Total rip off!

[TheRealVille]

I know this is what you get on the road but today was the worse officiated game this year for the Cards. You could see the refs realizing with 5 minutes to go that there was a big disparity in fouls so they called some meaningless fouls on FSU. But when it got to be a one point game and the Cards missed a shot, there was the whistle for a rebounding foul on Johnson giving FSU two FT's which they made. There was the game.

The Cards made plenty of mistakes that helped them lose this game. Ray continues to struggle and VJ played scared with some of the worse bricks I've ever seen. He got his chance and didn't take advantage. Anas was totally taken out of the game by the refs. He wasn't allowed to do anything. And Donovan couldn't get it going and it was foul trouble for him as well. It's the same broken record on the road against ranked teams.

I think Q would have been the difference in this game. Look how successful Hicks was driving to the goal. This loss could have been avoided even with Q being out if the team had time to prepare. I have yet to hear a justification for such a short turnaround in games. Why does the ACC do this to their teams? But it's okay because this team is seeing everything they can before March. Playing neutral games against ranked teams, playing hard fought road games against ranked teams and playing these teams in a roll. Having to play with injured players out.

The Cards will have seen it all when the NCAA tournament starts. We'll probably be a #4 or #5 seed but will be the thorn in whoever the top seed is in their bracket. Unlike UK and Duke, UofL is building a monster team for 2017/18. Losing only Mangok, Hicks and Levitch, the four recruits with everybody else back will have the Cards a top 5 team next season. Kind of like the 2012 final 4 team that became the 2013 championship team.

But until then, we have to watch the same tiresome crap on the road where inconsistent whistles and inconsistent decisions cost the Cards a road game. Nothing new here folks.

 

[gocds]

Actually FSU realized that they had fouls to give so they took advantage of what the officials had given them. That slows down the game and allows them to set up their defense. The free throw disparity will show up as very heavy in FSU's favor. And that's where the game was won by FSU.

GO CARDS - BEAT EVERYBODY!!! God Bless America!!!

 

[beasleythecard]

I know this is what you get on the road but today was the worse officiated game this year for the Cards. You could see the refs realizing with 5 minutes to go that there was a big disparity in fouls so they called some meaningless fouls on FSU. But when it got to be a one point game and the Cards missed a shot, there was the whistle for a rebounding foul on Johnson giving FSU two FT's which they made. There was the game.

The Cards made plenty of mistakes that helped them lose this game. Ray continues to struggle and VJ played scared with some of the worse bricks I've ever seen. He got his chance and didn't take advantage. Anas was totally taken out of the game by the refs. He wasn't allowed to do anything. And Donovan couldn't get it going and it was foul trouble for him as well. It's the same broken record on the road against ranked teams.

I think Q would have been the difference in this game. Look how successful Hicks was driving to the goal. This loss could have been avoided even with Q being out if the team had time to prepare. I have yet to hear a justification for such a short turnaround in games. Why does the ACC do this to their teams? But it's okay because this team is seeing everything they can before March. Playing neutral games against ranked teams, playing hard fought road games against ranked teams and playing these teams in a roll. Having to play with injured players out.

The Cards will have seen it all when the NCAA tournament starts. We'll probably be a #4 or #5 seed but will be the thorn in whoever the top seed is in their bracket. Unlike UK and Duke, UofL is building a monster team for 2017/18. Losing only Mangok, Hicks and Levitch, the four recruits with everybody else back will have the Cards a top 5 team next season. Kind of like the 2012 final 4 team that became the 2013 championship team.

But until then, we have to watch the same tiresome crap on the road where inconsistent whistles and inconsistent decisions cost the Cards a road game. Nothing new here folks.

I dont care about next season. I care about today. We have the team to do it. We need to pound the ball inside and use our advantages.

We do not have a great shooting team so why not pound it in the paint and open up the outside shots while establishing our bigs.

Coaching and not recognizing how Bad Adel hurt us today lost this game.

 

[TheRealVille]

Actually FSU realized that they had fouls to give so they took advantage of what the officials had given them. That slows down the game and allows them to set up their defense. The free throw disparity will show up as very heavy in FSU's favor. And that's where the game was won by FSU.

