If Cal Learned One Thing Today

[lookinfor8]

1. We play very good ball when we play an inside - outside game. To start
the game this is what we did. Alex & Marcus getting the ball & going to
the basket. After UL stopped that they thru it back outside.
Had great success & I hope we change to this style of play.

2. Dribble drive is more effective when we play this way.

3. Hawkins needs to be getting about 1/2 of Murray,s minutes.
Murray turns the ball over a lot, not shooting well, forces a lot
of shots & plays NO defense.

4. Skal needs to go to the bench & stay. Gives us nothing.
The Aussie & the Kiwi should be getting his minutes because
Alex & Marcus can't go 40 minutes & I feel with playing time
these 2 will give us the stop we need. I see nothing coming
from Skal.

 

[UKBrassowTipIN]

One of his best moves was putting poythress on lee. Poythress is probably the best defender we have.

 

[cookscats]

Hawkins played well today but don't know about getting more minutes. As for Murray give Matthews some of those until he calms down. Ability but has to play smarter

 

[WildMoon]

Hawkins should be getting half the minute of Murray, because of one game where he was good.

right.... I'm glad Coach Cal won't listen to you.

 

[Icecoldbrewdoggy]

1. We play very good ball when we play an inside - outside game. To start
the game this is what we did. Alex & Marcus getting the ball & going to
the basket. After UL stopped that they thru it back outside.
Had great success & I hope we change to this style of play.

2. Dribble drive is more effective when we play this way.

3. Hawkins needs to be getting about 1/2 of Murray,s minutes.
Murray turns the ball over a lot, not shooting well, forces a lot
of shots & plays NO defense.

4. Skal needs to go to the bench & stay. Gives us nothing.
The Aussie & the Kiwi should be getting his minutes because
Alex & Marcus can't go 40 minutes & I feel with playing time
these 2 will give us the stop we need. I see nothing coming
from Skal.

I fully expect Tai to redshirt at this point.

 

[Xception]

Posted from lot 8 of trailer park .

 

[lookinfor8]

Hawkins should be getting half the minute of Murray, because of one game where he was good.

right.... I'm glad Coach Cal won't listen to you.

Dropped 30+ on OSU but did nothing the first half.
Way over hyped as a player.
Hawkins earned Murrays minutes today & should be rewarded
for it. Murray the better athlete, yes, but play like it.

 

[DwayneMeighan]

Beat our in-state rival, making the series even more lopsided, and furthering the current beat down to 8-1, yet the idiocy on this board knows no bounds.

I get it, Hawkins played a hell of a game today, and he'll probably play a hell of a game again sometime in the future, and I couldn't be more happier for the kid, but half of Murray's minutes? Come on, man.

Hawkins played way over his head today. That wasn't the norm from him, but the exception. And what game did you watch? Yeah, Murray had way too many turnovers, took way to many bad shots, but to say he played NO defense is a straight up lie. Murray defended his ass off today.

 

[docholiday51]

One thing I wish he would learn is to start the offense before there are 10 seconds left on the shot clock, I thought I was watching the Wisconsin game all over again in the last 2 minutes.

 

[hoodro]

Dropped 30+ on OSU but did nothing the first half.
Way over hyped as a player.
Hawkins earned Murrays minutes today & should be rewarded
for it. Murray the better athlete, yes, but play like it.

Way overhyped as a player or just hasn't adjusted to the college game yet, is pressing too much and still trying to figure it out?

When Murray finally gets it, realizes to not press as much, settles down and let's the game come to him, which will cut down on his turnovers and forced shots, a lot of naysayers are going to look very foolish.

 

[lookinfor8]

Beat our in-state rival, making the series even more lopsided, and furthering the current beat down to 8-1, yet the idiocy on this board knows no bounds.

I get it, Hawkins played a hell of a game today, and he'll probably play a hell of a game again sometime in the future, and I couldn't be more happier for the kid, but half of Murray's minutes? Come on, man.

Hawkins played way over his head today. That wasn't the norm from him, but the exception. And what game did you watch? Yeah, Murray had way too many turnovers, took way to many bad shots, but to say he played NO defense is a straight up lie. Murray defended his ass off today.

It's not a lie only an observation, however, there are some on here that can't take any post unless it
is 120% "Big Blue". As far as Murray defending his ass off you must have been in the sauce when
you got out of bed this morning.

 

[caneintally]

Just LOL at #3 . Murray is one of the top 2-3 SG in college . SO he played bad who cares we won.

 

[Primedfor9]

"Skal need to go to the bench and stay" No he doesn't, we're going to need Skal and he has to improve.

 

[crestcat]

One thing I wish he would learn is to start the offense before there are 10 seconds left on the shot clock, I thought I was watching the Wisconsin game all over again in the last 2 minutes.

Ain't gonna happen, if Cal has any kind of lead he is going to sit on it

 

[docholiday51]

Ain't gonna happen, if Cal has any kind of lead he is going to sit on it

I know, but it was worth a shot

 

[crestcat]

I know, but it was worth a shot

Drives me crazy

 

[IL Wildcat]

1. We play very good ball when we play an inside - outside game. To start
the game this is what we did. Alex & Marcus getting the ball & going to
the basket. After UL stopped that they thru it back outside.
Had great success & I hope we change to this style of play.

2. Dribble drive is more effective when we play this way.

3. Hawkins needs to be getting about 1/2 of Murray,s minutes.
Murray turns the ball over a lot, not shooting well, forces a lot
of shots & plays NO defense.

4. Skal needs to go to the bench & stay. Gives us nothing.
The Aussie & the Kiwi should be getting his minutes because
Alex & Marcus can't go 40 minutes & I feel with playing time
these 2 will give us the stop we need. I see nothing coming
from Skal.

I'll give you some credit here. You've made several good observations.

1. This was one of our best games offensively from our big men. I was so glad to see Alex making moves and finishing.

2. I don't think dribble drive was very effective today. We let Ulis create and dish. That was our best offense today.

3. Hawkins played great. He will likely get some more minutes but not half of Murray's. He won't get half of anyone's minutes. He may steal a few from several different players. If he hits the 3, he will get in there.

4. Skal will keep getting minutes. His upside is the difference between UK being a Sweet 16 team and a Final 4 team. IF he doesn't become a threat offensively, UK's ceiling is limited. It's that simple. So he will keep getting minutes.

As for Humphries, he will get minutes when the game fits him. As for Tai, I want to see what he can do before saying much.

 

[cats2010]

Hawkins needs more minutes and a longer leash but not at murrays expense.