I felt like the last 10 minutes we really stepped up our defensive intensity and got some stops.
What Was Impressive to me tonight is…
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We need to get back to sharing the ball. Our assists were way down, Reed didn’t really shoot at all tonight. Mizzou really defended us in a way that took us out of our best strengths and we still put up 90 points. Can’t be mad at that.
Missouri is better than I thought they were. Of course, it helps that they couldn't miss a shot at times. They clearly played over their heads for some of the game, but they came back to earth near the end.
I'm still a bit concerned about our defense. We got that big early lead and then gave it back right away.
As for not playing very well for some of the game but still finding a way to win, I have a feeling that is the story of anyone who wins in this league. There aren't any pushovers in this conference. Every game is gonna be tough. We've got to just keep fighting our way through and find ways to win.
I don't know if impressive is the right word, but another big key for us tonight, 42-27. UK outrebounded Missouri by 15.
Missouri is NOT a good team. They will be lucky to win 5 SEC games this year. Very disappointing we gave up 77 points..the defense HAS to be better. Inexcusable with how talented our guys are.
But on the bright side we put up 90 with Reeves going 0-5 from three and Shepp having 3 points. That's pretty impressive.
But on the bright side we put up 90 with Reeves going 0-5 from three and Shepp having 3 points. That's pretty impressive.
Scoring is not our issue very often. We just can’t guard a lamppost with the exception of maybe DJ.
Yep, BUT, we'd better start learning to execute better defensive fundamentals and principals in a hurry or we're going to have our asses handed to us big time. I'm concerned, less so when Thiero returns, and hopefully soon, but we are not imposing a defensive will on opponents during many possessions and like tonight, that kept them in the game. I don't care how efficient we are offensively. If we don't get better defensively, we will never be in an elite category.
We played like ass but frankly I feel like we just had Scrub In Rupp Disease again (not caring at home against a bad opponent). Could've turned it up at any moment and won regardless of what happened. I'm NOT happy about how we played - I want to see the kind of killer instinct and execution that eventual champion teams have - but we weren't losing that one.
We didn’t defend well so in that sense we didn’t play well. Need to give Missouri credit for taking advantage of that
No concerns about offense obviously
Only had to sit up on the couch once or twice, and even then, it was a 4-5 point game and the Cats seemed in control. Call it the "I've read this script before" moment until you realize this team is built differently.
What was impressive to me was that those dad bod players for Missouri was able to hang with us. A couple of those dudes looked like they had way too many donuts.
I agree, but the person I responded to made it sound like we didn't play well, overall.
This is something I've really noticed that is most concerning. We are doing a lot of ISO ball instead of moving the ball to make the defense move. We have guards that can score playing this way...but we are so much more effective offensively when we move the ball.
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I would like to see this team be medium good on defense though..with the offense the defense doesn’t need to be outstanding
We will need a medium good defense at some point. We won't shoot like we are in every game. Eventually, we will play a team that can score when we have an off shooting night.
