I think they will beat Florida.

I don't.

I dont see FLorida winning this thing. They have 2 losses this year against Wisconsin and Uconn. Kentucky is much more like the Kentucky from the SEC championship game then the UK from earlier this year. Remember they were #1 preseasson and DIck Vitale said this is the best class of freshman, EVER.
I think UConn or Kentucky wins it

Wow look at Braveheart pick two out of the last 4 to win the championship.

Dick Vitale has been wrong most of the tournament. It's bad enough that mush is riding UK's jock but now you?

Damnit all to hell. Just ruin a potential great weekend for the sake of being half right or half wrong. FFS you are the worst, Rocktard.

You should be chairman of the Fed. For real, dawg.

Florida -6.5
Over 126.5
KY -1.5
Over 139

This is my 4 way parlay ticket from Vegas. Hoping for the best but that FL line scares me a little.

lol. Everyones bracket busted. I drilled the final 4 though, a lot of ppl had Florida v Wisconsin. I said I think Uconn or KU wins it.

UConn wire to wire tonight.....

Like I said before the 16...Kentucky wins.

Now if the Harrison twins, Dakari, Poythress, and Lee return they are a lock to repeat next year.

Doesn't matter if Parker returns for Duke. Harrison twins are the truth.

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I like Kentucky.

Parker has bust written all over him. I mentioned it in the NBA thread, no one wants to discuss.

Kevin Ollie thanks you!!!

Dunno wtf Cal was thinking not fouling in the last minute. Didn't even trap or anything. Then they foul by accident after letting UConn dribble 28 seconds off the clock.

Bust like who?

They essentially gave them a 42 second possession down 4.

What about not getting the ball to Randle with both of UConns bigs in foul trouble? How does your best player only get 7 shots?

when he can't shoot fouls and will be stripped every other catch.....they weren't beating that team tonight no matter what.
wire to wire, won handily.

Wouldn't have mattered with UConn hitting 100% of their free throws. The 'Cats were around 50% on free throws, were outrebounded :eek: and when pulling within one they just couldn't get it done. With the exception of Young, they played like they were exhausted. But what a fantastic 3 weeks it's been.

Young had a good offensive night but his defense was non-existent.

Randle was injured. The excuse for the injury was he had anxiety, 18 years old was absolute horseshit.

The game was over at the 15 minute mark in the second half. When you can't get the lead down 4 when your opponent goes ice cold it's nearly statistically impossible to win.

Can't make free throws. Cal abandons the zone in the second half. The game was a nightmare for people who can't stand Jim Calhoun and that moron Shabazz Napier. For a poor starving college athlete he sure played a healthy game last night.

Also...Rex Chapman can eat 10 bowls of dicks.

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That's nonsense. Even if you foul and someone makes both, you're still only down 2 possessions, and you have 50 seconds left instead of 20, which is an eternity of a difference with Kentucky's 3-point shooters. Indefensible decision not to foul or at least trap. He guarded 1-on-1 for 42 seconds inside the final minute down by 4! It's mind-boggling.

Calapari did the same thing in the Memphis championship game where he went into OT not using like 3 timeouts or something.

He spaces out sometimes late in games, and IMO, alot of that has to do with the assistant coaches.

Down by 4, I think the feeling was that the best chance was to make a defensive stop, make a quick score and have a chance for another before the end of the game, instead of putting UConn on the line and having them assuredly go up by 6. Remember UConn as a team was shooting 90% at the free throw line throughout the tournament and 100% last night. Kentucky was 1-7 from 3 point range in the second half.

So the plan was to maybe get a stop and then maybe get the ball back, so the BEST CASE SCENARIO is you're still down by 2 possessions with under 20 seconds left? Solid.

To support Cal's "strategy" there you have to think that:

-4 (at best) w/17 seconds left > -6 (at worst) w/50 seconds left.

Sorry, but it's Basketball 101 that the 30+ seconds in that situation are infinitely more valuable than the 2 points.

And again, even if you don't want to foul, you still have to trap and at least try for a steal. Calipari did neither. His plan amounted to just letting UConn run the clock out.

It's best not to question Cal or worry about what he does. He's not going to change.

And that's why he won't be one of the best to ever coach the game.

You can't tell him that some of these guys should stay.

You can't remind him that insurance could protect them in case of an injury.

Nah go get that money for 3 years, ride the bench, and end up in Eastern Europe making 60-100k a year.

Lamb, Teague, Orton etc. all could have used another year in school.

Just like Young and the twins. But they'll go pro and ride the pine and be local trivia questions on Joe B and Denny show in 5 years for a $25 gift certificate to Hooters.

I ****ing hate those one-and-done schools like Duke and Kansas. :p

College Men's Basketball preseason 2014-2015 rankings

1. Kentucky's first team
10. Kentucky's second team