The Pembroke Postgame Report-Kentucky

#76
#76
GLDunlap said:
What in the world does this team do at halftime? Maybe it just seems like it and I have no stats to back it up but we get out scored the first five minutes of the second half seemingly every game. Bruce has always talked about how important the first five minutes of the second half are but this team never looks ready for the second half.
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According to emain, he tells the team that we have already done enough to get in the tournament so we dont really have to worry about playing hard in the 2nd half
 
#77
#77
hatvol96 said:
If you want a comparison that will induce nausea, look at Maryland's effort level today compared to Tennessee's.
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I'm just interested to see if UT will even make an effort to win if they somehow manage to slip in the tourney.. obviously they dont really care about winning the conference
 
#78
#78
I don't see why people keep arguing against Hat's point about point guard play. I think its easy to see that at least Ramar showed flashes, what exactly has Maze done.

I realize a lot of people on here were drooling over Bobby Maze and the way he scored in the RTPL. I even read posts claiming that we were a sure fire Final Four team this year with Maze at the point. On another message board Maze was being touted a the best PG in the nation. I think its time we let that go. I still think we get in the tournament and that we have enough talent to make a decent run. But, its not hard to see that Hat has been spot on about our PG play.

Before the season started, Hat posted that other D-1 coaches had told him that they would much rather have West at the point and not Maze. He got blasted by some posters. Now some of the same posters are asking if West will be eligible next year. I think its clear the guy knows what he's talking about...on this subject at least.
 
#79
#79
getyopopcornready said:
According to emain, he tells the team that we have already done enough to get in the tournament so we dont really have to worry about playing hard in the 2nd half
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Wow. Really? I'm pretty sure he said, in response to your question "
Also, are you claiming that we would get in the tournament today?
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Nope, Tennessee still has work to do. However, without the Marquette win they have work to do and need a ton of help.
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I agree with Emain here. Nice to see that you are putting words in people's mouths.
 
#80
#80
getyopopcornready said:
Im getting tired of hearing about Ramar's "great" basket in the butler game as if that defined his sophomore season.. is there any other game last season that he 'won' for us
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A point guard isn't supposed to "win" games, he's supposed to manage it. Not be wasted space on the floor. The only management for Bobby Maze will be his future at Foot Locker.
 
#83
#83
hatvol96 said:
1. I'm not sure the last time I saw a team score fewer points out if its initial offense. Without second chance points, Tennessee would have been in Big Ten territory pointswise.
2. Many people spent the last two days postulating that Tennessee would have won the game in Knoxville, but for Meeks having a game for the ages. I think today's results lays that fallacious theory to rest.
3. Bruce Pearl is now 1-3, with the none win being a 2 point win with Patrick Patterson sidelined and Jodie Meeks playing with a hernia, against Billy Gillispie. There's a lesson to e learned there.
4. At least Scotty Hopson had a decent game. That spared him even more ridicule from the crowd.
5. Darius Miller has played well against Tennessee both times this year. I don't think that's a coincidence.
6. Wayne Chism and Tyler Smith could not have played more poorly in the first half if they attempted to be atrocioius. When those guys are bad, this team has zero shot.
7. Here's a question for all those who heralded Bobby Maze to be such an upgrade over Ramar Smith. How mant times did Ramar get torched by a guy of Michael Porter's caliber?
8. Kentucky-South Carolina will be intriguing Saturday night. The winner should claim the East title.
9. Well, it looks like Davidson will have to win the SoCon tournament to go dancing. The nation may have to get it's fill of cutaway shots to Curry's mom during ESPN's NIT coverage.
10. Needing a win to keep it's NCAA hopes alive, Providence gives up 103 points at home. That Keno Davis is a genius.
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I guess I'm lucky since the only UT bball game I've ever seen in person was the lone win that CBP has against Billy G. But I'm also unlucky since the only UK-UT fball game I've seen in person was the 84 game.
 
#84
#84
New rule. Next year if Kentucky struggles early against teams like VMI, then we need to refrain from talking any crap about it. It does no good if they lose to VMI at home if we proceed to get the crap kicked out of us both games.
 
