What I thought would happen before the season started…
@ VA - Loss
@ MN 50-50
@ RUT 50-50
@ PSU 50-50
The rest have gone as I expected. So there’s an unexpected win and 1-2 in the 50-50 games. The other results are as expected.
I think we go 4-1 at home (MSU loss). I think @ MD & MI are...
I said to my son with a couple minutes left the loser can’t complain. Either team could have won by 20 the way the other played. I thought both deserved to lose…wish we could have pulled out the win. But I’m not blaming the refs with the hundred things we did wrong.
I’ve been a JBo supporter/advocate for 5 years. But Kris should be starting and others should be getting his minutes. And it’s not like any of us are saying he should be kicked off the team. He can earn his minutes back.
I think Kris is ahead of where Keegan was at this time last year. We just need him to take over Keegan’s role next season. But I really like this team a lot.
Perkins & Ulis played more minutes than the starting backcourt. But I think there is a definite advantage to starting Perkins & bringing JBo off the bench. Perkins would contain the opposing team’s 2.
And this team is just scratching the surface. We will get better as the season progresses. I think Fran has the personnel to play the style he’s always wanted to play. Our press is nasty.
Pretty even teams IMO. If Iowa had shot their season FT% it would equal 2 more points. If Illinois had shot their season FT% it would equal 5 fewer points (more when factoring in the intentional fouls at the end). That’s a 7 point swing and Iowa win.
I suspect football fans with no team in either game will watch the more entertaining game of the 2. And the millions of gamblers out there…will watch both.
7-0. That’s my only comment on the season thus far, the roster and tonight’s game. And I fully expect to be 7-1…toughest game on the entire schedule is Friday IMO.
I thought CJ was going to be an outstanding player. But he’s hurt…or thinks he’s hurt…more than he’s healthy. So his departure is not going to hurt us IMO. And I doubt he’s going to help Kentucky much.