Hatz

27 minutes ago, theguru said:

Are you serious?

And I will take St. Edwards by four TDs. 

Boyle doesn't back off from scheduling.

40 minutes ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

Don’t know either what that means that was the reporters words not mine, but I assume it means money wise. 

It's a quote from the First Godfather movie.  

24 minutes ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

I have seen a few reports on that possibly as early as this Wednesday or Thursday that Kentucky intends to offer Dan Hurley a deal that “he can’t refuse” according to sources close with Kentucky’s AD Mitch Barnhart  

The deal would reportedly make Dan Hurley the highest paid coach in college basketball history.

They do now have an extra $33 million they don’t have to pay out. 

"a deal he can't refuse."

Are we bringing in Luka Brazzi to hold a gun to his head and telling him to sign???

I'm not saying we shouldn't, just asking.  

I watch Clark and kept help thinking she is a "Larry Bird" esque player.  Generational level that seems to get bigger, the bigger the game gets.  

On 3/22/2024 at 2:27 PM, 16thBBall Fan said:

Agree with you on this.  And the Sheppard overall # 1 pick talk needs to stop too.  I love Reed but that’s just not gonna happen unless a GM is looking to get fired.  I remember when Todd May was playing at Pikeville, his coach and a bunch of us were at a coaching clinic and his coach was telling everybody that Marty Blake (who was an NBA scout at the time) told him that Todd would be a 1st round draft choice, I said the same thing about him that I just said about Reed, I love Todd but just don’t see that happening, he’s wwaaayyy too slow laterally and not a great shooter, his coach got REALLY upset and stomped off!!  Todd didn’t get drafted in any round. 

He didn’t last a year playing behind Kenny Walker. 

I'm glad it's A & M.  You have to play these physical, tough teams somewhere along the way in the NCAA.  Better now where there is still at least one more game left.  

On 3/7/2024 at 9:46 PM, Tranquility Base said:

As I will do from time to time, I fell down a YouTube blackhole and stumbled across this.   Spans from the first tourney in 1938 through the 1988 final between Kansas and Oklahoma.  Interesting to see how the game has evolved.

 

 

Watched that when it came out.  A lot of exclusive footage that until the internet, was hard to ever find or view.  

On 2/26/2024 at 7:41 AM, gchs_uk9 said:

4-29 postseason record. First rounds wins in 2000, 2010, 2012, and 2013.

Ron Finley had some very tough teams but never could get past the Corbin/Somerset hurdle.

On 2/26/2024 at 12:18 PM, Green River Monster said:

I see the Boyle Co. Helmet in your profile picture.  Some may have said the same thing about long term success with the Rebels back in the day.  All it takes is the right coach, in the right situation, and "Jimmy's and Joes" to start building that foundation.  Boyle Co. should be the target of every school, in my opinion.

Actually Boyle had longevity from the 70's on.  Buchanan was from '68-'73.  Ed Rall was from '74-'87 and had a winning record.  Sam Burke was one year interim.  John Griggs was from '89-'91.  Then Chuck Smith came.    

2 hours ago, bugatti said:

It was obvious from day one that the players Calipari likes/trusts most are Sheppard and Reeves. They will be playing the bulk of the minutes and in the ball game when it matters most. There are hundreds of examples of this throughout basketball history. I'm thinking of Bruce Brown for the Nuggets last year. Manu Ginobili his entire career. Mike Dunleavy at Duke. Hell, the "original sixth man" Frank Ramsey (UK grad) made a HOF career of it. And so on. People view starting as a status symbol. And in fairness, it is to a degree. In this case, the decision not to start Sheppard is strictly about chemistry and messing up juju. No different than the guy who must put on a certain sock before the other or his entire day is ruined.

The irony in it all is that the first person to say they do not start would probably be Reed Sheppard.

Darius Miller in 2012.  James Lee in '77 and '78.  Ron Mercer and Wayne Turner the last half of '96.  Don't mess with the JuJu.  

5 hours ago, Tranquility Base said:

He probably had some good teams that never made the NCAA tourney because of the way it used to be set up.   It didn't expand to 64 teams until 1985 and he was out at Maryland after the 86 season.

He had a great team in 74 but only one could go to tourney and David Thompson kept him out. 
 

I seem to recall he had a great team in Davidson but didn’t make the tournament 

20 hours ago, The Professor said:

I remember when he proclaimed that he was going to build Maryland into the “UCLA of the East.” He had some very talented teams during his career but I don’t think he ever won an NCAA title.

