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Video: Jodie Meeks typically gets to the arena 3 hours before game time

Jodie Meeks on his warm up routine. Where he got the idea and why it works for him.

Check out the STAPLES Center floor on a typical game day and you wouldn't be surprised to find the first and only player on the court putting up shot after shot after shot.  Meeks typically arrives at the arena more than three hours prior to tip-off as he works with player development coaches Mark Madsen and Larry Lewis.  If below does not play, go here.

He first learned his pregame routine from Michael Redd during his rookie season in Milwaukee, who said he learned it from Ray Allen.

“I can focus more to where I'm the only person on the court,” Meeks said. “There's no other balls flying around and no other distractions so I kind of just lock in and get ready.”

Meeks is in the midst of a career year, averaging 14.6 points on 45.4 percent field goals and 41.0 percent from the three-point line. He currently ranks 11th in the in three-point makes with 103 (as of Jan. 29).

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On This Day In UK Basketball History

On March 28, 1992, in what many called the “best NCAA Tournament game ever,” Kentucky takes defending NCAA champion Duke into overtime before losing 104-103 in the East Regional finals in Philadelphia. A last-second shot by Christian Laettner sends Duke to the Final Four, and breaks the hearts of Wildcat fans everywhere. It is Cawood Ledford’s last game as the “Voice of the Wildcats.”

 

On March 28, 1998, against Stanford, Kentucky rallied from a 10-point second-half deficit, then grabbed a 5-point overtime lead, before fending off the Cardinals to advance to the title game for the third straight season. Jeff Sheppard canned three long-range three-pointers - two in the final three minutes and one in overtime - en route to a career-high 27 points.

 

On March 28, 2014, unranked Kentucky beat No. 5 Louisville 74-69, in the 2014 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16.  Aaron Harrison buried a three-pointer from the left corner with 39 seconds left that put UK ahead to stay before 41,072 in Lucas Oil Stadium.

 

On March 28, 2015, No. 1 Kentucky defeated No. 8 Notre Dame, 68-66, in the 2015 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight.  With its 37-0 record on the line, Kentucky trailed Notre Dame 59-53 with 6:14 left. UK rallied in front of 19,464 fans in Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena and preserved its perfect season thanks to a crucial blocked shot by Willie Cauley-Stein and two game-deciding free throws from Andrew Harrison in the final seconds.

 

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