The College Basketball Post

[wildkycat]

jville819 wrote:

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Uk gonna get murdered against UNC
bet.

JND1 wrote:

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Season opener at home and you let VMI hang 111 on you. Pat P with only 6

I thought Billy G could coach.
VMI hangs 100+ on everyone they play. they throw 5 midgets out there, all who can shoot, and just let it fly....and the %$%% was going in.

BG made adjustments...we were down by 23 with 14 minutes left and got the lead with about 4 mins left.

Originally Posted by SCuse7

WildKy your boy Pat P

they forced us to shoot outside, wouldn't let Pat touch it, sagged in all game...

VMI: 14-30 from 3 land
UK: 3-16

and we had 26 turnovers, including 12 from the point gaurd spot in Porter (who should never see the !%+$*%* floor) and Liggins...told ya that was going to be aproblem.

Pat's fine...Meeks is our best player. but we got exposed...make us shoot.

but don't get me wrong...i can't even begin to express my anger and disappointment...

instead of being out getting my swerve on...i'm sitting at home on a friday night on NT, for fear of punching someone's lights out.

 

[scuse7]

Originally Posted by wildKYcat

jville819 wrote:

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Uk gonna get murdered against UNC

bet.

JND1 wrote:

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Season opener at home and you let VMI hang 111 on you. Pat P with only 6

I thought Billy G could coach.
VMI hangs 100+ on everyone they play. they throw 5 midgets out there, all who can shoot, and just let it fly....and the %$%% was going in.

BG made adjustments...we were down by 23 with 14 minutes left and got the lead with about 4 mins left.

Originally Posted by SCuse7

WildKy your boy Pat P

they forced us to shoot outside, wouldn't let Pat touch it, sagged in all game...

Yea I just had too with the avy

Meeks looked

 

[allen3xis]

Originally Posted by Handsome Hustler

James shoulda left after his freshman year

How do you come back for 2, now going on 3 years and get progressively worse on what you need to improve? \

...

And that L is on BG for his game prep...you don't let VMI come in to your court on opening night and win. You just don't.

 

[wildkycat]

allen did you watch it?

 

[philballa09]

Liberty 97- Montreat 77...Seth Curry and Anthony Smith both had 25 points

....

UK

 

[allen3xis]

Parts of it. Caught the beginning and then picked it back up around 10 minutes to go.

Meeks can be a stud. Yall don't have any shooters right now tho outside of him.

IMO in a game like that, you can't let them dictate things. UK shoulda punched them in the mouth. And that would be that.

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[wildkycat]

IMO in a game like that, you can't let them dictate things.
that's what i'm saying! that's why i posted the Tubby pic...even i knew what to expect from VMI.

i mean come on...BG, you're better than that. this %$%%'s inexcuseable...don't get comfortable, we'll run your +%! outta Lexington too.

with that said, i've got faith in the man.


AND KICK MICHAEL PORTER'S USELESS, SORRY, SHOULDA WENT TO USC'S +%! OFF THE TEAM!

or at least take him outta the starting 5. please and thanks.

 

[dmoney23444]

^ PREACHHHHH!!!! he should be a 5-8 minute per game player, not a starter. Man i had some hope for the season, i know its only one game but damn, 2 straightyears to some bums???? im gonna fight a louisville fan this week i know i will. The only thing, i mean ONLY thing that will erase this loss is a huge upset atUNC, which i can tell you now will never happen....especially if we dont even attempt or even look at pat the WHOLE DAMN GAME! I dont care what style the gamewas, he has to have the ball....

 

[bigmike23]

Kentucky

Fraud %+! $+%##+, all that hype for that bum %+! coach

 

[N41D]

How do you shoot 55% from the field and lose to VMI?!

 

[philballa09]

Oregon State

45 on howard???

 

[allen3xis]

Originally Posted by PhilBalla09


Oregon State

45 on howard???

Happens when the Princeton O is first introduced. Trust me.

. It'll look awful at times starting out.

I think Robinson is gona do a nice job up there tho.

 

[lazy b]

wildKY:

Although it is one loss, do you think Gillespie will be on the hot seat early if UK continues to play this way? I alluded to him being an overrated coach onanother name that got banned last year and you flamed me into oblivion for it. There is no excuse for allowing VMI to put up 111 on the Wildcats.

 

[craftsy21]

Maybe VMI will be a surprise team this year and we'll all look back at this and laugh at how we underestimated them right now....


....maybe?

I mean - yeah, they're gonna put up points, and if shots are falling for them they are dangerous... but they play literally NO defense, they don't eventry to play defense... and all you have to do on offense is contest shots and rebound the ball more or less - they aren't gonna make you lockdown for morethan 7 seconds of defense...

