ADVERTISEMENT

Butler is out for tomorrow's game with Tennessee

Gotta throw different zone looks at Tennessee, run when you can, but if it's not there, be smart in the half court offense and our bigs need to freaking defend the paint with their hands up.

I'm not sure we can play man to man in this game with the injuries we have.
 
  • Like
Reactions: megablue
A friend with connections. Told me at lunchtime today Butler was gonna be out because of his shoulder. Wasn’t sure if it was accurate until I saw tonight that he’s out tomorrow. He said it’s a case where it needs surgery and it’s a matter of either trying to play through it hurt the rest of the year or have the surgery and be done.
If it’s a play through it or shut it down scenario, you know Butler will say “shoot it up with the steroids, put that funky tape on it and let’s roll. I ain’t ending my career like this.”
 
Robinson can’t guard his own shadow. Got to play a Zone and hope.
Did a pretty good job on Edwards last Saturday. His length can give guards problems if he will actually put the effort in.

That being said, Ziegler is much quicker than Edwards but he does struggle against length.

Boy, do we need a big game out of him and several others tonight!!
 
I agree. Tennessee on the road is an uphill (but not impossible) battle. It's not a "must win" situation. Saturday, hosting Arkansas (and not just the Cal angle) is a win that the Cats definitely need. If we can have a healthy Carr and Butler for that game and get a convincing dominant win, I don't feel terrible about the 3-game (potentially) losing streak
I don’t at all because it’s a product of injuries mainly. We need health though. I’d like to see us get back on track before March at relative full strength.
 
I agree. Tennessee on the road is an uphill (but not impossible) battle. It's not a "must win" situation. Saturday, hosting Arkansas (and not just the Cal angle) is a win that the Cats definitely need. If we can have a healthy Carr and Butler for that game and get a convincing dominant win, I don't feel terrible about the 3-game (potentially) losing streak
Other than a win against UT would be a Quad 1 win and Arkansas would be Quad 2 ( or worse).
 
Did a pretty good job on Edwards last Saturday. His length can give guards problems if he will actually put the effort in.

That being said, Ziegler is much quicker than Edwards but he does struggle against length.

Boy, do we need a big game out of him and several others tonight!!
Yes, Edwards didn’t have a good 2nd half, but in 1st half he had about 17 points. Maybe I was a little too hard on Robindon’s D. I don’t think we have anyone who can stop Ziegler one on one unless he’s having a bad shouting night. I foresee a lot of fouls.
 
I'd give the PG spot to Oweh.

Brea
Oweh
Almanor
Robinson
Garrison

Let's see if the guys are willing to play for one another.
Yeah, given our situation..I like that about as well as anything else. It'd be a great time for one of the Ky boys to show up big, too. We need a couple of surprise player performances. It can be somebody going for 54 like Meeks or it can be a couple of guys getting 20 each...but we're gonna have to have an unseen performance on the court, from somewhere. Step right up and become almost immortal... tonight!
 
Last edited:
I like the triangle and two though. At least mix up zone looks to keep them off balance. Then bomb threes whole game. We won’t get to the rim. Williams needs to be a beast on the boards tonight.
I would throw a different zone at them every possession and even do what MP did at Gonzaga, start out showing a zone, then come out of it and go man.

Just don't do it when Perry and/or Noah is in.
 
Sucks, next year Pope needs to use all 13 schollys. This is why. We are a deep team then:

Carr out
Kerr out
Butler out

Perry almost unplayable
Chandler almost unplayable

So we are down to 7. Foul trouble at TN is a real possibility. One injury or one guy fould out and eek. At Kentucky it always feels like we neef another guy.

Might have to suit up Fuegar.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Fox2monk
Fox Tv Popcorn GIF by The Four
 
Wow. Talk about soft. Just wow.
I ended up watching the whole thing. But thank you for stalking me again.

You still have your poster of Calipari on the wall? I know you still loved him while he was burning down the Kentucky empire.

You're a terrible fan. You followed Cal all the way until the end. How does that make you feel?
 
ADVERTISEMENT

Latest posts

ADVERTISEMENT