Hill is a key. He has got smoked by KY guards in some previous years.
Well lets see:
2014 as a back up
Game 1: 14 min, 0 points, 1 rebound, 1 assists and 1 turnover.
Game 2: 21 min, 8 points, 1 rebound, 7 assists and 1 turnover.
Game 3: 16 min, 2 points, 0 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 turnover.
No back up guard for UK that year even scored on UF and clearly Hill more than held his own as a true frosh. Hill was even 6 for 6 from the FT line in Game 2. Of course it is Hill's play the next two years that you are probably talking about.
2015
Game 1: 31 min, 12 points, 1 rebound, 6 assists and 1 turnover.
Game 2: 34 min, 15 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists and 4 turnovers.
Game 3: 35 min, 8 points, 1 rebound, 4 assists and 4 turnovers.
Hill shoot no worse than 4 of 10 from the field in each of these games. Too many turnovers but not hardly smoked. Heck in one of these games Ulis scored 0 points in 33 minutes.
2016:
Game 1: 13 min, 4 points, 0 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 turnover.
Game 2: 23 min (off the bench) 8 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists and 0 turnovers.
I guess game 1 here is the game. Hill appears by the minutes to have been in foul trouble much of the game and was 2 for 7 from the field. As a starter Hill's FT shooting was wobbly.
I do agree that Hill can be the key this game. UK has allowed penetration in their recent struggle. No one penetrates better than Hill. Hill must penetrate, make good decisions and when that decision is shoot a layup , he needs to make them. Then again UK may play the zone they played last game.
