Lofton Comes Up Big!
Submitted by Jim Wogan on February 8, 2006 - 3:15pm.
I covered my first Tennessee basketball game in 1986. I know the pleasure of watching a game at Stokely Center. I've experienced a disaster (or two) at Rupp. I watched the Vols make a near-miraculous run for an SEC Tournament title at Memorial Gym. And I watched them fizzle in the NCAA Sweet Sixteen against North Carolina in Austin.
But I have never witnessed a clutch-performance like the one Chris Lofton gave Vol fans last night in Lexington. The story's been well-told. Lofton, snubbed by the Wildcats as a high school senior-- a two-time Kentucky Mr. Basketball for crying out loud, goes back the Bluegrass, scores 31 points and says, take that!
Lofton didn't do it for spite. He didn't do it for ego. He didn't do it for the accolades he'll receive. He did it to help his team continue an improbable run toward the NCAA Tournament in 2006.
The Ray Mears Era gave UT basketball fans plenty of remember, but Lofton's game was one of the biggest in UT history.
Amen, to your column as it
Amen, to your column as it was right on the money. I went to the game with Chris!s parents and it was awesome. If you can check out the special on CSTV on Chris and his effect on Maysville, Ky.
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