Kentucky vs. Clemson Game Thread

[Warf2012]

Pope gonna live or die with Robinson like Cal is with wagner

Would have much rather had Will Riley instead of Robinson.

 

[ArtLaibsGhost]

Watching you guys crying about officiating is a hoot. Has little to do with us losing

 

[Midway Cat]

Schieffelin has to be neutralized. If we don't have a player physical enough to check him, we cannot win this game.

Way too much one-on-one play, particularly from Kerr. Lots of negative plays overall from him. Butler has to play the majority, if not all, of the second half.

Rebounding and physicality is the difference. The officiating has helped Clemson, but our guys have to answer their intensity.

 

[Chief Paducah]

Well they got punched in the face that half and they didn’t respond. Lets see how they respond after the half.

 

[JFCats22]

Clemson shot 34% and is crushing us. They don’t even play well and are killing us.

 

[EliteBlue]

This is the type of team that’s the worst matchup for us. A team that’s just going to turn it into a wrestling match with a bunch of big physical wide bodies combine with officiating that’s going to let them play 3 yards and a cloud of dust on hardwood.

Be interesting to see what Pope adjust defensively at half. Maybe play a zone and dare them to beat you from outside but clog the lane on their bigs. Also, they are getting back on D well anyways so play a 2-3 and send all 5 to the offensive boards. You’ll give a few 3s up but we are doing that already off the offensive rebounds

 

[KyCatFan]

Don't think we are going to win this one running the offense through Williams and forcing tough 3 points shots. Got to get better looks. Definitely not from Kerr.

 

[Dontworryboutit23]

Offensive genius….30 points in the half.

Arkansas had 35

Arkansas did play one of the worst defensive teams in P5 basketball but yeah

 

[Seth_C]

Two early fouls on Butler and you get extended stretches of Kriisa. I think things will look different with Butler back out there.

He will be tagged with his 3rd foul in the first 3 minutes of the second half starting. Carr will get his 3rd before the first TV timeout.

 

[Supafuzz75]

Lol goddamn some of y'all are insufferable 😂

 

[satyr9]

Schiefflien getting 13 rebounds in half should just not happen.

 

[UKSanders]

No over the back there? Ok

Spaudling pretty much tackled Williams. Unreal.

Our rebounding is hilariously pathetic

This freaking #4 on Clemson is out-playing all our bigs by a ton. It’s like Clemson has 30% more energy than we do.

And we have absolute no one that can go get us some points when we need it. If we’re not hitting 3s, our offense is going to struggle.

Clemson is definitely playing with more energy, but they are also fouling a crap ton with no calls. There were at least 3 blatant fouls on the 7 ft Russian that would have directly resulted in about a 4-6 point swing

 

[catfan220]

Offense is disappointing right now. No cuts, no screens ... & Kerr is out of his league.

Hard to understand how Kerr was a starter on major conference teams the last four years.

 

[gharding07]

Clemson shot 34% and is crushing us. They don’t even play well and are killing us.

Wow thats awful.

 

[megablue]

We struggle when Butker and Oweh sit.

100000% this ^^^^

 

[SophiesDad]

Yeah, saw that all over social media from our fans. Makes us look ignorant AF.

This Clemson team nearly made the FF. They are a T25 Kenpom team.

Outcoached and outplayed so far.

They lost their best player from last year

 

[kywildcat41035]

Krissa
Garrison
Williams

These dudes are sucking ass today. Big time. Not just making mistakes, but being literally retarded on the court.

Agree 💯 and we can’t have that

 

[Dreklie]

Amari needs to sit the **** down. Clemson not even playing good and we are down 7, holy **** what am I watching?

 

[FitchandMurray29]

My god have they hit some abolute horseshit shots tonight. Thats 4 by my count. 4 fadaway jumpers

They also are only shooting 34% from the field and 31 from 3. Gonna be a battle in the second half.

 

[Digger-Cat]

There are several no calls on Clemson literally every time we have the ball. I imagine Pope will have some patient words with the refs on his way to the locker room.

