Champions Classic Open Thread: Sparty (Weird Guys) vs Duke, Now...Kansas vs Kentucky (9:00 ET)
Not much else to say. Should be some good basketball played tonight (well, maybe not good as it's early season, but entertaining). Not that we should root for them but seeing Duke annhilate Sparty tonight would make for an enjoyable evening...amirite?!
The better of the two games in my opinion will be the KU-UK game; two very talented rosters (Duke is loaded as well).
Go Blue!
November 18th, 2014 at 10:30 PM ^
November 18th, 2014 at 10:44 PM ^
...and UK.
Very clean, very nice.
They removed the blue bars from each and both have a more retro feel. Love them.
UK also changed the cut on their uniforms and have an older feel to them.
I'm glad Michigan isn't going to the 2014 adidas template, but I do wish we had our own uniforms that weren't just the 2013 adidas template.
Would love to see Michigan go with the clean white uniforms inspired by this (and make a maize and a navy version to match):
November 18th, 2014 at 11:18 PM ^
November 18th, 2014 at 10:53 PM ^
Well, Kentucky can't seem to shoot the 3 at all. Or run any kind of coherent offense. If they ever faced a team who could box them out (LOL) they could be beat straight up.
November 18th, 2014 at 11:00 PM ^
Who may have as much talent at least 1 through 6 as UK...but they're a better team and have a better system which would make up for the talent/depth that they may not have 7-10.
It would be a really interesting game IMO.
November 19th, 2014 at 5:04 AM ^
November 19th, 2014 at 10:09 AM ^
Doesn't matter because they can make the #5 team in the country shoot 20% and play scared from about three minutes into the first half.
November 18th, 2014 at 11:04 PM ^
And we just hit the under 12 media.
November 18th, 2014 at 11:06 PM ^
Maybe everyone on Kentucky will get rotator cuff injuries from blocking too many shots.
November 18th, 2014 at 11:07 PM ^
November 18th, 2014 at 11:19 PM ^
...not even in the 10 man rotation.
ugh, we could've used that shot. We'll be fine, but damn, would've loved to have Booker backing up LeVert this year.
November 18th, 2014 at 11:30 PM ^
November 18th, 2014 at 11:43 PM ^
November 18th, 2014 at 11:52 PM ^
Okafor is the real deal...and they have a better system, better smarts and equal talent at least 1 through 6.
It would be an awesome matchup.
Duke would at least have Okafor in the post and then they could roll out Plumlee for 5 fouls and some decent defense and rebounding.
On the wing they're probably better and Cal said it himself, 3 point shooting would give his team trouble. Duke shoots the 3.
UK may lose a game or two simply because they're not interested...but if you're talking best vs. best. Duke, IMO, is the only team in the country that would be able to keep up.
I think Wisconsin and Louisville would keep up if UK is good vs. their (Wisky and UL) best.
November 19th, 2014 at 12:50 AM ^
Come March, I take John Beilein's squad vs all of these teams.
November 19th, 2014 at 3:42 AM ^
November 19th, 2014 at 9:03 AM ^
November 19th, 2014 at 11:00 AM ^
If you thought losing to Kentucky last year was annoying as they rebounded 60% of their misses this year would be so much worse. Their frontcourt would get like 90% of available rebounds, we would have to shoot like 90% from three to win that game.
And no way do I think Duke is better or equal 1-5 and part of what makes this Kentucky team absurd is that their 6-10 is as good or better in some spots. They have booker, who would be starting for us as their 7th guy off the bench. And of course upsets happen, I'm just saying its going to take Kentucky having a bad game to lose, not just a mediocore game but an actual bad game.