We found the right formula
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The question is why did it take so long to figure that out? The pick and roll with Ulis and whoever is an obvious weapon and should have been utilized from game 1 IMO. We started running a lot of pick and rolls with Knight and Harrelson in 2010-2011 and it helped a ton and was effective. I'm glad Cal has went back to it finally. Let's see if it is viable long term this season (I think it will be).
Doing the same thing every game won't work because teams will be ready. But mixing it up will keep the other teams guessing. Cal mixed it up tonight from the regular stuff.
It was Alabama people...we did not look like a top 5 team...come on
Agree, we played much better but we are far from a top 5 team right now. I think younger posters jump at anything way too fast.
Maybe not top 5 but look a lot better. Alabama isn't a great team but they have had some good wins. And to do what UK did on the road was a step in the right direction.
Alabama has wins over Wichita St and Notre Dame and some close losses.
The gm was in Bama and we blew them out.
Yes, we looked top 5.
I think another thing we did well was Murray and Briscoe weren't forcing things. They were patient and took what the defense was giving them. Our backcourt trio just had 3 turnovers between them, 1 each.
Cut Nets liked one of my posts. I think that should deduct my overall likes by 100.
We've come quite a long way since Tuesday when we were by far the worst team of Coach Cal's UK career and bound for the NIT.
It was an SEC team on the road, and they are a good team. They played very physical and we didn't back down. They made a run at us and we didn't flinch, we won going away. What do you want ?
I think Murray in particular has been much better in recent games at not forcing things. He's stopped driving into traffic and losing the ball on a regular basis. I think he's starting to get things figured out at this level, and with this team. Briscoe had his best game. If he can shoot like that the Cat's will be a much better team. Cal obviously wants him in there.
Now if someone could just please show he and Lee how to shoot FT's. A combined 0-7 tonight. No excuse for that. None. When either shoots a FT the best we can hope for is to get the rebound because it's a given their going to miss.
We've come quite a long way since Tuesday when we were by far the worst team of Coach Cal's UK career and bound for the NIT.
Yes we did.
And they're just going to keep getting better at it. Not particularly saying this to you, but just generally speaking. They're called freshman for a reason. They're still learning, growing and getting better each and every day.
All of this at this level is completely new to them. It takes time. These are the exact reasons that Cal hasn't benched them for Dom, Willis, Mulder or whoever else some of the folks on this board keep harping for.
i have no doubt this team will be playing their best ball at the right time.
UK has used the pick and roll all season, I have no idea what some of you have been watching. They ran it more tonight because Bama couldn't or wouldn't defend it.
The difference tonight was the play of the bigs. The problem is, I'm not sure you can count on consistent effort like that from Poythress
The difference tonight was the play of the bigs. The problem is, I'm not sure you can count on consistent effort like that from Poythress
Van Vleet didn't play in that game, so that's a pretty big deal. If Van Vleet plays, Alabama would have easily lost.
I think we turned a corner today.
The key now is to not regress the way we did v LSU.
Keep moving forward and we will end up around a 4 seed and a threat in the sweet 16.
The key now is to not regress the way we did v LSU.
Keep moving forward and we will end up around a 4 seed and a threat in the sweet 16.
If Alex plays hard we are capable of beating anyone, if not we aren't. It's that simple.
Alabama led most of the game at WST last season with Van Fleet playing and was robbed of a win and lost by ONE POINT. I'm not sure your post has merit.
Always love a UK win but not gonna get too excited over this one. Saw some good things. Rebounding was way better, Brisoce hopefully got a confidence boost, Alex of course, and Murray cut down on the turnovers.
Gonna be baby steps with this team. I'm afraid some things that happened tonight might be fools gold. One thing that will have to change that didn't happen. Skal has got to be a factor at least on one end of the floor.
Gonna be baby steps with this team. I'm afraid some things that happened tonight might be fools gold. One thing that will have to change that didn't happen. Skal has got to be a factor at least on one end of the floor.
Ky played the whole game with great D , plus they looked for Poy inside posting up or pick and roll, that has been there all yr but Ky use it last night, Brisco hit some big shot in the second half, but everytime he shoots I will say O no, but last night he was hitting them, wish he could hit some of his free throws..
Once we drop to 15th and lose the next game there will be a new formula. Probably one without cocaine
How does that eliminate intensity? We got our share of 50-50 balls, controlled the boards and played good D, to me that's intensity.
Lots of folks were calling for Mulder over Briscoe but LSU was a travesty due to the rebounding/defense. The offense was decent at 67 points (far from great, but decent).
UK has to play good defense and rebound to have a chance each game. The offense is going to have highs and lows due to UK's lack of scoring depth, but they have the pieces to be a really good defensive team with elite athletes down low and ballhawks like Ulis, Briscoe, Hawkins, and Matthews out on the perimeter. We saw the result of that yesterday.
UK has to play good defense and rebound to have a chance each game. The offense is going to have highs and lows due to UK's lack of scoring depth, but they have the pieces to be a really good defensive team with elite athletes down low and ballhawks like Ulis, Briscoe, Hawkins, and Matthews out on the perimeter. We saw the result of that yesterday.
This is exactly it. UK has to have a third scorer to have a chance, just like they did in 2011 with Knight-Lamb-Jones.
Without Jones doing what he did on that team, UK never makes a run on March. The same is true of this current team. UK needs Alex to give them effort on both sides of the court every game. If it doesn't happen, UK will bow out in the first weekend. It's as simple as that.
Exactly my opinion. While I appreciate the OPs thought and enthusiasm, we need to see more consistency, especially from Poy and Lee.
It did work well last night - let's see them do this against a team with a decent frontcourt.
Didn't say I wanted anything... I just don't understand some of the guys who get on here and this team is really not very good right now ,but yet you win one game against a very average team and you're a top 5 team..we have a long way to go to be close to top 5 is all I'm saying
