***** OFFICIAL NCAAT Illinois Vs Kentucky Game Thread *****

[St.PatterSoN-54-]

HAMMER DOWN CATS!!!!!

 

[CatFanInIlliniLand]

Blue got in. 😎

 

[TriCountyCat]

just keep hammering ... constantly hammering them. Never let up from the get go.

 

[CUJO_1970]

C’mon guys don’t let up!

 

[wildcat_nation28]

keep it going

 

[FiveStarCat]

That was a long ass timeout

 

[Farsight]

Pope better keep the 5 in. This is a good 5. Chandler finally playing the way he wants!

If pope makes 2-3 substitutions and we make 2 mistakes in a row he better pull their ass immediately

 

[LineSkiCat14]

Also, we have Pope. No more Cal. He's going to get a lot out of these guys just like he did against teams like Duke, Gonzaga, etc. I believe he's kind of like a Tom Izzo/Rick Pitino in that he just seems to make lesser talented teams work. He does a heck of a lot with 3 and 4-star players. Did it all season.

 

[KyLegacy]

Let’s go boys. I hate how many lay ups we miss and can someone tell Amari to dunk the ball?

 

[Cats192]

50/50 balls = UK so far

EXACTLY this. Keep fighting, running for every ball.

 

[darkshadesofblue]

Play smart/focused, keep the hammer down!!

 

[Fancatstik]

People saying we didn’t match up well with this team. Just the opposite

 

[Seth_C]

If that’s a foul, refs, you have missed a dozen already. Consistency, please.

 

[Chief Paducah]

Defense good so far. That’s the key to winning this game. Both teams can score.

 

[EliteBlue]

There's been a lot of talk about the balls not being broken in and being overinflated. Shooting all around has been awful.

This. Overinflated it slightly more “grippy/sticky” bc it’s not broken in and they are out of the box balls…both cause different interactions in ball/glass contact creating a harder recoil and potentially less slip across the glass…can mess w angles even with the exact same launch point and force applied

 

[bbncal02]

Had the TO, bounced it off, Phantom And1 for them. Eff me.

 

[FirewithFire]

Dude walked all over the floor and that no call turns into a three point play.

ETA Free throw missed.

 

[LmdCat]

Carr has got to man up under the basket.

 

[Dontworryboutit23]

You gotta rebound that man,

 

[ck-2]

Pope has to work the officials more.

 

[pauled]

Carr and his weak hands!

 

[HenryMuto]

Damn offensive rebound cost us 2 pts and a foul we had that ball in our hands too

 

[fredmanthecatfan]

Call me selfish, but my heart needs a blowout

 

[the nail at the foul line]

Here come the imaginary whistles

 

[FiveStarCat]

You can’t make that foul answer still give up the basket.

 

[zannmann]

That was not a foul.

 

[hotelblue]

we came out aggressive. two missed layups. clean it up.

 

[onearmedjesus]

Ivisic walked before his shot.

 

[the dopester]

Perfect D. So effing unlucky…

 

[Farsight]

So now they call a foul on Carr when he was fouled twice on his last 2 rebounds?

 

[Caintuk]

Nice start. One question. Why has Almonor fallen out of favor?. Would love to get him going again.

I’ve wondered the same thing. Just strange

 

[Seth_C]

****ing Garrison. I will choke you.

 

[LineSkiCat14]

It's the NCAAT is the only reason this is nerve wracking. It's win or go home. If this was a non-con game I'd be having a blast right now.

I know. I agree. But I wasn't quite as worried about Illinois as others were. They were erratic all season and I think some were almost too worried about the current state of our team.. which, is a team that's been pretty great defensively as of late.

I think we're all a little gun shy after Cals final years lol.

 

[LmdCat]

Why give that ball to Garrison in that position?

 

[bbncal02]

sigh.....

 

[TucsonCat]

Carr getting nose dirty. Love to see it

 

[megablue]

Illinois with dual bigs !!!

 

[Farsight]

Garrison why?

 

[catfan220]

Teams seem very content to let Garrison fire up 3s. I guess if he goes 1/3 again that's a win for UK

 

[LmdCat]

I simply don't trust Garrison with the ball.