MO D Appreciation Thread

[Farsight Clone]

Player of the Game by far.

His hustle and fight encouraged others.

Honorable mention: BG played his best game of the year.

Second Honorable mention: Lowe started off bad but got better.

Thank you MO D for the FIGHT. You are the spark we needed and why we won tonight!

 

[MidseasonTweak]

I think his hustle is infectious and our guys gain it to a degree.

 

[rick64]

 

[dnorman0301]

One helluva effort!

 

[Big BlueBeard]

Game tone definitely changed in the 2nd half when he turned it on.

 

[so05]

Dioubate carried us to this win. Dude absolutely brought it tonight. Lowe played pretty well also but Mo was the difference

 

[CELTICAT]

Absolutely dominated DeVries and IU as a whole the entire second half

 

[CatBearPig]

And… (cough cough) Brandon Garrison (cough cough)

 

[I’m The Village Idiot]

And Lowe!!!

 

[BlueBlood96Cat]

Lowe made some nice plays there at the end for sure

 

[Mad Max]

Apparently you are better when your best players aren’t injured.

that said, IU was not a great team.

 

[kyjeff1]

We win the uNC game easily if he played.

Toughest guy on the court regardless of who the opponent is.

 

[chattanogawildcat]

5 steels

 

[I’m The Village Idiot]

Apparently you are better when your best players aren’t injured.

that said, IU was not a great team.

Injuries simply matter. I know it’s not something people like to hear but it’s true.

 

[TheBlueMist]

 

[Son_Of_Saul]

The fellas played a great game tonight and coach Pope coached a great game.

 

[BlueBloodKyFan73]

Great TEAM effort especially on DEFENSE

 

[ukfan042]

Phenomenal effort! Just a f’n dawg!!

 

[Anon1679859502]

Great win!! Now lets string some together

 

[I’m The Village Idiot]

So glad we can just be happy, for even a moment. Here’s to hoping we keep it up and beat St. John’s

 

[CrimsonCats_rivals]

This was a perfect game for him to come back. He can be limited by size, but Indiana doesn’t have any. His defense and rebounding are what turned the game around tonight.

 

[BlueBloodKyFan73]

The fellas played a great game tonight and coach Pope coached a great game.

I did question some of the rotations but he finally got them correct

 

[HalHR2500]

Mo was the MVP 14-12 tough D and loose balls

 

[KT34]

Mo made some winning plays, and that hasn't been happening.

 

[kyjeff1]

And Lowe!!!

Lowe is great when he plays like a pg, but both him and Aberdeen resort to me-ball way too much.

Aberdeen should have learned his lesson after that debacle in the uNC game where he personally turned a 6 point lead into a 2 point defecit late, because he thought he was going to carry the team.

I knew it was going to be a tough transition for Lowe to adjust to having players around him, he didn't have that at Pitt, but sooner or later he's going to need to look for the dish opportunities in the paint.

 

[Crestcat]

This is what he was brought here to do, not shoot threes

 

[CrimsonCats_rivals]

Also a shout out to Kam Williams. I still wish he could find the shooting stroke he had last year, but he was the reason DeVries had such an off game. Was in his jersey the whole second half.

 

[kyjeff1]

So glad we can just be happy, for even a moment. Here’s to hoping we keep it up and beat St. John’s

We're not even an NIT team right now, but I needed this win for my sanity. I have enough stress at work. IU is not a good team, so losing was an unacceptable option. Glad Pope pushed the right buttons in the 2nd half.

 

[seccats04]

I said when we signed him he was my favorite player because he killed us on the boards at Bama and he could fix a lot of the rebounding and defensive woes we had last year. Tonight we saw that play out.

 

[kuhlkat]

Mo was an absolute warrior. Drew the 4th foul on Wilkerson. Heart and soul of the team

 

[BlueBloodKyFan73]

We're not even an NIT team right now, but I needed this win for my sanity. I have enough stress at work. IU is not a good team, so losing was an unacceptable option. Glad Pope pushed the right buttons in the 2nd half.