GO CARDS - BEAT EVERYBODY!!! God Bless America!!!

Call it what you want but rewatch that game if you can. Those refs were not consistent in loose ball fouls. In the first half it was brutal. In the 2nd half it was worse because they weren't calling them on FSU. I can take fouls on shots and steal attempts but the rebounding fouls and loose ball fouls are maddening. Still, the Cards had their chances to win but Ray made a bonehead TO and Mangok missed a one and one FT.

 

[TheRealVille]

I dont care about next season. I care about today. We have the team to do it. We need to pound the ball inside and use our advantages.

We do not have a great shooting team so why not pound it in the paint and open up the outside shots while establishing our bigs.

Coaching and not recognizing how Bad Adel hurt us today lost this game.

You don't know what the hell you're talking about. Adel had 12 points and 6 rebounds, 2 assists with 1 TO and a steal. How is that hurting the team? King, Anas and Ray did nothing. Well, Ray had 6 boards but that was it. Anas had no stats except 4 fouls and VJ was 0 for 4 with a TO. And Mitchell was 2 for 10 with zero assists and 2 TO's. Deng Adel was a asset in this game.

 

[SchmidtyNole]

I know this is what you get on the road but today was the worse officiated game this year for the Cards. You could see the refs realizing with 5 minutes to go that there was a big disparity in fouls so they called some meaningless fouls on FSU. But when it got to be a one point game and the Cards missed a shot, there was the whistle for a rebounding foul on Johnson giving FSU two FT's which they made. There was the game.

The Cards made plenty of mistakes that helped them lose this game. Ray continues to struggle and VJ played scared with some of the worse bricks I've ever seen. He got his chance and didn't take advantage. Anas was totally taken out of the game by the refs. He wasn't allowed to do anything. And Donovan couldn't get it going and it was foul trouble for him as well. It's the same broken record on the road against ranked teams.

I think Q would have been the difference in this game. Look how successful Hicks was driving to the goal. This loss could have been avoided even with Q being out if the team had time to prepare. I have yet to hear a justification for such a short turnaround in games. Why does the ACC do this to their teams? But it's okay because this team is seeing everything they can before March. Playing neutral games against ranked teams, playing hard fought road games against ranked teams and playing these teams in a roll. Having to play with injured players out.

The Cards will have seen it all when the NCAA tournament starts. We'll probably be a #4 or #5 seed but will be the thorn in whoever the top seed is in their bracket. Unlike UK and Duke, UofL is building a monster team for 2017/18. Losing only Mangok, Hicks and Levitch, the four recruits with everybody else back will have the Cards a top 5 team next season. Kind of like the 2012 final 4 team that became the 2013 championship team.

But until then, we have to watch the same tiresome crap on the road where inconsistent whistles and inconsistent decisions cost the Cards a road game. Nothing new here folks.

The number of fouls called have nothing to do with the officials being against Louisville. It's the way your team plays and our team plays. It's simple: Louisville plays a physical style of defense and our team takes the ball hard to the basket regularly. We aren't just farting around throwing the ball around on the perimeter. To tell you the truth I thought they didn't call enough fouls on Louisville because there were other numerous times we (and namely Dwayne Bacon) took the ball to the basket and got hammered and they didn't call it. Dwayne Bacon doesn't miss many shots from 2 feet that only hit the backboard and not the rim. The difference is our guys were able to guard without fouling because we don't play as physical on defense as Louisville does. Physicality isn't a bad thing but you have to realize you are going to get more fouls called on you. Or at least you should.

 

[nccardfan]

I know this is what you get on the road but today was the worse officiated game this year for the Cards. You could see the refs realizing with 5 minutes to go that there was a big disparity in fouls so they called some meaningless fouls on FSU. But when it got to be a one point game and the Cards missed a shot, there was the whistle for a rebounding foul on Johnson giving FSU two FT's which they made. There was the game.

