Morehead State versus Kentucky: Open Game Thread
by Glenn Logan on Nov 13, 2009 6:15 PM EST
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We have finally arrived at the 2009-10 UK basketball season opener! I'm opening this thread a few minutes early to get it warmed up for the big game.
Tonight, Kentucky welcomes Donnie Tyndall and his Morehead State Eagles into Rupp Arena for some basketball action. The particulars of this game are as follows, courtesy of UKAthletics.com:
Date & Time: Friday, Nov. 13 6:30 p.m
Coverage TV: ESPNU
Radio: BBSN
GameTracker 
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Location Rupp Arena Lexington, Ky.
More after the jump
Well, here we are, ladies and gentlemen of the Big Blue Nation -- at Game 1 of the John Calipari era. I personally have not been able to get a thing done all day for checking out the blog and thinking about the game. It's a bit ... less than satisfying that it isn't some pre-season tournament against a high-profile foe, but Donnie Tyndall and his daughter really captured my heart last year in the NCAA tournament, and I am really glad to be welcoming he and his team into Rupp Arena for a tilt with the new-look 'Cats.
I know it is natural for us to fret about games, particularly early season games with new players, but this Kentucky team, unlike some in recent years, has a truly overwhelming advantage in talent, size, and skill. Overwhelming, and I mean that in the most fundamental sense of the word.
It is not beyond possibility that UK could lose tonight. I remember well the Gardner-Webb debacle. But that was a different time, with a far, far less talented group and a far, far less accomplished coach. In effect, there is no rational comparison of then to now.
So in short, I expect Kentucky to dominate Morehead State tonight, and I will be most unhappy if they do not. The Eagles return six players from last year, but they lost quite a bit as well, and Morehead is not known recently for fast starts. This team is far better than either of the other two teams UK has faced to date, but by now, we should expect to see some progress, both in conditioning and in the DDM attack.
So enjoy the game, my friends, and welcome college basketball back to the Bluegrass!
GO, CATS!
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Party time!
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." -Inigo Montoya
Having
hot buttered rum tonight! (it’s cold as heck here, and we have snow, so it seems appropriate) : )
Go ’Cats!
So sad.
Stuck at work, can’t listen to the game, can’t go to the house to listen to the game. Can’t tape the game since Armed Forces Network isn’t showing it….Bleh.
anywhere to watch online???
if i miss this game im going to cry
Thanks Jimmy Dykes
Wall didn’t have a KY issue. It would have been anywhere.
Blue... there is no other color to Bleed !!!
One more thing...
GO CATS! I have been soo excited for Basketball season to start. Thank god it is finally here, now my wife will have some peace and quiet. Go Cats!!!!
I remember watching last season,
Game was pretty sloppy, but this seems like a different kind of sloppy if that makes any sense.
JXClaytor on the 360
UK wins this one... let's just watch see what we've got here
No matter where you're at, there you are
I know it's early in the game
But we’re overranked at #5. This team absolutely has the potential, but it’s not put it together quite yet. . .
And PPat needs to run for governor.
It's time. . .
If they stay in the zone...
… Patterson might get 50 rebounds. :-)
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by Glenn Logan on Nov 13, 2009 6:51 PM EST via mobile reply actions
PP = the man
Bledsoe is special as well
only one rule in my house - uk has to be your favorite college bball team
by memphis wildcat on Nov 13, 2009 6:52 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Early Experience Versus Zone
Get used to it.
"Learn(ing) without thinking begets ignorance. Think(ing) without learning is dangerous."
-Confucius
Even as "sloppy" as it is,
this team is really entertaining to watch
JXClaytor on the 360
gotta luv dykes calling out ncaa..
And sayin big cuz spread out like a Sunday buffet
only one rule in my house - uk has to be your favorite college bball team
by memphis wildcat on Nov 13, 2009 6:57 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Need more Patterson!
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by Glenn Logan on Nov 13, 2009 7:05 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Right on cue!
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by Glenn Logan on Nov 13, 2009 7:06 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Just a bit of fun.
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by Glenn Logan on Nov 13, 2009 7:15 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Glad to hear you all smiling again.
Gotta go, though. Take care.
by David Hooper on Nov 13, 2009 7:25 PM EST up reply actions
Need better ballhandling.
Too frenetic right now.
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by Glenn Logan on Nov 13, 2009 7:15 PM EST via mobile reply actions
D's Slacked Off A Bit
"Learn(ing) without thinking begets ignorance. Think(ing) without learning is dangerous."
-Confucius
Bledsoe's Disappointed
"Learn(ing) without thinking begets ignorance. Think(ing) without learning is dangerous."
-Confucius
and I am not criticizing
just analyzing
by StillCatwoman on Nov 13, 2009 7:16 PM EST up reply actions
...Thus Far
"Learn(ing) without thinking begets ignorance. Think(ing) without learning is dangerous."
