AND FOGGED OUT OF BOUNDS. IT WILL STAY WITH THE GOLDEN GRIZZLIES BUT ONLY FOUR SECONDS ON THE SHOT CLOCK. STEVE: TOUGH GOING IN THERE. THAT SO FAR. ANTONIO REEVES ALL OVER GOHLKE. TOWNSEND IT CONWAY FOR TWO. STEVE: IF YOU ARE GOING OUT ON GOHLKE THAT WERE THEN YOU LEAF AREAS WITH TO HELP AND HAVE >> KENTUCKY THE NUMBER ONE THREE-POINT SHOOTING IN THE COUNTRY. THEY ARE 3-14 TODAY. GOHLKE, THAT THREE WON’T GO. HIS FIRST SHOT ATTEMPT OF THE SECOND HALF. EDWARDS SPLITS THE DEFENSE, RIGHT TO THE RIM FOR TWO, AND THE FOUL. STEVE:

THAT CAN’T MAKE GREG DEFENSE. PHOBE STOPPED THE BALL. ANDREW: CONWAY PICKS UP HIS THIRD. SHOT CLOCK DOWN TO FIVE. COLE PUTS UP A JUMPER AND THE REBOUND TO REEVES. FIVE MINUTES INTO THE SECOND H HALF. REEVES ON THE ATTACK AND OFF GLASS AND KENTUCKY UP BY THAT. >> YOU HAVE TO PUSH THE BOMB UP BEAT THE DEFENSE. HEARD THE KENTUCKY FANS. STEVE: HE’S GETTING AFTER THEM NOW A LITTLE. ANDREW: TOWNSEND THE THREE — IT’S GOOD. 10TH THREE OF THE NIGHT FOR STEVE: DEFINITELY A COUPLE GUYS COULD USE A BLOW. >> GOHLKE PUTS UP THE THREE

AND IT IS GOOD! STEVE: I GUESS HE IS NOT TIRED. ANDREW: HIS EIGHTH TO BE LASSENED UP. YOU CAN TELL YOU THAT. ANDREW: HERE IS GOHLKE AGAIN, HIS EIGHTH THREE. STEVE: IT IS MAKING ME LAUGH. ANDREW: REEVES OFF GLASS FOR TWO NUMBER 14 HE SEED GOLD EN GRIZZLIES OF OAKLAND RIDING JACK GOHLKE TO A FOUR-POINT ADVANTAGE. HIS EIGHTH THREE. STEVE: IT IS MAKING ME LAUGH. ANDREW: REEVES OFF GLASS FOR TWO AND HE HAS 18 POINTS. STEVE: HE’S BEEN THE STEADY HAND FOR THE WILDCATS. ONE DOWN A LITTLE BIT. ANDREW: ATTHEY TRY THIERO ON TOWNSEND AND

ON THE REBOUND TOWNSEND IS FOULED AND THE REBOUND DILLINGHAM. STEVE: NOT A GREAT POSSESSION THERE. EUANDREW: THIERO KNIFES THROUGH THE LANE AND LOST IT. TOWNSEND INSIDE, DRAWS THE DOUBLE, LOCATES CONWAY. BACK TO TOWN SEND GOES UP AND SCORES. STEVE: A LOT OF GREAT INTERIOR PASSING ON THAT POSSESSION FOR 13 POINTS, 10 REBOUNDS. DILLINGHAM BASELINE, OUT TO EDWARDS. EDWARDS GETS SOME SEPARATION AND CONNECTS. STEVE: ONE THING ABOUT THREES GAMES, ANDREW, THE LONGER IT GUYS AND THEY STAY LIKE THIS THE HARDER IT WILL BE FOR KENTUCKY WHEN DOWN TO FIVE MINUTES TO GO. LOOK AT REED SHEPPARD

