UK/UF Game Thread

[WildcatRick]

GO CATS!!!!

[jtt97mmt]

Way too sloppy to start, but I expect them to settle down soon!

[Stretch]

Looks like Donovan agrees that how Sparks goes, so goes Kentucky. Crawford must step up.

[Bluegrass]

Did Dick Vitale just say that "Kentucky had the greatest fans in the country"? :thumbup:thumbup

[UderricKY]

Everytime Bobby gets switched off on Horford its bad news...

[Terry L. Wildcat]

:cool:Five of us rooting like hell in Louisville, Colorado...we like the fact we're only down one...Noah beating his chest will fire us up...steady Tarzan.

[scars.of.grace]

Noah ... I can't stand him already ...

[UderricKY]

Noah acts just like Dudley from BC...i can't stand watching either one of those kids play.

Terry L. Wildcat wrote: :cool:Five of us rooting like hell in Louisville, Colorado...we like the fact we're only down one...Noah beating his chest will fire us up...steady Tarzan.

[Bluegrass]

I like the intensity on defense........:wildcatface

[cats4lifenc]

let's just hang around and win it at the end!!!

[BrassowFan]

I love it!!! This is the way that I've expected UK to play all season!

[UderricKY]

Sparks already with 6 assists!

[Stretch]

There ain't enough mustard in the whole state of Florida to cover Noah.

[jtt97mmt]

I LOVE the 12 assists on 13 FGs!

Noah really is annoying the heck out of me too. We need to shut him up!

[MurphyLee]

One of the announcers,didn't pay attention to which,said UK had 4 Mcdonalds AA's.I know who 3 are,RM,JC,and RR.Am I going crazy or is their not a 4th?

[kipper265]

Worst non-call I have EVER seen.

[Bluegrass]

The passing is great!! Keep it up! :thumbup

[UderricKY]

Top 5 this year.

kipper265 wrote: Worst non-call I have EVER seen.

[kipper265]

What were the other 4?

Perhaps all 4 were in today's Duke game? ;)

UderricKY wrote: Top 5 this year.

kipper265 wrote: Worst non-call I have EVER seen.

[UderricKY]

How'd you guess?!

kipper265 wrote: What were the other 4?

Perhaps all 4 were in today's Duke game? ;)

UderricKY wrote: Top 5 this year.

kipper265 wrote: Worst non-call I have EVER seen.

[MurphyLee]

I'd like to see somebody run Humphrey into one of those screens.Crawford and Sparks both had chances to do so.Let's see how healthy that shoulder is.

[Athens2005]

We need to hit a shot against this zone before the half.

Take some mo into the locker room.

[BrassowFan]

I'll takea 2 point lead at halftime!

[MurphyLee]

I'll take that.Very balanced half for the team.

[Terry L. Wildcat]

:cool:Way to go Joe...CATS!!!!!!!

[kipper265]

LOL...Call it a leap of faith....

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UderricKY wrote: How'd you guess?!

kipper265 wrote: What were the other 4?

Perhaps all 4 were in today's Duke game? ;)

UderricKY wrote: Top 5 this year.

kipper265 wrote: Worst non-call I have EVER seen.

[Stretch]

Huertus may be out for the second half. Crawford broke his ankles on that last play.

[phoenix]

Suddenly I am looking forward to the end of the season and the NCAA, cause we look good.

[KennesawCat]

I'll take a 2 point lead at the half, but...

The crappy no-call on Crawford's mugging cost us two free throws, which would have put us up by 7. Was a real momentum buster.

Then the ref's start calling ticky-tack stuff under the Florida basket.

I guess we were getting too far ahead.

Good stuff: Tubby's substitution pattern worked well. Our guys should be rested.

Let's get old "mo" back in the first 5 minutes of the second half and run away with this thing.

[Stretch]

Any chance Digger and company will mention our game during halftime? The Duke game is over.

[Will Lavender]

KennesawCat wrote: The crappy no-call on Crawford's mugging cost us two free throws, which would have put us up by 7. Was a real momentum buster.

