No. 22 Kentucky (19-6, 9-3) headed to South Carolina (21-4, 8-4) to take on the SEC-leading (at the time) Gamecocks. The Wildcats would prevail handily though 89-62 even after coach John Calipari was ejected from the game for arguing with the refs. It turns out that Cal was also pretty happy about the win even though he watched most of it from the locker room.
Marcus Lee had a huge double-double for the Cats with 11 points and 13 rebounds to go with two blocks. Tyler Ulis had a monster game with a game-high 27 points and 12 assists while Jamal Murray poured in 26 points and five rebounds. The Cats kept the Gamecocks to only 33 percent shooting from the floor and forced 16 turnovers out of them too.
