But at least we aren't IU. They thought they were back just a week ago after beating Michigan State and now have dropped 2 straight. Warms my heart.
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No, but the point is that we keep dropping even after multiple wins against teams ranked above us. We're obviously more "efficient" than they are.
Doesn't matter at all, but it makes no sense.
Was really impressed with the energy and enthusiasm shown by Jerry Stackhouse on the sideline last night.
Rowland actually had a good point on Leach this morning -- how many teams have a better resume over the last 8 games?
7-1 overall
6-1 in conference
4-1 on road
Wins over Louisville and @ Texas Tech
-EJ, while often maddening, is definitely getting better. Between his dunk in traffic and the two rebounds he came flying in for like a mad man in the 2nd half, with putbacks -- those are 3 plays we simply haven't seen from that guy. Keep working on that conditioning. [thumb2]
-Got what I asked for out of Maxey, especially late -- now, put a few games like that together in a row, and do it from TIP instead of always waiting until crunch time. A guy like him usually only needs one great stretch to officially flip the switch.
-If you don't bet against IU away from Bloomington, then why do you even gamble?
7-1 overall
6-1 in conference
4-1 on road
Wins over Louisville and @ Texas Tech
-EJ, while often maddening, is definitely getting better. Between his dunk in traffic and the two rebounds he came flying in for like a mad man in the 2nd half, with putbacks -- those are 3 plays we simply haven't seen from that guy. Keep working on that conditioning. [thumb2]
-Got what I asked for out of Maxey, especially late -- now, put a few games like that together in a row, and do it from TIP instead of always waiting until crunch time. A guy like him usually only needs one great stretch to officially flip the switch.
-If you don't bet against IU away from Bloomington, then why do you even gamble?
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I've never cheered for a 17% 3 point shooter to shoot more than I do Juzang. It's become a weird Dawg Carruth like obsession of mine, something to pass the time amidst our 4 minute scoring droughts. I want him to shoot every time he touches it, no prettier brick off the back iron in college basketball if we are being honest.
That’s an all timer of a hot **** take by Rowland.
It's pretty normal, actually.
Mags reporting Marrow to Youngstown is getting serious. Marrow leaving is going to be true test to see if the UK Football culture has actually changed.
WWH with the hot take that Richards is our best and most important player this season. True insider news.
Youngstown is still 1AA so he is making double whatever they can pay at UK. Unless he has to be a head coach I think waiting for a MAC job would make more sense.
Rowland tries waaaaay too hard to be a contrarian, and 98% of his "I'm a sportswriter and I see things the average simple-brained fan doesn't" takes are awful and objectively wrong.
This applies to the whole Big Ten. I’ve never seen a group of teams be so ****** on the road.
Rowland could benefit from my approach to "not post anything during games" which was the most sensible choice i've made, maybe ever.
-Rowland is great at football but nails on chalkboard with bb talk.
-Agree with incremental EJ improvement. He's playing pretty good D and getting important boards.
-Team goes with Hagans' focus. After that video of him hearing about Vandy's losing streak, I was hoping he had grown up, but obviously not. Going to be our undoing if we go out the first weekend.
-Props to Mr Double Flex on 3 offensive fouls.
-The second foul, IIRC, was Nick trying to clean up a guard getting beat but he has to stay out of foul trouble.
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@ those dudes getting beat off the dribbles and screens OVER and OVER.
-Does Cal think he has to sub Juzang and Brooks at the same time?
-I just don't trust this team, they have some upside, but the margin is so thin. So inconsistent outside of Richards and even he can easily get in foul trouble. I suppose that'll be the other teams gameplan moving forward.
-Hate to lose the big dog but I would like to see how Stoops would address that situation.
-Agree with incremental EJ improvement. He's playing pretty good D and getting important boards.
-Team goes with Hagans' focus. After that video of him hearing about Vandy's losing streak, I was hoping he had grown up, but obviously not. Going to be our undoing if we go out the first weekend.
-Props to Mr Double Flex on 3 offensive fouls.
-The second foul, IIRC, was Nick trying to clean up a guard getting beat but he has to stay out of foul trouble.
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@ those dudes getting beat off the dribbles and screens OVER and OVER.-Does Cal think he has to sub Juzang and Brooks at the same time?
-I just don't trust this team, they have some upside, but the margin is so thin. So inconsistent outside of Richards and even he can easily get in foul trouble. I suppose that'll be the other teams gameplan moving forward.
