Post by royalcrown on Jan 9, 2019 6:40:22 GMT -5
(Eventually) got to the game last night. Although the traffic around Rupp is never good close to game time, last night was incredibly bad by any standard. By the time I got to my seat there was about 10 minutes left in the 1st half and UK had already erased the horrendous start. So I did get to watch the remainder of the half that was highlighted by some pretty decent play and a free-throw shooting display. All-in-all not a bad 10 minute stretch. Then the 2nd half arrived.... Sweet Jesus that was ugly. UK looked like solving the zone was equivalent to curing cancer - no clue whatsoever. For most of the half the basic offense was:
On Defense, A&M simply found whomever Herro was guarding and said "sic' em". That out-of-bounds play that A&M ran was so obvious that the little-old-ladies sitting next to me had it figured out before the ball was inbounded: but it was beyond Herro. Rebounds (particularly in that 2nd half) were a rare commodity to say the least....
Listened to Cal on the way home; clearly coach-speak going on to try to motivate the starters. Bragging about Montgomery and Bakers performance wasn't fully justified based their overall contributions. Not sure what to make of this squad but last night sure wasn't a step forward.
- Pass the ball uselessly around the perimeter for 20 seconds then either:
- Make a telegraphed pass (that was intercepted or tipped away) to someone (Travis) planted in the paint.
- Or, take whatever three point shot they could as time ticked toward "0".
On Defense, A&M simply found whomever Herro was guarding and said "sic' em". That out-of-bounds play that A&M ran was so obvious that the little-old-ladies sitting next to me had it figured out before the ball was inbounded: but it was beyond Herro. Rebounds (particularly in that 2nd half) were a rare commodity to say the least....
Listened to Cal on the way home; clearly coach-speak going on to try to motivate the starters. Bragging about Montgomery and Bakers performance wasn't fully justified based their overall contributions. Not sure what to make of this squad but last night sure wasn't a step forward.