I am not sure Kentucky really got anything out of this game. C. State made this game ugly on purpose and it was boring to watch and not very inducive of a learning experience.

I did LOVE watching Cousins. That play were he came out and shot the 3 I laughed and laughed. It looked like the big dog showing the little dogs how to take an open shot! I know it was a Freshman mistake to slug that player with the elbow but I am telling you he was getting clobbered in there and it was sort-of justice. Don’t go pushing the Big Dog (or Cat) if you are afraid to get scratched

the Stanford/Va game and there doesn’t appear to be 100 people in the gym…..do we have GREAT fans or what? 12:14 and it’s 17-13 Stanford….like watching paint dry.

Yeah this game was definitely a step back in terms of ballhandlng. I still think Bledsoe gets into trying to top Wall and if you noticed, he seemed to be REALLY bad when Wall was out. That’s a terrible floor but most of those were just bad execution and dribbling into trouble.

There were some good things as you point out with PS and Ramon having good games. Wall hit most of his free throws if I remember correctly which will bode well toward the end of tight games.

I’m very concerned with Patrick…..hope they held him out because they didn’t need him and not because of anything serious. I’m also VERY concerned with Cousins keeping control of himself…….would hate to loose him for a game cause he got in a fight which seemed to be brewing there for a minute.

I’d also like someone to press Coach C on Liggins and Dodson. He doesn’t have to be specific with why this is happening but he could state clearly if they’re going to play and when.

Coach C seemed as exasperated as he’s been in any game this year. I think he saw the same thing we did….playing an overmatched team and making mistake after mistake to keep them in the ballgame. A win’s a win but that was as bad as the announcing!!

20-21 Stanford at 6:54

But if they cut down on TOs and make a few more FTs I would be happy.

Our D held them to a low %, 10 players scored, no one fouled out despite a huge number of fouls – oh yeah ~ we won by 24….

Sure bledsoe needs to slow down and big cuz needs to be a little less big cuz but I enjoyed the game.

Fewer TOs and more FTs made is all I ask

But if they cut down on TOs and make a few more FTs I would be happy.

Our D held them to a low %, 10 players scored, no one fouled out despite a huge number of fouls – oh yeah ~ we won by 24….

Sure bledsoe needs to slow down and big cuz needs to be a little less big cuz but I enjoyed the game.

Fewer TOs and more FTs made is all I ask

Either I am hearing things or oi feel strongly about it. :-)

to the eyes or the ears. ( I am not fond of the gym or the announcers.) I think Coach Cal sees this tourney more as a team bonding experience than a X and O building one. Hopefully they can work a little on both.

I think PPat will be fine. I was watching closely for a glimpse of him in the second half and he was standing with the team during the timeouts and he wasn’t wearing his warm-ups over his jersey. Hopefully, Cal saw no need to put him in and risk further injury, since he doesn’t need a ton of practice. :-)

Sure, the Cats didn’t play their greatest but a couple of things come to mind…

1) First road game (albeit a neutral floor) out of the friendly confines of Rupp
2) First road game that is out of the country?? How many of these kids have ever been out of the country before?? How many of these kids have ever been to the ocean??
3) “On the road” brings its own perils… Food is different, schedule is different, practice is different, etc…

Since we got a W, I’m of the mind to give ’em a little slack… Now, if they throw another stinker like today, all bets are off! :-)

think Liggin’s situation is academics. If he was going to redshirt I think Cal would go ahead and say it. If it is academics, he probably doesn’t play until next semester. Dodson, I believe has been suspended because of breaking team rules. I am just guessing on both.

We do have to remember that Bledsoe is a freshmen and not compare him to Wall. Wall is just special with special talents. Bledsoe will be a very good guard for us for 3 or 4 years. He has the talent, now his brain has to catch up to it.

Remember, there are a lot of new players and everybody is playing for a new coach. It takes time and we were warned by Cal. I am not going to get frustrated, I am just going to enjoy watching it all come together.

Seems luke it ‘Twas just a few weeks ago I read a post on here by mr. Howlett about not overanalyzing games, but of course without overanalyzing, there wouldn’t be blogs.:)
Don’t forget clev. State gave butler all they wanted last year twice. We killed them today playing average, I’ll take it. This is a young team that will be eratic, don’t push it. Young team in cancun, all in all great job today. Surprised that standford won though

so my feelings are from a half that was not played very well. I think that if this team played the first half about as good as my kids teams play. Pass the ball horribly and showboating. So frustrating. I hear they did better the second half but I am feeling that the North Carolina game and maybe even tomorrow’s game will be humilating. It will be good for them though.

The “our team is young, we’re not that good” is getting old, IMHO. We’re 5-0. Everybody knows the team is young and makes stupid mistakes. Everyone knows they’re pretty darned good, too.

Has anyone heard what the big Nike announcement was to be? If it is new uniforms would you think they would be unveiled for the North Carolina, U Conn, or Louisville game? Thoughts?

After reading the comments and the post game recaps here and elsewhere I think we can attribute the ugliness of this game to the pervading conditions.

Those conditions are probably affecting everyone from the players to the refs. One more game to go and back to the friendly confines of Rupp. It would be nice to have a decent venue for a neutral site but them’s the breaks. We’ll see how “tough” these kids are having to deal with these circumstances.

Also, Lil Cuz needs to not let opposing players get in his head, he’s supposed to do that to them. Show him some tape of Cliff Hawkins for example, especially the game at Ole Miss where he got ?Huerta? to throw an elbow at him. THAT’S getting in someone’s head!

GO BIG BLUE!

to be an early season game, with a young, talented team, playing on the road under horrible conditions. If you get a chance, check out KSR and look at the pictures of the floor. Or here’s a link to the pictures:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rudiusmedia/sets/72157622868331720/detail/

KSR is also saying that Jeff Goodman is reporting that Darnell Dodson will be returning to the floor tonight. A poster on the cbssportsline board (from Louisvillie) says that he read on KSR that Dodson got into an “altercation” in the locker room after the Morehead St. game and was suspended because of it. I haven’t read this, but I don’t always read everything on KSR, unlike ASOB.

One last thing, I LIKED that Cuz reacted to the blatant abuse of the Cleveland St player. Afterwards, I didn’t see a whole lot of pushing or shoving taking place in the area around Demarcus. We’ve needed an “enforcer” type for a long time, IMO. Cuz will just have to learn to get the message across when the ref’s not looking. ;-)