***** KENTUCKY @ VANDY GAME THREAD *****

[Shaudylo]

Hate that over the back call

But what in the world is this offense

 

[Zannman]

Bench Garrison.

 

[phyrekat01]

Garrison and Johnson have no business playing

 

[megablue]

Johnson is little help when his shot is off, unfortunately.

 

[Lum Eddards]

They take such terrible shots! No wonder we can't make them.

 

[theBlues]

I don't know why I didn't expect them to not be down double digits early in this one...

 

[TX Wildcat]

2 parts sloppiness, 1 part no offensive rebounding, 3 parts Vandy on fire. Tough watch so far and now the unplayable BG is in. Ugh

 

[champagnecat]

What will you say if we win the game?

Honest to God 0% chance they winning this

 

[MidseasonTweak]

Everything Garrison does sucks

Horrible player. We overpaid badly

 

[The_Answer1313_rivals]

Its just because we know we are so good that we can spot teams massive leads and still come back

 

[NociHTTP]

Wtf are we doing on defense???

Hedging on cuts to the basket that don't come because we left a man wide open in the corner.

And then Mo gets caught hugging the opponent, with his back to the basket.

 

[Son_Of_Saul]

We're not bad, we just have a habit of not being ready to compete from the word GO.

Is it bad habits that are to blame, or mediocre coaching?

Kentucky did the same stuff last year with an entirely different roster. Guess what the most common denominator is? That's right! The head coach!

 

[fisherscatfan]

No movement. Why can’t a Pope coached team be ready to play?

 

[rob_47]

Not jasper night. How can he not understand his most valuable attribute in a game like this is protecting the ball and playing solid fundamentally

 

[bleedsblue5]

I'm just used to being frustrated early. Blah blah let's get going

 

[Drogon]

Garrison is about as useful tonight as a bucket with no bottom

 

[rick64]

 

[katwest]

Garrison had his hands on the Vandy dudes back on that rebound, isn’t he a junior? He’s topped out and it’s not good.

 

[megablue]

We will make run. It is only a question of how Vandy responds to it.

 

[Kantucke_rivals]

Selfish shot by Jasper, but I get it just look at our offense. Must be frustrating for the players as well

 

[UKortho]

What do you know, fellas? Mark Pope didn't have his players prepared to start the game, cuz we never see that!

But he is our coach! Look at our injuries! JMI screws our recruiting. It’s all Pope.

 

[GoBigBlue1224]

Why are we not running that horn set that frees Oweh up to drive to the rim? Instead we are playing 1 on 1. I don’t get Pope. Pick an offense and identity dude. Damn. We won 5 straight running that offense.

 

[KyKevin]

JJ is playing like a damn junior high kid

 

[L.O.D.]

This isnt getting any better ....... next game..... next month ....... next year. This ia UK Basketball now. And its 1 mans fault - Mitch Barnhart

 

[Wildcat_in_DC]

vandy is committed to doing defense their way. switch everything. we wont be able to get down hill and we get exploit the switch because our bigs are crap. we have no clue on what we want to do against it. so its going to be a night of jacking up contested shots.

 

[Blue_2_the_bone_rivals]

Small ball lineup maybe with our bigs rotating at the 5. Our bigs are stuck in rotation giving up wide open looks.

 

[Kjuk24]

I cant stand this offense and defense when we play a legit team. No progression

 

[MidseasonTweak]

Bench Garrison.

That would require coaching

 

[MbergCat]

Jasper has had some decent moments this season, but my goodness has he been a letdown.

 

[chattanogawildcat]

I play Noah at this point.

 

[AJBlue]

Not to beat a dead horse but until Jasper figures out he’s not in high school anymore and you cant be lackadaisical and loose with the vall, his effectiveness is going to be limited.

 

[TuesdayBoost]

we should have gotten a defensive minded big to protect the paint outta the portal

 

[ala_kat2]

They take such terrible shots! No wonder we can't make them.

The first eight were wide open. We just do not have good shot makers. It is what it is.

 

[Rainmaker]

Groundhog Day all over again. No pregame preparation, no sense of urgency, lazy passes and low effort to start the game. Rinse and repeat, let’s hope the magic can work once they actually wake the F up and give it 100%. Can’t dig a hole every game, but one thing I’ve learned is don’t give up on this team. I just wish they’d stop the nonsense the first 10 minutes of every game we play.

 

[kyjeff1]

Again, like every other game, we look confused and play every-man-for-himself basketball.

This is why you can't play JJ, he doesn't care, he just shoots the ball like it doesn't matter.

How has Pope not figured this out yet? Why does this team continue to look completely disinterested every game?

 

[Kingslayer07]

Jasper has had some decent moments this season, but my goodness has he been a letdown.

Exactly. Way more negative plays than positive.

 

[Big BlueBeard]

So undisciplined.

 

[UKBB4Ever]

We have no idea what to do on offense.

You shoot it, no you shoot it, no you. Ok, what the hell, I’ll shoot it

That’s our offense.

 

[TuesdayBoost]

Garrison is about as useful tonight as a bucket with no bottom

I could find a use for a bottomless bucket

 

[true-blue1]

GARRISON SHOULD NEVER BE ON THE FLOOR!!!!!