Kentucky fans feel vindicated after Dontaie Allen’s performance

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When Dontaie Allen lit up Starkville with 23 points on 7/11 shots, it also caused an explosion in his home state, Kentucky.

During Kentucky’s six-game losing streak, the Wildcats fought for anything to come offensively. The UK didn’t win 65 points even once during that stretch, and while BJ Boston and Terrence Clarke fired (and walled up) at will, the Falmouth, Kentucky native continued.

His average of 40 pg and the recognitions of Mr. Kentucky Basketball from his time at Pendleton County High School made no sense, and no matter how much Kentucky threw the ball or how good Allen looked in practice, there was no way to see the ground.

Dontaie Allen only saw 19 minutes in the first seven games, shooting just two of five from behind the arc. While Allen was sitting quietly and, with his merit very patiently, the BBN grew restless. As the losses piled up, more people came out of the wood with forks.

Why didn’t Dontaie Allen play?

Well, if you asked the guy in the big chair, you would get a ridiculous excuse or an unreasonable explanation. “It simply came to our notice then five stars the boys in front of them miss her ”or“ She didn’t play in the first half, so I couldn’t play her in the second half ”.

Sure, January.

After the loss of Kentucky to Louisville and some fans willing to pack, coach Cal finally indulged in criticism and, apparently to his displeasure, played the Kentucky boy. With the whole state behind him and the integrity of the BBN on his shoulders, Dontaie Allen came in and dropped 23 to the Bulldogs, proving that the Kentucky Kids CAN have an impact on the greater tradition of college basketball.

It’s worth noting that it was totally unfair for Dontaie Allen to exert that pressure on Saturday night in Starkville, but for Kentucky fans, that was more than Dontaie Allen.

It was about not taking a kid from Kentucky for almost three years after Willis and Hawkins left. It was about not letting Jermarl Baker touch the ground after a mistake while Ashton Hagans fought Auburn in the Elite Eight. It was about proving that Kentucky kids like Dontaie Allen, KyKy Tandy and Justin Powell deserve to be considered legitimate basketball talents.

On a larger scale, this is a state and a fan base that feels like a necessity. An often fired state. Dismissed nationally in almost every area of ​​life that doesn’t include horse racing or bourbon, fired in terms of his high school athletes, and a fan base that has often been fired by his own coach.

For once, the people of Kentucky won.

Thanks to Dontaie Allen, the BBN will gain at least some credibility when it comes to questioning John Calipari’s decisions, and that’s good. In many ways, I think this can help links this bridge, so to speak, between coach Cal and the fans.

While it was Bruiser Flint’s decision to leave Dontaie Allen in a game that coach Cal may not have had, it’s worth noting that Cal acknowledged to the team that Dontaie Allen will come looking for minutes. Such a startling and powerful statement that it relegated Riley Welch to tears.

Now, this 23-point performance may be an anomaly (who knows what will happen to Dontaie Allen in the future), but at least right now he has the respect of John Calipari and that will help a lot a Kentucky team that has needed a three-point shooter reliable points.

Whatever happens the rest of the way, at least Kentucky fans were vindicated on a Saturday night in Starkville to start 2021.

Go to the cats, and thank you, Dontaie Allen.

Here are a few celebratory tweets at the exit.

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