Restoring the Roar: A Kentucky Wildcats Legacy (CH 2K9)

[crayzman]

With Gillispie being fired and me finally finding sliders I can have competitive games on with realistic stats, figured I'd start up a CH legacy with Kentucky. Plus, at worst, I can only do as bad as Gillispie actually did and get fired lol. This won't be updated as frequently as my New York Islanders dynasty as that is my first priority, but there should be a game played at least every couple days or so.

[crayzman]

Re: Restoring the Roar: A Kentucky Wildcats Legacy (CH 2K9)

Kentucky Wildcats 2008-2009 Roster

POS	PLAYER	CLASS	OVR	HT	WT
Starters
PG	D. Liggins	FR	80	6'6"	202
SG	J. Meeks	JR	90	6'4"	210
SF	R. Harris	JR	72	6'7"	220
PF	P. Patterson	SO	86	6'9"	245
C (PF)	P. Stevenson	JR	81	6'9"	210
Bench
SF	D. Miller	FR	71	6'7"	225
PF	J. Harrellson	SO (RS)	70	6'10"	265
PG	M. Porter	JR	69	6'3"	200
SF	K. Galloway	JR (RS)	68	6'7"	215
C	J. Carter	SR (RS)	67	7'2"	277
Reserves/Redshirts
PF	A. Stewart	SO	67	6'7"	220
PF	M. Pilgrim	JR (TR)	66	6'8"	225
SG	D. Williams	FR	65	6'3"	205

[crayzman]

Re: Restoring the Roar: A Kentucky Wildcats Legacy (CH 2K9)

Kentucky Wildcats 2008-2009 Schedule

November 6th - vs. Central Arkansas (2K Sports Classic C) - W 78-54
November 7th - vs. Alabama A&M (2K Sports Classic C) - W 85-76
November 15th - vs. #9 Connecticut (at MSG) (2K Sports Classic) - L 78-52
November 16th - at #3 Memphis (at MSG) (2K Sports Classic) - L 69-67
November 21st - vs. Liberty - W 73-59
November 24th - vs. Texas Southern - W 89-70
November 27th - vs. Stony Brook - W 74-54
December 1st - vs. #1 North Carolina - L 91-81
December 8th - at Indiana - W 72-65
December 15th - at UAB - W 89-84
December 18th - at Houston
December 22nd - vs. Tennessee Tech
December 29th - vs. San Diego
December 31st - vs. Florida International
January 5th - vs. #2 Louisville
January 12th - vs. Vanderbilt
January 15th - at Mississippi State
January 19th - at #4 Florida
January 22nd - vs. Tennessee
January 26th - vs. South Carolina
February 2nd - at Georgia
February 6th - at Auburn
February 9th - vs. #22 Alabama
February 12th - at Vanderbilt
February 16th - at #20 LSU
February 19th - vs. Georgia
February 23rd - vs. Arkansas
February 27th - vs. Ole Miss
March 2nd - at Tennessee
March 5th - at South Carolina
March 9th - vs. #4 Florida

Red - Tournament Game
Black - Out of Conference Game
Blue - Conference Game

[crayzman]

Re: Restoring the Roar: A Kentucky Wildcats Legacy (CH 2K9)

2008-2009 Preseason Rankings & All-Americans

Rank	Team Name
1	North Carolina
2	UCLA
3	Memphis
4	Louisville
5	Duke
6	Michigan State
7	Kansas
8	Georgetown
9	Connecticut
10	Marquette
11	Pittsburgh
12	Florida
13	Texas
14	Arizona
15	Syracuse
16	Ohio State
17	Wisconsin
18	Villanova
19	Tennessee
20	Maryland
21	Kentucky
22	Alabama
23	Florida State
24	USC
25	West Virginia

Preseason All-Americans

1st Team:
PG - Ty Lawson (North Carolina)
SG - Jodie Meeks (Kentucky)
SF - Chase Budinger (Arizona)
PF - Tyler Hansbrough (North Carolina)
C  - Cole Aldrich (Kansas)

