One of the nation's legendary programs has a new single-game scoring king, as Jodie Meeks exploded for a school-best 54 points thanks in part to a program-record 10 three-pointers in Kentucky's 90-72 rout of SEC compatriot and 24th-ranked Tennessee. Let's see what they are saying about from around the world wide web:

MIKE DECOURCY (Sporting News)
What Meeks did against Tennessee (he scored 54 points on Tuesday night) was phenomenal. And the most beautiful part of it was how, as he was ringing up those numbers, he stayed engaged in the most important matter: Helping Kentucky defeat Tennessee on the road. He was assertive as a team leader and did his job superbly as a defender...MORE

PAT FORDE (ESPN.com)
On Tuesday night, he turned Thompson-Boling into Studio 54. Meeks danced his way to a school-record 54 points as Kentucky thrashed Tennessee 90-72. Made a school-record 10 3-point shots in 15 attempts. Made all 14 free throws. Made five two-point shots, too. The 54 points broke the 39-year-old school record of Dan Issel, who scored 53 against Mississippi. It should be noted that Kentucky scored 120 points that day, which means Issel scored 44 percent of the Wildcats' total. Meeks racked up a ridiculous 60 percent of Kentucky's points here -- an extraordinary display of shooting and stamina stretched over 39 jaw-dropping minutes...MORE

GARY PARRISH (CBSSports.com)
Jodie Meeks launched himself into the National Player of the Year race Tuesday night. He might've put the Kentucky Wildcats back in the Top 25, too. That's what a 54-point effort in a 90-72 victory at Tennessee on national television can do for a player and a team, and if you missed it what you missed was arguably the most impressive individual performance in the history of Kentucky basketball...MORE

JOHN CLAY (Lexington Herald-Leader)
The great thing about it is how it began to dawn on you that you were watching history, and not just history for any program, but the most storied program in college basketball, the one with all those wins, all those titles, all those great players...MORE

ERIC CRAWFORD (Louisiville Courier-Journal)
If Jodie Meeks were doing this at Duke or North Carolina, you'd have to cancel your cable subscription to keep him off the screen. You'd have to have Dick Vitale surgically removed from him. Maybe this is a sign of how UK has fallen on the national landscape, though I think it has more to do with the SEC not having more of a tie-in with ESPN...MORE

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