Better than me at basketball? Probably, better than me at life? We'll see where his career takes him. What does that have to do with anything? Hell Daniel Orton is probably better than me at basketball. So? Do I know anything about rotation defense and basketball? I'd assume a quite bit more than you I'm pretty damn good at basketball. Did I watch skal ball watch on rebounds a million times tonight? I sure did. Did he ball watch on that last play? He sure did. Just because he helped doesn't mean he wasn't near the rim and not in a good position to get a rebound had he gone for it. He could've easily gotten that rebound. Chose not to.
Apparently, Humphries taking the loss really hard.
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He actually feel over House who was on the ground.
Hopefully he and the team can finally learn that you cannot slam the ball , if it goes into the air or across the court it will be a T . We lack discipline and Cal needs to teach this team to get it under control . What player doesn't know that will get a T , we have witnessed that call for years .
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I have. A Texas A&M player did it during the game tonight and it wasn't called a technical.
What was strange about this is he didn't throw the ball immediately. If you watch the replay he gets the ball holds it looks calm then some other Cats come running toward him and it like fires him up and then the throws the ball. I think it was Ulis who came running at him and he got all fired up.
Yea humphries made a damn good block and a great job at securing the ball to seel the win. Then just so happened to throw it all away by spiking the ball. I don't understand why he got so emotional that he wanted to throw a basketball excessively hard into the ground. It was a great play. He played a great game and we wouldn't have been in the game without him. But man just why. Why do that in that situation. He has every reason to be sorry to his teammates, and it's big of him to realize he single handily lost us the game on that technical (though the game should've been over well before any overtime, the refs made sure to keep aTm in the game for some reason I will never understand, blatant cheating by the zebras, I don't understand why we get garbage refs every single game as if our games are as unimportant as it gets. What will it take to get a crew that calls the game the same both ways? Never happens for some reason, we never get a fair called game ever). Skal doesn't even touch the floor to lose it for us if he doesn't foul out. Let's just hope his inspired play today keeps skal on the bench the rest of the season. One thing is forsure, humphries has the fight that cal has been begging skal for all season. Bout damn time to make skal ride the pine and give humphries a chance.
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Humphries is maturing into a force for us. This will toughen him up.
Watch the replay. I just did. And laughed my a.ss off watching skal ball watch. Where did skal fall?
Please rewatch the play. And if you think skal put any effort into that play then you know nothing about basketball, or help defense, or rotations or anything basketball related for that matter. Watching that replay honestly just pissed me off real bad. Truly pathetic how skal handled that entire situation. HE RAN AWAY FROM THE REBOUND! He didn't go towards the ball or the rebound. He ran away from the entire play when it was a 50 50 rebound had he just gone up and went for it. Could've easily got the board. Instead he somehow ended up 13 feet away from the rim on the putback? Honestly made me sick.
I'll be very upset if he sees the floor the rest of the season after those shenanigans he just pulled off. It was almost as if he had money on it that's how bad his performance and that last play were (obviously he didn't have money on it just speaking about how atrocious his performance was). He's a good young man, not speaking bad about the young man personally as far as his character goes, and honestly it's not his fault he touches the floor, cal is the one who puts him in the games. Skal probably knows he has no business playing college ball yet. But there's no room for that stunt he pulled in competitive sports. If you want to be the softest 'kid' ever go catch butterflies (I don't consider 20 year olds kids, when I was 20 i lived on my own and I had man responsibilities, in the same way he also does).
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Yeah, not sure which play you watched, but that's not how it happened at all. Your posts are about as weak and clueless as you claim Skal to be.
Oh, and no one cares what you did when you were 20. Anyways, carry on. You can only go up from where you're at.
Of course he did. Not sure which play Andre watched, but it wasn't the play in question. He claims to know so much about the game, yet can figure out one play from another.
You're either lying about watching the play again or blind. Skal tripped and fell over House, after he stepped up to challenge House's shot. When the offensive rebound and put back basket occurs, Skal is on the ground.
I get it, the kid hasn't lived up to the hype, but no need to make stuff up to bitch and moan about. All this whining because he hasn't lived up to your expectations is pointless because you're expectations mean very little to those actually involved. He is what he is. Deal with it and stop acting like a spoiled little girl.
