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Pope thinks every 5 is a genius with NBA level shooting ability. But there is a reason coaches let the guards handle/initiate offense.
With that said, each of the last 4 years I would stay depressed Dec-March with all the losing. So I’ll take some lumps with some good wins too.
Oakland or St. Pete won’t beat us.
With that said, each of the last 4 years I would stay depressed Dec-March with all the losing. So I’ll take some lumps with some good wins too.
Oakland or St. Pete won’t beat us.
Tubby pulled off something similar with Randolph Morris. There is precedent.
That cliché is almost as bad as "we knew what we had to do to win". UK needs a plan B to offset the shooting woes, and so far that hasn't taken effect. When your best "shooter" has zero game inside the arc, and is afraid of contact, then he becomes a liability on an off night. He's shown to be highly inefficient against teams that stay in his face.
That isn't the point....it's the way they lost and how they responded to getting beat up. This makes the 3rd time this year....all losses, and a 4th would have happened had the Zags decided to take the second half off.
If you are simply going to go out and try to out shoot everyone, then there had better be something in the tank for when those shots are off target.
Big picture.
Forest for the trees.
I thought our bigs gave up some inside position, where they could have laid it in, in order to get it kicked out for a three too many times early.
Wildfires are no joke. Throw in the looting, lack of water supply, tough scene.
Street plow came through last night, busted my body to break the ice mound blocking the driveway. Not built for this.
Wildfires are no joke. Throw in the looting, lack of water supply, tough scene.
Street plow came through last night, busted my body to break the ice mound blocking the driveway. Not built for this.
I know we had other issues, but Christ almighty.
It’s an absolute travesty there isn’t retroactive punishment for this bs. These antics reward poor behavior, kill the spirit of competition, slow the game down, and make the game decidedly less enjoyable.
I watch a lot of soccer - CBB is now somehow worse when it comes to flopping theatrics. In large part because CBB refs seem to fall for everything.
Is Hubert still a solid hire? He's looking more like Kevin Ollie (minus the chip) daily.
Surprised UKO would even show his face in here with his trash ass team stinking up the worst major conference in the country.
Surprised UKO would even show his face in here with his trash ass team stinking up the worst major conference in the country.
It’s not even close. It’s a mess. How many reviews “there was no foul” did we have/need last night?
I, for one, enjoy nearly three-hour-long basketball games.
Don Dailey is right up there with Pat Adams on the shitty ref scale. If you have to go to the monitor that much then you are a shitty crew.
The NCAA needs a "come to Jesus" moment with its officials like the NBA had over a decade ago. College basketball, as a product, has become an objectively awful viewing experience. The fact that officials initiate their own reviews for any menial 50/50 play is about the most absurd practice imaginable.
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The ability to go to the monitor for anything and everything takes away any sense of urgency/competency to actually get the call right in live action.
Can you imagine being a lowly SEC official, and then you get a chance to "go to the monitor?"
The rush of adrenaline. The power ripping thru your veins. You literally have the entire world right there in the palm of your hands. Hanging onto every word that comes out of your mouth. Everything stops until you say go. It's the biggest stage, and YOU are the star. Soak it up. Savor every moment.
The rush of adrenaline. The power ripping thru your veins. You literally have the entire world right there in the palm of your hands. Hanging onto every word that comes out of your mouth. Everything stops until you say go. It's the biggest stage, and YOU are the star. Soak it up. Savor every moment.
Where did all this "let's go to the monitor" stuff come from anyway? It would be one thing if players were getting concussed or fighting all the time. But there's like what, one real D1 fight a year? Go to the monitor if some kid is bleeding or is knocked out cold. Outside of that, call it like you see it and be done with it.
