Ok, time to get creative.

Personally I think we need to play with incredible pace. I don't think our bigs, especially Gary will be able to score against them.

Probably will have to shoot out of our minds from 3.

Is there anywhere we have even a slight advantage?

You can't run with Kentucky.

Slow it down and make it as low-scoring and ugly as possible.

I will make a offering of thanks to the Basketball Gods by shaving my Beard of Wisdom at Salem Gardens for the post game celebration Saturday.

I'm torn because if UC somehow wins I want to have an all night fireworks show in my subdivision filled with hillbilly morons, but I don't want to jinx it by going out and stocking up. I guess the lesson is to always have a large supply of fireworks on hand.

Ellis will be well rested and motivated. :)

Deberry confidence should be sky high.

I tell caupain to play like its Uconn at 5/3

Shaq come out and play your heart out

Best part is this is all house money. No one thinks they can win. Show them the miracle on ice.

(03-19-2015 10:11 PM)Coopdaddy67 Wrote:  You can't run with Kentucky.

Slow it down and make it as low-scoring and ugly as possible.

Well, I only want us to run, ya know. I want UK to look like they are playing in a foot of mud when they have possession.

Ellis and Clark each need to play 33+ minutes. Need to keep the pace slow and make the UK guards hit shots. Need to hope the UK guards shoot under 30% from three. Need Cobb/Caupain/KJ/Sanders to hit 10+ threes combined.

Everyone needs to step up and play great to have a chance.

It sounds trite and obvious but we have to make shots. We missed on some close up stuff tonight. Those have to go in.

Every gimmie we have to get...FT % has to be really good.

Got to rebound the ball like our lives depend on it.

Change the d as often as possible to keep UK guessing.

KJ can't lose his man on D like he has tendency to do.

(03-19-2015 10:20 PM)bearcatmark Wrote:  Ellis and Clark each need to play 33+ minutes. Need to keep the pace slow and make the UK guards hit shots. Need to hope the UK guards shoot under 30% from three. Need Cobb/Caupain/KJ/Sanders to hit 10+ threes combined.

Yup. The slower the better and hit shots. I'm talking the slowest we've seen and that's saying something.

(03-19-2015 10:20 PM)bearcatmark Wrote:  Ellis and Clark each need to play 33+ minutes. Need to keep the pace slow and make the UK guards hit shots. Need to hope the UK guards shoot under 30% from three. Need Cobb/Caupain/KJ/Sanders to hit 10+ threes combined.

Clark's only move seems to be a backdown, that won't even get close to the rim against those guys.

I think he, Deberry and Ellis, if he plays need to get the ball away from the rim and go at them and get them to foul.

Biggest one:
No slow start!
Try and take the lead early to take the Blueneck crowd out of it a bit.

The UK fans at the YUM didnt find it too funny when I suggested that UK doesn't have an answer for Deberrycat. So....I hope he goes off

(03-19-2015 10:27 PM)Cataclysmo Wrote:  The UK fans at the YUM didnt find it too funny when I suggested that UK doesn't have an answer for Deberrycat. So....I hope he goes off

Seemed like most of the UK fans were actually rooting for UC. That's how it looked to me anyways.

(03-19-2015 10:29 PM)BeerCat Wrote:  

(03-19-2015 10:27 PM)Cataclysmo Wrote:  The UK fans at the YUM didnt find it too funny when I suggested that UK doesn't have an answer for Deberrycat. So....I hope he goes off

Seemed like most of the UK fans were actually rooting for UC. That's how it looked to me anyways.

Indeed. They were actually very friendly.

We actually are somewhat poised to beat them, the way we play leads to upsets... but.

I think it would take a better version of us. Slow games, minimize possessions, we're used to slug fests.

I think a team like us that has that one star scoring point guard could do it, the guy that can create his shot, and get rediculously hot. I don't think the Harrison's are quick enough against a very good guard, Cobb has his moments but he really doesn't get to the foul line enough to be that type of guy. Caupain needs to be a touch more alpha, which hopefully will be next year.

Hope that UK players get food poisoning, just kidding. Need all of our players to bring their A game.

(03-19-2015 11:33 PM)SW UC Wrote:  Hope that UK players get food poisoning, just kidding. Need all of our players to bring their A game.

I was about to post that same idea. If the entire team got a 24 hour stomach virus or food poisoning and they have to take puke and diarrhea timeouts we could win. Other than that no chance. Any other team we could beat on an of night, but not UK.

They have to play abysmally bad. We have to play our best game of the year. We probably get beat by 15.

We need to get Duane to slip some ex lax in all of the players Gatorade. But he needs to be careful not to get Calipari sick, since it would probably improve their play, not having that chimp in a suit hopping around on the sideline.

Idk if I want this one more for our players or so that half of you on this board can eat crow....probably more for the players, because I love them. And I love Bearcat basketball. That's THIS era of Bearcat basketball...not the **** that happened decades ago..these Bearcats, Cronin's Bearcats...the "we might not beat you but you're gonna ******* remember us" Bearcats. I'll go to war anytime with these Bearcats.