This is why we lost
- Thread starter Levibooty
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IU is a better team. Both point guards are excellent. I prefer Ulis but both are outstanding. Skal was a huge recruiting miss and we did not have front line talent to compete with a good team. Crean did a good coaching job. That is all, Cal did not have many options all year.
Spot on...Instead of going with best offensive line up he went defense and we lose. Willis should have started and played much more
THIS is a much more accurate assessment of their duel.
They are very similar in ability, perhaps Ulis was a little better.
Yogi didn't keep them in it or win the game for them.
no ****. That and the fact that the other team scored more, right. Thanks Mr. Obvious.
Yep. Knee jerk and overly simplistic reaction. For some, any loss necessarily means one guy got outcoached. They can't tell you why exactly. Just is.
As a Hoosier fan I thought Ullis was phenomenal and if that was an off night (which I understand as a fan that watches a lot of my team) he is unreal! Yogi made some plays but Ullis looked like paint on him. Thought both teams missed several shots they normally make.
I thought we adjusted well but I was shocked you went away from Poythress as he was killing us in the beginning. Overall, I know I am disappointed this game happened in the Round 32. Additionally, I really hope these two don't play in the NCAA for good while! From Southern Indiana these games are rough on friendships between the two teams simply because our passion for basketball.
Why does it hurt so much just to give the opponent a little credit? The reason we came out odd was the fact they played defense a lot better than we did. Seems everyone really believed all the jokes thrown at Crean and their team this passed week.. We were beaten in every phase of the game. just have to face it.
First of all Towns is not eligible to play.
Put more emphasis on defense. That is what won the game for Indiana. Yogi the point guard
for Indy blew by everyone like they were glued to the floor. He also
back-doored Ulis twice for wide open lay ups. It was our lack of defense that caused this loss. jmho
UK wasn't going to advance far in this tournament with only 2 reliable scorers in the game for the majority of the minutes.
Either Willis is still hurt or Cal decided to gamble on one of the 2 biggest enigmas on the team (Poythress & Skal) magically becoming consistent scorers.
UK lost because the front court was atrocious. Bottom line. It's been that way consistently all season and we were all simply hoping that we'd figure out a way to avoid it being exposed. The fact they no-showed against an IU team with a mediocre front court just needs to be a reminder that this fatal flaw was going to kill this team eventually.
Either Willis is still hurt or Cal decided to gamble on one of the 2 biggest enigmas on the team (Poythress & Skal) magically becoming consistent scorers.
UK lost because the front court was atrocious. Bottom line. It's been that way consistently all season and we were all simply hoping that we'd figure out a way to avoid it being exposed. The fact they no-showed against an IU team with a mediocre front court just needs to be a reminder that this fatal flaw was going to kill this team eventually.
At last the real reason, Explains the other players' performances. Our bigs have been too weak all this season to be a NC contender. Sporadic good games but nothing to depend on. If only Skal could have been the player he was touted to be.
Indiana was the better balanced team in this game.
X & O had nothing to do with itt. That's a cop out. We've seen this front line problem all season long.
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You really think I didn't know Towns was playing for the Timberwolves in the NBA?
Hell, if he had only been 1/2 the player he was supposed to be, we would have been fine. He has so far to go before being capable of being a reliable player even at the collegiate level. I fear for him if he jumps to the NBA because I am fairly confident that he will struggle to stay on an NBA roster and might not ever see a second contract. Even worse, I fear that those pushing him to jump will be less that trustworthy in avoiding Skal wasting his earnings prior to age 25 let alone age 85.
I don't mind people blaming Calipari. He gets paid a lot of money. But I don't really think you can blame his coaching on this game. Our mercurial (at best) frontcourt no-showed, which shouldn't shock any of us. AND, our red-hot SG Murray slumped at the wrong time (6-26 from three the last 3 games). And Indiana is a good team, as they have showed in 2016. What are you going to do?
Cal messed up in NOT taking Bryant last Spring. I believe he locked in on Diallo and Zimmerman. And arguably, in NOT taking Bragg. That's where he messed up.
This frontcourt featured pretty much the only two busts of his career in Poythress and Skal. You just couldn't trust either of them.
Cal messed up in NOT taking Bryant last Spring. I believe he locked in on Diallo and Zimmerman. And arguably, in NOT taking Bragg. That's where he messed up.
This frontcourt featured pretty much the only two busts of his career in Poythress and Skal. You just couldn't trust either of them.
Willis didn't even play until the first half was half over, how many shots did he get? Murray shot some very ill advised shots the entire game.
Let me get this straight. Cal messed up by not taking Bryant? If you asked every coach in America who they would rather have between Skal and Bryant, I doubt one of them would have picked Bryant, including Tom Crean.
You're questioning the recruiting choices of the greatest recruiter in the history of college basketball? Are you frigging serious? What an idiot post.
Yes, he messed up by not taking Bryant. Skal and Bryant weren't an either-or thing. Calipari obviously wanted another big (ended up with Humphries after missing out on Diallo and Zimmerman).
Yeah, Cal's the best. He rarely misses. He did this time. No need to be a jerk about it. Just my opinion.
Or did Cal mess up by not strangling Johnson and Booker until they decided to stay another year? I mean there is still a large group of fans who think its Cal's duty to force these kids to stay.
The pressure of the tournament showed big time and our young players reverted back to one-on-one basketball like we played earlier in the season. I bet if you counted the number of passes made with 15 or less on the shot clock it would be near the bottom of the season. Once the clock hit around 15 seconds, everyone in the arena knew who was going to make the shot. I am really starting to wonder if young players can handle the pressure of the tournament.