-Confucius
Eagles Slowing It Down +
Turnovers
"Learn(ing) without thinking begets ignorance. Think(ing) without learning is dangerous."
-Confucius
We'll Be Sick Of Zone Before
Season ends, but zone offense is usually late coming.
"Learn(ing) without thinking begets ignorance. Think(ing) without learning is dangerous."
-Confucius
Well, I understand Cal saying it would be ugly but,
I really thought it would be due to the DDMO being new to the players. I’m sure the zone is the real issue.
WEll, UNC has the championship already for next year!
UK up 8 at the half looks bad, until you see this score.....
Florida Gulf Coast 15
(2) Michigan State 14
Steelers fan 1st! UK is my 2nd love.
Gee,
it’s awfully nice of us to let Morehead hang around like this, but it sure would be great if we would turn it up a bit in the second half : ).
Indeed.
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by Glenn Logan on Nov 13, 2009 7:31 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Well...
… Eric Bledsoe is no John Wall.
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by Glenn Logan on Nov 13, 2009 7:31 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Well...
… Eric Bledsoe is no John Wall.
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by Glenn Logan on Nov 13, 2009 7:31 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Echo in here...
:-)
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by Glenn Logan on Nov 13, 2009 7:33 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Be patient UK fans....
Remember, this teams floor leader (John Wall), is not playing… When you practice every day with your floor leader and then he sits come game time, you look a little off…
2nd half will be a blowout…
Steelers fan 1st! UK is my 2nd love.
LOL
Duke fans started cheering LETS go DUKE! Sounded like LETS go PUKE!
Does History repeat?
This looks like a replay from last year!
Happy Days are here again The sky is all ways BLUE again Happy days are here again !
My memory must be different.
I thought we were down at the half last year.
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by Glenn Logan on Nov 13, 2009 7:40 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I only wish...
… We were more efficient attacking the zone.
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by Glenn Logan on Nov 13, 2009 7:38 PM EST via mobile reply actions
It will come.... This team has too much talent for it not too...
Steelers fan 1st! UK is my 2nd love.
Tru
If this is what a zone does to the dribble drive,we are in trouble
Happy Days are here again The sky is all ways BLUE again Happy days are here again !
Nah.
This is what the zone does in the first game.
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by Glenn Logan on Nov 13, 2009 8:09 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
so will Liggins be
A human victory cigar if this thing gets out of hand?
JXClaytor on the 360
Bledsoe...
… Is not quite there yet.
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by Glenn Logan on Nov 13, 2009 8:10 PM EST via mobile reply actions
anyone else get the feeling cal
has done more coaching from the sidelines than our previous coach did in 2 yrs? And this comment from a guy who questions cals in game coaching ability…
only one rule in my house - uk has to be your favorite college bball team
by memphis wildcat on Nov 13, 2009 8:13 PM EST reply actions
Charges going to be hard to get, this year
UK defender was not under the basket that time IMO
No matter where you're at, there you are
nothing amazing about that bledsoe play
they drew it up that way in practice :D
JXClaytor on the 360
Sick!
SportsCenter!
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by Glenn Logan on Nov 13, 2009 8:17 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Travis Ford Last All-SEC ...
Kyle Macy last All-American. You can count the years (decades).
"Learn(ing) without thinking begets ignorance. Think(ing) without learning is dangerous."
-Confucius
hey tru...
What were u sayin about bledsoe?
only one rule in my house - uk has to be your favorite college bball team
by memphis wildcat on Nov 13, 2009 8:19 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Lost internet signal......first reg season game......damn I hate windstream
Remember, we're having fun now!!!
Windstream
is pretty much the worst thing ever. My in-laws and a buddy are both in Elizabethtown, and anytime it rains the internet cuts out on them.
JXClaytor on the 360
by JoshuaClaytor on Nov 13, 2009 8:25 PM EST up reply actions
Bledsoe is taking over the game.....what was it you said grasslands about freshmen
not being shooters???
Remember, we're having fun now!!!
There is a big difference you know.
Wall will probably average 20 a game but that does not mean he is a shooter.
krebs before hood - interesting
Liggins headed for redshirt
only one rule in my house - uk has to be your favorite college bball team
by memphis wildcat on Nov 13, 2009 8:37 PM EST via mobile reply actions
krebs before hood - interesting
Liggins headed for redshirt
only one rule in my house - uk has to be your favorite college bball team
by memphis wildcat on Nov 13, 2009 8:38 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Hood Slight Injury
Wasn’t scheduled to play.
"Learn(ing) without thinking begets ignorance. Think(ing) without learning is dangerous."
-Confucius
thx-missed that
only one rule in my house - uk has to be your favorite college bball team
by memphis wildcat on Nov 13, 2009 8:58 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
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