re: Check in for MBB vs Kentucky on Wednesday 8:00 PM

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Team inevitably put Baker or Dean, but especially Baker in that high pick and roll we hard hedge on and it opens driving lanes - we rotate...sometimes and leaves a lot of open 3's, that's what I see anyway.

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Spot on, we’re put in rotation a ton because of our initial on-ball defense, whether in isolation or PnR. It’s not great. I’m surprised Mwani hasn’t carved out more of a role for this very reason.

I think Kentucky will probably roast our defense. Their combination of strong guard play, shooting, and vertical spacing is built to give us problems. But they have been trash on defense for most of SEC play. They brought great effort last game against Auburn, but that was a bigger game and it’s tough sometimes for young teams to play well 2 games in a row, especially on the road.

Think this is a high scoring one, hopefully LSU finishes instead of letting the better team pull away like when we played Alabama at home.