It wasn't that they were too young, they just acted like a bunch of street ballers

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kiffinator13 said:
Yes, I don't remember seeing anyone besides Calathes worth discussion on Florida's team, while UK has two all-Americans.
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Look at Florida's recruiting classes.

Scotty Hopson (exaggeration but the point still stands) could have been an all-american too if he was as much of a ball hog as Meeks. PP is legit though.
 
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#52
Lofton willed us to victory, yet "insane" scoring from Meeks didn't, right? That was all BCG right there.
 
#54
#54
Bassmanbruno said:
The fact that shot 53% from the floor just proves how the presses were very relevant in this game, lol. Is your memory really that shot? Teams usually shoot that high of a % when they get uncontested dunks and layups.

Uncontested dunks and layups usually come for unsuccessful pressing under Bruce.
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If you remember watching the game, we did not press them as much, they just torched us because they had superior players. Bottom line.
 
#58
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Bassmanbruno said:
Look at Florida's recruiting classes.

Scotty Hopson (exaggeration but the point still stands) could have been an all-american too if he was as much of a ball hog as Meeks. PP is legit though.
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Recruiting rankings are overrated. Florida has proved that. Look at what we have done to Florida over the last two years. Longer athletic players have prevailed over Billy D's classes.
 
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Sudeepvol said:
Recruiting rankings are overrated. Florida has proved that. Look at what we have done to Florida over the last two years. Longer athletic players have prevailed over Billy D's classes.
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Florida's squad has plenty of talent. They're all just pansies that need to add muscle.
 
#60
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Bassmanbruno said:
You guys realize Tennessee made more 3-pointers on the year than UK, right?
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We weren't talking about team three pointers. You were discussing Chris Lofton willing us to beat Florida, and he was responsible and not Pearl. So, that is also the same comparison to what Meeks did to us at TBA.
 
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kiffinator13 said:
We weren't talking about team three pointers. You were discussing Chris Lofton willing us to beat Florida, and he was responsible and not Pearl. So, that is also the same comparison to what Meeks did to us at TBA.
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Meeks did that in 1 game against. Lofton and Jajuan did that in 3 games against Florida. What was the reason for the other 2 losses since Meeks didn't go off?
 
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Sudeepvol said:
Probably the same number as Lofton scored at Florida in Bruce's first year.
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Dane Bradshaw had 15 points in that win. Hard to lose when someone like that is making lucky threes as the shot clock runs down, huh?
 
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Bassmanbruno said:
Meeks did that in 1 game against. Lofton and Jajuan did that in 3 games against Florida. What was the reason for the other 2 losses since Meeks didn't go off?
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We simply played poorly in Lexington last year, and missed many shots we usually hit. In the game in Lexington this year, we were just horrible from start to finish, and UK had players that normally do absolutely nothing to shoot well like Miller's 100% performance and Porter's 50% from three.
 
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#66
kiffinator13 said:
We simply played poorly in Lexington last year, and missed many shots we usually hit. In the game in Lexington this year, we were just horrible from start to finish, and UK had players that normally do absolutely nothing to shoot well like Miller's 100% performance and Porter's 50% from three.
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That happens when you try to face guard AND play help defense on Meeks and leave Miller and Porter wide open.

We shoot poorly every time we play the Cats - CBG knows how to stop us and usually fields solid defenses.
 
#67
#67
Bassmanbruno said:
Dane Bradshaw had 15 points in that win. Hard to lose when someone like that is making lucky threes as the shot clock runs down, huh?
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Oooh boy. Now when I point out the fact that Lofton didn't step up in one of the games, you reply by saying someone else did. Interesting.
 
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Sudeepvol said:
Oooh boy. Now when I point out the fact that Lofton didn't step up in one of the games, you reply by saying someone else did. Interesting.
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Since when is 16 points not stepping up? And anytime Dane Bradshaw shoot 50% from 3-point land you know it's luck - I'm sure 1 or 2 of those were banked in.

You do realize Meeks hardly had ANY point in the first half in Lexington when we were getting our heads bashed in right? He got several garbage points at the end. What do you have to say about that?
 
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Bassmanbruno said:
Oh really? I wasn't the one that ducked the fact that Bruce has absolutely gotten owned by CBG to try to bring up the fact that we've won 7-8 against Florida.
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You're just the one that ducks the fact that he is sitting in the NIT with two all-americans.
 
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#72
Bassmanbruno said:
Since when is 16 points not stepping up? And anytime Dane Bradshaw shoot 50% from 3-point land you know it's luck - I'm sure 1 or 2 of those were banked in.

You do realize Meeks hardly had ANY point in the first half in Lexington when we were getting our heads bashed in right? He got several garbage points at the end. What do you have to say about that?
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Now you're analyzing the game way to much. My point is that while Lofton did will Tennessee to a lot of wins, Bruce had been doing more with less during that time. The talent difference between Tennessee and Florida during those two years was unbelievable. If you say Lofton willed them to victory, they still had to play defense. Guarding those group of guys is as tough a task as any.

Bottom line:

The talent difference between Tennessee and Florida at that time is greater than the talent difference between UK and UT over the past couple of years.
 
#73
#73
Bassmanbruno said:
Oh really? I wasn't the one that ducked the fact that Bruce has absolutely gotten owned by CBG to try to bring up the fact that we've won 7-8 against Florida.
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Bruce has gotten owned by CBG. I already admitted that. But at the same time, you do realize that Bruce has been owning pretty much everyone else. Nah, you ignore that.
 
#74
#74
Sudeepvol said:
Now you're analyzing the game way to much. My point is that while Lofton did will Tennessee to a lot of wins, Bruce had been doing more with less during that time. The talent difference between Tennessee and Florida during those two years was unbelievable. If you say Lofton willed them to victory, they still had to play defense. Guarding those group of guys is as tough a task as any.

Bottom line:

The talent difference between Tennessee and Florida at that time is greater than the talent difference between UK and UT over the past couple of years.
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Couldn't agree more.
 
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kiffinator13 said:
You're just the one that ducks the fact that he is sitting in the NIT with two all-americans.
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Seriously - keep playing the AA card on Meeks. If he didn't have to take 50% of UK's shots because they have been abysmal on offense then you wouldn't be discussing him.

I think there was a pretty good reason people voted for Marcus Thornton over Jodie for SEC POY - don't you? Common sense was that reason.

Not every coach can come in and pull a "Nick Saban" or "Bruce Pearl" and have almost instant success. If they keep him around long enough they're going to have the most loaded team in the SEC with a coach who fields some of the best defenses in the NCAA.
 
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