Calipari says Ben Simmons can “beat you ten different ways”
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Well atleast 5 teams have found a way to beat him hopefully Tuesday night is 6
Simmons can beat *his* man (or a double team) 10 different ways, but Johnny Jones can lose a game about 47 different ways.
The greatest thing to fear is that their team, which has as many good-to-very-good players as nearly anybody in the country, just decides to ignore Johnny and all go off, and at the same time, our guys have another awful shooting night. That is the L recipe.
The greatest thing to fear is that their team, which has as many good-to-very-good players as nearly anybody in the country, just decides to ignore Johnny and all go off, and at the same time, our guys have another awful shooting night. That is the L recipe.
The experts were right on him pre-season. The guy is a super one and done talent. Plus, this will be our first conference road game so it presents a challenge. Remember all the UL posts about the Refs? Expect to see the same behavior here if we lose.
Overall, it is a very difficult game to predict. This will be a sold out away game with a lot of fan emotion for LSU. If they put the ball in Simmons hands to bring up court don't expect the turn-overs that we had against Ole Miss. But, it could work to our favor as having him away from the paint is good for us whether he is hitting his shots or not. We grabbed a lot of offensive rebounds against Ole Miss and if we can accomplish the same it will be a win. Otherwise, it could be a nail biter or worse.
I am glad it is an early game because if we lose it still will help identify the additional changes that need to occur. So, we can correct them for other away games that we should win.
Overall, it is a very difficult game to predict. This will be a sold out away game with a lot of fan emotion for LSU. If they put the ball in Simmons hands to bring up court don't expect the turn-overs that we had against Ole Miss. But, it could work to our favor as having him away from the paint is good for us whether he is hitting his shots or not. We grabbed a lot of offensive rebounds against Ole Miss and if we can accomplish the same it will be a win. Otherwise, it could be a nail biter or worse.
I am glad it is an early game because if we lose it still will help identify the additional changes that need to occur. So, we can correct them for other away games that we should win.
I don't buy the ref stuff because the majority of posters already know they're going to play like the 96 bulls against us. Just a fact
He's really fun to watch..he's really good. Plus they will be jacked to play us..it will be their biggest crowd of the year.
Simmon is a special talent and without a doubt the best player in the country. The good news for us Kentucky fans? He has Johnny Jones as a coach. We are so lucky that Simmons didn't decide to join a real basketball school with a chance at winning. I hate watching Lsu even play. Watching Simmons play basketball is a lot of fun, but every time i watch Lsu play, i keep feeling what a waste of talent this kid is on this Lsu and Jones coached squad. Whoever helped bring and let this kid decide to play for Lsu should be ashamed of themselves. They just robbed this kid a chance at a real tourney run and a shot at something special in a national championship.
If Simmons goes off on us with a big night, and Hornsbys hot from 3 the Cat's could lose this game. We know it's usually a tough place to play. Certainly has been in recent years despite the talent difference. I just hope our guys know the place is going to be jumping with a fired up team, and avoid what happened at UCLA when we got behind big and couldn't overcome it. I think this is a very critical stretch for this team with 4 of 5 on the road in conference. We can ill-afford to start it off with a loss.
Skal and Willis?
Not sure if serious?
I seriously hope....if so UK will be fine...
We should win by 30 since we're better at every other position and Johnny Jones is the worst coach in the history of basketball according to you guys, right?
He's not Wilt or Michael, but then Wilt and Michael weren't yet Wilt and Michael, either, when they were 18. Simmons is good, really good - he's not your typical one and done, first overall pick in the draft. This is the kind of kid that comes along once in a few years (the phrase once a decade came to mind, but we did have AD just a few years ago).
He's good enough that his presence alone can make the difference between winning and losing. As mediocre as LSU has looked, we all know that tonight - at home, against UK -- they won't look mediocre at all. They will be firing on all cylinders, making some shots they don't ordinarily make, crowd jacked up - and in that context, a player of his caliber can be enough to make the final difference.....
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