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The Shaw Smith Brotherhood: Tar Heel Predictions, Patterson and Meeesta Carter

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The Fake Gimel Martinez
on November 30, 2007
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The Fake Gimel Martinez comes from a real-life family of UK fans. This season Fake Gimel will share some of the conversations he has with his real-life father (pseudonym: Big Floppin’ Rob Locke) and his uncle (pseudonym: Uncle Roger Hardin) in this “The Shaw Smith Brotherhood” column. You can join in on the family’s discussion by posting in the comments. Enjoy!

Predictions for Saturday’s North Carolina Game

Fake Gimel:

Let’s start with your UNC game prediction. Give me a final score, and your Wildcat player of the game.

Big Floppin’ Rob Locke:

I watched UNC play last night and I predict that they will beat us by 40 points, unless Billy releases some of his reigns. If he does it might be a closer game but UNC will prevail.

Uncle Roger Hardin:

I think UNC will win by 25 points. I think that Coach [Billy] will have them ready to play and the players and the fans will be fired up. But I think UNC has superior talent and I don’t think we can stop Hansbrough. He hasn’t had a good game against us and I think he is due.

Player of the Game for the Cats… A J Stewart, if he can stay awake and get into the game, I think his quickness may help us in the high post on offense against the 2-3 zone. After the last game, you know they will play zone against us until we prove we can score off of it. If we have a shooting game like the last one, then UNC by 40.

Fake Gimel:

I think its going to be closer than you guys think. UNC has talent but they seemed a little sluggish against Ohio State’s pressure defense on Wednesday. And I think our pressure D looked better than what the Buckeyes gave UNC. The biggest concern is individual on-ball defending, because the Tar Heels’ guards will be looking to shake free and create penetration passing opportunities.

I have *never* seen a UK freshman forward play defense like Patrick Patterson. Of course, we’ve played some pretty lower-tier teams. If Patrick can keep himself in position, play Hansbrough straight-up and (most importantly) doesn’t get quick fouls, I think our chances for pulling off the upset are good.

If the ESPN anchor uses “North Carolina escapes Lexington with a win”, I’ll be happy. But I really think we can pull off an upset. Let’s say Wildcats 68, Tar Heels 65. Player of the Game is Patterson with around 17 points, double-digit rebounds and over 5 assists.

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The Shaw Smith Brotherhood: Holy Shoes, 1-900-4-SAMSON

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The Fake Gimel Martinez
on October 22, 2007
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The Fake Gimel Martinez comes from a real-life family of UK fans. This season Fake Gimel will share some of the conversations he has with his real-life father (pseudonym: Big Floppin’ Rob Locke) and his uncle (pseudonym: Uncle Roger Hardin) in this “The Shaw Smith Brotherhood” column. You can join in on the family’s discussion by posting in the comments. Enjoy!

Fake Gimel:

For this first edition, I wanted to take a moment and give a few semi-anonymous details about my family. My dad (Big Floppin’ Rob Lock), my uncle (Uncle Roger Hardin) and I were raised to be diehard Wildcat fans by their father/my grandfather, who I named Pepaw when I was 2 years old. Pepaw taught us how to watch basketball critically and the art of screaming at the ref through the television. Back in June of 2000, Pepaw passed away. I imagine him in heaven, where he is probably still jawing about Randolph Morris’ 3rd personal foul in the 2007 NCAA Second Round game. (In his eyes, the Wildcats could do no wrong.)

Both Uncle Roger and I are real-life alumni of the University of Kentucky. Uncle Roger and my dad live in Western Kentucky, while I live in Lexington. Uncle Roger and dad also have a sister, who recently married a Hoosier; “Uncle Digger” is a great man despite being a Notre Dame and Indiana fan. When I go visit family, we spend considerable time discussing basketball instead of family matters. Hopefully you readers will enjoy these conversations, and feel free to share your thoughts in the comments.

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