About half an hour til game time. Let’s get the good vibes going!

BLUEEEEEE

LET'S GET IT ON!


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Anyone else just hate that dude? Smack talking after every single play it seemed like.

I get it we played bad and we probably deserved some of his smack talk...but I hope either Purdue or Houston smack him in the mouth Sunday.

I would give A

Not getting emotionality connected in the game, just standing there with that stupid look on his face, show some fire, your players feed off you,

I’m glad I don’t have to watch some of these guys play basketball again, Great start for Pope…but we gotta have guys who play smart and are more athletic.

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Dude played hard and hurt.

Gonna miss the hell out of him.

Did anyone pick Kentucky to get further than the sweet sixteen?

BOOM!
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This year has been ok and I hope we pull out a miracle. But, Pope needs to get serious about some athletic talent for next year and beyond. We don't need any more slow centers or forwards that can't keep anyone in front of them.

The same person that told me a few days back that Duke would be the likely new home for Donovan Dent texted me this morning and said it "sounds like" Kentucky has made a very lucrative bid, and that the Cats have a lot of money to spend. He said Duke is there, but Kentucky is probably the leader now. This matches what Travis heard yesterday from a completely different individual.

I have some rooting interest tonight.

But almost neutral.

I think Mark has a great chance to deliver big time at UK. He put this team together at the last minute and obviously overachieved.

That said I have these concerns moving forward:

Need to win some major recruiting battles. It is still very early in Pope's career here thus he hasnt had a real chance yet, but we need real talent and players that are not easily rattled.

We were obviously not prepared for this Sweet 16 game. Game plan was bad, the enthusiasm was nonexistence, and we came out extremely soft and nervous. That is troubling, especially with a week to prepare.

I hope Pope’s “positive energy only” culture does not contribute to our lack of mental toughness.

After 35 games Amari still thinks it is a good idea to shoot beyond 6 feet, he has zero shooting talent more than a few steps from the rim.

After 35 games Oweh still believes he is a good jump shooter off the dribble.

After 35 games Oweh stills drives out of control into multiple defenders. He never makes that layup and will never get a foul. He is dominate taking one defender to the rim.

Pope talks a lot about pride in the name Kentucky on the chest, tonight’s game was an utter failure in that sense, likely the worst EFFORT game we have ever witnessed in the NCAA tournament.

Edited to reflect the bolding of "effort", we have had worse performances, but in my humble opinion this was a low effort, low energy, low fight, game by our boys.

When we go to Ny to play in Ohio State , players are site seeing, getting married and we play like our head is somewhere else and we get embarrassed.

The week sweet 16 / elite 8 we are offering 15 players for next year, we are discussing English cereals…

The day before the game we still discuss English cereal and players are saying that we don’t need to change anything from previous times we played TN….

The day of the game we sign a new player….

At the game , we show up like we are in vacation and show no pride…..

Sorry, I know i am pissed off but this one shows we learn nothing all season…

We got smoked by Ohio state , by Bama twice, by Ole Miss , by Auburn on our home where did not win in decades….and now by TN.

When it happens once is an accident , when it happens multiple times and the game preparation is not there… sorry but is not cool.