TITLE: Jason Hart applauded Brandon Garrison's technical foul saying he wants more
TEXT: Is this the new normal for Kentucky basketball? Because it certainly feels like the staff is sending a message: We are done being the nice guys.
Just a few days after Kentucky picked up four technical fouls in a street fight against Arkansas, the physicality spilled over again last night. Speaking after that war in Fayetteville, Mark Pope made headlines when he refused to apologize for the chipiness.
"It felt like, man, these guys are here to fight," Pope said Saturday. "So yes, we can clean up a little bit, but I wouldn't trade the heart of it for anything."
Tonight against Oklahoma, the "heart of it" showed up again, and once again, the staff doubled down.
After Brandon Garrison's dominant 20-point performance, the big man was assessed a technical foul in the final seconds after dunking the ball when Kentucky could run the clock out. He and Xzayvier Brown were trash-talking, and both got T'd up. Usually, that earns a player a lecture about sportsmanship.
But when assistant coach Jason Hart was asked what the staff says to rein a player in during that moment, or back off the...
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