Tennessee scored 64 points last night. I am certain Travis Perry's man didn't scored them all!
Defense
- Thread starter WestKyCatFan58
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Haters gonna hate. There’s a learning curve and Perry is coming along fine. His defense is improving and they have to respect him on offense. He’s earning his minutes.
Kentucky's approach early in the season was, "Let em shoot, we can outscore anybody. " That worked pretty well until getting into SEC play. Noah and Perry were not asked to play much defense in highschool because it was important that they not foul out. With a couple of exceptions, the rest of the team had rather shoot than play defense.
But they are athletes and they can play defense if motivated and boy, have they been motivated the last two games. If they keep playing defense this way, they can beat anybody.
But they are athletes and they can play defense if motivated and boy, have they been motivated the last two games. If they keep playing defense this way, they can beat anybody.
Kentucky's D is improving. It's faaaar from perfect, but it's slowly becoming "serviceable"
I was harsh on this teams defense while Lamont was out. What a difference he makes. They played hard and tough last night.
Our defense looked much improved last night. But what we really need to improve on is our rebounding. In our last 3 games Ansley Almonor has played 61 minutes and got only 3 rebounds. And Koby Brea has played 92 minutes and grabbed only 8 rebounds. Improve our rebounding & get everybody healthy & we're a serious Final Four contender.
You’re right about rebounding. We have some guys who just cannot anticipate rebounding position and block out. I was pleased to see that Garrison got 5 rebounds last night (a team high), but Almonar only had 1 rebound in 21 minutes. Too many times I see guys standing and watching on long rebounds, while the other team gets them.
I’m delighted in the win and in our 3-pt shooting and with the defense in general, but we can’t allow teams to get three or four shots in one possession because we could not grab the rebound.
