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Topic: Lonzo Ball conundrum
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rupps runt65
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posted 03-20-2017 09:11 AM
Who's going to cover this monster, 6-6 guard who can stroke it and go inside. I fear him posting up our smaller guards and getting Fox into foul trouble. My guess is go at HIM with Fox or Monk and try and get him into early foul trouble. Another thing, Humphreys will have to play some big boy minutes because Bam can't do it all inside, they have a big front court. Willis will need to wade in and get at least 8-10 rebounds too. And for goodness sake...Monk had to find his shot again!!!
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posted 03-20-2017 09:29 AM
I think we will beat UCLA. Gut feeling, we owe them for getting us in Rupp.
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posted 03-20-2017 09:31 AM
Brisco and Hawkins will probably get Ball. And yes, Willis has to keep rebounding and playing the defense he has played lately.
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posted 03-20-2017 09:34 AM
I would start Briscoe on him. He is pretty good defensely and if he gets in foul trouble it's not as big a deal as Fox or Monk.
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posted 03-20-2017 10:33 AM
The bigger question I have is are we going to switch everything like last time? That is what killed us int he first game. They scored so many points off creating a mismatch, and then abusing us on it. Leaf and Welsh each scored the majority of their points with smaller players on them. I sure hope they actually watch game film this week and go into this game with a plan to execute. If we switch on everything there will be no way we win the game. IT also allowed them to get alot of put backs because the posts just rebounded over our smaller guards. We will also need to mix things up a little imo. I don't think it is best to just play straight man the entire game. It will definitely be a tough game for us to win. We will have to be at our best.
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posted 03-20-2017 11:34 AM
I am afraid this will be our swan song. Hope I'm wrong but the way we have played for two months has made me understand we just have a good team of 5* players who are too inconsistent. Maybe they will be rested and ready to go and we will shoot about 55% on all shots, including 3's. Leaf is one of those players lost by Cal that I think he would have loved to have signed.
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posted 03-20-2017 12:45 PM
We have got much better going thru the screens that under them which cost us last time. The only one who really switches is Bam the others hedge for a second then return to their man.
That is one thing Coach has worked on since the last UCLA game.
We win by 7!
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posted 03-20-2017 01:10 PM
I agree, they have fought through the screens much better, but I also believe they will have to mix in some zone and some press. The press seems to get people out of their rythum
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posted 03-20-2017 01:38 PM
they will kill us if we go zone - they have too many good long range shooters. just my opinion
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posted 03-20-2017 02:06 PM
I agree - I think zone will kill us. I think the key to victory will be guarding the 3-point line. If we do that we can win.
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posted 03-20-2017 02:16 PM
I agree, we should not play zone against UCLA or very very little. Just my opinion, but I think a zone defense is "primarily" for teams that don't have the athletes to play man to man. Please note I said primarily, a zone has it's place at times but if you have athletes I believe your primary defense should be man to man.
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posted 03-20-2017 02:40 PM
I'm just saying mix it in for a set or two, same with press, just to give a different look here and there
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posted 03-20-2017 03:03 PM
I agree with the press. I still don't know why we didn't full-court press Wichita St. They only played two guards and I believe we could've forced them into a ton of turnovers with the press.
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posted 03-20-2017 05:26 PM
UCLA is an above average offensive team, but below average defensive team. I think our defense has improved since December and we'll need one of our best efforts to slow them down. It should be a humdinger of a game. Go Big Blue!!!
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Trey Ball
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posted 03-20-2017 11:15 PM
To be honest, I don't care who guards Lonzo because you are not going to be able to contain and stop him.
The key to beating UCLA will be to contain and control Leaf and not to leave Alford for wide open threes.
The last thing I would do would be to press UCLA. That plays right into UCLA and Lonzo Ball's hand. Sprint back on defense and make them work for shots.
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posted 03-21-2017 06:47 AM
I agree Trey, except I think you maybe press just in a couple spurts, and only if you need to change things. The key to their team is Leaf, Welsh. Lonzo will get his, but i do think you make him work like a dog to get the ball in the half court. The more you keep it out of his hands, the better our chances will be. And force Welsh to have to post up and do a post move. He is much better away from the basket and shooting a jumper.
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posted 03-21-2017 07:19 AM
If Cal didn't put on the press against Wichita St, he sure as heck ain't gonna do it against UCLA. We're wasting our time with this conversation. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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posted 03-21-2017 08:15 AM
I believe that Kentucky is a much better team, defensively, than at the start of the season. I like UK for the win by 9 points.
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posted 03-21-2017 01:04 PM
UCLA is a 4 pronged offense, Leaf, Welsh, Ball & Alford. You must shut down 2 of the prongs to stand a chance. The biggest part of the way to win is have a great shooting percentage. I'd say that's where we will lose if we do lose. We can control our defense when we want to. Fox can't continually folow his man like he did in the last game. Fox has started relying on someone un der the basket to stop his man. The only defense he played in the last game was out around the 3 pt line. Hope we can find a way to win it but I am very doubtful. I'm promising to keep my mouth shut during this game and let them play it without my coaching. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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posted 03-21-2017 02:55 PM
If you are going to press, your back line defense better be stellar and it would help if you had a rim protector.....we have neither, I would not press UCLA unless it was in a very short spurt when ball was out of the game.
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posted 03-21-2017 03:43 PM
If you had noticed coach is now using a trap in the half court more than he has in the past. Trapping Ball every once in a while might cause them to make a few mistakes!
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rupps runt65
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posted 03-21-2017 03:49 PM
Agree Ga. Cat, I just mean throw one in there here and there, even a passive press just to get them out of their rythum and make them hurry against the shot clock and maybe take a bad shot. I'm afraid that switch defense of ours is going to end up with a guy like Leaf or the other big posting up on one of our guards. It's happened all year long. If the guards don't fight through those screens their gonna had us our heads,imo...
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posted 03-21-2017 03:54 PM
UKCATFANNFL, Exactly right...And it worked.
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posted 03-21-2017 08:04 PM
Our defense allowed UCLA to shoot 53% from the field and 43.5% from the 3 point line in Rupp. If we don't play defense any better than that we don't deserve to beat them. I don't think Cal will let that happen two times in a row and he will have our Cats ready to play some good D this time around.
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ukman
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posted 03-22-2017 01:27 PM
I hope they have watched some film this week to prepare. That is a huge help imo.
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