I have the deepest bench of any college team and will use them to my advantage which is to wear down my opponent and dictate the game I want to play. I have seen my current team is best in early shots and up-tempo. I am going to full court, half court, ball pressure pressing to speed up the game and take my opponent out of their comfort to just relax and shoot wide open set 3's. To do so, I need my rim protector, so Ugo, Bradshaw, and Z are rotated in that low post spot and not doing the switching taking them away from their position. I am not playing two of them at the same time unless necessary as my offense has been awesome with the way it was (note last two games Cal did play two at the same time).

I actually will coach during the game instructing my individual players on what to do and especially on what not to do. Bradshaw I am glad you hit a 3 against Florida but you are not to take those shots in the first half for sure or in a tight game. Every shot counts and outside shooting is not your stellar skill or our need. D.J. what were you doing walking the ball up the court and then doing the drives too far away from the basket? I am coaching you to make your drive off a screen and not on on one with defenders waiting on you. Reed, shoot the ball as you are a great outside threat. However, I will now structure more plays to screen and get you open or again since we will be playing up-tempo like before you have the green light. In fact, I may start you with Dillingham, Reeves, Mitchell, and Z. Again, don't worry as I will have set substitutions of one player for each and not just different untried combinations. Edwards, I am sorry but until you show me the willingness to rebound and play with strength I have to decrease your minutes. But, coming off the bench with enthusiasm and effort after the other team is worn down after the first 10 plus minutes you may find yourself developing and playing well.

Of course there are more issues but fellow coaches I will listen if you want to add them? That's another strength of my coaching, I listen to my assistants and yes I am not opposed to a zone as well.

1. Arizona 3.05
2. Houston 2.88
3. Connecticut 2.63
4. Iowa St 2.54
5. Auburn 2.51
6. Purdue 2.49
7. Tennessee 2.47
8. Alabama 2.43
9. Kansas 2.41
10. BYU
11. Marquette 2.00
12. Michigan St 1.87
13. Kentucky 1.77
14. Colorado 1.67
15. Duke 1.63
16. TCU 1.599
17. Virginia 1.597
18. UNC 1.591
19. Wisconsin 1.534
20. Iowa 1.45
21. FAU 1.35
22. Northwestern 1.304
23. New Mexico 1.298
24. Miss St 1.28
25. Texas Tech 1.27
26. Gonzaga 1.24
27. Creighton 1.22
28. Dayton 1.21
29. Texas 1.20
30. Baylor 1.28
31. Oklahoma 1.17
32. Mississippi 1.167

Rest of SEC
42. Florida
62. LSU
76. South Carolina
79. ATM
81. Missouri
94. Georgia
104. Arkansas
176. Vandy



180. Louisville

... with the riches we possess, it is simply effing embarrassing. Sam Bowie is absolutely correct in what he said the other night in Rupp ... "If UK doesn't win the Title this year, then blame Cal". I'm sorry but Calipari is incompetent and delusional, IMO. Someone said earlier that UK will never win another NC with Calipari running the show and I think he's correct. Whatever this clown says going forward should simply be ignored. Hall of Shame coach is the more appropriate title.

Did Cal say why he didn't play much? I think he should have been given some of Tre's minutes. Thoughts?

I don’t blame the guy for wanting to take on bigger challenges, and honestly he will probably be in a better competitive position anywhere in the NFL than coaching Kentucky in the sec. But what kind of effect does this have on the recruiting trail? Our OC has bitten at pretty much any opportunity he’s had to get out of town. Our HC was gone until he got left at the alter. Our new o line coach slunk back to town, but only because the greener pastures no longer existed and he was looking for a job after the coaching carousel stopped spinning. Marrow and white are the only ones I feel good about sticking around for any period of time, and while they recruit well I don’t trust either from an X/O perspective. Just very frustrating, especially when you see what our peers in our tier of the league are able to accomplish (mizzou, ole miss in particular). I know we will still get plenty of high 3* and call them yahtzees, but if you're a national recruit I think the obvious instability would turn you off to what were selling.

After Shep blocked his layup. Mopskull was chirping that it was a foul, and Shep kept coming back with "No it isn't." LOL and Frazzlehead tried to shoulder Shep as he walked back onto the floor, and Shep didn't budge an inch.

What a punka** *****.

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That is absolutely ridiculous. RIDICULOUS. Give me a break.

Login to view embedded media 7 all stars man, that’s the Kentucky national championship right here, along with the billion dollars in contracts

I don't know why this multibajillionaire still doesn't know how to close out games.

He LITERALLY gave the game away.

Yes, Sheppard made a defensive mistake. But he shouldn't have even been in the position to do so.

Very simple for an experienced, well-organized, smart coach to engineer that victory when we took the ball out of bounds up two points.

CALL A TIMEOUT before the inbounds AND before the free throws! Cal had THREE LEFT!

1. Get the ball inbounded to Sheppard so he can knock down the FTs and game over.
2. Failing that, make sure if we miss a FT that you FOUL so they can't shoot a three.
3. Failing that, make sure you have someone glued to Clayton Jr. so he can't get off a three.
4. Failing that, call timeout with 3 seconds left.

So many opportunities and Cal squandered them all.

