Grades for tonight

Eastkybball

All-Conference
May 7, 2019
1,415
2,546
98
(IMO)

Love something’s I saw tonight in this game. I know it wasn’t an elite team we played but I felt like we’re getting on the right track with something’s. I really love the starting line up with Kam at the 4!
My grades tonight but I want you all to make your opinion too. Love my rafter posters regardless of your demeanor.

GRADES based on tonight
Offense. Defense
Aberdeen A+. B+

Chandler. A. C+

Oweh. A+. B+

Kam. A- B+

Moreno. A+. B+

Noah. A+. C

Garrison. C. D

Jelavic. B+ B+

Jasper. B+ C-

I really love this team and know what they are capable of but we have to get better at our defense. Even against Tenn tech I saw major issues and little to no improvement on defense. We hit our three tonight which is good but we got to keep the line up with that starting 5. Garrison has got to improve I mean he’s shows no effort or heart on defense. Love Morenos play tonight with a big double double. Jelavic had 10 boards and done a lot good things out there. I love Kam Williams spacing and moving without the ball. We finally seen the real Otega Oweh stand up. I’m happy with some of the improvements I seen but we still got along way to go. Love you BBN and sorry if I get too critical sometimes. I just want to win and be Kentucky again.
 
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RunninRichie

Heisman
Sep 5, 2019
27,805
65,708
113
(IMO)

Love something’s I saw tonight in this game. I know it wasn’t an elite team we played but I felt like we’re getting on the right track with something’s. I really love the starting line up with Kam at the 4!
My grades tonight but I want you all to make your opinion too. Love my rafter posters regardless of your demeanor.

GRADES based on tonight
Offense. Defense
Aberdeen A+. B+

Chandler. A. C+

Oweh. A+. B+

Kam. A- B+

Moreno. A+. B+

Noah. A+. C

Garrison. C. D

Jelavic. B+ B+

Jasper. B+ C-

I really love this team and know what they are capable of but we have to get better at our defense. Even against Tenn tech I saw major issues and little to no improvement on defense. We hit our three tonight which is good but we got to keep the line up with that starting 5. Garrison has got to improve I mean he’s shows no effort or heart on defense. Love Morenos play tonight with a big double double. Jelavic had 10 boards and done a lot good things out there. I love Kam Williams spacing and moving without the ball. We finally seen the real Otega Oweh stand up. I’m happy with some of the improvements I seen but we still got along way to go. Love you BBN and sorry if I get too critical sometimes. I just want to win and be Kentucky again.
What are they capable of? We can't shoot the 3, or play defense. We've got mauled in our only 2 real games. I need to see what we do against UNC before I take victory laps. Jelavic needs to back up BG. He needs to come in during a blowout, or during foul trouble. Dude should never touch the top 7. Pope has sunk cost fallacy there. From paying him like 2-3 million to return. Oweh, Zel. Jelavic, Moreno, Mo, Chandler, Williams. That's your top 7. Until/if Lowe and JQ return.

Defense has been a constant struggler under Pope. I mean it's a shootout around out there. Our defenders go under screens 24/7. And it's splash city out there.
 

Eastkybball

All-Conference
May 7, 2019
1,415
2,546
98
What are they capable of? We can't shoot the 3, or play defense. We've got mauled in our only 2 real games. I need to see what we do against UNC before I take victory laps. Jelavic needs to back up BG. He needs to come in during a blowout, or during foul trouble. Dude should never touch the top 7. Pope has sunk cost fallacy there. From paying him like 2-3 million to return. Oweh, Zel. Jelavic, Moreno, Mo, Chandler, Williams. That's your top 7. Until/if Lowe and JQ return.

Defense has been a constant struggler under Pope. I mean it's a shootout around out there. Our defenders go under screens 24/7. And it's splash city out there.
I agree but we are capable of winning big games if our defense improvement becomes the focal point. Yea we ain’t a major threat from deep but that could change as the season goes on. We need to play bully ball and constantly put defensive pressure on teams.
 