He never did.  He had a few teams that were capable, but never did win it. 

On 2/14/2024 at 12:14 AM, DevilMayCare said:

2024 Schedule

Aug 24 at Lexington Christian Academy 

Aug 31 vs. Bryan Station 

Sep 6 vs. Danville 

Sep 13 at Scott County 

Sep 20 vs. Taylor County*

Sep 27 at Lexington Catholic 

Oct 4 - BYE

Oct 11 vs. Russell County*

Oct 18 at Lincoln County*

Oct 25 at Wayne County*

Nov 1 vs. Frederick Douglass 

* District Game

So, is this schedule final I assume?

22 hours ago, Tigercat said:

The last time we lost the three in a row at home I was a freshman at UK. It was the year following the Runts and we went 13-13, despite having 3 starters back, including Dampier and Riley, who slept in traction in Haggin Hall.

I am trying to decide which game Cal is watching. He didn't want to break up the lineup because of the defense they were playing. This is the defense that was scored on for 8 consecutive possessions. We had a 35 point man on the bench who earlier had picked a guy clean and who had shot only 2 or 3 threes.

We had no FGs the last 2:48. But no change? Even for the last shot? is no one on the bench even coaching either?

I wonder if the assistants are afraid to say something to Cal like it appeared that Ulis wanted to.  How often as Call spent a few seconds of a TO to consult his assistants?  It's like he has a board of Yes Men behind him.  

8 minutes ago, Tranquility Base said:

Seems like an odd matchup in the middle of conference play.   Why was this scheduled for now?

Multi Year contract I believe. Played this time last year.

Georgetown.  Easily one of the best programs in the 80's and into the 90's.  Nothing since.

St. Johns is in the same category.  The rise of UConn seems to have brought the demise of the Johnnies.  

4 hours ago, ChiefSmoke said:

Going back to 1992, biggest comebacks.....

1995 Paris, down to Western Hills 19-0 in 4th, won, 20-19

2004 Mason, down to Montgomery 27-9 in 2nd, won, 37-33

2012 Mason, down to Russell (in Flatwoods) 28-10 in 4th, won 32-28

Those were great wins... but sort of disappointed in 31 seasons, biggest comeback was 19 points down. 

My brain has a way of protecting me from going insane... I have NO IDEA what the biggest lead was that we had and got beat. 

If my brain could get rid of the 2002 losses to the Red Devils, 12-7 at Flatwoods & the Region Finals at Putnam, Red Devils 11-8 that would be great... but no luck.  That dang Ivan McGlone and Garry Morris, went from heavy 5-2 personnel to 3-4 guys that could run from the 2001 to 2002 season. Wish they had kept the big slow guys, one more season. That was an excellent defense.  Ivan and Garry... two of the finest men and coaches you would ever meet. Our trips to Flatwoods.... favorite of all, even when we got our hearts broke. Great games. 

If I can hang in there long enough, will try to take the Bearcats to Flatwoods for at least one Friday night in late October. 

While I am at it, shout out to @theguru for 20 plus years of BGPreps. Quality and consistency... pretty dang good.  I would be his favorite football coach if I could just suck up more. 😎

I’m remembering that Pulaski County came back from a large deficit in the 2003 playoffs.  Alas it was long ago. And my memory is not what it was. 

8 minutes ago, 9068 said:

So many of these high profile recruits have never had to defend talented players, have never had to learn to hedge and recover, close out the shooter, block out on the boards.....and other fundamentals that most HS players are drilled on daily. They will get better as the year goes on or they will have a short post season. Remember, they only plan to be here for a year.

I'm not sure Bradshaw should pack his bags.  He can't handle the physicality of the NBA.  At least not at this point.  

I echo everyone's sentiment.  The Guard Defense has to get better.  And for one who mentioned Wagner, Dillingham and Reeves I would definitely add Reed Shepherd.  If he can't steal the ball, he's a huge liability on stopping the drive.  I'm still very high on the motor and balling nature of this team.  

Hope they learn from it

I still love this team. But they need to play better defense 

I need to speak up more. 😛

Edwards just not a scoring threat right now

3 hours ago, Waterboy70 said:

He played first quarter Went down with knee injury. 

I was in town and at the game because my Dad was a Senior on the Junction City team that won the District in 1956 and my mom, who is living, was a cheerleader.  That was a great experience for our family.  

The injured player seemed to be a real difference maker but when he went down Boyle just pounced on the Cardinals with their speed.  I pray he recovers well from that night.  

Liberty was in over their head.