I see Lowe has started the year off 10 out 16 at the 3pt line.
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Lowe was always a good player, just banged up
I've maintained all along that a healthy Lowe would have made a huge difference last year. On top of that had JQ been able to contribute from St Johns on we would have been very good. Even without them we were starting to look pretty good prior to Williams injury.
I always thought a big problem with last years team was that DA and OO while they put up good individual numbers that neither one of them made the players around them any better. DA and OO couldn’t do anything unless they were pounding the ball, both reluctant to pass.
Yep. Most here aren't willing to admit it because they want Pooe gone so bad they pretend our injuries didn't set back the first two years, but they absolutely did. Tahts why if we have a healthy season, I am confident we get where we ought to go
Injuries had nothing to do with just quitting. Or with the non injured players being out of shape.
Why can’t the popettes be willing to admit that?
Injuries are unfortunate, but he’s being paid to work around those issues and achieve at a level that Kentucky expects. So far, that’s not happening. Plenty of coaches have been screwed over by injuries, but those excuses didn’t stop admin from firing said coaches when they failed to meet expectations, either.
Kentucky isn’t a charity. It’s effectively a business. It’s being run like one, at least. There’s no such thing as fairness when millions are being spent.
Travis isn‘t athletic enough and Jasper isn’t strong enough plus has a low basketball IQ
Thats ridiculous.
Name a coach...let me pick two players off any Championship team they have ever had to be knocked out with injury....that team won't get past the S16. Go ahead, try. Pick one of our Championship teams... 2012? Anthony Davis and MKG are out, how far do we go? 96? Tony Delk and Ron Mercer. You think Rick is getting over that? Just stop the nonsense dude.
Too much common sense and logic up in here. Well said.
Where did he wind up?
Gwath isn't doing much at default
Dedan Thomas looks pretty good at Houston, but the big center looks pretty rough
It appears coach mark pope preferred zoom Diallo to Lowe anyway this year.
How about just one player like say Clayton from Florida or that guard from UConn about 15 years ago(I forget his name). Pretty sure those guys get hurt and those teams don’t come close to winning it. How many on here talk about 1992 and how Ky could have won it if Laettner had been ejected. Yes players getting hurt does matter. Hell years back Cinn was favored to win it all then their star player broke his leg.
Injuries do matter, this is what happen right after Kenyon Martin got hurt, they were 28-2 then lost this game and also 2nd rd in NCAA. :
Martin returned to the arena with his broken leg to watch the remaining 11 minutes of his team's game against Saint Louis. But he could do nothing to help his teammates, who were still reeling from their star's injury. Cincinnati lost, 68-58. Just five days earlier, with a healthy Martin, Cincinnati had beaten Saint Louis by 43 points.
Martin returned to the arena with his broken leg to watch the remaining 11 minutes of his team's game against Saint Louis. But he could do nothing to help his teammates, who were still reeling from their star's injury. Cincinnati lost, 68-58. Just five days earlier, with a healthy Martin, Cincinnati had beaten Saint Louis by 43 points.
We had a ton of fans that thought he was terrible and couldn’t wait for him to leave. I didn’t understand that.
One of the negative lingering effects of the Calipari era is we’ve forgotten what a normal freshman looks like and what a typical good college players progression is like. Jelly clearly had a ton of long term potential.
Hey guy! Ever thought the reason is mark pope? Look friend, Kentucky has a mark pope problem!
Where you been Hilljack, couldn’t find you on here the other day. Were you signed in as runninrichie
Wow, way to make a stand dude.
"Get where we out to go."
He's too scared to actually predict something that, you know, actually means something.
Well, it is what it is.
Derp.
At the risk of beating a dead horse, I’m left to wonder how much of that is that he was always going to progress with a year of experience and how much of his apparent improvement is actually a difference in coaching and a better scheme fit for what he actually does well.
Last year we were told he was a true stretch big who could shoot, pass, and handle the ball, but he did none of those things well in actual games. Literally half of his attempts were from 3 despite only making 27.6% of them, and he had more turnovers than assists. Two games at Ohio State isn’t a big enough sample to draw definite conclusions yet, but the differences are stark enough to point out. So far, over half of his attempts are at the rim and only about 20% of his shots have come from behind the arc. His offensive rebounding rate has also skyrocketed from 9.8% to 24.8%. It paints a clear picture of a staff that convinced him that he’s not a perimeter player, and the early results are very encouraging for them and not flattering for Pope and company.
I wonder how much not wanting to gamble with Lowe's ability to stay healthy and also not being willing to pay the same as last season (i.e., not willing to pay well in excess of his market value this season) made that decision for Pope?
We CAT fans are likely more clued into the nice start Lowe is having for the Hoyas than G-Town fans are.
Watching Georgetown struggle vs. Delaware State in the Hoya’s 60% full High School gym is wild!
Watching Georgetown struggle vs. Delaware State in the Hoya’s 60% full High School gym is wild!
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