ON GOHLKE. HE IS NOT EVEN LOOKING AT THE BALL. ANDREW: WATTS FROM THE FREELY. STEVE: HE IS PLAYED SOME BIG-TIME BALL. KENTUCKY SHOOTING 35% THIS HALF. >> THIS DEFENSE IS CONFUSING. THEY PLAYED IT EVERY SECOND OF EVERY GAME. >> MITCHELL THE PITTSBURGH NATIVE OFF GLASS FOR TWO. FIVE-POINT GAME, 8:30 TO PLAY. BOTH TEAMS HAVE THREE TIME-OUTS RE REMAINING. CO CONWAY. ONYENSO GETS — OVER ONYENSO. STEVE: THEY ARE SCORING IN THE CONWAY. ONYENSO GETS — OVER ONYENSO. STEVE: THEY ARE SCORING IN THE PAINT A LITTLE BIT NOW, TOO. ANDREW: MITCHELL INSIDE AND THE ANSWER FOR KENTUCKY.

GOES WHERE OAKLAND STAYS IN CONTROL GETS HARDER FOR THE WILDCATS, THE YOUNG PLAYERS. BACK OUT TO REEVES, THIS TIME IT IS GOOD. STEVE: THAT IS THE GUY. FIRST KENTUCKY TURNOVER OF THE HALL OF FAME — OF THE HALF. CONWAY OUT TO COLE FOR THREE. IT’S GOOD! STEVE: D.Q. COLE HAS PLAYED A GREAT GAME. THE WORST THING YOU CAN DO AGAINST THIS DEFENSE IS STAND AROUND. NO CUTTING, SHEPPARD FOR THREE. IT IS GOOD. HIS FIRST FIELD GOAL OF THE NIGHT. AND A DEEP BREATH FOR REED REED SHEPPARD 52% FROM DEEP ON THE SEASON FINALLY SEES HIS

FIRST ONE GO DOWN TONIGHT. >> LAMPMAN DOESN’T GET OUT ON ALUMNI LIKE HE SHOULD BUT IT KID CAN REALLY SENATE. ON IVISIC WITH 5:02 TO GO. HERE IS GOHLKE OFF THE SCREEN. HIS THREE IS NO GOOD AND TIPPED TO COLE. SHOT CLOCK RESETS TO 20. GOAL CAN I AGAIN — YES! >> FIFTH PLAYER IT MAKE 10 OR MORE THREES IN AN NCAA TOURNAMENT. CARSEN EDWARDS — BUT REEVES HAS THE ANSWER. STEVE: THEY HAVE TO FIND REEVES IS DILLINGHAM. THE S.E.C SIXTH MAN OF THE YEAR CROSSCOURT PASS, EDWARDS A THREE — BIG SHOT. A ONE POSSESSION

GAME. ANDREW: SHOT CLOCK DOWN TO SIX. STEVE: THEY ARE NOT GOING TO GET A SHOT OFF. ANDREW: TOWNSEND HAS TO GO UP — TOUGH SHOT! TREY DAY HEAR IN — HERE IN PITTSBURGH. DILLINGHAM TURNAROUND, NOWHERE CLOSE. DILLINGHAM GETS IT BACK. REEVES STEP BACK THREE — YES! REEVES WITH 27. STEVE: DIDN’T LOOK LIKE IT WAS GOING TO BE A GOOD SHOT BUT HE TPHOURLT GAMES. STEVE: DILLINGHAM DOESN’T WANT TO SHOOT NOW BECAUSE HE IS MISSED A COUPLE IN A ROW. ANDREW: THIS ONE — IT’S GOOD! KENTUCKY’S LAST SIX FIELD GOALS STEVE: TRY TO GET IT TO

TOWNSEND. ANDREW: WATTS OUGHT IT COLE, CORNER THREE — YEAH. STEVE: OH, MY GOODNESS! YOUR FIRST TOURNAMENT GAME. ANDREW: A FIVE-POINT GAME. STEVE: THE ONLY THING OAK LAND CAN’T DO, JUST DON’T FOUL. ANDREW: EDWARDS PUTS IT IN. 3.9, JOHN CALIPARI CALLS TIME-OUT. STEVE: THEY HAVE TO GET A STEAL FOUL HIM. NOPE. ANDREW: REEVES PUTS UP A THREE. NO GOOD. AND OAKLAND WITH THE MARCH MEMORY OF A LIFETIME!

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