Kentucky vs Tennessee Game Thread

Digger-Cat

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We were humming when we had the right guys hitting threes, then we had players taking 3's that are shooting airballs and players shooting long 2's that just lead to pounts for Tennessee.

Bur these turnovers and missed rebounds are killers.
 

Broker

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I just don't understand how we are so awful at rebounding. It is mind numbing
We are awful in rebounding because we are slow and non athletic. TN and every good team we have played makes this so obvious. We may win because TN can.t throw it the ocean tonight, but the difference is their speed vs our kids. We seem like we are playing in sand.
 
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HenryMuto

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If we could rebound half the boards we should got that we lost and not turned it over twice as much as normal would be up 8 pts since we shot the 3 decent and they sucked at it but when they get 3 shots every possession hard to win.

We should be up 8 right now
 

sefus12

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Popes subs tonight are horrible..Chandler as does Noah.
Those subs didn’t go the last few minutes looking completely useless. Chandler and Noah aren’t perfect, but they haven’t killed us tonight in a game where those dudes have to play some mins due to our lack of bodies.
 
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chasingwildcat

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Oh well, 20 fu**king games in & still giving up offensive rebound after offensive rebound. Still getting beat to most every loose ball. These two areas are why we’ve lost 5 games so far. Fix those issues & I like our chances every night, regardless of the opponent.

I love Pope & his system & I’m still so happy & relieved to be rid of Calipari that I can overlook the shortcomings. But, damn if it isn’t keeping me pissed off throughout every game. And, on top of it I have to listen to Ravich, Dykes & pos Seth Greenberg in seemingly every freaking game.
We do not have athleticism and physically, this is the problem
 
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kyleb740

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Feel like on a whole the team played pretty well for who we got. We have 4 players in our rotation that aren’t really ready for big minutes in a game like this and 2 of our best essentially out.

Gotta rebound. That last 4 minutes was rough but predictable.
 
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anon1751545683

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Tn is not a good offensive team. But if we just keep giving them shots until they make one it won’t matter.

Then again with the turnovers.

This team should be a very low turnover team.

And it was early. I don’t know what’s happened to them.
 

DaDirtyLeb69

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This team being bad in the last 4 mins of halfs is inexcusable. They are all upper class man with years of experience. They should not be this bad closing out halfs
 

ToniTonyToneDelkDelkDelk

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We're so drunk off of 3's. It's nasty to watch.

Colin had a wide open layup and he passed it off to Garrison in the paint who kicked it out for a 3. Just take the layup. You have struggled all year. See one go through the basket.
 
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Thunder Mash

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Oscar would have 50 rebounds against this UK team. Pope has to start getting on these guys about it. Tennessee will probably shoot out of its *** in the second half, but it's still goooo Cats.
 

Titpwhami2014

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Are we being disciplined on offense?

Are we actually cutting, setting screens and moving the ball?

I’m not able to watch at the moment
They’re smothering and checking us as expected…but it’s a repeat of the Vanderbilt game. Just very robotic decision making. I get they’re trained to play a certain way but it’s panic mode once the shot clock starts winding down. This is what happens when you really don’t have a playmaker on offense. Forced passes and bad shot selection…more frustrated at halftime then I have been in any game this season. Game is there for the taking!
 

oldsports_

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Those subs didn’t go the last few minutes looking completely useless. Chandler and Noah aren’t perfect, but they haven’t killed us tonight in a game where those dudes have to play some mins due to our lack of bodies.
Those 2 are scoreless...
 

HalHR2500

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Had to hit 12 threes minimum to win, they might get there only problem is they gave up 20 wide open threes, got to defend tighter in second half
 

Dreklie

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Pope needs to get it through our players heads that you need to give 150% effort, I see a hell of a lot of 50% effort, especially from Jaxson "it's just basketball" Robinson.
 

chasingwildcat

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They’re smothering and checking us as expected…but it’s a repeat of the Vanderbilt game. Just very robotic decision making. I get they’re trained to play a certain way but it’s panic mode once the shot clock starts winding down. This is what happens when you really don’t have a playmaker on offense. Forced passes and bad shot selection…more frustrated at halftime then I have been in any game this season. Game is there for the taking!
We just do not have playmaker

When you get cold from outside, this will show
 

G-PIP

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Turnover ratio (7 to 1) hurt, but I could have imaged it being even worse before the game. Still, so much has to go right in the 2nd half for UK to win this game. The defense has had lapses, but is ok I think. Keeping TN off the offensive boards would be nice. But physicality is just not how this team is built. I don't care, just find a way to win guys!
 

NociHTTP

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Chandler gets the worst player of the first half. Blown by twice, don’t rebound, and contributed nothing.
At one point he was hiding behind his own teammate heading back the other way, and when I saw that crap? Get him out. You're not in there to log minutes, Colin, we need you contributing.