Wrong. This St. John’s team has the #64 offense in the country. The last team he brought to the NCAAT, Iona in ‘23, was #76. I’m sure there are plenty of other Pitino teams with a worse offense.
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Thanks man. Good luck tomorrow. I like Big Z brother better than Big Z. Need to guard that dude.
I listened to Cal interview with the Westwood One crew after the game. He said the same thing. “They hit 17 threes their last game. If they hit any threes today we are going home.”
Don’t understand the vendetta against Barnhart. He is not the reason cal couldnt buy a quality win in post season for the last chunk of his time here.
Maybe Barnhart is terrible but I don’t think he was the issue.
Maybe Barnhart is terrible but I don’t think he was the issue.
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Not as a Top 4 seed.
Come on Dude, you're putting his Iona team on the level of his teams at UK And UofL???!!!!
Heck, that Iona team was NO WHERE near a top 2 seed and was just 12 slots behind this St Johns team. You are ACTUALLY making my point for me!!!
This ten thousand times over
Well I didn’t say they didn’t have one guy lol. But even with one dude that can score doesn’t mean the team can score. That’s what I’m referring to lol. Even their 2013 national title team wasn’t a good scoring team.
so by your logic if your wife got overweight, ignored and ridiculed you, then left and got hot again, worked harder, IT WOULD BE THE PRIESTS FAULT SHE LEFT? That's kinda the bullshit i'm hearing.
Oh, I realize that, but this St Johns team of his was HORRIBLE on offense!! At least at UofL those teams could score when needed against decent teams.
Congrats to the Arkansas and John Calipari fans.
If you get a chance please go to the Arkansas boards. You've proven whatever point you wish.
See call later.
If you get a chance please go to the Arkansas boards. You've proven whatever point you wish.
See call later.
Calipari, after performing like a lazy salary thief at Kentucky for five years, was forced to take a job at a second or third tier program —but with one HUGE advantage: He took Fland, Knox, Wagner, Ivisic, Thiero and Richmond from Kentucky. He kept the crème of Arkansas’ team and transfers.
That he performed so wretchedly during the regular season that Arkansas is a 10 seed is a testament to how much he is washed up, however well his team performs in the tournament.
That Mark Pope could arrive at Kentucky with ZERO players remaining, after the best guys were gone from the portal, and assemble a team that ended up a 3 seed speaks to his promise.
The OP has been a silly troll all year. Bottom line: Good riddance to Calipari. My team takes the floor tomorrow.
We’ll see how the rosters shake out next year when it is a more level playing field.
That he performed so wretchedly during the regular season that Arkansas is a 10 seed is a testament to how much he is washed up, however well his team performs in the tournament.
That Mark Pope could arrive at Kentucky with ZERO players remaining, after the best guys were gone from the portal, and assemble a team that ended up a 3 seed speaks to his promise.
The OP has been a silly troll all year. Bottom line: Good riddance to Calipari. My team takes the floor tomorrow.
We’ll see how the rosters shake out next year when it is a more level playing field.
lol such a good username.
I'm not sure he would've lasted past the first 5 SEC games if he went 0-5 here.
I mean….
1. Let’s not act like there hasn’t been some luck involved to get to this point. Adams blowing out his Achilles up 3 with a couple min left.
2. Richmonds 5th foul today was one of the worst calls of the tourney thus far.
3. Cal is a still a turd and his best years are still behind him.
4. OP is an asshat.
1. Let’s not act like there hasn’t been some luck involved to get to this point. Adams blowing out his Achilles up 3 with a couple min left.
2. Richmonds 5th foul today was one of the worst calls of the tourney thus far.
3. Cal is a still a turd and his best years are still behind him.
4. OP is an asshat.
Look man, nobody hated Cal worse than me at the end. But to say he “never cared that much when he was here” is just dumb and incorrect. You’re either 20 yrs old or have amnesia.
