The stars of the game right now are the refs. They managed to get Tennessee back in it. They seem to have a solid game plan tonight.
Kentucky vs Tennessee Game Thread
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Shitfire, y'all. I haven't been able to watch the game but expected us to be down 20 from the way you all are talking. Down three at the half while being down our point guards and starting PF? Not terrible.
We were humming when we had the right guys hitting threes, then we had players taking 3's that are shooting airballs and players shooting long 2's that just lead to pounts for Tennessee.
Bur these turnovers and missed rebounds are killers.
Bur these turnovers and missed rebounds are killers.
Yeagm the turnovers and fouls are the difference. I don't think UK actually committed more fouls.
We are awful in rebounding because we are slow and non athletic. TN and every good team we have played makes this so obvious. We may win because TN can.t throw it the ocean tonight, but the difference is their speed vs our kids. We seem like we are playing in sand.
If we could rebound half the boards we should got that we lost and not turned it over twice as much as normal would be up 8 pts since we shot the 3 decent and they sucked at it but when they get 3 shots every possession hard to win.
We should be up 8 right now
We should be up 8 right now
Those subs didn’t go the last few minutes looking completely useless. Chandler and Noah aren’t perfect, but they haven’t killed us tonight in a game where those dudes have to play some mins due to our lack of bodies.
We do not have athleticism and physically, this is the problem
Refs didn't give up 2nd chance points or have 8 turnovers
Feel like on a whole the team played pretty well for who we got. We have 4 players in our rotation that aren’t really ready for big minutes in a game like this and 2 of our best essentially out.
Gotta rebound. That last 4 minutes was rough but predictable.
Gotta rebound. That last 4 minutes was rough but predictable.
Refs have kept the game from getting away from the Vols. It was like 9-2 with about a couple of minutes to go or something g like that. With Tennessee’s karate defense they sure don’t get any fouls called
Tn is not a good offensive team. But if we just keep giving them shots until they make one it won’t matter.
Then again with the turnovers.
This team should be a very low turnover team.
And it was early. I don’t know what’s happened to them.
Then again with the turnovers.
This team should be a very low turnover team.
And it was early. I don’t know what’s happened to them.
I get the bitching some but we're in this. Better than I hoped. If the refs can stop being such cheating bastards and Pope calms down on subs we can pull this out.
Oh and REBOUBD THE F**KING BALL!!!
Oh and REBOUBD THE F**KING BALL!!!
Almonor and Garrison are both really coming along. We get everyone back and healthy and we’re an extremely hard team to beat.
More Noah and Perry please, less Chandler. These two should be shooting every time they touch the ball, IMO.
Yeah, but 10 or 12 of their total must be offensive rebounds. Last 6 minutes of 1st half was brutal. At least we’re only down 3 at half.
This team being bad in the last 4 mins of halfs is inexcusable. They are all upper class man with years of experience. They should not be this bad closing out halfs
We're so drunk off of 3's. It's nasty to watch.
Colin had a wide open layup and he passed it off to Garrison in the paint who kicked it out for a 3. Just take the layup. You have struggled all year. See one go through the basket.
Colin had a wide open layup and he passed it off to Garrison in the paint who kicked it out for a 3. Just take the layup. You have struggled all year. See one go through the basket.
Pope needs to rip some ass for our players just standing and watching TN rebound
Oscar would have 50 rebounds against this UK team. Pope has to start getting on these guys about it. Tennessee will probably shoot out of its ass in the second half, but it's still goooo Cats.
They’re smothering and checking us as expected…but it’s a repeat of the Vanderbilt game. Just very robotic decision making. I get they’re trained to play a certain way but it’s panic mode once the shot clock starts winding down. This is what happens when you really don’t have a playmaker on offense. Forced passes and bad shot selection…more frustrated at halftime then I have been in any game this season. Game is there for the taking!
I know 10-2 refs looked up said oh shit they're gonna know we cheating. Called 2 meaningless fouls on EwwwwT.
Don't you know? It's the Big 12 offense, like the Wildcat Play. All that other stuff earlier in the season, a smokescreen.
Pope needs to get it through our players heads that you need to give 150% effort, I see a hell of a lot of 50% effort, especially from Jaxson "it's just basketball" Robinson.
As opposed to the countless rebounds he loses or watches others get?
Turnover ratio (7 to 1) hurt, but I could have imaged it being even worse before the game. Still, so much has to go right in the 2nd half for UK to win this game. The defense has had lapses, but is ok I think. Keeping TN off the offensive boards would be nice. But physicality is just not how this team is built. I don't care, just find a way to win guys!
At one point he was hiding behind his own teammate heading back the other way, and when I saw that crap? Get him out. You're not in there to log minutes, Colin, we need you contributing.
Like clockwork. Anybody that says the refs don’t influence the game are fooling themselves
