CrazyVandyFan wrote: Anybody have any thoughts on tonight's game?

-I think Stallings has finally seen the light and I don't expect much Josh Henderson the rest of the way.  I know there is a fine line between discussing and "bashing" kids, but let's be honest here, Henderson is a long long way from being an SEC level player.  I am hoping that Stallings is finally ready to cut his losses and let young Josh learn from the bench. 

-I think we see the lineup a lot of us have been asking for tonight; Kedren, DJP, Bright, Jeter and Odom at the 5. 

-I think Moats and Siakam will also play major roles tonight as ut doesn't really play basketball, more like footsketball. 

-If the refs call a fair game, we can and should win tonight, but a lot of times with a Kwanzo coached teams, the refs get tired of blowing the whistle and that will not work in our favor if that's the case.

-We need Kedren to make the leap to the next level and tonight would be a good time for that to happen.  Kedren is a special player, but he hasn't played like it yet.  He needs to finish better int he lane, hit his free throws and lead this team if we want to come out of that place (is there a worse smelling city in the country?) with a win.


Any thoughts?

historybill wrote: Seems like lately we either:

1) Win
2) Get absolutely crushed and embarrass ourselves
3) Lose a game at the last second that we should have won.

This is a very winnable game.  Yoo Tee is no better at scoring than we are.  Mizzou was a bit of a mismatch unfortunately.  Our guard play will have to be much better than Yoo Tee's because they are a lot better inside with Hall and Stokes.  Hopefully we actually stick to McBee for once because he only has one way to beat you.

We don't have an obvious defensive answer for Stokes, but I certainly hope Siakam is part of the picture.  I am certainly a pro-CKS guy but I've been so frustrated watching James sit and just knowing his effort, energy and rebounding would be helpful to a team with serious post play issues. 

Ugh, I'm turning into one of those agenda posters, except my agenda isn't to bash the coach but rather to constantly promote Siakam.  I should be his agent.

i think we're all expecting a low scoring game. 

2 fairly obvious keys to the game:
(1) contain Stokes and get him frustrated
(2) hit 3s (because we simply cannot score much inside)

geeznotagain wrote: The "should have won" is debatable. We were only given a chance to win because the Viles missed several FT's there at the end. They could and probably should have sewn it up earlier.

Dorewithflare wrote: I am predicting that Henderson does not get double figures