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[Creed Bratton]

Where was WCS vs Wisc. Team only shot 5 3's hit 3 of them. Shooting more of those could have possibly opened up driving lanes and passes into the post.

We had too many long 2's that we needed to take to be wasting our time on 3's. 😂

 

[yoshukai]

The only reason Cal has one N.C. is the 2012 team was the exception to Cal's guard dominant dribble the cover off the ball teams. 2015 should have never lost to Wisconsin, but Cal managed to lose that game with all that talent.

Cal owes his championship to the NBA lockout. That’s fitting since he ran an nba farm program anyway .

 

[EliteBlue]

The only reason Cal has one N.C. is the 2012 team was the exception to Cal's guard dominant dribble the cover off the ball teams. 2015 should have never lost to Wisconsin, but Cal managed to lose that game with all that talent.

Darius miller is the most underrated, individually impactful player in the Cal era. Him being able to sub the 2-4 is why that team worked. Gave us an additional shooter at all times instead of Cal’s normal “only one shooter (lamb) on the floor at a time and a broken shot PG and a true 4 playing the 3.

Add to it that the lockout forced Jones and likely Lamb back. Jones could also shoot decently from the 4. It was an anomaly and Cal never realized it was the shooting from the 3-4 position. And not just the 2 and sometimes 1 that made the at team unguardable. MKG was the only guy who wasn’t reliable from 3 by the end of the year but he was so dominant defensively and slashing that it didn’t matter.

Perfect storm

 

[jwphelps]

You would think Cal would have learned from that team and their success, because he may have had a couple of teams from 1 to 10 had more talent, but that was the only group that played like a real team.

 

[jwphelps]

Cal owes his championship to north NBA lockout. That’s fitting since he ran an nba farm program anyway .

2012 was the only group of players he had at UK that actually played team ball. What ever the circumstances were, yet Cal learned absolutely nothing from that team.

 

[Skyguyb27]

I truly believe Kansas just ran out of time in 2012

Funny isn’t it? At the time we thought he was just downplaying defeat but now I’m not so sure he wasn’t right. 😂

 

[NociHTTP]

not so sure of that.......
Dean Smith wasted as much or more talent than ccc

Dean nose the truth

 

[NociHTTP]

That is a little far fetched. Cal will still go down as one of the greatest College Basketball Coaches of all time. He took UMASS to the final four and in the process he beat UK and Rick Pitino, one of the greatest teams of all time. He took Memphis to the championship game. He took UK to 4 final fours in 5 years and won a championship. He is the second all-time winningest coach at one of the winningest programs in the game. It is time to move on and stop trying to justify losing Cal was the right thing. Everyone agrees it was time for both parties to go separate ways. Now enjoy Pope and let Cal enjoy the accolades he has earned. Cal will always be one of the best coaches to ever walk the UK sidelines and no matter what crap you spread on these message boards will change that. Go Cats!

Early in the season UMass beat UK. Not in the tourney. Might want to come up for air.

 

[yoshukai]

2012 was the only group of players he had at UK that actually played team ball. What ever the circumstances were, yet Cal learned absolutely nothing from that team.

You would think Cal would have learned from that team and their success, because he may have had a couple of teams from 1 to 10 had more talent, but that was the only group that played like a real team.

But you’re acting like winning games and team success was Cals first priority . He clearly stated (around 2015) he had a higher calling, to end generational poverty. So either he was talking bullshit (totally believable since it’s Cal) or he was going to put individual players development over team success. Results say it was the latter .

 

[rick64]

Self was the biggest underachiever but he got his 2nd natty. CCC now holds the spot.

 

[jwphelps]

But you’re acting like winning games and team success was Cals first priority . He clearly stated (around 2015) he had a higher calling, to end generational poverty. So either he was talking bullshit (totally believable since it’s Cal) or he was going to put individual players development over team success. Results say it was the latter .

Not sure where you get that you must have a reading comprehension problem, never stated ever in the last 9 years on this board that Cal's goal was to win, especially win national championships, and my point was his only championship was a fluke because that team did not have a guard dominate ball hogs and actually against everything Cal does on the court actually played team ball. Personally I think Cal was the laziest coach in my time watching UK, I can go back to the 75 team.

 

[yoshukai]

Not sure where you get that you must have a reading comprehension problem, never stated ever in the last 9 years on this board that Cal's goal was to win, especially win national championships, and my point was his only championship was a fluke because that team did not have a guard dominate ball hogs and actually against everything Cal does on the court actually played team ball. Personally I think Cal was the laziest coach in my time watching UK, I can go back to the 75 team.

Well you could have made your point without the insult….but you be you , lol .

 

[Fox2monk]

2012 was the only group of players he had at UK that actually played team ball. What ever the circumstances were, yet Cal learned absolutely nothing from that team.

He learned that AD took the 5th most shots.