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

[oldsports_]

Lets run the table now Cats, finish strong. We got this

 

[BassProCat]

That was quite a roller coaster ride there

 

[JoeBeeHall]

Time to work on the zone

 

[Fancatstik]

NICE WIN BOYS

 

[kyjeff1]

Whewwwww, this was much closer than my heart wanted to take.
Fox is not allowed to be sick.
Mulder would have been huge in these last few games too.

 

[HenryMuto]

That's game. Well it was a lot tougher than I thought it would be when we got up 8 I thought we had this in the bag. A very big shot and a stop to send it to OT and then a win.

Now everyone go back to the first couple pages of this thread where many was leaving this team for dead in this game but I had called a come back when when it was 14-2 and they got it done.

Need Fox for Florida for sure that game is going to be tough as hell with or without Fox.

 

[SilentsAreGolden]

Bam played his *** off after he got 4 fouls.

 

[FlCATFan_rivals26961]

Very proud of Bam. He played his best minutes with 4 fouls.

 

[CatsRWild]

Crap I'm not going to sleep after this one.

 

[deplion_rivals116063]

Pretty poor effort the first 10 - 12 minutes. Since then though they have played their guts out and especially in this OT.

I cut them a tiny bit of slack because they had to adjust to playing without Monk.

D has gone from bad to horrendous though. Unless we fix that, we aren't playing past the first week of the tournament.

 

[Atrain7732]

Not sure our defense is fixable without an attitude change. We show spurts of consistency on defense.

Agreed. I think most of this funk both offensively and defensively the last five or so games is attributable almost completely to attitude. Either they were reading too much of their own press clippings or something else has happened.

Whatever it is I hope it is resolved. And resolved quickly. This game, although I am very happy they won, had not alleviated any of our fears I don't believe.

 

[mrdavisanddd]

They fought tonight thats good to see

 

[MarkPftw]

Whew..thank God. We just couldn't lose this game. Good and hard fought and clutch win. I'm just happy to get the hell out of Rupp with a win tonight. I want no part of Georgia at Georgia.

 

[wildcatwelder_rivals]

Damn, I have to be at work at 5. Win, baby win.

I'm working from home tomorrow; I'll be thinking about you when I wake up about 8, lol.

 

[BourbonBalz]

I'm obviously ecstatic with the win to stop the bleeding. It might have been a season saver and was done short handed. I applaud them. But, we cannot stand anymore pathetic starts like we had tonight. That's just uncalled for to be that unprepared to start a game. Hopefully this will jumpstart the rest of the season.

 

[ORCAT10]

Lots of heart tonight

 

[Bkocats]

played better in OT than we have the last few games

 

[JoeBeeHall]

Did not think we was going to hit our average

 

[ukfan693]

Stopped the bleeding. Loved the effort tonight. Better clean it up or we'll get blown out in Gainesville Saturday.

 

[Jakarii]

So Briscoe plays his same game except he scored more and all of a sudden some will say he played great lol. Those dumb fans are clueless because he's been playing well overal and leading this whole time

 

[*CatinIL*]

WHEW!!!

 

[Cattoyz]

Never in doubt

 

[wildcatwelder_rivals]

Whew.......

 

[howercat]

Wow

 

[UKGrad93]

Cats showed some fight tonight

 

[kyjeff1]

If Mulder or Jones is healthy, we win by 19. So proud of our effort tonight, Gi Big Blue

Jones? As in SKJ? The dude that never plays?
You meant to say Fox right?

 

[Crawfords Corner]

Hey Ashley Judd. You suck politically and now how about those free sandwiches for the fans. [roll], idiot.

 

[NavyKat]

Gutsy win shorthanded. Need to play with that energy and fight all the time. Whew. I'm tired.

 

[KyCatFan1]

2 1/2 hour game for 45 minutes of action.

 

[*CatinIL*]

That was Butt *** Ugly but I'll take it...but Damn...Coach Cal has some work to do.

 

[kybassfan]

Thank Gawd! It's finally over. Somebody pick up the W before they turn out the lights.

 

[JoeBeeHall]

Wonder what Cal will say in the presser

 

[Cattoyz]

Rule of 71

 

[Bill - Shy Cat]

I'm working from home tomorrow; I'll be thinking about you when I wake up about 8, lol.

Gee, thanks welder. [roll]

 

[OldRed]

We have at least 3 more road losses without a markedly better defense.

 

[JoeBeeHall]

Anywhere online to watch the press conf ?

 

[Bkocats]

now we know Hawks true value I think
Bam kicked some butt after his 4th foul
Monk was....OMG
Briscoe much better than given credit for....MUCH
Hump did pretty well actually
Tai gave us some good minutes
WG & Willis were quiet - but....

glad to see us pull out a game like this - concerned about possible issues within the team, and how Cal is handling it. I think the set back to start the game is the guys didn't know how they were going to play without Fox; they figured it out. Lot of stupid mistakes, but a win is a win right now. Not sure we're better than Sweet 16 right now - but anything can happen
I still love my team

 

[ck-2]

Wonder what Cal will say in the presser

We have a team full of freshman. They fought hard. I'm proud of them fighting.

 

[Bill - Shy Cat]

Hey Ashley Judd. You suck politically and now how about those free sandwiches for the fans. [roll], idiot.

Icing on the cake. [thumb2]

 

[mash_24]

A win is a win. Especially short handed. Thought Cal really coached tonight maybe for the first time this season. Really hope he will work with them in practice on some Zone with trapping out of it etc. Mix things up for the opponent. It can be about winning ball games when you're not at your best AND also preparing the studs for the league. Not just the latter.