The Cards made plenty of mistakes that helped them lose this game. Ray continues to struggle and VJ played scared with some of the worse bricks I've ever seen. He got his chance and didn't take advantage. Anas was totally taken out of the game by the refs. He wasn't allowed to do anything. And Donovan couldn't get it going and it was foul trouble for him as well. It's the same broken record on the road against ranked teams.

I think Q would have been the difference in this game. Look how successful Hicks was driving to the goal. This loss could have been avoided even with Q being out if the team had time to prepare. I have yet to hear a justification for such a short turnaround in games. Why does the ACC do this to their teams? But it's okay because this team is seeing everything they can before March. Playing neutral games against ranked teams, playing hard fought road games against ranked teams and playing these teams in a roll. Having to play with injured players out.

The Cards will have seen it all when the NCAA tournament starts. We'll probably be a #4 or #5 seed but will be the thorn in whoever the top seed is in their bracket. Unlike UK and Duke, UofL is building a monster team for 2017/18. Losing only Mangok, Hicks and Levitch, the four recruits with everybody else back will have the Cards a top 5 team next season. Kind of like the 2012 final 4 team that became the 2013 championship team.

But until then, we have to watch the same tiresome crap on the road where inconsistent whistles and inconsistent decisions cost the Cards a road game. Nothing new here folks.

Didn't think so earlier in the season but Mitchell will likely be gone after this year. Don't think he's ready but if guys like Rozier and Onuaku leave early so will Mitchell. Hope I'm wrong. But also not ready to talk about next year either. Lots of good basketball to go.

 

[Ipartiedwithhopgood]

Yeah Schmidt it is nice that you see it that way the problem is UofL took it strong to the basket as well and the calls were not made.

I agree it's simple.

 

[Ipartiedwithhopgood]

FSU had 1 foul in the 2nd half late in the half.

 

[SchmidtyNole]

Yeah Schmidt it is nice that you see it that way the problem is UofL took it strong to the basket as well and the calls were not made.

I agree it's simple.

Well, FSU shot 36 free throws and Louisville shot 24 free throws so there is a little bit of a disparity but not enough of a disparity that I would conclude that the officials were out to get Louisville and help FSU. That's just my opinion.

 

[beasleythecard]

The number of fouls called have nothing to do with the officials being against Louisville. It's the way your team plays and our team plays. It's simple: Louisville plays a physical style of defense and our team takes the ball hard to the basket regularly. We aren't just farting around throwing the ball around on the perimeter. To tell you the truth I thought they didn't call enough fouls on Louisville because there were other numerous times we (and namely Dwayne Bacon) took the ball to the basket and got hammered and they didn't call it. Dwayne Bacon doesn't miss many shots from 2 feet that only hit the backboard and not the rim. The difference is our guys were able to guard without fouling because we don't play as physical on defense as Louisville does. Physicality isn't a bad thing but you have to realize you are going to get more fouls called on you. Or at least you should.

We lost because our coach gave mangok and adel to much playing time.

 

[Ipartiedwithhopgood]

The difference is our guys were able to guard without fouling because we were playing at home

Fixed that for you chief.

 

[Ipartiedwithhopgood]

That's just my opinion.

I'm sure.

You're posting in a ref venting thread on the UofL board, probably not the place to share your opinion.

36 to 24 FTs is quite a disparity considering the teams played the same exact style today, FSU actually shot a few more 3s so spare me the "FSU took it to the hole" talk.

Your comment that you guys know how to play D without fouling is pretty funny.

Again, there was a 9 to 1 foul call discrepancy deep into the 2nd half.

I just can't figure out why Louisville excels in March and all these teams that beat them in the regular season flame out. Just the luck of the draw I reckon.

I guess Louisville just figures out how to guard without fouling coincidentally at the same time the refs are from another league doing the NCAA games. It's just magic.

 

[Cardinal Cash]

One foul on Anas was all ball, but when a big comes at you and makes contact and totally overpowers you from under the basket 9 times out of 10 they are gonna call an and one if there is any contact.

 

[Ipartiedwithhopgood]

We lost because our coach gave mangok and adel to much playing time.

You're nuts too dude. You're lovable because you create conversation though.

We lost because we couldn't hit a 3 pt shot, missed FTs, turned it over at the wrong time, missed from point blank range, had to overcome a bad whistle, and were playing without Snider.

