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posted 11-24-2014 04:22 PM
Wow looking at it from Montana State's perspective and we look like a complete lock but bet it won't be that easy.
Montana State trailed host UCLA only 53-46 in the second half before eventually losing 113-78.
Sunday night in Rupp Arena, Montana State managed only 11 points the first 30 minutes of the game before losing 86-28 to No. 1 Kentucky. So I asked Montana State coach Brian Fish how UK and UCLA compared.
“I think we made them mad. They missed their first seven or eight shots (actually 10), whatever it was to start the game and we threw a jump zone at them because we knew man-on-man we couldn’t stop them,” said Fish. “They missed some shots and we couldn’t advance it early on up the floor against the press.”
So how do Kentucky and UCLA, who play each other Dec. 20 in Chicago, compare?
“UCLA (and Kentucky) are totally two different teams. You guys play in waves and UCLA plays five guys 35 minutes a game,” Fish said. “I think Bryce Alford is an NBA player. I think Norman Powell – even last year being in the Pac 12 at Oregon (as an assistant coach) – I thought Norman Powell was as good as anyone last year in transition and he has gotten better and can shot it.
“They are a very, very good team but I think the one thing you have seen that Kentucky can do is they are going to get everybody’s best shot. But at some point with that length and athleticism and that skill that they have, they just wear you down over time.”
Fish said he was “really disappointed” in his team’s effort even though it has been on a 12-day, four-game road trip.
“I don’t want to add pressure to coach Cal’s team, but a very, very good team and I thought they played very well tonight. I knew if they played well, we’d be in trouble and they played well and the results were what I expected when they played that way,” Fish said.
Fish said it was “hard to simulate” Kentucky’s length even though he tried in practice.
“Somebody told me the other day that Kentucky was the eighth tallest team in the country, including the NBA. It’s hard to simulate that length, and we understand that,” Fish said. “We practiced two-on-one drills and three-on-two drills, bringing the ball up.
“I credit coach Cal for how hard they played tonight. I want to reiterate what he said ‘that was UK’s second best game they played all year,’ and it certainly looked that way. At times, you felt helpless, and you don’t know which guy to attack.
“There are a lot of teams out there that if you get a certain guy in foul trouble, then you get a guy coming in that you can attack. With them, it is McDonald’s All-American after McDonald’s All-American.”
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