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[kramer318]

If you are gonna beat us, you need to have the size to compete and THEN hope we are missing everything from the perimeter...

I see no teams in our bracket that has the size to compete against us. WVU has only 4 guys that are 6'9" who are all Freshman or Sophomores and that's as tall as they get....

GG
This post was edited on 3/22 11:49 PM by Kramer318

 

[DNOKAT]

Cats open as a 12.5 favorite

 

[UKwizard]

Good call on UNI

 

[UKwizard]

Good call on UNI

 

[BristolCat_rivals158386]

UNI should never be higher than a 12 seed again, and Villanova should never be higher than a 4. That should be a hard rule the selection committee has to abide by every year. Either of you gets to one damn elite eight and we'll reconsider.

 

[BernieSadori]

Complete horsepussy we have the late game on Thursday. WTF happened to the higher seed getting the early game and then more of a break?

Sheeeeit....I'm guessing the Saturday game will be about 8 am?

 

[assistbyhawkins]

Originally posted by BristolCat:

Originally posted by assistbyhawkins:
Maybe Im missing something, but can anyone tell me why N. Iowa is favored by 3 over UL today?? Has to be a sucker line. I teased Louisville to +8.5

Because they're better than Louisville.

Great call dumbasses. You and BBDK nailed that one. There was not one indication whatsoever that N Iowa was better. Completel one-sided game.

Learn gambol.

This post was edited on 3/23 7:40 AM by assistbyhawkins

 

[neilborders]

So the only thing standing between HOFCRP and the Elite Eight is Mark touching Gottfried

 

[Wrong]

Damn we are all paranoid. I will say this there is not one guy from WVU that played in the 2010 game.

I mean Maryland turned it over 21 times and were still in it late. Maryland's best player did not play the last 8 minutes. They are basically Arkansas without Bobby Portis.

I'm nervous because what's at stake but we have 4 days to prepare. Maryland had one. They have 6 double digit losses.

We don't turn it over and we'll win by 15+. End of story.

 

[Geese Feeder]

Originally posted by Kramer318:
No worries about MU or WVU. We smoke either...

I just don't understand this line of thinking...

I'm worried as **** about Staten and our guards staying in front keeping him out of the paint. He's a blur and has that potential to play out his ***, kick to open shooters, make circus shots, etc...

It's going to a sloppy and frantic game. We're going to turn it over a bunch so take your meds ahead of time. And Huggins has a pretty good track history against Cal, too.

I think we will win but It's not going to be a breeze by any means.

 

[Geese Feeder]

Chris Webber

doing the color in Cleveland.

Awesome.

 

[drxman1]

Cal is 2-8 against Huggy Bear. Just think this team is just too much to handle though. 37-0.

This 945 tip

Great time in Louisville this weekend. Will have to hit up more often. The block party outside the stadium was a blast, good to see the wildcat friends.

Bearno's for dinner

I still have heartburn. Good grief that thing was like 15 pounds of toppings, like a Sir Pizza royal feast on steroids. Did have a blast though with that crew and the band played basically anything we wanted. Except Taylor Swift, sorry Anth.

 

[MobileCatFan]

I don't know how anyone can say they are not "worried" about this game. I think we win, but its still Huggins and we are guaranteed to go up a junk *** defense.

That said, they press us and we will rout them. They foul a ton and have struggled all year against teams that present size problems for them.

 

[bigblue11_rivals177692]

West By God Virginia #1 in the country in offensive rebounds per game.

West By God Virginia #339 (out of 345) in the country in defensive rebounds per game.

 

[kramer318]

What makes you think we're gonna turn it over a ton? We're one of the best teams in the country at not turning it over. Is Gottleib getting in your head?

 

[JHB4UK]

Originally posted by bigblue11:
West By God Virginia #1 in the country in offensive rebounds per game.

West By God Virginia #339 (out of 345) in the country in defensive rebounds per game.

Learn helter skelter style of pressing/running/fast breaking/throw **** up on the board and let the trailers clean up

Ulis gonna play 38 min on Thurs, with Bricker rotating in & out for A Harrison all night long

up & down complete lack of halfcourt offense or defense ought to be the opportunity for WCS to introduce himself to the nation as one of the most athletic freaks on any level of the sport.....if he wants too

 

[anthonys735]

-I'm worried sick about the game already but to keep it in context if you had told me before the tourney we'd get WVU in the S16, I'm taking it.

-I think it's a better matchup for us. Of course we might have trouble with Staten getting into the lane, give up a bizziliion 3's, go ice cold, get into crazy foul trouble and turn the ball over 100 times. If that happens, we're losing to any of the 16 left.

What they're good at plays into what we've done well all season(other than OReb), their weaknesses play well to our hands. Get in, get a sloppy hard fought win, get out uninjured.

-I just think you have to be able to score in bunches to beat us. If we drop this one, just wasn't meant to be. It's going to take a transcendent effort by WVU.