2nd Team:
PG - Stephen Curry (Davidson)
SG - Jerel McNeal (Marquette)
SF - Gerald Henderson (Duke)
PF - Dejuan Blair (Pittsburgh)
C  - Greg Monroe (Georgetown)

[crayzman]

Re: Restoring the Roar: A Kentucky Wildcats Legacy (CH 2K9)

Preseason Recruiting

With one scholarship to hand out this season, coach Gillispie is looking for a true center that could possibly step into a starting role next year. And if he can land the 7'0" Leo Dewitt from Flint, Michigan, he'll have done just that. He's ranked as the #1 Center and #25 overall. Though the Wildcats are #1 on his list right now, there are tons of teams interested in his services most notably Notre Dame and Michigan State.

Option two for Kentucky is Chicago, Illinois native Cesar Jefferson (#11 Rated Center), though only 6'9" he pounds the boards hard, but would take a year or maybe two before he'd be ready to start. The Wildcats are also tops on his list as of right now and by a fair margain.

[JSmoove5]

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Pretty good start so far. Can't wait to see what you can do with this Kentucky program.

[ARobb21]

Re: Restoring the Roar: A Kentucky Wildcats Legacy (CH 2K9)

Hope you can do well with Meeks and Patty Patterson.

[Yeah...THAT Guy]

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Just curious, but what sliders do u use?

[crayzman]

Re: Restoring the Roar: A Kentucky Wildcats Legacy (CH 2K9)

Hope you can do well with Meeks and Patty Patterson.

As do I haha

Just curious, but what sliders do u use?

The 20 minute all-conference ones in the slider forum, can't remember who made them. I've edited them a little bit because well... I suck at this game honestly haha. First game should be up in a bit and you'll probably see what I mean.

[crayzman]

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Central Arkansas 54, Kentucky 78
1 2 T Final UCA (0-1) 27 27 54 UK (1-0) 32 46 78	7:30 PM November 6th, 2009 Rupp Arena Lexington, KY

Kentucky starts out slow, leading by only 5 at the half before exploding it open in the 2nd half. Meeks leads the way with 17 points on 7-11 shooting in only 21 minutes due to two early fouls in the first half and was helped along by 4 other players scoring in double digits. Porter impressive off the bench scoring 11 on 100% shooting. The Wildcats will face Alabama A&M who defeated Gardner-Webb 72-69.

Central Arkansas Bears Starters MIN FGM/A 3PM/A FTM/A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS M. Pillow 22 2-10 0-3 4-5 3 0 1 0 0 8 J. Womack 31 4-9 1-3 2-3 5 2 0 0 4 11 M. Rueter 25 4-9 0-2 2-2 0 2 0 0 1 10 D. Nevels 17 2-3 0-0 2-2 1 1 0 0 0 6 L. Brewer 29 2-7 0-0 1-2 10 2 2 0 1 5 Reserves MIN FGM/A 3PM/A FTM/A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS N. Bowie 20 2-3 0-1 4-4 2 1 0 0 1 8 Y. Sims 17 0-2 0-2 0-0 1 1 0 0 2 0 B. Marks 13 1-1 0-0 0-0 5 2 0 0 2 2 D. Haymaker 15 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 P. Harding 11 1-5 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 2 UCA TOTALS 18-50 1-12 17-20 28 11 5 0 11 54

Kentucky Wildcats Starters MIN FGM/A 3PM/A FTM/A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS D. Liggins 26 2-5 1-2 7-11 3 0 2 0 0 12 J. Meeks 21 7-11 1-3 2-2 4 0 3 0 0 17 R. Harris 28 3-7 1-3 1-2 3 1 4 1 0 8 P. Patterson 31 5-9 0-0 4-4 4 3 0 3 1 14 P. Stevenson 24 5-9 0-0 0-0 8 1 1 0 0 10 Reserves MIN FGM/A 3PM/A FTM/A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS D. Miller 15 0-3 0-1 0-0 2 2 1 0 0 0 J. Harrellson 11 2-2 0-0 0-0 4 0 0 0 1 4 M. Porter 16 2-2 2-2 5-6 0 1 0 0 1 11 M. Galloway 11 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 1 2 A. Stewart 8 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 1 0 J. Carter 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 1 0 UK TOTALS 27-52 5-11 19-25 31 9 11 4 6 78