Mathiang had 13 & 13. If he didn't play as much as he did they would have been blown out. And Adel hit shots early when the entire team was asleep and kept us in hurling range.

 

[Ipartiedwithhopgood]

Didn't think so earlier in the season but Mitchell will likely be gone after this year. Don't think he's ready but if guys like Rozier and Onuaku leave early so will Mitchell. Hope I'm wrong. But also not ready to talk about next year either. Lots of good basketball to go.

I think Mitchell is gone after the season also. And I agree, there is no reason to not be focused on this year - there is no dominant team in basketball. There are some good teams and it will come down to match-ups.

 

[SchmidtyNole]

I'm sure.

You're posting in a ref venting thread on the UofL board, probably not the place to share your opinion.

36 to 24 FTs is quite a disparity considering the teams played the same exact style today, FSU actually shot a few more 3s so spare me the "FSU took it to the hole" talk.

Your comment that you guys know how to play D without fouling is pretty funny.

Again, there was a 9 to 1 foul call discrepancy deep into the 2nd half.

I just can't figure out why Louisville excels in March and all these teams that beat them in the regular season flame out. Just the luck of the draw I reckon.

I guess Louisville just figures out how to guard without fouling coincidentally at the same time the refs are from another league doing the NCAA games. It's just magic.

I understand you're upset that the Cards lost and yes I realize I am posting on a Louisville board. Perhaps I'll stop posting. Point is I rarely pin a loss on the officials. Today Louisville had 26 fouls called on them while FSU had 19 fouls called on them. That's seven more. Biased? Well, consider when FSU played North Carolina one week ago we were whistled for 27 fouls to 22 fouls called on North Carolina which is five more. Point is fouls are called when they are called. Sometimes they are obviously the right call, sometimes they are obviously the wrong call and other times they are purely a judgement call. I rarely make a post that is inflamatory and that isn't what I am doing here. But you're not going to hear me say "Yeah, the officials were out to rob Louisville and that is why we won." Maybe I should just post on Warchant and avoid visiting this board in the future.

 

[KerryRhodes]

We lost because our coach gave mangok and adel to much playing time.

 

[KerryRhodes]

For the OP,

Home team gets the calls.
Clemson HC thinks he got shafted the other nite at the KFC.

Cards didnt lose because of the refs.

 

[beasleythecard]

You're nuts too dude. You're lovable because you create conversation though.

We lost because we couldn't hit a 3 pt shot, missed FTs, turned it over at the wrong time, missed from point blank range, had to overcome a bad whistle, and were playing without Snider.

Mathiang had 13 & 13. If he didn't play as much as he did they would have been blown out. And Adel hit shots early when the entire team was asleep and kept us in hurling range.

We have 5 seven foot players.
I can count on 2 fingers the amount of times we used our bigs.

That is on ricky p.

You dont have to come down and just jack up 3's and hope they go in. You can work the ball into the paint and throw it out if you have nothing.

Our offense was forced to midcourt.

I bet ricky p wont mention paint touches. He stunk it up.

One of his worst coached games ive seen.


Hicks is just getting time because our coach loves mind games. If Hicks would have been getting time he would be playing better.

Adel in the second half was abused by his man who had a double double and needed to be on the bench.

Mangok needs his minutes capped. The missed dunks and simply dropping the ball makes me mad.

Name another cardinal personally responsible for us missing TWO FINAL FOURS....


Ricky p needs to do a full evaluation of his roster. Either play the guys or ship them. The mind games hurt players confidence.

Mitchell needed a game like today to take the swelling out of his ego. Now maybe he will stay hungry and stop playing hero ball.

Sky is not falling, but it would be nice is we establish our bigs and let the game flow. Not run the midcourt weave and hack up contested 3 point shots that lead to fast breaks.

We made our run with adel on the bench. That is where he would be if i was coach and play 25 minutes a game.

Mangok playing more than 15 minutes a game for us is a loss.

All 4 losses he has logged more than 15 minutes.


