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I’d like to share some embarrassing quotes from myself from back in April

KyCatFan
I was calling for Pope long before he got hired. I believed he would fit in here well. I posted this back in March of 2022.

KyCatFan said:
I'd take Mark Pope at this point. Has played in the PAC10 and SEC and has worked/coached in the SEC and the ACC. Has done pretty well so far as a head coach. Still pretty young and can get better. Actually has better credentials than Hubert Davis, who had only been an assistant at UNC. If only there wasn't a huge buyout issue to deal with I'd be fine with giving Pope a shot. Just surround him with quality assistants.
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My favorite part….we didn’t play great

ArtLaibsGhost
I thought we started the game extremely tight,lots of adrenaline. We also( I give Duke credit here) seemed to be rushing our shots.Duke had an effective plan to start the game, extending their defense. and pushing our offense away from their comfort zone. To me at least Pope earned his spurs as UK coach tonight by recognizing what they were doing and adjusting accordingly, something Cal hadn't done in several years. I also think our guys relaxed and let the game come to them. I though Schier made a serious coaching blunder going almost exclusively to Flag late, making a multi talented team rather one deminsoinal.
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Player of the game

HerrosHeroes
kywildcatsfannumber1 said:
The performances by Carr & Oweh by far were the best of the night. Solid production off the bench from Garrison, Brea & Kriisa.
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And lets not forget the spark plug-
The Butler truely did it tonight, in Catlanta with the basketball!
Oh Mr. Flagg, get a freakin clue!
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⛪🤯 That Pope guy can coach a little basketball...

TheySoSensitive
Absolute Masterclass in adjustments at halftime. Specifically on defense which had Duke uncomfortable the entire 2nd half after they looked pretty dominant in the first. When they did get shots it was always over someone and as a team we did much better not allowing offensive rebounds. We made some tweaks but didn't decorate from the overall gameplan.

It was clear Dukes entire roster had been scouted properly by how we played them to their weak hand when they'd drive and how we already had shooters crowded by the time they'd to awfully difficult on him. Ultimately leading to the two turnovers that sealed the game for us(Thanks Ortega and Amari).

It's so refreshing to see teams actually come out easy to defend their opponent. Knowing what their strengths and weaknesses are, and doing our best to exploit that. It really does feel like night and day. Love the advanced analytics I think they're really into something with that data. The more data you've got the more prepared you can be. Then when we looked out of sorts he kinda hit the reset button, identified what we needed to do to make the offense work, made sure the players understood, and we started to fight back ultimately erasing a double digit lead to beat much higher ranked team with the #1 pick.

Great job to Pope and staff. That's how you coach some basketball. 🎉🤩
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I’d like to share some embarrassing quotes from myself from back in April

ArtLaibsGhost
I think Pope was hired because he was the anti Cal. Our basketball culture was in shambles and Pope is everything Cal was not. It should be obvious to anyone watching so far that our culture has changed for the better. Some of folks are still mired in " wait till March" under Cal November and December basketball didnt matter. For us older fans we always thought that was bullshit. UK basketball is EVERY game we play,We finally have a coach that understands that. Does ANYONE believe we would have won that game with Cal coaching it. I like our chances in March as well
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So what will we be ranked next week ?

AuburnMike86
HerrosHeroes said:
For anyone not named Kentucky it would be but they do this crap all the time to the Kings of CB.
The hate is real and strong and its games like tonight that cont to fan that hate flame.
F’em.
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I think alot of it was Cal hate right? I think alot of the stuff that happened at UK under him also happened when he was at Memphis.

Like I said in the other thread, I believe more people will jump on this UK teams bandwagon.

Coach Pope is coaching perfectly for today's game. UK has the experience and the type of players needed to win.

I follow all SEC basketball so I will admit I'm biased, but I dont see how anyone could deny UKs potential here. What's even better is that UK is working 12 new players in and the chemistry isn't even fully there yet which will change as the season progresses.
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