Yes, I agree. When Ulis went to him he made the mistake of getting excited and then threw the ball down. Not blaming Ulis he was just trying to show some excitement for the great play.
Dude..just shut up... Humphries did not single handedly lose anything .. actually just the opposite
Hump single handedly kept us in the game and gave us a shot to win in.. hell, even after the technical, because of Humphries we had 2 free throws to take the lead, but a different player missed one of them. Marcus lee had free throws at the end of regulation, but missed.
So to say he single handedly lose the game is one of the worst takes I've seen. Without Humphries we lose in regulation
Murray couldn't have boxed him out. He had inside position on him. That was all on Skal as he just stood there and watched the ball.
When Murray's guy got by him on the drive, Murray had no chance to box Davis out. As soon as House gets by Murray on the drive and Skal tries to help (if that's what you want to call his effort), unless it's a really long rebound, Jamaal has very little chance of getting that ball. Davis already has position established on Murray and there is little he could've done there. Now Skal, on the other hand, just gets lost on that play. He "tries" to give help on the House drives but fails miserably. He doesn't even get his hands up or jump for the block attempt. Then, he pulls an Andrew Harrison circa Arkansas in 2014 and just watches the ball go over his head, around the rim, and into the waiting hands of Davis for the game winner. It was just so frustrating to watch. This is the first time that I have lit into Skal and I do so simply because it was a lack of effort that cost him that rebound. That is what I am most frustrated about with Skal. If he were out there fighting giving everything he had for this team, I would applaud the kid and be ok with his mistakes but I'm just not seeing the effort that we need from our players. Like Cal says, make winning plays. That single rebound would have been a winning play but instead, we are going back to Lex with a loss.
It doesn't take much more than a slight breeze to knock Skal over, especially with someone at his feet. LOL! Don't know if I'd say he was shoved. Maybe slightly pushed but your not going to get that call on that play with the Skal was in no position to get the rebound.
By rule, he will be backed by the SEC but by common sense, it should have been a no call, IMO. It did look bad though, he got a good slam on it. Officials are taught to use what we call "game sense" when officiating. You have to use good "game sense" to manage the game. Officials do a lot more than just call fouls, they must also be great game managers. That play falls into the game sense zone and should have been looked at with logic and common sense. There were no A&M players around, he was not taunting or baiting anyone, he was not upset at the officials or other players, rather he was simply excited and happy for himself for making a great play with that rebound. Not only that but he showed remorse at the very second the ball left his hands. Would have liked to seen the officials get together and talk about it before assessing the technical. Instead, Adams just whacks him immediately rather than getting other opinions. Should've been a no call for sure.
As an official, you can't make calls or not make calls based on how a player is going to feel about the call. I agree that the official should have passed but by rule, it was the correct call. Again, I think he should have used his partners to get another opinion and he should have used more common sense in making that judgement but he can't make his judgement based on how upset Isaac feels about the call. He should have based his judgement on several other factors like I listed above.
With all that said, this is a great lesson for Isaac. As a player, you have to have self control. You can't give the official that control. Don't put the game in the hands of the officials because of losing control. It can be the difference in winning and losing, like we saw tonight. Everyone is saying we didn't lose that game because of that play but it definitely contributed. There are some other reasons like our defensive rebounding but that play sticks out in my mind too. It was one of the significant reason why we lost. A player can play great and also contribute to a loss. All that other crap is just coach talk. But you can't allow someone else to dictate the outcome by making a bone headed play. Just like Burfict of the Bengals. That guy played lights out against the Steelers and even got the INT late in the game but then goes down and makes a bone headed play that allows the officials to effect the outcome. Having self control keeps the power with you and allows you to determine the outcome. So, hopefully he learned a good lesson. Although a tough lesson and I'm sure a quite painful lesson, I'm sure it will make him a better player down the road. Cause man, I like that kid and I think he's got a bright future in blue and white.
You obviously just read like the first few sentences. I didn't discredit him. I gave him hella credit, I even said we wouldn't have been in the game to begin with without him. But the T single handily changed the outcome from a win to a loss, yes it did. You have the worst take I've ever seen on the situation considering you're completely wrong about your opinion on my take.
