As you point out Tru…….there are obviously several areas where improvement must be made before the serious season starts. Turnovers….rebounding……perimeter defense….did I say turnovers?

In past seasons we’d be wringing our hands even after one game but…..there’s your word……you can’t help but smile as you think about the possiblities.

Sooooooo much talent…….sooooooo much depth……..soooooo much fun!!!!! Once again……it’s GREAT to be a Cats fan!!!!!

I was able to attend tonight. Good time.

I was disappointed with the way our offense ran. It wasn’t the turnovers I was disappointed with; I expected that. What I also expected was that a lot of those turnovers would result from errant passes off of drives when guys may not have been where they were supposed to be. Unfortunately, the dribble-drive tonight looked more like a weave most of the game. Other than Dodson and, of all people, Perry Stevenson, the guys simply did not attack the basket like they should have. There were far too many garbage three pointers and not nearly enough layups. The “drive” part of the dribble-drive was seldom on display today. Perry Stevenson may have earned his way into the main rotation by simply attacking the basket like he’s been coached to.

Despite the stats, it’s also clear that much more work needs to be done on defense. I don’t think a pump fake was ignored all night long by our guys. Way too many UK players were leaving their feet on pump fakes on the perimeter, and some guys looked absolutely lost on defense at times. Campbellsville didn’t have the talent to take advantage, obviously, because there were a lot of wide open shots. Bledsoe in particular needs to be taught how to work through screens and picks, because he became lost a number of times when his man moved without the ball. Same with Jon Hood.

Still, it was the first game in the new system, so I’m not THAT disappointed. It was a great learning experience, and I was happy to hear calipari echoing many of my thoughts in the post-game interview with Tom Leach. Obviously, the talent is immense and we will be much much better with time, and I agree with Tru that it was more fun watching this team play badly than the last one. Good times are ahead!

be a work in progress in this system. His six turnovers were proof of that. Pat needs to take a little more time on his outside shooting. He looked to be in too big of a hurry in his release shooting the 3. I agree Tru, about Dotson and his early shot selection in the game. He looked like a gunner for a while. This team is in trouble when it comes to outside shooting. ALLBLUCAT might be right when he said we might have a game without a 3, but it won’t be because of a lack of shooting plenty of them. Wall will make the offense jell better and hopefully get some of the guys open outside shots that they can sink. It will be fun watching this team improve over the year, but it will also be painful sometimes.

1) John Wall will make or break this team, just like everyone thinks. You add 12 assists and 15 pts to last nights totals and cut turnovers by 6-7 and that box score looks really good.
2) The Wall-Bledsoe backcourt will be the best in the nation by tournament time barring injury…..I can see it in my mind.
3) DeMarcus Cousins is really fast for a big guy……REALLY FAST…..but he has to get feet and hands and head all working together….Cal will cure this, but he sure is something when he is out running the break….lol…
4) The only guy on this team that seems to be afraid to shoot is Miller, but last night he was getting beat on defense, and Cal called him out on it too. I am getting better at reading lips and Cal said 3-4 times to him that his defense was bad….bad….
5) When Patrick figures out how to translate what he has learned into game stats he will be fine….he will get that perimeter game in sync soon…..I would rather he struggled with it now than later
6) We will lead the SEC in blocked shots this year……count it
7)We may also lead the SEC in turnovers…..MAYBE…lol
8) Josh Harrellson, Daniel Orton,Demarcus Cousins, Patrick Patterson……you are not guards…..so please stop trying to confuse we fans by making passes, running breaks, and shooting from the outside…..lol
9) Perry Stevenson love you long time in the DDMO….really….no really…..lol. Where did that come from?
10) Hood, Dodson,Miller, Krebs…..you guys are assigned to the gym and you are not allowed to step inside the 3pt line to shoot a basket until you make 20 from outside it…..then you may drive and dish as you please…..remember the rims in Rupp are tight and not conducive to our sharpshooters being off by millimeters
11) I havent had this much fun watching TV since I turned 40(Meeks UT night is the exception)
12) A 60’ TV does not do this team justice…..does anyone know where I can get a bigger one?
13) Cal, we are paying you a lot of money to be worried right now…..I am glad it is now your job and not mine anymore, because frankly, I was not getting paid enough.
14) Is it Friday yet?
15)Is it too late to squeeze a few more games into the schedule…..I want more…..much more…..
16)I mentioned the turnovers didnt I?
17)If any of those guys from Campbellsville seriously hurt any of our kids, then I will be driving over to Campbellsville tonight with baseball bat in hand…..
18) If we win by that much when we are this bad, what will we win by when we are good??
19) It may not be ice cream, but I wouldnt turn it down…..
20) Anyone else get tired watching???

. . . WTF is up with the new format??

U-G-L-Y – you ain’t got no alibi – you ugly!

not sure why some think it was going to be a well-oiled machine,far from it.Conditioning needs to improve,and it will.I think it will be late January before most players begin to be effective in the DDMO.

But I loved the pace.