The House of Blue

proud of our boys for the comeback effort they made. however, they are still way off on their team offense it seems ( and I understand its only game #2) but they don't seem to look for each other as much as last years team on the offensive end. Blocking out on rebounds is still a huge issue as well. What scares me the most is the lack of consistent guard play so far. Hopefully time will fix these issues. Oh yeah... FREETHROWS! C'MON GUYS!!

Lets just hope Harrow can come back and become a big part of this team. I thought Polson could be ok but after tonight I understand that really quick guys gives him all kinds of trouble. He also didn't play with the same fire he did on Friday but I guess thats expected. Harrow might have made a difference and might not have I just think we aren't even close to being as good as we are going to be especially on the defensive end. Offensively we will be ok because Alex and Archie along with Kyle we will be just fine but defensively Kyle has to be tougher and they have to talk on defense! Plus Noel and Cauley Stein have to stay on the floor and stop going after every shot fake. Noel really struggles with this and he better go watch some tapes of AD. AD was the best at not going for head fakes he needs to assume that he's going to get head fake after head fake if he continue's to go for them. We have a long way to go I'm just glad we get a few cup cakes now so our boy's can really gel together. Six of our next eight games we should be able to get better and better and when we play UofL we will be a lot better than we are now.

Yeah, part of the problem is Cal looked to have only put in one more play for this game. So they run a variation of two plays. That's going to make them look less acclimated offensively. Can't blame Cal a bit though because you have to bring young guys along slowly.

Defense and rebounding will improve every game. In about a month Cal will have 1/2 to 2/3 of his offense put in. Once he does that the sky is the limit. They lost to a good, but overrated, team. That's expected. Now I'm more interested in how they rebound. Do they take out their anger on the next opponent? If they do then watch out because this team will have the mentality of champions.

yeah I'm not really upset about much other than the free throw shooting and the guard play does concern me. They will be alright though as things go along. also really loved Cal's comment about the flopping LOL! You could tell by coach K's response when they told him that it got under his skin. Hate him almost as much as Laettner!

I was talking in general terms about the experience factor but it was the most overwhelming reason we lost as far as what Duke had to do with their win. We did things that helped them win as well such as the guard play and the freethrow shooting. KYs team defense was in most part disorganized but there was a time towards the end of the game where it did intensify and there were good results but for instance the few minutes that Noel and WCS played together they were both caught out on the perimeter while a Duke player drove to the hoop. How many times has Cal said when they play together that one of them must be at the goal at all times if the other is on the outside covering their man not both at the 3 pt line at the same time. Duke took full advantage of that situation which is probably 1 reason why they didnt play that much at the same time.