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UKCowboys

All-Conference
Oct 14, 2019
1,315
2,250
113
What are they capable of? We can't shoot the 3, or play defense. We've got mauled in our only 2 real games. I need to see what we do against UNC before I take victory laps. Jelavic needs to back up BG. He needs to come in during a blowout, or during foul trouble. Dude should never touch the top 7. Pope has sunk cost fallacy there. From paying him like 2-3 million to return. Oweh, Zel. Jelavic, Moreno, Mo, Chandler, Williams. That's your top 7. Until/if Lowe and JQ return.

Defense has been a constant struggler under Pope. I mean it's a shootout around out there. Our defenders go under screens 24/7. And it's splash city out there.
Sweet 16 and then two whole losses this year gets this much bellyaching from I m you SMH
 

RunninRichie

Heisman
Sep 5, 2019
27,805
65,708
113
Sweet 16 and then two whole losses this year gets this much bellyaching from I m you SMH
It is year 2, with a 22 million dollar roster. We can say last year was good. I will agree with you. But, we have gotten mauled in our only 2 real games. What is inspiring confidence? The fact we took care of a kenpom 300+ team? We still can't play defense. The emergence of Kam Williams is a positive.
 

UKCowboys

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Oct 14, 2019
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It is year 2, with a 22 million dollar roster. We can say last year was good. I will agree with you. But, we have gotten mauled in our only 2 real games. What is inspiring confidence? The fact we took care of a kenpom 300+ team? We still can't play defense. The emergence of Kam Williams is a positive.
You have obviously never coached a game in your life. The team you are in Nov means nothing compared to the team you are in March. I can point out games in every championship season we had where we looked like crap at one point or another. I may criticize the team in season, but I sure as heck am not going to QUIT on the team in Nov. I'll save you a spot though, you'll be running and trying to hop back on the train soon enough
 

SkyPrince

Senior
Jul 7, 2025
252
529
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It is year 2, with a 22 million dollar roster. We can say last year was good. I will agree with you. But, we have gotten mauled in our only 2 real games. What is inspiring confidence? The fact we took care of a kenpom 300+ team? We still can't play defense. The emergence of Kam Williams is a positive.
Didn't see anything from Kam to inspire confidence going into the UNC game.
Still taking bad shots and still showing he's nowhere near the three points shooter he was advertised to be
 

RunninRichie

Heisman
Sep 5, 2019
27,805
65,708
113
You have obviously never coached a game in your life. The team you are in Nov means nothing compared to the team you are in March. I can point out games in every championship season we had where we looked like crap at one point or another. I may criticize the team in season, but I sure as heck am not going to QUIT on the team in Nov. I'll save you a spot though, you'll be running and trying to hop back on the train soon enough
I don't care if we suck all year, for a shot at the end, Cal. I want us to be good all season. We have records and head to heads to protect.
 
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true-blue1

All-American
May 15, 2007
11,581
8,988
93
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Love something’s I saw tonight in this game. I know it wasn’t an elite team we played but I felt like we’re getting on the right track with something’s. I really love the starting line up with Kam at the 4!
My grades tonight but I want you all to make your opinion too. Love my rafter posters regardless of your demeanor.

GRADES based on tonight
Offense. Defense
Aberdeen A+. B+

Chandler. A. C+

Oweh. A+. B+

Kam. A- B+

Moreno. A+. B+

Noah. A+. C

Garrison. C. D

Jelavic. B+ B+

Jasper. B+ C-

I really love this team and know what they are capable of but we have to get better at our defense. Even against Tenn tech I saw major issues and little to no improvement on defense. We hit our three tonight which is good but we got to keep the line up with that starting 5. Garrison has got to improve I mean he’s shows no effort or heart on defense. Love Morenos play tonight with a big double double. Jelavic had 10 boards and done a lot good things out there. I love Kam Williams spacing and moving without the ball. We finally seen the real Otega Oweh stand up. I’m happy with some of the improvements I seen but we still got along way to go. Love you BBN and sorry if I get too critical sometimes. I just want to win and be Kentucky again.
How can you grade Chandler’s defense a C+? He guarded well!