ESPN article says UK to stick with Harrison at PG

[The_Godfather]

Originally posted by Joneslab:
I thought Ulis played pretty well at TAMU. He got way too far up on that left-handed point guard and gave up the circus and-one at a crucial time, but I thought he had a solid game.

Against Ole Miss he got picked on. But that was the first really poor game I've seen him have.

I like Andrew. I have no problem with the way Cal has handled the PT split so far. Andrew has improved in a lot of ways; defensively I've seen pretty monumental improvements. But I think Ulis is substantially better.

If Ulis got the bulk of the minutes, I have zero doubt that teams would game plan ways to abuse his lack of size when you consider that we play man to man exclusively. The presence of Andrew Harrison as an equal recipient of playing time helps Ulis.

Also, Andrew struggled against A&M, but I didn't see Ulis killing it either. Ulis played 28 minutes and made 1 out of 5 shots and had 3 assists to no turnovers while Andrew played 33 minutes and was 2-10 and had 5 assists to 1 turnover.

The main difference is the number of shots because Andrew attacked basket far more that Ulis which resulted in him having way more shot attempts, but he also ended up having 8 free throws. Compare that to 0 for Ulis. In fact, Ulis has shot only 5 free throws over the entire season. Andrew has shot 52.

I really, really like Ulis. However, he has limitations and they are not as pronounced right now because of the presence of Andrew Harrison on this roster. People think Andrew should be finishing better at the rim and they are correct. However, it would be beyond foolish to turn this into Ulis' team at his expense.

Figure out how to get them both clicking. When they are, this team is absolutely unstoppable.





This post was edited on 1/12 4:31 PM by The_Godfather

 

[wildcatwelder]

Originally posted by The_Godfather:

Originally posted by Joneslab:
I thought Ulis played pretty well at TAMU. He got way too far up on that left-handed point guard and gave up the circus and-one at a crucial time, but I thought he had a solid game.

Against Ole Miss he got picked on. But that was the first really poor game I've seen him have.

I like Andrew. I have no problem with the way Cal has handled the PT split so far. Andrew has improved in a lot of ways; defensively I've seen pretty monumental improvements. But I think Ulis is substantially better.

If Ulis got the bulk of the minutes, I have zero doubt that teams would game plan ways to abuse his lack of size when you consider that we play man to man exclusively. The presence of Andrew Harrison as an equal recipient of playing time helps Ulis.

Also, Andrew struggled against A&M, but I didn't see Ulis killing it either. Ulis played 28 minutes and made 1 out of 5 shots and had 3 assists to no turnovers while Andrew played 33 minutes and was 2-10 and had 5 assists to 1 turnover.

The main difference is the number of shots because Andrew attacked basket far more that Ulis which resulted in him having way more shot attempts, but he also ended up having 8 free throws. Compare that to 0 for Ulis. In fact, Ulis has shot only 5 free throws over the entire season. Andrew has shot 52.

I really, really like Ulis. However, he has limitations and they are not as pronounced right now because of the presence of Andrew Harrison on this roster. People think Andrew should be finishing better at the rim and they are correct. However, it would be beyond foolish to turn this into Ulis' team at his expense.

Figure out how to get them both clicking. When they are, this team is absolutely unstoppable.






This post was edited on 1/12 4:31 PM by The_Godfather

Excellent post sir.

 

[STEVE!]

Despite staggering out of the gate to a 15-0 start and #1 ranking, Kentucky will continue to start Andrew Harrison? Wow. Something really fishy is going on at the Craft Center.

 

[UKWildcats#8]

Originally posted by The_Godfather:

Originally posted by Joneslab:
I thought Ulis played pretty well at TAMU. He got way too far up on that left-handed point guard and gave up the circus and-one at a crucial time, but I thought he had a solid game.

Against Ole Miss he got picked on. But that was the first really poor game I've seen him have.

I like Andrew. I have no problem with the way Cal has handled the PT split so far. Andrew has improved in a lot of ways; defensively I've seen pretty monumental improvements. But I think Ulis is substantially better.

If Ulis got the bulk of the minutes, I have zero doubt that teams would game plan ways to abuse his lack of size when you consider that we play man to man exclusively. The presence of Andrew Harrison as an equal recipient of playing time helps Ulis.

Also, Andrew struggled against A&M, but I didn't see Ulis killing it either. Ulis played 28 minutes and made 1 out of 5 shots and had 3 assists to no turnovers while Andrew played 33 minutes and was 2-10 and had 5 assists to 1 turnover.

The main difference is the number of shots because Andrew attacked basket far more that Ulis which resulted in him having way more shot attempts, but he also ended up having 8 free throws. Compare that to 0 for Ulis. In fact, Ulis has shot only 5 free throws over the entire season. Andrew has shot 52.

I really, really like Ulis. However, he has limitations and they are not as pronounced right now because of the presence of Andrew Harrison on this roster. People think Andrew should be finishing better at the rim and they are correct. However, it would be beyond foolish to turn this into Ulis' team at his expense.

Figure out how to get them both clicking. When they are, this team is absolutely unstoppable.





This post was edited on 1/12 4:31 PM by The_Godfather

You said it all.

I look forward to all of these Ulis for president guys turning on him next year and clamoring for Briscoe to be the starting PG. I look at is as our own pathetic version of the backup QB is the most popular guy in town...except that on this team both guys play starter type minutes. That is the thing people do not get. As you said, if we give one or the other 30 minutes and the other 10, that hurts the team, both performance wise and chemistry wise.

 

[catfaninsc]

"ESPN article says UK to stick with Harrison at PG"


Yaaawn........NEXT

 

[anon_l8pbkn96tg3j6]

Do they realize Ulis is a freshman, and Harrison is a sophomore? I could have sworn we spent the last 5 years hearing about how one and done is ruining college basketball. I guess you can't play that card anymore with every major program now churning out one and dones . . . haters gonna hate.

 

[OFWGKTA]

As long as Ulis is in there when it matters I could care less about who's starting .

 

[bigbluefattycat]

Russell Wilson will remain the starter against Packers.

 

[EnglandWildcat]

Cal used the whole "the world is against you" mantra last year at the end of the season to motivate the guys. I hope it works the same way this year. We are picked apart like no other team -- I hope we use it as extra motivation.

It's unfolding pretty much exactly like Bilas said it would, too.

 

[bigbluefattycat]

Originally posted by ckwils2:
Do they realize Ulis is a freshman, and Harrison is a sophomore? I could have sworn we spent the last 5 years hearing about how one and done is ruining college basketball. I guess you can't play that card anymore with every major program now churning out one and dones . . . haters gonna hate.

Yeah everybody can come back but our players now. You don't go pro you are garbage but if you go pro you wasn't ready. Then hate on the one and done system that we didn't create. You can't have it both ways.

Myron is the hater that kept Ulis and Drew off the top ten pg list that featured Harrow. Law Dog asked Seth about why he and Duke Williams kept them off and added Harrow. He said it wasn't them and that was the list they were to discuss on air given to them by Myron.

 

[Mr Brownstone]

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