It was on this day in 2014 we beat UofL in Indy.

It was on this day in 1992 we played in the greatest CBB ever played.

And it is the birthday of a great Cat in Oscar Combs. Born in 1944 he’s 81 today!

We MUST win for him!

I have some rooting interest tonight.

But almost neutral.

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We sure saw that a bunch last year. Meanwhile, Rob and Reed are millionaires living the NBA lifestyle! Cal would probably still start Wagner in front of both.

Typical Cal loss when it counts. Up double digits and can’t close it out.

Go Cats.

Kudos to Texas Tech for all that program has been through over the years. Great job of staying in the hunt through multiple coaching changes. They replaced Beard with his top assistant, JUCO coaching legend Mark Adams, and didn't miss a beat. Then when the scandal with Adams (now back with Beard at Ole Miss) happened, they replaced him with Grant McCasland. I doubt they are big enough to beat the Gators, but I wouldn't mind seeing them get a NC. They paid their dues with the loss to UVA in the 2019 championship game.

keep an eye out for HUGE interest from Kentucky per source. 6-10 power forward from Davidson who averaged 18.8 points per game last season.

Cats have made a big impression so far.

Remember after the 2012 title game when Self said, “we just ran out of time.” It was easy to mock him then.

But after a couple decades it DOES appear that despite having more talent maybe than any other coach in history that the only way Calipari can win it all is if somehow the other team runs out of time before he can choke it away.

I rewatched the 2012 championship a while back. If Marques Teague of all people hadn’t hit two 3s when Cal was in a slow down and had let Kansas back in it, he might have choked that one away.

Very glad he’s not Kentucky’s problem anymore.

The #1 team in the state & favorite to reach the championship game goes down in the first round…. Is anyone planning on catching some action at this years tourney?

After reading all the Dent thread this seems appropriate, 😂

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Nothing like us.

KB

I know I am going out on a limb here, but I am going to say it. Rick Barnes is the OKest coach in America. As long as he is coaching at Tennessee there is a chance.

Since they took a commitment from Koa Peat today.

Time to roll, BBN

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There I said it. Almost an impossible task.

My friend @Mobilecat2 requested some of the terminologies of offensive actions used by Mark Pope. For anyone who has Twitter, Chris Steed is really good. I am going to copy and paste two of his posts from a month ago. Let me say this first. I use "NASCAR" because that is what Jimmy Dykes calls it on ESPN. That is a hard cut just like a player would come and get a handoff. Instead of that the cutter keeps going and curls over the screener to the rim. It is basically cutting like an oval. Let me know if this helps.

Off ball screening ACTIONS

GLOSSARY:

Flare- back screen cutting away from the basketball
Exit- horizontal screen for a baseline 3
Pin- down screen with back to the ball
Wide pin- pin beyond the 3 point line
RIP- back screen
Flex/STS- set a screen and immediately receive a screen
Ram- pin down for the ball screener
UCLA- RIP screen from the elbow
Cross/Power- Low block to low block
Slice/Shuffle- screen outside of the paint to receive a low post touch
Elevator- side by side screen that closes after a shooter splits them
Floppy- single screen on one side, stagger screen on the other side of the floor
Hammer- flare on the weakside off of a baseline penetration
Horns- right and left ball screen at the top of the key
Zipper- down screen along the lane line to receive the ball in the slot
Split- pin/flare into a reject or a curl, and pop
Away- pin down that is horizontal to the basketball in the middle third of the floor
Gortat- screening your own as the roll man in PNR.

On ball screening ACTIONS

Glossary:

77- Double screen
Stagger - Double with no symmetry
Drag- Screener(s) is trailing the play
Ricky- Rescreen
Spread- Corners and 45 occupied; PNR is middle third
Angle- 45 ball screen
Logo- mid post PNR
Flat- Back to the hoop
Ghost- touch/miss and pop
Step up- slot/45 with back to the baseline
Flip- change the angle due to coverage
Dead Corner- baseline PNR
Grenade- pitch from the post or mid post to a cutting
Slip- aim to miss on trail (typically)
Veer- on ball into off ball screen
Spain- middle third ball screen into a RIP screen 3 man action
Zoom/Chicago- pin into a DHO 3 man action
Get/Touch- Pass and go get the DHO
Chase- Pass and chase into setting the PNR

All we seem to be hearing about is Donovan Dent. Or is Eaglestaff plan B ?

Game comes on here at 1:39 p.m. tomorrow… middle of my work day…

I said to myself: “self, you should take off tomorrow to watch the game live.” Self came right back and said, “YES, you should,” so I did !!!

Sorry folks for being so silly, but I’m excited about the game tomorrow…

With Aloha (Agape Love)

AlohaCat

Someone on there said Cal's suits these last few weeks looked like the table cloths at Pitino's favorite restaurant.