You gotta go 5-1. Lots of road warrioring to do.
Protect Rupp and get a win over UT or Bama.
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You gotta go 5-1. Lots of road warrioring to do.
Protect Rupp and get a win over UT or Bama.
Agree, those road games at UT and Bama are rough. It would be a blessing to split them but that is a big ask. I think Tennessee might be more likely just because it gives the team more time with JQ and Lowe together.
Tennessee is technically worse than us metrically. But we all know TB is the place even GREAT UK teams have gotten hammered.
If you give me Lowe, JQ and Mo for those games, I like our chances.
Yeah, Bama will be tough, but that's a winnable game. If Pope can pull that one off, he'll be able to take a deep breath and get this team back on track.
Yeah, Bama will be tough, but that's a winnable game. If Pope can pull that one off, he'll be able to take a deep breath and get this team back on track.
Depends on what Bama shows up. If it's the Bama that played Zona in the 1st half it's gonna be tough. If it's the Bama that can't find Lake Tuscaloosa we can get a steal on the road.
Yes it does. Having JQ and Mo D to grab our awful bricks does help.
I swear I've never seen a UK team like us that either hits or misses by a mile.
Yes it would. I want that UNC game back badly. We'd be sitting at 9-3 with a lot better outlook.
Winning on the road is way different than at rupp and a de facto home game n the Atlantic.
Looking at the schedule I'd assume 4 and 2 with losses to Bama and UT.
Looking at the schedule I'd assume 4 and 2 with losses to Bama and UT.
Mizzou is 10-2, but they haven’t beaten anyone. They’ll struggle to score against us.
Yeah, sadly their 78th in the NET. That's a Q3 game. HAVE to win that one at home. No excuse.
Agree with the importance of those 3 players.
Keys:
1. Defensive pressure - I like the backcourt zone pressure as it forces the opposition to use clock before getting their offense started.
2. Dominate the boards - with JQ now available we have the bigs to finish the defensive effort and get putbacks on the offensive end.
3. Offense improvement - won last 2 games even with poor offensive play. Just need incremental improvement game by game. Shooting can only improve I hope!
4. Getting out and running the break along with defensive pressure will cause fatigue in our opponent.
Adversity can either destroy or galvanize both an individual and team. Several of our players have gone through great personal adversity along with our coaching staff. Collectively, our team has experienced great adversity and criticism thus far. They do not seem to have allowed this adversity to overwhelm them. I pray for their health and desire to improve. GBB!
That one burns me the most. We gave that one away and we are the better team and were at home.
Plus, we blew another chance to eat into the head to head lead they have on us.
Just gotta flush it I guess, but grrrrrr