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The 20-Point Drubbing That Just Ended Mark Pope's Kentucky Dream
Ncaab on gradient background - Created by the Sports On Tap desk | Source : Sports On Tap (team logos property of their respective owners) The Kentucky Wildcats got absolutely run off the court by the Kansas Jayhawks on Tuesday night, falling 89-69 in the Champions Classic, and honestly, after that performance, it feels safe […]
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Milan Momcilovic’s disappearing act against Kansas is a massive tactical failure
The Kentucky Wildcats landed what everyone thought was the best shooter in college basketball, but Mark Pope and Cody Fueger failed to utilize Milan Momcilovic against Kansas. The prevailing thought heading into the season was that even if Momcilovic was not getting shots up, his perimeter gravity would draw enough attention from the defense to open the floor for everyone else.
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For Kentucky basketball, everything went wrong against Kansas. What happens next?
There’s a whole museum here dedicated to torture. It sits not five miles east of the United Center, where they played the Champions Classic on Tuesday night, and though it specializes in the story of medieval techniques, you can see how Mark Pope might have felt like he was living in an exhibit as No. 15 Kansas walloped his 24th-ranked Kentucky Wildcats 89-69. Pope’s team couldn’t get the nation’s best shooter untracked; couldn’t find any rhythm offensively; couldn’t stop handing the ball to Kansas; and couldn’t stop the Jayhawks Tyran Stokes (23 points, 10 rebounds, four assists) and Tre White (30 points, six rebounds). “An incredibly frustrating night for us,” Pope called it. Kansas (3-0) led by as many as 23 points. It outscored Kentucky 22-0 in points off turnovers. It outscored Kentucky (2-1) by six points in the paint, by five on second chances, by 18 from behind the 3-point line. The Jayhawks had 24 assists to the Cats’ 13. A KU roster some thought might be heliocentric with Stokes on the wing as its shining center played for most of the night the beautiful brand of basketball to which Pope aspires. But for Kentucky, it was ugly. On