Mississippi State got a lead early, I think 15-4 and just kept it going. Tennessee had a 10-2 run in the second half after trailing 58-38 but it wasn't enough.
The trend of top 25 teams losing in conference tournaments continues. Making the NCAA tourney commitee earn their paycheck this year.
During the game broadcast, they said Lunardi had them just making it in back when they played Kansas and lost a month or so ago. It sounded like they were on the fringe. A win today would probably help as the game against Kansas is a bit skewed with their best 2 players out.
For comparison sake, Elzy was paid less than $800k this year, where as Staley and Mulkey were both paid over $3 million. Also they are both at established programs with good rosters already. So I'm thinking they would want over $4 million to even consider that move, which is more than 5 times what Elzy was getting paid by UK this year.
Per the internet, Tee Higgins is requesting a trade. Stated he loves Cincinnati but wants to be somewhere long term and is disappointed that the Bengals haven't tried to negotiate a long term deal.