Who guards Josh Jackson?

[richbrookstomato]

Do you use Briscoe or Gabriel/Willis?

This may be our toughest match up of the year.

 

[RoyKent]

Briscoe will likely get the assignment.

I have zero confidence it will go well.

 

[SilentsAreGolden]

Better not be Willis. He will get 30+.

 

[richbrookstomato]

The question becomes how do you make him least effective?

If we use Briscoe he'll post him up or shoot over him.
If we use Gabriel/Willis it will be drive to the goal.

It's really pick your poison. Hope we can contain him.

 

[JerseyCat84_rivals57050]

Probably Briscoe

 

[UKWildcats#8]

UK doesn't guard anyone OP. We are just going to pray we outscore them and that Monk is hitting his shots.

 

[richbrookstomato]

UK doesn't guard anyone OP. We are just going to pray we outscore them and that Monk is hitting his shots.

That changes today!!

 

[SemperFiCat]

Willis?? What? [roll]

 

[SemperFiCat]

UK doesn't guard anyone OP. We are just going to pray we outscore them and that Monk is hitting his shots.

Kinda like UCLA this year.

 

[Poetax]

The question becomes how do you make him least effective?

If we use Briscoe he'll post him up or shoot over him.
If we use Gabriel/Willis it will be drive to the goal.

It's really pick your poison. Hope we can contain him.

Stay in front, make him shoot from the outside. His game is going to the hoop where he either gets a basket or a foul, and that sets his outside game up.

 

[Chuckinden]

Better not be Willis. He will get 30+.

********!!! This has been blown waaaayyy out of proportion.

 

[throatpoker]

the ghosts of rupp arena's past

 

[UKcatXXXL]

Gabriel is ideal but not sure he can handle it

 

[UKWildcats#8]

That changes today!!

Yeah you never know. I just feel our strategy in March is going to be to just hope we can score 85-90 4 games in a row (from Sweet 16 on) and hold the other team to 80 or less.

 

[SilentsAreGolden]

********!!! This has been blown waaaayyy out of proportion.

UT guys several inches shorter than him scored on him a lot.

 

[brianpoe]

We will funnel him to a shot blocker...

 

[jrpross_rivals]

The question becomes how do you make him least effective?

If we use Briscoe he'll post him up or shoot over him.
If we use Gabriel/Willis it will be drive to the goal.

It's really pick your poison. Hope we can contain him.

I'd rather Jackson shoot than drive. He can't shoot like UNC's Jackson. Briscoe isn't ideal but he will probably stay in front of him better than anyone else.

 

[K-Town Kat]

********!!! This has been blown waaaayyy out of proportion.

It's actually not.

Willis has never, is not, and will never be a good defensive player.

The other day Cal basically said as much and just wants Derek hitting shots and rebounding.

We have nobody to stop Jackson. Hope he's not making shots or at least don't let anyone else go off cause he gets his.

 

[ukfan041]

JJ is the one that has the potential to go off, as he brings quite a matchup problem for us! Hopefully, Briscoe can frustrate and slow him down some

 

[Chuckinden]

It's actually not.

Willis has never, is not, and will never be a good defensive player.

The other day Cal basically said as much and just wants Derek hitting shots and rebounding.

We have nobody to stop Jackson. Hope he's not making shots or at least don't let anyone else go off cause he gets his.

Oh, I know he's not a good defensive player, but he's not that much worse than anyone else on the team. It's just blown out of proportion.

 

[zannmann]

I watched Kansas the other night for the first time. This kid is really good. He concerns me, I don't know who is going to guard him.

 

[JoeBeeHall]

I hope the refs do not RAPE us while we just witness the event .

 

[Ugoff]

nm

 

[KyFaninNC]

UK doesn't guard anyone OP. We are just going to pray we outscore them and that Monk is hitting his shots.

Agreed, truth is we have no one to guard a really good 3.

 

[UK_fan_41102]

Hopefully he picks up 2 quick fouls each half, and the bench gets to guard him the majority of the time.

 

[Lukasz0brzut]

Jackson likes to foul hopefully that's the trend tonight

 

[JerseyCat84_rivals57050]

Diallo is the perfect choice to guard Jackson..oh wait.....

 

[bucsrule8872]

I think Gabriel starts on him, because of his size. Briscoe will be on him some. Willis will be on Mykhailiuk when he comes in.

 

[westerncat]

Briscoe can not guard him.

 

[BigBlueManSouthCentralKY]

Jackson is a mean person. Any 3 with any talent usually eat us up. The same with the 1 guys we play. Jackson and Mason versus Briscoe and Fox is a scary situation. Maybe we can out score them.

 

[KWilt43atbuzz]

I think Monk will have go for minimum of 30 for Cats to win.

 

[KYJamm_rivals308443]

Briscoe got lit up by Tennessee... I'd start with Gabriel.

 

[tycornett9]

the same argument could be made with Bam against Kansas...

 

[TheBlueDisciple]

********!!! This has been blown waaaayyy out of proportion.

Well he only had 20, so I guess you were right??