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[HymanKaplan_rivals48997]

Went to HS with Vernon Hatton's son, he was a year ahead of me. Extremely nice guy.

 

[Kennedy_UK]

Really hope there is some truth to the Braden Smith rumors.

That dude can flat out hoop. Would kill it in Pope’s system.

 

[Anon1700452283]

Illinois has no depth.

Riley and Jakucionis are both FR so getting physical and being up in their grill will throw their timing.

Ivisic is a stud and Anari has to take that challenge on and prove something here. Everytime he has been challenged he has been up for it.

Butler vs Boswell will be bull vs bull, hopefully Butler is smart and doesn’t go after stupid fouls because we need him the whole game.

Those four literally play 36 minutes a game and if we run pace, which they want to do, we could tire them out.

-I think the keys to the game will be limiting their 3 point attempts and somehow winning the turnover battle.

-We normally aren’t great at forcing turnovers but Jakuciounus is turnover prone and we’re going to have to focus on/and take advantage of that. I think Butler/Chandler will be on him primarily as he’s their pg and Oweh will be on Boswell.

-Winning the turnover battle will be important because they’ll probably win the offensive rebounding battle.

-The most concerning matchup to me defensively is Carr on Riley. That’s a tough matchup and no one off of our bench matches up with him well either. Maybe BG for stretches if he plays some 4 but not Ansley. Carr needs to be on the floor as much as possible and take advantage of the smaller Riley guarding him on the other end.

-They actually have a couple of good players off of their bench but only play 8 guys. Humrichous is a good player and shoots a ton of 3s. 6-9 and shot just about 20 3s less than Brea on the year so can be a matchup nightmare.

-They have a freshman big off their bench (Johnson) who puts up 7 & 7 in only 18 minutes per game so he’s pretty solid too.

-I like the fact that we’re an underdog now and Pope can use that to his advantage. Kinda wish we were the lower seeded team because some of our biggest wins have come when it was least expected. Their crowd is gonna be rowdy.

 

[Anon1700452283]

 

[UKwizard]

We are the only higher seed that is a dog.

Also go back in time a year ago and find some random UK fans and tell them in a year they would be rooting for Pitino over Cal in the tourney.

 

[Hank Camacho_rivals115797]

Pope said at the post-game presser that Vernon Hatton was the first Mormon to play at UK. I didn't know that.

I hope Pope focuses on getting at least some non-seniors in the portal. That UNLV kid has the profile of someone who could contribute for 2 years, for instance. I hope be builds a core nucleus and then just adds star transfers and one and dones as they appear.

 

[Kennedy_UK]

Can we run the clock on this **** game to get to the match-up everybody actually wants to watch?

 

[Voinovich.]

Steve Lappas is insufferable

 

[Ron Mehico]

Pope said at the post-game presser that Vernon Hatton was the first Mormon to play at UK. I didn't know that.

I hope Pope focuses on getting at least some non-seniors in the portal. That UNLV kid has the profile of someone who could contribute for 2 years, for instance. I hope be builds a core nucleus and then just adds star transfers and one and dones as they appear.

According to rafters (I know) Chandler is for sure coming back, which is great news. Continuity has been this program’s biggest weakness the last 15 years imo

 

[PTI Anon1640710541]

RIP to the legend, George Foreman.


Thankfully, George Foreman, George Foreman, George Foreman, George Foreman, and George Foreman are still with us.

 

[UKwizard]

And the grill.

 

[Anon1700452283]

 

[BMoore2]

And the grill.

I think the grill stays.

 

[Voinovich.]

The grill sucks... it has no temperature control. Its just hot or hotter

 

[catsfanbgky]

UK / Illinois is also the highest total (170) by 15 points to the next closest BYU / Wisconsin (155). Then Oregon / Arizona 152.5, UCONN / Florida 151.

The lowest total is Drake / Texas Tech (126). Tech laying 7.5 in such a small total seems a bit high. May look at Drake +7.5.

May also play Florida -9.5 v/s UCONN, Creighton +9 vs Auburn, and Baylor +12 playing Duke, over 155 BYU / Wisconsin. BYU scored 80 on a tough VCU team and Wisconsin scored 89 against Montana and could have been over 100 if not a blow out. There will be 3's galore in this game, very little defense.

 

[august-west]

The grill sucks... it has no temperature control. Its just hot or hotter

Well it ain’t used for cooking Ribeyes. It’s just fine for someone like my dad to “warm up” a sandwich.

 

[Voinovich.]

I believe it was marketed to be a mean lean fat reducing grilling machine not a panini press and I ate many a scorched chicken breast with my creatine drink in college before I went to the Rec

Mo more Foreman grill talk from me... RIP

 

[WayneDougan_rivals170043]

The OG George Foreman was fantastic in college. What a piece of machinery!

 

[TriangleUKCat]

Steve Lappas is insufferable

Needs to grow an upper lip too.

He’s Butthead with basketball knowledge that he uses poorly.

 

[justa]

HOB showed something about his finance moving to KY when they get married in May. Kinda good news…..


….just wonder if the other 4 wives are willing to move as well.

 

[ukalumni00]

Hogs size giving St John a lot of problems.

 

[Hank Camacho_rivals115797]

The OG George Foreman was fantastic in college. What a piece of machinery!

Wayne Turner agrees.



* @Ron Mehico is your wife letting you watch the game on Sunday?

 

[legalbeagle123]

Mascara Masiello has made a career out of riding Pitino's coat tails.

 

[MrKentucky]

This was entirely predictable.

 

[UKwizard]

Man, the Big East must suck.

 

[Ron Mehico]

St John’s offense is ***, good lord

 

[ukalumni00]

First game in the tournament where you can really see the SEC size and athleticism give another conference elite team a lot of problems.

 

[gattongrad09]

Meat grinder thiero would have been fun to watch in this one. Thought we were awful at the rim but Rick may expire on live telivision. Going to hammer Johnnies at the half.

 

[Kooky Kats_anon]

Cal has so much talent…. And mediocre results.

 

[justa]

this surprises you how?

 

[wildcatadam6]

Here come the Johnnies. This also isn’t surprising with a Calipari team.

 

[UKwizard]

That Seal Mountain Dew commercial is disturbing.

 

[Hank Camacho_rivals115797]

If you told me Chin Coleman and Rodney Terry were a lesbian couple, I'd believe you.

 

[SWFLwildcat06]

Ugh

There is a f’ing lid on it for St Johns

 

[Ron Mehico]

St John’s sucks. Congrats to Hank and Vern on Cal winning

 

[ukalumni00]

If St John’s is this overwhelmed by Ark can’t wait to see what Florida does to UConn.

 

[UKwizard]

Providence can build a new city hall with all the bricks these two are putting up.

 

[august-west]

Why Rick will not go 2-3 is beyond me. He gets tunnel vision almost as bad as Cal does.

Edit: these refs are just his awful. 2 teams that wan to get up and down and they keep calling crap off the ball.

 

[cut_itloosedoubledeuce]

St. John’s has no offensive threat outside 5 ft. They also aren’t generating to’s leading to easy baskets.

 

[WayneDougan_rivals170043]

This game reminds me of old 90's games though.