Only reason I'm not completely stressing. But whew. After seeing what EweTee did to Syracuse and watching Cal win, this would be a sucktastic loss.
Kentucky vs. Clemson Game Thread
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His shooting is looking like it did at the end of the last game
Good to see the Cal jock sniffers are out in force. Weirdos
Acting like a 3-5 Miami team is the same as a 7-1 Clemson a year removed from the Elite 8.
Clemson is one of the most physical teams in the nation and we are struggling with it. Not many teams have the physicality/skill combo on the interior that they do.
Acting like a 3-5 Miami team is the same as a 7-1 Clemson a year removed from the Elite 8.
Clemson is one of the most physical teams in the nation and we are struggling with it. Not many teams have the physicality/skill combo on the interior that they do.
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Would suck to lose this one then have to fly out to Seattle to play the Zags.
Unless They swap out refs during the half we simply are not going to win this game. Of course, it wouldn’t be the first time a group of refs went to halftime and mysteriously decided to call the rest of the game completely different than the first half.
What do you think a game thread is? It's for talking about a game in real time.
The key always has been Carr. He gives you a real big besides those guys and he can do a bit of everything. I love Ansley but it’s just not the same.
Yep you would think they are losing by 30. Constant crying over every play.
It's 4 or 5 of the same people every game. It's just that they post 10 posts per minute.
Blatant double dribble not called.
Couple of things. Cats played very soft and let physicality get them. Secondly, Cats are a waaay different team when Butler is on the bench. He’s the straw who stirs the drink.
You'd think Clemson was wearing Duke uniforms. They are not playing better than us. They are absolutely mugging us and getting away with it. Gonna have to catch a few breaks and find a way to overcome it. I think we'll be fine. Pope will make adjustments. He ain't Cal.
He couldn't be looser then Kerr and Jax so far.
Here’s hoping the second half is much better. We came back on a WAY better Duke team. Have to do the same now. Let’s go!!
Refs haven't been great. But we can't bitch when we give up 13 rebounds to a goober.
Games like this happen on the road to an extent. Clemson hitting a lot of spinning fadeaways that aren’t particularly good shots and getting the benefit of a few calls are the kind of thing that leads to even good teams losing a few road games most years.
Not thrilled with some of the things we can control though. We’re giving up way too many offensive rebounds, missed a bunch of free throws, and did too much recklessly driving the ball into a crowd and hoping for a bailout call instead of executing our offense. There’s a lot of room for improvement right now.
Not thrilled with some of the things we can control though. We’re giving up way too many offensive rebounds, missed a bunch of free throws, and did too much recklessly driving the ball into a crowd and hoping for a bailout call instead of executing our offense. There’s a lot of room for improvement right now.
No it factor guys for us. Gotta do it by committee. Which means half the committee can’t be water boys for the half.
I truly think CMP will make adjustments that will have a major impact in this game, but if we don't rebound better in the second half, there's no way we're winning this game
If Carr and or Butler pick up their 3rd in the first 5 minutes we are most likely toast
We're gonna have a lot of these games this year. Road games against random SEC teams with floppy-banged assholes in the stands going crazy, refs getting into the hype calling phantom fouls, galloping 30 feet and flexing during charge calls against us, and a Uriah Heep-lookalike white dude draining 3s. That's life for UK on the road. Just gotta deal with it.
Also suck to be the first SEC loss in the challenge ☹️
Come on Pope coach em up and get them ready to run through a wall 2nd half.
Come on Pope coach em up and get them ready to run through a wall 2nd half.
Too many people here have Cal PTSD….. He’s gone we actually have a coach now that will actually make the necessary adjustments we need to get us back into the game and win the game!
I mean, we’ve only made 10 shots. Half of those were Butler and Owen driving to the rim. Hard to get assists like that.
Can't really blame officials when you aren't hustling and are missing your free throws. Play harder. Play smarter. Play strong.
We hit the deck 3 times in a row no calls. Didn't see, who's the refs tonight,?
Problem is, they might be better coached than Duke, they are more experienced together, and chances are, they won't lose some players in the end due to injury/cramping.
I'm starting to think the 1st half against Duke was the norm, not what we saw in the 2nd half. Yes we made adjustments and we stepped up, but Duke certainly unlocked and opened the door for us IMO.
Maybe not. But they are FASTER than Clemson. And that's concerning to a degree, especially considering their dudes are MUCH better than any of these Clemson guys.
Simple Simon schiefflen is killing is, he’s hustling, but he’s also throwing his body around and getting away with rough play. You can’t be as aggressive as he is and not foul.
I watched a lot of full replays of BYU games after the Pope hire. They were so much more crisp with the zoom action, getting easy baskets off cuts, corner threes, zoom into PnR, pick-and-pop, or a three from the big man left alone up top. They also had a short, thick center who was really good one-on-one in the post, and we really don't have anyone like that on this team. I'm looking forward to Pope having some continuity and getting guys that really match his system. I think he did a good job getting shooters and bringing enough guys to fill out a roster, but we'll have better rosters very soon...
The game of basketball should not be THAT physical a dude Williams size is getting thrown to the floor. That’s football.
I know what you mean, but the guy’s effort is pretty incredible. Any coach in the world loves players that play that hard. He’ll cool off in the locker room, I suspect.
