Kentucky lost again

[JelloPuddinPup]

Great way to end the day.

 

[BowlBrother85]

Great way to end the day.

Actually, I was kind of hoping the SEC would go undefeated. It figures that Kentucky would be the one to blow it. Can't count on them for anything. LOL.

I bet both Auburn and Alabama win tomorrow and it's 11-1. The ACC just plain sucks this year.

 

[Bigorangefan 98]

Actually, I was kind of hoping the SEC would go undefeated. It figures that Kentucky would be the one to blow it. Can't count on them for anything. LOL.

I bet both Auburn and Alabama win tomorrow and it's 11-1. The ACC just plain sucks this year.

It sucked last year, just sucks more this year.

 

[zeppelin128]

Always a pleasure to see this fine thread bumped.

 

[fear]

looks like we gotta prepare for another super bowl in the coming months

 

[johnboyhunter]

The worst fans ever. Rupp Rafters they were name calling Clemson, complaining because fans stormed the court and blaming the refs .

 

[VolArmy74]

I'm glad to see the old girl humming along still. Hopefully she is on top at least 20 more times this season.

 

[VolArmy74]

P.s. their Super Bowl schtick is so overplayed but is a perfect reflection of their hyper-ego.

 

[Chemvol]

I hope they bring out the ‘85 Bears in every team they play.

 

[ENGRVOL]

Seeing this thread get bumped

 

[Orange.]

 

[walkenvol]

Pope doesn't have Chaz. Who are you talking about ?

The announcers were saying the transfer from Dayton led the country in 3 point shooting last season.

 

[OrangeInKy]

P.s. their Super Bowl schtick is so overplayed but is a perfect reflection of their hyphyper-egos

Sure is. Clemson played inThe Elite 8 a few months ago so this was the even their biggest game this year.

 

[cncchris33]

The announcers were saying the transfer from Dayton led the country in 3 point shooting last season.

He (Koby Brea) leads the country this year or is very near the top. Had 4 points last night. Either a poor job of finding him looks or a poor job getting open to take them. Clemson put the clamps on him.

 

[ColinS]

Kentucky sure did get a lot of milage from beating Duke's 17 and 18 year old roster thanks to their big man going out with cramps. They are a little better than I thought they would be but not the greatest team in NCAA history like they were carrying on.

 

[Stoked]

My favorite thread... Get ready to bump it again when they play the Zags on Saturday.

 

[miket4god]

He (Koby Brea) leads the country this year or is very near the top. Had 4 points last night. Either a poor job of finding him looks or a poor job getting open to take them. Clemson put the clamps on him.

kid was shooting 60% from 3 going into the game. Not sure what kind of volume he's shooting, but that percentage is crazy.

 

[cncchris33]

kid was shooting 60% from 3 going into the game. Not sure what kind of volume he's shooting, but that percentage is crazy.

His volume isn't quite as high as Lanier, but the percentage is impressive. 26-43 from 3 on the year.

 

[Col_Cathcart]

He (Koby Brea) leads the country this year or is very near the top. Had 4 points last night. Either a poor job of finding him looks or a poor job getting open to take them. Clemson put the clamps on him.

Watching the game it didn’t even look like Clemson was playing that well defensively. It looked more like Kentucky didn’t have much of a plan on offense and crowding them off the 3pt line was about all it took to take them out of their game.

 

[Volinnooga]

The worst fans ever. Rupp Rafters they were name calling Clemson, complaining because fans stormed the court and blaming the refs .

Glad no one ever does that on VN.

 

[cncchris33]

Watching the game it didn’t even look like Clemson was playing that well defensively. It looked more like Kentucky didn’t have much of a plan on offense and crowding them off the 3pt line was about all it took to take them out of their game.

I thought they looked pretty good defensively and executed their gameplan. Guarding the perimeter was the strategy it seemed like. UK is pretty guard heavy (top 4 scorers are guards), so neutralizing their best assets caused UK to have to shift, and they werent comfortable. Clemson is #14 on Kenpom in def. rating. They're pretty good defensively. UK was averaging nearly 97 ppg and Clemson held them to 66 and >10% below their season shooting %s overall and from 3.

 

[cncchris33]

Glad no one ever does that on VN.

I thought that was kind of ironic, too.

Glad we never see any of that behavior from our fans.

 

[give_him 6]

Watched Kentucky last night after our game. There was not one player who impressed me from their starting five. And Mark Pope is annoying.

 

[OrangeBeachVol]

Any time KY loses, especially in BB, is a good thing.

 

[Col_Cathcart]

I thought they looked pretty good defensively and executed their gameplan. Guarding the perimeter was the strategy it seemed like. UK is pretty guard heavy (top 4 scorers are guards), so neutralizing their best assets caused UK to have to shift, and they werent comfortable. Clemson is #14 on Kenpom in def. rating. They're pretty good defensively. UK was averaging nearly 97 ppg and Clemson held them to 66 and >10% below their season shooting %s overall and from 3.

Yeah. I guess that’s what good defense does (make the offense look uncomfortable/disjointed). It just felt like (compared to our defense) that Clemson was doing a lot more scrambling and wasn’t as effective just staying in front of their man. Maybe they’re just switchier and it probably helps that UK didn’t really have a great way to punish it.

I guess my big takeaway was that Clemson didn’t do anything that I saw on defense that I wouldn’t expect us to be able to replicate.