coachcrisp

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Always seemed to be a mutual respect and understanding between Bama and UK. We made this conference. One of the best conversations I ever had was at a Bama UK basketball game in Tuscaloosa, around 1999 or 2000 I believe, with some older UK fans sitting next to me. I was 21 at the time and it was just a pleasure to talk to the older UK fans at that time. Mutual respect and admiration for Bama football and UK basketball was a conversation I could have partaken in for days.

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I've had the same experience with Ky fans going all the way back to the late 60s. I was a Tide season ticket holder for many years when I lived in Tuscaloosa, and very much looked forward to both the huge Cat fan numbers, and their great knowledge of college basketball when they'd come to Tuscaloosa.
I once was at a small reception for Coach Rupp (I believe his last coaching year), and Coach Bryant. A lot of folks don't realize that they were BOTH coaches at UK for a while. What I remember most was the story that Coach Bryant told about the year (1950-1951) that Bryant won Kentucky's FIRST SEC championship, and Rupp won the Nat'l Championship
Coach Bryant told us that at the year-end Alumni Banquet, the University presented him with a beautiful gold watch with "SEC Champs" initialed on the back. After he thanked everyone for his fine watch, they called Coach Rupp up to the podium and presented him with.........a new Fleetwood Cadillac! Bryant said,"it was time to go! :lol: :lol:

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Great player, but gives up a lot on the defensive end.

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I'm guessing that Cal wouldn't want him to play defense too tightly because (1) He needs to avert any chances of getting into foul trouble, and (2) he needs to save as much energy as possible. The kid played nearly the entire game including the OTs in last night's game, and if he had pressed his defensive effort, I suspect the quality of his offensive effort may have diminished late in the 2nd half....IMO. :dunno:

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But 6 seed means we’d have to lose some games we shouldn’t.....

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We can DO that! :dude:

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I can think of 5 people in the world who desperately wanted Will Wade out of Baton Rouge.

1. John Calipari
2. Eric Musselman
3. NATE OATS
4. Dick Vitale
5. Scott Woodward

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"Nate Oats holds a dominant record against Will Wade, highlighted by a 3-0 sweep during the 2020-21 season while at Alabama. Oats has generally had success against Wade, including competition when Wade was at LSU and previously at VCU, often getting the better of their matchups."
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That's great because they've had a TON of it lately!
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Is it a comedy?

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You DO realized that there's a bag limit on coonasses around here, right? Don't let Capt. Chicken catch you, and put you in the suspension pokie.
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Have you seen where multiple systems have been integrated to see how they interact by themselves and are beginning, on their on, to establish a new language...one that humans aren't familiar with, and it would be exclusive to them?

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Unless the post situation post Bediako improves this is a team with a sweet 16 ceiling that ill be far more concerned with which teams we have to play and the officiating that day than whether we're a 3 or a 6.

I see no reason to think we can beat any team with an elite front court or win consistently in games where the whistles are slow resulting in perimeter hand checking and grabbing off pick and rolls length or against teams with elite defensive length on the perimeter.

We're soft down low and small outside, we need to manage expectations IMO.

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IMO, this is about right.
With the abundance of good shooting guards, I'm not sure why Oats doesn't turn up the pace and sprint the guards and #3 forward down the court on a rebound. IF they're having trouble getting open from the 3 point line, and not being able to penetrate the lane, I'd rather see them play a 3-on-3 game without the bigs, that fast breaks can bring. Also, It can wear out a team that's not very guard heavy.

That's just....sad.
They should consider playing the men's games as a leadup to the women's games, like they used to do when the NCAA wouldn't let freshmen play varsity, so the freshman teams would play each other before the real game. :thup: