Kentucky home cooking

[superjohn]

Kentucky was down 2 at the end of the game, one of the Harrison twins pushes off to create space, no space is created he raises up and the LSU defender with his arms straight up makes contact with the ball and no arm, A foul is called and Harrison makes both ft's, headed to overtime.

 

[UConn17]

At the beginning of the game the announcers were ripping one of the Harrison twins for not diving for two loose balls.

 

[alexd]

LSU doesn't help themselves....WTF was that?...10 seconds to go and you walk the ball up, no one else touches the ball and you launch an off balance 3 over a PF as time dwindles down???

 

[nomar]

LSU doesn't help themselves....WTF was that?...10 seconds to go and you walk the ball, no one else touches the ball and you launch an off balance 3 over a PF as time dwindles down???

Nothing frustrates me more than when at the end of the half or the game, the player with the ball stands 35 feet away from the hoop until there's 3 seconds on the clock. I get that you don't want to give the other team a shot, but you're not giving yourself a shot either.

 

[jfuchs91]

And again in OT some questionable foul calls and no-calls. Kentucky may have talent, but they're just not all that good right now. It took everything they had (and a few zebras) to beat a .500 team from the SEC at home.

 

[specialisthusky]

Was that really not a walk? I don't have DVR to review .

This driving to the lane with 12-10 seconds left on the clock down one thing has not worked out well today.

 

[Strummer]

LSU - poorly coached.

Coach calls last time out in regulation with a lot of time left to sub in a FT shooter, who missed 1 of 2 anyway.
For final shot they have no TO and player doesn't comprehend the clock.

In OT - same thing. Calls last TO with too much time left. Get a decent look coming out of the TO, but have no TO for final shot one play later for them.

LSU guard in OT drives to the rim w/10 seconds left early in shot clock - gives K way too much time to come back up court and score, which they did.

The foul on Harrison was iffy, but the defender's arms weren't perfectly straight and he was moving - not a great call, but by no means an outrageously bad call.

LSU beat themselves. Too bad, but that's what happened.

 

[champs99and04]

Kentucky's offense is basically one player barreling into traffic and hoping for a call. Calipari has not done a good job with that team.

 

[jrazz12]

4 steps to the hoop is not a travel at Rupp if you're wearing white. Come on now, don't you know the rules?

 

[61cygni]

Some pretty blatant blown calls even before the final minutes.

 

[superjohn]

I wonder what Alex Poythress is thinking, he was a stud for them last year and he barely plays this year. Have no clue why these top recruits keep going to Kentucky year after year.

 

[61cygni]

I'm guessing a lot of them are pretty confident that they're going to be like John Wall, not Porthyress. Happens when you're a top basketball talent and surrounded by people constantly pumping up your skills and abilities.

 

[James]

we're in late feb. and kentucky is looking as average as ever. johnny obryant is much more real than randle.

 

[Oxford Bob]

I wonder what Alex Poythress is thinking, he was a stud for them last year and he barely plays this year. Have no clue why these top recruits keep going to Kentucky year after year.

Poythress is as one-dimensional a player as you can get. The kid jumps through the roof but can only really catch alley-oops and rebound misses. He hasn't learned to put the ball on the floor or consistently hit a 12-15 ft jumper.

 

[Waquoit]

Kentucky was down 2 at the end of the game, one of the Harrison twins pushes off to create space, no space is created he raises up and the LSU defender with his arms straight up makes contact with the ball and no arm, A foul is called and Harrison makes both ft's, headed to overtime.

And the travel before the non-foul was even worse.

 

[dsturdy5]

The "foul" call is one you see in the NBA all the time, Paul Pierce was really good at getting it. Extend the ball and swing your arms through the arms of a defender who is not perfectly vertical. It looked like the official was anticipating the move and as soon as the offensive player's arms went up, he was blowing the whistle. He forgot one important item...the position of the defender's arms. Whoops.

 

[huskyharry]

I'm guessing a lot of them are pretty confident that they're going to be like John Wall, not Porthyress. Happens when you're a top basketball talent and surrounded by people constantly pumping up your skills and abilities.

That...and the promises of a truckload of $$$ from World Wide Wes doesn't hurt either!

 

[mauconnfan]

Poythress is as one-dimensional a player as you can get. The kid jumps through the roof but can only really catch alley-oops and rebound misses. He hasn't learned to put the ball on the floor or consistently hit a 12-15 ft jumper.

okay so you're saying he'd play 30 minutes for us?