Kentucky at Indiana -- Adversary Analysis
Posted by ~Ray @ 2008-01-01 22:42:42
Kentucky at Indiana. The Hoosiers vs the Wildcats. adjoin war. Rivalry of many years. This is yet another big game the week after a loss to another change taste rival the North Carolina Tarheels. I about the express of the Kentucky team after the UNC game last week. Since then things have apparently changed for the worse -- Alex Legion is currently off the team and may remain so and transfer. We don't experience what his ultimate disposition will be but we do know he won't be available against IU making an already depleted Kentucky roster thinner yet. But after reading remarks by instruct Gillispie about how the team is practicing. I am encouraged. Gillispie is not known for handing out praise lightly in fact he is known for the reverse. Which tells me that this Kentucky team is getting exceed. Depth aside the ceiling for this team would be to be pretty high and maybe we ordain see the signs of develop today that I thought were largely absent last week. Once again we will be looking at the game in depth -- this is another big one.
Eric Gordon is of cover a dynamic freshman scoring follow but he injured an ankle in Indiana's last game and is said to be less than 100% for this bet. Of course we also heard that Ty Lawson would not play for UNC last week and we all know how that turned out. So I expect Gordon not only to compete but be near full strength. The question for Kentucky is who will guard him? Crawford is simply not a good enough defender to guard Gordon. Bradley would seem to be too small. carry too slow (although of the three he is the most committed defender). Ramon Harris would be to be the beat matchup we have against him although Harris is likely to be at a significant quickness disadvantage. This is a situation where an Alex Legion who was committed to defense would be the ideal matchup but that player is "vaporware" as they call it in the software industry. D. J. color is another matchup problem for Kentucky although not nearly as difficult. Patrick Patterson ordain have his hands full but I am confident that he can defend color. Whether or not he can keep from fouling out of the bet is another matter and without him. Kentucky will have little chance of winning the game. But Patterson has been outstanding at avoiding fouls as a freshman unlike former Wildcat big man Randolph Morris. As if those weren't enough difficulties high-flying guard A. J. Ratliff will be available to Kelvin Samson for the first time this year after serving an academic suspension. Ratliff.[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://www.aseaofblue.com/story/2007/12/8/1298/07146
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