ATLANTA, Ga. - Georgia's unexpected run through the SEC tournament continued at Kentucky's expense.

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ATLANTA, Ga. - As I said before, Ramel Bradley has never met a shot he didn't like.

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ATLANTA, Ga. - Doesn't look like it's in the cards. Though I've jinxed almost everything I've blogged about over the last two days.

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ATLANTA, Ga. - Due to the large number of media covering this tournament in such a small building we have a limited number of ports to plug in our laptops.

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ATLANTA, Ga. - Kentucky took the lead with a little over a minute to go.

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ATLANTA, Ga. - I don't know how they got this place prepped so quickly.

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ATLANTA, Ga. - Most believe that Kentucky needs a win to make it to the NCAA tournament.

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ATLANTA, Ga. - Greetings from the most surreal basketball setting I have ever witnessed.

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LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Usually when Tyler Hansbrough has a big game, it bodes well for North Carolina. But against Kentucky, it seems like the worse Hansbrough's numbers look the better they fare against the Wildcats.

Hansbrough was just 2-of-8 from the floor -- though he did hit 10-of-12 free-throw attempts -- but Danny Green came to the rescue with 20 points off the bench to help the top-ranked Tar Heels to a 86-77 win at Rupp Arena.

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LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The Wildcats got as close as nine points in the final five seconds, but honestly it wasn't that close a game. As the last two minutes ticked off the clock, there wasn't much to do but listen to the woman sitting behind us complain rather loudly and try to figure out whether or not she was related to Kentucky's Patrick Patterson (she seemed to have a vested interest in him being in the game or not, being called for fouls, etc.).

Anyway, when it was all said and done, the Tar Heels stayed perfect on the season with a 86-77 win.

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LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Carolina's lead is still comfortably in double digits, but Roy Williams is not happy with some of what he's seeing. And the crowd here is certainly not happy with the calls that keep going against the Wildcats.

Bobby Frasor appears to have his shooting touch back after an 0-for-5 night in UNC's last outing. He just hit another three to make it 75-56 before UK responded with a quick bucket of its own.

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LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The crowd here got fired up when freshman Alex Legion was announced into the game. Then they booed heartily when he got yanked less than a minute later. Again, cheers when he returned seconds after that. Maybe Billy Gillispie is just bored and messing with the home fans.

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LEXINGTON, Ky. -- In the first post of the day for this game, I said how my cab driver thought this would be a blowout in favor of the Tar Heels. He's looking smarter by the moment. Back-to-back 3-pointers by Bobby Frasor capped a 13-0 UNC run and the Heels now lead 57-40.

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LEXINGTON, Ky. -- As predicted, those four fouls in the first half would come back to haunt Perry Stevenson. He just checked into the game and promptly fouled Tyler Hansbrough, so he is gone with 15:56 remaining in the game. That's one less body to keep UNC's big man in check, so we'll see how that changes the game.

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LEXINGTON, Ky. -- North Carolina's starters shot just 5-of-24 in the first half -- making Danny Green's 12 points off the bench all the more important -- but they seem to be getting it together at the start of the second half. Deon Thompson and Wayne Ellington already each have a pair of buckets, Tyler Hansbrough hit a jumper and Ty Lawson just had a steal and layup to make it 50-39 Tar Heels three and a half minutes into the second.

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Lexington, Ky. -- Kentucky's Joe Crawford hit a 3-pointer a moment ago that made him the latest UK player to hit 1,000 career points. And the even better news for 'Cats fans is that they pulled within three points with less than two minutes to go in the half before Danny Green (who else?) got a rebound and bucket to push the UNC lead back to five. But Green couldn't bag a buzzer-beating 3-pointer, so the Tar Heels lead 37-32 at the break.

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LEXINGTON, Ky. -- After a couple of Kentucky three-pointers got the crowd reinvigorated, UNC reserve Danny Green quickly quieted them back down. Green hit back-to-back three-pointers and has scored eight straight for the Tar Heels, who lead 35-27 with 2:40 left in the half.

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LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Hopefully Billy Gillispie didn't have big second-half plans for forward Perry Stevenson. The big man fouled Tyler Hansbrough at the 8:05 mark of the first half for...drum roll...his fourth foul of the game.

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LEXINGTON, Ky. -- With all that physical play, Carolina has drawn its fair share of fouls already in this one. Or unfair share if you believe the 23,000 fans here at Rupp Arena. The crowd has been enthusiastically making their feelings known to the referees -- especially since the Wildcats have eight fouls at the 11:40 mark and trail 13-9.

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LEXINGTON, Ky. -- If Tyler Hansbrough is going to have a good showing against Kentucky, the Wildcats certainly aren't going to make it easy on him. In the first four minutes, Hansbrough has already been knocked to the floor twice and taken a shot to the face on an inbounds play. The good news for UNC is that he's already drawn three fouls in the process (none that resulted in any points for him, though). We're tied 7-7 right now.

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LEXINGTON, Ky. -- My cab driver this morning didn't seem to think Kentucky had much of a chance this afternoon with No. 1-ranked North Carolina visiting, but since driving me to my hotel doesn't qualify him as an expert, we'll just go ahead and assume that this matchup of the two winningest programs in NCAA history will be a good one.

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