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Posted by Old Norm (Member # 1482) on 03-23-2019, 03:08 PM:

They CAN shoot. Gotta guard a little better than that!

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 03:13 PM:

Cats are going to play better than have in the first 5 minutes.

Posted by Old Norm (Member # 1482) on 03-23-2019, 03:13 PM:

They had better!

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 03:15 PM:

11-11 with 12 minutes in the half.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 03:21 PM:

You never know from game to game how these Cats are going to play. Hopefully Cal will have them ready for Wofford.

Posted by Old Norm (Member # 1482) on 03-23-2019, 03:26 PM:

39% shooting ain't going to get it.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 03:27 PM:

Hagans has 4 assists in 9 minutes of play.

Posted by Old Norm (Member # 1482) on 03-23-2019, 03:29 PM:

I think that low shooting percentage is mostly due to 0 for 4 from behind the arc.

Posted by EnterpriseCat (Member # 2881) on 03-23-2019, 03:31 PM:

Need to hit an outside shot to open up the inside. They are crowding the paint.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 03:31 PM:

Johnson off the bench leads the Cats in scoring with 4 points.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 03:33 PM:

So far Wofford are not intimidated playing the Cats.

Posted by Old Norm (Member # 1482) on 03-23-2019, 03:34 PM:

BOGUS call on EJ.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 03:36 PM:

Cats 0-5 from the 3 point line and are losing 21-15.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 03:38 PM:

Wofford is 5-10 from the 3 point line.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 03:39 PM:

Johnson fouls a 3 point shooter! UGH

Posted by Old Norm (Member # 1482) on 03-23-2019, 03:40 PM:

Damn! Can't foul 3 pt shooter!

[ 03-23-2019, 03:40 PM: Message edited by: Old Norm ]

Posted by Old Norm (Member # 1482) on 03-23-2019, 03:40 PM:

Especially a 90% shooter!

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 03:40 PM:

Cats now down by 6!

Posted by Old Norm (Member # 1482) on 03-23-2019, 03:42 PM:

Treyball said this might happen. Sure wish he had been wrong!

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 03:44 PM:

So far Cats look placid and not shooting well! 30% from the field!

Posted by ukman (Member # 3032) on 03-23-2019, 03:44 PM:

The little bit I have seen we look like we have no clue what to do on offense. Stop running the stupid circle play over and over. It isn't working right now. Are we already going into small mode? We need to play fast and push the ball down their throats.

Posted by ukman (Member # 3032) on 03-23-2019, 03:46 PM:

Our bigs can outrun theirs. Just had Richard's open for a dunk and Hagans missed him

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 03:46 PM:

Hoover with 11 points already for Wofford!

Posted by Old Norm (Member # 1482) on 03-23-2019, 03:47 PM:

Baker hesitant to shoot the three.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 03:47 PM:

Tie game with a Hagans steal!

Posted by Old Norm (Member # 1482) on 03-23-2019, 03:48 PM:

Our 1st lead.

Posted by Old Norm (Member # 1482) on 03-23-2019, 03:49 PM:

PJ coaching.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 03:49 PM:

Travis makes 2-2 from the line to put the Cats up by 2!

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 03:50 PM:

28-26 Cats at the half.

Posted by handycat (Member # 2323) on 03-23-2019, 03:51 PM:

No way we deserve to lead this game at half!

Posted by Trey Ball (Member # 332) on 03-23-2019, 03:53 PM:

Fletcher gets his first two on maybe the most obvious double dribble that I have ever seen and I have seen a lot in pee wee basketball.

How can the refs miss that? He dribbles it off his foot, picks up the ball and dribbles into a shot. Are you kidding me?

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 03:54 PM:

Travis off the bench leads us in scoring and rebounding with 6 of each!

Posted by ukman (Member # 3032) on 03-23-2019, 03:55 PM:

Ugly half. Hopefully cal will get them playing faster. Push the ball up every time and force them to Sprint back. We have to be willing to shoot the three. That's what they are giving us. We are going to have to hit some threes, or get points off turnovers

Posted by Bama Cat (Member # 153) on 03-23-2019, 03:57 PM:

The refrs have made some bad calls but as I said the defense will win this one. We learned (I hope) from the first 4 minutes, if we don't play a tight defense we are going home. They can play some defense we are finding out. Our biggest problem is Johnson makes a basket then he goes to the other end and gives one up. Johnson has never learned how to play a tight D on a guy. Hope it don't drag him down in the draft because any fool can see he don't really like defense too much. Hope he does better in the second half. We should win this if Herro ever wakes up. We have the lead with so much going wrong with us. Hope we don't do like we did in the TN game.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 03:59 PM:

We sure didn't look ready to play Wofford and better play with more passion than they did the first half!

