UK vs Ohio St Game Thread

[Son_Of_Saul]

I continue to contend that this UK team will be fortunate to finish 11-7 in the SEC.

We lack junk yard dogs outside of Williams and Butler. Everyone else is a finesse player who often folds against physical play. Tennessee and Auburn must be licking their chops right now and how easily we crumble when the game gets physical.

 

[darkshadesofblue]

We do not play well against grind it out teams

 

[CUJO_1970]

We shot 13 more free throws and trail by 9.

This has nothing to do with officiating.

 

[kywildcat41035]

Good thing there is 40 mins to a game that first 20 looked like something Freddy Kruger would drum up on Elm Street!

 

[fatguy87]

Ohio State scored 1.26 PPP in that first half.

We could have played well offensively that half and still be losing.

For the game, Ohio State has an eFG% of 67 and only committed 3 turnovers. We are going to lose often if we have to score 1.3 PPP to win.

 

[Fox2monk]

I thought some of our recent teams were as defensively weak as it gets. But this team allows more layups and layup attempts than any team in recent memory.

They are still better than last year by a mile.

 

[CrimsonCats]

Not counting this as a loss yet since we’ve already made some impressive comebacks this year, but it would be nice to have one of these major conference games where we don’t go into halftime with a big deficit. It’s going to cost us at some point even if that doesn’t end up being today.

 

[CBBCrazy]

Looked like Cal's team that half. Can't throw it in the ocean and weak defense in the lane. Better wake up or it will be a sad ride home.

 

[ThunderMash]

Pope has to address first half starts at some point. This can't be allowed to continue like it has. Relying on Kentucky to crawl out of a hole every tournament game is not a good strategy.

Pope will hopefully fix stuff up at half. But damn, it shouldn't be an uphill battle every game. Go Cats!

 

[Digger-Cat]

Just don't have anyone who can lower their shoulder get to the rim and make a play. Not a soul.

Huh? We have at least 2 guys, but for whatever reason, we play streetball in the first half and act like we don't care.
Butler and Oweh most certainly can drive and score. Robinson can too.

 

[kywildcat41035]

We do not play well against grind it out teams

Exactly we’re a finesse team!

 

[Big BlueBeard]

Best part of the half is that it’s over. On to the 2nd. Now kick some ass.

 

[JimboBBN]

I’d be willing to bet any of you negative Nancies we win this game. Chill

 

[Seth_C]

Ohio St is playing very physical defense and our guys can't handle it, which is surprising since we have older guys. Post up Carr and play through him to start the 2nd half like you did against Duke. Play inside out to start opening up the 3 because we aren't getting any open looks.

It isn’t surprising. We’ve sucked every single time a team has played physical defense against us all season. That’s exactly when we started looking vulnerable, when teams decided to body us.

 

[ukwazoo]

I thought some of our recent teams were as defensively weak as it gets. But this team allows more layups and layup attempts than any team in recent memory.

Our big men refuse to block shots

 

[megablue]

We are struggling to guard them, so why not a little zone to help prevent getting beat so badly off the bounce ??

 

[drew_ukfan]

We’re young


Oh wait

 

[HYTCHYE ISLAND]

Where are all the posters who said we were being to negative in the game threads??? You see some of us could see that we were trending in this ugly direction…..this isn’t the same team we watched the first 5 or so games this year. This team can’t shoot, can’t rebound, and sure as hell can’t play a lick of defense! And Pope is getting his ass handed to him tonight too. He better have one helluva halftime speech or this will be a damn blowout.

 

[JFCats22]

UK had 4 airballs in the first half. Awesome

 

[Dontworryboutit23]

Auburn beat these guys by 50. Wtf is going on...

Florida beats this version of Kentucky by 25

 

[Fox2monk]

I know no one wants to hear this but we cannot keep playing like this in the first half of every game. It isn’t going to work out favorably for us if we do. Not this year in the SEC.

Of course we can’t.

