Lol it’s pitiful. This is what passes for a tough road environment for UL?

Even when Mississippi State and USCjr suck, they still bring 70k.

Gotta give it to Nate Oats; he plays a fun style, and they are shooting over 50% from the team FOR THE SEASON. Has anyone started the season scoring 100+ points in their first four games? Maybe Loyola? I acknowledge that they’re playing some bad teams (Mercer lost to Clark-Atlanta, and South Alabama lost to Mobile), but Bama has something going. Will it result in a FF or championship? Who knows, but it’s insane what they’re doing, and I miss it.

since Pelphry, Feldhaus & Farmer.

Thanks

After hearing Tre speak tonight, I think he may be the most valuable player on the team. He's a great player, but I think his maturity and his outlook on playing the game makes him invaluable for the other guys to lean on when they are not having the games they want to.

Honestly, I have tried to ignore this issue and hoped it would just go away but no. I have been a paying member of this board for many years. There is no reason to bombard me constantly with video and slide show ads about buying something that I have already bought. I have no interest in clicking on some ginger with his hat on backward. How can I stop this because it is beyond annoying. Please tell me how to stop this.

Playing great and fun to watch

Texas tomorrow, probably Indiana on Monday , then the dreaded Bellarmine next week . Could be a telling and pivotal 7-10 days for Kenny Payne… and if something happens with a change mid-season , it’d likely be during the break

We have 2 tough ones left , a road SEC game , needless to say thats a tough one , and on the road at Lil Bro' . Beating SoCar would be nice , but beating Lil Bro again in Louisville would be really sweet . Then there's the 4 losses , all blow outs . Drilled BAD against Ga and Bama ( NO I didnt expect a W ) and home losses to UT , we never had the lead so it wasnt exactly close , and gave up a 35 point run to a decent Mz team . Those 4 losses were U. G. L. Y. . All. in all a good year ? Have to say Yes . but we drop these last 2 to finish at 6-6 . Very disappointing .

Thought some of you might want to read this.

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In an effort to prevent some of you from unnecessarily drowning in your own tears and hatred of this team...

There's been 12 full seasons played since the first Champions Classic. Only 3 times has a Champions Classic team won the NCAA Tournament in those 12 seasons. Only 3 times.

In one of those years, that being 2015-16 season, Duke won the NCAA Championship, but guess what - KENTUCKY BEAT THEM IN THE CHAMPIONS CLASSIC!!!! Yayyyyyy Champions Classic!!!

Like any early season major matchup, the more veteran team is at an advantage. But by the end of the year, teams progress and improve and only one team is named champion.

The Champions Classic isn't some kind of mandatory measuring stick for the state of a program. It's mid-November. Let's get a grip on reality here

Of all of our incoming freshman it seems the Edwards is going to have to go through a greater adjustment to the game.

He has been able to out athlete high school and AAU competition, but older and stronger players at the college level makes everything he done well harder to do. Very few freshman with his skill set come in and dominate from the word go. More of them bust than what we see succeed.

The kid needs to focus on one part of his game to really progress. He needs to embrace doing the dirty work on both ends of the floor. I feel like his offense will come along when he starts to exhibit the toughness he needs.

Predictions from Jeff and myself on tomorrow night's game

With Louisville recruiting,past and present, how do they manage to be ranked in the top 10 In football? Seems to be pretty easy to do! Just wondering

Tre Mitchell is the first wildcat in some time who resembles the way I’ve played in the last few decades as a not so young man. Good shooter, good passer, no vertical, no speed, smart, fundamental on block outs and D, etc. Love watching him play. Did you see him talking to Wagner during the game after Wagner threw away an entry pass? Loved it, like a coach on the floor.

Reed Sheppard is a complete throw back too. His dad epitomizes UK 90’s ball, but RS looks more like a Bobby Knight type player from the 80s. Love the subtlety in his game. At one point in first half, he had a wide open 3 but passed it to an open Wagner, who hit the 3. It’s as if RS knew it mattered more to Wagner and we were cruising anyway.

Between Mitchell and Sheppard, we have some selfless, high IQ dudes that make their teammates better. It also doesn’t hurt that they can drill the 3.

