********OFFICIAL GAME THREAD********

zannmann

Heisman
Feb 17, 2006
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Every game our starters get a lead and Cal puts in Hawkins, Willis and Hump together and the lead goes away. He needs to work on the rotation some more. Fox and Monk should not be on the bench at same time. Someone has to score.

PS. No one cares about UConn women.
 
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Xception

Heisman
Apr 17, 2007
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It's a shame that bigs in the SEC have to play defense like that. Watch other league games and see how active those bigs are allowed to be.
The SEC has a bunch of whistle happy officials.
But Bam still has to protect the rim from the weakside better.
We can't afford for him to foul is the problem because our other bigs haven't been able to effectively play backup
 
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Dakota25

All-Conference
Nov 24, 2014
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Consider the game location and the opponent.
Voilla.
I agree, UK should be up by at least 16 or so but I think they will pull away to win by over 20. I think it will be a stress free second half...... I hope
 

rautry2

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It's a shame that bigs in the SEC have to play defense like that. Watch other league games and see how active those bigs are allowed to be.
The SEC has a bunch of whistle happy officials.
But Bam still has to protect the rim from the weakside better.
Agree 100%. It's crazy how the league has changed so much in only two years! Remember how physical WCS and KAT were? They needed to be to play their style. But the refs won't let Bam be Bam and its a shame, all to "clean up the game". My ***
 

kyjeff1

Heisman
Sep 8, 2012
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We can't afford for him to foul is the problem because our other bigs haven't been able to effectively play backup
I'm sure Cal has instructed him to save himself for the second half, but he's almost taking it too far.
 

OldRed

All-Conference
Jun 7, 2001
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Funny that we are leading in every statistical category in the first half including FT% at 53.8%. We have fewer turnovers and fouls and more of everything else.
 

Jazzycat

All-Conference
May 23, 2002
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I agree with Ellis. If Bam doesn't become more assertive on defense and the guards continue to forget to give him the ball, they won't be a complete team. Guards need to penetrate and dish it off to Bam as much as possible...run more set plays. This team needs to really develop more interior plays with the amount of speed they have...
 
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ck-2

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Apr 7, 2007
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I agree with Ellis. If Bam doesn't become more assertive on defense and the guards continue to forget to give him the ball, they won't be a complete team. Guards need to penetrate and dish it off to Bam as much as possible...run more set plays. This team needs to really develop more interior plays with the amount of speed they have...
Same here.
 

OldRed

All-Conference
Jun 7, 2001
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I agree with Ellis. If Bam doesn't become more assertive on defense and the guards continue to forget to give him the ball, they won't be a complete team. Guards need to penetrate and dish it off to Bam as much as possible...run more set plays. This team needs to really develop more interior plays with the amount of speed they have...
Well Briscoe tried to get it to Adebayo. He just threw it about 8 feet too high.
 
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UK_fan_41102

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Jan 27, 2010
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I agree with Ellis. If Bam doesn't become more assertive on defense and the guards continue to forget to give him the ball, they won't be a complete team. Guards need to penetrate and dish it off to Bam as much as possible...run more set plays. This team needs to really develop more interior plays with the amount of speed they have...
Can you risk Bam being more assertive with his backups?
 

Ugoff

Heisman
May 7, 2009
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I wonder if we'll get to see the entire 2nd half. I'd say it's about 50/50.
 

Dakota25

All-Conference
Nov 24, 2014
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I'll never forget where I was when UConn won their 91st game in a row. In my living room, cussing at my tv.
I was pretty pissed too. But hey I'll remember as well forever since I doubt it ever gets touched again.
 

ZakkW

All-Conference
May 22, 2002
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Gabriel, man, brings nothing productive when he's out there