I look for Duke to totally ignore Williams and Garrison above the free-throw line.
That’s what I would do …
Keys to the W on Tuesday……
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That’s what I would do …
Duke will keep their 7’2” Center in the paint.
For some reason Im not really worried. All of UK's veteran players have played against some big time programs. They have all been through pressure situations. I dont think they will be rattled. Hit their shots and play good defense. BOOM.
Defense is the key to pretty much all of our games. Since we seek a fast tempo, turnovers and defensive rebounding are key. Also, you know, it would be nice if there were a lot of available defensive rebounds.
This is exactly how we win. Have our guards harass their guards so it eats up shot clock and makes it tough for them to get the ball to flagg.
I trust we will get good defense from Butler and Oweh. I think Kriisa and Carr will show up for a big game.
To me it’s:
1) can we not lose the offensive glass by too much (by no more than 5)
2) can more than 1 guy make 3’s
To me it’s:
1) can we not lose the offensive glass by too much (by no more than 5)
2) can more than 1 guy make 3’s
He is doing fine offensively. A little worried about the defensive side but we will see.
Win on the glass
Stay out of foul trouble
Continue taking care and sharing of the ball
Good perimeter D
Shoot well from 3
Stay out of foul trouble
Continue taking care and sharing of the ball
Good perimeter D
Shoot well from 3
My son and I will be there which is key to us winning.
Get Knueppel in foul trouble by attacking him off the bounce with some combination of Oweh, Robinson, or even Chandler. He seems to be their weak link defender and if he’s on the bench their scoring ability, especially from deep, should be diminished.
That’s what I’m getting from thread
Also, hitting shots
Seriously..there’s no guarantee that we can win this game; too many factors.
But what I am sure of is this team will fight. They will play their game and they’ll be well coached. I don’t think it will be a blow out loss if it IS a loss. I truly believe we will be competitive
Be relentless in making Duke defend. We are a deep team that has a high assist ratio. I believe we are a bad matchup for Duke.
So when they set picks, we should get open looks with nobody to help on the other side!
Oweh is the only answer we have to guarding flagg. I’m sure the coaching staff knows that. Oweh needs to forget about his offense in this game and use all of his energy to keep Flagg from dominating. Still doesent guarantee success is he shuts him down, but anyone else guarding Flagg and he will have a field day
Wright State ranked 184
Bucknell ranked 212
Maine is 241
Army is 284
KY has played the better teams and Kerr trash talking hopefully will get under Pukes skin.
Bucknell ranked 212
Maine is 241
Army is 284
KY has played the better teams and Kerr trash talking hopefully will get under Pukes skin.
I’m not worried at all about Duke.
I think we beat them wire to wire and pull away late for a comfortable win.
Thus ain’t your daddy’s Duke. We are your daddy’s UK. 🏀
I think we beat them wire to wire and pull away late for a comfortable win.
Thus ain’t your daddy’s Duke. We are your daddy’s UK. 🏀
FYI
Andrew Carr had 18 points in a win against Duke last season. 8-14 from the field. He was 1-4 from 3 and 1 rebound.
He had 12 (6-9 shooting) in a loss a few weeks before that at Duke. No 3s and 5 rebounds.
So he’s proven he can score on Duke’s defense.
I didn’t dig very deep, but he’s probably the only guy on the team with history of playing against Duke. He is probably heavily involved in the game planning for Tuesday night.
Play smart, hard and together and they get the W. If not, I hope they give their all and I’ll be pleased.
Hmmm. In 2022, Reeves didn't disappear, he just had a bad shooting night and went 1-15. While he shot us out of the game, he was probably our most consistent shooter all year with Tyty and Grady hurt the last third of the season. He had a lot of great games including 37 pts at Arkansas and averaged around 15 ppg if my memory serves. We had to have Reeves shooting in the St Peter's game because other than Oscar, no one was giving us much.
Many of his misses were in and out and that can happen to any shooter on occasion. Last year he averaged nearly 20 ppg and played pretty well against Oakland. My point is there is a difference between disappearing, as in not wanting the ball or doing very little in the way of contribution, and not having a great shooting night but contributing in other ways such as boards, blocks, assists, steals and rebounds. Against Oakland, Reeves didn't torch them with his shooting, but neither was he stone cold as I recall the game. He hustled his ass off and played unselfishly. We lost that game in large measure because we didn't play good team defense, most notably we failed to run Oakland's best 3-p shooter off the 3-p line or really even challenge his shots. Reeves played like an All-American last year and he didn't receive the credit he deserved. This week he scored 34 points for New Orleans coming off the bench. He showed just how good he really is and that he's very capable of putting up good numbers in the NBA too. He gave us everything he had for 2 years, so let's not denigrate him.
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Another game (team) that Carr knows all too well. Hope he shows out like Duke game.
We need to have crisp clean passing, fewer TOs than the last couple of games. We need rebounding and play our game. Not sure 1 guy over any other has to be the guy for this game. All too well known by now that we can have 1 of about 7 guys be the leading scorer any night. Hope Garrison is available. Just keep the ball moving to the open / good shot. Oweh, Butler and Williams keep being the pest on defense. Garrison, Kerr, Chandler, Brea and Almonor keep being the spark off the bench. Any of those guys can score. I doubt we see a ton of Chandler. Probably more Garrison, Brea, Kerr and Almonor with the starters Tuesday. Gonna be a late game. GO BIG BLUE!!!!!!
We need to have crisp clean passing, fewer TOs than the last couple of games. We need rebounding and play our game. Not sure 1 guy over any other has to be the guy for this game. All too well known by now that we can have 1 of about 7 guys be the leading scorer any night. Hope Garrison is available. Just keep the ball moving to the open / good shot. Oweh, Butler and Williams keep being the pest on defense. Garrison, Kerr, Chandler, Brea and Almonor keep being the spark off the bench. Any of those guys can score. I doubt we see a ton of Chandler. Probably more Garrison, Brea, Kerr and Almonor with the starters Tuesday. Gonna be a late game. GO BIG BLUE!!!!!!
What bothered me about the Oakland game was their 6.7 PF having his way with all 3 of our 7 footers. Everyone talked about the 10 3pointers, but their "big man" looked like Arnold Schwarzenegger against 3 pee wee Hermans
You wearing blue? Will look for you in the crowd
I was at the Jax bowl game last season vs Clemson. Please get us revenge
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