Had to wake up at 3am for work today, watched every second of the game with my 13 year old. What a great night to be a uk fan. He's gonna have a great day at school with all his bandwagon Dookie friends too

kennyskywalker34 said:

Post game from Pope. He said I'm 3 and 2 now against them

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He might be referring to wins when he was a player

Bump

Dontworryboutit23 said:

Arizona auburn and Kansas. scheyer didn’t shy away from the big games this year for sure

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As we and they should not. We are prime time.

UK used their halftime well..

Had a gut check, chance to slow down and realize "Oh OK, this is why playing at Kentucky is deferent". Lol

Got a better flow on offense, started attacking more.

Substitutions were good, used depth well. Realized this wasn't Chandlers game. Did give Robinson alot more minutes than probably deserved but he still played solid D regardless of disappearing on O.

Got more physical on D, which helped Duke get beat down physically.

We have guys experienced enough to know how to be in shape for major college games early in the season.

We have players that know it's a 40 minute game and know how to lose, which knowing how to lose helps you handle a lot of different aspects of a 40 minute game.

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catfan220 said:

I'm not sure where you got that stat but it's not correct. I went back through each season and he's only played Duke once before, while at Utah Valley, and he lost by 30. So he's 1-1 now, but he won the one that mattered.

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Post game from Pope. He said I'm 3 and 2 now against them

Pope being hired was a chance taken but if you read the tea leaves of his career good enough, you could see there was coach who knew the game inside and out, and who turned a no-name basketball school into something without needing five-star players.

The latter of which is a testament to his ability to coach players into something great. I think everyone here was skeptical at the very least but some knew that he could be a great coach given the right environment.

We should be top 10 but I anticipate 13/14.

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ArtLaibsGhost said:

Can you believe several IDIOTS were comparing him to Wheeler in the game thread

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This is hard to believe. Until he throws a ball over the backboard on a layup then I wont even go anywhere near saying their name in the same sentence. Butler is a damn good to great defender. More like a Dominique Hawkins perhaps? Hard nosed player on D who can score when called upon. Butler is a pleasure to watch!

I think around 11-13.

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Blueisbest said:

12

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I agree with this 100%.

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Anybody know if Duke won last night?

We will move up 2-4 spots based on the idea that Duke wasn’t at full strength yet. And maybe they had some hurt guys (kind of) and they only got about 2-4 bad calls opposed to their usual 8-10. And it was a basically a home game for us. And Duke players didn’t sleep well. And tummy aches..And the sun was in their eyes.

ArtLaibsGhost said:

Can you believe several IDIOTS were comparing him to Wheeler in the game thread

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They should be banned. Wheeler was Saul Smith minus the avg size, ok shooting and mediocre D. Wheeler should not be mentioned again. Ever.


EVER!

We don't win without either Carr or Oweh but Otega made the hard effort plays that gave Carr the opportunities down the stretch, so my nod for POG is Oweh.

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Scheyer commented about being concerned with Duke’s cramping.
What did he have to say about their chocking?