I think his confidence was a little down . Didn’t seem to show the same leadership between plays as he usually does . He did have a pretty rough stretch .
With that said I don’t get why sold fans have jumped with Edwards in terms of struggling .
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With that said I don’t get why sold fans have jumped with Edwards in terms of struggling .
He is being a little bit extra for sure, but some of his concerns are valid. The defense in the 2nd half was bad, and the rebounding is what is keeping Kentucky from building bigger leads
There was a ton wrong with it, culminating with that ill-advised "im gonna get mine" 3pointer at the end, and not getting back on defense to allow MSU an easy dunk.
0 assists is also unacceptable for a supposedly elite PG with killer wings around him. Said this days ago, he's not a PG. He's a combo guard, and honestly maybe more of an undersized 2-guard that specializes in slashing. I think tonights performance drops his APG down into the 3's and that's just not good enough. TAM he was out-assisted by Tre.
I'd start to think about seeing what Dilly could do at the point to start or even Shep.
| Sr | 12 | Antonio Reeves MVP | 30 | 149 | 29 | 27 | 6-7 | 2-5 | 9-9 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6-9 231 Sr | 4 | Tre Mitchell | 28 | 186 | 14 | 15 | 4-4 | 1-1 | 4-4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6-4 192 Fr | 21 | DJ Wagner | 26 | 81 | 19 | 7 | 2-4 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7-1 226 Fr | 2 | Aaron Bradshaw | 25 | 116 | 19 | 11 | 5-6 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 6-8 203 Fr | 1 | Justin Edwards | 16 | 74 | 19 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6-3 187 Fr | 15 | Reed Sheppard | 30 | 167 | 13 | 9 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 3-3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6-3 176 Fr | 0 | Rob Dillingham | 27 | 106 | 33 | 16 | 4-7 | 1-5 | 5-7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7-0 247 So | 33 | Ugonna Onyenso | 17 | 157 |
The defense in the second half wasn’t great but that’s whatever. The rebounding is something people should be upset about, it’s a major concern. They are slow to the ball and they ball watch
They haven't played ANYONE outside of Tennessee. Have you looked at their schedule? Great seeing you in the game thread!
I don't know how anyone can be happy with that 2nd half but was angry that A&M shot 40%. Make it make sense.
Cats shot better but MSU had more points, more 3's, more rebounds, more assists and fewer turnovers in the 2nd half.
Cats shot better but MSU had more points, more 3's, more rebounds, more assists and fewer turnovers in the 2nd half.
Reminds me of the traffic cop in front of high school today that was pointing in ten different at once direction just before two cars piled up right in front of me.
A road game that I though might be an easy one for UK, is looking like it will be grind it out brawl now. LSU is playing better now
I just think at this point Edwards needs to come off the bench so that he isn't facing opponents' best players. Also, his minutes should be greatly limited.
Yeah but they are top 10 in ADJUSTED defensive efficiency.
Adjusted for ........Strength of Schedule.
That team is every bit a top 10 defensive team and their numbers vs SEC teams will prove that.
And they beat Tennessee. They’ve played the entire year without one of the best big men in the SEC up to a couple games ago. They’re a top 30ish team. I was impressed with the bounce back win tonight outside of the opening to the 2nd half.
Wouldn’t hurt to try and who knows maybe coming off the bench will help him
I shouldn’t but I though LSU and vandy would be two that should be wins, but LSU is plying good, and vandy always plays Kentucky better in rupp than they do down in Nashville
I came back home to see my dad and this was our first time seeing the Cats live since 2016. I thought we looked pretty good in the first, second got a little sloppy at times. We’re never going be an elite defensive or rebounding team, but we got to clean it up some these next couple months. Either way, nice to be back at Rupp to see the Cats!
We'll see. We didn't even really get after it. If they face a good team that does, they'll lose by even more.
We need to move away from the whole who did Team X play.
It's 2024. The data accounts for things like this.
Two years ago we played a team in the NCAA tournament that came into that tournament in the top 25 in defense. No one paid it any mind. And we all saw what happened.
It's 2024. The data accounts for things like this.
Two years ago we played a team in the NCAA tournament that came into that tournament in the top 25 in defense. No one paid it any mind. And we all saw what happened.
We are good but young and I think that is what makes the road games tough . I think road games were a lot less tough to win at back in the day when the elite teams were veteran teams .
He always makes irrelevant, pointless posts to diminish a win. UK getting to the line as much as we did tonight is a positive since we haven’t got there a lot per game
The one this Tuesday is gonna be interesting. We are better than SCAR, but they play Kentucky good in that building and they have a guard who is capable of going for 40
Yup those kind of guards give us fits especially on the road
I agree, and as you know from being an NBA fan, moving guys to and from the bench can be very valuable in "kickstarting" their shot making ability.
Maybe Edwards just needs a few games against the other teams 2nd unit.
Yeah I don’t get the FT point from him, that’s a good skillset for teams to have. I can’t figure out what his angle is on here. He takes shots at the team alot, but then gets made at others for doing the same.
I think his name is Meechie johnson he will shoot anywhere at anytime
Yeah that’s him lol. Hopefully he doesn’t go Devan Downey on us
Kinda makes sense.
We put up 1.29 ppp on the number 9 defensive team (now all the way down to 17th btw)
Conversely we gave up 111.1 on a team that's currently 68th in offense
To put those numbers in context. That 1.29 was the most Miss St has given up all season and the next closest one wasn't even close (Alabama at 113.0). That's how good we were on offense today.
Having said that, the 1.11 given up was the 6th highest for their offense and the other 5 were against really poor teams.
Yup i agree 100% sometimes that is what gets a guy going . He’s the only one that hasn’t really and a complete game yet . It has to be tough knowing your stock has fallen from top 5 to not mentioned at all .
If they didn’t foul us every trip down we wouldn’t have shot FT’s lol.