The most frustrating thing is that people keep saying we were too soft and Georgia was the more physical team, but the refs sure as hell didn't see it that way. UGA was the team that benefitted from flopping over and over. We were the team that kept getting reviewed for flagrants. Two guys get tangled up and fall to the ground, but one has both hands around the other's neck. "Same foul." They weren't playing tougher, just got away with physical play more than we did. I imagine there's an art to playing extremely physical and getting away with it. As a Pitino disciple, Pope should be familiar with it. Needs to implement. He has to figure out how to win a rock fight because we're going to have plenty of them.
I'll throw out another complaint I haven't seen anyone mention. When Oweh got blocked/fouled from behind, the dude grabbed the rim while the ball was above the cylinder. It wasn't gonna go in, but that's still a goal tend.
I'll throw out another complaint I haven't seen anyone mention. When Oweh got blocked/fouled from behind, the dude grabbed the rim while the ball was above the cylinder. It wasn't gonna go in, but that's still a goal tend.
I still believe that refs are the straw that stirs the Vegas tea. Maybe they don’t “fix” games but I believe they are in some way trained to know which way to control momentum.
Then there are lines/games like Denver/KC Sunday where the line moves 5 whole points one way that team covers easily in a 38-0 “easiest cover of my life” that says I’m a retard.
- Speaking of retards, well sort of, Bill Belichik is considering working for Tom Brady in Las Vegas only 1 month after commiting to UNC and reorganizing the way a college staff and program could be designed with his son set as coach in waiting.
Oh and just in case this happened UNC has a 10M buyout clause if he should leave before June 1st.
Then there are lines/games like Denver/KC Sunday where the line moves 5 whole points one way that team covers easily in a 38-0 “easiest cover of my life” that says I’m a retard.
- Speaking of retards, well sort of, Bill Belichik is considering working for Tom Brady in Las Vegas only 1 month after commiting to UNC and reorganizing the way a college staff and program could be designed with his son set as coach in waiting.
Oh and just in case this happened UNC has a 10M buyout clause if he should leave before June 1st.
I'm team do away with reviews completely. My main issue with them is that they jack up the flow of the game.
I think the refs are going to make mistakes just like the players do. Maybe one challenge per coach but don't go to the monitor on anything other than maybe a fight to see who did what, who left the bench, etc.
If not doing away with reviews or at least limiting them substantially, put sensors everywhere and have it function like a damn video game with no refs.
I think the refs are going to make mistakes just like the players do. Maybe one challenge per coach but don't go to the monitor on anything other than maybe a fight to see who did what, who left the bench, etc.
If not doing away with reviews or at least limiting them substantially, put sensors everywhere and have it function like a damn video game with no refs.
The worst are when the ball goes off two players fingers at roughly the same time and the officials spend 5 minutes trying to figure it out. You know what? Look at it for 15 seconds and if you can't tell something's up let the play stand.
I’m OK with reviews on the condition that if they exceed 1 minute, the refs get attacked by a pitbull.
Refs didn't cost us the game last night but refs can control the flow of game -- which they did last night. The game should never be about the refs. Pat Adams, Doug Shows, and the rest of the old school preeners need to go the way of all the geezer coaches who are retiring rather than deal with NIL.
This year has largely been great when it comes to gameplay and the television presentation of the games. We've had great start times, the games have largely been free of ref flexing, and have been fun. Last night was the first time this year I didn't have fun watching this team.
Weren't refs previously only allowed to go to the monitor in the last few minutes of the half? (I might have hallucinated that.). That seemed sensible. It gave the refs the opportunity to get the calls right during crunch time but not otherwise milk their screen time.
This year has largely been great when it comes to gameplay and the television presentation of the games. We've had great start times, the games have largely been free of ref flexing, and have been fun. Last night was the first time this year I didn't have fun watching this team.
Weren't refs previously only allowed to go to the monitor in the last few minutes of the half? (I might have hallucinated that.). That seemed sensible. It gave the refs the opportunity to get the calls right during crunch time but not otherwise milk their screen time.
Everyone has done an excellent job of addressing what this team's issues are and what we need to do to improve. I echo all of it, namely Robinson's aggressiveness. I've been saying it all season. He and Brea need to man the F up and start driving while seeking contact instead of shying away from it.