I am not the coach, just a fan that does not understand why you have 5 seven foot players and dont use them in the paint.
I will never understand that.

 

[Boom Boys 13]

We have 5 seven foot players.
I can count on 2 fingers the amount of times we used our bigs.

That is on ricky p.

You dont have to come down and just jack up 3's and hope they go in. You can work the ball into the paint and throw it out if you have nothing.

Our offense was forced to midcourt.

I bet ricky p wont mention paint touches. He stunk it up.

One of his worst coached games ive seen.


Hicks is just getting time because our coach loves mind games. If Hicks would have been getting time he would be playing better.

Adel in the second half was abused by his man who had a double double and needed to be on the bench.

Mangok needs his minutes capped. The missed dunks and simply dropping the ball makes me mad.

Name another cardinal personally responsible for us missing TWO FINAL FOURS....


Ricky p needs to do a full evaluation of his roster. Either play the guys or ship them. The mind games hurt players confidence.

Mitchell needed a game like today to take the swelling out of his ego. Now maybe he will stay hungry and stop playing hero ball.

Sky is not falling, but it would be nice is we establish our bigs and let the game flow. Not run the midcourt weave and hack up contested 3 point shots that lead to fast breaks.

We made our run with adel on the bench. That is where he would be if i was coach and play 25 minutes a game.

Mangok playing more than 15 minutes a game for us is a loss.

All 4 losses he has logged more than 15 minutes.


I am not the coach, just a fan that does not understand why you have 5 seven foot players and dont use them in the paint.
I will never understand that.

Who has 5 seven feet players? We have 2 and one is only worth the 5 fouls he is allowed.
Mangok- 6'10"
Ray- 6'10"
Jaylen - 6'9"

Mangok played one of his best games today. Good post moves and footwork. Yes he made some mistakes but so did everyone else.

Deng played well overall today but as usual, there is no reason for him to play the entire second half without a blow when VJ is ready to come in and contribute.

Hicks was outstanding if he could have hit a few more of those layups.

Tough road game that will make us better in the future. It's really that simple.

 

[beasleythecard]

Adel stunk it up, but free throws mangok also had two very timely turnovers. Back to back.
He played too many minutes and it cost us the game.

Adel stunk it up.

 

[LouisvilleKid79]

We have 5 seven foot players.
I can count on 2 fingers the amount of times we used our bigs.

That is on ricky p.

You dont have to come down and just jack up 3's and hope they go in. You can work the ball into the paint and throw it out if you have nothing.

Our offense was forced to midcourt.

I bet ricky p wont mention paint touches. He stunk it up.

One of his worst coached games ive seen.


Hicks is just getting time because our coach loves mind games. If Hicks would have been getting time he would be playing better.

Adel in the second half was abused by his man who had a double double and needed to be on the bench.

Mangok needs his minutes capped. The missed dunks and simply dropping the ball makes me mad.

Name another cardinal personally responsible for us missing TWO FINAL FOURS....


Ricky p needs to do a full evaluation of his roster. Either play the guys or ship them. The mind games hurt players confidence.

Mitchell needed a game like today to take the swelling out of his ego. Now maybe he will stay hungry and stop playing hero ball.

Sky is not falling, but it would be nice is we establish our bigs and let the game flow. Not run the midcourt weave and hack up contested 3 point shots that lead to fast breaks.

We made our run with adel on the bench. That is where he would be if i was coach and play 25 minutes a game.

Mangok playing more than 15 minutes a game for us is a loss.

All 4 losses he has logged more than 15 minutes.


I am not the coach, just a fan that does not understand why you have 5 seven foot players and dont use them in the paint.
I will never understand that.

I actually like your post and perspective B, but I think you're off base here. We are all entitled to our opinions and perspectives obviously, but this one and some of your others on today's game are interesting.

 

[Ipartiedwithhopgood]

I understand you're upset that the Cards lost

I'm not upset UofL lost, it was expected going in, and it's January. Games like these never anger me. FSU has a nice team road losses to good teams will never anger me.

I took issue with your comment that UofL could not defend without fouling, whereas pretending as if FSU played a completely clean game on their defensive end.

