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So far it looks like the Wildcats are improved in every phase of their game.

I do not worry about any of their 3 point shooters other than Thompson, but it looks like by the time we play John Wall he will be the consensus best player in college basketball. Cousins looks excellent and so does Patrick Patterson.

If they close out against UNC and beat UConn it will be excellent for our conference, and it will make a win against them this year even more meaningful than the Pearl victory over Calipari at Memphis.
 
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John Wall will put up 30 with Maze guarding him
 
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uh oh, john wall, (aka tim tebow of college basketball) appears to be injured, i hate kentucky, calipari is scum, that is all......
 
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i wasnt basking in the fact that he was injured, i would never wish injury on any player; the tone of my comment may have led to believe that i was happy he was hurt, that is not the case friend. i am indeed staying classy, u should do the same.
 
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TN-gator-HATER said:
i wasnt basking in the fact that he was injured, i would never wish injury on any player; the tone of my comment may have led to believe that i was happy he was hurt, that is not the case friend. i am indeed staying classy, u should do the same.
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The tone sure seemed like gloating to me.
By the way, I am not your friend.
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Personally, I think Patterson is just as important as Wall. He can now knock down that 15 ft jumper and has even hit a few threes.

Terribly misused during the Gillispie years...
 
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Lofton4Three said:
And the spelling of Gator is just oozing with maturity.
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there you go with another personal attack, im pretty sure i never said nething directed towards you until you had to try and be funny and i responded to your "stay classy". just let it go
 
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MikeHamiltonFan said:
So far it looks like the Wildcats are improved in every phase of their game.

I do not worry about any of their 3 point shooters other than Thompson, but it looks like by the time we play John Wall he will be the consensus best player in college basketball. Cousins looks excellent and so does Patrick Patterson.

If they close out against UNC and beat UConn it will be excellent for our conference, and it will make a win against them this year even more meaningful than the Pearl victory over Calipari at Memphis.
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Who's Thompson? I watched the game and don't recall a Thompson other than the one for UNC. :blink:
 
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We may have to just foul Cousins everytime he gets the ball. He can't shoot AT ALL from the FT line.
 
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Jocyvol said:
Who's Thompson? I watched the game and don't recall a Thompson other than the one for UNC. :blink:
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Sorry, not Deon Thompson, I meant Dodson. But after watching him miss lots later...

I do not think we need to worry about UK beating us with three pointers. It will be interesting playing them, they look more like us than any other team I have watched in terms of what they want to do defensively and offensively. They certainly have more talent than we do, but I am hoping that just like Thompson almost pulled UNC back into it, we can use 4 seniors to show mental toughness and beat the Wildcats.

If they played two halves against us like the first half against UNC they will murder us.

If they play two halves like the second half against UNC we will murder them.

I expect something in between.
 
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MikeHamiltonFan said:
Sorry, not Deon Thompson, I meant Dodson. But after watching him miss lots later...

I do not think we need to worry about UK beating us with three pointers. It will be interesting playing them, they look more like us than any other team I have watched in terms of what they want to do defensively and offensively. They certainly have more talent than we do, but I am hoping that just like Thompson almost pulled UNC back into it, we can use 4 seniors to show mental toughness and beat the Wildcats.

If they played two halves against us like the first half against UNC they will murder us.

If they play two halves like the second half against UNC we will murder them.
I expect something in between.
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Count on Wall playing 35+ minutes, so I don't see that happening.

And with the way we play perimeter D I expect the UK outside shooters to work us over.
 
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MikeHamiltonFan said:
Sorry, not Deon Thompson, I meant Dodson. But after watching him miss lots later...

I do not think we need to worry about UK beating us with three pointers. It will be interesting playing them, they look more like us than any other team I have watched in terms of what they want to do defensively and offensively. They certainly have more talent than we do, but I am hoping that just like Thompson almost pulled UNC back into it, we can use 4 seniors to show mental toughness and beat the Wildcats.

If they played two halves against us like the first half against UNC they will murder us.

If they play two halves like the second half against UNC we will murder them.

I expect something in between.
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Thats something this team is going to have to learn, is how to put two halves together. Cal said after the game that "freshmen do stupid things", which is spot on. One thing is obvious, without Wall on this team, UK is 4-4 this year.

By the time we play UT, we should be more well oiled offensively and defensively. But you can't expect 31-5 runs all the time.

