Cal in radio post game interview with Tom Leach...
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I believe Coach Cal was talking about with a minute to go and we get the big Poythress play to go up 2 and I thought then we need one more stop. Then the person we didn't want have the ball nails a big 3 to take a 1 point lead but them Murray hits a big shot with 30 seconds and we go up 1 and Murray then blocks Selden shot before Ellis gets to the line and hit 1/2 for OT. If we stop the Selden 3 and the Poythress dunk and Murray hits the deuce we are now up 4 with under 30 sec to play and Murray then blocks Selden and Ellis gets 2 FTs with 9sec. and hits 1/2 and we are up 3 with the ball with 9seconds and Ulis gets fouled and finishes out the game. That is what Coach Cal is saying is that huge 3 from Selden was the killer in the game. We play the "D" he wants us to play and make the huge stop vs. Selden and Murray hits the deuce we are up 4 and we get the block on Selden from Murray with 20sec. and game is pretty much over and UK leaves Lawrence with huge Win. The last minute is when he wants this team to finish out and get a huge win when its a tie ballgame and we have the ball or playing defense. He feels this team isn't there yet. I also feel this is how Coach Cal motivates his team as March Madness and Tourney time is approaching and in the past this is when Coach Cal is at his best in coaching and getting his teams to the FInal Four(4 out of 6 years to FIna Four)
I'm not surprised at all. That's what coaches do. I'm happy with our effort, but we made some silly mistakes that cost us the game (ie. Stepping in bounds while bringing the ball in, giving the hottest hand in the building a wide open 3). The coach is going to point those things out so they can be eliminated, and now he has the proof. In other words, he can say "you played hard but you came up one basket short because of this or that."
I was going to count the lies and false accusations, but I quickly lost track. You must really really hate Cal.
Oh I know, Brian. I was just emphasizing the fact that Lmd doesn't just disagree with some of Cal's coaching philosophies. He really hates the man.
In fairness, he was kind enough to give Cal a pass through most of 2012.
In fairness, he was kind enough to give Cal a pass through most of 2012.
But 2013 was like a Vegas buffet for him...
Hilarious that @Stonewall12 would like this after getting his wish that Willish would play a lot. Willish, he play gooder. He more gooder than we thought. you were gooder in thinking it. Why you mad at Kahl?
If UK was deeper.... we'd just of had 9 guys foul out instead of 4
I'm with you on that . But I was surprised at Hawkins playing instead of Mulder . I was cringing when Hawkins was taking those outside shots down the stretch . And I thought Murray shrunk a little bit on the big stage , which surprised me . I was pleased with our effort though .
It's pretty much a given that if they get enough enough minutes Lee , Poy ,and Skal will foul out . Every game .
It's what they do . And in Lees mind , he's never actually committed a foul .
We shot 21% from 3. We missed crucial FTs. Can't do those things against good teams.
Refs were awful in the game.
Kids played their butts off. But we are not a deep team and the fouls eventually killed us.
I just hope they give the same effort on the road at UT.
Refs were awful in the game.
Kids played their butts off. But we are not a deep team and the fouls eventually killed us.
I just hope they give the same effort on the road at UT.
We played dang well and came up a bucket short .Great team effort . I just don't understand how Murray can not be on the floor late in OT . How can you have him on the bench when we are down a few late in OT ? Did Cal get ask about that in the post game ? Any guess's ?
Kansas had their hands full, but they got the job done. We didn't. We were outrebounded 42-31. That's why we lost the game, and that's why Calipari didn't praise the effort. Rebounding is effort and inside position. When the other team out works your guys for inside position, that's where all the reaching fouls come from. BTW, Murray has drawn a lot of heat from people who don't know what they are talking about, but Murray was our 2nd leading rebounder and 2nd leading scorer while only taking 11 shots from the floor. Our guards played well. When you play on the road against a team with similar talent, you can't get creamed on the boards.
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Maybe we should stop listening to you since you have no idea what you are talking about. Cal throwing players under the bus? When exactly? If you wanna call that throwing players under the bus then every coach in America does it every night Nancy.
Yeah, Cal is never flexible is he? I mean he only changes our offense every single year to match the players strengths. He takes blame when everyone in the room knows it isn't his fault.
Nobody gave us a shot in hell to win this game yet we lead throughout the 2nd half. The players LOST the game, not Cal. He can't shoot free throws for them, or play defense for them. This is just a god awful take.
I don't think Kentucky had one three in the second half. They hit only one and they win in regulation.
I've said it a hundred times. I don't care what else he does , but Poythress HAS to be a beast on the boards . With his size , strength, and athletic ability, there is no excuse for not averaging double figure rebounds per game . And Marcus Lee can't stay on the floor long enough to get rebounds. Kids been in foul trouble for three years but in his mind he's never committed a foul .
With 9 seconds left, I wanted to see Skal on a pop up jumper with Poy crashing the boards. I think Tyler was trying to set up Murray. Oh well. Good effort.
ulis is unbelievable. he played the entire game full speed at a constant high level. he looked a little gassed in the final few minutes, but wow, he's one of the highest octane guards i've ever seen. whenever uk basketball is mentioned to anyone this year i think the first thing that comes to their mind is tyler ulis.
Tyler beat his man and drew the double team , he was expecting Murray to fade to the corner , he didn't and Tyler couldn't get the ball to him .
I don't have any issues with Cal's coaching in this game. I thought we played great considering where it was and the officiating miscues. I am not upset with this loss as I expected it. Anyone that watched the game sees why it's so hard to beat Kansas at Phog.
This was game where our 7-8 player rotation that Cal strongly believes in put us in jeopardy. I wish he would have had Humphries more ready to play or even Wynyard. They could've helped a lot tonight when we had so much foul trouble with our bigs.
Also, the age old refusal to play a zone at times. It would help when their bigs are dominating ours and protect players in foul trouble. I know they have good shooting guards and many will say they would have burned us to a "crispen", but when you have so many guys with four fouls, you have to do something different that will protect them.
We should have won the game in regulation, but couldn't pull it off. It was easy to see they had a big advantage in overtime.
Hopefully, everyone, even Cal will learn from this.
This was game where our 7-8 player rotation that Cal strongly believes in put us in jeopardy. I wish he would have had Humphries more ready to play or even Wynyard. They could've helped a lot tonight when we had so much foul trouble with our bigs.
Also, the age old refusal to play a zone at times. It would help when their bigs are dominating ours and protect players in foul trouble. I know they have good shooting guards and many will say they would have burned us to a "crispen", but when you have so many guys with four fouls, you have to do something different that will protect them.
We should have won the game in regulation, but couldn't pull it off. It was easy to see they had a big advantage in overtime.
Hopefully, everyone, even Cal will learn from this.
My 3 takeaways
-There were three guys out there that made sure Self didn't run out of time this time.
-Tyler Ulis is God.
-We can play in the FF, as our dramatic improvment was shown to be consistency, not happenstance.
-There were three guys out there that made sure Self didn't run out of time this time.
-Tyler Ulis is God.
-We can play in the FF, as our dramatic improvment was shown to be consistency, not happenstance.
Rupp had ways of making it happen.
See the link. http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,817297,00.html
Mulder and Matthews weren't tired. He could have played either ône from time to time especially when we neede someone to guard Selden. Oh well we should have won but we didn't play horrible. Hopefully we grow and get better.
He never throws his players under the bus. Never. You're full of crap.
I'd just like our guys to realize that in games this every possession counts. Every effing one. Stepping on the baseline while inbounding the ball? And it's happened in other games too. Are you kidding me?
They could call that a lot every game, on every team. No need to make that call unless you are just looking for something to call.
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