Kentucky @ Louisville Game Thread

[Pensacola_Cat]

Played like crap and only down 7.

 

[Son_Of_Saul]

Brown is killing us. Pope absolutely has to lock up an elite freshman in this this class. Can't live off portal guys forever.

 

[MidseasonTweak]

Hoping for some more contested threes. Can't get screened out of the play for an open shot every possession.

 

[JakeKx]

We are just so fragile in so many spots.

 

[gbl97]

Brown is on fire. We don't have an answer defensively. We need a guy who can go score at will on their seniors.

 

[TheBlueMist]

Let's play UL with JQ and on a neutral court.

 

[Vek96]

Not sure if he has a killer instinct in him.

He’s still a million more times likable than your boy Crapapari

 

[Dr.LutherSan]

Mikel Brown is him

 

[bbnkat02]

Wow man. That's cold.

It's Kentucky. He knows the rules. I like the dude. But this isn't bro club. It's Kentucky Basketball. Winning is what matters.

 

[ChicagoCat90]

Recruiting all OAD players is not the way to go, but you need to land a few of the sure fire NBA talents out of high school. They change the game.

 

[LineSkiCat14]

My thing on Pope is.. if he doesn't work, and Cal didnt work? Whats next? We got told "No" by some coaches i didnt even want to begin with. Were not drawing the attention of top coaches, and if Pope wasnt UK alumni, I shudder to think who we would have landed.

I think if Pope gets run out, we are in trouble.. and IMO would need to really think about how we are going to build a basketball powerhouse in this era. Legacy means nothing, we have to spend to win a title. That includes coaching, facilties, recruiting, everything.

 

[cornbreadnmilk]

He’s still a million more times likable than your boy Crapapari

Saul wasn't a Cal fan.

 

[bbnkat02]

Played like crap and only down 7.

It could be worse. But I hate watching us play like ****. These dudes are getting paid.

 

[rick64]

Nice run to close the half. Only down 7.

 

[Blue_2_the_bone_rivals]

I’d rather play small ball with Mo at the 5 if Moreno isn’t in.

 

[theBlues]

We gotta figure out a way to guard Brown Jr. I'm hoping there's no way he can play that well again in the 2nd half. Can he?

 

[The_Answer1313_rivals]

Takeaways….. We need JQ!!!!!! ASAP.

Definitely need a rim protector. Brown was driving at will.

 

[mdluk1]

It seemed like they hit every 3 but they were 7-20, UK 6-16.

 

[wccat]

How many times can Oweh give the ball up on a drive? Giving up 53 points in the first half. Thought this team would be better on defense. Game not over though. Can UL keep up the shots.

 

[gbl97]

We need Jasper to come in and go off for 10 unanswered.

 

[katwest]

It would have been really good to not let Brown have a layup. If it’s going to be that easy he’s not going to miss, hard fouls like Lowe did earlier is what you have to do if he beats you.

 

[Woodrow24]

Pope has gotta do a better job the second half with substitutions.

 

[Anon1751335390]

Oweh needs to try and be physically dominant on defense. He does it in spurts. All last year, it was palpable when he was going to put his mind towards making a play defensively. There was that moment when everybody knew he was going to force something good. It happened in the last few minutes of this game. He needs to play with that attitude more.

 

[Monday Nitro]

My thing on Pope is.. if he doesn't work, and Cal didnt work? Whats next? We got told "No" by some coaches i didnt even want to begin with. Were not drawing the attention of top coaches, and if Pope wasnt UK alumni, I shudder to think who we would have landed.

I think if Pope gets run out, we are in trouble.. and IMO would need to really think about how we are going to build a basketball powerhouse in this era. Legacy means nothing, we have to spend to win a title. That includes coaching, facilties, recruiting, everything.

Luckily we're nowwhere near that yet, lol. He's already beat Duke, U of L, Gonazaga on the road, UT twice, etc.

 

[wccat]

Think UK played better with Moreno than Garrison.

 

[anon1777473514]

Call me crazy, but I see that we have a more complete team than Louisville. If we slow this down and force Louisville into a Halfcourt game, I think we win this game. I thought the whole point of building this deep and versatile roster was so that we can adapt and play different styles. Right now, we look like we are trying to force a square block into a round hole.

 

[MbergCat]

This sucks.

 

[sefus12]

Saul wasn't a Cal fan.

And, despite how bad the last few years were, Cal had a lot of success that was probably held back a touch by key injuries at really bad times, as well as some bad coaching. You don’t have to like Cal but let’s not act like he didn’t have success here.

 

[ComebackCats98]

Good response after getting down 14. Let’s see what the cats have in the second half. Would be nice to find a way to win this one

 

[ChicagoCat90]

My thing on Pope is.. if he doesn't work, and Cal didnt work? Whats next? We got told "No" by some coaches i didnt even want to begin with. Were not drawing the attention of top coaches, and if Pope wasnt UK alumni, I shudder to think who we would have landed.

I think if Pope gets run out, we are in trouble.. and IMO would need to really think about how we are going to build a basketball powerhouse in this era. Legacy means nothing, we have to spend to win a title. That includes coaching, facilties, recruiting, everything.

Under the premise that Pope doesn't work out, I think replacing him would be a lot easier than replacing Cal. Nobody wants to be the one to follow the hall of famer no matter how how his time ended.

 

[Anon1751335390]

Pope has gotta do a better job the second half with substitutions.

Roster size is a bit of curse. I hope that's something that works itself out as the season progresses.

 

[Seth_C]

Louisville is amped up and was on fire the first half. We missed some 3s really ugly. The second half will be interesting, but we aren’t going to win if they drop another 50+.

 

[3 Putts]

How many times can Oweh give the ball up on a drive? Giving up 53 points in the first half. Thought this team would be better on defense. Game not over though. Can UL keep up the shots.

OO has negated everything good thing he did in the half.

 

[CUJO_1970]

We stopped the bleeding and got up off the mat. That was Louisville’s best shot and they couldn’t put us away.

Let’s take it to theses pansies in the 2nd half.

 

[gbl97]

Good response after getting down 14. Let’s see what the cats have in the second half. Would be nice to find a way to win this one

We were down 18.

 

[KYSouthpaw]

Oweh‘s broke jumper is a death sentence in a game like this, they’re playing off of him, daring him to shoot.

Yup

Their D looks good because we don't have guys who win off the dribble and aren't a threat to shoot. Kansas made them look silly.

Peterson killed them and we don't have a Peterson. Otega's a nice role player, not a top 10 draft pick.

 

[FredmanthecatfanAnon]

Gonna be an interesting second half

 

[mdluk1]

Can’t let em score 53 again. Gotta play better defense.

 

[KYFOSSIL]

Not yet. But say we piss out in the Rd of 32. It's gonna get noisy quickly.

It pretty early in the year for this crap from you. I onow you are passionate firing games but damn man.

We are just so fragile in so many spots.

********!

 

[ToniTonyToneDelkDelkDelk]

Brown is killing us. Pope absolutely has to lock up an elite freshman in this this class. Can't live off portal guys forever.

I mean there's a clear cut talent level and ceiling with Elite Freshman and professional Billy Madison college basketball playing adults.