Kentucky Loses Big to Indiana
Crushed in Indiana.
The Kentucky Wildcats got thrashed against another top 25 team in Indiana, losing 70-51. The worst thing about the loss was that Indiana was missing Eric Gordon, their best player by far. Granted, they were playing in Bloomington, but to lose that badly when the other team’s best player was a late scratch is really bad.
Over at Sea of Blue, they are wondering about the state of Kentucky basketball at this point. Obviously, disappointment would generally describe the overall feeling by the big blue nation. Disappointment in Billy Gillispie as a coach, and disappointment in the players. Sea of Blue makes a good point that it is easy to point the finger at the coach, after all, Billy is the head man and is responsible for the direction of the program and preparation of the players.
One of the big things that has been noticed by many is the excessive fouling and poor shooting. You can’t win basketball games if your players are fouling out of games, which seems to be an epidemic so far in the early season. Meanwhile, the poor shooting has just plagued the Wildcats from the get go. One of the reasons for the poor shooting has been the inability to establish an efficient low post presence. Everyone knows that you setup perimeter shots by getting the ball inside and forcing teams to double down low. It’s not like Patrick Patterson hasn’t been playing well, the guards just haven’t been able to feed him the ball. FEED HIM THE BALL, for pete’s sake.
At this rate, I doubt Kentucky will make the NCAA tournament. Realistically, they are the sixth best team in the SEC right now. If you were an eternal optimist, you’d probably say they are fourth, behind Tennessee, Vanderbilt and Florida. If you were a pessimist, you’d probably put them at seventh or eighth in the SEC.
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