Arkansas fans, get ready...
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No, that the team is very talented, but it’s not talented enough to hide Cal's flaws.
Go back and read what was said.
Oh wait, maybe YOU shouldn't, you twist everything to fit your dipshit agenda.
I guess we can conclude that Bill Self sucks too, based on the last few games. And Dan Hurley now sucks too.
Tell me more about "dipshit agendas." 🤣
My act? Calling out bad takes?
Gee, Arky sure looks awful right now, eh? 80 points and a double digit lead midway through the 2nd half vs a top 15 team.
Your timing is impeccable. 🤣
This take right here tells me you’re clueless when it comes to Cal.
This is the same guy that can go into Knoxville, beat Tennessee with Dalton Knecht, then lose to Oakland.
Maybe you should pay attention to what I'm saying, I believe I know a lot more about Calipari than you do.
Continue on with your UK hate, you continue to look butthurt on here every day.
The one who shouts the same tired BS about Calipari every day thinks I'm butthurt about something. Keep 'em coming. 😂
So what has Ark's 8-2 start proven you right about again?
More twisting.
You said it, now prove that I "shout the same tired BS about Cal on here every day". Prove that.
Truth is, I rarely say shit about Cal on here.
Prove it, or stfu.
I'll answer your dumb question: So what if Arkansas is 8-2, why are they unranked?
Who's top 5 and who's unranked? Who has more talent, UK, or Arkansas?
Can you show me on the doll where UK touched you? Was it your no no place?
Way off about...what again?
So far the only comments that look stupid are Jeff's rants about how untalented Arkansas is and claiming this roster is worse than the 9-16 team.
I said it wasn't enough talent for Cal. Most other coaches would win big with that talent, but that is one of the least talented teams Cal has had in 20 years.
That's what I said there Chubby Checker.
You have over 80 posts in this thread alone. Most of which are longer than the average Stephen King novel.
I'm gonna assume this is a joke. 🤣😂
No one's talking about Kentucky. So you've been proven right because Arky is unranked on 12/10, until the next poll drops? Well, who can argue with that I guess.
Can you show us where Calipari touched you?
He's already almost matched the win total of the '21 team, which you said was better than this one.
So one of your comments has been proven to be way wrong, but I haven't seen one that's been proven right...
Arkansas was up 18 with 10 minutes left in the game. I think both teams had their ups and downs.
Also, not sure what deal with the devil Kentucky has, but it’s impressive.
Down a combined 25 points at half vs Gonzaga and Duke and then both teams proceed to shoot 1/20 from three with the vast majority being wide open. All the props in the world for winning those games - may be the best “top two wins” in the country (maybe Auburn with Iowa State and Houston) - but man oh man did Duke and Gonzaga put up all time shitty offensive performances in both halves.
Down a combined 25 points at half vs Gonzaga and Duke and then both teams proceed to shoot 1/20 from three with the vast majority being wide open. All the props in the world for winning those games - may be the best “top two wins” in the country (maybe Auburn with Iowa State and Houston) - but man oh man did Duke and Gonzaga put up all time shitty offensive performances in both halves.
So that's how you think you're going to justify your lie? 80 posts? That's another lie. You’re the king of lying, twisting and exaggerating.
Yeah, the '21 team HAD MORE TALENT, I didn't say it was a better team, but it had 5 NBA talents on it.
How many are going to the NBA off this roster? FYI, I said that before Trevon Brazille decided to come back. I don't know if he’s an NBA talent, or not. Most likely not. Right now, DJ Wagner is a G-League talent and I doubt Big Z actually plays in the league.
So again, you twisted what I said. Nothing was proven wrong.
KY has been playing 10 guys, I think they get into the legs of their opponents and it affects their shooting.
That’s my theory anyway.
I think that’s a good theory vs Duke. Scheyer is an idiot who had a McDAA 50% 3PT shooter on the sideline and he didn’t play a minute.
Gonzaga is the opposite. Both teams had an 8 man rotation with 8 guys playing over 10 minutes. The minutes breakdown was almost identical for the two teams.
I mean, Pope made some strong adjustments both games. Kentucky also shot like crap against the Zags. Don’t think we got any particularly lucky breaks in either game. We earned those wins.
Big win for Arkansas last night. That’s a game last year Cal loses for Kentucky. Boogie is ahead of his years and it looks like the bigs can play solid defense.
Big win for Arkansas last night. That’s a game last year Cal loses for Kentucky. Boogie is ahead of his years and it looks like the bigs can play solid defense.
Specific to Gonzaga, they shot 6/27 from 3, UK shot 7/25...both sucky numbers. Not like UK was lighting it up, they were almost equally as bad. (As an aside, Gonzaga, if I recall correctly, made multiple 3s in OT, so not sure where you are getting the combined 1-20 coming out of the half, unless I am just misreading.)