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[crayzman]

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Alabama A&M 76, Kentucky 85
1 2 T Final AAMU (1-1) 45 31 76 UK (2-0) 41 44 85	7:00 PM November 7th, 2009 Rupp Arena Lexington, KY

The Wildcats barely survive against the Bulldogs of Alabama A&M thanks to the heroics of Patrick Patterson who scored 34 to go along with 15 rebounds. Both teams came out firing with Patterson scoring 14 of Kentucky's first 19 points and Cornelius Hester going 4-4 from 3-point range for A&M as the Wildcats would take an early albeit small lead. Halfway through the 1st half though, it would be Alabama A&M leading, 28-23 and that lead would only grow with the Bulldogs getting up by 10 with just over 5 minutes left in the half. The Wildcats would go on a mini run to end the half to make it 45-41 at the half for the visitors. Patterson was the only strong player for the Wildcats in the half, but boy was he ever as he had 20 points and 8 rebounds. The game would be back and forth in the 2nd half, with the Bulldogs leading until 12:19 when Kentucky would finally get the lead back. Alabama A&M would tie it with 7:45 left and from then on it would be back and forth until the Bulldogs would once again take the lead with 4:32, a lead they would hold onto until Meeks would tie it with two free throws with 1:43 left and that's when A&M's dreams of an upset would end. The next possesion Harris would steal it and throw it upcourt to Patterson for the slam before Gladness would miss a wide open jumper from the top of the key for the Bulldogs, Stevenson grabbed the rebound, the Wildcats brought it upcourt and Meeks would nail a wide open 3 to make it 5 point game with 36 seconds remaining and clinch the game for Kentucky. The Wildcats had better bring their A game in the next game though as it'll be against #9 UConn who beat Buffalo 76-68 to move on.

Alabama A&M Bulldogs Starters MIN FGM/A 3PM/A FTM/A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS T. Simpson 35 0-1 0-1 5-6 2 10 2 0 4 5 C. Hester 33 6-20 4-12 1-3 0 3 0 0 2 17 L. Smith 29 10-13 1-3 0-1 4 1 2 0 3 21 J. Inman 29 2-5 0-0 1-2 6 2 1 1 0 5 M. Gladness 30 4-11 0-0 0-0 4 5 1 4 1 8 Reserves MIN FGM/A 3PM/A FTM/A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS D. Jackson 16 2-6 2-5 0-0 5 0 0 0 0 6 R. Porter 16 4-4 2-2 0-0 1 3 0 0 0 10 E. Hilton 3 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 2 A. Williams 19 0-0 0-0 2-2 3 1 0 0 1 2 UCA TOTALS 29-61 9-23 9-14 26 25 6 5 11 76

Kentucky Wildcats Starters MIN FGM/A 3PM/A FTM/A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS D. Liggins 27 3-7 0-0 0-0 3 5 1 1 2 6 J. Meeks 31 7-26 4-12 6-6 3 1 4 0 2 24 R. Harris 34 1-5 0-1 1-4 6 6 4 0 1 3 P. Patterson 35 16-23 0-1 2-3 15 1 0 0 1 34 P. Stevenson 34 3-6 0-0 4-4 10 1 0 1 1 10 Reserves MIN FGM/A 3PM/A FTM/A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS D. Miller 7 0-3 0-1 0-0 2 0 1 1 0 0 J. Harrellson 7 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 M. Porter 21 2-6 2-4 0-0 4 5 0 0 0 6 J. Carter 4 0-1 0-0 2-2 1 0 0 0 0 2 UK TOTALS 32-78 6-19 15-19 46 19 10 3 7 85