 

[KerryRhodes]

Adel stunk it up, but free throws mangok also had two very timely turnovers. Back to back.
He played too many minutes and it cost us the game.

Adel stunk it up.

Sit Adel and Mangok Tuesday nite. Cards lose by 15.

Adel plays two positions and is head over heels better than 5 star VJ right now.
Mangok just had back to back double-doubles, including a career high in rebounds.

Have some proper perspective or get some glasses Beas.

 

[beasleythecard]

Who has 5 seven feet players? We have 2 and one is only worth the 5 fouls he is allowed.
Mangok- 6'10"
Ray- 6'10"
Jaylen - 6'9"

Mangok played one of his best games today. Good post moves and footwork. Yes he made some mistakes but so did everyone else.

Deng played well overall today but as usual, there is no reason for him to play the entire second half without a blow when VJ is ready to come in and contribute.

Hicks was outstanding if he could have hit a few more of those layups.

Tough road game that will make us better in the future. It's really that simple.

Matz
Anas
Mangok
Johnson
Spalding

Out of those 5 players, we set up 2 plays in the paint. Scored on both.

We went 10/30 with Adel and Hicks.

Surely some of those 30 shots could have beed given to the bigs to work and use their size in the paint.

Simply setting picks at midcourt to throw up contested 3 point shots or use mangok as a guard can not continue if we expect to have a special season.

Mangok and Adel played too many minutes.

That is all on hall of fame ricky.

The timely turnovers and the missed free throws by mangok are expected. Especially when he plays too many minutes.

Hope we work on that.

Hope hall of fame ricky gets back to talking about paint touches.

What happend to hall of fame ricky talking about paint touches.

Bet he doesnt mention it.

 

[Ipartiedwithhopgood]

Sit Adel and Mangok Tuesday nite. Cards lose by 15.

Adel plays two positions and is head over heels better than 5 star VJ right now.
Mangok just had back to back double-doubles, including a career high in rebounds.

Have some proper perspective or get some glasses Beas.

Spot on. I think we lose by 30 without them, the only objection to your post LOL

 

[beasleythecard]

I'm not upset UofL lost, it was expected going in, and it's January. Games like these never anger me. FSU has a nice team road losses to good teams will never anger me.

I took issue with your comment that UofL could not defend without fouling, whereas pretending as if FSU played a completely clean game on their defensive end.

Every rebound we were pushed in our back and it was not called. Anas was whistled for fouls on clean blocks.

For pitino not to even use Matz is sickening.

 

[beasleythecard]

Sit Adel and Mangok Tuesday nite. Cards lose by 15.

Adel plays two positions and is head over heels better than 5 star VJ right now.
Mangok just had back to back double-doubles, including a career high in rebounds.

Have some proper perspective or get some glasses Beas.

Sit adel and mangok and cap their minutes and we are undefeated.

Adel needs basketball IQ 101 courses.

Mangok still needs free throw lessons and classes on holding the ball.

You would think missing two final fours would have him shooting better from the foul line.

 

[beasleythecard]

Spot on. I think we lose by 30 without them, the only objection to your post LOL

If Adel is needed for the entire second 20 minutes without a break, why is King here? Why recruit him if you are just going to waste his freshman season like you wasted a freshman season for matz.

If you feel adel is so incredible, why not redshirt King?

 

[Ipartiedwithhopgood]

If Adel is needed for the entire second 20 minutes without a break, why is King here? Why recruit him if you are nust gking to waste his freshman season like you wasted a freshman season for matz.

If you feel adel is so incredible, why not redshirt King?

I would have given King some of Adel's minutes. I actually like them on the court together too.

 

[Boom Boys 13]

Sit adel and mangok and cap their minutes and we are undefeated.

Adel needs basketball IQ 101 courses.

Mangok still needs free throw lessons and classes on holding the ball.

You would think missing two final fours would have him shooting better from the foul line.

I ride with those on the roster and try not to place blame on 18-23 year olds.

Which big is truly strong enough to post up any of FSU's bigs?

