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Big UK Fan But In Spite Of Our Record I’m Not Convinced We Are Top 10 Team, Maybe Not Top 20.

I know that we beat our hated Rivals The PUKE Blue Devils and we have three other gaudy wins against very inferior opposition. It took Puke shooting terribly from 3 point range and UK at a very respectable 40 percent for us to eke out a very close win. Had the shooting percentages been reversed, which they well could be in a future game with Puke, it could equate to a 15-20 point loss for UK the next time we play them.

My concern is that if UK depends solely on hitting a high number of 3’s per game then when we don’t we will lose. Remember the old adage that when we live by the three, we can certainly die by the three when we are not hitting from the outside.

My concern in particular is when we play a team like Tennessee or another team who plays very tight man to man defense, then we will struggle to score from the outside which is our forte. 🙏 Please someone convince me I am wrong and give me reasons to believe UK truly is a top 10-15 team. I just truly believe UK is currently way over ranked, based for the most part on our win over Puke. I truly believe if we played this current Puke team or a team similar in talent UK would lose 8 out of 10 times.
Did you ever stop to think that the reason Duke shot bad was because of the defense UK played against them? Did you not see UK have an off night shooting for them and still beat the number 6 team in the country? Dume is a really really good team. They are better than UT. I don’t know what else you have to see to convince you that UK is also a really really good basketball team. Now UK will lose some games but it isn’t because they are a bad team

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Because a hundred billion dollars is still a shit load of.money.

Why do you always ask these stupid questions, like you're brilliant?
People wouldn't keep up the fight if they thought the money was being drained - and they'd know. Besides, Ukraine is shorthanded. Can't much afford the money drains you claim. Where's a solid money trail? Don't tell me you don't have one. It's ignorant on the face of it.

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What I think is overlooked is if Cal leaves 2,3,4 years ago we don't get coach Pope. Would we have got somebody that we would have been as happy with if the change is made earlier? I'm so happy with Pope I can't imagine anybody else working this well. He's everything I want in a man leading our program. Strange how things work out sometimes.

Great point. A couple or three years ago there is no way Pope would have gotten a shot at this job.

I've been keeping an eye on how Pope's teams had been doing for the last three or four years and I had been thinking that he might become the next Kentucky coach. I might have even been hoping that he would. I will admit that I also thought that he would be more ready in another couple of years. I was surprised that it happened this quickly and I am thrilled that it is going so well. He might not have been the first choice but so far it looks like he was the best choice.

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Exactly, I would never turn my back on this country. If they try to take it over (get rid of the constitution), me and my type would be in the way.
Agreed. But I love this country for our constitution and the rights we have. If we have a totalitarian gov that does not recognize our rights then it's not really America anymore. Lots of rich people filed for duel citizenship the last 4 years. It didn't get reported much but people were scared to death Kamala would start taxing and taking like the socialist she is.... Saw a podcast with a billionaire that said he got a Qatar passport and moved $300 million to that nation in fear of Kamala/Biden winning a second term.

The woman in NY who watched her BF get his throat slit and she refused to testify against the murderer is visiting the murderer in prison out of guilt. I love that this election proved there are more of us than them but if Kamala had got 85 million votes people like that drama white guilt hoor would be running our government. I'm not living in that world.

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Probably more of a micro/macro thing. His family probably did benefit. In fact, I think that Indians are the most wealthy and educated ethnic group in the US. Travel to India and explore along the Ganges and see if those folks have benefited from colonialism and I would bet the answer you get is different.
Go to those places before British occupation and see if it was better???? That's the point. Dude I listened to, said his grandmother hates the British due to her experience. Yet he says his grandmother has more rights and opportunities post British than any woman in Indias history. There is a reason democrat cities are going to hell and red states are improving... You can ignore reality but not the consequences of reality.

For you old timers, Whatever happened to Larry Johnson who played PG for us from 1973-1977

I think he was the best on ball defender in UK history.
I totally agree. I had a conversation one day with a UK starter on the 1973 team. He told me that in practice Johnson stopped Jimmy Dan Conner cold. IMO, he did the same to just about everyone he guarded in games too. In a 1977 game at UT, Joe B decided to put Johnson on Ernie Grunfeld. He stopped him pretty well, but ended up in foul trouble as one might expect, especially on the road against UT. I thought that probably cost us the game that we lost 85-82. We picked our poison, but Johnson's defense was stellar as always. Without him on the court, we not only lost his defense, but his terrific ability to handle and distribute the ball.

For you old timers, Whatever happened to Larry Johnson who played PG for us from 1973-1977

I distinctly remember LJ trying to chase Phil Ford all over the floor withUNC Chicken$hit playing a 4 corner stall ( no shot clock era) so they could beat the best team in the NCAA tournament.
I also remember this game as well. UNC played a great first half and led 53-41 at the half. UK came out as a different team in the 2nd half. UNC went to the 4 corners with 15 minutes left in the game. UK continued to chop away at the lead and got it down to 1-2 points with a minute or two left. UNC hit FTs and sealed a win that I still despise to this day. For the game UNC shot 33-36 from the line while UK was 16-18. Steve Krafcisin and John Kuester combined to score 27 points with 21 of those points were FTs. SMH!
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Hamdan offense

Did anyone else think the offense looked a lot better with a different qb that made faster decisions?

I wonder if Hamdan knows of an offensive line coach someplace?
I really do not know anything about college football. However, when you look at both NFL and NCAA teams and their offenses, it would appear that we certainly lack creativity, innovation, and ingenuity. On several occasions in the past years, I have been able to successfully guess what play we are running -- if a football idiot like me can do that, what about our opponent? Stoops has said he leaves the offense with the OC, but that fact is a bit bothersome when you are the head man and you clearly still see some very weird choices for play calls. Third and 17 and you run the ball? That is nothing more than a capitulation and one more wasted play. We have to be among the leaders in no-count, wasted plays. You who know this game far better than I know it must be supremely frustrated.

After 12 years of a chance, with a 12-team playoff system in the toughest football conference, is continuing this boirder-line futility and mediocrity OK with everyone? We gave him an outstanding chance to get the job done, and he got us some good years with some signature wins. But we've also had many "signature" losses (several this year!). Recruiting has been just north of plain vanilla, and player development has been so so. For whatever reason, we have experienced in all 12 seasons under Stoops a ton of truly embarrassing moments and losses that rest squarely on Stoops' shoulders. Vacating 10 wins and a bowl game is one of them. This is why I think we have more of a Mark Richt situation here and now than any other. Despite some great seasons at UGA, Georgia finally decided he was not the answer, went to Kirby Smart, and now have two championships to show for it. We have to decide what it is that we want. For me, it's time for a change.

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Every OC has sucjed, then went on to kill it elsewhere. At some point you have to believe it's not the OC, it's the main person in charge
Scangerello has been as sucky as always
Gran never coach again
Dawson…has gotten a good tint at Miami
Neal brown…was never fired. He got a head coach gig
Coen is killing it with Bucs

So to say they all are good after stoops isn’t accurate at all to be honest. It’s mixed messages at best
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