Skal on fire today.

[smooth as butter]

Glad to see the big fella playing well.

 

[deplion_rivals116063]

Pretty amazing turnaround.

Praying it lasts through March!

 

[Fancatstik]

the good the bad and the ugly. Skal is the good. Briscoe the bad and ugly.

 

[tank2009]

Skal is showing why he is a potential lottery pick. Confidence is huge! He gets it going right now.....with lee and willis..we are ready for anyone. Poy didnt have great half though...wish he would get going in 2nd for him and his family!

 

[jedwar]

Big Blue Haitian !

 

[NCukcat62]

Yeah he is as smooth as butter right now

 

[LineSkiCat14]

Dude's shot almost reaches the banners..

Love this for him. Love it for the team. He's having so much more fun when he's hitting shots and was getting the crowd into it. Hope it continues.

 

[smooth as butter]

Lol

 

[westerncat]

Hope he can continue to play like that in the 2nd half.

 

[Atrain7732]

Love the pick and pop at the free throw line. LSU has no defense for it up to this point. Tyler will either bang the jumper or dump to Skal for the 10 footer. He has a lot of confidence goin the last couple games. Hope it continues. Could be perfect timing.

 

[Jkwo_rivals113955]

Are all the jackasses who were taking joy in putting him down and attacking those of us who held out hope that he could start to figure something out going to apologize?

I don't mean people who thought he was a bust and were glad he was sitting. By January, that was just looking at the reality and wanting the best for our team.

I mean the ones who were revelling in the "I told you so"s because their crappy attitudes towards him in December ended up prevailing.

I want all our cats to succeed. If a kid takes the minutes he's given and just isn't effective, I'm not angry at him for hurting the team - I'm feeling bad for him because he's a cat and I know for a fact that he wants to succeed more than anybody.

 

[katwest]

This couldn't have happened at a better time, keep feeding him.

 

[Slowwalker]

I am equally impressed with his defensive effort blocking shots, rebounding, and not fouling...

 

[sound defect]

Cal has been sandbagging all year, saving Skal for the end of the season.

 

[Fancatstik]

Skal > Simmons

 

[andreIGUODOLLAsigns4UK]

Hes a completely different player now. Get used to it you all. This skal is here to stay.

 

[RoyKent]

I've been very rough on him all year.

But, huge kudos to him today. Heck of a game after a good game against Florida.

Maybe he is putting it all together.

Congrats on a great game Skal!

 

[throatpoker]

Best eva, all time

 

[Dreklie]

Since Cals tweek ... Skal is a brand new player. We will make a SERIOUS run if we continue playing like this. LOVE IT!

 

[Orionorl]

Who IS this guy? He is playing a masterful game, like he has done it every day for years. Someone has killed Skal. Cal found a way to take his skin, and put it on the body of Tayshaun Prince.

I have been his BIGGEST downer. Not today. Not this week. Anyone who says that Cal cannot turn kids around is smoking crack.

 

[JerseyCat84_rivals57050]

Skal > Ant Davis

 

[Slowwalker]

Skal > Ant Davis

[roll][roll][roll][roll]

 

[ManitouDan_anon]

takes us to a different level if he continues to play like this .. Way to go big Skal

 

[dukeposter]

It's easy to be skeptical but he is rebounding well, 8 boards for the second straight game so this moght not be a fluke.

 

[tank2009]

Great to see!! You can tell this kid is a great young man.....awesome to see!!

I would say he will be lottery pick!

He is making himself rich today....i credit ulia with a lot of it....he sets him up like he knows that all he lacks is a few successful plays to get his confidence....ulis is a pro pg right now.

 

[stoneycat_20]

If we get todays Skal in the NCAAT we are a serious contender

 

[Ukbrassowtipin]

He just needed more time!! Oh wait, this isn't a willis thread.

 

[UK Widget]

Skal today put up Anthony Davis type numbers. Not saying he is like Davis, but today he's shown he can play really well consistently. I hope he stays next year, next year could be very enjoyable..

 

[MegaBlue05]

Way to play big fella!!

Great job, Skal.

 

[MNantz]

Really happy for Skal, with all the bashing he has gotten, great to see him play the way he knows he can !!

 

[CharlieT71059]

I liked those little soft 10 foot shots

 

[*Bleedingblue*]

Glad Cal is playin him as a stretch 4 instead of low post 5. Never ever played that way in his past, A stretch 4 is the way he has always played.

 

[ala_kat2]

Great game from Skal L. today. He can really help this team big time when he stays out of foul trouble. LSU did not have a legitimate post player today that could muscle UK into foul trouble.

 

[DwayneMeighan]

Hes a completely different player now. Get used to it you all. This skal is here to stay.

[laughing] You are the worst. How many times did you denigrate the young man just in the last few weeks? Way too many to count. Every other post you were making was an attack on Skal.

Not to mention, half of the nonsense you were spouting off about had absolutely nothing to do with basketball and was personal as hell. Don't try to hop on the bandwagon now, coward.

 

[Brando Mac]

I love how Skal has played these last two games. I still need to see more before I declare this version of him here to stay, but I'm glad that he's at least giving us something.

The only things I've really been rough on with him was his strength in the post on defense and rebounds, and the way in which we were using him offensively. Now he's starting to man up on defense, and we're allowing him to play to his strength as more of a face-up jump shooter on offense.