He played physical defense I will take that over the offense

 

[BlueBloodKyFan73]

I said when we signed him he was my favorite player because he killed us on the boards at Bama and he could fix a lot of the rebounding and defensive woes we had last year. Tonight we saw that play out.

I’m not going to say that but his best game as a cat

 

[Blue Jesus]

Might've found some identity tonight. Muck it up, scrappy, win the physical battle and crash the glass on both ends. Those are all Mo D traits and that's not a coincidence. We have a bunch of good athletes and almost no good shooters, but teams win that way. I'm sure it doesn't come naturally to Pope but at least tonight he and the team seemed to embrace it, in the second half especially.

Interestingly that's a style that would seem to fit Garrison a lot better than Moreno. BG might get tossed from a couple games but there's no doubt he thrives on emotion.

Hard to know how JQ fits in with a dogfight mentality until we see him play some but physicality should be no issue for him.

And if we can get even a little momentum back and win a few games in a row, the shooting will start to improve, the camaraderie, effort, vibes, everything, you just know it.

I'm also happy the new guys on the team got to play in a game where Rupp was rocking and had their backs 100%. I was watching on TV but every tipped pass, steal, offensive rebound, and player diving on the floor seemed to reignite the crowd.

 

[AFKY_Blue_RedsBengals]

Mo D is a man out there. Have to keep him healthy going forward!

 

[*Fox2Monk*]

Player of the Game by far.

His hustle and fight encouraged others.

Honorable mention: BG played his best game of the year.

Second Honorable mention: Lowe started off bad but got better.

Thank you MO D for the FIGHT. You are the spark we needed and why we won tonight!

Glad to see BG bring it for once. That said, his turnover with 4 minutes left made me so mad. Got it back to 7.

 

[KYFOSSIL]

We're not even an NIT team right now, but I needed this win for my sanity. I have enough stress at work. IU is not a good team, so losing was an unacceptable option. Glad Pope pushed the right buttons in the 2nd half.

Ca

We're not even an NIT team right now, but I needed this win for my sanity. I have enough stress at work. IU is not a good team, so losing was an unacceptable option. Glad Pope pushed the right buttons in the 2nd half.

Sorry Jeff but saying that is simply stupid. You do realize that we had two of our best players back in this game pretty much at full strength. That we had a defensive scheme. That he coached with intensity of they played with intensity. Yes we are flawed, but acting like this team cannot make the tourney, much less the NIT is wrong. Held Gonzaga get by 40 in Michigan State barely beat the Penn State team. They got destroyed by Indiana.

 

[*Fox2Monk*]

Injuries simply matter. I know it’s not something people like to hear but it’s true.

Of course they do, but it’s amazing we have no backup PG or starter for that matter on the roster. Plus our recruiting overall has fallen off a cliff although Mitch is to blame for at least 60% of that.

 

[*Fox2Monk*]

Also a shout out to Kam Williams. I still wish he could find the shooting stroke he had last year, but he was the reason DeVries had such an off game. Was in his jersey the whole second half.

If he can’t find his shot at least play D like that on the wing.

 

[MegaBlue05]

I just heard Mo's postgame radio interview, and he could be emerging as a vocal leader. He got on the other players in the locker room and told them to find the one thing they're good at and to do that one thing well. His things are rebounding and playing hard. Hustle is contagious, so maybe this game is a small turning point on the effort and hustle side.

 

[kyjeff1]

Ca

Sorry Jeff but saying that is simply stupid. You do realize that we had two of our best players back in this game pretty much at full strength. That we had a defensive scheme. That he coached with intensity of they played with intensity. Yes we are flawed, but acting like this team cannot make the tourney, much less the NIT is wrong. Held Gonzaga get by 40 in Michigan State barely beat the Penn State team. They got destroyed by Indiana.

Nah, this isn’t a good team right now, they beat a meh IU team at home.

That first half was easily the worst offensive performance I've ever seen from a UK team.

They can fix it, but this isn't a tournament team, not even close, not the way they are playing right now.

The defense is decent, but even with Mo and Garrison in the game for long stretches, we got beat on the glass again.

Making shots fixes a lot of problems, maybe they will eventually become a decent shooting team, but we suck right now.