“KENTUCKY @ TENNESSEE “ OFFICIAL THREAD

pauled#1

All-American
Feb 11, 2003
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Bruh. Nothing about that half was good. Now maybe we come out and bulldoze them. But there’s a reason I dread this game every year.
I didn’t say it was good. I didn’t care for it either. This one game doesn’t define who this team is! So many on here get their rocks off when we are having a bad game!
 

kyjeff1

Heisman
Sep 8, 2012
51,278
72,046
113
2011 UK (who many have compared this team to) got taken to the woodshed by UConn in Maui
I think he meant late season losses, there's been a bunch of FF teams and title winners that lost by 20 in early season games, but it doesn’t get any more clear than UConn 2014 losing by 30 right before the tournament.
 
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megablue

Heisman
Oct 2, 2012
16,002
16,368
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And Oscar’s slow feet defensively absolutely exposed. Every other team that plays us should just attack him. He is not a shot blocker and it’s quite easy to go past him. And this is probably one of the reasons the NBA is not keen on the dude.
This is probably true.
 

bbnkat02

Heisman
Nov 14, 2017
47,697
71,056
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I didn’t say it was good. I didn’t care for it either. This one game doesn’t define who this team is! So many on here get their rocks off when we are having a bad game!
I don’t. And we are beating ourselves. THATs the kind of game I hate the most.
 

jameslee32

Heisman
Mar 26, 2009
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22,359
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I'm aware of our record. If you don't understand that our growing tendency to go on scoring droughts is worrisome, especially when we don't seem to have any plays to get easy buckets, then I don't know what else to say.
21-4 suggests they're not that bad. Not that bad at all.
 

BlueThunderstruck

All-Conference
Feb 1, 2022
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Barnes knows how to defend Cal’s Half court O. So if Cats aren’t in transition they struggle to score. That’s why Barnes is over 500 against Cal.

Going to have to run in 2nd half if they can.
That’s the one problem with this team and is what worries me in March. If we can’t speed up tempo and score in transition against good teams, we’re going to struggle. We’re just not a great half court offensive team. Everyone knows it including opposing coaching staffs. We struggle getting open shots for our shooters in the half court. It’s just a fact.
 

Stayhi859

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Jan 25, 2022
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its gonna be curious to see how people react to 10 years without a final four with Cal when it was Tubby they demanded he GTFO. oh no with Cal we will not make another final four, especially after the Anythony Davis stuff just came out, the nCAA will make sure of it.
The difference is cal gave us 4 final fours and tubby gave us one, his first year, with another coaches players, he never proved he could do it himself with his own recruits
 

ManitouDan_anon

Heisman
Dec 7, 2006
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Man I’m as disappointed as anyone in that first half but we are playing a ranked, good team on their home court and revenge on their mind after we embarrassed them at Rupp. I would have been shocked if we walked in and beat them easily again. That is not something that typically happens with a Rick Barnes team. If we win that is an incredible win but it’s not that much to be ashamed of to lose this game.
It's OK to drop this game .. but I dont want drilled .. ran out of the building
 
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fatguy87

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Oct 8, 2004
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Thing is even in the blowout at Rupp UT had a very good offensive game. It's just we shot incredibly well that game and this game not so much.

We need to pick it up on the defensive end.
The big difference in the UT offense is that they turned it over a bunch in Rupp. That kept them from being crazy good that day.

Tonight, they are taking care of the ball and shooting well, vaulting them to 1.44 PPP in the first half.