We're not going to blame this on officiating are we? I hope not, we're beating ourselves.

 

[Rideordiewildcat]

I know we got guys with fouls but that shaky Hake lineup was in too long to end the half. Kerr, Jax, Williams.

Those 3 can be wild and together it's chaos. Hell put Perry in over Kerr just to see. If he can't hack it. Yank him back out try Chandler.

 

[UKWildcats3]

Foul trouble with Butler and Carr will kill us all year. Our bigs got man handled for 13 rebounds by a 6'7 punk with a headband in one half. Playing very soft

 

[I-Move-Like-The-Pope]

I used to enjoy posting here but there's so many knee jerk reactions after even 1 play. It's honestly pathetic and embarrassing.

 

[Noxium322]

Sit a few players who think they're Jordan for a good chunk of minutes and we win this game. I won't name them but I think some will have an idea.

 

[Jamal Mercer]

Just not a huge fan of our bigs. Garrison is fine in short spurts. Williams is a liability if he’s going to put the ball on the floor.

 

[megablue]

Hard to understand how Kerr was a starter on major conference teams the last four years.

He must have lit BYU up at Arizona.
Pope loves him.

 

[Mash 2.4]

Getting bullied a little bit. We’re a veteran team with a real coach. They’ll figure it out. Need something out of Carr second half.

 

[catfan220]

We were in worse shape at halftime against Duke. Let’s see what happens when we get our starters back out there and Pope has a chance to talk to his guys without all the noise.

 

[catben]

Offensive genius….30 points in the half.

Arkansas had 35

Go to there board then!!!

Cal SUCKS!!! Even with 5 star talent!!!

This is Coach Pope's first freakin year with this group and we are ranked #4 playing on the road for the FIRST time against a team that was in the Elite 8 last season.

 

[katwest]

If Kerr isn’t going to be effective, maybe Perry can have a shot at it. Kerr has been mia the last few games, he’s got to give us some production or it’s going to be like this more often.

 

[Haggin_Hall_1983]

Soft defense and outhustled. 3rd straight low energy game. Other teams are up in our face making every dribble feel like an eternity.

 

[the dopester]

He has excellent handles and passing — for a big man. But whatever we are doing with him is not working.

And who would have guessed Kriisa would just hold that ball and Jack a bad shot? Oh, that’s right. Everyone who has watched him play.

Pope has his work cut out for him in that locker room.

Down 9 to #6 Duke at halftime. This team won’t quit.

 

[cat tat2]

Clemson is working harder than Kentucky. Everyone except Butler but fouls keeping him under control.

 

[TheWyldKat]

Clemson shot 34% and is crushing us. They don’t even play well and are killing us.

Yup they are not good.

Just wait till we play Bama, auburn, ole miss, Tennessee, we may be down 20 at half

 

[ukwazoo]

Gotta rebound better in the second half or it's an L

 

[bbncal02]

They lost their best player from last year

I know. They returned 2 of their guys and their still kicking our ass. Not sure how that makes it any better. In fact it makes it worse.

I'm not mad. I'm just disappointed and kinda felt this is what was gonna happen this year. Pope has his work cut out tonight.

We need to win this. Zags are gonna be even tougher. And then the SEC starts up. We can't afford to go 0-2 this week.

 

[TankedCat]

tough first half but foul trouble kept us out of sync. I expect a different Kentucky with some firepower to show up.,

Also wondering if Clemson can continue to play with this level of intensity. They are going wide open on both ends of the court.

 

[Son_Of_Saul]

Stat of the half: UK with 3 assists total.

This from a UK team that is averaging almost 22 assist per game.

 

[CatFanInIlliniLand]

The season starts today. Time to see how good Kentucky really is

Nice of them to let us start 7-0

 

[catsfan325]

Butler, Oweh, Carr, Brea and rotate in the 5th between Williams/Garrison/Robinson/Almonor. That should be the lineup for 90% of the half