After watching KY/KS last night - if we run the 1 on 5 dribble drive offense KY may set an NCAA record for blocks. They are the embodiment of long and lean shotblockers. On the other side, if you move the ball like KS did you can get shots.
If we play defense beyond 18 feet from the basket, our coaches should be taken out at dawn and shot.
Although KS got away with playing a smaller lineup, I expect we are going to need to play the new bigs in order to rebound the ball. I don't see our guards getting double digit rebounds like the KS guards did. I hope they have fully installed the zone D as it is likely our best shot.
If we get back on D like we did against GSU, KY will fill their warehouse with poster dunks and highlight film.
Having said this though, we have a good chance to keep this close and then anything can happen. If we can pack a zone in and rebound the ball, KY has not shown they can make shots. Guards should dig down on the block and worry about the kick out as a way second priority. We also cannot afford live ball turnovers. We have to at least get shots up or out of bounds turnovers so the D can be set.
Whatever the under is - take it. If we get back on D it will be easy money.
In my most smug, bourbon fueled posting - Pastner must be reading my posts
OK so he didn't read the part about playing the new bigs - throw that out
But he/we did a great job of getting back, making them make shots and keeping the turnovers low. If we hadn't scored so damn much I would have won my under bet as well - can't believe they ****ed that up for me.
Back to reality - the obvious comment is Moses is playing out of his mind. Congrats to him and if there was any confusion about him or Sarr for the NBA I hope that got answered tonight.
But beyond that Pastner made the game the way it had to be to be successful tonight. We had 6 turnovers to their 21. Even though we got out rebounded and they shot better than I thought they would from 3 - that was basically the game. They are young and play like they think they are still an uber athletic AAU team - give them live ball turnovers and they make you look silly - make them play BB and make shots - not so much.
Most of all - we competed like our season was on the line (and it was) and they didn't. I didn't think they competed and Seth Greenberg on ESPN said the same thing. This KY team doesn't really know how to compete at the NCAA level. But more than dissing KY, we competed at a level I wish to hadies we had competed in our first 2 games. We would be 3-0 if we had. So CJP gets full credit for competing hard tonight but a big WTF for the way we competed the first 2 games.
Good win - let's see if we can dig our way out of the hole we have dug for ourselves so far and still get somewhere near the bubbly area this year.