I'm not ready to say the season is a bust. It's still early and there's a lot of basketball season to play still. But.... I must admit I'm getting nervous. I know, I know. It's probably going to be okay. Yet... let me just share a few stats. Those of you who share my affinity for UK basketball know where my frustration lies, as evident from these stats.
2005-06 Men's Basketball Roster Stats (per game)
NO PLAYER POS HT WT YR GP MIN PTS REB AST
4 Rajon Rondo G 6-1 171 So. 7 32.0 14.7 10.0 5.6
22 Patrick Sparks G 6-0 180 Sr. 7 27.1 10.7 1.4 2.7
42 Rekalin Sims F 6-8 200 Jr. 7 24.4 9.7 5.3 1.4
2 Ravi Moss G 6-2 190 Sr. 7 21.7 8.3 3.9 0.7
13 Bobby Perry F 6-6 219 Jr. 7 20.9 8.3 3.7 1.0
3 Ramel Bradley G 6-1 179 So. 7 18.1 8.0 1.9 1.6
32 Joe Crawford G 6-4 210 So. 4 16.8 5.0 2.5 1.3
23 Sheray Thomas F 6-7 230 Jr. 7 20.9 4.4 4.0 1.1
1 Brandon StocktonG 5-9 167 Sr. 3 8.7 3.7 0.0 1.3
10 Lukasz Obrzut C 7-0 270 Jr. 6 8.5 2.7 1.3 0.5
25 Adam Williams G 6-4 190 Fr. 2 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0
43 Jared Carter C 7-2 240 Fr. 6 7.0 1.5 1.7 0.0
21 Shagari Alleyne C 7-3 271 Jr. 5 8.2 1.4 2.2 0.2
12 Preston LeMaster G 6-2 188 Sr. 2 5.5 0.0 0.5
This is what I see. Our #1 rebounder is a guard, A 6'1" GUARD!!!! What does this mean???? WE HAVE NO BIG MEN AGAIN!!!! Someone, please tell me why Kentucky, one of the premier basketball schools in the nation, cannot freaking recruit quality big men to play underneath. I know, the game is changing, and has in fact changed. However, you still gotta have the big man in the middle, or, as we've seen in the last couple of seasons, it will kill you. It has been our achille's heel. That's just frustrating.
5 comments:
I too am a little concerned as indicated in my blog on the matter. I do think this team will get better as the year goes on. Players will mature and hopefully the big men we do have will begin to develop.
I would much rather they enter the tournament as a 4 or 6 seed and get a chance to surprise some people than go in as a 1 or 2 and not make it very far.
spoken like a true loser
speaking of losers, how is your fantasy footbal team doing this year nic?
I too think they will develop. Its just that I fear the ole adage "history has a way of repeating itself" may be proven true again. However, I'm holding out hope that it will be proven false.
I think you talk about big men too much on here, Josh.
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