All on Cal....

[Conn501]

His decision to take the air out of the ball with 4 to go and all the momentum killed it

 

[*Bleedingblue*]

Yes the stall ball killed us along with the bad calls but cal got us here to begin with.

 

[Askeladden]

Hate to say it but you're right OP. 3 straight shot clock violations....not good.

 

[Catnerd]

Yep, I've been texting all my friends the same thing.

 

[Brando Mac]

All on the ref not calling shot clock violation and bogus flop that followed.

 

[stoneycat_20]

Told my wife this..Cal you f'd up bigtime

 

[Tannerdad]

Stall ball too early but he had to call a TO during one of those possessions
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[mg721]

Agreed. He lost his composure and the critics will kill him. Deservedly so.

 

[Team America]

Absolutely. Ban me if you want. Horrible horrible horrible coaching.

 

[MychalG]

We were up 4 and then we had 3 of the worst offensive possessions we have had all season. Isolating Andrew 3 straight times flat out cost us the game. Unbelievable..

 

[anon_013cn8yrfncx2]

Yes but great season nonetheless. We saw it all year that it could cost us.

See you guys in November

 

[Catman100]

I agree,,,Even when we did that in the Anthony Davis days it would screw with our mojo.

 

[martycat1]

Stall ball killed us, but the shot clock violation was a killer.

 

[catfaninsc_rivals377375]

Originally posted by Conn501:
His decision to take the air out of the ball with 4 to go and all the momentum killed it

Yep. Sorry to say. But this is on him. Bad end of game coaching.

 

[Blueworld_3.0]

Cal did this at Memphis and it cost him a title vs. Kansas.
He did it again in 2012 vs. Kansas and we barely survived.
This time it bit us in the ***.

 

[UK till Death]

Cal should be ashamed of himself for that coaching display.

 

[BlueBlood_77]

DITTO

 

[jc2010]

Originally posted by Brando Mac:
All on the ref not calling shot clock violation and bogus flop that followed.

Despite the refs, we had the ball and we had the Mo and Cal killed it. It is all on Cal

 

[Ghost_of_Rupp]

Booker on Kaminsky...that's all I've got to say...

 

[CoachR35]

yep

 

[Fancatstik]

I hate to agree with the OP but I agree.

 

[LmdCat]

It hasn't just happened to Cal; lots of great coaches have made the same blunder. PLAYING NOT TO LOSE.

 

[RACdad]

Yep

 

[NavyKat]

You play not to lose and you lose. Unbelievable. We've done it all year late in games when they were close. Tonight it bit us in the ***. Just needed to push that 4 point lead out to 6 or 8 and we would be playing Monday. Give Wisky credit, they made the plays in crunch time and we did not.

 

[buddylove]

You guys are idiots.
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[ganner918_rivals60369]

I am rarely one to criticise coaching, but that was awful decision making by Cal to slow it down with 2 minutes left when we had been attacking and had the momentum.

 

[buck8113]

up here in indy several UK fans where laughing toward the end say look at Cal's *** it has tighten up sure enough it did

 

[moe#8]

just why did he not start the twins in the second half????

 

[ukfan606]

Kills every team that does it.

 

[bnewt]

Originally posted by corned_beef:
You guys are idiots.
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no you are if you can't face the truth
trying to run the clock out......up 4 all they had to do was score 1 time & Wi was done

 

[mparr4]

Also all year in the clutch Ullis is in and running the offense. Not tonight.

 

[Goingfor9]

We were about to build a run and he blew it. He should have been looking to extend the lead at that point instead of taking the air out of it. Wisconsin was on the ropes. Cal beat us.

 

[dbem1]

Originally posted by MychalG:

We were up 4 and then we had 3 of the worst offensive possessions we have had all season. Isolating Andrew 3 straight times flat out cost us the game. Unbelievable..

And twice he was fouled and it was not called.

 

[WeWant9_rivals]

It was awful. I love the guy, but he is not a good coach in these type of situations. There's plenty of games that show it. His refusal to at least try zone against teams like this is questionable.

 

[ZaytovenCat]

Yep its on Cal. I'd bet he takes a bunch of crap for it too and it will push him towards leaving. I know we shouldn't blame him for the very reason but I just can't help it. This has cost him two titles now. And it cost a perfect season for us. The season is a bust now and i don't care what anybody says. If we couldn't win it with this team what can you win it with? More and more it looks like it took one of the alltime greats (Davis) to win Cal 's first one.

 

[ukbowl2006]

1 - bizarre officiating
2 - inability to offensive rebound in the first half
3 - booker on the switch
4 - 3 shot clock violations in a row
5 - shot clock play

3 of those 5 are in UKS control, and even the shot clock thing, 3 of our guys watched the tipped ball go out of bounds.

 

[Clarence Mason]

Yep we were in total control but couldn't get a good shot to save our lives. Stall ball was a killer.

 

[goforitcats]

Great season! Thanks Wildcats.

 

[CatPhight_rivals65113]

Wisconsin hadn't scored in 5 minutes - we had them on the ropes - then we play not to lose and allow them to regain their composure for the stretch run while we laid eggs.

A loss that didn't have to happen.

 

[OHIO COLONEL]

I know the personnel for us is different than last year...but we played different. Last year we drove, drove, drove, the ball. UW is slow on defense, and Kaminsky is a joke on defense. We drove it with success most of the time, but not enough IMO. Then we stall the ball and drive with 5 seconds left when the whole UW team knew that it was coming and the whole UW team clogged up the middle.