The Pembroke Postgame Report.

#102
#102
It seems to me that the Pearl era is done. I'd hope that Hamilton is shaping up his short list of candidates.
 
#104
#104
Disappointed in the effort last night. UK isn't nearly the team as they were last year & neither is UT. Still, the self-styled basketball negavols here make me puke in my mouth.
 
#106
#106
bnhunt said:
I would say grabbing the rim on a layup and not having goaltending called is about as "egregious" as it gets. Even Dykes said we got 2 stolen from us.
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The ball has to be in the cylinder or off the backboard on its way to the rim for that to be goaltending. That ball was not even in the zip code of the rim. No way we deserved a goaltending call there.
 
#107
#107
therickbol said:
The ball has to be in the cylinder or off the backboard on its way to the rim for that to be goaltending. That ball was not even in the zip code of the rim. No way we deserved a goaltending call there.
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absurd. That was basket interference, period. You can't touch the rim with a ball on the board. His moving the rim changed the trajectory of the ball off the glass. If that were legal, people would always slap the board when the ball hit it.
 
#108
#108
BigPapaVol said:
absurd. That was basket interference, period. You can't touch the rim with a ball on the board. His moving the rim changed the trajectory of the ball off the glass. If that were legal, people would always slap the board when the ball hit it.
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That was my point. From my recollection, the ball was not on the board. As ugly as it was to watch, my memory might be a little distorted. I just remember the shot being nowhere close to the rim and not on the backboard.
 
#109
#109
therickbol said:
That was my point. From my recollection, the ball was not on the board. As ugly as it was to watch, my memory might be a little distorted. I just remember the shot being nowhere close to the rim and not on the backboard.
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ball was on the glass. Wouldn't have been goaltending, was definitely basket interference.
 
#110
#110
The way McBee is used in the offense doesn't make any sense. He can't create his own shots, and yet his role is to stand off to the side and catch the occasional pass. He should be constantly moving and coming off screens if he's ever going to get decent looks. The only one who can create his own shots is Hopson. That said, if that's the plan for UT's offense then McBee doesn't need any minutes.
 
#112
#112
Hardwood_fanatic said:
Not his season high. 5 double/doubles. Williams and Fields have a combined 1 double/double. You guys are butt hurt over getting dominated down low by a guy like Josh, and I don't blame you. However, he's a better player than you give him credit for.
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I'd be very happy to trade Williams and Fields for Josh right now. He's not the most talented player, but gives it all he has every time out.
 
#113
#113
Incipient said:
He had nine rebounds tonight. Our second leading rebounder was Melvin Goins. You know, the point guard. With five.

Brian didn't play his best game tonight, and I certainly make the same criticisms for him not going up hard at the rim. But of all our inside guys tonight, he was not the problem. He had more rebounds than Fields, Pearl, and Harris combined. Actually, Melvin Goins had as many rebounds as Fields, Pearl, and Harris combined.
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All of our inside players played very poorly today, and BW was every bit the problem all of those other guys were.
 
#114
#114
hatvol96 said:
1. That's a thoroughly underwhelming effort in a big game. There's no excuse for a lack of energy playing that opponent.
2. Tennessee certainly didn't appear to get any lift from Bruce Pearl's return. They better find some answers by Saturday.
3. Scotty Hopson showed some fight tonight. He was certainly better than most of his teammates.
4. Tobias Harris played as poorly as he has all season. The game was just plain too big for him tonight.
5. ESPN has gone around the bend in their coverage of the Heat. I'm pretty sure we can survive without pass by pass updates on the Bottom Line.
6. There's no excuse for a guy as limited as Josh Harrellson coming from 20 feet out to get an offensive rebound. That's just ridiculous.
7. It's a good thing Darius Miller didn't shoot it as he normally does against Tennessee. Had he done that, the margin would have been around 30.
8. DeAndre Liggins is the most underrated player in the SEC. He's going to make a very nice living playing professionally.
9. Josh Bone took advantage of his minutes. Here's hoping he gets more.
10. John Calipari's NBA experience showed through tonight. UK didn't guard Tennessee's offensive stiffs and that put them in position to strangle off UT's attack.
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Don't think it should take NBA experience to figure it out... but we HAVE to do something about those stiffs!
 
#115
#115
SeanJean said:
All of our inside players played very poorly today, and BW was every bit the problem all of those other guys were.
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I never said he played well, but it's hard to say we'd be better off without him when he was our best big by a fairly wide margin.
 
#116
#116
TennesseeFan07 said:
Really dumb move for Bruce considering he brought all of this on himself.
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I don't believe he would have a problem if his family stayed home. People need to learn how to heckle tastefully. Believe me I love heckling but when there is family around you shutup with the offensive noise.
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#117
#117
therickbol said:
The ball has to be in the cylinder or off the backboard on its way to the rim for that to be goaltending. That ball was not even in the zip code of the rim. No way we deserved a goaltending call there.
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Erroneous. your memory has done you wrong. It was on the back board or close to hitting it when he nailed the rim. It was a basket interference no question. I really dont understand how three refs missed that call.
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#119
#119
UK attacked the ball, the rim, and our players all night to win this game. UT lacked a team effort last night and looked unprepared to defend UK's attack. Defend the the ball, the rim and protect each other. Those types of losses need to stop now or Pearl should be fired.

Offensively, UT has to start finishing. They had plenty of good shots that simply rimmed out.
 
#120
#120
zjcvols said:
Decided not to make a new thread, just thought the irony was rich.

A Kentucky fan yelled "Welcome back" as Pearl headed to the locker room following warm-ups. But not all proved as welcoming. A small group of blue-clad fans directly behind the Tennessee bench shouted things like "cheater," "liar" and other unprintable words at Pearl (which, given Kentucky's own spotty NCAA history, seemed a little ironic). At halftime, Pearl asked arena security to do something about the fans.

"It was just the language; my family is back there," Pearl said. "They can say whatever they want." - Brian Bennett

Bruce, I've heard you on the bench. Don't play that game. That's ridiculous.
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This is Pearl pretending he has a soft side. Pearl, no one feels sorry for you.
 
#122
#122
Hardwood_fanatic said:
We have agreed before about Liggins, worth saying again. He is worthy of 15mpg in the league as a role player.

Harrellson works as hard as he possibly can pretty much every game and every possession. He is never the most talented on the floor, but if teams bigs do not match his intensity he will continue to do that to opponents and lead the SEC in boards.

I seen little to no fire or effort from UT tonight in this game. It was as if they knew the outcome when they stepped off the bus. I'm not convinced Bruces return wasn't more of a hinderance than help.
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Breaking news.
 
#123
#123
Hardwood_fanatic said:
Poke fun all you like, but its the truth. The hippo is doing something right while leading the league in boards. I would worry more about the two soft bigs you have rather than coming up with witty barbs for someone elses. Just saying.
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Good luck riding that truth to the final four.
 
#124
#124
The key to Harrellson's success this year has been his conditioning which was greatly helped by the running he has had to do before each practice as discipline for some twitter comments he made. They have brought in a treadmill to the practice facility for him to run on before each practice.

Brian Williams had a lot of success after he lost a lot of weight and got in shape last year which was also due to some discipline. The difference is that he's slacked off since then. If he had kept it up he'd be a monster right now. Maybe he should get in some trouble again.
 
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