UK vs. Albany: First Half Comment Thread
The first of Kentucky’s 40 basketball games this season tips off tonight in Rupp Arena with the University of Albany Great Danes in town. Also the first of two games on back-to-back day, tonight marks the beginning of Kentucky’s tune-up weekend leading up to the highly anticipated game with Duke on Tuesday.
Starters for Kentucky are Tyler Ulis, Jamal Murray, Charles Matthews, Marcus Lee and Skal Labissiere. Isaiah Briscoe will not play tonight after banging knees with Dominique Hawkins, who will play, in practice earlier this week.
Let’s talk about it below. Cats.
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104 Comments for UK vs. Albany: First Half Comment Thread
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Hey guys. Not gonna lie, been watching the coverage of the Paris attacks and am pretty bummed out. Tonight’s game is a much-needed distraction.
Murray for 25 tonight
Je t’aime Paris
HERE WE GO!
Giving the Comment thread a try. This is no liveblog.
I miss the filter of the liveblog everything I say feels a lot dumber, probably because it’s in a comment section. We need to find a better liveblog alternative.
me and Tyler and Drew and the Cats. Friday night fun.
Two fouls already. Ugh.
And Kentucky’s first points of the season come on a dunk from Charles Matthews.
wow. that was a man dunk
Matthews dunk! First points of the season
Drew, can you remind us what to do to get the comments to refresh? Was it F5?
CTRL + F5 or command + R
Thank you!
Matthews and Ulis bringeth athleticism
Strong move by Lee. He didn’t have that this time last year.
Liketh the aggressiveness of Lee
Oh hey new sideline reporter
Matt said this team is going to score a lot of points, They might, but I agree that they will struggle somewhat early
The Fighting Marmaduke’s….
Derek Willis fans, CELEBRATE!
Hi all. Will the liveblog be returning at some point? I have so much trouble with the comments section.
I’m afraid the live blog only has three more football games and then it’s dead forever.
That makes me sad. Will it not even be brought back out for an old fashioned Monday Night Live Blog?
Maybe before the end of the year. We’re closing our account with CoverItLive. They’re terrible people.
What you talketh about, Willis?!?!
I’m more impressed with Derek Willis’ play than his tattoo game!
So Murray’s good
Live tempo-based stats for UK/Albany..
http://www.scacchoops.com/albany-at-kentucky-basketball-live-stats-11132015
Big ovation for Lee as he fights for multiple offensive rebounds. Just what Cal wants out of him.
Marcus playeth activeLEE
Say it ain’t so Drew! Do we need some crowdsourcing?
we are going to struggle down low on offense this season.
This is new and fun. Hi, everyone!
After the Football LiveBlogs I started watching this season of Below Deck after reading Tyler post about it and now I kind of love it.
That makes me really happy
Make the new interns run the live block as initiation…that could be fun!
VIVA LA ROCKY
Marcus Lee having a game.
Alas poor LiveBlog, we hardly knew thee.
I can’t find the comments from the updated iPhone app
I don’t know that it will ever happen but I’ve already bought tickets to Rocky’s musical
Defense is a work in progress to say the least
Nice take Willis
Two straight and ones for Lee!
that sequence just made all the “why don’t we press” people “excited”
Murray makes it look like he’s not even trying
Skal kinda…just chilling.
The screen moveth
all these rules changes but they don’t address the one they really need to: jumping into the defender. Worst call in the game.
And there’s the first shot clock violation of the season
That camera angle is just so bad. It’s like they get paid to do one of those every half and it always sucks.
quick whistles could also be a problem as I see a few games where Alex will be our biggest player on the court
Willis is good.
It’s actually spelled D-E-R-E-on flee-K
So happy to see Willis doing so well.
I’m going to stop posting, this feels weird. I’m used to getting one on a game via the LiveBlog.
Don’t make it weird. Just let it happen.
What is Murray’s stat line so far?
6 pts, 2 rebs, 3 ast
I am going to be the first the call in show so I can suggest Willis starts next game.
Good luck. You won’t be the only one trying to get through for that one.
It’s early, but I’m kind of underwhelmed so far. not sure why
It’s Friday night so I’m used to hearing that
Skal is struggling.
Willis on pace to average 30pts per game this season.!
What a bunch of Hoolie
Sooo how is Calipari going to keep Willis on the bench? It’ll be tough if he keeps playing like this.
Im not 100% yet but i think the live blog was better. Maybe this will grow on me?
Sorry y’all, had to post some stuff. Willis highlights now on the main page
Ullis, Skal, Dom + whoever could cause a lot of shot clocks this season.
Am I the only one who didn’t know women’s basketball switched to quarters this season?
Whats a women’s basketball?
Again, is the comment section accessible from the app?
I haven’t tried. Should be.
UK women 30-9
No 5 second rule anymore, right?
another whistle, YAY!
No way I’m calling him I-Zack. It’s Isaac.
iZach?
Sloppy few minutes here. Did that kid from UAlbany give Isaac Humphries a haircut too?
I’m concerned about UK’s interior defense whenever they face a big body down low. Lee is great at being the second dude to come in to help, but not sure who would be able to guard somebody like an Okafor from last year.
Luckily there are no Okafors
11 turnovers in a half is not a good sign for a guard oriented team.
Joey Palumbo sighting on TV!
“You haven’t seen me play enough”
Lotsa scoring options for us.
Quick two for Mulder but he was completely lost on the other end
Ulis hath courage
Meanwhile, UK Hoops is leading Rice 34-16 at halftime
scoring is great until those shots don’t go in. I love how we are not afraid to shoot, though. green lights all over the court.
Willis finally misses
But still, Willis gets buckets.
Cal was being loud during the last couple of possessions. I guess the mic might explain it lol.
First half thoughts: WOW WILLIS
Snacketh time
Haha, this poor sideline reporter. Just let Cal talk
Cats look like a freshman oriented team first half. Skal not doing anything so far. Willis is the man.
Skal is a second half man…
Sloppy play by Cats keeping Albany in a game that they do not belong in
Game quickly gets ugly or more uglier than it already was
Really not loving the play of Alex. Just not exerting himself
Skal is getting bodied and it is bothering him a lot.