[LeeCoUKFan]

I think Kentucky will win this one but they CANNOT take this Rider team lightly! This is a Rider(2-1) that started their season with a 14 point victory over Mississippi State who is the preseason selection to win the SEC west.
The starting lineup should look something like this for the opposing Rider Broncos:
G Justin Robinson 6'2'' 190 Jr.
G Ryan Thompson 6'6'' 220 Sr.
G Novar Gadson 6'7'' 230 So.
F Mike Ringgold 6'7'' 215 Jr.
F Jermaine Jackson 6'8'' 220 So.

So this team has more size in their starting lineup than Sam Houston State did and this team also has some boys who can drain it from the perimeter. Rider currently has 4 players shooting over 50% from the 3 point line. The biggest threat out of those 4 is their starting SG Ryan Thompson who is 10-19 from three point range so far this season which is 52.6%. Considering that Corey Allmond(SHS) had only hit 4 three pointers before he played against UK that might not be a good sign. Also, Novar Gadson whoever has to guard him will have a rough time because he is listed at 6'7'' but he plays like he atleast 6'10'', he leads the team in rebounds and if you don't watch out he could swat one too. So, to make sure that UK doesn't have an early season heartbreak Coach Cal will need to put a bigger player on Novar Gadson to keep him under control. Secondly, i reallyhope that he is focusing on defending the 3 point line in practice this week because its gonna kill us in the long run if we don't get it under control early in the season. I think Coach Cal needs to try and get his bench players in early so that they have an oppotunity to contribute and get some much needed early season experince. I know that the way our starters played against SHS that we didn't really need any help from the bench but thats not always going to be the case. So, hopefully we can get these kinks worked out before we go up against teams like Stanford or Virginia, North Carolina, Connecticut and so on. So Wildcats be ready and GO UK!!!