LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Desperate though this premise may be, Kentucky freshman point guard Marquis Teague is supposed to be the top-ranked Wildcats’ weakest link.
For proof, Teague is the only starter who doesn’t average scoring in double figures (9.5 ppg), he’d turned it over three or more times in seven of UK’s last 11 games heading into Saturday’s NCAA tournament South Regional contest against Iowa State, and he actually went scoreless in Big Blue’s SEC tournament-final loss to Vanderbilt.
And all of this led Iowa State coach Fred Hoiberg to gamble that Teague could not end the Cyclones’ season.
“You have to take away something from them,” he said. “We tried to take away the inside game.”
They also tried to take away UK’s jump shooters: Doron Lamb and sixth man Darius Miller. But not Teague. Not the rookie.