#86
#86
Gotta reiterate: Tyler is a high-motor guy, and it looks to me like that motor is rapidly running out of gas down the stretch. He and Wayne have essentially carried this team all season, and the strain of that load is now quite evident.

Seriously, though: if you can't get up for Kentucky in Rupp Arena on national TV with possibly the SEC East title (as it were) and a trip to the Dance on the line, what, exactly, motivates you?
 
#87
#87
Billy Gillespie is nothing other than a bad coach on thin ice. The fact that Bruce Pearl was swept by them should put him on notice that he needs to redirect his socializing time to coaching and game planning.
 
#88
#88
UT IE 95 said:
Billy Gillespie is nothing other than a bad coach on thin ice. The fact that Bruce Pearl was swept by them should put him on notice that he needs to redirect his socializing time to coaching and game planning.
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Thin ice? Maybe. Definitely the case if UK misses the Dance. Bad coach? No. Not even close.
 
#90
#90
UT IE 95 said:
You contradict yourself. He is on thin ice because everyone realizes he's a bad coach.
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The only people who think Billy Gillispie is a bad coach are the kind of people stupid enough to say after the 2005 season that Bob Stoops was in decline and Phil Fulmer would lead UT back to the top of the SEC.
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#91
#91
I don't see Billy Clyde being at Kentucky more than 2 or 3 more years barring something dramatic happening.
 
#92
#92
Midfielder10 said:
I don't see Billy Clyde being at Kentucky more than 2 or 3 more years barring something dramatic happening.
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Is he going to be driven out of Lexington by Hispanic NBA gangs migrating north from Nashville?
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#93
#93
getyopopcornready said:
if Tennessee lost to Marquette and beat UK and Ole Miss they would be in much better shape
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Yeah, because their record would be better and they would be in first in their division, however I was arguing the merit of the Marquette win over a win over Kentucky, not Kentucky and Ole Miss.
 
#95
#95
hatvol96 said:
Is he going to be driven out of Lexington by Hispanic NBA gangs migrating north from Nashville?
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I actually saw 3 Hispanics walking down the road with baggy pants and Jason Kidd jerseys, I had a chuckle on your behalf.
 
#96
#96
hatvol96 said:
The only people who think Billy Gillispie is a bad coach are the kind of people stupid enough to say after the 2005 season that Bob Stoops was in decline and Phil Fulmer would lead UT back to the top of the SEC.
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Feel free to enlighten the nation with all the championships that Billy has won. A coach who has bad loses that outnumber good wins is a bad coach.

And then compare that to Pearl, who is a year younger.
 
#97
#97
UT IE 95 said:
Feel free to enlighten the nation with all the championships that Billy has won. A coach who has bad loses that outnumber good wins is a bad coach.

And then compare that to Pearl, who is a year younger.
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Yeah, ask the folks at UTEP and A&M about all the bad losses he had there. Also, ask them if they'd like to have him back. I'm pretty sure the UK fans would rather beat Tennessee and Florida than Gardner Webb And VMI. Then again, if I remember correctly, you were one of the mental giants trying to put Pearl on the level of Bill Self last year. By the way, speaking of bad losses, what's Pearl's career record against Jeff Lebo?
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#98
#98
UT IE 95 said:
Feel free to enlighten the nation with all the championships that Billy has won. A coach who has bad loses that outnumber good wins is a bad coach.

And then compare that to Pearl, who is a year younger.
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Then again, there is reason for optimism. I can only hope your slurping of Pearl brings the same results your slobbering over Failmer did.
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#99
#99
hatvol96 said:
Yeah, ask the folks at UTEP and A&M about all the bad losses he had there. Also, ask them if they'd like to have him back. I'm pretty sure the UK fans would rather beat Tennessee and Florida than Gardner Webb And VMI. Then again, if I remember correctly, you were one of the mental giants trying to put Pearl on the level of Bill Self last year. By the way, speaking of bad losses, what's Pearl's career record against Jeff Lebo?
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You sound like a Fulmerite defending Gillispie.
 
#100
#100
hatvol96 said:
Then again, there is reason for optimism. I can only hope your slurping of Pearl brings the same results your slobbering over Failmer did.
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You've got the wrong guy. I've never slurped over Pearl. In fact, his team's performance this years reeks of complacency.
 
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