Posted by Bama Cat (Member # 153) on 03-23-2019, 03:59 PM:

I called the double dribble also and I saw an over and back on the play they went on down and I believe scored.

Posted by handycat (Member # 2323) on 03-23-2019, 04:00 PM:

I'm going out on a limb here and say we can win this game IF we can just score more points than they do.

Posted by Bama Cat (Member # 153) on 03-23-2019, 04:01 PM:

That's brave of you. [Big Grin]

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 04:08 PM:

We better put some pressure on Hoover who scored 11 in 15 minutes of play. Our leading scorer Travis who came off the bench had 6 points and 6 boards.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 04:11 PM:

We also have not scored a 3!

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 04:14 PM:

Travis scored down low and hopefully will work the ball to our bigs down low!

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 04:16 PM:

We give them 2 bunnies and they end up at the line and go 1-2!

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 04:17 PM:

Not a good start and now down by 4!

Posted by Old Norm (Member # 1482) on 03-23-2019, 04:19 PM:

FINALLY! A three!

Posted by Old Norm (Member # 1482) on 03-23-2019, 04:20 PM:

Travis was fouled HARD on that rebound. Refs didn't give a damn.

Posted by EnterpriseCat (Member # 2881) on 03-23-2019, 04:23 PM:

I think the refs get caught up in the cinderella stories nad give the underdogs too much slack...unless they’re playing Duke.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 04:25 PM:

Got to make free throws!

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 04:27 PM:

Montgomery give the Cats a 3 point lead.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 04:28 PM:

Johnson for 3 and a 6 point lead!

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 04:28 PM:

13-2 run by the Cats!

Posted by Trey Ball (Member # 332) on 03-23-2019, 04:29 PM:

Jackson just committed his 9th foul but has only been called for 3

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 04:30 PM:

45-37 Cats with 12:02 to go.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 04:31 PM:

Travis only Cat with double digit points. (10)

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 04:34 PM:

Travis also leads in boards with 8!

Posted by Trey Ball (Member # 332) on 03-23-2019, 04:35 PM:

Herro has not been very good today. Playing way too fast and keeps driving the ball into the defense instead of away from the defense. Tennessee game all over again.

Posted by Old Norm (Member # 1482) on 03-23-2019, 04:35 PM:

Amazing what hitting a couple of threes will do. Now if we only had some fair officiating. We should be up by double digits,

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 04:39 PM:

Hero has 2 points in 25 minutes.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 04:40 PM:

Hope we never see these refs again!

Posted by Old Norm (Member # 1482) on 03-23-2019, 04:41 PM:

Looked flagrant to me!

Posted by ukman (Member # 3032) on 03-23-2019, 04:41 PM:

Has anyone else noticed that Richard's sucks at setting screens. He doesn't even let the guy run into him. He just rolls way too early.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 04:41 PM:

Hero goes 2-2 from the line. He is a 95% shooter from the line.

[ 03-23-2019, 04:42 PM: Message edited by: catmandoo ]

Posted by Old Norm (Member # 1482) on 03-23-2019, 04:42 PM:

Damn. Bank shot.

Posted by Trey Ball (Member # 332) on 03-23-2019, 04:43 PM:

Wow. How do you miss the guy ripping Herros arm off and then call Keldon 1 second later

Posted by ukman (Member # 3032) on 03-23-2019, 04:43 PM:

That's the biggest horse sh__ call I have seen.

Posted by EnterpriseCat (Member # 2881) on 03-23-2019, 04:43 PM:

These calls are ridiculous.. 33 should have fouled out already.

Posted by Old Norm (Member # 1482) on 03-23-2019, 04:44 PM:

I think Enterprise is correct. Refs get caught up in the Cinderella stories.

Posted by Trey Ball (Member # 332) on 03-23-2019, 04:44 PM:

Kentucky needs a stop here after the bank 3 and the terrible no call and then subsequent foul on Keldon.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 04:47 PM:

Travis with a big-time spin move for 2!

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 04:48 PM:

Hagans with a nice drive for 2!