Anas had success against Duke because they didn't utilize Giles size and strength. Have to believe that if K was coaching, that would have been different.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. It's obvious that CRP didn't expect Nanu to leave. He is the missing piece of this puzzle. I do agree that Deng played too much. No one should have to go 20 minutes without a blow in our system.

We can beat anyone or be beaten by anyone on any night. Losing to FSU away is no crime so I'm fine with the lessons that will be taught from this one.

 

[beasleythecard]

I ride with those on the roster and try not to place blame on 18-23 year olds.

Which big is truly strong enough to post up any of FSU's bigs?

Anas had success against Duke because they didn't utilize Giles size and strength. Have to believe that if K was coaching, that would have been different.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. It's obvious that CRP didn't expect Nanu to leave. He is the missing piece of this puzzle. I do agree that Deng played too much. No one should have to go 20 minutes without a blow in our system.

We can beat anyone or be beaten by anyone on any night. Losing to FSU away is no crime so I'm fine with the lessons that will be taught from this one.

Johnson had his way in the paint. Not saying he is Nanu, but he held his own.

The quick triggers effect a players confidense.

Everybody gets yanked for mistakes except Adel.


I hope that rick pitino listens to his old press conferences and hears his self talk about paint touches and how if you get 20 paint touches you usually win, then follow that up with one question.

Is the midcourt weave for a 3 the paint touches he was talking about?

Hopefully hall of fame ricky decides to coach this team and stop mailing it in.

 

[nccardfan]

Again the reason Adel played all those minutes was because Mitchell was in foul trouble. Take Adel off the floor with Levitch, Hicks, King, JJ and Anas and it's a blowout. No one else has the same skills as Mitchell and Deng.

 

[gocds]

The number of fouls called have nothing to do with the officials being against Louisville. It's the way your team plays and our team plays. It's simple: Louisville plays a physical style of defense and our team takes the ball hard to the basket regularly. We aren't just farting around throwing the ball around on the perimeter. To tell you the truth I thought they didn't call enough fouls on Louisville because there were other numerous times we (and namely Dwayne Bacon) took the ball to the basket and got hammered and they didn't call it. Dwayne Bacon doesn't miss many shots from 2 feet that only hit the backboard and not the rim. The difference is our guys were able to guard without fouling because we don't play as physical on defense as Louisville does. Physicality isn't a bad thing but you have to realize you are going to get more fouls called on you. Or at least you should.

Oh really?! Next year when you have to come here we'll see when the foul disparity is 26 fouls on UofL with 24 ffs attempted versus 19 fouls on FSU and 36 ffs attempted. Someday you'll understand that when Ted Valentine is on a crew he will always, ALWAYS, favor the home team. He is a homer and that will count even if he is in Louisville's YUM! Center. You do know something about football but your knowledge of basketball is somewhat less than acceptable. In fact, it's total bullshit. UofL never, I repeat NEVER gets that kind of foul disparity at the YUM! You have a very good team and you should be proud of them but I really do want to see you guys again in the ACC tourney. And by the way, Leonard Hamilton is a pretty good coach so don't let him go too soon.

GO CARDS - BEAT EVERYBODY!!! God Bless America!!!

 

[LouisvilleKid79]

Is the midcourt weave for a 3 the paint touches he was talking about?

Hopefully hall of fame ricky decides to coach this team and stop mailing it in.

The midcourt weave is partly done to get guys touches in the offense inside or out depending on how the defense reacts. If you notice on most true half-court possessions, all five guys touch the ball. They may not touch it on the floor where you would like, but most guys have a touch on the ball.

"hall of fame ricky" looks suspect/trollish

 

[beasleythecard]

The midcourt weave is partly done to get guys touches in the offense inside or out depending on how the defense reacts. If you notice on most true half-court possessions, all five guys touch the ball. They may not touch it on the floor where you would like, but most guys have a touch on the ball.

"hall of fame ricky" looks suspect/trollish

Exactly what happened when anas touched the ball at the top of the key? Johnson? Mangok?

We were pushed out to midcourt on offense. If you do not understand how that affects the flow than you need basketball 101 courses beside Adel.

I am just a fan that finds it hard to swallow that we do not use our bench like we should. We have a size advantage over everybody and never use it.

