If Oweh plays like the best player on the court and Moreno and Garrison can avoid early foul trouble, we have decent chance to win this game.
How are we feeling about Florida???
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Need to hold Haugh down. He's their catalyst. OO and Mo need to get up in him. Make him put it on the floor and he's vulnerable. Will be a very tough game for us to win. Will need 40 strong minutes.
No chance, this Florida team is last year's Alabama team. We know how those games ended.
We struggle with teams that can hit a high volume of threes and rebound, but we have proven we can actually come back and beat those teams.
After seeing what Pope did to David/Goliath Tennessee 4 times, duke, Gonzaga and Florida, I am not going to say it can't be done.
I'm interested to see how we do after a week off. Under Cal, it was a guarantee we would suck, but Pope is going to be game planning hard for this one and I expect our guys to be locked in and fully prepared.
We have to play like we did at Arkansas, if we do that, we can win this game. Against Arky, we came out on fire and we contained their key guys.
Yes, Florida is good, but some of you guys are acting like we're getting ready to play our 2015 team, that's just not the case. Heck, Florida has 6 losses and are ranked 14th, why are we freaking out?
After seeing what Pope did to David/Goliath Tennessee 4 times, duke, Gonzaga and Florida, I am not going to say it can't be done.
I'm interested to see how we do after a week off. Under Cal, it was a guarantee we would suck, but Pope is going to be game planning hard for this one and I expect our guys to be locked in and fully prepared.
We have to play like we did at Arkansas, if we do that, we can win this game. Against Arky, we came out on fire and we contained their key guys.
Yes, Florida is good, but some of you guys are acting like we're getting ready to play our 2015 team, that's just not the case. Heck, Florida has 6 losses and are ranked 14th, why are we freaking out?
In order to sneak out of Gainesville with a win, we will need to put two good halves together offensively, rebound like crazy, and play tough, hard-nosed defense. I know that's asking a lot, but it can be done. Florida will be our toughest match up since, probably Gonzaga, but we have made big strides since that game, and I think we can pull it off.
On who's floor, that home court can be big some time, with the calls on most home floors. Kentucky does not get that friendly whistle very often
Oh I agree 100% and he’s shown no signs of being “ready” for this type of game, but something “off the wall” has to happen I think for us to pull off the upset. He's just one of the few we have that could “go off” if he got hot. I don’t expect it - just pulling for a rabbit outta the hat hoping! JJ has terrific scoring ability, he’s just struggling getting enough run and with getting comfortable with the size and speed of SEC play. Sometimes a guy like him has “that game” where it all breaks loose. Saturday would be a great time for that to happen.
I think a guy that could provide an unexpected lift is Noah. This shouldn't be a game where he has to worry about being blown by every time down, especially if we zone more. And he should be able to get some open looks. I think he is a guy who can give you three or four 3's if things break right
Can’t we just put the “JQ coming back” to rest? He’s not going to play anymore (and no, I don’t have info or “proof” of my opinion other than it seems blatantly obvious to me) and to be quite honest, I wouldn’t want him to. We’ve got a good run going and everyone has finally gotten comfortable in their roles. Moreno has made massive strides this year. Garrison is two games removed from his best game in a UK uniform and Mo D seems to have accepted what he is, a junkyard dog who rebounds and plays D. Let’s ride what we’ve got. Even “if”. JQ were to come back now, it would do nothing but screw up the rhythm we’ve worked weeks to get.Florida has a VERY formidable front court, so this might be the perfect opportunity for JQ to give it another go, especially having that mid week “bye” for extra recovery time!
This would be the perfect game for JQ to return, and start getting ramped up for March Madness as well
You are certainly welcome to your opinion, personally, can't imagine a scenario where a kid as talented as JQ wouldn't be a monster add for us, especially this week. His presence on defense and his rebounding would really help IMO
Agreed on importance of bigs at least holding their own. Our guards must outplay theirs, and those matchups might favor us, especially Aberdeen
According to the advanced stats guy....Barttorvik.com, we're expected to lose by 14. I'd take the under on that, but this will be our toughest road game of the year....by far. Seems like in college hoops, if the underdog team is going to pull off an significant upset on the road, they usually have to be good from 3pt range. We were 11-24 in Knoxville, and 6-13 against the hogs.
I just don’t think he is going to play again. It’s so late in the year I can’t imagine him suiting up again.Florida has a VERY formidable front court, so this might be the perfect opportunity for JQ to give it another go, especially having that mid week “bye” for extra recovery time!
This would be the perfect game for JQ to return, and start getting ramped up for March Madness as well
I have no idea why Fland is so bad shooting 3’s. He was way closer to a 37-38% shooter from 3 last year. Talk about a Sophomore slump.
I’d like to get one of them in foul trouble or maybe both.
I’d love to be tied or have a small lead at half again. We came out hot against Arkansas. We need that again.
It’s going to be a really hard game but I think it’s winnable. Florida has the best front court in America but with the way Moreno is holding his own now that gives a shot. I do like our guards better the Florida’s.
Good ol' wildcat111. Interesting to go through his comment history....nary an encouraging word about UK basketball. Even when we defeated UT (road), Arkansas (road), and UT again at home. Nothing but radio silence. Now he's telling us we have "no chance" to beat UF. Well, it will be a tough ask, and if we do lose, I suspect he'll show up and be chirping non stop.
If this guy's a UK fan, I'm a nuclear physicist .