I don't care if it's not their style or takes away from them shooting more threes. They are both capable of getting ten more foul shots a game between the two of them, while drawing fouls on the other team. They'll still have plenty of opportunity to jack up 7-10 threes a game.
I find it hilarious that anytime Brea has a clear path to the hoop, he fluidly drives and dunks with ease. We've seen him post up smaller guys and score. He also has a nice pull up game. It's absolutely criminal for him to just be hunting along the perimeter, same for Jax. If those two can get to the line more, then things should start to even out. We know Butler and Owen will continue to attack. We should be living at the foul line.
Speaking of the outrageous free throw disparity thus far in SEC play, unfortunately, as long as we are considered a soft team who avoids contact, the other teams are going to continue to murder us at the line. It's complete bullshit, but in this league, if you have a reputation as a tough, physical team then you are allowed to play that style. But if you're a team like us who aren't as physical, then we get the bullshit whistle when we try to match that style of play.
It's infuriating as hell, but this team needs to realize that the SEC is out to kill us. Everyone hates us. Everyone wants to beat us. The level of intensity that they play with is always more than that against other conference opponents. It's not going to change. We have to be ready for war from the tip in every single game. There's no way around it. You're at Kentucky. Time to man up and do things you've never done before.
I don't care if it's not their style or takes away from them shooting more threes. They are both capable of getting ten more foul shots a game between the two of them, while drawing fouls on the other team. They'll still have plenty of opportunity to jack up 7-10 threes a game.
I find it hilarious that anytime Brea has a clear path to the hoop, he fluidly drives and dunks with ease. We've seen him post up smaller guys and score. He also has a nice pull up game. It's absolutely criminal for him to just be hunting along the perimeter, same for Jax. If those two can get to the line more, then things should start to even out. We know Butler and Owen will continue to attack. We should be living at the foul line.
Speaking of the outrageous free throw disparity thus far in SEC play, unfortunately, as long as we are considered a soft team who avoids contact, the other teams are going to continue to murder us at the line. It's complete bullshit, but in this league, if you have a reputation as a tough, physical team then you are allowed to play that style. But if you're a team like us who aren't as physical, then we get the bullshit whistle when we try to match that style of play.
It's infuriating as hell, but this team needs to realize that the SEC is out to kill us. Everyone hates us. Everyone wants to beat us. The level of intensity that they play with is always more than that against other conference opponents. It's not going to change. We have to be ready for war from the tip in every single game. There's no way around it. You're at Kentucky. Time to man up and do things you've never done before.
*We knew this team had flaws, it was thrown together out of the portal in about 15 minutes. Pope has done a fantastic job given the schedule and SEC looks like it could be the deepest conference...maybe ever? I'm not saying we don't analyze the games but grand proclamations in year one are probably not wise. We could go .500 in conference and it wouldn't phase my confidence in MP moving forward.
*We can nitpick other players but Robinson has become an issue. We need his talent on the floor, but if he is going to let his shooting dictate his effort then Pope might have to give him more pine time. He missed those first 3 wide open 3's and we were basically playing 4 on 5 when he was out there the remainder of the game.
*I don't know if I would say the refs cost us the game but it was the most lopsided whistle in recent memory. Our first two losses we earned but, honestly, I thought the refs played a key factor in the flow (or lack of) of that game, there were some egregiously bad calls and crucial times and the amount of grabbing and hugging they did on cuts jammed the offense. So Cyril can just lower his shoulder and use it as a battering ram to create space (an offensive foul at any league at any time) and because he is labeled as the "aggressor" it's not a call? That's a BS copout...it's home cookin' plain and simple and I'm not even that mad about it if we get the favor returned at Rupp.
*We can nitpick other players but Robinson has become an issue. We need his talent on the floor, but if he is going to let his shooting dictate his effort then Pope might have to give him more pine time. He missed those first 3 wide open 3's and we were basically playing 4 on 5 when he was out there the remainder of the game.
