Thursday MEATY Randoms:
- :grimace: This team is coming into it's own. I know Arkansas, Vandy and Mizzou aren't great, but it's HOW we're playing. The night LSU pounded us-> anyone would've beaten us. Everybody's playing good ball (save Lee) including Matthews. Everybody has energy. We got that swagger back. And I do, too. It's amazing how happy the Wildcats make me when they're playing good ball. This is the team we all thought we might have. That's what makes college basketball so great. Your team can turn on a dime. It's a long road, but I like my team.
- Skal's stroke is so pure. I've never seen a true 4/5 have a J like that at his age. It's Chitwood-esque. Yeah, he has to board but kid is dunking and swatting now. He's coming along.
- If I hadn't already seen something like before (Harrellson), I'd have a hard time believing a kid like Willis could become this good, this quickly. From his interviews, it just seems like he never really believed in himself until this run. He kinda thought he was just a benchwarmer. I thought last year he could eventually become a good player for us, but it's his rebounding that's most impressive. Much like Harrellson in 2011, the kid transforms this team. He spreads us out on offense. He gives us another rebounder. And he's always had good instincts passing and moving without the ball.
- Briscoe's such an interesting cat. His game is so mature. We knew he couldn't be that bad as a shooter- hell, he won a 3-point contest at one of those AS games. He rebounds, plays sick D, passes well and is adept at finding creases in the D. Plus, besides Ulis, he's pretty much the most levelheaded guy on the team.
- Speaking of Ulis- how good is this kid? He's quick so people miss out on how crafty he is at finding angle on shots, especially inside the paint. And that's pull-up J is wet.
- Murray's rebounding very well and what I like the most is how scrappy he's become, which is surprising considering how he played early in the year. He's not the quickest guy in the world, but he's become much smarter and plays much harder on D.
- Not sure what's going on with Lee. I think his stupid fouls are taking him out of his own game right now.
- RE: Kansas in the Phog. I think we all were seeing a blowout a few weeks back, but they're reeling and these Wildcats are coming in with a strut. I think Ulis and Briscoe are BIG GAME players who are relishing this game. Never know with Murray's shot, but could you seem him going off on Saturday, putting on a show and start getting national buzz? Willis just needs to keep on doing what he's doing. Skal needs to continue to build.
Look- Kansas is a good and desperate team and the Phog is viper pit...BUT we match up well with them. They're not a team that can pound us to death inside. Ellis is good, but he's a finesse player who Poythress can handle. Their 5s are ****. We have better guards and Mason/Graham haven't been able to stop anyone off the bounce lately. We just have to hope they- specifically Selden- doesn't go off from 3. I'm taking the CATS in a barnburner.
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@B.B.d.K. not sure why you're calling me out, I've praised Donovan Mitchell in this very thread. Love his game. Hate his jersey number, tho.
- Been addressed in here before, but that UK commercial with the Nashville hopeful is just about the dumbest thing I've ever seen. Come to UK to become a bartender and open mic nighter in Nashville? Tell your Millennial focus groups to get pumped.
- People dislike Newton for many of the same non-racial reasons they disliked guys like Jim McMahon and Johnny Manziel- he's a showboat, not to mention he was kicked out of one school for stealing stuff and got away with a scandal at Auburn. It has nothing to do with race. People don't like showboats, thieves and those who get away with ****.
