Saw this on On3. Coach Cal wants to average 80 points a game this season. Do you think we can do it?

[crawfords corner]

I know some will say he can't coach offense, but last season before injuries really took hold the team was averaging around 83 PPG. I forget the exact amount of games, but it was around the first 23-25 games and still finished at 79.4


So, simple question, with what we saw between the Bahamas and the 1 exhibition game so far do you think UK will average 80 or more points.

See if you are right or wrong at the end of the season.


I say with a healthy Oscar that we will average around 82 points a game. Im going to chalk last night up to being the team's first game in Rupp.

 

[Ed323232]

Easily over 80.

 

[cornbreadnmilk]

No.

 

[reggis1]

yes uk will score 80 pts a game and have a good shot at scoring more than 80 pts a game

 

[kyjeff1]

Is he going to bring in an OC?

 

[Dontworryboutit23]

No, even with Oscar this team won’t avg 80, this teams will probably hover around 65-68 ppg. Defense is this teams path to success

 

[IroquoisPliskin]

Is he going to bring in an OC?

6th in offense last year even after the backcourt was mangled

 

[IroquoisPliskin]

No, even with Oscar this team won’t avg 80, this teams will probably hover around 65-68 ppg. Defense is this teams path to success

Why is this years offense over 10 points worse than last year's?

 

[yes_takeaside]

When he gets in a contested tourney game the Cats won’t get to 70.

 

[HagginHall1999]

Why is this years offense over 10 points worse than last year's?

Didn't you know that your first exhibition game defines your season? Duh...

 

[Ed323232]

When he gets in a contested tourney game the Cats won’t get to 70.

Cool as long as they give up 69

 

[cornbreadnmilk]

When he gets in a contested tourney game the Cats won’t get to 70.

That's been the problem for a long time now.Cal wants ugly rock fights and it's killed us.

 

[Dontworryboutit23]

Why is this years offense over 10 points worse than last year's?

The roster and the type of players they have is how, and other reasons

 

[bookerfan66]

At the start of every season people think Cal will change his offense.Not happening.

 

[megablue]

Yes

 

[track42]

Maybe in the regular season but when the tourney starts so will stall ball.

 

[Dontworryboutit23]

At the start of every season people think Cal will change his offense.Not happening.

what a hater

 

[BlueWorldOrder74]

Hell no. Have you guys watched Cal the last decade plus. Dude likes it slow and ugly. I’m thinking he gets a full boner just thinking of SEC rock fights with a million fouls.

I think we have averaged 80 or more points per game like one season since he’s been here; maybe?

 

[SemperFiCat]

I'll take the under, but I don't think by that much. As of right now, I don't see a few guys you just can't stop, or a pair/trio of pick your poison shooters. That can easily change by conference play. It's possible to get 80+ with this team, IMO. ...but I'm still taking the under.

EDIT; we'd have to obliterate the cupcakes to have a chance, IMO.

 

[crawfords corner]

I'll take the under, but I don't think by that much. As of right now, I don't see a few guys you just can't stop, or a pair/trio of pick your poison shooters. That can easily change by conference play. It's possible to get 80+ with this team, IMO. ...but I'm still taking the under.

EDIT; we'd have to obliterate the cupcakes to have a chance, IMO.

The under is the likely outcome.

Only once under Cal have we scored over 80 and 3 other times we scored a little over 79.

 

[Dontworryboutit23]

Hell no. Have you guys watched Cal the last decade plus. Dude likes it slow and ugly. I’m thinking he gets a full boner just thinking of SEC rock fights with a million fouls.

I think we have averaged 80 or more points per game like one season since he’s been here; maybe?

Pure hater, criticizing cal means you want Kentucky to lose every game

 

[Ukgold]

I think it will depend on our offensive rebounding.My guess is around 73-75.

 

[chattanoogawildcat]

When he gets in a contested tourney game the Cats won’t get to 70.

Nor will others.

 

[electricat2]

hell no

 

[bbncal02]

I just don’t see it. No teams are stupid enough to run with us. They force us in to HC offense. And that’s just not Cal’s game.

 

[Smashcat]

I know some will say he can't coach offense, but last season before injuries really took hold the team was averaging around 83 PPG. I forget the exact amount of games, but it was around the first 23-25 games and still finished at 79.4


So, simple question, with what we saw between the Bahamas and the 1 exhibition game so far do you think UK will average 80 or more points.

See if you are right or wrong at the end of the season.


I say with a healthy Oscar that we will average around 82 points a game. Im going to chalk last night up to being the team's first game in Rupp.

We were leading the SEC in scoring (almost 82 ppg) and scoring margin in early February 2022 before the injuries. Will be easy to average 80 ppg this time around.

 

[WeWant9]

I don’t know, averaging 80 seems high; but we got some shooters.

 

[CB3UK]

I'll believe that happens when I see Stoops open up our offense to more than 1 snap every 5 minutes.

 

[Big Cat fan]

He and the coaching staff suck at offense. But the team will be around 76-79 a game. This team has talent lots.

 

[Kybluedude]

Glad he put 80 out publicly and in the players minds.

 

[BillyJoeCat-fan]

No matter what the opinion is posted here, there are those who are going to argue against it. It's just like reading a clock or calendar. If today's post is "I think the team will do this" those I speak of will say not going to happen. Same poster tomorrow posts the exact opposite (agreeing with today's naysayers) and those same folks will argue that what they said yesterday couldn't happen is a given. It is actually pretty comical. Reminds me quite a bit of my father in law !!

 

[Deli owl]

Less than 60 vs D2. So no

 

[crawfords corner]

Less than 60 vs D2. So no

This post got me to thinking about our highest points scored in a previous exhibition game.

Remember this one?


Kentucky 156 Asbury 63

Quick trivia. Which season was this?

 

[Pickle_Rick]

Cals been getting pointers from Stoops on how to slow your own teams offense for years. He hears Stoops shout "RUN!!" all the time and imitates him. That's where it comes from.

 

[bkingUK]

UK averaged 79.5 ppg last season and we have more offensive talent this season, at least on paper.

 

[Montana81]

This post got me to thinking about our highest points scored in a previous exhibition game.

Remember this one?


Kentucky 156 Asbury 63

Quick trivia. Which season was this?

Deaaron Fox and Malik Monk.

 

[crawfords corner]

Deaaron Fox and Malik Monk.

Yep. Those guys had 5 regular season 100+ point games and another 9 games with 90+ points. Put a 46 point ass whooping on Arizona State and a 42 point destruction of TAMU. Won 14 straight before that pos I wont say his name stole the E8 game from us. Easily our most exciting offensive team under Cal.

Just realized that the last 15 games of that season the Wildcats only hit 80+ points in 5 games and only 1 time in the 4 NCAAT games.

 

[Dontworryboutit23]

This post got me to thinking about our highest points scored in a previous exhibition game.

Remember this one?


Kentucky 156 Asbury 63

Quick trivia. Which season was this?

Fox monk 2016-2017, I remember the mychal
Milder dunk where he dunked on some poor kid from asbury when they were down like 90

 

[westerncat]

If he turn them loose and lets them play but I have to see it to believe it !

 

[IroquoisPliskin]

The roster and the type of players they have is how, and other reasons

I'm not seeing a downgrade at any position from last year