You know how that is, he will hit them from everywhere now, just seams to happen a lot to us.
And you’re more than welcome to yours as well. Would it be awesome to see the JQ we saw in the second half of St John’s? Of course it would. He changed that entire game on both ends of the court by himself! I just can’t see a scenario where that happens again. He’s barely played all year and the few minutes he played in the 3 games after St John’s, he didn’t look very dominant at all (as we now know, probably swelling/pain from the rehabbed knee). Actually he looked very lost and out of sync. For what’s its worth, I’m not in the pack that says he’s sitting out “just to protect his draft stock” because what he showed when he briefly played certainly didn’t help his draft stock. I honestly think the kid pushed too hard to come back and reinjured his knee. I believe if there were any way he could be playing he would be.
Florida is the #1 team on torvik in the past month better than Arizona, Duke, UCONN and Michigan.
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The longer he sits out to recover, the less sense it makes sense for him to try and play again (for someone who presumably is going to declare for the NBA draft that is) ... loss of conditioning, strength in the leg, etc. If he were planning to stay in college, then it could make more sense.
The cats better get ready, the gators will crash the boards and they are big down low.
After consulting the cracked crystal ball, I say we get Patricia Adams, Douggie Boy Shows, and TV Teddy for a rowdy fight night in Gainesville. 8 Technical fouls ( 5 for Kentucky, 3 for Florida) and a 81-79 OT technical foul filled victory for the Cats.
The 3/4 court shot with .01 seconds left from Oweh - for the controversial finish - should should do them in ....
That way, we get lotrs of TV time for the officials AND a dramatic ruling at the end that somehow upholds the shot left his hand at exactly.01 seconds left. They won't be able to give the Gators the game, the lengthy 20 minute replay will CLEARLY show the ball OUT of his hand with .01 on the ACTUAL shot clock (not ESPN's version you see on TV, mind u )... and TV Teddy will get his spotlight. As the Florida State Troopers excorts the officials off the court.
O Dome riots after game ...
Should be must see TV !
I got my popcorn ready for the circus to go to Gainesville this year !
Go Big Blue !
The 3/4 court shot with .01 seconds left from Oweh - for the controversial finish - should should do them in ....
That way, we get lotrs of TV time for the officials AND a dramatic ruling at the end that somehow upholds the shot left his hand at exactly.01 seconds left. They won't be able to give the Gators the game, the lengthy 20 minute replay will CLEARLY show the ball OUT of his hand with .01 on the ACTUAL shot clock (not ESPN's version you see on TV, mind u )... and TV Teddy will get his spotlight. As the Florida State Troopers excorts the officials off the court.
O Dome riots after game ...
Should be must see TV !
I got my popcorn ready for the circus to go to Gainesville this year !
Go Big Blue !
Does that mean we’re #1 torvick if we win?
We he is definitely capable I’m just shocked how bad he has shot in a good offense system as well. It wouldn’t surprise me it always happens lol.
Offensively:
1. We REALLY want to win in transition. Again, we're trying to funnel/force them into long 2's and 3's.. That leads to long rebounds. We need to be hustling our butts off to get those rebounds and then push the issue to start the break. We don't want to give them time to get their bigs back to protect the paint.
2. I'd say put their bigs in pick and roll. But there's still another really good big waiting down by the rim. And Haugh averages nearly a block a game. Auburn had a lot of success hitting mid range shots and floaters. That screams Aberdeen to me.
1. We REALLY want to win in transition. Again, we're trying to funnel/force them into long 2's and 3's.. That leads to long rebounds. We need to be hustling our butts off to get those rebounds and then push the issue to start the break. We don't want to give them time to get their bigs back to protect the paint.
2. I'd say put their bigs in pick and roll. But there's still another really good big waiting down by the rim. And Haugh averages nearly a block a game. Auburn had a lot of success hitting mid range shots and floaters. That screams Aberdeen to me.
We absolutely cannot match up with Florida they will boat race us we will just have to take this one on the chin.
I felt like we’d beat Ark. UF on the road it’s doubtful we win. There is a ceiling for this team. And I think it’s when we get into the top 12 or so odds are low we beat those top 12-15 teams. We may be able to win at home but Florida is a bad matchup for us.
They are but it doesn't appear to be a big part of their game lol.
I tend to worry less about that then............because they probably shoot higher than their % still but u can't imagine a team like that taking a boat load of them all of a sudden when they haven't all season long lol.
Their rebounding is insane. And we struggled with that vs UT. What did we give up 19 offensive boards? They are 2nd in offensive rebounding % and 3rd in defensive rebounding %. If we can at least make that SOMEWHAT close, then we stand a shot.
EDIT: its actually kind of insane. I mean that's where they get the majority of their advantage. All of their other numbers don't even look great.
Chinyelu is 6th in offensive rebounding and 5th in defensive..............he's like freaking their Oscar lol.
I think it would be a surprise for any team in the country to go into Florida and come out with a win right now.
I agree. I want to see us play hard, make ft's, and play team basketball. The score will take care of itself if we do those things. I think we still probably lose in their arena unless they have an uncharacteristically bad game. Hope we can beat them in Rupp in a few weeks.
Moreno just has to make this game the one he finally starts throwing his body around or else we're toast IMO. Would love to see him foul out with 6 minuts to go and 10 rebounds and 2 blocks and maybe one real good flagrant!!