This team is so lost on defense.

[WildmanWilson]

And that’s an understatement. It’s total chaos.

 

[UK67KU59]

Teams probably salivate at the thought of playing this fragile defense.

 

[MychalG]

Either this team lacks the ability to learn and retain what they are taught or they are not getting taught how to play defense. It is the same thing game after game. The most basic play in BB is the pick and roll and this team is clueless on how to defend it.

 

[Kerry Kat]

I turned it off. I just can’t ….

 

[kydmb99]

This team is lost at the head coaching position

 

[moses1uk]

Sheppard killed this team the first half

 

[KyLegacy]

If you actually pause and watch how lost we are on D it’s embarrassing. I watched Dilly completely lose his guy who didn’t have the ball and he wasn’t guarding anyone. His guy had a wide open 3pt.

 

[MegaBlue05]

Bigs are weak and ineffective and the guards either go under screens or run around like chickens with their heads cut off trying to figure out where they need to be.

Bad combo

 

[GoNoles111]

Dilly and Reed don't rebound at all which doesn't help. They're just too small. Getting bullied

 

[ukatecowboy]

Either this team lacks the ability to learn and retain what they are taught or they are not getting taught how to play defense. It is the same thing game after game. The most basic play in BB is the pick and roll and this team is clueless on how to defend it.

And how bout take the baseline away, you learn that in 8th grade

 

[katwest]

Good teams can get any shot they want against Kentucky, we see it every game. Bad thing is our coach can’t figure it all with all of these draft picks.

 

[RMorris33]

We just don't have good individual defenders. Everyone on the roster gets scored on pretty easily. Hard to watch

 

[shaudyshaud]

Yeah defensively we are literally always running around

 

[WilmoreCat]

Even the announcers are like ,this team sucks on defense .

 

[bnewt]

Sheppard killed this team the first half

How he did not play
Ccc had to play wagner
Chance to to go ahead and he shoots a 25' air ball

 

[shaudyshaud]

We just don't have good individual defenders. Everyone on the roster gets scored on pretty easily. Hard to watch

The team defense is worst than the individual defense to me

 

[wildcat_nation28]

Sheppard killed this team the first half

Oh boy your not allowed to say that here

 

[ukcatz12]

Either this team lacks the ability to learn and retain what they are taught or they are not getting taught how to play defense. It is the same thing game after game. The most basic play in BB is the pick and roll and this team is clueless on how to defend it.

It's gotta be a little bit of both. There are some defensive things this team sucks at that just aren't hard to teach. How many times can you tell guys not to fall for half assed shot fakes?

 

[katwest]

Opposing teams are patient in their offense and most of the time find an open man, we can’t stop it.

 

[shaudyshaud]

just keep guarding the 3 . If you get beat you get beat we have guys that should be able to protect the paint

 

[KyLegacy]

Oh boy. Who takes this shot? Shep or reeves

 

[gamecockcat]

It's painfully obvious that this team cannot guard any decent opponent in man to man. Painfully obvious to even the most casual fan of basketball.

By this point of the season, the staff/Cal should have recognized this fact and taught them to play zone. We have good enough athletes to play reasonably well in zone, I believe. Today's, the Zags who are above average at best, had how many shots within 4' of the basket? Possession after possession, they got a great look right at the rim.

And we played man defense every single time. No excuse for that. None.

 

[NociHTTP]

Most of this is on Cal, but we do have some guys who DO NOT WANT to play defense. They're afraid that if they rack up fouls, they won't get theirs.

 

[chevyman 50]

The Zags got inside on a post game anytime they wanted no zone to stop them and of course Ky with 3 seven footers do not have a post up game.