November 17, 201015 yr Nice win for the Cards and I agree with JS's addition by subtraction comment. UL is young and it shows. Not overly impressed with either team.
November 17, 201015 yr This had to be one of the most boring games I've ever seen in my life. No tempo (due to all the fouling) and there were some awful shots taken. I know it's early in the season, but gee whiz it was boring!
November 17, 201015 yr Nice to see Justice, who SO many said couldn't play at this level, get quality minutes last night.:thumb: Count me among the doubters. While I know it's just one game, and while I know that Siva has been a complete disappointment during his 1 season & 1 game, Justice played like a scholarship veteran last night. Very impressed with him.
November 17, 201015 yr Butler couldn't get a break from the refs in the first half. Justice looked good and made some nice passes.
November 17, 201015 yr Justice got a lot stronger between his junior and senior year, and looks like he's kept with what's been working. At his height, he'll need that extra strength to be able to contribute in BE play. Did you see him get called for the foul in the first half when he muscled Howard out of the lane? Im almost positive it was him, who got stuck on Howard after a switch and muscled him out entirely with his lower body. The game is definitely not too big for this kid, loved seeing him in there and playing well.
November 17, 201015 yr Does anyone know the status on Knowles? Pitino said last night that someone in the defensive set -- prior to his airballed three when he went down -- landed right on that bruised thigh that kept him out of the Wesleyan exhibition. He made it sound like he'll hold Preston out of the Jackson St. game on Saturday and see where things go from there.
November 17, 201015 yr Count me among the doubters. While I know it's just one game, and while I know that Siva has been a complete disappointment during his 1 season & 1 game, Justice played like a scholarship veteran last night. Very impressed with him. I agree Randy, Justice was very impressive. I thought he played much better than Siva. He seems to have much more control, he looked great.
November 17, 201015 yr Butler had a great year last season, but this year's team is very different. I'm sure they'll do well in their mid-major conference, but they have a long ways to go before they can sniff last year's team.
November 17, 201015 yr 28-43 at the line isn't going to cut it. They aren't the only poor free throw shooting team out there.
November 18, 201015 yr I expected UofL to come out and get the big win tonight but they still have a long ways to go. They don't have the most gifted players in the world but they're still very young and pretty athletic, things are looking a little brighter than some may have anticipated. Justice and Dieng were both pleasant surprises. Dieng is a hustler and had a strong defensive presence but the shocker of the night for me was Van Treese. You can tell he is a lot leaner and actually looks interested in playing this year. I don't expect much from him but he gave it everything he had when he was on the court yesterday and that's all you can ask for.
November 18, 201015 yr Did you see him get called for the foul in the first half when he muscled Howard out of the lane? Im almost positive it was him, who got stuck on Howard after a switch and muscled him out entirely with his lower body. The game is definitely not too big for this kid, loved seeing him in there and playing well. I went back and looked at photos I had of him during junior and senior year and compared it to ones from the game the other night. He was built like a little fireplug even then, but it looks now like he's picked up about 10 pounds of muscle, and reduced his body fat as well (not that he had that much before, which makes it even more impressive). You can tell he's pretty dedicated in the weightroom.
November 18, 201015 yr Put me on board of the Elisha Justice bandwagon as well. He looked very good against Butler and I was impressed the way he kept splitting the double teams to find the open man. Glad the young man proved me wrong. After the game Nored said that Justice was a very good player which disappointed him because he knows the frosh outplayed him. Nice compliment for one of our own products.
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