Kentucky may have had a rough offensive showing in the first half on Tuesday against Nicholls, but the second half, they started rolling once Collin Chandler was off the ball and Denzel Aberdeen took over for Chandler at the point guard spot. But what came with it was the special moment of a Collin Chandler dunk that not only had the entire arena buzzing, or even just Big Blue Nation. It was talked about around the sports world. Chandler’s dunk was so impressive, it had rapper Lil Wayne talking about it after the game, and the dunk was also featured as SportsCenter’s top play of the day later that night. Mark Pope knows how hard Chandler has worked to get to where he is now, as he’s someone who knows all about his journey. Pope says he “earned” that special moment on Tuesday. “There was so much video footage of that particular play, close up stuff, and you kind of see the expression on his face and he goes to finish that play, and what I like to think about those expressions is that expression is not somethi
