2023-2024 Kentucky Wildcats

[4 Quarters]

7 hours ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

Here is who I think will be the starting 5 for the Cats this season. That is barring any injuries or anything else.

PG: Rob Dillingham

SG: DJ Wagner

SF: Antonio Reeves

PF: Justin Edwards

Center: Tre Mitchell

How many games can this group win?

[16thBBall Fan]

19 hours ago, 4 Quarters said:

How many games can this group win?

If stays healthy I'd say somewhere between 25-30.

[sportsfan41]

On 7/4/2023 at 3:34 PM, 16thBBall Fan said:

If stays healthy I'd say somewhere between 25-30.

Is that total?  Or the regular season?

[16thBBall Fan]

42 minutes ago, sportsfan41 said:

Is that total?  Or the regular season?

I'd say the 25 would be regular season and the 30 for the total.

[bugatti]

16 hours ago, sportsfan41 said:

Is that total?  Or the regular season?

 

15 hours ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

I'd say the 25 would be regular season and the 30 for the total.

For comparison, UK's over/under win total for betting purposes last year was set at 26.... 30 is aggressive. Only two teams were set over that 30 line last year (Gonzaga @ 33.5 and @ UCLA 31).

[nikeman49]

No possible way Ky wins 30 games next season.

[Voice of Reason]

19 hours ago, nikeman49 said:

No possible way Ky wins 30 games next season.

Any thoughts on John Welch?

[nikeman49]

41 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

Any thoughts on John Welch?

Not a huge fan of the dribble drive offense but hopefully he can bring some helpful tools with him and maybe do most of the coaching.

[Jumper_Dad]

Didn't look too bad against Germany today. Germany shot lights out from 3, but young Cats played well otherwise on D and were aggressive on offense. 

Mitchell going 4/6 from 3 was a surprise and DJ looks quicker than anyone we've had driving the lane in a while. Reeves was steady and Theiro looked really good most of the game.

Of course too early to think much of just one game. But, few long 2s were shot, we ran an out of bounds play for a dunk and Cal was wanting them to shoot more 3s.

Looked a little scattered towards the end, need to clean up inbounding against pressure. 

Overall fun game to watch.

[nikeman49]

1 hour ago, Jumper_Dad said:

Didn't look too bad against Germany today. Germany shot lights out from 3, but young Cats played well otherwise on D and were aggressive on offense. 

Mitchell going 4/6 from 3 was a surprise and DJ looks quicker than anyone we've had driving the lane in a while. Reeves was steady and Theiro looked really good most of the game.

Of course too early to think much of just one game. But, few long 2s were shot, we ran an out of bounds play for a dunk and Cal was wanting them to shoot more 3s.

Looked a little scattered towards the end, need to clean up inbounding against pressure. 

Overall fun game to watch.

Germany was 13/41 from 3pt land.

[theguru]

 

[gchs_uk9]

For a team playing their first game after only a handful of practices, I thought Kentucky looked pretty good. 

[futurecoach]

56 minutes ago, nikeman49 said:

Germany was 13/41 from 3pt land.

Germany was hot in the first half but cooled off in the second half until the end of the game. 

[nikeman49]

12 minutes ago, futurecoach said:

Germany was hot in the first half but cooled off in the second half until the end of the game. 

Therefore shot a miserable 13/41

[futurecoach]

10 minutes ago, nikeman49 said:

Therefore shot a miserable 13/41

Yep, hence why I said they went cold in the second half. Which part of that was because the Cats forced them to take tough threes.