I must say that at the beginning of the season, I figured this to be one of the easiest 2 or 3 games on the Kentucky schedule.  Central Florida is a below average Conference USA team who has shown virtually no signs of life throughout most of the season, and was absolutely embarassed earlier in the year by Florida.  Thus when I saw the line this morning was 20, I thought that was a big high, but at least plausible.

And once again this team surprised me.  One of the most uninspired performances in recent years, saved only by a first half hot streak by Ramel Bradley and a great finishing play by Rajon Rondo.  I cannot figure out this team in any meaningful way, but it was clear that these guys had no interest in this game tonight.   Luckily they won, because a loss tonight would have been devastating.  But it was as bad a win as I can remember.

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