UK at Bama Game Thread! Go Cats!

[fatguy87]

Sears does not score 30 against Butler. There's the game.

30 points on on 17 shots, 11/11 from the line.

If only Philon, Younblood, or Halloway played as poorly as Oweh...

That's the most striking fact from the box score. All of Bama's players were relatively efficient. Really, the only player who was beyond bad for the game offensively was Oweh.

 

[catsfan325]

I'm ready for this thing to be a machine. We've seen flashes throughout the year but I desperately want to be a dominant team that doesn't worry about losing to football schools.

 

[true blue1]

Our last 10 games were 4-6. We should’ve won the Vandy and Texas games.

 

[bbncal02]

Our last 10 games were 4-6. We should’ve won the Vandy and Texas games.

Yeah, color me pessimistic. I think the season's over. Especially if Butler and Jax are done.

 

[chasingwildcat]

Bama has 4 elite guards, hard to defend

 

[JerseyCat84]

10 loss Pope

 

[Dontworryboutit23]

Yeah, color me pessimistic. I think the season's over. Especially if Butler and Jax are done.

Butler and Jax aren’t done man.

 

[Cowtown Cat]

Sears carries the ball EVERY time he has it! Been going on for however many years he’s been there!

 

[Dontworryboutit23]

I'm ready for this thing to be a machine. We've seen flashes throughout the year but I desperately want to be a dominant team that doesn't worry about losing to football schools.

Said football school has had roster connectivity a lot longer than this roster

 

[bbncal02]

Butler and Jax aren’t done man.

I sure hope not. We just can't beat top teams without them.

 

[true blue1]

Yeah, color me pessimistic. I think the season's over. Especially if Butler and Jax are done.

I think there’s a chance Butler comes back this week.

 

[bbncal02]

Ohio State and Arkansas are terrible loses

Ohio State is NET 32. That's not a bad loss.

Arky is a crap loss for sure.

 

[true blue1]

What’s so crazy in some of the games that we’ve lost we just gave the games away. We beat ourselves in a lot of them.

 

[chasingwildcat]

What’s so crazy in some of the games that we’ve lost we just gave the games away. We beat ourselves in a lot of them.

This game is not

Bama controlled the game in the whole second half and I never feel they would lose since beginning of second half

 

[chasingwildcat]

Ohio State is NET 32. That's not a bad loss.

Arky is a crap loss for sure.

Can loss to OSU, but a 20 pts loss is def a bad loss by any means

 

[Dontworryboutit23]

Guys the clear problem is guys who should be role players are being forced into roles they clearly aren’t ready for. It’s a miracle Kentucky has won any games without the backcourt. Now go beat okla and lsu which they can and go get a game or 2 at the SEC tourney and the 5 seed in the ncaa tourney and see what happens from there

 

[true blue1]

This game is not

Bama controlled the game in the whole second half and I never feel they would lose since beginning of second half

I agree but they’re games we did give away and beat ourselves.

 

[chasingwildcat]

I agree but they’re games we did give away and beat ourselves.

At least @texas and @vandy are winnable

 

[LmdCat]

Agree. Injures have killed us the last few games. Unless we get those guys back soon, we may be looking at a 12 loss regular season.

Extremely dumb play like exhibited by Oweh has killed us too.

 

[bbncal02]

I think there’s a chance Butler comes back this week.

Man I sure hope so.

 

[chasingwildcat]

I just want to question why carr did not shot any ball after making that three?

He is hot...

This is mistake by pope

 

[Digger-Cat]

I sure hope not. We just can't beat top teams without them.

We already have.
Tennessee took the lead on us at the 8 minute mark after Butler went out. Jaxson was out, we won the game going away.

 

[Dontworryboutit23]

Extremely dumb play like exhibited by Oweh has killed us too.

Oweh needs to spend the whole offseason working on change of pace while driving to the basket and his jumpshot obviously. He always goes downhill at 10 thousand miles a hour.

 

[LmdCat]

Oweh needs to spend the whole offseason working on change of pace while driving to the basket and hai jumpshot obviously. He always goes downhill at 10 thousand miles a hour.

He also needs to work on playing under control. He was driving the lane and throwing up shots that had no chance of going in. He also committed some of the dumbest fouls possible.

 

[LmdCat]

Oweh needs to spend the whole offseason working on change of pace while driving to the basket and his jumpshot obviously. He always goes downhill at 10 thousand miles a hour.

We would have been better off with our shooters taking 3s than Oweh driving to the basket throwing up dumb shots.

 

[fatguy87]

Can loss to OSU, but a 20 pts loss is def a bad loss by any means

That's a big issue in many of our losses. We've lost a number of games by double digits. We'd look significantly better in metrics if we kept it close against OSU, Bama, Miss, and Georgia.

 

[bbncal02]

We already have.
Tennessee took the lead on us at the 8 minute mark after Butler went out. Jaxson was out, we won the game going away.

How'd that go tonight? We match up well with UT. Not so much with Bama.

 

[fatguy87]

He also needs to work on playing under control. He was driving the lane and throwing up shots that had no chance of going in. He also committed some of the dumbest fouls possible.

He needs to develop a deft touch around the rim.

Every layup is a throw at or slightly above the rim. I don't recall him ever attempting to lay a soft shot high off the glass when around the rim.

Developing a reverse layup and the touch for high, soft layups would much improve his efficiency around the rim.

 

[Dontworryboutit23]

We would have been better off with our shooters taking 3s than Oweh driving to the basket throwing up dumb shots.

Until he gets better at finishing I agree.

 

[LmdCat]

He needs to develop a deft touch around the rim.

Every layup is a throw at or slightly above the rim. I don't recall him ever attempting to lay a soft shot high off the glass when around the rim.

Developing a reverse layup and the touch for high, soft layups would much improve his efficiency around the rim.

He also needs to stop pouting like a small kid.

 

[Dontworryboutit23]

How'd that go tonight? We match up well with UT. Not so much with Bama.

We don’t but tonight made me even more confident that Alabama isn’t going to a final four again. Their offense is Sears foul baiting, and a couple of okay shooters. Nelson is to inconsistent and the omoruyi only offers dunks.

 

[Cold Stout Beer]

Really? Putting a team together in a month and you thought we should be top 5? Here in reality you are a moron

Some are rivals pretending to be UK fans and some never played a sport . Tiresome.

 

[darkshadesofblue]

Would like to play Bama in SEC

Would rather get another shot at the Hogs with a healthy Butler

 

[true blue1]

How far will we drop in the rankings next week?

 

[Cold Stout Beer]

Sears does not score 30 against Butler. There's the game.

A Freshman Tre Johnson doesnt go off either. Would have beaten Texas going away.

 

[HenryMuto]

How far will we drop in the rankings next week?

Depends on if Zona wins tonight or not. Marquette should drop below us. That puts us at 16.
Clemson will move ahead of us that puts us at 17.
Maryland probably moves ahead of us that means 18.

So If Arizona wins it be 19 if not 18 is my guess

 

[bbncal02]

We don’t but tonight made me even more confident that Alabama isn’t going to a final four again. Their offense is Sears foul baiting, and a couple of okay shooters. Nelson is to inconsistent and the omoruyi only offers dunks.

I'm only worried about us.

 

[JFCats22]

 

[Dontworryboutit23]

I'm only worried about us.

I get that, but from a outsiders perspective bama didn’t impress me that much tonight

 

[The_Answer1313]

Alabama has the 3rd highest efficient offense in college basketball.

It's way more than just Sears.