5 Point Play reacts to the loss
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Timo thanks for sharing, and I will be listening. Right now the loss still stings, but am looking forward to thoughts of you and the panel.
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Losing sucks, but hopefully this is some therapy
Enjoyed the podcast good job fellows. Agree that we need to find few minutes for Evans and Harris. Resting Kon for at least 5 minutes could have made a difference. Evans especially in that type game
Shocking that playing more guys will make your team less tired. I will listen to the podcast this weekend. Wr all thought there was no way Evans would not play, and yet here we are. I imagine that changes. Jon is taking some hits on social media for that second half.
I could understand if Kon was having great game but hard to hit shots tired. Kentucky played 10 players. I think talent wise Duke at least 10 points better. Hope to play them again. For his 3rd game at Duke Cooper was awesome and only going to get better
Think that ship has sailed but I do think he will get better. Could see a shift in Jon’s philosophy with him and proctor. Might swap places.
Yes, however we lost Sion to an illegal screen with 13 min to go. Khaman goes out with cramps. That’s two guys and I think it’s tough to insert Isaiah or Darren at that juncture after sitting. You could argue that both could have gotten in the first half but where? Certainly not when we were cooking them. And when we were down by a bucket or two maybe. The shooting wasn’t bad in the first half it was horrible in the second.
Evans should be in the rotation. I heard all week that Kentucky's plan was to throw a lot of bodies at us and wear us down. He played 8, and they did. Next play I guess. Our late game execution has become sadly predictable. Plenty of stuff to work on, but it is frustrating to see the same mistakes over and over. Maybe we work it out. Beat Arizona and we are back in track.
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I think Evans needs to be part of the gameplan going forward for sure.
The sky is not falling. But I am avoiding RR for obvious reasons ha
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RR should be giddy. They’ve had years of misery and with a new coach who’s very good they have a reason for legit optimism. But I don’t care about UK, I care about us. We took a loss in a game where we were clearly better and everyone has pointed out legit reasons. Good news it’s game 3, and we can look at certain areas we need to clean up, whether that be personnel, scheming some things through the post, end of game sets etc. I’m confident in the staff’s ability to figure this out and I’m confident there won’t be many games we go 4-23 from deep.
I think that may be in the cards. Think Proc is better facilitator and Foster knows how to score and attack. But it will work itself out.
I originally said I liked Foster and Sion starting, but unless Foster makes a big jump I like Proctor and Sion, with Foster playing good minutes off the bench. Foster may still figure it out, but he looks a little lost at the moment. He did miss a lot of time last year.
Great listen while trying to stay awake at work.
Really liked the perspective that P Cong took on the ISO stuff that Scheyer is getting blasted for at the end of the game. Didn't even realize how effective all the ISO's were throughout the game for Coop and how easy he was getting to his spots. Carr went ISO near the end and is a small part as to Pope is being hailed for his brilliant coaching. One worked, the other didn't. You could still argue we could have ran some movement before getting Coop the ball but yeah.
Pope did call a nice game, he truly deserves some credit there. I really liked how he used that Garrison kid and Oweh is a stud. But it is interesting how much things are getting blown out of proportion as he had some questionable moments as well. Full court baseball pass up 2 with 5 seconds left to a high 60% FT shooter (even if it is somewhat unexpected, is it really worth the risk?). Brea was absolutely getting lit up and they did literally no in-game adjustments. 8 points over a roughly 8 min span in the 1st half. 5 points in roughly 5 min to start the 2nd half. They really just took off after the injury/cramping.
Really liked the perspective that P Cong took on the ISO stuff that Scheyer is getting blasted for at the end of the game. Didn't even realize how effective all the ISO's were throughout the game for Coop and how easy he was getting to his spots. Carr went ISO near the end and is a small part as to Pope is being hailed for his brilliant coaching. One worked, the other didn't. You could still argue we could have ran some movement before getting Coop the ball but yeah.
Pope did call a nice game, he truly deserves some credit there. I really liked how he used that Garrison kid and Oweh is a stud. But it is interesting how much things are getting blown out of proportion as he had some questionable moments as well. Full court baseball pass up 2 with 5 seconds left to a high 60% FT shooter (even if it is somewhat unexpected, is it really worth the risk?). Brea was absolutely getting lit up and they did literally no in-game adjustments. 8 points over a roughly 8 min span in the 1st half. 5 points in roughly 5 min to start the 2nd half. They really just took off after the injury/cramping.
No doubt and that is a fair point. But on the flipside....I really don't know what else you run unless it's a set play that eventually goes to Coop anyways? Kon is 5/20, Foster having a bad game, I don't even know where Tyrese was on the floor in the 2nd half. Imagine Foster trying to run some type of set play and Cooper is denied the ball and him not touching it for the last shot(s). Khaman still has that fracture in his hand and can't create.
I get that you want the ball in your best players hands. Duke just seems to get in funks when they go ISO, or heavily dependent on a player. And it's awfully ironic that when we lose games like this, we don't have many assists.
I for one hope we see more balance going forward.
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