Posted by Old Norm (Member # 1482) on 03-23-2019, 04:49 PM:

All they have to do is drive. Refs will call a foul on Cats EVERY time.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 04:50 PM:

Cats up by only 3 and need a run!

Posted by Old Norm (Member # 1482) on 03-23-2019, 04:50 PM:

Our guys get fouled on every rebound.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 04:51 PM:

Refs not good!

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 04:51 PM:

Need a score this time down!

Posted by ukman (Member # 3032) on 03-23-2019, 04:52 PM:

Need these free throws. And I wish cal would let them run. We are at our best when we push it up to see what we can get.

Posted by Old Norm (Member # 1482) on 03-23-2019, 04:53 PM:

I have never wanted to beat someone so badly ---- except dook.

Posted by ukman (Member # 3032) on 03-23-2019, 04:54 PM:

Can they cut that cast off PJ. If it's a sprain that should be taped up and he should be playing. The girls HS player of the year just played her final two games with a broken hand.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 04:55 PM:

Travis and Hagans lead the Cats with 12 points each!

Posted by ukman (Member # 3032) on 03-23-2019, 04:57 PM:

Go to travis on the blosk for Gods sake. Not an elbow jumper

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 04:57 PM:

Cats up by 4 with 2 minutes 40 seconds to go and the ball.

Posted by Trey Ball (Member # 332) on 03-23-2019, 04:57 PM:

Just terrible. Richards missed the free throw. UK gets the stop and Reid shoots a 15 footer. Why?

Then they leave them wide open for a three.

Tennessee all over again.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 04:59 PM:

We can't buy a basket!

Posted by Trey Ball (Member # 332) on 03-23-2019, 05:00 PM:

Herro can’t miss that 4 footer. UK has to score here

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 05:00 PM:

Good time-out hope we work a play down low with one of our bigs.

Posted by Trey Ball (Member # 332) on 03-23-2019, 05:01 PM:

Turnover

Posted by Old Norm (Member # 1482) on 03-23-2019, 05:01 PM:

That was awful

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 05:01 PM:

Bad turn-over really hurts!

Posted by ukman (Member # 3032) on 03-23-2019, 05:02 PM:

That's what we called a TO for

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 05:02 PM:

Good board but still need a basket.

Posted by Trey Ball (Member # 332) on 03-23-2019, 05:03 PM:

Just terrible execution down the stretch. Unreal.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 05:03 PM:

2 point game with 38 seconds, we need someone to make a play!

Posted by Trey Ball (Member # 332) on 03-23-2019, 05:03 PM:

You live or die with Herro here

Posted by ukman (Member # 3032) on 03-23-2019, 05:04 PM:

Those are two terrible possessions and it's on the coach. How do we not go inside to Travis who has the advantage. It could also open up herro for a good look. Need a good possession here.

Posted by ukman (Member # 3032) on 03-23-2019, 05:05 PM:

Finally. Go inside.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 05:05 PM:

Need these free throws bad!!!!!

Posted by Old Norm (Member # 1482) on 03-23-2019, 05:05 PM:

Really need these FTs.

Posted by Trey Ball (Member # 332) on 03-23-2019, 05:05 PM:

Got a break on that call

Posted by ukman (Member # 3032) on 03-23-2019, 05:05 PM:

One more

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 05:05 PM:

That was big!!!!!+

Posted by Trey Ball (Member # 332) on 03-23-2019, 05:06 PM:

Survive and advance

Posted by Old Norm (Member # 1482) on 03-23-2019, 05:07 PM:

In Herro we trust!

Posted by Old Norm (Member # 1482) on 03-23-2019, 05:08 PM:

Whew!

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 05:08 PM:

Cats won but it was not pretty!

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 05:09 PM:

Kansas City here we come!

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 05:12 PM:

Travis had a good game with 14 points and 11 boards, going 5 for 10 from the field and 4-4 from the line.

Posted by handycat (Member # 2323) on 03-23-2019, 05:13 PM:

We were lucky. Their best 3 point shooter had a terrible game. Our defense played a part in that but goodness that young man couldn't throw it in the ocean today.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 05:15 PM:

The big reason we won the game was our defense on their talented 3 point shooters who went 8-27!

Posted by Old Norm (Member # 1482) on 03-23-2019, 05:15 PM:

I'm crying fake tears for him.