-I do like that we haven't really played a fluid game yet. These guys are still young and immature, they only respond when really challenged. They have a week to hear about how we're 2-8, WVU beat John Wall, their press will kill us, our guards are turnover prone. etc.

 

[ctharris07]

Twitter during this tournament has caused me too much rage.

CRP is a wizard because he beat UC Irvine by 2 and little mid major UNI? K.
Terry Terry Terry!!!!!

UK was unimpressive up 20 with 1 minute left against Cincinnati.
Blueprint.
Wisconsin is amazing beating Oregon by 7!!


Probably says more about me, but that stuff drives me nuts.

 

[SAECATFAN]

Originally posted by anthonys735:

-I do like that we haven't really played a fluid game yet. These guys are still young and immature, they only respond when really challenged. They have a week to hear about how we're 2-8, WVU beat John Wall, their press will kill us, our guards are turnover prone. etc.

I'm actually starting to go the other way here, that the effort/performance we give night in and night out is relatively consistent; the opponent is the only variable.

We're basically like a one-speed bicycle. Granted, it's a pretty dope bicycle, but we are who we are and we're going to do what we do. I just don't see an opponent (or "noise" like you listed) dramatically impacting that to the point where you see a definitive change in our performance.

And that, to me, is starting to define this bunch. Perhaps their "next gear" is just how methodical they have become. Damn tough to beat teams that know who they are and what they have to do to beat you.

 

[Wrong]

Actually I don't want Bricker handling it much against their press. He has shown to not be able to pass with the authority needed against a press.

 

[wildcat1973_rivals160373]

Here's the deal...30 minutes leaning against Towns, Lyles, Cauley-Stein, Johnson, and even the Harrisons takes it toll. You have to go extra hard for rebounds. You have to jump a little higher on your jump shot. You have to be a little quicker to the ball. You have to put forth 110% effort or you don't stand a chance.

And that just gets your through the first 30 minutes.

This team just grinds you down. Your legs die. And we pull away. It's methodical, and in a way, cruel.

 

[Geese Feeder]

Originally posted by Kramer318:
What makes you think we're gonna turn it over a ton? We're one of the best teams in the country at not turning it over. Is Gottleib getting in your head?

What makes me think this?

Have you watched WVU play *any* this year, outside of last night's game? Grief.

They're going to press the **** out of us and speed us up into making mistakes. They happen to lead the nation in steals, FYI. Huggins' teams have always hacked and grabbed with the best of them so officials are undoubtedly going to let a lot of that **** go. Harrison boys will have to play through the bumps. And it's not WVU is completely undersized either, as Devin Williams is a legitimate big who is putting up pretty damn good numbers right now.

Tyler Ulis is the only thing that gives me peace of mind about their pressure, frankly. We'll need him to play at least 35+ minutes in this one.

This post was edited on 3/23 9:20 AM by Geese Feeder

 

[KingLlama]

Maryland had no real release valve against that press last night. Once Trimble went down, THAT'S what hurt them. They had no 3rd/4th option against the press.

That's where Lyles, and to some extent Willie, are invaluable. You can throw it over the top to them, or they can throw it over the top to you, or they can bring it up themselves past halfcourt. Terps didn't have that.

Also, Maryland(like most teams) was just trying to beat the press to get across mid-court. We beat the press to dunk on skulls.

 

[anthonys735]

-Can you imagine if this was Cal's daughters?

-I hate the bastard but you gotta give it to the man, Pitino limping this bunch of ragtag goons into the S16 and likely E8 is pretty damn impressive.

-Freaking blast all weekend. Great crew, awesome setup down there, total BBN takeover.

-Yum is really nice but the way it's setup is AWFUL. Trying to get in an out in 90% of the arena is a huge pain in the ***. Lower bowl sidelines is nearly impossible. Also pretty sure Tomma had the furnace cranked up on Thursday night. I like it down there but it still feels dirty for some reason. Pass in the future, give me StL, Atl, Nashville, etc.

-Great weather on tap for the weekend. God damn I hate going north in the tourney. 30's and maybe even some snow.

The Huggins girls seem classy

 

[kramer318]

Geese, I guess I have more faith in what our team does well (not turning it over against pressing teams) versus what WVU does well...

 

[BBdK]

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[JHB4UK]

Wait, Cal has only 1 less Sweet 16 than HOFCRPGRT4EVR?

 

[UnfrozenCatfanLawyer]

So Baylor beat WVU 3 times, I think? Call me crazy, but I don't think that bodes well for the 'Neers. In fact, I would almost bet that we end up with more dunks than turnovers.

 

[cawoodsct]

Originally posted by anthonys735:
--I hate the bastard but you gotta give it to the man, Pitino limping this bunch of ragtag goons into the S16 and likely E8 is pretty damn impressive.

