IIRC Jared prickett dropped like what seems like 10 passes under the basket that just rolled out of bounds. Uk lost by 10 that night, but played better than that I thought. MSU and UMass were their only losses and they both made the final four. MSU was tough. Dantae and Dampier were beasts
'96 Team
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IIRC Jared prickett dropped like what seems like 10 passes under the basket that just rolled out of bounds. Uk lost by 10 that night, but played better than that I thought. MSU and UMass were their only losses and they both made the final four. MSU was tough. Dantae and Dampier were beasts
Walker would have smothered Zion. That would have been the end of that.
The 3 pt shooting of 96 would have the inside-outside game working.
pUKe would have been run out of the gym.
Come on. I’d like to see whoever said that called out by name.
If 2012 had come back for their soph and Jr years then maybe...
Prickett did play that game, though.
The biggest difference after those first few early season games for that team was when Pitino ended the Delk at point guard experiment. He moved Epps into the starting lineup as PG and Mercer to 6th man. Epps might not have been the greatest raw talent point guard we’ve ever had, but he was the perfect point guard for that team.
Oh okay. I was wondering if he played or not in that game. I reckon he played against Maryland too. Yes, we go undefeated that year if Epps is at PG from the beginning. JMO
Had to look it up. I thought I remembered every little minute detail of that season, but I really didn’t remember Prickett playing in the early season games either.
After I typed that earlier I vaguely remembered him playing real early. I had completely forgotten too. But, yes, Delk at PG just held that team back. Soon as Epps was moved over to point, that team took off.
As far as calling out the poster by name, I've done it several times in the past. I'm surprised you didn't see either me replying to it, or them stating it. I'm thinking real hard about calling them out again in this thread. [roll]
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As much as I love that 2015 team, I just don't think they could score enough points to hang with 96. I just think 96 was our best team of the modern era.
Would Pitino have tried to press 2012 or 2015? Those teams would have handled the press well, IMO. It would be interesting. I say 96 was better than those two teams, but if the 12' team had stayed a couple of years (like Davis being a Junior, Jones being a Sr, etc), I think the gap would be much closer.
He absolutely would've pressed both of those teams. I don't ever remember a team he didn't press, regardless of their personnel. The 2012 team would've been sucking air by the last portion or the second half IMO. I just don't think they had enough depth.
The 2015 team had the depth but didn't score that great. The 96 team would've been a matchup nightmare for 2015, especially at SF. I don't see them having an answer for DA or Mercer. Also, as someone pointed out earlier, the 96 team had eight or nine guys that could bury you from behind the arc. Plus they had several bigs that could hit the 3 consistently. That was the recipe to beat that 2015 team.
Now you're moving the goalpost about Davis and company sticking around multiple years. We just don't know how much better they would've been in year two or three. That 96 team was just so connected on the court. They were a well oiled machine.
I love the 2012 team and think they were better than the 2015 team but the 96 team was another animal and the best college basketball team I've ever seen. The 2012 season was funner for me though..just because we beat Louisville in the Final 4 and twice that season, got revenge on and beat Indiana in the Sweet 16, beat UNCheat in our only meeting with them, and beat Kansas for the National Title and beat them twice that season as well.
I would take 12, you can only play 5 at a time and teams of today aren’t susceptible to a press as in 96’s day. Nobody presses like that anymore for a reason and if Cal can split games with Umass then he stands a better chance with 12. They set a record for blocked shots, that would be a significant problem for 96 that they almost never had to face.
96 had a depth advantage but 12 had the greatest UK player ever in Davis and a better starting five. It would be a toss up but I’d bet on 12, acting like there’s a huge disparity between the two is pure folly.
96 had a depth advantage but 12 had the greatest UK player ever in Davis and a better starting five. It would be a toss up but I’d bet on 12, acting like there’s a huge disparity between the two is pure folly.
Thanks! I’d forgotten. That was a beat down for the ages. 2012 vs 1996. I don’t know, hard to say. Gosh we’ve had some great teams haven’t we? And yea OP I’ve got a stack of VHS tapes somewhere in my basement with a VCR I bought in the 80’s.
96 favorite numbers:
UK's 8 SEC road games that season: 29 points over South Carolina, 18 over Miss St., 32 over LSU (the 86-42 halftime game), 5 over Georgia (Tubby made a lot off this), 39 over Vandy, 40 over UT, 31 at Florida, 15 over Auburn.
UK's 8 SEC road games that season: 29 points over South Carolina, 18 over Miss St., 32 over LSU (the 86-42 halftime game), 5 over Georgia (Tubby made a lot off this), 39 over Vandy, 40 over UT, 31 at Florida, 15 over Auburn.
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Damn that's impressive as hell. I'm just gonna go ahead and put one of my favorite posters on blast regarding duke's 2019 team giving the 1996 UK team all they could handle. Hey, @Son_Of_Saul come take your lumps, brother.
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Edit: In his defense, there were a few more posters that made that claim. @Son_Of_Saul is the only one I specifically remember.
Damn that's impressive as hell. I'm just gonna go ahead and put one of my favorite posters on blast regarding duke's 2019 team giving the 1996 UK team all they could handle. Hey, @Son_Of_Saul come take your lumps, brother.
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Edit: In his defense, there were a few more posters that made that claim. @Son_Of_Saul is the only one I specifically remember.
We've already had this conversation before. I've already explained my position to you twice.
Maybe I'll start tagging you regarding conversations we've already had three or four times to make it even.
Do whatever you think you need to, hoss. I'm just busting your balls.
Edit: I don't really remember how many games you said they would win in a 7 game series, maybe three. Personally, I don't think they even win one.
It wouldn't be worth the time, particularly since you're one of my favorite posters here, but your fetish with my "if Cal had the '19 Duke team" take needs a new record on the player, homey.
I think Cal wins the national title with that duke team as well. I just don't think they would beat a focused 1996 UK team in 1,000 attempts, regardless of coach, "homie". No worries, though, you're still my dude. :fistbump:
Xception put the pipe down and go back and read what u typed. First of all the greatest UK player ever, Dan Issel was not on the 2012 team. He had already retired. Second of all 2012 starting five was no where close to being better than 96. Do you really follow UK basketball? Just wow.
LOL at this. Andrew would never get the ball past half court. Were you alive and watched the 96 team play?
96 team was the Secretariat of college basketball. No other team is even close and no team will ever be close. The style they played with full court press and 12 people that could play, the 3 point shooting, rebounding size and athleticism will never be matched,and hasn't since then.