Bigbluemist
WT Executive Moderator
Alot of back slapping and high fiving in the early season for the Cats. Understandable. UK fans have not had alot of fun the last 4-5 years.
The teams of Tubby Smith never made it past the opening weekend of the NCAA the last few years of his tenure. Then there was the NIT of Billy Gillispie.
New life has been breathed into the Commonwealth and they are starry eyed.
UK has arguable the best starting 5 in the nation. What they don't have is a bench. To go deep in the NCAA a team needs eight dependable players to carry the bulk of the minutes.
Ramon Harris plays hard on defense but is not a scorer that is needed off the bench.
Daniel Orton fouled out in 3 minutes of play verse UConn. These are the type of NCAA teams UK will have to beat in the Sweet 16 and Elite 8 if they want to go further.
John Hood, Perry Stevenson and Josh Harrellson don't strike fear in a middle school team.
DeAndre Liggins could not fall out of a boat and hit water. Provided he doesn't refuse to go in or sit out 10 games like he did to start the season.
Darnell Dobson has the ability to provide a spark that is needed.
There will come a time where Patterson and/or Big Cuz get in foul trouble. There will be a game where Bledsoe has to move to PG and Dobson has to play SG due to foul trouble on John Wall.
How much confidence is there that the bench can bail them out?
- Dodson 18 minutes and 8 ppg
- Orton 15 minutes and 4 ppg 4 rbg
- Harris 16 minutes and 2 ppg
- Stevenson 8 minutes 1 ppg 2 rpg
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Daniel Orton played 9 minutes against UCONN. Not good, but better than a Zoubec-like foul out in 3 minutes.
Liggins comment makes no sense, especially in light of a renewed defensive intensity/ability to knock down open shots the past two games. Really that is all you need from a bench player for 10 minutes a game.
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