*I don't know if I would say the refs cost us the game but it was the most lopsided whistle in recent memory. Our first two losses we earned but, honestly, I thought the refs played a key factor in the flow (or lack of) of that game, there were some egregiously bad calls and crucial times and the amount of grabbing and hugging they did on cuts jammed the offense. So Cyril can just lower his shoulder and use it as a battering ram to create space (an offensive foul at any league at any time) and because he is labeled as the "aggressor" it's not a call? That's a BS copout...it's home cookin' plain and simple and I'm not even that mad about it if we get the favor returned at Rupp.
I don't mind Brea hunting on the perimeter the majority of the time because he is creating space, teams just face guard him and do not help, it may not seem like he is helping the offense if he only make one or two 3's but his gravity alone does. Robinson, otoh, I completely agree needs to find ways to manufacture points and confidence, draw fouls, get some mismatch post ups...something. Got a little Rod Rhodes to him, his entire game seems to revolve around seeing the ball go through the hoop.
Perfect comparison except Rhodes was better driving to the basket. Other than that they are very similiar
2.5 hours and 7 trips to the monitor are both objectively absurd.
Crazy that they can now go back and look at fouls after the whistle stops to see if flagrant. By that logic, just stop the game every change of possession and see if you missed anything. Or better yet, if in-game calls / no calls can be ignored, then have just 1 ref who reviews it all on video. Fng ridiculous.
I had hoped those sorts of games departed when Cal did, but even with a likeable coach who doesn't scream at them, SEC refs still gonna do their thing.
It's really not good for the sport. As I said last night, if you didn't have a rooting interest, would you stay tuned to that game because it was fun to watch? Hell no.
No, just another fng glorified FT shooting contest with constant interruptions and no flow whatsoever.
Crazy that they can now go back and look at fouls after the whistle stops to see if flagrant. By that logic, just stop the game every change of possession and see if you missed anything. Or better yet, if in-game calls / no calls can be ignored, then have just 1 ref who reviews it all on video. Fng ridiculous.
I had hoped those sorts of games departed when Cal did, but even with a likeable coach who doesn't scream at them, SEC refs still gonna do their thing.
It's really not good for the sport. As I said last night, if you didn't have a rooting interest, would you stay tuned to that game because it was fun to watch? Hell no.
No, just another fng glorified FT shooting contest with constant interruptions and no flow whatsoever.
Just because Jaxson Robinson was our most important recruit does not make him our most important player. He didn't start at BYU and he simply is not ever going to be a superstar. He's a great veteran guard who can do a ton of things very well.
He will be fine. I think he is trying too hard to pick up the playmaking slack from Kerr.
Lamont is pushing a bit too much, too, but he's currently hitting shots he normally doesn't so it is not so apparent.
He will be fine. I think he is trying too hard to pick up the playmaking slack from Kerr.
Lamont is pushing a bit too much, too, but he's currently hitting shots he normally doesn't so it is not so apparent.
I want Brea to always hunt 3s, of course. I just think it would benefit our team if he tapped into his versatility more often.
Jax just needs to get pissed, maybe the Gomer Pyle soap bar treatment from Full Metal Jacket. Obviously that's extreme, but it would be nice to see sniper/killer Jax more often than the eating-a-jelly-donut-on-his-foot-locker-while-his-fellow-troops-do-push-ups Jax.
Jax just needs to get pissed, maybe the Gomer Pyle soap bar treatment from Full Metal Jacket. Obviously that's extreme, but it would be nice to see sniper/killer Jax more often than the eating-a-jelly-donut-on-his-foot-locker-while-his-fellow-troops-do-push-ups Jax.
Robinson caught the ball under the rim without a defender within 5' and he passed it out. IMO, against OSU we were too selfish. Last night, complete opposite, particularly in the 1st half. Too many extra passes. Get to the rim, get fouled, FT. Like they did.
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