This.
Everything hinges on a healthy Willis right now. Our guards need his shooting threat to open things up for them.
What's the expectation?
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This.
Everything hinges on a healthy Willis right now. Our guards need his shooting threat to open things up for them.
Depends on the bigs catching fire as rebounders and one of them picking up the scoring slack. Can't afford to have any of them disappear.
Poythress will play way better with Willis back. Willis opens up the entire floor, which in turn let's Poythress have breathing room. Defenders won't be able to just crowd down low which hurts Poythress. Skal comes into picture too. If he hits his shots, Poythress or Lee can work better. See Florida game.
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remember his thread "if UL lands Mulder look out" ? We waited 6 months between landing Mulder and finding out he wasnt what we had hoped........ and no excited posts about UK landing Mulder.......... Hmmmmmmmmmmm
Our guards are really really talented. Why are so many discounting what Cal can do in the tournament with guards like this? All season long posters are citing Cal being a Hall of Fame coach, multiple final fours, a national title, etc etc. All-of-a-sudden here he is with arguably the best back court he's ever had and nobody is expecting him to make the final four? Which is it? Is Cal a great coach or not? If he is, why such low expectations?
If only we could have a Cal like clone as a football coach.....
You are undeniably the biggest football only piece of crap that posts here.
[roll] You have been on tilt ever since the UL post season ban. Keep it up.... your UL fanhood is showing
The missing component for a final four is no one to push people around in the middle. No significant rebounding or put back ability. All his other teams had great players out front and down low. It's not like the gap between these guards and all the others before is that big. All those guys were fantastic guards.
Will UL and Pitino meet your expectations in the tournament this year? OoooooHH Oops. Too soon?
Now I'm just waiting for Zaytovencat to come protect his buddy.
Low expectations? We haven't seen the brackets yet.
What you are seeing is realistic expectations. The experts say that there are 6 or 7 teams that have a realistic shot at winning the title and out of those 7 we are 6th in line. If we meet up with the one or two of the 5 teams ranked ahead of us than all bets are off.
Even you know that our team is vulnerable to teams with big talented front lines. Tyler and Murray can only do so much. But just because we're Kentucky and, Cal is a great coach doesn't mean we are the best team in the field. This team has flaws and if we run into North Carolina or Michigan State you can't put it on Cal if we lose.
Also, you are wanting us to make a prediction right now before the brackets are even out. How is that fair?
If I had to make a guess right now I would say we are E8 good with a legit shot at the FF depending on who our E8 opponent is.
Uh.......I. Like a lot of other TRUE UK fans expect a Title every season. When the year begins its National Champs of Bust
They keep playing until they lose a game. We have great guard play but our interior is rough. The right matchups UK is in the final four. The wrong matchup and we could lose the second day. In this life there is nothing guaranteed. I think Cal and the players do their best. This year is a data point in what has been a high quality era of UK basketball. After Tubby and Gillispie I am happy we have Calipari. I am trying to figure out why anyone wouldn't want him as their team's coach if you look at UK's record. Only Duke is better during Cal's time.
Kind of like you as a poster,some think you are bad,some think you are really bad.It is hard to pick.
Guys on a serious note. How far would UL of gone in the tournament this year? I am thinking they'd be done in the round of 32. They were so over rated this year it was laughable. without massive home cooking, they'd of had 12 losses on the year
I actually tell my UL friends that they had a great chance at a final four this year. Tis fun watching them be filled with anger and grief...
I actually tell my UL friends that they had a great chance at a final four this year. Tis fun watching them be filled with anger and grief...
They couldnt even beat us when we were playing poorly. They had no shot of a final four unless they cheated their way into it.
Unfortunately because our front court is not up to standard, it's gonna depend largely on matchups.
I think with a 3 or 4 seed, Cal's coaching along with Murray and Ulis is good enough to get us to the 2nd weekend.
Our front court seems to produce every other game. So if the sweet sixteen is that game then we'll make it to the E8. Unfortunately that's the point when you start running into times that have balance. I think that's the point that we won't likely be able to overcome our lack of rebounding.
It's also possible that happens a round earlier in the sweet sixteen if that's the game that Poythress, Lee and Skal decide to no show.
It's also possible Willis and Murray just go on a tear from 3 and carry is all the way to the title along with Ulis AA level play. But I don't think that's likely. They've already been burning it up during conference season. Think they're more likely to come back down to earth than get even hotter at this point.
