When Cal was hired he promised big blue nation he would win enough national championships to break and surpass John Wooden’s record of national championships at UCLA. Calapari has won one national title to date. He didn't keep his PROMISES and his diaper dandy system has proven over and over it doesn’t work. He needs to go, it’s been long enough now! Go Cats!

Been getting bad on the weekends too many years in a row. Like so many, I usually plan a weekend of great hoops but lost the spirit to watch any games yet again. Wonder if the fan base as a whole is dwindling from loss of spirit. Can UK revive it as we continue to miss out on watching our favorite players progress for next year, miss weekend SEC tourney games, get knocked out by second round in NCAA all at the cost of draft picks and stubborn leadership. Gosh at this point maybe if we made sweet sixteen it would help this old man. I believe we may be losing Big Blue Nation with this approach. Am I wrong?

Are interestingly enough playing for the tournament championship. If I were Mitch Golden gets my first Cal when Cal is fired next weekend. The two coaches with the most talent are not playing today. Barnes and Cal have become notorious for their March choke jobs. Hopefully the rest of March is better for Cal but we have no reason to hope. The are preparing for the draft.

97 points is the most A&M has scored all season. And guess what? They did it TWICE against us.

We will win one game in the NCAAT, maybe two.

LOL ... this narcissist thinks he's still relevant? Does anyone actually want to hear what he has to say? He's created these problems and now he wants to explain how to solve the problems he's created. Only the collective fool would listen.

This was supposed to be "the year", right? Cal's Superman class and his big comeback? Coaching the #1 ranked super frosh DJ Wagner? When things were going downhill last year, the pumpers pointed to this season, "you Bennies just wait", etc...

Well, let's take a look at how the things have been going:

No SEC regular season title ☑️
No SEC tournament title (matter fact, not even a single tournament win) ☑️
Another 10+ loss season ⏳
Not even close to the 1 seed for the ninth season in a row ☑️
Grand total of 0 weeks spent as a Top 5 ranked team ☑️
D̶o̶m̶i̶n̶a̶n̶t̶ Inconsistent performance against our rivals (KU, UNC, UT) ☑️
Swiss cheese defense ranked 108th in the nation ☑️

Are you happy with Cal's grandiose "comeback year"?

The refs in our game were horrible but this call in the second half of the UF/Bama game may be the worst call I’ve ever seen. Foul called on Bama’s Grant Nelson and I don’t think he was within 3 feet of the UF player.

Posting from nashville. I blame cal for the AM guards having open threes and free drives to the rim. I blame me for spending 5k flying in from houston to watch this trainwreck. Saw tubby at halftime and wished we had him back. That's how bad it is now.

Cal just needs to hire back Kenny and Robic for the staff next year, and retain Welsh and Chuck Martin.

Kenny can get us to have good bigs again, Robic can get us to having a defense with a pulse, Welsh handles the offense, and Martin does all the game-planning.

Boom!! Cal won’t have to do anything really except recruit! We should still be able to win despite the inevitably bad lineups he’ll throw out.

For all of you who spent big money and went down to cheer these guys on, just know, this wasn't the real stuff.

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The cute one liners are as hollow as a snake oil salesman. “We can’t hide you on the floor at Kentucky” we are exposed as a program that is only interested in one dimensional type players who have been overhyped and with little to no heart or desire to be a champion. The defense we don’t play is being exposed on a national stage. That mentality starts from the top down. “The SEC tourney is not important“ “we have X number of players in the NBA. The difference in those 2 statements sums up our program. It’s not about pride or the name on the jersey it’s about a business of selling players that you come here and make money without having to win or be a champion. That’s the leadership we have top to bottom. If you want a program that is truly successful a championship type program that isn’t this one dimensional program has become then kentucky isn’t it anymore. The “crazy fanbase” that made this program that set the bar is now being sold snake oil that is called “The Gold Standard of college Basketball“ that has no championships or banners to back it up with the players it has put in the NBA or the pay given to a head coach …

KENTUCKY MEN’S BASKETBALL POSTGAME NOTES
BRIDGESTONE ARENA | NASHVILLE, TN
MARCH 15, 2024
ATTENDANCE: TBA


Final Score: Texas A&M 97, No. 9 Kentucky 87

Team Records and Series Notes

• Kentucky is 23-9, ending a five-game winning streak.
• Texas A&M is 20-13 overall and has won five in a row.
• Kentucky leads the series, 13-6, but Texas A&M won both meetings this season. On January 13, the Aggies won 97-92 in overtime in Bryan-College Station.
  • The teams have met one other time in the SEC Tournament as UK prevailed, 82-77, in overtime in the championship game of the 2016 event in Nashville.
• Next for Kentucky: the Wildcats return home for the NCAA selection show Sunday night.

Kentucky in the SEC Tournament

• Kentucky is now 135-30 all-time in the SEC Tournament.
  • UK is 21-6 in SECT games played in Nashville, including 18-6 in the current arena.
• UK is 46-13 in the quarterfinal round of the tourney.

Team Notes

• Kentucky is 9-5 this season away from Rupp Arena, including 2-2 at neutral sites.
• Kentucky shot 50% from the field, 30 of 60.
  • This is the first game this season UK lost when making at least half their shots. UK is now 15-1 this season when making at least 50% of its field goal attempts.
  • UK entered the game seventh in the nation in field goal percentage at 49.2%.
• Kentucky scored 87 points.
  • UK entered the game second in the nation in scoring at 89.5 points per game.
• Kentucky shot 40.2% from 3-point range, 11 of 27.
  • The Wildcats entered the game leading the nation at 41.2%.
• Kentucky shot 72.7% on free throws, 16 of 22, the 11th straight game at least 70% at the line.
• Kentucky blocked 10 shots. The Wildcats entered the game third in the nation with 6.2 blocks per game.
• After winning the rebounding the last three games, Kentucky lost the boardwork tonight, 38-34. Texas A&M won second-chance points, 26-9.
  • UK is 15-0 on the season when winning or tying the rebounding.
• Kentucky lost the battle of turnovers 14-6, leading to an 18-4 disadvantage in points off turnovers.

Player Notes

• Rob Dillingham led Kentucky with 27 points, his second-highest scoring game of the season and eighth 20-point game of the season.
  • He also led the Wildcats in assists with seven.
• Plagued with foul trouble and eventually fouling out after 18 minutes of playing time, Antonio Reeves had 13 points, ending his streak of seven straight games of at least 20 points.
  • Reeves was first Wildcat with seven consecutive 20-point games since Jamal Murray had 12 in a row in February/March 2016.
  • He has scored in double figures in every game but one this season.
  • He also has hit at least one 3-pointer in every game but one this season.
  • He has 1,128 points in his two seasons as a Wildcat – moving past Oscar Tshiebwe (1,117) and Randolph Morris (1,123) to No. 47 on the all-time UK list.
  • He moved past Tshiebwe to rank No. 2 among Wildcats who played only two seasons at UK. Bill Spivey owns the two-year mark with 1,213 points.
• Reed Sheppard had 14 points, his 21st double-figure game of the season.
  • He had two steals, giving him 80 steals on the season and moving past Wayne Turner (79) for second place on the UK single-season list.
• Tre Mitchell had seven points, going 3 of 3 from the field, and led UK with nine rebounds.
  • It’s his most rebounds since grabbing nine vs. Florida on Jan. 31.

Coach John Calipari

• Calipari has an 855-262 (76.5%) all-time on-court record, including 410-122 (77.1%) at Kentucky.
  • Calipari is 171-59 as a collegiate coach in games played in March or April.
• Calipari is 336-71 (82.6%) against unranked opponents while at Kentucky.
• Calipari is 58-16 (78.4%) all-time in conference tournaments, including 24-8 (75.0%) in the SEC Tournament.
• Calipari is 12-5 vs. Texas A&M, including 1-1 in the SEC Tournament.

In the First Half

• Kentucky started D.J. Wagner, Antonio Reeves, Justin Edwards, Adou Thiero and Ugonna Onyenso for the seventh game. UK is 5-2 with this lineup.
• Rob Dillingham and Reed Sheppard were UK’s first substitution with 17:17 remaining.
• Texas A&M came out hot, making their first four 3-point shots, to stake a 14-7 lead.
• UK came back with a 9-1 spurt to lead 16-15, the Wildcats’ last lead of the game.
• TAMU called timeout at 13:07 and responded with a 7-0 run to lead 22-16.
• TAMU added a 6-0 run and later an 8-0 run for the largest lead of the half at 45-34.
• TAMU took a 48-42 lead into halftime.
• Sheppard and Dillingham led the Wildcats with 14 and 11 points, respectively.
• UK is 3-6 this season when trailing at halftime.

In the Second Half

• Kentucky began the second half with the starting lineup.
• Kentucky got within three points early in the half at 50-47 and 52-49 but got no closer.
• TAMU stretched the lead to 80-64 with 6:21 remaining.
• Kentucky had a 14-4 run to cut it to 84-78 with four minutes left but the Wildcats were unable to score on their next four possessions.

REFUSES to play Defense!

Blame Cal all you want, but not playing Defense is on this team.

Look I have been yelling for Z over Ugo all year and he outperformed him in less mins easily tonight, but that's not my main gripe. You have the 2 of the best 3 players on the team coming off the bench.

One, ok, spark plug, get it. But 2? 2 lottery picks comin off the bench behind zero lottery picks. Has this ever happened in the history of BB?

Reed and Rob. That is all.

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We have as much talent as anybody in the country but unfortunately, we have the worst coach and its not even close!!

Calipari needs to March. It’s a shame for all the fans that travel and spend a lot of money to watch a team led by a coach that couldn’t care less about the SEC tournament. We have no professional sports teams to root for in our state and Cal doesn’t give a rats ass about the fans. All Cal cares about is the NBA. GTFO man.

Just curious where Reed is on the steals record? He isn't gonna get a lot of games just curious from some of you stats guys if he's close or has any shot?

No pre season tournaments, treats the regular season like it doesn’t matter, doesn’t give a crap about the SEC tourney, and let’s shit teams with a fraction of the talent beat him constantly in March. So anybody who defends him still, please tell me why Kentucky can’t live without him

For cal. If you bought a full session book (like i almost did) for 700$+ Cal should refund everyones money from his own pocket. I traveled to every SEC tournament from 2013-2017, those were great times to go we won alot of games and i have great memories. If youve gone the past 6 years I am so sorry the product abysmal the results abysmal. UK fans travel so well and it hasnt been rewarded in fact id encourage ppl to stop wasting their money at this point cal has done nothing to earn the trust of the fanbase nor the support of the best fanbase in college basketball. Ruining our best team in 6 years is unacceptable

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