Really. :?

And then, like you say, Noah and Richard got two or three touch fouls that sent them to the line.

[ukspicoli]

I wanna feel this good after this game!!!

[scars.of.grace]

Woo has three fouls and Morris has two. I can just see Donovon telling his players to get the ball inside more to try to get the foul on our bigs.

[phoenix]

If we play this well the second half, and lose the game by 2-4 pts I am still going to feel pretty good. FL is a good team. They have taken nearly every break away from us but we are doing what we need to do and getting good games across the board. That is what we need to finish the season.

[kipper265]

Here's your assignment....stop switching on the pick and roll.

[scars.of.grace]

One thing I can't stand is a team that things the game is over at the 16:00 mark in the second half.

[ukbob]

Worse possible start. We need a basket here or the rout could be on. Cats look rattled right now. :(

[UderricKY]

Just called my buddy to say the same thing...a basket out of this TO is a must.

ukbob wrote: Worse possible start. We need a basket here or the rout could be on. Cats look rattled right now. :(

[kipper265]

I don't think they look rattled at all. They are just getting burned on the pick and roll. Playing fine other than that, imo.

ukbob wrote: Worse possible start. We need a basket here or the rout could be on. Cats look rattled right now. :(

[Mountain Cat]

kipper265 wrote: Here's your assignment....stop switching on the pick and roll.

Bingo

[Stretch]

The start was OK--we scored the first four. Taurean Green needs to miss a shot.

[Stretch]

Has Randolph ever blocked out in his life?

[TrueblueCATfan]

We need a run.............REAL BAD........................LETS GO CATS

[BrassowFan]

I thought that the running game was working well for us, it allowed us to get some easy baskets without having to battle their inside game... why slow it down to constant half-court sets?

IMO, we're working to hard each time down the court and they're capitalizing off of fast breaks... that's not how we won the 1st half!

[scars.of.grace]

Ravi is going to be in out of the timeout. Looking for him to hit some type of big shot to get things rolling for us again.

[Mountain Cat]

Morris needs to stay Goalside of Noah and put a freakin body on him. If he can find a way to beat him down court that is. Stop playing offense only RM!

[cats4lifenc]

we need a run here before it gets away.....cant turn it over this much

[CurlyCat]

Without Sparks, we've turned it over four posessions in a row...

[cats4lifenc]

so much for that.....this ones getting away in a hurry

[PhatNastyCat]

They better get on a run in the next two minutes or this one is over.

-PNC

[ukbob]

19-5 run.

Game is over soon if we don't make a run.

[scars.of.grace]

Time to do something on defense. We're not matching their intensity when they have the ball. Certainly can't bite on the penetration. They shoot the three ball too good to leave them open.

[cats4lifenc]

were still hanging around....withstood the storm...now maybe some shots will fall for us and they will get cold....a boy can dream cant he?

[Mountain Cat]

we just need to lock down Noah and green.

[ukbob]

The good news is we are down only 8.

If we play some defense, we can get back in it. But it has to happen NOW.

[kipper265]

Okay Rondo...during this TO we are going to discuss your handling of pick and roll defense.

1) stop switching. We have gotten burned for at least 12 points this half because of this.
2) Stop falling down on a flat screen. Nobody's buying it.
3) Try to go UNDER or OVER the screens. Our best defender needs to react to screens better.
4) Teammates: Shout "PICK" when Rondo is going to get obliterated by a screen.

Got it? Great. You'll be quized at the next TO.

[scars.of.grace]

Green is on the bench. And I don't think he'll be there long. Now to turn this deficit around.

[jtt97mmt]

A bad sign when Ravi misses a big three.

[BrassowFan]

Their inside game is just too athletic! If we don't start hitting the 3, this game is over.

[scars.of.grace]

Well that was short lived. Nevermind.

scars.of.grace wrote: Green is on the bench. And I don't think he'll be there long. Now to turn this deficit around.

