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Disappointing season for Cats not to win National Championship
Disappointing season for Johnnies not to win a game or two in Big Dance.
Enough said. Just for us to be relevant again, even for just this year, is quite ok considering how bad things have been for so long.
Disappointing season for Johnnies not to win a game or two in Big Dance.
Enough said. Just for us to be relevant again, even for just this year, is quite ok considering how bad things have been for so long.
I'm not the only one:
http://www.foxsports.com/college-ba...ated-season-john-calipari-steve-alford-122014
http://www.foxsports.com/college-ba...ated-season-john-calipari-steve-alford-122014
Lions and tigers and bears...
A little ( very little?) holiday levity intended.
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....and the team managers, the tutors, the grounds keeping staff and Calipari has a little poon tang on the side according to some blog I read.
It's very difficult to go undefeated nowadays. Will they win the tourney? Chances are good. They have a ridiculous amount of 1st rounder's there, but all it takes is one off night.
No way they go undefeated.
No way they go undefeated.
I notice Lavin talks about getting us back to the big dance and I think he should set his sights higher. I saw the documentary on Jim Valvano some years ago and he kept impressing on his team that they could win the National Championship which they eventurally did. They practiced cutting down the nets. I think st johns should be looking at that. Yea I knmow KY is super duper. But any team can lose and heck they might lose before we might even need to play them in the big dance. Think NCAA championship, if Jordan starts to roll why are we any different or worse than the CT team that won last year or the CT team with Kemba Walker. I want the whole pie, I am greedy
Yeah, their interior defense is porous.
Kentucky is beatable... just not by any team from the SEC. They'll undefeated be until the NCAAs; and after that it can happen.
The Harrisons are not great in the back-court. They shoot it really poorly for all the hype they have received. Ulis is a good guard and he should play more. Beating them will come down to hitting 3s. A Duke or a Gonzaga could conceivably give them a lot of trouble.
Yeah, their interior defense is porous.
Kentucky is beatable... just not by any team from the SEC. They'll undefeated be until the NCAAs; and after that it can happen.
The Harrisons are not great in the back-court. They shoot it really poorly for all the hype they have received. Ulis is a good guard and he should play more. Beating them will come down to hitting 3s. A Duke or a Gonzaga could conceivably give them a lot of trouble.
Ulis is a stud & will get more time as season progresses. My sense is only Duke and possibly Virginia could beat them on an off day. L'Ville shoots so poorly btw.
As an aside, this is what ESPN said on the Harrisons' draft status. They should stay in school and come back and finish their degrees.
Ulis is not a lock to go to the NBA.
That could be one crowded back-court next year when you include Briscoe and whomever else they sign.
http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/draf...g-ranking-kentucky-10-pro-prospects-nba-draft
"8. Andrew Harrison | G | So. | Draft range: 45 to undrafted
Harrison had a team-high eight assists on Saturday and hit a couple of big 3s. He's been steady and good at times. Also, he's cut down on his turnovers this season, which is a major plus. But it's clear that scouts and GMs continue to question whether either Andrew or his brother Aaron have a place in the NBA. Many scouts are skeptical that Andrew has the speed, quickness or unselfishness to play point guard in the pros. While Andrew compiled eight assists against the Bruins, there were times when he clearly missed open teammates and tried too hard to look for his own shot. Scouts also point to his hideous 29 percent shooting from behind the arc and 38 percent overall field goal mark and wonder why he's shooting at all.
"Look at the way he looks off guys who are open," one NBA GM said during one sequence in the second half. "I'd love to see how long that would last in a [NBA] summer league game. He hasn't proven he should ever be the guy on this team taking the shot."
9. Aaron Harrison | SG | So. | Draft range: 45 to undrafted
Aaron was the second-leading scorer on Saturday with 15 points. He was 3-for-8 from beyond the arc and got the team rolling coming out of the gate. When Harrison is hitting 3s, he looks like a potential first-round pick or a second-rounder. When he isn't, there's very little else that he brings, from an NBA standpoint, to the table. So far this season, he's shooting just 27 percent from behind the arc, and like his brother, just 38 percent overall. Those are awful numbers for a player whose main calling card is supposed to be shooting.
"If he was a more consistent shooter, I could see it," one NBA scout said. "But he's not. He's streaky and he doesn't have anything else to his game that really screams NBA to me. I think both of the twins are still living off an inflated reputation coming out of high school and a few good games in the NCAA tournament last year. Neither one is on our Big Board right now. I think they claw to get on a summer league team as undrafted rookies." "
Ulis is not a lock to go to the NBA.
That could be one crowded back-court next year when you include Briscoe and whomever else they sign.
http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/draf...g-ranking-kentucky-10-pro-prospects-nba-draft
"8. Andrew Harrison | G | So. | Draft range: 45 to undrafted
Harrison had a team-high eight assists on Saturday and hit a couple of big 3s. He's been steady and good at times. Also, he's cut down on his turnovers this season, which is a major plus. But it's clear that scouts and GMs continue to question whether either Andrew or his brother Aaron have a place in the NBA. Many scouts are skeptical that Andrew has the speed, quickness or unselfishness to play point guard in the pros. While Andrew compiled eight assists against the Bruins, there were times when he clearly missed open teammates and tried too hard to look for his own shot. Scouts also point to his hideous 29 percent shooting from behind the arc and 38 percent overall field goal mark and wonder why he's shooting at all.
"Look at the way he looks off guys who are open," one NBA GM said during one sequence in the second half. "I'd love to see how long that would last in a [NBA] summer league game. He hasn't proven he should ever be the guy on this team taking the shot."
9. Aaron Harrison | SG | So. | Draft range: 45 to undrafted
Aaron was the second-leading scorer on Saturday with 15 points. He was 3-for-8 from beyond the arc and got the team rolling coming out of the gate. When Harrison is hitting 3s, he looks like a potential first-round pick or a second-rounder. When he isn't, there's very little else that he brings, from an NBA standpoint, to the table. So far this season, he's shooting just 27 percent from behind the arc, and like his brother, just 38 percent overall. Those are awful numbers for a player whose main calling card is supposed to be shooting.
"If he was a more consistent shooter, I could see it," one NBA scout said. "But he's not. He's streaky and he doesn't have anything else to his game that really screams NBA to me. I think both of the twins are still living off an inflated reputation coming out of high school and a few good games in the NCAA tournament last year. Neither one is on our Big Board right now. I think they claw to get on a summer league team as undrafted rookies." "