CBB Thread

Spoken like someone who wasn't watched Kentucky the last month and a half, when Andrew has arguably been their best player and likely played himself back into the first round next year.

Also, Booker has been terrible for about that same time frame. I love the guy and he's hot tonight, and we'll need him before it's over, but he's shooting like 20% over the past 1.5 months.
 
Come on. 2 games ago, it was a lock that he came back. Now, people are over reacting and claiming he has an outside shot at a late first round pick. Meanwhile, Booker is a borderline lottery pick.

I've seen Andrew Harrison plenty. He can shoot the open 3 plenty that he gets because of the talent around him. He doesn't rebound. shoots like 37% on anything inside the arc, and is a sloppy ball handler.
 
I will say that I can understand how this wouldn't be enjoyable if you aren't a Kentucky fan. It's a ref-dominated hack fest, and Kentucky is blowing them out. Not Kentucky's fault, because they're playing high-quality basketball, but between those two factors I would definitely be watching the other game if I didn't love the Cats.
 
holden said:
Until Poythress got hurt, they started exactly 1 freshman.

Like I said, the freshmen are awesome and all contribute, but it's much different when they just contribute instead of having to shoulder the load as freshmen.. it's a luxury Cal hasn't had in a while. That's why this team is so good.

The Harrisons, Cauley-Stein, Dakari, and Marcus Lee all have Final Four experience. They are the leaders of this team. That can't be understated.
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I agree, in years past they havent had great depth, their title team really only had 6-7 players.

In close games, Cal shortens his bench a bit.
 
gilesfan said:
Come on. 2 games ago, it was a lock that he came back. Now, people are over reacting and claiming he has an outside shot at a late first round pick. Meanwhile, Booker is a borderline lottery pick.

I've seen Aaron Harrison plenty. He can shoot the open 3 plenty that he gets because of the talent around him. He doesn't rebound. shoots like 37% on anything inside the arc, and is a sloppy ball handler.
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Booker is a great talent and I'm not surprised he's project lottery. I would certainly take him there. I'm just saying, he's been in a shooting slump. And the Harrisons are better defenders than he is. But he's not a bad defender, and he has a pure stroke. He also has a good midrange game and he's a good finisher in transition.

But he hasn't been playing well lately, and the Harrisons have. If they were a typical freshmen-dominated Kentucky team, that would have likely cost them a game or two. But it didn't, because so many guys came back.

I disagree completely about Aaron. He's actually not even shooting the 3 well this year and has been much better attacking off the bounce. He's also improved his defense tremendously and he's far from a sloppy ballhandler. Not saying he's got point guard handles, but he's not bad.
 
I don't know why, but CBB feels more relevant this year with a team like Kentucky that is simply better than everyone. It feels historical.

But I'm by no means a CBB purist. I watch some tourney games every year so take that for what it's worth.
 
Also, I don't really care what people were saying 2 games ago. I've watched every minute of Kentucky basketball this season and Andrew has been fantastic for the past month and a half. He's outplayed Ulis, honestly, and I LOVE Ulis.

Apparently the NBA scouts have paying attention, too.
 
holden said:
Booker is a great talent and I'm not surprised he's project lottery. I would certainly take him there. I'm just saying, he's been in a shooting slump. And the Harrisons are better defenders than he is. But he's not a bad defender, and he has a pure stroke. He also has a good midrange game and he's a good finisher in transition.

But he hasn't been playing well lately, and the Harrisons have. If they were a typical freshmen-dominated Kentucky team, that would have likely cost them a game or two. But it didn't, because so many guys came back.

I disagree completely about Aaron. He's actually not even shooting the 3 well this year and has been much better attacking off the bounce. He's also improved his defense tremendously and he's far from a sloppy ballhandler. Not saying he's got point guard handles, but he's not bad.
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Andrew is shooting 39% from 3. (im assuming you meant him) He's a terrible finisher shooting under 50% at the rim. He's shooting 29.% on 2 point jumpers. His offensive game is hitting open 3 pointers. I'm not sure Andrew's defense is that good considering he fouls a lot and is among the worst defenders on the team statistically. His rebounding numbers are pathetic for a 6-5 player. He also turns the ball over 16% of the time.
 
K.

Again, I've watched every minute they've played this year. Don't really care about those stats. He's been playing great for the past month and a half and they aren't undefeated without him.

Also, no, in the last paragraph in the previous post, I meant Aaron, because you said Aaron in your post.
 
holden said:
K.

Again, I've watched every minute they've played this year. Don't really care about those stats. He's been playing great for the past month and a half and they aren't undefeated without him.

Also, no, in the last paragraph in the previous post, I meant Aaron, because you said Aaron in your post.
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Meant Andrew, the slightly better twin.

Nice that you've watched every game, but you can't deny he has not game inside the arc. He isn't a distributor. 1.5 months shouldn't make someone a draft pick.
 
Kentucky just beat a top-20 team by 39 in the Sweet 16.

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I'm just kidding, btw. He is a good coach. If they win the next game, I'll be impressed. They are terrible this year, even though they have some pretty decent talent.
 
holden said:
I'm just kidding, btw. He is a good coach. If they win the next game, I'll be impressed. They are terrible this year, even though they have some pretty decent talent.
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Other than the title, this might be the most enjoyable run for me. Yes, UCI/UNI/NSU isn't Nova/ND/Zona but Louisville looked like ass most of the year and no one gave them a chance to make a run. Snider has been amazing only 3 TO's in 111 minutes.
 
Pitino is a hell of a coach but they got a really good draw, was hoping UNC would get in Nova's bracket.

Snider is impressive, he's gonna be a good one.
 
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