I just read the highlights of Boyle’s 21-14 win over Corbin, quite a classic!
Also, read that always quick Mayfield crushed Boley’s team, looking forward to Coen bringing out that young man’s potential as well as possible! Gee, Mayfield used to produce college talent, seems they mostly have small, fast HS level talent these days. Sticking to (my) far western Ky, Paducah Tilghman has some college talent that transferred in supposedly, won big again last night. Wish I had a good football source in western Ky, but I don’t.
Any other game reports?

The scoreboard has a constant UL clinches title game with win advertisement for U6. I wonder how this game will turn out. Lol.

Let's proceed with the festivities...

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If Cal hadn’t offered &/or landed Reed Sheppard and he was playing like this at another school?

This transfer was a godsend for this young man. He was well on his way to being an irrelevant what could have been story. Now he is the hiesman front runner and will undoubtedly be drafted. He was wasting away at Auburn. Coaching and scheme matter.

Listening to the redacted pre-game show…

They expect Bradshaw back, have heard Ugo won’t be back until later and he won’t be a factor, and Big Z is a huge unknown.

I’m just at a point where it seems like Somto Cyril might have to join the team at Christmas for another body. I still would rather him play at his level and develop more, but if he’s eligible to be here at Christmas and we’re short on bigs….it can’t hurt to just have one more body for a big. Even if he’s not a factor, at least having him at practice and in case of foul trouble would be better than nothing.

JMO, of course, but things run smooth with him at the helm. He can shoot, handle, pass and on D his hands are always in the passing lanes or near the ball. A contributor, distributor and disrupter.

No offense to DJ but Reed just seems to be more of an asset at this point. He can do more than DJ and he gives the opposition a lot to think about.

Now, will this happen? Dunno because I think Cal will be in a tough situation with his relationship(s) with DJ’s family and I’m sure he feels an obligation to them….but he also has an obligation to win.

Personally, I want Reed driving the car.

Cheers!
KB

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KENTUCKY HC JOHN CALIPARI Q&A:

* To come off the game in Chicago, the enormity of it, to get home at 4 in the morning and play a team that was going to play a lot of zone, I loved how the guys responded. Zone forces you to pass the ball, and these guys passed it to each other. 26 assists. Making 3s. Tre in the middle. A little bit of a slow start to the 2nd half, but Reed and Rob were tremendous.

* A couple too many turnovers tonight, but still a relatively low number. Trying to make the hardest play.

* Learned how good Tre could be in the middle of the zone when they played in Toronto.

* On taking a ton of 3s in Chicago and making a ton of 3s tonight... because I've got good shooters, I have skilled players.

* A couple of guys on this team are going thru that tough process of dealing with expectation. And a couple of guys who are playing with house money, just playing.

* On Rob's 3 straight turnovers... Had to take him out. He said he didn't walk. I said you walked AND took two extra steps. I'm not gonna quit coaching that kid because he's got a chance to be really special.

* On whether DJ is pressing with the Wagner legacy... He's had it on him all his life. Every guy like that has had to deal with it. Own your performance and learn to get better. Get out of your own way. Talk more. Do other things to help the team. But that's part of coaching here. There's a lot at stake for a lot of these kids and their families. I can't do it for them, but I can put them in a position where they can do their thing. Best thing is these guys want to be coached, and they're locked in.

* What's crazy about this team right now is they're having a couple of guys not play like they're capable of playing and still don't have the big guys.

* St. Joes has everyone back, including the preseason player of the year in their conference. They shoot 35 3s... if they hit 20, you lose. We're going to have to be more locked in defensively. Hard game.

STONEHILL COACH Q&A:

* On Reed Sheppard... Saw a bit of him thru his AAU days and on film from the games this year. He was one of our keys. We knew we had to stick on him, but it's hard when they have so many weapons. You can't guard everyone.

* On having played UConn and UK... (Same exact score) They're both incredible. You have speed, athleticism on UK, more size with UConn. UK will get better when they get some of their size back. "It would be a fun game to watch, I'll say that much."

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Anyone watching? Should be a good one.