As for Duke, Pope coached circles around Scheyer in the second half. Scheyer looked clueless. Duke's offense consisted of going 1-1 every play and trying to "out-athlete" UK. He looked like a mini Cal haha. No strategy to speak of, whatsoever.
I think eventually Scheyer is going to realize that trying to run so much of the offense through Flagg is limiting the potential of the team.
There are a lot of weapons on that team, but right now, it looks like it's the Cooper Flagg show.
I think Pope did some good things on offense. Absolutely agree on that. He basically just started doing a lot of ghost slips and Kentucky got quite a bit of and ones at the bucket. Give him credit for that; really good adjustment. But Gonzaga missed so many wide open threes in the second. That's not really coaching. That's just the ball bouncing the right way. It has to bounce one way and it bounced Kentucky's way. Not an excuse, they won the game. All the credit to them. Just a reality.
However, I don't think it was a unique situation for the Kentucky shooting:
Gonzaga: 7/25
Clemson: 7/27
Georgia St: 7/26
W Kentucky: 8/29
So the last 4 games - or basically half of the season - 29/107 - 27.1%
Two things I think impact that: 1) Brea was bound to cool down; he's an elite shooter, but not a 75% 3PT shooter and 2) guys like Oweh (shot 20% from 3 in the Big12), Carr (averages less than a made 3 a game in his career), and Butler (career 32% 3PT shooter) were bound to cool down. Still some good shooters, but unless Butler is driving and dishing, I assume most teams are going to force Williams, Carr, and Garrison to beat them from 2. Kentucky shot 50 2s in that game - the most for them on the season. Carr & Butler are y'alls two most important players, IMO. If Butler isn't driving, it puts a lot of pressure on Carr to facilitate out of the post. Additionally, if Butler is getting guys open from the 3 on his drives, guys just really aren't getting open.
Not trying to flame bait, just attempting to give my opinion.
Actually, it’s you that’s lying, per usual.
Are you seriously doubling down on the lie that you haven’t talked about Calipari much? 🤣 😂
One of the funniest things I’ve ever read here. Holy shit. 😆
LMAO
You can’t even admit that was a bad take, yet you bumped this expecting someone to admit you were right about something?
I guess if I took the time to go back and read your Tom Clancy novels, there could be an accurate comment in there somewhere.
I'll agree on your second paragraph, I think Scheyer is one of the worst coach's in D1. The last 11 minutes of that game no one else on Duke made a point but Flagg. He ran the same play over and over and over: high ball screen with Knueppel and Flagg leading to an ultimate ISO situation for Flagg who always does 1 of 2 things: straight line drive as he beats his man or 1 to 2 dribbles and pivots at the elbow for a midrange jumper.
All they had to do was post up Flagg, that's it. They refused to do it.
Gonzaga made 3 3s in OT. They were 0/9 from 3 in the second half. Check for yourself. The NCAA does all shot charts for every game.
Duke Game: Duke was 1/15 on shots outside of the paint in the second: Page 18 of this PDF
Gonzaga Game: Gonzaga was 4/18 on shots outside of the paint in the second & OT: page 21 of this PDF. But you can see they were 0/9 from on page 14
So for 45 minutes, Kentucky's opponents were 5/33 (15%) on jumpshots. Absolutely you put some credit towards the D; but again, there's just a reality that it's also horrible shooing.
You said Duke and Gonzaga proceeded to shoot 1/20 from 3 after halftime. I am saying that is not accurate, as you just confirmed Gonzaga made three 3s in OT...therefore it is not possible that Duke and Gonzaga cumulatively shot 1/20 after halftime from 3.
Why no mention of all the wide open 3s UK missed? Why do you only use that logic for Duke/Gonzaga?
Just because UKs three point shooting the last four games has been substandard, that in no way means that is the norm.
Clearly, clearly I was talking about the 2nd half. As I just said and proved to you.
I already mentioned Kentucky's shooting. It's not an aberration, that's who they are right now. But, Kentucky was 8/26 (31%) from 3 in the second half in both games [5/17 vs Gonzaga; so they were +15 from three in the second half vs Gonzaga].
Kentucky is now 82nd in the country from the 3 & 8th in the SEC. It looks quite obviously to be the norm.
No offense taken. Solid post.
We still have a good number of players that average right at 34 percent from three or better for their careers. Kerr, Brea, Robinson, Carr, Oweh, and Almonor. With the amount of 3s we take, those are all solid numbers and that’s kind of where I expect to finish this season at as a team. If that’s the case, Kentucky will be right there at the finish line. Shooting hasn’t been the best the last four games but with the guys we have I expect it to get better.
I also think it’s a tad hypocritical for anyone, not just your post, to say Kentucky got a better bounce against the Zags when they shot significantly below average from 3. If you are going to point out Gonzaga missed a lot of open looks, you have to acknowledge Kentucky did, as well.