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-23-2019, 05:17 PM:

Our free throw shooting didn't hurt either going 17-20 (85%)!

Posted by ukman (Member # 3032) on 03-23-2019, 05:18 PM:

Glad to get by that team. They are a very good team, and well coached. If we weren't playing them I would be rooting hard for them.

Posted by Old Norm (Member # 1482) on 03-23-2019, 05:19 PM:

Without PJ, I don't think we'll go much further.

Posted by SCWC (Member # 2464) on 03-23-2019, 05:21 PM:

Magee was 0 for 12 from behind the three point line and Herro was the primary defender on him. The whole team knew where he was the second half, he did not get one uncontested three point shot shot that I can recall. He only had 8 points and his scoring average is 20.

Posted by SCWC (Member # 2464) on 03-23-2019, 05:25 PM:

I just do not see Washington being in a Ky basketball uniform ever again. I see his father is upset at Ky fans because no one who has reviewed the film of the Tenn game saw any injury and he was ok Sunday and Monday, only got a boot put on Tuesday. Something fishy here, wonder if he is going the route of the football players who would not play for their teams in the bowl games, figures he has his first round NBA draft position locked up. To go any further, we will need him next week and if his injury is bad enough for a hard cast, I believe his Ky career is over.

Posted by Bama Cat (Member # 153) on 03-23-2019, 05:32 PM:

I said that if we win the defense is what will do it, and it did. I said we had to keep them to 7-8 threes and we did. But this game just shows what this team is capable of ir they want to play defense. All except for one freshman. Johnson does not know how to play a tight defense on someone. He always arrives late with a big jump after the guy shoots. He better start changing his ways or he won't last long in the NBA. He needs to learn that shooting isn't all there is to the game. So we have our best(?) two shooters who may think they are ready for the NBA. They may have some folks want them for what they may eventually be able to do but right now I don't see anyone on this team ready for the NBA. G league maybe. I don't really expect us to come out of Kansas City alive. Cal's wish list included the best PG in college ball this year and he just saved LSU from being put out today.

Posted by handycat (Member # 2323) on 03-23-2019, 05:43 PM:

I agree SCWC.

I know back in the day when I was playing I played a game with a broke arm, went blind in one eye and my tally whacker was stiff the whole 2nd half. Took a bad fall at the start of the fourth quarter when that cute cheerleader did a back flip and I slipped in a slick spot that had developed under my feet. I just sucked it up and played through it. AND PJ can't play through a mild sprain. These guys are not as tough as we were.

Posted by SCWC (Member # 2464) on 03-23-2019, 06:03 PM:

From KSR, PJ's version of his injury:

quote:

We now know when PJ Washington hurt his foot. In what is the most detailed injury update we’ve heard thus far, yesterday, PJ told CBS’ Jamie Erdahl that the injury occurred with two minutes left in the Tennessee game. “He went up in the air and landed on the balls of his feet as all athletes do. He said he heard something pop in that left foot. He played the rest of the game. It started to swell during the Selection Show on Sunday at Calipari’s house after which they put him in that boot. He went to see a foot specialist in Green Bay, Wisconsin on Wednesday, where they just decided it was best to leave that foot alone and let it calm down on that left side. He said he has not experienced a pain like this before in that left foot. He said he won’t play today. He will wait until maybe Tuesday or Wednesday for them to take that cast off of his foot but as far as he knows it’s still being called a left foot sprain.” Win it for PJ.

quote:

I have personally watched the last 5 minutes of the Tenn game at least 10 times and do not for one minute believe a word of what PJ is talking about. No signs of any injury. And why would he go to Green Bay Wisconsin to see a foot doctor for a cast? Doesn't UK have access to any good foot doctors in Lexington.

Handy, you are old school, love your response, very good one, got a good laugh out of it. Thanks.

[ 03-23-2019, 06:07 PM: Message edited by: SCWC ]

Posted by PaulCat (Member # 513) on 03-23-2019, 06:09 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Trey Ball:
Just terrible. Richards missed the free throw. UK gets the stop and Reid shoots a 15 footer. Why?

Travis may have been a big reason we won today, but there are way too many times where he plays like a freshman. That 15-footer he took - i'm still shaking my head in disbelief. I thought he was a lot smarter than that.

Posted by SCWC (Member # 2464) on 03-23-2019, 07:17 PM:

I know I cursed at him over a couple of the shots he was taking from out on the floor.