Brey is an idiot
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Yeah - kind of agreed with Weber on that one. Why not get August off the court on the defensive end?
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UK's last missed FG was at 12:05 of the 2H. I think Brey figured 2s are better than 3s and didn't totally have the D collapse on Towns. I think that is a fair call on his part. Towns (and obviously others) just made shots. But it seemed like he could have gone offense for defense more.
With that said, not getting the two for one and Grant going hero ball at the end (maybe that is Brey, maybe that is Grant, maybe a little of both) is bad.
But if his guys hit those three missed FGs towards the end and the game goes a different direction. He had ND right there.
I think Wiscy can give UK a real game and a matchup with Duke would be just as challenging. UK has its work cutout to get to 40-0.
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Yeah, Jackson would've tried to penetrate and maybe dish. Again, the fadeaway three reeked of hero ball.
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At least on the college level, one rarely sees the 2 for 1 philosophy - which is perplexing. Not saying to take a fade away 26 footer, but ND was going to the basket pretty effectively.
Exactly. Trey was using the same philosophy he used to beat Duke and Okafor twice this season. UK did not miss in the game's final 8-10 minutes and they lost by 2. I am not going to lay blame on Brey. It took a Herculean effort by UK to advance. ... Boy those 3 FT misses were costly.
Well, to be fair, those games were weeks ago.
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Totally agree about the last 5 minutes. I never understand why teams default to iso when protecting leads. If it's such a great offensive strategy (it isn't) they should do it all game (they don't). It's like the prevent defense in football. Running clock and taking rushed, step back threes is exactly what Kentucky wanted them to do down the stretch. It pretty much capped how many points ND was going to score, and it wasn't enough. I wish team's would stay aggressive.
That being said, Brey coached a heck of a game up until that point and Grant, Auguste, Vasturia and Connaughton played out of their minds.
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I thought the same thing. If you shoot it and then tip it again wouldn't the first shot be a pass to yourself which is a violation.
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ND was moving the ball and making Kentucky chase all night. The last few minutes they went to isolation, and I doubt that Grant decided on his own to do that against the coach's wishes. Here are a couple of things I think ND could have done better:
1) don't use Connaughton to screen for Grant as that allowed Cauley-Stein to switch and his length allowed him to get that shot deflection, that's not a bad play by Grant as no other college player can get a hand on that ball with the gap Grant had. Connaughton should have been in the corner where UK had to shade towards him
2) not going 2 for 1 in the final minute, there is no excuse for that, give your team two chances to score
3) calling that last time-out on defense prevented him from setting up a final play. No one on ND ran a screen for Grant. With Cauley-Stein hounding him, there wasn't a good chance for him to look to pass, so he had to settle for what he could and Harrison's close out made him double clutch as well. No reason that Auguste couldn't have set a baseline screen on Cauley-Stein to give Grant a bit of a head start, or come to mid-court to screen, but without a stoppage in play, it's understandable that ND didn't execute.
Shame because they played hard, and I never thought they could hang with UK without lighting it up from 3.
1) don't use Connaughton to screen for Grant as that allowed Cauley-Stein to switch and his length allowed him to get that shot deflection, that's not a bad play by Grant as no other college player can get a hand on that ball with the gap Grant had. Connaughton should have been in the corner where UK had to shade towards him
2) not going 2 for 1 in the final minute, there is no excuse for that, give your team two chances to score
3) calling that last time-out on defense prevented him from setting up a final play. No one on ND ran a screen for Grant. With Cauley-Stein hounding him, there wasn't a good chance for him to look to pass, so he had to settle for what he could and Harrison's close out made him double clutch as well. No reason that Auguste couldn't have set a baseline screen on Cauley-Stein to give Grant a bit of a head start, or come to mid-court to screen, but without a stoppage in play, it's understandable that ND didn't execute.
Shame because they played hard, and I never thought they could hang with UK without lighting it up from 3.
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yup. they missed FTs down the stretch and they needed every one of them to win.
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Yeah - I'm not sure anyone can argue that Brey was doing a great job down the stretch. Even that three from Grant was less than a second away from being another shot clock violation - which would have made 2 of 3 possessions ending with that result in the last 3 minutes. The offense really stagnated once they had Grant kill/dominate the ball. NDs biggest strengths are good shooting/passing/multiple balhandlers...it wasn't a great end.
In spite of that - free throws really hurt them and they may have pulled it out regardless if they hit those three.
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lol...is that a violation? It definitely left his hand and he regathered and finished. Does that constitute a violate if it occurs AFTER the shooting foul? Theoretically it seems like it might. Weird...hmmmm.
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Jerian Grant's three step back three pointers in the last couple minutes lost ND the game, hero ball at its worst. Mike Brey sucks too. Can you double team the guy that's eating your lunch for me one time please. Make them hit jumpers. I guess letting them score is one way not to get embarrassed on the boards.
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I thought the strategy was poor in that he never deviated much. Have August front like Colson was, double-down when the Harrison's are feeding the post (they're decent three point shooters as well), but they're scoring at will, and August has 4 fouls - he's not stopping anyone.
I don't know. Hard to be upset though - ND played very well, and losing by two is no huge shot against Brey. Still...that end of game. Blah.
That Grant three was utterly painful. His end game heroics reminded me so much of Austin Rivers...I can do fancy dribbling before taking the step back three that everyone sees coming (the third to last possession I think).