Are games not televised and you need to live in the state to watch them? Lmao you remind me of the people that start threads like “I’m at the game and here’s my breakdown” We see it on TV. You aren’t some mastermind and Cal hasn’t been a good coach in 6 years. Nothing he is doing is special, they have run into 2 horrific 3 pt shooting teams and he has his usual athletic talent that has a slight chance at a tournament run. Congrats on his first S16 in 6 years despite being a 2 seed and 3 seed during that time. He is responsible for 2 of the biggest upsets of all time at UK. He’s a 10 seed and you’re this is the Cal you saw back in the day solely based on results when the styles aren’t the same at all.
True like I said in another post that reminds me of the Randle team that went to championship game
He got fat and lazy because of the contract. He had no edge any longer. Ultimately, yes, that’s on Cal. The antecedent was the contract though. Hard to deny that. It’s easy to say now, but I’d have called his bluff on UCLA. Man, UK was always Cals dream job. Always. Maybe he’d have gone. Maybe he wouldn’t have. But if I’m playing poker with Mitch, I’m not sweating a thing even if I’m holding 2-5 off suit.
Sorry, but the precipitous drop in our program's end of season success had almost nothing to do with Barnhard.
I think another big advantage, and I'll probably get roasted for it: far less fan expectations. Much less pressure. Not nearly as much scrutiny over how he's running the program. Cal took a team with less talent on the floor today, than all but 1 of the last 5 or 6 seasons, and got them further than any other UK team in that time. I said in another thread, it's clear as day to me now that Cal was done with Kentucky probably years ago. And I obviously have problems with him doing that, but I also kind of understand the sentiment as well. We like to think he's going to wish he never left for Arkansas, but I have a feeling he's probably happy for the first time in years.
Some people on here like to say that they knew Cal was a bad coach because he lost in the 2015 Final 4 to one of the decade's best teams in Wisconsin (I always laughed at that notion). But I like to think that's when Cal probably said "Why is anyone on my case?" and it started the slow breakup between him and Kentucky fans. I think these last few Kentucky seasons he really didn't care to win at all. It was a messier divorce than most probably realize.
I wish this board had a few less people and the Arkansas one had a few more. People are wired really weird. Go be with your people. You're not even being a fan by being here. You're being pathetic.
Who cares? He's not our coach anymore.
I have no doubt with that same team he wouldn't have gone to the sweet 16 at UK. He was done here.
That would be such a horrendous feeling. The 2022 final four was brutal- Duke, UNC, Kansas. But Arkansas making it this year would be the absolute biggest shit sandwich to eat.
I don't know about that either. But, I think he's saying the Big East maybe wasn't the greatest conference. I personally thought this was a Pitino team that he got to play above their level all season. I never considered them a real FF threat.
Yeah, Cal did the equivalent of joining and gym and deleting Facebook after a divorce. A lot of times both parties are happier and better off after a split.
Fact is he wasn't going to win here again at a high level. But that doesn't mean he can't coach anymore. He just needed a change of scenery and both schools can have won from him leaving.
You lost me at “had to build a roster.” Took three key rotation guys from us, three recruits, and retained one key Arkansas guy.
It was nice seeing some of our kids play well. St. Johns shot horribly.
But there it is... talent matters.
Not 23 and 24 yr old seniors who also poop down their own legs in the tournament.
Just like some of the 23 and 24 yr old we have on our team now and have had the last 3 years.
But there it is... talent matters.
Not 23 and 24 yr old seniors who also poop down their own legs in the tournament.
Just like some of the 23 and 24 yr old we have on our team now and have had the last 3 years.
Weak narrative imo. Every team, regardless of their makeup, “poop down their own legs” in the tournament, except for one team. Talent is important, age is important…but if you look at past champions continuity is more important than both of those. I’d have to find the quote but something like 23 of the last 24 champions was a team that returned at least three starters from their previous squad
The pressure of the Kentucky program and BBN is felt by players and coaches. Expectations are extremely high, if not unreasonable. We all have to be honest about it, especially realizing there is so much more talent spread throughout the conference and country. