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I’ve lost what little respect I had for him.

Please defend it.

Great atmosphere, great showing by the Kentucky fan base tonight. I know there were a lot of people who were skeptical about Kentucky's chances going in. Understandably I suppose, but those who showed up really brought it.

But Kentucky did not bring it. You saw plenty of offensive ability, as always, but Tennessee was just the better team and the better coached team. They were tougher, better on the boards, ripped the ball away, executed deliberately.

Very tough matchup for Kentucky because of Tennessee's DNA and the fact that Kentucky is definitely on the softer side. The Vols were much more physical ripping away loose balls and even getting to them.

Kentucky should never be that bad on defense. Think about this program's defensive standard going back to Pitino, even through Tubby. To watch a team carve UK up, really teams all season, repeatedly, with no improvement ... tough to fathom.

The calendar and schedule say Kentucky still has time. How the season ends is really the only thing that matters. But right now it's trending towards Team Turmoil territory in terms of the most disappointing UK teams of modern times unless they turn it around.

Rupp crowd pretty much kept the game somewhat close but Kentucky needed to start the second half a lot stronger than they did, meant they were at a deficit the rest of the way.

Cats really didn't seem to make a lot of adjustments. Got beat on out of bound plays.

Don’t care if we cut it to 7 or 8. Cal is done here. Its evident he is DONE

I don't know his name. But he does the following:

1. Prioritizes winning at UK
2. Gets kids with borderline draft stock to come back
3. Uses deep and athletic teams to press and push the temp.
4. Plays Zone when man isn't working.
5. Doesn't take the only guy that can score out of the game for no reason.
6. Uses timeouts at the end of the half and at the end of the game.
7. Fouls up 3.
8. Uses out of bounds plays to get easy buckets
9. Designs an out of bounds defense that doesn't give up multiple dunks and layups per game
10. Doesn't skip post-game shows after a tough loss.
11. Runs a defense that doesn't allow for unlimited wide open 3's and doesn't let the opposing point guard to just waltz to the rim for basket.

I'm sure I forgot some.

Let that marinate

Or at least until we lose another game; if we ever do?!

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One thing that jumps out is how closely bunched 4-9 are. And 8 beat 2 yesterday, while 9 lost at the buzzer.

Those 6 teams can easily flip flop game to game. Will be interesting to see if one of them cracks the top 3, or if one of the top 3 returns to the pack.


1. Arizona 3.05
2. Houston 2.77
3. Connecticut 2.74
4. Auburn 2.57
5. Alabama 2.56
6. Tennessee 2.55
7. Purdue 2.53
8. Kansas 2.49
9. Iowa St 2.47
10. BYU 2.18
11. Marquette 2.14
12. Michigan St 1.91
13. North Carolina 1.71 (up 5 spots)
14. Kentucky 1.66
15. Colorado 1.63
16. Virginia 1.61
17. TCU 1.54
18. Duke 1.52
19. Wisconsin 1.47
20. Iowa 1.43
21. FAU 1.42
22. Texas 1.34 (up 7 spots)
23. New Mexico 1.33
24. Baylor 1.22 (up 6 spots)
25. Texas Tech 1.20


Rest of SEC

26. Mississippi St
34. Mississippi
42. Florida
60. LSU
67. South Carolina (up 9 spots)
83. ATM
84. Missouri
96. Georgia
107. Arkansas
180. Vandy



167. Louisville

Any report on how our players did in the game .

Is as low as it’s ever been.

U of L + UK < Billy Clyde Gillespie!

to go along with these freshman. We can’t continue to just rely upon 5 star one and done’s. I don’t understand why CCC can’t get that thru his mind…. All he seems to care about are his NBA All Stars.

Cal is a classic narcissist....he will try to destroy this program (as he is) on the way out anyway he can. The carpet bagger has always had contempt with us as fans. F that douche.

Why tf is Johni Broome apologizing. It doesn't matter if you are Jesus Christ. You shouldn't be putting your hand, as a fan, on any player let alone grabbing their jersey.

If anyone should be apologizing profusely it's Morgan Freeman. He should have been ejected from the game like any other fan would be. Thoughts?

No matter what else he's done for other UK programs, he was handed the 'golden goose' with the Kentucky Basketball program and we've had all-time lows under his watch here. He cannot control the basketball coach because Cal wears the pants in the relationship. It's consecutive years of embarrassment. He was the Chairman of the Selection committee last year and yet his program, the winningest tradition in all of College Basketball wasn't even in the Tournament after the worst year in school history. We'll be lucky to hold claim to the most by the end of this year's Tournament. We don't hang banners for regular season accolades in UK history. Final 4's & National Championships. Not sure we get another with either one of these 2 clowns here.

The NCAA tournament is like 44 days away.
So Cal make around $25,000 per day everyday win or loose
$25,000 x 44 = $1,100.000

A positive note UK will not have to pay bonuses for big wins for March wins.
So we are getting a good deal I suppose.

Lets get to going

1. It's now going on 8 years since we've been to a Final Four.
2. It's now going on 4 years since we've won an NCAA tournament game.
3. Had a 9-16 losing season in 2021.
4. Lost to a 15 seed in the 1st round of the tournament this season.
5. Went 35-24 over the last 2 seasons. That's worse than Pitino's 1st 2 seasons here when we were on probation. Pitino's 2 probation seasons we went 36-20.
6. The way that attendance has slipped at Rupp Arena.
7. Recruiting the last couple years has taken a clear step back from where it had been the previous 10 or 11 years.
8. Losing to Tennessee the way we have the last few years.

We tried to warn you. How can so many be so blind? The guy flat out can’t coach

We were rolling, beating UNC, considered by many as the best team at the moment. They are on the rise and we are on the decline. What's the difference? The more that Cal works with/coaches this team, the more they will go backwards. This is a very talented team, but the Cal effect is in full swing. Mitchell's play of late is an example of that. Hubert has his team improving, and we are not.

Coming on February 18th. I am sure our Hall of Fame coach will be front and center.

Then spot minutes without ever being allowed to get in the flow and finally "sick". Meanwhile, one of our best players from earlier in the year has turned into a stiff.

Also, Cal must be coaching Reed on his free throws.

Retire, used to be !

Vols torch Cats' toothless defense in 103-92 win​

Tennessee's Tobe Awaka dunked over Kentucky center Ugonna Onyenso during the second half of the Volunteers' 103-92 win over the Wildcats on Saturday night at Rupp Arena. (Jeff Drummond/Cats Illustrated)

Jeff Drummond • CatsIllustrated
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@JDrumUK

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Kentucky's nightmarish season on the defensive end of the floor reached a new low point on Saturday against rival Tennessee.

In a high-profile matchup of Top 10 teams, the No. 5 Volunteers dismantled the No. 10 Wildcats in a 103-92 victory at Rupp Arena.

Tennessee (16-5, 6-2 SEC) dominated from opening tip to final horn, handing UK its second straight loss on its once-feared homecourt. The Vols shot 49% from the field, knocked down 12 shots from beyond the 3-point arc, and scored 22 second-chance points off 18 offensive rebounds.

Junior guard Zakai Zeigler and senior wing Josiah-Jordan James each scored a career-high 26 points in the victory, combining to knock down seven of 15 shots from the arc.

It barely mattered that Tennessee star Dalton Knecht, a contender for the SEC Player of the Year honor who had scored 30-plus points in four of the last five games, had a rare off-night with a modest 16 points on 5-of-14 shooting.

Time to bring them back!

5 points in 62 minutes of play this week. He did get 14 rebounds but still……