[cats4lifenc]

I was just thinking the same thing

[heatwave13]

This one is slipping away folks..........

[Deep Blue]

Ravi just missed a wide open three from the corner. Not a good sign -- he usually makes those big shots. Down 12 now. I'm afraid we're spent. Hope I'm wrong.

[UderricKY]

Mr. Rondo is getting worked by the best PG in the SEC.

[cats4lifenc]

we need a run............NOW

[TrueblueCATfan]

GEEZ.......................How many fricking times has Florida gone to the foul line.....

[BrassowFan]

UK's offensive sets are just too predictable!

If I can tell just watching TV where the players are wanting to pass the ball, I'm sure it's more obvious to the Florida players!

[kipper265]

He is also getting destroyed by screens. He's not getting scored on by his man....he's getting screened off him nearly every time.

UderricKY wrote: Mr. Rondo is getting worked by the best PG in the SEC.

[PhatNastyCat]

Well, it was a nice first half. Welcome back the offense of old in the 2nd half and the defense stayed in Lexington. Oh well.

-PNC

[UderricKY]

I don't mean just in the scoring department...the handling of the game...



kipper265 wrote: He is also getting destroyed by screens. He's not getting scored on by his man....he's getting screened off him nearly every time.

UderricKY wrote: Mr. Rondo is getting worked by the best PG in the SEC.

[DamonEsquire]

I think. The next three minutes is critical. If there is no life present, it might be too much...

[UderricKY]

Wow..where was that foul?

[Kentucky Jim]

TrueblueCATfan wrote: GEEZ.......................How many fricking times has Florida gone to the foul line.....


This is BS, I mean give me a break!

[cats4lifenc]

RAT FARTS!!! If Joe hits that 3 we might havebeen in bidness.

[Mountain Cat]

we need to attack the rim on offense to get more posessions, and lock down Noah on the defensive side.

When we attacked in the 1st it was working to get assists on the weak side

[KennesawCat]

7:58 left, down by 11.

I think the guys have given it all they got, and they've got nothing left. Were just outmatched by a top 10 ten on the road. I had hoped we could do better.

Great effort tonight, but we just aren't anywhere near being a contender this year.

I hope we can continue to improve this year and get a 7, 8 or 9 seed and see how far we can go.

[ukbob]

Blowout:X

[Mountain Cat]

over

[cats4lifenc]

and this one is over...good night folks...i cant stand to see us get run out of the gym down the stretch...looks like we have quit...unacceptable

[BrassowFan]

It's over!

I give the Cats credit, they came out and gave it their best, unfortunately their best isn't enough against a top 10 team, at least not this year.

I appreciate the effort and do believe that there were some positives in this game, hopefully enough that will translate in a W against the Vols.

[heatwave13]

Stick a fork in us..............

[DamonEsquire]

Silly, You don't have to play great defense. I don't think gameplan is accurate for Floridas momentum or accomidations...

[KennesawCat]

What in the hell is going on with these shots we're throwing up!

And where the hell is the defense!

I guess the last 5 wins against mediocre or less competition was just exactly that.:cry:

[UderricKY]

2 guys with career nights for UF...

Its getting embarassing now.

[heatwave13]

Two UF players with career high points.......in the same frickin game.

[KennesawCat]

Our guys are stuck in the mud on defense. We are totally out of gas.

[TrueblueCATfan]

I hate this....................blown out on national TV again...............I can handle a loss but not like this..........................

[kipper265]

Lack. of. Effort.

Not overall. But in the past 2 minutes I see nothing from the Cats on D. They have given up a bit, I think.

[UderricKY]

They're goin for 100 now.

[KennesawCat]

Turing it off and going to bed. Good night!

[heatwave13]

Why do all of our worst beat downs have to take place on national TV?

[DamonEsquire]

Great defense. I want you to score twenty points for the game. Wow what big time shots...

[UderricKY]

Question is now....how well do we react...

We have to beat UT now...