Hell - Penn State beat them pretty good last year... that's how I KNOW kentucky shouldn't be losing to them.

 

[wildkycat]

Originally Posted by Lazy B

wildKY:

Although it is one loss, do you think Gillespie will be on the hot seat early if UK continues to play this way? I alluded to him being an overrated coach on another name that got banned last year and you flamed me into oblivion for it. There is no excuse for allowing VMI to put up 111 on the Wildcats.

but the UK basketball coach stays on the hot seat.

patience...we'll be fine. he turned the team around last year admist the horrendous start and injuries, earning co-SEC coach of the year honors...we knowwhat he did with Texas A&M. he helped make Acie Law a household name...similar to what he did with Ramel Bradley. but last year's team had two greatseniors in Bradley and Crawford who he put the leadership roles on. this year's squad has no seniors, so someone (Meeks) has to step up.

but if we want to talk about Gillispie's future with UK...

(i hate to talk about next season allready, but)

if Pat stays (which imo he should, i don't see him being any more than a moderate player in the league right now)...

Meeks
Harris
Miller
Liggins
Stevenson
Harrelson
Pilgrim
Daniel Orton
Jon Hood

a team with (i believe) 7 seniors...preseason top 10.

 

[the wizard]

UK makes it even more obvious that the Vols are the faves for the SEC.

As long as JP is healthy, and Maze can play the point, we are GOOD to go.

 

[feasting horns]

Originally Posted by Nowitness41Dirk

How do you shoot 55% from the field and lose to VMI?!

And Meeks had 39

 

[wildkycat]

The Wizard

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UK makes it even more obvious that the Vols are the faves for the SEC.

As long as JP is healthy, and Maze can play the point, we are GOOD to go.
http://the-wizard.niketalk.yuku.com/

 

[vabigpoppa]

big south

2 years in a row beating kentucky @ rupp, Gardner-Webb &VMI

 

[johnnyredstorm]

You guys need to calm down in Kentucky. Gillepsie will win a National Title down there within the next 7 years.

 

[wildkycat]

Originally Posted by JohnnyRedStorm

You guys need to calm down in Kentucky. Gillepsie will win a National Title down there within the next 7 years.

who you tellin'??

 

[johnnyredstorm]

Originally Posted by wildKYcat

Originally Posted by JohnnyRedStorm

You guys need to calm down in Kentucky. Gillepsie will win a National Title down there within the next 7 years.

who you tellin'??

I haven't been here in a while and I just wanted to get involved

 

[dacomeup]

Went to the St. John's game tonight.
-Burrell and Kennedy are two really athletic and bouncy guys. Burrell should get more touches than he got tonight. He is an inside and outside threat and willcreate mismatches on most nights with opposing teams. Kennedy gets out of control some of the time but he also will make some very nice plays. Burrell andKennedy should be much better defenders than they are.
-It is obvious that Anthony Mason Jr. is trying to impress scouts for the pros IMO. He was forcing everything tonight and he couldn't buy a basket. He isprobably the most talented player on the team but he doesn't play hard at all.
-Boothe is very solid with the ball and I like him as the floor general. He's just another tough NY PG.
-Coker and Evans aren't very skilled on the inside but they are physical and they play hard.
-Edmonson and Roberts gave really solid minutes at the guard spots.
- The team defense was atrocious

. They should be much better on defense and their poor defense allowed Long Island to stick around far too long.
-Offensively, I can't tell what the hell they are doing. I can't recall seeing many set plays at all, or any semblance of offense.
- The team is also verrry undisciplined. They should've beaten LI by about 30 points, but jacking shots early on in the shot clock and plenty of othermistakes stopped that from happening.
-Overall, the team is very talented but also undisciplined. Norm Roberts should be on his way out at SJU. This team could be a middle of the pack BE team, butinstead they'll be at the bottom of the BE due to coaching. I was sitting around some older alumni and all they did was complain about Roberts all gamelong. They definitely were hoping that he'll be gone. Also, wth did they do to renovate Carneseca? It was my first time there, but I'd hate to see whatit looked like before then if that's how it looks renovated. The guys around me complained about the renovations also. If SJU gets Lance then that wouldprobably prolong Roberts stay so that may not be the best idea for you SJU fans.
-Gary Payton was also there tonight dudes were swarming him for autographs.

 

[picknroll]

This dude AJ Price got ejected for socking a player in the gut

 

[lnmymind]

Sad thing is that we just saw these Oregon State N's out here lounging around downtown like they aint just lose to Howard...I'm confident my HS squadwould have blown Howard out.