They gonna come out with they hair on fire. We better quit playing so lackadaisical.
****** OFFICIAL NCAAT Troy Vs Kentucky Game Thread *****
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Id like to see Pope go to Carr on the block more in the 2nd half
0 offensive rebounds in a half, that’s almost impossible to accomplish but they did
tell this to the “play the best players” crowd. there’s only one reason he can’t be strong with the ball, and only one reason he doesn’t play much. he’s frickin injured.
Need to control first 4 minutes and kill their spirit
And we're bigger than them. Pope has got to adjust his philosophy on rebounding.
Amari still watches people drive near him with his hands down
How the hell do we get the guard with a bad arm.. that's like having a quarterback with 1 eye.
If Amari wake up fully, Kentucky should go to him, they can’t guard him if Williams decides he wants to play
If we keep playing the 3 game when we don't have to, we are simply playing into their hands. Pound the ball inside and pass out to the open shooters if they double team.
Yes the lack of urgency scares the crap out of me.
Zero offensive rebounds tells me a lot.
That doesn’t sound like they want this bad enough.
Yes, there’s a reason Pope took him out early and often. He’s hurting
Amari's hoops IQ goes high-low-high-low-high-low and it never evens out . Maddening .. I like the young man , but he drives you crazy .. but less than Brea offering very little effort on the defensive end . Simply doesnt fight . But he's good to work hard on O .
Yep, we were pressing especially early on on the game. You could tell our guys were sped up a little and that’s ok. Most of our players have not played in but one or two tourney games, Butler and Almonor being obvious exceptions. The big thing was not letting Troy go nuts on the offensive glass and put chunks of points on the board. That effort gave our guys an opportunity to work into some semblance of a flow and put a small gap in the score. I expect a much sharper second half. If I’m Pope I’m not going “white hot” in the locker room. I’m reminding the guys what they are capable of, easing anxieties and pressing the need to keep working hard on the defensive glass. The shots will fall eventually. Cats by 18.
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Definitely a bunch ball watchers on this team.
I don't know what Pope was like in the past with his other teams, how well they played the first halves of games, but with UK it often seems like he's not done any scouting or game preparation, something that I thought would NEVER be an issue with him.
If we are playing ANY other team right now, we are down at halftime. We have all looked forward to this tournament but you couldn’t tell it by the way we looked. They have got to want it more than what I’m seeing, let them hang around and we will lose again.
If Butler is still injured he doesn’t need to play
You can’t put someone out there playing that bad
Can’t make layup floater jumpers - bad passes struggling dribbling
If he’s hurt set him if he’s not make sure he’s helping team
We went in that 8-0 run with out him
You can’t put someone out there playing that bad
Can’t make layup floater jumpers - bad passes struggling dribbling
If he’s hurt set him if he’s not make sure he’s helping team
We went in that 8-0 run with out him
He got the shit beat out of him playing basketfootball.
exactly...some of these teams may never see it again ...like the line is in the sand for them and give zero f***s
I’m just as confused why Perry is playing over Chandler. Thought Chandler had taken several steps forward the past few weeks, plus he’s far more athletic than Perry. Who knows.
Amari had one of the easier offensive put backs you could ask for but decided he was gonna be the cool guy and watch it roll off with his hands down. It’s the ****ing tournament my guy, enough of the dicking around.
What happened to the pregame stuff from Pope about playing simple and hard. We’re doing the opposite
Troy is a lot like A&M. They are both undersized. Despite that, both are great at getting offensive rebounds.
We did a fantastic job on the defensive glass. For the season, Troy gets a little over 38% of their misses. They got an offensive rebound on 13.6% of their chances in the first.
The offensive glass is definitely an area we haven't exploited. Troy is terrible on the defensive glass. While we are below average, getting 0 is far below what we should expect. It's hard to not get 1 or 2 just from a lucky bounce.
There is no way in the world it's been addressed by staff, no way. If it has then he has to have the mindset of a mule. Check his ears!
no, he probably shouldn’t. but try to keep him off with his career ending and perry being in over his head.
it’s actually a tough choice, perry or injured butler. and butler wants to go. you make the call. what’s it gonna be?
It’s unbelievable yet the Head Coach says nothing
Horn should blow and meet him halfway to bench
Unacceptable effort sort of like 5 seconds left on shot clock your man pops to corner and you give zero effort to get out on him
It’s crazy stuff
I lOVE LOVE LOVE Lamont Butler , thought he was headed towards All American levels til the injury , but if my man cant go , and cant be effective , set him .. I hope he pulls out of it , he makes one three maybe the confidence goes up , and he gets rolling .
Only reason we have the lead at half against TROY - the champions of the mighty Sun Belt - is a 30 second burst of 2 threes and a miracle full court Amari dunk.
Other than that 30 seconds we played, scared, tense and nervous. Very haphazard and not at all prepared. Pope has got to throw the stupid analytics out the window on these constant lineup switches. Players going in and out so much it’s hard for the guys on the floor to even know who they’re playing with. Just nonsense subbing this many players this often. Compete nonsense
Other than that 30 seconds we played, scared, tense and nervous. Very haphazard and not at all prepared. Pope has got to throw the stupid analytics out the window on these constant lineup switches. Players going in and out so much it’s hard for the guys on the floor to even know who they’re playing with. Just nonsense subbing this many players this often. Compete nonsense
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