I think I misread some of your posts with another.. I apologize. My bad
At the very beginning of his fall, it was wayyyyy after the putback attempt. You're ridiculous. He didn't fall during the rebound, he started to fall well after atm rebounded the ball like right around the buzzer sound is when he fell. He didn't fall, until everything had already happened. Him falling, in no way effected the play. It was after he had ball watched the rebound that he ran away from. Learn basketball please.
My sig says it all. Anyone that doesn't rally behind Humphries and give him encouragement, tell him to hang in there and not let this discourage him is just not a true fan in my view. Just the way I see it, I know there's a few who won't agree and will keep blaming him. Every time I think that I've cooled off about this I get more upset, mainly because knowing the injury problems we have combined with the calls that will go against us until conference play is over it's going to be a tough road.
It's tough to see this happen for a good kid that simply got excited after a breakout performance, and there's no way we get that gift call at Rupp if the roles were reversed, but him and the team can learn from this. Never show emotion in a close game, that's a right reserved only for the pompous little brothers of this conference trying to knock off the big bad. I know the guys will rally around him and tell us how much they need him down the stretch here. It really does appear as though our fate rests on his shoulders, literally.
It's tough to see this happen for a good kid that simply got excited after a breakout performance, and there's no way we get that gift call at Rupp if the roles were reversed, but him and the team can learn from this. Never show emotion in a close game, that's a right reserved only for the pompous little brothers of this conference trying to knock off the big bad. I know the guys will rally around him and tell us how much they need him down the stretch here. It really does appear as though our fate rests on his shoulders, literally.
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Meh - I'll take the loss and call it a great effort and a good learning experience. This young team has had way too many dumb technicals this year for letting their emotions get the better of them. This is just the first where it had an obvious impact on the game.
I suspect we won't see another one of these this year.
I suspect we won't see another one of these this year.
I got a good idea for the Big Blue Nation. When Humphries get on the floor, let's give him the loudest standing ovation.
Totally agree. If he had reacted out of frustration and cost us the game that would be one thing, but I'm not going to criticize exuberance. Everyone should tweet some encouragement @isaachumphries7
Why do that in that situation?
Listen pal, if I was an 18 year old kid, just secured my 12th rebound and drew a foul up 1 with 9 seconds to go only to watch the best point guard in America run up to me filled with exuberance as if to say, you have officially arrived as a contributor?
I probably would have done the same thing as I too would have had a momentary lapse of time and space.
Shit, I probably would have pulled all my uniform off and ran around the court screaming, Tyler Ulis has accepted me! Tyler Ulis has accepted me!
Not sure why you can't understand the kid being excited.
Look, it sucks to lose. But, if you told me that we would lose a close game, and out of that would emerge a big man capable of doing what no other Ky big man had done all season.(Hold his position in paint, and rebound like a grown man), I would make that trade all day long. I see the emergence of a beast in the paint for us. Scary part is, Hump is only going to get better and stronger. And of course slamming the ball down wasn't a wise decision, but it showed me the intensity, passion, and will to win Isaac has.
And the Kentucky homer in me set aside, I think that ref should of probably just given the kid a verbal warning. That's what I would have done, if I was the ref. Seems like most refs swallow whistles in the closing plays of a game, unless they see a Kentucky jersey. JMO.
And the Kentucky homer in me set aside, I think that ref should of probably just given the kid a verbal warning. That's what I would have done, if I was the ref. Seems like most refs swallow whistles in the closing plays of a game, unless they see a Kentucky jersey. JMO.
Or delay of game like a team rebounding after a made shot to slow down the other team....usually receives a warning first..........Anyway, it's the intent of the rule and calls for judgement...ref really messed up, but got his name in the news
Bullshit. His facial expression during that says it all. Shit eating grin. I would piss on that bastard unless he's on fire.
I'm very confident Humphries will get by it. He's going to go on to be a well celebrated Cat. This isn't the first, and it won't be the last thread talking about him. And I think they'll mostly be, pun intended, singing his praises.
Please find the rule and post it for all of us since you know where it is. You did pull out the rule book and confirm it since you authoritatively spoke on the subject?
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