Thanks for fighting , you were about the only player that appeared to refuse to give in . Yea you fouled too much , still I felt you deserved your own thread so as to not get bundled into the half hearted effort by the rest .
Briscoe
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You need a jump shot like an old barn needs paint. But you play with energy. Please stop driving the baseline when there is only 6 inches of clearance. Nothing is going to come from that. Not even a foul. Only a turnover. Also, when you are assigned to guard a player with proven shooting skills, do whatever is necessary to prevent the player from getting the ball. This will help.
Side notes: (1) Alford had his team ready for this game and his son has his daddy's savvy for the game. Really good player tonight. (2) Hope Marcus Lee is OK. (3) Wish Alex had got knock in the head instead of Marcus, he could probably both take it and benefit from the wake-up (being cynical). (3) Maybe getting dunked on by that annoying bruin (I know that doesn't narrow it down) will wake him up some. (4) We need more interior offense. (5) We lost to a much better prepared team.
Side notes: (1) Alford had his team ready for this game and his son has his daddy's savvy for the game. Really good player tonight. (2) Hope Marcus Lee is OK. (3) Wish Alex had got knock in the head instead of Marcus, he could probably both take it and benefit from the wake-up (being cynical). (3) Maybe getting dunked on by that annoying bruin (I know that doesn't narrow it down) will wake him up some. (4) We need more interior offense. (5) We lost to a much better prepared team.
In all fairness if he guarded anyone they called a foul.
Yea they called him for ticky tack fouls but I was hoping he would realize they were calling him tight and back off .
My favorite was watching Alford push off all night and then calling the third or fourth push off a foul on Briscoe. Oh well, tomorrow is another day.
Think you should include Willis in the fighting category. But I agree, the rest not much effort displayed.
I agree, and will go further. To date I'm more impressed with Briscoe than Murray despite his shooting pretty well from 3 tonight. Barely better from 2 though. Just overall one of the poorer performances I seen from the staff and team in Cal's tenure at UK. We had no business being taken to the woodshed by this UCLA team. I suspect this team will lose a number of games on the road in the SEC unless they start to get things turned around quickly. And right now after this loss I'm not exactly looking forward to playing KU on their home floor.
Briscoe was the only one who showed up all night tonight. Proud of the kid for giving all he had on both ends of the court and I had no problem with the fouls as he was playing harder than anyone out there.
Briscoe is the only one of our freshmen who is aggressive enough for college ball right now. The other guys are still stuck in high school, but they will get better as the year goes on. Briscoe is the only one who's ready at the moment, though.
Briscoe has a refuse to lose attitude . Hopefully, the free throws improve over the season . It hurts right now that when he is fouled it is like a turnover if he doesn't start converting. An early loss is not the worst thing that can happen . UK needed a wake up call as it appears they are going through the motions after the Duke win ( not Briscoe or Ulis).
I don't remember a guard at uk that gets more lay ups than Briscoe , he was getting lay ups tonight when everybody else was jacking up perimeter shots and making the bruin defense look like an iron curtain . Yea he has flaws but that guy is fearless , tenacious and just does not give up . If everybody gave his effort tonight we might have won . His free throws need work but he is our playmaker period , if we need a game winning bucket then I want Briscoe to shoot a layup .
Willis played a good game 11points 6 rebounds in 14 minutes.