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[crayzman]

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Connecticut 78, Kentucky 52
1 2 T Final CONN (3-0) 52 26 78 UK (2-1) 27 25 52	7:30 PM November 15th, 2009 Madison Square Garden New York City, NY

The Wildcats get absolutely destroyed by UConn as even the starters get outplayed by UConn's bench. The Huskies led 25-8 halfway through the first half, thanks to a 17-2 run and ended up leading 52-27 at halftime as Kentucky shot 11-31 including 0-9 from 3-point range. 8 turnovers and 12 fouls definitely didn't help the Wildcats either. The Huskies would play their bench in the 2nd half and just coast to an easy blowout win. In even better news, Oklahoma beat #3 Memphis 89-74, meaning the Wildcats play the Tigers tomorrow in the 3rd-4th match.

Connecticut Huskies Starters MIN FGM/A 3PM/A FTM/A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS A. Price 10 3-3 1-1 2-2 0 2 2 0 1 9 J. Dyson 9 2-4 0-0 2-2 3 0 0 0 0 6 C. Austrie 9 3-4 0-0 3-3 4 2 0 0 0 9 J. Adrien 10 0-0 0-0 2-4 2 0 2 0 0 2 H. Thabeet 11 1-5 0-0 2-2 3 2 2 3 0 4 Reserves MIN FGM/A 3PM/A FTM/A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS K. Walker 30 3-6 1-1 6-8 5 6 0 0 4 13 S. Robinson 24 2-4 0-1 2-2 4 0 2 0 1 6 A. Majok 23 4-8 0-0 1-2 5 1 2 0 2 9 D. Beverly 18 4-8 1-3 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 9 S. Haralson 15 4-14 1-5 0-0 3 0 1 0 1 9 J. Mandeldove 20 1-2 0-0 0-0 6 3 1 0 0 2 G. Edwards 19 0-3 0-0 0-0 4 2 1 1 0 0 UCONN TOTALS 27-61 4-11 20-25 39 19 13 4 10 78

Kentucky Wildcats Starters MIN FGM/A 3PM/A FTM/A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS D. Liggins 30 3-10 0-4 4-6 4 1 2 0 4 10 J. Meeks 29 7-17 0-4 5-6 5 1 4 0 2 19 R. Harris 24 0-5 0-0 1-2 7 1 0 0 3 1 P. Patterson 32 6-14 0-0 2-2 6 1 0 1 2 14 P. Stevenson 30 3-4 0-0 0-1 4 1 0 0 0 6 Reserves MIN FGM/A 3PM/A FTM/A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS D. Miller 7 0-3 0-2 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 J. Harrellson 11 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 1 0 M. Porter 21 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 2 0 M. Galloway 9 0-2 0-1 0-0 2 0 0 1 0 0 A. Stewart 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J. Carter 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 1 0 UK TOTALS 19-57 0-11 14-19 32 6 7 2 15 52

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[TexasFan1]

Re: Restoring the Roar: A Kentucky Wildcats Legacy (CH 2K9)

This is looking pretty good man especially since I'm from Kentucky I'll deff. be following you man good luck

[Marino]

Re: Restoring the Roar: A Kentucky Wildcats Legacy (CH 2K9)

Ouch tough loss to UConn, good luck rebounding.

[crayzman]

Re: Restoring the Roar: A Kentucky Wildcats Legacy (CH 2K9)

This is looking pretty good man especially since I'm from Kentucky I'll deff. be following you man good luck

Thanks, I might really need it if this keeps up. lol

Ouch tough loss to UConn, good luck rebounding.

Yeah... didn't matter who lost between Oklahoma and Memphis we were in for another tough game, we'll see how it goes though. If nothing else, it's just a little more experience for when we play the Tar Heels, Gators and Volunteers.