It's this pattern that has to be addressed by Cal. It has happened too often in the last 6 seasons. My question is what is Cal doing, or NOT doing, that causes his best scorers to go COLD in the NCAA Tournament????
It’s been the tell of the tape since 14 when us forcing it inside was the “tweak” and we made the title game.
We most definitely looked better when we were playing uptempo .
The wife and I were watching Indiana’s first four game and commenting on how so many of those dudes are not actual basketball players. They have some decent athletes, but very few people who can shoot the basketball.
We didn't go cold in the NCAA tournament this year, we were already frozen after last week
I totally agree with this. Just like the Tennessee game, our perimeter game **** the bed. I wish I could figure out why. They had 2 guards outplay our perimeter. And we supposedly have a lottery pick. Do they even have a player who will be drafted?
Part of the reason is because we slow it down and turn it into a half court game . I can’t remember the last time we were consistently great in half court sets . I don’t understand why Cal teams doesn’t run more .
It won’t matter anyway. If Cal returns we are just as ….ed.
Exactly. We definitely don't want him.
PG is an extension of the coach. Wheeler has some great qualities but he lacks size and shooting. Those two things are a lot to overcome especially in the high pressure cooker that is UK basketball.
Will the dude return to come off the bench? If he’s not PG, there’s no place for him on the floor. If he’s backup PG, no way he comes back.
Here are the PG stats for the eight (8) losses we had:
| PLAYER | MIN | FG | FGA | FG% | 3PFG | 3PFGA | 3PFG% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | PF | AST | ST | BS | TO | PTS |
| GRADY | 279 | 20 | 67 | 29.85% | 17 | 54 | 31.48% | 9 | 12 | 75.00% | 3 | 19 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 66 |
| WHEELER | 246 | 29 | 75 | 38.67% | 6 | 14 | 42.86% | 15 | 19 | 78.95% | 4 | 19 | 23 | 20 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 79 |
| WASHINGTON | 220 | 22 | 74 | 29.73% | 5 | 22 | 22.73% | 11 | 15 | 73.33% | 5 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 60 |
| MINTZ | 193 | 17 | 60 | 28.33% | 7 | 32 | 21.88% | 11 | 16 | 68.75% | 6 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 52 |
| TOTALS | 938 | 88 | 276 | 31.88% | 35 | 122 | 28.69% | 46 | 62 | 74.19% | 18 | 59 | 77 | 65 | 82 | 21 | 5 | 49 | 257 |
| PLAYER | MIN | FG | FGA | FG% | 3PFG | 3PFGA | 3PFG% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | PF | AST | ST | BS | TO | PTS |
| BROOKS | 196 | 29 | 68 | 42.65% | 2 | 12 | 16.67% | 18 | 21 | 85.71% | 11 | 22 | 33 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 78 |
| TOPPIN | 136 | 21 | 38 | 55.26% | 0 | 3 | 0.00% | 6 | 10 | 60.00% | 9 | 16 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 48 |
| TOTALS | 332 | 50 | 106 | 47.17% | 2 | 15 | 13.33% | 24 | 31 | 77.42% | 20 | 38 | ### | 32 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 126 |
OP is biligerent. Bad takes constantly. Never seen a poster fall so far so fast.
If you think Wheeler leading UK next year (most likely with a weaker supporting cast and less shooters around him) is going to yield better results, pass the damn pipe already.
You are retarded. You have no clue what the roster will look like. We have 2 solid recruits coming in. Other than that, we don’t have a clue. So don’t act like you know
And you still think it’s completely normal to call people “retarded” in 2022.
Yes, this. He would be a good, chance of pace spark of energy backup playing 10-12 mpg, exhausting the other team's PG. But he can't start, especially if we have only 1-2 good shooters on the floor.
It’s generally a good thing to not have players that decrease a teams chance of going to a final four, no?
Yeah I don’t see the guy doing that. No way he’s cool with coming off the bench in a limited role.
Man this is not a woke thing. It’s just a “people have brothers and sisters and sons and daughters that are different from you and me and we don’t use this word to talk about them anymore” thing.
I do not actually believe he is. But if the roster gets as bad as it could get, I wouldn’t outright dismiss the possibility.