 

[rob_47]

Down 9 to this pile of shit team. Embarrassing. Pope is getting out coached badly tonight. I’m tired of this team playing like dog shit in first half’s man

Me too. It is really weird the trajectory of this team hasn't felt right for over a month. Yeah we best Gonzaga and Duke but they don't play hard all the time like Kentucky players should.

 

[BigBlue1992]

Pope so far is reminding me of the Tubby days. Both always being down at halftime and being 2nd half coaches.

 

[UKDC80]

Hate to say it and be negative but I’m gonna do it for the fanbase. UK is no way going to win this game. OSU is too physical.

 

[MegaBlue05]

I’ve had a bad feeling about this game all week.

We have to get stops and start sharing the ball.

 

[HerrosHeroes]

See if Pope can work his magic again at half time

How bout trying the 1-3-1 zone that stifled the Zags?
We got beat off the dribble the entire 1st half and Pope did nothing to adjust.

 

[HagginHall1999]

I know no one wants to hear this but we cannot keep playing like this in the first half of every game. It isn’t going to work out favorably for us if we do. Not this year in the SEC.

Definitely agree with this. This team has a few concerning trends that haven't really bit them fully yet.

1. 1st half blues
2. FT shooting
3. Stopping ball penetration
4. Inability to force turnovers

 

[Dontworryboutit23]

Where are all the posters who said we were being to negative in the game threads??? You see some of us could see that we were trending in this ugly direction…..this isn’t the same team we watched the first 5 or so games this year. This team can’t shoot, can’t rebound, and sure as hell can’t play a lick of defense! And Pope is getting his ass handed to him tonight too. He better have one helluva halftime speech or this will be a damn blowout.

They’ll only come back and post if pope pulls another miracle off tonight

 

[king of cali]

Some of yall just need to stop posting in the first half of games. The only thing embarrassing is how easily yall fold on this team.

Don’t think people are giving up. But we are seeing the same pattern over and over again in these games. You can do that against the Colgate’s of the world and still win. They might even do it today. But then you look at the SEC slate and realize this ain’t gonna fly.

 

[TriCountyCat]

Looks like Vegas missed this game big time

 

[JoeBeeHall]

How about osu shooting their normal pct. this half.

 

[TheWyldKat]

We could win, but it will be an 18 pt halftime deficit

 

[Fox2monk]

Where are all the posters who said we were being to negative in the game threads??? You see some of us could see that we were trending in this ugly direction…..this isn’t the same team we watched the first 5 or so games this year. This team can’t shoot, can’t rebound, and sure as hell can’t play a lick of defense! And Pope is getting his ass handed to him tonight too. He better have one helluva halftime speech or this will be a damn blowout.

Nah you just like to complain. Here you are again first sign of trouble.

 

[chroix]

Damn this has sucked to watch. Hope they analytic the f**k out of things in the lockerroom

 

[HagginHall1999]

I love the 2nd half comebacks. But why can’t we just come out of the gate and kill a team?

We played pretty good for the first 8-10 minutes. The second 10 was awful.

 

[drew_ukfan]

Big thing for me was lack of intensity. This team should be hungry every minute of every game and that’s been lacking

 

[Butters' Dad]

Thank goodness we are a second half team

That's true. We are.

 

[HoldMyBeer]

GUYS, How many points did Auburn REALLY beat OSU?? Im unsure cuz everytime its mentioned on here the scores increases by 5.

 

[Seth_C]

I’d be willing to bet any of you negative Nancies we win this game. Chill

I expect we will. It’s still no excuse. When was the last GOOD first half we played? Good lord, we were losing to Colgate in the second half at Rupp. It’s time to stop making excuses.

 

[Zissou87]

I know no one wants to hear this but we cannot keep playing like this in the first half of every game. It isn’t going to work out favorably for us if we do. Not this year in the SEC.

This is the kind of s*** that will get you knocked in the first round. It's also the kind of s*** that will keep you out of the tournament with a loaded SEC.