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Is WV the Kryptonite meteor we've been waiting for?

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Wisconsin may be the only team with the size and discipline to beat these guys. You have to be so selective when you get in the paint.
 
It's like people didn't watch last years games against UConn and UL. UK really hasn't had a ton of issues with pressure. Have to play tough half court D and slow the game down to win. You aren't likely to beat them pressing or in a foot race.
 
I don't understand why the consensus was that wv was a bad matchup for ky. They are the perfect matchup for ky. In order to beat this ky team you have to be able to pressure their guards and be able to rain threes over their long defense especially with a stretch 4 type who can drag one of their bigs out and open up the lane. Wv can't shoot.

Does that description remind anyone of a certain team from last year???....
 
It looks like the Nuggets playing against a college team. You watch Trey Lyles play and he looks like the best player in the country and then you realize he's their third best big man.
 
Sounded like Barles dissed Cauleystein a bit, saying UK bench guys are as good as him, but bench can't replace Towns.
 
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I feel bad for WVU fans.

This is just insane. Embarrasing not because of how bad they're losing, but because of all the hype the players were revving

Huggy bear must be hating his life now. He has to sit by and watch 13 more minutes of this.
 
WVU has one point since Towns went out. That's nuts.
 
superjohn said:
It looks like the Nuggets playing against a college team. You watch Trey Lyles play and he looks like the best player in the country and then you realize he's their third best big man.
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Although I feel like after Towns he is the second best prospect on Kentucky. One of the most important pieces on this team.
 
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More of West Virginia's field goal attempts have been blocked than gone in the basket.


That's not good.
 
Alright, this is pretty funny:

“@DevinBook: 36 and won”
 
When you see two Boneyard threads saying WVU will win... that was just awesome.
 
There's only one way to beat them and that is to make a bunch of 3's under pressure with them having the worst shooting night ever, but their bigs stay at home and the guards don't have to cheat so that's tough. Back door cuts because they can't be attacked directly, but they are well coached on that and they block out even though they can rebound without doing so, being 6-10 inches taller. Remember that they had some close calls. If our big men were on their team they would be in charge of filling their water bottles and loading the equipment on the bus.
 
jibsey said:
There's only one way to beat them and that is to make a bunch of 3's under pressure with them having the worst shooting night ever, but their bigs stay at home and the guards don't have to cheat so that's tough. Back door cuts because they can't be attacked directly, but they are well coached on that and they block out even though they can rebound without doing so, being 6-10 inches taller. Remember that they had some close calls. If our big men were on their team they would be in charge of filling their water bottles and loading the equipment on the bus.
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Our big men would never come close to being on the team to begin with...
 
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Fishy said:
Yep.

Not sure if you were around for the rest of the season, but it didn't go very well for us.
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Exactly my pre-game analysis was WVU looked really good when they bet UConn in November. That was November & UConn wasn't quite the team I hoped they were. WVU probably only loses by 20 if you subtract the trash talking. Now they've f--d the rest of the field by over-rattling the cage of the giant.

Neither Arizona or Wisconsin impressed me much last night. Both proved superior to inconsistent (UNC) & flawed (Xavier) teams, but only by the smallest of margins. Someone needs to throw up a Nova 85 or NC State 83 game-plan, execution & luck to topple the wildcats.
 
rman726 said:
Note to West Virginia. In the future, don't talk until after you win.
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That was a big time beat-down from the word go. Big mistake for that freshman Mountaineer to have poked the bear, or better put a pack of Wildcats. Going up against a bear is bad enough, but having to face an angry one is a recipe for getting torn into little pieces, which is what we saw last night.

As much as I don't like UK, I struggled to see any team in the field that has the horses to beat them. UK has so much talented depth, that they can overcome 2 to 3 of their best players having bad games or playing tightly wound. I've said in the past, that young teams led by their blue-chip freshman PG can often go down at the hand of that player, who just can't help himself from shooting their team right out of the game. We saw that in 2011 against UK where their PG just couldn't help himself from trying to do too much throughout the game and especially late in that game. But UK doesn't rely on any one player never mind their PG to win games for them.

As some have pointed out, the only way to likely beat this team is to come out of the gate hitting lots of 3s and getting an early lead against this team. If some team can hold a late lead, or at a minimum stay within a possession of them, the pressure of being the prohibited favorite and the weight of that perfect season could be a factor. I'm just not sure any of the teams can find themselves in that position.
 
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