********OFFICIAL GAME THREAD********

[TheWyldKat]

VMI has fantastic ball movement. They’re playing like a top 25 team

 

[tenncats]

duke would beat VMI by 50

 

[The_Answer1313]

By “we” are you talking about Kentucky, Ohio State or Xavier?

lmao

 

[silentsaregolden2.0]

That guy will be cold as ice his next game.

 

[K-Town Kat]

Our defense kinda sucks right now, but man, some of the threes they made were complete bullshit.

Not the first time that lucky garbage happened at Rupp.

Pretty sure Bubba closed his eyes on some of the makes.

 

[jameslee32]

 

[CHAMPCAT11]

duke would beat VMI by 50

Not if they played like they did tonight.

 

[JFCats22]

Not if they played like they did tonight.

Duke and K wouldn’t have let VMI do that to them.

 

[chattanoogawildcat]

Thank God for the refs and UK being +28 FTAs. If not, this would be a VMI blowout.

You are one miserable person.

 

[warrior-cat]

Attention whores. Might as well be a Khardashian.

Yep, know a few of those in the political thread.

 

[TheWyldKat]

We have them, we just don't run an.offense that caters to outside shooters. We pound the ball inside. Doesn't matter who our personnel is, we pound it inside.
Herro and Q are great shooters, but our offensive personality doesn't fit their games, so they look like average shooters.
It is what it is.

Well said, I wish we would implement some good ball movement and picks to create some shots for those guys

 

[StevieJFTW07]

Whew..19 threes..I've never seen that vs. UK before. I've also never seen a team do it and still lose..and lose by double digits. Amazing.

 

[Aike]

No. VMI IS bad.........they are a 300+ ranked team

That being said, you can always have a good game and they are having one.

Way too early for that ranking to mean anything. Guarantee they weren’t 300+ tonight.

 

[kyjeff1]

Looks like another Elite 8 year where we fall 1 player short again of winning it all. Every year we just need 1 more star to stay or get 1 big name guy that goes elsewhere. Just a brutal cycle every year it seems. 3 times this team has had enough talent to win it all since Cal has came here the years of 2010, 2012 and 2015. Only one 1 of those.

Yeah I can't really disagree with you. I wish I could, I want to, but I can't.
This team just doesn't have good enough talent to get beyond an E8.
Oh they'll turn it on towards the end of the season and look invincible at times, but this team is missing star power and guys like Richards, Washington and Green just aren't going to be big enough difference makers when it boils right down to it.
Just going to try to enjoy the ride and not set expectations too high because there are too many really good teams out there for this team to make it through.

 

[warrior-cat]

Not gonna lie though, we’ve looked rather pedestrian this year so far.

I have faith we will be firing on all cylinders by January though (fingers crossed)

So far, we are not the shooting team some were saying we were off season.

 

[jameslee32]

Yep, know a few of those in the echo chamber.

 

[Cardsstink]

Ignore function....use it

Nah, people like you that use this board to vomit on need to hear it.

 

[warrior-cat]

Nice echo there.

 

[the nail at the foul line]

Where did @Cardsstink go??

I tell you, shooting threes is no way to play like you said.

 

[silentsaregolden2.0]

Whew..19 threes..I've never seen that vs. UK before. I've also never seen a team do it and still lose..and lose by double digits. Amazing.

Didn't UK hit 21 in a game during Pitino's first year, and lose? Might have been that game against Kansas, which we lost by what, 55?

 

[crawfords corner]

Im still shaking my head at some of the junk that Parham kid threw up there that went in.

 

[Kentucky fan 1989]

I'll take this over losing to Furman.

 

[JFCats22]

Way too early for that ranking to mean anything. Guarantee they weren’t 300+ tonight.

They are 3-2 on the season and two wins are against Divison 3 teams.

They are awful

 

[the nail at the foul line]

Their kids don't get yanked first time they miss one. Also, they shoot with nothing to lose because that's the only chance they have.

This.

 

[kywildcat41086]

Love my Cats and have my whole life but we aren't winning shit this year we just don't have the players to do it let's hope like hell we get 2 of Wiseman, McDaniels , or Carey to go with Whitney , Maxey , Allen, and any returning players or we aren't doing shit next year either!

 

[the nail at the foul line]

Cal needs to up the tempo and open the game more for shooters. Maybe not 50 but 25 threes a game would be a start.

I am not sure he ever will.

 

[jf121264]

They weren't awful today.

 

[JC43]

I bet there are a couple "fans" upset we won. See this is what happens when we give out trophies to everyone. They think their voice means something, even if it is just shit talking. Thanks parents of the most entitled generation. It's our fault for this upcoming generation. Break the family unit, no accountability the population limiters are winning

 

[StevieJFTW07]

Didn't UK hit 21 in a game during Pitino's first year, and lose? Might have been that game against Kansas, which we lost by what, 55?

I knew we hit something close to 19 give or take and it may have been the Kansas 150-95 game..I'll have to look it up.

 

[CBBCrazy]

Most 3's were contested, when a team is hot and hit 19 3's you should lose. We did not, we won by double digits. Not many teams could take that onslaught and win, great win imo.

 

[Notorious23]

We won and thats is all that matters this early in the season. We will get better and the negative gnats can go fly around another shit team.

 

[Aike]

Cal needs to up the tempo and open the game more for shooters. Maybe not 50 but 25 threes a game would be a start.

I am not sure he ever will.

Tempo is decent. We’re scoring in the 90s.

 

[the nail at the foul line]

Tempo is decent. We’re scoring in the 90s.

So did Pitt.

 

[StevieJFTW07]

Didn't UK hit 21 in a game during Pitino's first year, and lose? Might have been that game against Kansas, which we lost by what, 55?

We hit 17 threes that game..17/36.

http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/statistics/games/19891209Kansas.html

 

[Aike]

So did Pitt.

Ok?

VMI was 5/25 from 3 against Pitt. I don’t think pace tonight was the difference.

 

[Blue Fever]

Duke and K wouldn’t have let VMI do that to them.

How would K and Duke have guarded Parham any better?

Hand in the face: check.
Double teamed: check
Switch on the perimeter: check
Keep a taller defender on him: check
What's left? Shank him?

Kid was simply on-fire tonight, he deserves credit.

 

[the nail at the foul line]

Ok?

VMI was 5/25 from 3 against Pitt. I don’t think pace tonight was the difference.

The long haul.

Tonight is meaningless in the big picture.

 

[Aike]

They are 3-2 on the season and two wins are against Divison 3 teams.

They are awful

They weren’t awful tonight, no matter how much you’d like them to be.

They are beating D-3 teams by 60 points. Can’t really judge much from that one way or another.

They shot very poorly against Pitt, and shot out of their minds against us. The reality of who they are is likely somewhere in the middle. But tonight they were pretty good.

 

[StevieJFTW07]

The last two games vs. VMI (2008 and now in 2018)..the combined total score for both games is UK - 195..VMI - 193.

 

[ib4ky]

Found this on "REAL TIME RPI"
-164 244 Clemson 3-0 0.4306 339 0.2407 Acc 0-0

-104 245 Villanova 2-2 0.4305 192 0.4740 Bige 0-0

-154 246 Virginia Military 1-1 0.4292 262 0.4056 South 0-0
http://realtimerpi.com/college_Men_basketball_rpi5.html

Found this on "TEAM RANKING RPI"
214 VA Military (1-1) 0.429 125 324 184
https://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-basketball/rpi-ranking/rpi-rating-by-team