THEY SHOULD BEAT EVERYBODY IN THE TOURNEY BY 37 POINTS ON THE WAY TO A CHAMIONSHIP AM I RIGHT CUT? ZAYTOVEN? WHO'S WITH ME?
ANY HALF DECENT COACH WOULD DO THAT EVERY SINGLE SEASON IF HE WAS STARTING ALL FIVE STARS. K ALREADY DOES IT.. HE'S ON HIS 25TH STRAIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP.
IF CAL PULLS HIS HEAD OUT OF HIS *** THEN FINALLY HE'LL START WINNING IT EVERY YEAR AND HE AND K AND SELF WILL KEEP WINNING CO-CHAMPIONSHIPS EVERY YEAR BECAUSE NONE WILL BE ABLE TO STOP THE OTHER SINCE CHAMPIONSHIPS SHOULD BE AUTOMATIC WHEN YOU HAVE LOTS OF TALENT AND A HALF DECENT COACH.
KNOW WHAT I MEAN???!!?
Unfortunately, the rest of our bench -- from one end to the other, if you get my drift -- is not nearly as capable and not nearly as reliable as our backcourt. If they all were so capable and dependable, we'd probably take down NCAA Championship Number 9. As it is, I will be surprised if we make it past the first round of the Sweet Sixteen.
Just MHO, of course.
Just MHO, of course.
YEAH YOU TELL EM! seriously though. He's a UL fan ..pretending to be a UK fan.. probably one of those goofs over the last few weeks that calls into KSR pretending to be a UK fan and Matt has to catch em. keep taking jabs at Pitino and UL when he posts and he may catch on that his agenda here isnt appreciated
So if you remember Minniefield, you probably remember Rex Chapman and Ed Davender. Would you take Ulis and Murray over Rex Chapman and Ed Davender? Ulis and Murray average a few more points but they have to because Rex and Ed had a better supporting cast. I have been watching UK Baskerball since 1977 and i think Rex and Ed were the best combo we have had.
Yeah, he is a terrible Coach. Any Coach could lose 7 of his 13 players to the NBA and still not only make the NCAA tournament but be 1 of 10 teams that most experts think could win. Oh....wait, he is the ONLY Coach to do that, not K, Roy Williams,Pitino,Izzo, Bill Self, Dean Smith, Adolf Rupp, or even The Wirard of Westwood could do that. Wow, we are pretty lucky to have this guy!
Actually I'm only 35 and never got to see dirk play in person. My dad started me on UK basketball when I was 6 and would school me on past players and present. Every game my brother and I would have to watch with him in the living room. He was a horse trainer, so pretty much all I know is farm/ horses and UK basketball.. Guess I'm pretty blessed
And yes Rex was the man... And got robbed by Dee Brown in the dunk contest too:thumbsdown: wish the NBA was like that now.. I grew up in the greatest era of basketball I must say..
CUT-NETS doesn't understand basketball.
That is a handicap that would make most people reluctant to post on a basketball message board, but God bless him, he keeps trying.
It is a story that should inspire us all.
That is a handicap that would make most people reluctant to post on a basketball message board, but God bless him, he keeps trying.
It is a story that should inspire us all.
Iknow Duke has 2 titles to our 1 but we've been to 4 final fours, Duke 2. They've been beaten by a 15 seed and a 13 I believe in the first round, we have the one nit. We have by far the most regular season wins during the Cal era, and by far the most tournament wins. Titles are huge but not everything. We've been the best. We've playeo our seed or bette every single year we've been in the tournament under Cal.
If been watching since 78 and I disagree.
Ulis is a magician with the rock and Murray is a stone cold killer.
Except 2010. 1 seed and lost in the E8.
If you add 1 for how many games you play over your seed and subtract for under we're way better than everyone else during that time frame though.
Are we talking about strictly PG and SG combos or what? DA and Mercer were a hell of a combo. They were a SG and SF combo, though, of course.
It depends on the draw but I'm thinking Sweet 16 minimum.
Also title is possible as worse teams have won it all in my opinion.
Also title is possible as worse teams have won it all in my opinion.
that's my thought too
But my true expectations are that this team plays hard - with effort and intensity. Do that, can't be disappointed