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Briscoe rebounds better than most of UK's big men.
AAU basketball dilutes the meaning of winning and losing. It's all about getting yours.
I was there...
this is true.
I think this is an unfair criticism of monk. If anything, the kid has shown himself to be an absolute gamer.
I read "Playing Briscoe at the 3 makes me want to drink bourbon."..man..it's been a long night.
Briscoe 
Just don't know what to make of him. he can score triple doubles and, honestly, I'm going to be glad when he's gone. I don't hate him and I'm glad he's getting to play where he wants and all, but it's work watching him and wondering what's going to happen. I'm ready for consistent guards again.
Just don't know what to make of him. he can score triple doubles and, honestly, I'm going to be glad when he's gone. I don't hate him and I'm glad he's getting to play where he wants and all, but it's work watching him and wondering what's going to happen. I'm ready for consistent guards again.
Seems like he cashed in after UNC. Kinda going through the motions now and if he gets hot, he'll just make his own shot. But, if this team can make a run, we'll need him.
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That's not really saying a lot
Maybe he should have went to Arkansas so we could have gotten a local player that would have won us the game because his heart is filled all the way up with Kentucky pride . All we need is to fill the roster up with those types of players and we'll be on our way .
If not for monk Kentucky has atleast 3 more losses, I'd ask why is monk not taking 30 shots a game? We run 0 sets for him, like how does that even happen. Flat out embarrassing
Wish we had a 6 foot 5 guy on the bench who Cal could plug in at the 3 spot.
The problem is the camera is up EVERYBODY who is somebody's azzzz now. Do the fans want this young fella to cry over there. Have a big angry face? Put his head down. Act like so many here now that 1. Cal cant coach 2, the team has no heart 3. blah blah blah
Some nites the stars align and the other team plays great and you lose. Good lord. If you are 18 and cannot laugh at some stuff you are probably screwd for life...........
Can't get too worked up about this either...Monk's played his butt off for UK all season long. He's a Freshman and takes some bad shots...but he makes a ton of tough shots as well.
The team is obviously not playing well.
Some of it is on the players.
Some of it is on the coach.
Us fans suck too.
Some of it is on the players.
Some of it is on the coach.
Us fans suck too.
Briscoe has very little value without the ball in his hands. You can basically use his man to guard someone else if he does not have the ball to him. He is no threat to catch and shoot so you have time to rotate over when they do pass the ball. Opponents can use his man to help with Monk, Fox, or Bam depending on where he is in relation to them in a man defense. If opponents are in a 2-3 zone then Briscoe is almost totally ineffective on offense.
Briscoe is a great rebounder for a 6-3 guard, although he only got 3 in 30 minutes last night. The problem with him is he's undersized guarding SF's and he isn't a consistent outside shooting threat which hurts our spacing. His decision making is questionable at times. Physically he reminds me of Joe Crawford from a few years back...he was only 6-4 and played the wing...the difference was he was a deadly 3 point shooter with range.
It's not so much that he's laughing. We've had a lot of great players here and guys that were truly championship caliber players...there's nothing you could have said to a Terrence Jones or an MKG...or Tony Delk or Scott Padgett that could have gotten those guys to smile while their team was getting handled. They were far too pissed off about losing for anything to get that reaction.
I don't think it means much about what type of person Monk is or anything. He seems like a great kid that has his priorities in order. I'm just speaking to this teams chance at making a post season run. We could still turn our play around but the fact that we've got guys playing major minutes that don't seem to be effected by losing is another red flag.
Cal has even alluded to this being a potential issue himself.
Chill. You weren't saying that after his 47 point. Or after his 35 point game.
Honestly this team has too much AAU culture in them. Zero defense, basically let the other team score just so we can get the ball back and be on offense and race down the court to go 1 on 3. Getting blasted by 20 but it's cool cause we have another game to play. Bad decision making all around. Like dude above me said, you would never ever see MKG smiling on the bench with his team down 20. We're missing a fierce competitor like him on this team
Don't you mean jump on your back? That massive clatter you heard right after you posted this was the sound of several dozen people putting on their blue tinted glasses [winking]
Agree. But Cal is 'marketing' his boys to the league, so to hell with the best line-up. We need to get players drafted. Winning games is apparently secondary.
Member since 2013 and 4 posts? Did you remember you were a member here last night when we lost?????
we do, he's been sitting over there for about 4 weeks now
The Unforgettables are not walking thru that door.
We have one...Mulder and we had one who left...Matthews.
Cal is still going to play Briscoe 34 mpg regardless so would it have mattered at all
If you can't like Briscoe and understand the role he is being forced to assume then you don't understand basketball. In a football sense it's like taking a wide receiver and forcing him to play linebacker because you don't have any linebackers worth a damn.
The "positionless basketball" pitch is great for getting players whose position is already filled but I'll be happy when the roles are more defined again. Diallo, Vanderbilt, and Washington are a 2, 3, and 4 and they know it. Just hope they can find some offense with that lineup.
That is what I thought from the photo. Bam looked puzzled as to why he was laughing. I would think that if the UF students were singing HB, Bam would have gotten it.
This is totally unacceptable but Cal will probably just shrug it off. I hope he uses it as a so called teachable moment but Cal usually
gives players a long leash. Too long if you ask me. Let's not forget that he blew off the handshake line too. UK doesn't do things this way.