[Kentucky Jim]

I say forget about this game, we got out of focus and they shot lots of free throws. This is not the end for us, we HAVE to beat down TENN on Tuesday night. I hope we give them a good butt whipping! We played so well in the first half, darnit!!!!

:dmad::dmad:

[kipper265]

....Donovon's STILL not taking the starters out.

[kybuc]

I'm really pissed at the refs right now!

[TrueblueCATfan]

That is just plain classless......................starters on the floor with 1 minute left.........real clasy Eddie Munster..........I know Tubby would not do that

[UderricKY]

Billy is making this personal.

[kipper265]

Does he think this is hockey and there is a third period??

TrueblueCATfan wrote: That is just plain classless......................starters on the floor with 1 minute left.........real clasy Eddie Munster..........I know Tubby would not do that

[PhatNastyCat]

Has Kentucky played a full 40-minute game all year? I don't recall the last one I have seen.This team should be called the 20 minute Cats, because for about 20minutes in a game they play pretty good basketball. For the other20 minutes, they play YMCA pick-up basketball.

-PNC

[Stretch]

I just wish Morris played as hard as Noah and Horford. We could sure use one of those guys.

[Kentucky Jim]

What goes around comes around, we only have 3 SEC loses, watch out UT!

Hats off to Joe and Rajon for playing hard tonight.

Screw Vitale, we have talent.

[DamonEsquire]

He has team full of Sophomore. Why would he take exprience from them?

[UderricKY]

We have talent...but the lack of athleticism is killing this team. ABSOLUTELY killing them. It's painful to watch a team like UF and see their bigs running the floor so well. Noah, Horford and Richard make Randolph Morris look like Humpty Dumpty in terms of athleticism.

Kentucky Jim wrote: What goes around comes around, we only have 3 SEC loses, watch out UT!

Hats off to Joe and Rajon for playing hard tonight.

Screw Vitale, we have talent.

[PhatNastyCat]

I am sorry, but anybody who is thinking the outcome of this game is going to have some positive impact on the UT game must have missed the Vanderbilt game. Remember how UK was going to punish the Commodores after getting embarrased by Kansas. If this is the way UK is going to play, Tennessee is going to beat Kentucky by double digits. It's not like UK plays any better in Rupp. Talk about athletic teams, that's exactly what the Vols are. And unlike the Cats, they play 40 minute games.

-PNC

[wildcatfaninnc]

TrueblueCATfan wrote: That is just plain classless......................starters on the floor with 1 minute left.........real clasy Eddie Munster..........I know Tubby would not do that

Quit your whining. He deserves to leave his players in as long as he wants because he kicked our arse!. YOu wouldnt be saying this if OTS left his players in...geez!:rolleyes:

[kipper265]

We wouldn't say it period because OTS wouldn't leave his starters in with a big lead at the end of the game.

wildcatfaninnc wrote: TrueblueCATfan wrote: That is just plain classless......................starters on the floor with 1 minute left.........real clasy Eddie Munster..........I know Tubby would not do that

Quit your whining. He deserves to leave his players in as long as he wants because he kicked our arse!. YOu wouldnt be saying this if OTS left his players in...geez!:rolleyes:

[tauzreborn]

wildcatfaninnc wrote: TrueblueCATfan wrote: That is just plain classless......................starters on the floor with 1 minute left.........real clasy Eddie Munster..........I know Tubby would not do that

Quit your whining. He deserves to leave his players in as long as he wants because he kicked our arse!. YOu wouldnt be saying this if OTS left his players in...geez!:rolleyes:



But everyone knows that would not ever happen..EVER...OTS has class remember?

[peterpiper09]

I think UK needed to play a game like this at this point because they had been playing lesser quality teams in previous games. Now they can adjust, learn and prepare for the next big game vs. UT... UK has plenty of talent, they just need a fuzz more chemistry and fine tuning (especially on defense) to contend with ANY top 25 team...I don't think Florida could've played any better tonight, but there were areas where we could've...