Don't stop there, MSU and Oklahoma will have blown their loads by then.

 

[anthonys735]

Originally posted by B.B.d.K.:

-Think I'm pulling the plug on my Cleveland reservation, but I'll give it til tomorrow to be sure. 12 hours or whatever of driving coming off the last 2 marathon weekends + (hopefully) Indy next weekend, have to rest somewhere.

*****. You have 5 months to rest starting in 2 weeks.

 

[Dennis Reynolds]

Originally posted by wildcat1973:
Here's the deal...30 minutes leaning against Towns, Lyles, Cauley-Stein, Johnson, and even the Harrisons takes it toll. You have to go extra hard for rebounds. You have to jump a little higher on your jump shot. You have to be a little quicker to the ball. You have to put forth 110% effort or you don't stand a chance.

And that just gets your through the first 30 minutes.

This team just grinds you down. Your legs die. And we pull away. It's methodical, and in a way, cruel.

Yep - and that's only IF we aren't hitting from 3. If we are hitting, then we've already blown you out.

Of course, any UK fan is going to be worried, anything can happen, but we are just much better than WVU, who had to thug out and cheapshot Trimble all game and get 900 turnovers to win.

WVA got BLOWN THE TOUCH OUT not once, not twice, but FIVE (5) times in B12 play. 4 times against teams that didn't make the second round of the tournament. So it looks like there is a "blueprint" to paste those fools. more likely UK wins by 20 (or is up that much late) than loses, IMO.

They are a mediocre shooting team, as long as we don't turn it over like MD did, we are fine. The Oboards thing - it's a concern, but hell, Cincy got like 85% of their missed shots, and every single loose ball, plus a BS technical, 2 points after the shot clock expired, and a BS alternative possession, and still got blown the touch out.

Gottlieb is an *** and a B12 homer who is embarrassed after his league's performance. His thoughts on the game are meaningless.

 

[wildcat1973_rivals160373]

Charles Barkley thinks it will be a dunkfest. He was this way in 2012 as well. He's "funny" as an analyst, and his analysis is usually lacking, but he does know NBA talent and recognizes a really great team when he sees one.

The sideline seats at the YUM! are IMPOSSIBLE to get to and out of. And there are ZERO concessions on the sidelines. You have to go to the endzones to get concessions, and the lines are ridiculous...both sides. The workers are less than enthusiastic to serve you as well.

I like the place. I think it's a really nice arena. I think it could've been a lot better with a few changes in design. I think they sacrificed effective design at the expense of cramming as many seats and suites as possible into a small space. The place should hold around 18,000, not 21,000.

And this can't be stated enough....when the bars and associated "bar areas" aren't in use, the Yum! is essentially handicapped as an arena. It just doesn't function correctly.
This post was edited on 3/23 9:43 AM by wildcat1973

 

[BBdK]

Followed WVU this year through Gambol, they were one of Harmon's teams he bet against anytime they weren't at home...

They wouldn't have scared me any other time, but this **** is serious. I'll be nervous as hell by the time Thursday rolls around, and have thoughts of 2010 dancing in my head.

If that makes me a *****, I'm cool with it.

Sure I think we'll win, but My approach has always been cautious optimism when it comes to the NCAA Tournament. If you've ever watched one before, yours should be too.

OMG WE'LL SMOKE THESE FOOLS STOP BEING A *****. CATS BY 27.

 

[SAECATFAN]

People, once again, are forgetting about that 2011 team.

2010 demons are exercised IMO.

 

[HUBER]

Is there any reason I should be concerned with WVU? Nervous sick about this upcoming game.

 

[drxman1]

Originally posted by HUBER:
Is there any reason I should be concerned with WVU? Nervous sick about this upcoming game.

The Schembeans made friends with Dasean Butler in the Bahamas so its all good.

 

[anthonys735]

Originally posted by SAECATFAN:
People, once again, are forgetting about that 2011 team.

2010 demons are exercised IMO.

Yep, but the talking heads won't remember that.

Do the John Wall NOW!!!

 

[kramer318]

It's fine to be worried about the game... Just don't break it down and give me specific reasons why we need to be worried. Because on paper we smoke them. It's fine to worry about us playing like dogshit, and them making crazy shots... Cause that's the only way they are beating us

 

[wildcat1973_rivals160373]

The 2011 team was down by 8 at the Half. Smoked them in the 2nd Half. Won 71-63.

B Knight was NAILS that game. Went for 30. I look for Andrew to do the same.

 

[UKStoleMyFish]

How is Louisville getting to the Elite 8 impressive? They were a preseason top 10 team, who underachieved its way to a 4 seed. Then to get to the Elite 8 they barely beat a 13 seed, beat overrated Northern Iowa and then beat Gottfried.

Not sure what's so impressive about that. There's a decent chance they can make it to the Final Four without playing a ranked team from a power conference, and without wearing road uniforms.