..if Dillingham simply holds the ball up high instead of dribbling around and making a jump pass?
Do we win this game in regulation if……
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Again zones don't prep 5 stars for the NBA get with it man
We lost because our best shooter Sheppard is not getting enough shots . Bradshaw just not that good !
Dilly plays like several of those guards Arkansas has had … like he has fire ants in his pants. Sometimes, he’s too quick for his own good. He needs to know how to throttle himself. He’ll learn …
IF UK hits FTs.
How many games under cal has UK lost due to blowing it at the FT line.
Burks shot it over the rim from 1 foot away and Edwards misses a layup at the end of the first half.
That rule about reviewing goal tending at the next TV timeout is the worst rule I ever heard of.
They have to have someone able to review that somewhere right then and there.
Also if you get the clear rebound you take the ball out.
If no team gets a clear rebound off it then go to possession arrow.
We had the clear rebound we should been taking that out of bounds.
You can't get lose both pts and ball in that situation. Just really some kind of massive BS rule I ever heard of I can't believe that is the rule.
They have to have someone able to review that somewhere right then and there.
Also if you get the clear rebound you take the ball out.
If no team gets a clear rebound off it then go to possession arrow.
We had the clear rebound we should been taking that out of bounds.
You can't get lose both pts and ball in that situation. Just really some kind of massive BS rule I ever heard of I can't believe that is the rule.
I’m glad this was brought up. Several 2-3 foot put backs, lay-ups and/or simple shots that were left short. They have to finish those…along with free throws. We win in regulation by 6-7 points if we hit those shots and a few more free throws.
I sure hope he does. If not, I fear it will lead to an earlier than expected tourney exit.
I dont see how Edwards misses that either! Got his man in the air. May have been bodied a just a little, but youve got to convert that. He is 6'9", why dont they finish with authority at the rim anymore?
And irony, is that missed LSU goaltend is why the NCAA added the rule. But I don't think you should be able to go back after the play and change it. Goaltending, automatically stops play. (not like 2 vs 3)... so any ref can step in and say, lets look at that. Why would a ref do it, 5 minutes later? Because Buzzy got in their ears, and forced them to review it. Of course, they ignored Calipari when Tre's shot was interfered with by the TAM guy. (at the time it happened)
This is no different, than after a turnover out of bounds, the ref comes up and says, I think that ball was really off player x 5 minutes ago. Lets review and take that possession away from them. Because thats what it was.. They didn't just take 2 points away, they took our possession away, Ugo rebounded after the so called goal tend. And UK had the possession arrow.. So that is a crap rule that needs to get changed. Cost us the game. Yep it did.
Of course if not for that call, we'd never been in OT.. but I thought that was a bad call on the TAM player shooting the 3 and called for offensive.
You can see it better in real time, Taylor exaggerated his leg movement trying to pick up a foul. Some shooters like he and espcially Dillingham have a natural kickout movement to their legs during a shot. But in this instance, its more than natural movement in which he purposefully extended even further. Not alot but definitely intentional.
I kinda felt like it was a bad pass from rob, maybe I’m wrong, either way a very costly mistake. Also right after that a&m should have been called for a walk instead of getting bailed out with a foul
Not the first time he’s had a crucial turnover late in the game. We’ve just been lucky that it hasn’t always cost us.
Kenny Walker said on post game with Larry Glover that 2 of the calls were bogus.
Don't forget the foul call with 7 seconds left when it looked like he traveled. The ref bailed them out.
I'm not gonna bash the kid but I definitely think this team played better without both 7 footers. Adou was the difference to me. Also not blaming the refs, we got a couple breaks, but they rode our guards like government mules while bring the ball up the court with no calls but seemed to quick whistle anything under their basket.
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Still have to play UT at UT. That will be a screw job. And have to play a hot AU at Auburn. That will also be a screw job. So marking those as Ls were already at 5 losses.
I’m lowering my expectations greatly after today.
This team just does not have enough defensive presence to do anything.
That call showed Jay bilas’ bias blatantly. He was whining that it shouldn’t have been offensive…..but literally 10 minutes before that he was arguing that Dilly should have been called for an offensive foul on the exact same type of play except Dilly’s was less of an intentional kick and just his natural hip rotation and leg flare he has when he shoots off the dribble…it wasn’t exaggerated.