 

[CardsFirst]

I know this is what you get on the road but today was the worse officiated game this year for the Cards. You could see the refs realizing with 5 minutes to go that there was a big disparity in fouls so they called some meaningless fouls on FSU. But when it got to be a one point game and the Cards missed a shot, there was the whistle for a rebounding foul on Johnson giving FSU two FT's which they made. There was the game.

The Cards made plenty of mistakes that helped them lose this game. Ray continues to struggle and VJ played scared with some of the worse bricks I've ever seen. He got his chance and didn't take advantage. Anas was totally taken out of the game by the refs. He wasn't allowed to do anything. And Donovan couldn't get it going and it was foul trouble for him as well. It's the same broken record on the road against ranked teams.

I think Q would have been the difference in this game. Look how successful Hicks was driving to the goal. This loss could have been avoided even with Q being out if the team had time to prepare. I have yet to hear a justification for such a short turnaround in games. Why does the ACC do this to their teams? But it's okay because this team is seeing everything they can before March. Playing neutral games against ranked teams, playing hard fought road games against ranked teams and playing these teams in a roll. Having to play with injured players out.

The Cards will have seen it all when the NCAA tournament starts. We'll probably be a #4 or #5 seed but will be the thorn in whoever the top seed is in their bracket. Unlike UK and Duke, UofL is building a monster team for 2017/18. Losing only Mangok, Hicks and Levitch, the four recruits with everybody else back will have the Cards a top 5 team next season. Kind of like the 2012 final 4 team that became the 2013 championship team.

But until then, we have to watch the same tiresome crap on the road where inconsistent whistles and inconsistent decisions cost the Cards a road game. Nothing new here folks.

The number of fouls called have nothing to do with the officials being against Louisville. It's the way your team plays and our team plays. It's simple: Louisville plays a physical style of defense and our team takes the ball hard to the basket regularly. We aren't just farting around throwing the ball around on the perimeter. To tell you the truth I thought they didn't call enough fouls on Louisville because there were other numerous times we (and namely Dwayne Bacon) took the ball to the basket and got hammered and they didn't call it. Dwayne Bacon doesn't miss many shots from 2 feet that only hit the backboard and not the rim. The difference is our guys were able to guard without fouling because we don't play as physical on defense as Louisville does. Physicality isn't a bad thing but you have to realize you are going to get more fouls called on you. Or at least you should.

Everyone grab a straw the S&&& getting deep in here. I vary rarely if ever blame the refs but to say your guys know how to play defense without fouling is complete BS. You do know your talking to UL fans about BB?

 

[CardsFirst]

I think the two issues that effected us today are 1) The late game Thursday night. Not sure what the ACC was thinking 2) No Q it hurt but it will be a positive down the road. Besides all of that FSU is a pretty darn good team this year. I would have loved to of had Q today.

 

[LouisvilleKid79]

Exactly what happened when anas touched the ball at the top of the key? Johnson? Mangok?

We were pushed out to midcourt on offense. If you do not understand how that affects the flow than you need basketball 101 courses beside Adel.

I am just a fan that finds it hard to swallow that we do not use our bench like we should. We have a size advantage over everybody and never use it.

Alright Beasley. I understand basketball. Please trust me on that one. Adel is playing at a high level under one of the best coaches to do it at a top flight program. He is learning.

I was trying to help you understand why Pitino runs the weave up top. It serves several different purposes one I explained above.

We can have opinions and thoughts on the game and team for sure, but we have to remember that Coach Pitino has a style and philosophy that he likes on offense/defense and that he knows his team and each individual players skill set better than us. He is "hall of fame Ricky" as you like to call him. It doesn't mean every decision he makes is right or wrong but he has style or philosophy that works for him. You have to admit he is pretty good.

Pitino plays the long game his way right or wrong and it works for him.

I get it. You want the team to win. We all do, but they lost by 5 points on the road in a tough environment against a pretty good team.

Did they have opportunities to win today? Yes

I'm sure every game Pitino goes and back and critiques some of the decisions he makes during a particular game. All coaches do.

The team will learn from this and get better.