That Last 10 Minutes Was Brutal.
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They did, it was playground ball, not a single player took it serious after that. The refs didn’t help at all.
Depends on the guys, like I think DJ Dilly Mitchell Reed Reeves have to be healthy. Then Adou and probably Z look to be the most important next players. The others are a luxury for depth. I think we need the consistency of Reeves and Mitchell. The 2 PG’s for different styles, the shooting and passing of Reed, the tenacity and defense of Adou, and the skill of Z.
Okay a couple of things….Jimmy Dykes confirmed last game the analytics say: Wagner & Dillingham are two of the three worst on-ball defenders in the SEC. CLEARLY they need to almost never play together to mitigate the defensive ineptitude. I would also say that Edwards is just as bad as those two he just simply doesn’t play enough to allow his metrics to get that low. So a lot of the defense after Adou gets back is trying to stagger our terrible defenders so they play together as little as possible. Also having re-watched the games several times A LOT of the defensive issues can be fixed. Wagner overplays too much toward the paint when there is already a help defender which allows ball-reversal open looks. Edwards can’t get matched up with his man in transition to save his life. He actually moves his feet okay and is decent in isolation Defense but he can’t identify his man in transition quick enough giving up countless open looks. Dillingham is just a total mess on defense….he is stealthy the worst defender on the team but applies decent ball-pressure so your eye isn’t drawn to it. Off-ball….he is a total disaster that can’t handle switches. He constantly switches late or switches onto the wrong player giving up a wide open look. The take away is all those issues are MENTAL and fixable.
I just wish Cal would instill a killer instinct in his teams. This team is scoring the exact same amount right now as the 96 title team (91.6). That team though held their opponents to 8 less points a game (69) than this one (77). With the performances we've seen in the SEC so far by us, that number will keep climbing.
That was my favorite thing about Pitino teams. They rarely let teams get back into games. Even with the end of the bench players in the game, I don't recall losing 20+ points off of a lead. I guess that's the problem with being a young team all of the time.
That was my favorite thing about Pitino teams. They rarely let teams get back into games. Even with the end of the bench players in the game, I don't recall losing 20+ points off of a lead. I guess that's the problem with being a young team all of the time.
Good comments. I was sick of watching Melendez make high flying dunks in the last 5 minutes.
Im not sure how many lobs we tried but it wasn't a lot. Man, with 2 7'ers in the game and the way we were penetrating, it was a head scratcher.
But one helluva of an electric atmosphere!!
Happy for Z and a good win.
The idea is for us to score early and often, while making the other team work hard to get good looks at the basket. That's how we get better offensive efficiency and it comes down to defense. Yes, playing our style is gonna to give the other team more opportunities but we should not make it easy for them to turn possessions into points. We can't limit their possessions but we can limit how they use them. We can turn them over and pressure them into mistakes. We have not good, but great depth at virtually every spot on the floor and fouls should not be an issue. Use them if need be to keep the other team from doing anything easily. Pitino did it well and Nolan Richardson possibly did it best, with his 40 minutes of hell style on defense. Tips, deflections, blocked shots and shot clock violations, as well as just mental breakdowns by the other teams offense created by an unrelenting style of defense. I think those things leave a ton of room for us to improve defensively from where we are as a team. We should be hammering teams and we really have no glaring weaknesses from a player perspective but a ton of team defensive weaknesses.
In a nutshell, I want our defense to look and play like our offense. We can do that with this set of players and no matter what anyone says, defense travels and it carries a team that relies as much as we do on perimeter shooting. Forget the line on the floor. You live and die with perimeter shooting. Defense, rebounding and interior scoring are enough to work on, at least for this week Lol!
It was a blowout. We played much better defense until we took our foot off the gas and SEC officials inserted themselves into the game. Gave them 6 points.
The game was never in doubt. Dillingham didn’t play well.
Theiro still out. Yet we out rebounded them.
Rupp Arena was electric.
Big Z showed out. Reeves went for over 2000 points for his career.
It was just a wonderful evening in Lexington!!
The CHC just has to keep hating. It’s in their DNA now.
The game was never in doubt. Dillingham didn’t play well.
Theiro still out. Yet we out rebounded them.
Rupp Arena was electric.
Big Z showed out. Reeves went for over 2000 points for his career.
It was just a wonderful evening in Lexington!!
The CHC just has to keep hating. It’s in their DNA now.
Kinda hard to get out and run and play up temp when we were constantly taking the ball out of the basket.
2 technicals one on Z and One on Cal hurt b/c they made the fts and then got the ball. Kinda sloppy the last 8 minutes, real sloppy.
Yeah, but they could have at least covered the spread. They should always have the alumni in mind late in games.
That is false.
Wayne Turner Freshman
Ron Mercer Freshman
Nazr Mohammed Freshman
Oliver Simmons Freshman
Antoine Walker Sophomore
Allen Edwards Sophomore
Anthony Epps Junior
Derek Anderson Junior
Jeff Sheppard Junior
Mark Pope Senior
Tony Delk Senior
Walter McCarty Senior
Jared Prickett (Redshirted)
Still more experienced than this year, but not near being all seniors.
The players knew the game was won and dropped intensity. Cal will get after them for that. I am sure. Credit Georgia players for continuing to play hard. I have seen many SEC teams over the years when UK is hammering them quit and go thru the motions to end the game. As good as UK played for 30 minutes the last 10 gave Cal coaching opportunities and players some learning opportunities coming out of this game.
It was 7:43 left and a 28-point lead. Tre and Reed went to the bench at the same time. Not the best recipe when the 2 best leaders sit together but ultimately it was a lead that was impossible to overcome.
Ralph Dalton's post pretty much nukes yours. It wasn't that "simple." A series of unfortunate events including the refs getting involved, a flagrant, two techs, and stall ball contributed mightily to that loss of lead.
Cal admitted that we played terrible defense. Is he a CHC hater too?
Players should give 100% on every play and the coach is in charge of subbing them when they are tired and for how they play with a big lead vs a tie game. Stall ball or slowing it down rather than running up the score is the coach's call. The score should have no bearing on the players effort. I just don't see any other way of looking at it. Cal tried subbing and getting their attention but he should not have had to coach effort. Since when do the players get to dictate how hard they should play? Sorry but lack of effort should not be rewarded or justified.
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Troll confirmed
Whatever man. Far from a troll and I'm not a Cal hater, which seems to bother some people. He does some stupid things at times, no doubt but he's still the best fit for this team right now. I really don't know who I'd take over him when you look at the whole picture.
Lack of effort should always be called out and should never be rewarded. I don't care who the coach is. He shouldn't have to coach effort.
Looks like you're a wiley old veteran of a year and a half on here. Belated "welcome aboard"!
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