This was a game where you needed to play some zone. Cal by refusing to use it loses winnable games every year. Btw our man to man has looked bad the last two games.
Rule needs changed. Ball is dead. Go look. If not----give the ball back to UK.
Or Burks and Edwards don’t miss bunny shots in First half
I don't know. Because you beat the zone by making shots, and they were making a lot of shots.
Once he fills out his frame, he'll be really good.
Don't forget, he missed a ton of time due to injury. If he had the entire off-season, he's probably a lot further along.
I think continuing to sit him late in the game was probably the right move. We couldn't stay in front of anyone, and Ugonna was saving a lot of things as a shot blocker. Bringing Bradshaw back into that rock fight of a game cold probably isn't the best move.
All of that said, Ugonna really hurt the spacing. We had a harder time getting buckets down the stretch and in overtime. Some of that is also Cal playing goofy lineups. You look up at one point under 5 minutes and we don't have DJ or Reeves on the floor. Either way, Ugonna block some shots, but Ugonna have worse spacing.
And I know, people are going to rush in and say "our offense isn't the problem." Our offense is great. It could be better. We had mistakes and stretches of inefficiency. We needed 1 more stop or 1 more bucket in overtime. It's fine to win either way. We definitely have to clean the defense up.
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To the OP's point:
A LOT went wrong. We had the ball with a chance to take the last shot. In a hostile road game vs a desparate team.
Some people are acting like "this is a total system's failure, how could we lose this game?!" But a lot of people went into this realizing it was going to be a difficult game to win.
"Derrr, how does Cal lose to a 9-6 team?" They're a good basketball team. They're top 50 in the Kenpom and NET Rankings. They were pre-season top 25 for a reason. They are the same level of talent they have always been. The results just haven't gone their way. This would have been a GREAT win. It's not a bad loss.
A LOT went wrong. We had the ball with a chance to take the last shot. In a hostile road game vs a desparate team.
Some people are acting like "this is a total system's failure, how could we lose this game?!" But a lot of people went into this realizing it was going to be a difficult game to win.
"Derrr, how does Cal lose to a 9-6 team?" They're a good basketball team. They're top 50 in the Kenpom and NET Rankings. They were pre-season top 25 for a reason. They are the same level of talent they have always been. The results just haven't gone their way. This would have been a GREAT win. It's not a bad loss.
Blue i know you’re critical of Cal and I disagree with some of the things you say, but I ABSOLUTELY 100% agree with you on this. I’ve never seen that happen before as long as I can remember. Yeah, players are gonna make mistakes and defense lapses are going to happen. They are human. It happens, but those refs 1000% affected the score of the game with that call. Unacceptable and needs to be investigated.
Watch the play again. Pass was fine. Wagner took his eye off the ball for a second and that caused the fumble. Looked like DJ was looking to see where to go with the ball. It happens.
Just like the wide receiver who is looking at the field ahead of him before he secured the football. Exactly what happened. Pass may have had some heat on it, but was def not too hard to handle. DJ just took his eye off it for a split second.
I’m not overly critical of Cal. I still support him and I know he’s a great coach. He makes some stupid decisions sometimes though that deserve to be called out. And he can be an ass. I want him on the bench though. At least right now.
We lost because we can't play defense. We scored 89 points in regulation. A&M penetrated the paint and scored at will the entire game.
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Yes. I get it. But still could have won the game, on the road, hostile atmosphere. Should have still won the game. Drives me bananas.
Lot of things went wrong. Mitchell had his worst game as a wildcat, no Adou, Bradshaw a non-factor, Edwards an Shep just ok and Dilly was a negative until those last few mins. Only Reeves, Wagner and Ugo played well and none of them performed over their norms (or at least not much). With all that, it took them OT to win when their 2 best players were well over their norms. It was ours for the taking, we just couldn't quite get there. Thought the key was when it was 65-61 and we went 4 trips with no score. Couple of buckets there and I think we win comfortably.
Very frustrating. Last nights game and at Fl (with the exception of the end) were very hard to watch.
Kenny Walker had a post game show?
Where’s that and how soon after the game?
I assume you are a fan?
Maybe he’s got 1 on the bench he can delegate the defense. Nothing wrong with that.