One thing I love about this team, is they almost force you to give up a couple of things, like picking your poison. Either send three to the boards and keep two guards back in transition D, giving up the rebounds..... or give Wall/Bledsoe a head start down the floor on long rebounds and outlet passes.

It will be interesting to see how things play out.
 
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Hardwood_fanatic said:
Either send three to the boards and keep two guards back in transition D, giving up the rebounds..... or give Wall/Bledsoe a head start down the floor on long rebounds and outlet passes.
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My wife got irritated by how many times I paused and rewound to watch those. Wall in particular but all the freshmen studs can pass as well as any group I have ever watched. It was exciting and enjoyable.

This is not to you but to the person above, we do not have to worry about UK beating us by shooting tons of 3s. No one on their team is remotely as good as an outside shooter as Jodie Meeks was last year. This year they will steal the ball and run it out for dunks, and when we are back on defense, John Wall will take his man off the dribble and get to the hole and if the interior defender moves to help, he will pass the ball perfectly.

One more piece of praise for Wall, watching his body control when he knew he was going to get fouled was truly impressive. When he brought the ball to his left hip and shot it left handed while taking the foul it was silly, and his lean when he has a guy trying to hit him and deny him the points from 6 feet was NBA ready.
 
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No, it won't be a singular player that will burn us from 3, it will be our soft defense on Miller, Dodson, Wall, and Patterson.
 
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UTLCA said:
No, it won't be a singular player that will burn us from 3, it will be our soft defense on Miller, Dodson, Wall, and Patterson.
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You let Miller, Dodson, Bledsoe and Patterson (throw in Harrelson and Hood when in) catch the ball for a set shot, they are certainly good enough.

The only player on this UK team that can step off a screen or crossover and hit three's consistently is dodson.

But if you fail to play transition d and give up set shots, this team shoots it well enough to bury you.
 
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Hardwood_fanatic said:
You let Miller, Dodson, Bledsoe and Patterson (throw in Harrelson and Hood when in) catch the ball for a set shot, they are certainly good enough.

The only player on this UK team that can step off a screen or crossover and hit three's consistently is dodson.

But if you fail to play transition d and give up set shots, this team shoots it well enough to bury you.
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Wow, you and I are in agreement.

I do not think you will need set shots unless we improve a great deal. You can just have Wall take it to hole all day until we change our defense, and when we do, he can just feed P Pat and Cousins.

If the game comes down to P Pat and Chism shooting threes I will want to punch myself in the face.
 
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MikeHamiltonFan said:
Wow, you and I are in agreement.

I do not think you will need set shots unless we improve a great deal. You can just have Wall take it to hole all day until we change our defense, and when we do, he can just feed P Pat and Cousins.

If the game comes down to P Pat and Chism shooting threes I will want to punch myself in the face.
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Its amazing what happens when the planets align. lol

It really is a "pick your poison" type of situation. One man is not going to stop Wall at full speed. You have to commit others to help, and he will continue to find the open man.

Also, the whole "Patterson will struggle in this system, will be terrible" theory that floated around so long can finally be put to rest I think.
 
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Hardwood_fanatic said:
Its amazing what happens when the planets align. lol

It really is a "pick your poison" type of situation. One man is not going to stop Wall at full speed. You have to commit others to help, and he will continue to find the open man.

Also, the whole "Patterson will struggle in this system, will be terrible" theory that floated around so long can finally be put to rest I think.
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I disagree. It's not a "pick your poison" unless you play stupid like UNC and try to guard Wall out at 35-40ft. I'm sitting in the paint on wall and daring him to shoot if I'm game planning UK. There, you can keep from just letting him blow by you and get people completely uncontested 3's.
 
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kiffinator13 said:
I disagree. It's not a "pick your poison" unless you play stupid like UNC and try to guard Wall out at 35-40ft. I'm sitting in the paint on wall and daring him to shoot if I'm game planning UK. There, you can keep from just letting him blow by you and get people completely uncontested 3's.
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I'm sure it was Carolina's game plan to "play stupid". I'm sure they said " its no problem to stop John Wall at far from the basket". Its a game of cause and effect. If anyone on UT (or any team in the country for that matter) can run step for step with wall in the open floor off a rebound and beat him to the lane to "sit in the paint", then so be it.

But its not happening, at least on a full time basis. Its a good theory, but not as easy as you make it sound.

If your going to slack two guards back for transition D and give up rebounds, then its possible. Otherwise, I don't see it happening.
 
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