Isn't it his JOB to prepare the team for situations like this?

How much time will Edwards miss the rest of the year with this fake injury? Are they trying to protect whatever little draft stock he has left? Are they giving him a game or two to look at it to see if it will help it click with him? What do you think?

Nothing would surprise me.

I'm a lifelong BBN member and attending my first game Saturday. Flying in roughly 1:30 Saturday, so have plenty of time for pre-game stuff. Staying at the Hyatt. Had planned to go to KSBar, but the wife is a big foodie so looking for alternatives. I'm a KSR listener and thought it would be cool to hangout and see the show. Little unsure what the commute from there to Rupp looked like before the game. Basically just looking for the local 411 on pregame stuff a first timer (or anyone) needs to do.

Cats make up 30% of the rosters.
Shai
Booker
Bam
Davis
Maxey
Towns
Randle

That’s damn impressive.

The 2nd half of the Arkansas game I swear Reed Shephard looked like Travis Ford. It took 30 years straight to EVER say to myself:
"Hey that looked like Travis Ford on that layup, on that steal, on that assist, on that 3 pointer."
Anyway just wondering if anybody else felt the ghost of the Great One, Travis Ford, in Reed recently.

https://www.usatoday.com/videos/new...-man-from-deliverance-dead-at-85/72368790007/

Had a fetish for mouths I believe.

Kentucky's very strong here. Two visits to UK and Marrow/White checked in on him recently.

Former UK player Will Mahome is on staff there, and he fistbumps all the players with a UK bowl ring as a pregame ritual every time out.

Got 11 days to figure out where to take the Mrs. on a weekend getaway. Not flying.
Prefer about 3 hours drive from Lexington.

Appreciate any good ideas.
TIA

For all of you that said UGO wouldn’t give us anything this season, yall were way off. Unbelievable stat like for him in last night’s game. Hell, he almost fvcked around and got a triple double: 13 points, 16 boards, 2 steals and 8 blocks, while shooting 5/6 at the line. Wow!

He’s our best big. We desperately need one of the three 7 footers to be good, and it looks like he’s answering the bell.

I fell for it once again. Looking at this teams deep roster of talent, and Cal finally starting Ugo and Reed seemed like not only would the Florida game be a run away but that this is/was a championship level team. Plus, I believe I read here that Cal was having the team practice a zone defense with Big Z in the middle.

Well, instead of a run away easy game it was once again a one-dimensional defense although Ugo was fantastic. We allow opponents to comfortably run their offense without any effort to change their tempo (no press, no zones, no nothing different). Unfortunately, Mitchell was not hitting outside shots in this game. Is the combination with Ugo not favorable for him? Typical again that Cal made what seemed like no adjustments or my continued issue I post where he does not appear to ever coach a player to stop during a game to stop doing something clearly not working. After the first half, why not instruct Mitchell to take the ball inside and not shoot the open 3's he is not hitting for this game. Remember Anthony Davis in the Championship game in the second half said he was not on target offensively so he would defer. Why he had to figure that out and not Cal is an example of what I mean. In fact, Cal has even been quoted suggesting the player needs to "figure it out."

I know many are down on Cal and I have resisted that impression for many years. But, whatever he is doing is not working and hasn't for a number of years. I know some suggest (including him) that the Covid cancellation was a team that may have won it all. Really? Easy to say but that doesn't make it true. If not this year then when? Our future recruits don't include some over the top elite elite elite recruit and with many of the current one and done, I don't see where there's a true championship shot again in the foreseeable future. It may be scary and a step back temporarily, but Cal has to go. I never thought I would reach that conclusion but it is the case for our program.

Yay

Are there any other UK/Nashville Preds fans on here? It’s been a blood bath this year with the “should have won” games on both sides. Idk what happiness feels like anymore.

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UK HEAD COACH JOHN CALIPARI Q&A:

* Asked about why they didn't foul on the 3 at the end of regulation, Calipari says he thought there was too much time left and they wanted to play it out. I *think* he says he wanted to force them to take a 2. (I need to go back and listen to that again, but not sure what that means.). Says that's basketball. Whatever decision you make, you're a genius or it goes the other way.

* Asked about lack of subs the final 10+ minutes of regulation, says it was just kinda how they needed to play it. Says he used to play guys 39 minutes a lot at UMass. Hard to mentally stay engaged in a game like that with guys playing so many minutes. Whenever you ask a guy if he's OK, they'll all say they want to play.

* Thinks Reed played great, probably a bit tired at the end on the defensive breakdown.

* Ugo was exhausted, but he really played great. That's why I left him in. The way he played, we needed to win that game. Didn't really have many options for subs. Had no choice.

* On not getting the stops they did at Arkansas: This is a better team. Two pretty evenly matched teams to be honest, and we needed a full roster tonight.

* Gators had 7 more makes at the FT line than us, probably the difference.

* On health for Saturday: No idea, but we have no choice. Vols are really good, really veteran, can break you down and score.

* This was a fun game to watch. It was not a fun game to coach.

* We've got stuff to work on. I haven't lost faith in them. We just need to get our full roster. Can't have guys playing 45 minutes. If Antonio hadn't got in foul trouble, he would have likely had to play 40+

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