In fact, likely. Doubt they’ll both be first team, but I expect both to make the cut.

as long as he keeps averaging 25 points….it would be a crime

Blake Griffin, Tyler Hansborough, Stephon Curry are all locks. That leaves room for two others from across the country.

If Jodie keeps hammering away like he is and Kentucky looks good down the stretch and wins a couple in the big tourney, I think he can grab one of those two spots.

I would look for Patterson to be a 2nd or 3rd teamer.

should never bring the ball down the court. (IMO) He is just too fast. The offense cant keep up with him. He gets to the other end of the court and has to stand there and dribble to give the others time to catch up with him. He also slowed down once last night and went with the overall pace of the offense, but that didnt look natural to his game. He looked awkward.

hope that he doesn’t get injured

That was a fun long weekend. Oxford is a very charming town to visit.

… as they should have considering AU plays basically four guards and Barber. But even taking that into consideration, UK’s rebounding was impressive.

Two double-doubles also: Patterson and Stevenson.

maybe you are the backwards one, and “he” and “they” are exactly as they should be? Ok, probably not. ; )

But seriously, I, like you, couldn’t really care any less about what bullshit story BCG tells the media (us) as long as his team (our team) is giving us the winning results we so desperately want.

Someone else here at one time or another probably said this exact thing, but, I’m fairly certain that the team and potential recruits are always at the forefront of Coach’s mind when he is doing his post-game or other media appearances and other than to talk about "how great we are as fans" and "the fans are what makes Kentucky a great place to be" (I’m sure we have all heard that a time or two), what you and I think probably doesn’t enter into the thinking process of Coach Gillispie one bit when he is talking to the media and that probably isn’t going to change any time soon. I really don’t think Coach Gillispie is going to wake up one day and decide to be super open and honest with the media. I actually get a little chuckle out of the bullshit answers he gives. Call me crazy. : )

Do you think this says anything about the fans?

I would guess that offensively Miller wasn’t being agressive enough and he must have missed a couple of defensive assignments. Also, when things get tight, I think most caoches will go with the one who has done it before.

I certainly agree with the principle of seeing MIller (and Liggin and Galloway and,,,,) begin to take some of the offensive load and some of the minutes. I so believe the whole bench is capable. I’m just waiting for them to believe.

But chin up my fellow Wildcat fan, I predict valuable minuted ahead for MIller. Soon. I know he is on the edge of breaking out..

… that the reason the bench didn’t play more is because every time one of them went into the game “Auburn scored.”

He saw a lack of defensive execution, I suppose.

… when you get 27 more shots at the basket, even 39% can be enough.

He can make those shots. I remember when Porter first started at UK he used to shoot and hit the three. I dont understand. He can make those shots. I would feel totally ok with Porter taking those shots. I dont get it either.

Too many fans GROANING about players passing up open shots. Some of that angst is appropriate, regardless of what Billy thinks, because Auburn was sagging in the post and daring everyone except 23 and 54 to shoot. But, most of those possessions with the passed up shot turned into possessions with a BETTER shot than the one passed up, so the fans need not GROAN each time a passed up shot happens.

The largest set of boos came in the second half, when Liggins got yanked shortly after being reinserted. Liggins got screwed up on the switch on three straight plays, going BEHIND the pick and leading DIRECTLY to three made baskets, forcing Gillispie to go with Porter. The boos came because of Porter’s turnovers.

There were boos at one point in the second half as per4mance pointed out. Porter turned the ball over badly and was yanked for Liggins. Less than a minute later, after some defensive miscues… Liggins was yanked and Porter was back in. Fans boo’d when Liggins left the floor.

It also gets quite loud in Rupp when Porter has an open look at the basket and passes it up, but I wouldn’t call them boos.

made me sick last night as well. Yes, I was ready to start punching thin air after any of his inexplicable turnovers last night, but he has been playing solid of late. When Porter is in, the team seems to be more productive (when he isn’t turning the ball over, of course). It almost seems like a natural function/reaction to boo Porter for some fans, all based on his play earlier this season. Its rediculous to do that to a KID, especially when he is playing for the team YOU ARE cheering for.

pretty amazing really.

We have a lot of players that aren’t aggressive on offense and they don’t look to score even when the opportunity presents itself — I’m talking about Porter, Harris and Miller.

CBG always says that if a guy is open, he wants them to shoot it. Hopefully, they can start contributing more on the offensive end and soon. We’re going to need them, especially as we get into Feb and March.

Stevenson had 12 and Harris 6 last night. That’s 18 points combined to go along with 30 some for Jodie and 20 some for Patrick. That’s plenty for a “3rd Scorer.”

Our problem is our bench production. Remember the days when our bench used to outscore the opposing team? This bench doesn’t get the opportunity. Miller had 3 points in the first half and that was it. We didn’t even see a sub at all until 10 minutes into the game.

In his post game commentary, Gillispie said “I want to play more guys, but I want to win too.” I think he’d be more likely to win more games late in the year if he could develop his bench and trust them in game situations early in the year. But hey… he gets paid millions and I was lucky to grab a ticket in section 19.