-Hate to lose the big dog but I would like to see how Stoops would address that situation.
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It’s been pretty underreported just how LSU it was to hire Bo Pelini as their defensive coordinator. Son of a *****, if they didn’t just find another highly competent, successful, incredibly entertaining lunatic to add to their sidelines.
Lucky mfers.
Lucky mfers.
The thought of losing Marrow makes me nervous as hell. Pay him 2 million dollars a year if you need to. Just lock him in.
I feel like Marrow has probably been building Clinkscale up to be his replacement. Clink got us Rogers (among others) and is also from Youngstown, so he's a heavy recruiter with some of the same ties.
You can't just replace a guy like Marrow, but hopefully, now that we have almost two full matriculation cycles of Ohio guys through the program and an Ohio guy taking over for him, we won't drop too far.
You can't just replace a guy like Marrow, but hopefully, now that we have almost two full matriculation cycles of Ohio guys through the program and an Ohio guy taking over for him, we won't drop too far.
Of all the things Hagans does to piss me off, by FAR the worst is his reluctance to make the easy & obvious pass. I lose track of how many times a game he stares a hole through a WIDE OPEN shooter only to dribble into traffic or look for a much more difficult play/pass. :uzi:
I try not to worry about various ratings and instead just focus on winning the national championship year in and year out.
Even his normal passes are a split second late or slightly off.
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Probably the most frustrating thing about this team right now is the careless turnovers. Hagans does it the most because he always has the ball in his hands, but every single guy tries to make a ridiculous cross-court pass that has 0 chance of success, and it almost always leads to a fast break the other way. Just cleaning up that super simple **** would go along way to not being in dog fights against every single opponent.
I'm not sure why Cal doesn't see there is a pretty big middle ground between turbo jacking 30+ 3's a game and barely taking any with 10 or fewer. We have never gone over 20 for a season with the high being 2017 at 17.8 and the low being 2012 at 12.4. We currently are at 14.8 per which is better than 5 of Cal's 11 seasons. He ain't changing that.
This team has the weirdest ability to somehow hide bad stats. I felt like they had 20 turnovers but look and it's 11, which should be great, but maybe they're just untimely. Hagans of course does this the best. His worst games tend to include the best stats.
Threes are bad because you shoot them from far away and it's hard to get the ball to go into a peach basket from a distance greater than 8 feet. Twos are good because you shoot them closer to the basket. This is pretty simple. The three was a temptation created by the devil to trick you into taking bad shots.
I think it's because their turnovers are so ridiculous they tend to stand out. Hagans has 3 or 4 head scratchers a game, it seems.
It's the timing w/ Hagans, have said that all year. And rarely is it just one, it's 2-4 straight possessions, often at critical times, and almost ALWAYS leading to points/run on the other end.
You have to live with some turnovers & bad plays from a guy like Hagans, b/c his aggressiveness is a huge part of what makes him really good.
That's the case for most alpha lead guards. If he could just learn time/poss, it would do wonders for the overall aesthetics of his game, and our team.
You have to live with some turnovers & bad plays from a guy like Hagans, b/c his aggressiveness is a huge part of what makes him really good.
That's the case for most alpha lead guards. If he could just learn time/poss, it would do wonders for the overall aesthetics of his game, and our team.
I've become comfortable with the mindset "Do Not Disturb; wake me when we make another Final Four."
Just kidding. Sort of. Sausage factory, whatnot.
Having dunks worth 3 pts would be a great practice/scrimmage rule, actually. Especially for a guy like EJ who dunks about 10% of dunkable balls.
-You are shot if you try to take a charge.
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North Korea, the blind squirrel of the world, finally gets something right.
Kobe Bryant learned everything he knew from Great Exalted Leader, Inventor of Basketball, and All-time NBA Scoring Leader (eleventy billion points) Kim Jong-Un.
Giving 3 points for a dunk would be awesome. It would incentivize dunking, infuriate old people, ruin Wisconsin, UVA, etc. Just a great idea....
... until you realize that there would have to be a technical definition of a dunk and then so many reviews it would overshadow the benefits of added nuts.
... until you realize that there would have to be a technical definition of a dunk and then so many reviews it would overshadow the benefits of added nuts.
I can guarantee the supreme leader is not allowing anyone to "go to the monitors" half a dozen times a game like they do in our shitfest of a game
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