4 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

What is up with his free throw shooting? You almost can't put him on the floor in a tight game. 

He has a bizarre hitch in his FT shots.

5 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

What is up with his free throw shooting? You almost can't put him on the floor in a tight game. 

Never seen someone jumps at the free throw line after maybe Elementary School.

Nice road win in the SEC, maybe this will launch some much needed momentum.

Well, I guess Coach Cal is safe for another week......oh yeah, he has a lifetime contract lol. All kidding aside, the Cats looked very good today.

1 hour ago, 9068 said:

Well, I guess Coach Cal is safe for another week......oh yeah, he has a lifetime contract lol. All kidding aside, the Cats looked very good today.

Sure seemed like he outclassed and better prepared his team than Pearl.

11 hours ago, bugatti said:

He has a bizarre hitch in his FT shots.

Agree. Too much movement. Needs to streamline it and make it more repeatable.

1 hour ago, Voice of Reason said:

Agree. Too much movement. Needs to streamline it and make it more repeatable.

Agreed. It wasn’t this game, but I remember seeing Cal tell him one game after a missed free throw to go straight up and not be falling back on his free throw. He seems to try to shoot free throws with the same flair he does on his jump shots which come from weird tough positions at times. 
 

His missed free throw against Florida would have iced the game and would have had the Cats one game back from first in the SEC. 

3 minutes ago, futurecoach said:

Agreed. It wasn’t this game, but I remember seeing Cal tell him one game after a missed free throw to go straight up and not be falling back on his free throw. He seems to try to shoot free throws with the same flair he does on his jump shots which come from weird tough positions at times. 
 

His missed free throw against Florida would have iced the game and would have had the Cats one game back from first in the SEC. 

And it is all learning for everyone, including Cal. At this point, he can't be on the floor in the last minute of a 2 point game. He not only can't be trusted to hit needed free throws, he will hold the ball to draw the foul because he believes he will hit the free throw - just like he did against Florida.

15 hours ago, MJAlltheWay24 said:

Never seen someone jumps at the free throw line after maybe Elementary School.

Hal Greer shot FT’s like that his whole career, like a 90% career ft

Cal actually did more coaching yesterday than he did screaming at the kids and the refs, hope he keeps that up!!!  Why can’t he just sit back after the game yesterday and enjoy the win?!

1 hour ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

Cal actually did more coaching yesterday than he did screaming at the kids and the refs, hope he keeps that up!!!  Why can’t he just sit back after the game yesterday and enjoy the win?!

So you're complaining about his after game press conference?

I hope Cal saw how Pearl was acting towards the officials and decided tonight would be a good night to just worry about the Cats. Pearl was absolutely insane last night, and it showed in his team’s performance. They missed alot of open shots, but maybe that’s why they were open to shoot? Pearl needed to settle down and coach, he did not do that to the detriment to his team and the betterment of our Cats. UK showed way more effort on the boards and at the rim last night than they have all season. Keep that fight up and they can win the SEC tournament.

1 hour ago, Jumper_Dad said:

So you're complaining about his after game press conference?

Easy, lighten up, just enjoy the win is all I’m saying  instead of taking off on a big diatribe 

2 hours ago, Breds82 said:

I hope Cal saw how Pearl was acting towards the officials and decided tonight would be a good night to just worry about the Cats. Pearl was absolutely insane last night, and it showed in his team’s performance. They missed alot of open shots, but maybe that’s why they were open to shoot? Pearl needed to settle down and coach, he did not do that to the detriment to his team and the betterment of our Cats. UK showed way more effort on the boards and at the rim last night than they have all season. Keep that fight up and they can win the SEC tournament.

I agree but what was ironic is that Cal was the one who received a bench warning and Pearl never did for the entire game.

Very impressive and much needed win.  Going into the week I was genuinely afraid that the Cats might play themselves onto the bubble--or into an 8-9 seed.  They have really played with more intesnity on defense, and more physicality on defense and on the boards.  I'm not ready to say that they have everything figured out on defense, I think I saw that Auburn went 3-12 on what were considered open looks on three pointers, and missed several two point attempts that were considered open looks.   However, the effort and physicality that they showed on defense was so much better than it has been.  Great win in a tough place to play.