Final as usual tough going for the Cats in Knoxville.

Lots of ugly.

Just bad turnovers. Lots of bad offense. Seemed like lots of whining to officials. 

TyTy didnt exactly look right to be before he got taken out. I'm worried about him.

I'm kinda done trying to find if Collins can give us valuable mins. 

Need to toughen up, got three hard ones coming up. Gross game.

Tennessee just wanted it a lot more tonight.

Zeigler is gonna to drive me nuts for a while.

And when the hell does Fulkerson leave?

Calipari sure doesn't have patient for guys coming off the bench almost immediately giving up a backdoor layup.

Bottom line the Cats missed probably close 20 shots that they usually make. If half the balls that rolled off the rim fall, it's a ball game. Brooks couldn't buy a midrange jumper while Grady and Mintz missed some wide open looks. Two of Grady's 3s were negated by calls whistled just before he shot them.

Tennessee did a GREAT job getting their hands on the ball as soon as anyone picked their dribble to shoot.

Ty Ty is still the key to the season, I hope he was out as a precaution but the look on his face seemed worse.

6 hours ago, MJAlltheWay24 said:

Lots of ugly.

Just bad turnovers. Lots of bad offense. Seemed like lots of whining to officials. 

TyTy didnt exactly look right to be before he got taken out. I'm worried about him.

I'm kinda done trying to find if Collins can give us valuable mins. 

Need to toughen up, got three hard ones coming up. Gross game.

Have ro wonder if Ty Ty begged to play and Calipari wanted to keep him out prior to the game.  Might be time to heal up in hopes of being 100% in a few weeks. 

Grady has got to figure out something to do on offense other than shoot a 3 pointer.  I think UK's best lineup right now is with Ware and Oscar both on the floor paired with Mintz, TyTy and Wheeler. I fear tournament time Cal is going to be locked in to Grady no matter what just like he was the year with the Harrisons and it will knock UK out.

2 hours ago, sportsfan41 said:

Have ro wonder if Ty Ty begged to play and Calipari wanted to keep him out prior to the game.  Might be time to heal up in hopes of being 100% in a few weeks. 

Based on some post game comments I saw on Twitter last night, that seems to be the case.  Seemed like Cal said he should have went with his gut and not listened to TyTy and sat him.

1 hour ago, Voice of Reason said:

Grady has got to figure out something to do on offense other than shoot a 3 pointer.  I think UK's best lineup right now is with Ware and Oscar both on the floor paired with Mintz, TyTy and Wheeler. I fear tournament time Cal is going to be locked in to Grady no matter what just like he was the year with the Harrisons and it will knock UK out.

I totally agree with you.  For quite a while now, I've had a little debate with a buddy regarding Grady and I just don't think he's able to create for himself against this level of competition like he was able to at Davidson.  He's a great shooter, so you want him on the floor but he had a heckuva time getting good looks last night.  I'd like to see them draw up some plays for him that involving Tshiebwe setting screens for him, unless your scared of your big man not getting set.

He's not that strong of a defender, at least in my opinion.

Not to go too far off script, but last night's game was a good example of why people see Oscar "struggling" at the NBA level. On defense he really struggled guarding out in space... that is something he will have to do nightly. And on offense the length bothered him. Again, something he will have to do deal with nightly. He can move and hustle which is great, but that can only take you so far.

1 minute ago, bugatti said:

Not to go too far off script, but last night's game was a good example of why people see Oscar "struggling" at the NBA level. On defense he really struggled guarding out in space... that is something he will have to do nightly. And on offense the length bothered him. Again, something he will have to do deal with nightly. He can move and hustle which is great, but that can only take you so far.

Yeah, he might as well come back and work on things to get better at that and improve his draft stock.  Wouldn't that be nice?!

41 minutes ago, MJAlltheWay24 said:

I totally agree with you.  For quite a while now, I've had a little debate with a buddy regarding Grady and I just don't think he's able to create for himself against this level of competition like he was able to at Davidson.  He's a great shooter, so you want him on the floor but he had a heckuva time getting good looks last night.  I'd like to see them draw up some plays for him that involving Tshiebwe setting screens for him, unless your scared of your big man not getting set.

He's not that strong of a defender, at least in my opinion.

Grady definitely needs the other pieces around him to be doing their thing before he can do his. That's not a bad thing, that's just who he is.

2 minutes ago, MJAlltheWay24 said:

Yeah, he might as well come back and work on things to get better at that and improve his draft stock.  Wouldn't that be nice?!

Absolutely, and while at it appeal to the NCAA and see if he can get another year of eligibility. ? He still ended up around his averages, but those numbers didn't impact the game.

1 hour ago, bugatti said:

Not to go too far off script, but last night's game was a good example of why people see Oscar "struggling" at the NBA level. On defense he really struggled guarding out in space... that is something he will have to do nightly. And on offense the length bothered him. Again, something he will have to do deal with nightly. He can move and hustle which is great, but that can only take you so far.

Is Oscar still unable to cash in on NIL money?  That needs to change for him and others in their situations.  He is missing out on a lot of money right now.

9 minutes ago, okie1 said:

Is Oscar still unable to cash in on NIL money?  That needs to change for him and others in their situations.  He is missing out on a lot of money right now.

It's my understanding that it hasn't changed for him yet.  I believe something to do with him not being a US citizen and being on a visa.