Per Ramsey Oakland plays a lot of zone

[University-6]

I love the thought of Oakland trying to zone this team. We should eat them alive.

 

[drew_ukfan]

Any Cal team can lose to an overmatched team but I do think we will win this one easily

 

[Lempface]

Please zone this team. Just let Tone, Rob, and Reed have target practice off easy screens.

 

[Jakerz]

I wish Kentucky would zone. They did for like three possessions last game and it worked

 

[EliteBlue]

Shouldn’t be a concern with RRR and a capable shooter at the 4. Just keep the shots coming from the right people and not have questionable players getting trigger happy bc “they’re open” and we will be fine w a zone

 

[bucsrule8872]

Should be to our advantage if they zone.

We should shoot the lights out against a zone. SHOULD is the key word.

 

[Atrain7732]

I watched them a couple times this year they are legit. But, we should boat race them regardless of what defense they choose to employ.

 

[FirewithFire]

Depends on if it's a 2-3, a 3-2, or a 1-3-1. We all know how much Cal loves that last one.

A 3-2 could pose a problem if our bigs can't get their heads out of their asses like usual.

Anyway, GO BIG BLUE.

 

[FilsonCat]

Nothing is for granted with this squad, especially if they throw together something unusual for this game. I could see a matchup base zone with some triangle and 2 or box and 1 mixed in.

 

[kywildcatsfannumber1]

And they might just regret that if Reeves, Reed, Dillingham all get hot from outside!!

 

[TOMCATS1990]

Should help rebounding also in our favor

 

[IowaMuse]

They do. A matchup at times an a sagging at times.,Keep in mind they played 2 teams in their conference semis and finals who were horrific perimeter shooting teams.

 

[CrimsonCats]

In theory, we should be hard team to zone effectively because of our shooting, but it also seems like Cal’s teams in recent years haven’t always executed a zone offense very well. I feel pretty good about the first game though. All bets could be off after that.

 

[JB_Cat]

Nevermind the fact that Oakland would be risking giving up open 3pt shots, they're opening up the possibility for offensive rebounds against a team that isn't a good rebounding team. I like it.

 

[bluesundown]

And they might just regret that if Reeves, Reed, Dillingham all get hot from outside!!

If these three do most of our shooting I feel good about our chances. But I hope DJ and JE don’t try too hard to be the hero’s

 

[ib4ky]

Z or Mitchell and four guards for 30-minutes!!

 

[mcwildcats04]

Z or Mitchell and four guards for 30-minutes!!

Uh, not Mitchell. Mitchell hasn't been playable (for significant minutes) for a few months. Back-up minutes for him unless he finally gets back to form.

 

[University-6]

Uh, not Mitchell. Mitchell hasn't been playable (for significant minutes) for a few months. Back-up minutes for him unless he finally gets back to form.

Tre is the perfect player to plant at the foul line and pass vs a zone. If Oakland sticks to zone, I predict a big game from Mitchell.

 

[rick64]

 

[mcwildcats04]

Tre is the perfect player to plant at the foul line and pass vs a zone. If Oakland sticks to zone, I predict a big game from Mitchell.

Man, I hope so. I sure miss the Tre we saw at the beginning of the season.

 

[ib4ky]

Oakland only plays THREE frontline players, 6-6, 6-6, 6-9, all 215-225. The rest of their minutes go to 6-3 and under guards.
If Oakland plays zone, UGO CAN'T PLAY and UK will need their best inside passers/ shooters

Tre is the perfect player to plant at the foul line and pass vs a zone. If Oakland sticks to zone, I predict a big game from Mitchell.

roaming around the foul line (Z and Mitchell).

 

[catfan220]

I love the thought of Oakland trying zone this team. We should eat them alive.

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I like the idea of giving Tre Mitchell a chance to get some easy looks and find his shot before competition picks up.

 

[JrandoUK]

Should be to our advantage if they zone.

We should shoot the lights out against a zone. SHOULD is the key word.

Let Big Z eat in that zone…

 

[ukfan041]

Need to DJ and Edwards to start hitting layups when they penetrate the zone!

 

[UKAlum84]

The zone defense should not be a problem if: We have guards that drive to the basket and post players who can score in the paint. Just don't decide that a zone is gonna affect our offense is all Im saying.

 

[TheDude73]

Depends on if it's a 2-3, a 3-2, or a 1-3-1. We all know how much Cal loves that last one.

A 3-2 could pose a problem if our bigs can't get their heads out of their asses like usual.

Anyway, GO BIG BLUE.

Our bigs have 4-6” on their biggest player. Perch them at the FT line in the zone (namely Big Z) and have fun.

 

[bigblueinsanity]

For a change, we should welcome a zone. Our ball movement and shooting is second to none. We should put together a highlight reel on o

 

[Smashcat]

Interesting.

 

[pinecreek]

Cal been texting with Half Pint all evening drawing up a few zone buster plays.

 

[PhattyJ4UK]

I wish Kentucky would zone. They did for like three possessions last game and it worked

Huh? We gave up back to back wide open threes within like 30 seconds.

 

[catfan220]

Let Big Z eat in that zone…

I think Big Z and Mitchell will be the keys in a possible upset of Houston. Need to get them going in round 1 if we want a shot later on!

 

[Rideordiewildcat]

I love the thought of Oakland trying zone this team. We should eat them alive.

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Oakland sucks!!!

 

[Smashcat]

Interesting.

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[wmarkedwards]

4-22, E8 2010

 

[Wildcat Sheli]

In the other similar Thread I posted this article about Cal’s friendship with Kempe.
How does Cal fare against good friends? Huggins, Crean and Barnes come to mind.

John Calipari and Greg Kampe discuss their coaching relationship

Kentucky is set to take on Oakland in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

www.aseaofblue.com

 

[nickhorvathsuxazz]

In the other similar Thread I posted this article about Cal’s friendship with Kempe.
How does Cal fare against good friends? Huggins, Crean and Barnes come to mind.

John Calipari and Greg Kampe discuss their coaching relationship

Kentucky is set to take on Oakland in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

www.aseaofblue.com

That, and the fact that he's back in Pittsburgh for a big ol' homecoming type setting, is worrisome

 

[JonathanW]

Actually, the few times we faced a zone this year I think we did pretty good against it. Zone D is not that hard to play against as long as you are patient. And it should help our offensive rebounding.

 

[CatsFanIL]

Please zone this team. Just let Tone, Rob, and Reed have target practice off easy screens.

It's pretty much a matchup 1-3-1, which I don't think we've seen this year, and I'd be surprised if any of our freshmen have ever seen before. It's unique, definitely not like any 2-3 zone they've seen this year.

What Oakland will actually tend to give us will be our post isolated 1 on 1, but I don't think that's what UK wants. Not sure we're going into the NCAAT relying on Ugo or Big Z can win 1 on 1 battles in the post.

I think offensive rebs, some lobs/dunks will be open. If we can execute vs the zone and make them go M2M, it'll be game over. But they'll have our shooters marked, hard closeouts - need to shot-fake and drive those hard closeouts, make zone scramble, and you'll probably see some Adou, Ugo, Z alley-oops

 

[Rafterman]

This just feels like an Adou game. I expect a good performance from him on Thursday.

 

[Jakerz]

Huh? We gave up back to back wide open threes within like 30 seconds.

Idk what you were watching but when I seen us go zone three times we made two stops and then gave up a floater that was a garbage shot