ncaaky said:

I think he was the best on ball defender in UK history.

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I totally agree. I had a conversation one day with a UK starter on the 1973 team. He told me that in practice Johnson stopped Jimmy Dan Conner cold. IMO, he did the same to just about everyone he guarded in games too. In a 1977 game at UT, Joe B decided to put Johnson on Ernie Grunfeld. He stopped him pretty well, but ended up in foul trouble as one might expect, especially on the road against UT. I thought that probably cost us the game that we lost 85-82. We picked our poison, but Johnson's defense was stellar as always. Without him on the court, we not only lost his defense, but his terrific ability to handle and distribute the ball.

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cathouse said:

I distinctly remember LJ trying to chase Phil Ford all over the floor withUNC Chicken$hit playing a 4 corner stall ( no shot clock era) so they could beat the best team in the NCAA tournament.

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I also remember this game as well. UNC played a great first half and led 53-41 at the half. UK came out as a different team in the 2nd half. UNC went to the 4 corners with 15 minutes left in the game. UK continued to chop away at the lead and got it down to 1-2 points with a minute or two left. UNC hit FTs and sealed a win that I still despise to this day. For the game UNC shot 33-36 from the line while UK was 16-18. Steve Krafcisin and John Kuester combined to score 27 points with 21 of those points were FTs. SMH!

He'll shoot like 35% and Creighton will lose in the opening weekend of the tournament as a 6 seed, which feels like the most Creighton thing to do.

billoliver40 said:

Did anyone else think the offense looked a lot better with a different qb that made faster decisions?

I wonder if Hamdan knows of an offensive line coach someplace?

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I really do not know anything about college football. However, when you look at both NFL and NCAA teams and their offenses, it would appear that we certainly lack creativity, innovation, and ingenuity. On several occasions in the past years, I have been able to successfully guess what play we are running -- if a football idiot like me can do that, what about our opponent? Stoops has said he leaves the offense with the OC, but that fact is a bit bothersome when you are the head man and you clearly still see some very weird choices for play calls. Third and 17 and you run the ball? That is nothing more than a capitulation and one more wasted play. We have to be among the leaders in no-count, wasted plays. You who know this game far better than I know it must be supremely frustrated.

After 12 years of a chance, with a 12-team playoff system in the toughest football conference, is continuing this boirder-line futility and mediocrity OK with everyone? We gave him an outstanding chance to get the job done, and he got us some good years with some signature wins. But we've also had many "signature" losses (several this year!). Recruiting has been just north of plain vanilla, and player development has been so so. For whatever reason, we have experienced in all 12 seasons under Stoops a ton of truly embarrassing moments and losses that rest squarely on Stoops' shoulders. Vacating 10 wins and a bowl game is one of them. This is why I think we have more of a Mark Richt situation here and now than any other. Despite some great seasons at UGA, Georgia finally decided he was not the answer, went to Kirby Smart, and now have two championships to show for it. We have to decide what it is that we want. For me, it's time for a change.

UKBrassowTipIN said:

Every OC has sucjed, then went on to kill it elsewhere. At some point you have to believe it's not the OC, it's the main person in charge

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Scangerello has been as sucky as always
Gran never coach again
Dawson…has gotten a good tint at Miami
Neal brown…was never fired. He got a head coach gig
Coen is killing it with Bucs

So to say they all are good after stoops isn’t accurate at all to be honest. It’s mixed messages at best

Eagles_Ball said:

Simulator

I swear, you can find anything on the internet. 😂

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Hopefully that one is better than the one on ESPN. It has SC as a 10 seed almost every time and Oregon missing the playoff

Edit : I just looked at it and it is just the SEC predictor. The one on ESPN is for the playoff

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Boz said:

In post-game, Stoops said Hamdan would be back.

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One thing I've learned over the years is that anything a coach or AD says about moving on, staying or job security can be thrown out the window once the season is over.

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megablue said:

Reed shot 52.08% last season, as a Freshman.

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The fact that he didn’t even get up enough attempts to be a season qualifier in 3pt shooting will probably never not be enraging when I think about it.

Blame the Qb blame the offensive and defensive coordinator’s the offensive line but it all comes down to Stoops being the problem.

Vanderbilt

Look how many times the dribble jab half step back was used to create space for the open look. Something that Cal seemingly forbid, probably under threat of the treadmill. DJ Wagner was the lone exception of course, he got to launch into full stepbacks in isolation and throw up glass shattering projectiles to his heart’s content.

jedwar said:

Not to get caught up in the moment but that may have been the best episode in a long long time. Hope is restored in my viewing pleasure.

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And no 6666 ranch crap.

screwduke1 said:

Stoops for sure. 7-1 in league play!!! Oh crap I read that backwards.

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Has to be he did the least with the most

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BigKari said:

Love the role he’s playing and he seems to understand it. Dish out assists and you have the green light to shoot when you get the space. He’s crushing the first part, his shot selection is a bit questionable but the shot will start falling at a higher rate. Even if he ends up only shooting around 35% from the field, 90%+ of his shots are threes so that number would be fine. Where we need Butler picking his spots and being the picture of efficiency, a role he’s been well suited for, Kerr allows us to play a Joker card where now you’re dealing with something less conventional and predictable. It’s working, the shot hasn’t fallen like at all, yet Kerr has been highly playable. If he can get on a tear during SEC play, his 17 minutes are going to be a son of a bitch to gameplan against.

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Only gotta make 33% of those threes to equal the same efficiency of a 50% two point shot. Kriisa will easily get there, while also stretching the defense out extremely deeply AND increasing the offensive pace by about 8 trillion mph

Not to get caught up in the moment but that may have been the best episode in a long long time. Hope is restored in my viewing pleasure.

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hmt5000 said:

Also... ICBM or not... They can hit London with that before Britain could even respond.

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Untrue. Great Britain can certainly respond in 20 minutes.

Love the role he’s playing and he seems to understand it. Dish out assists and you have the green light to shoot when you get the space. He’s crushing the first part, his shot selection is a bit questionable but the shot will start falling at a higher rate. Even if he ends up only shooting around 35% from the field, 90%+ of his shots are threes so that number would be fine. Where we need Butler picking his spots and being the picture of efficiency, a role he’s been well suited for, Kerr allows us to play a Joker card where now you’re dealing with something less conventional and predictable. It’s working, the shot hasn’t fallen like at all, yet Kerr has been highly playable. If he can get on a tear during SEC play, his 17 minutes are going to be a son of a bitch to gameplan against.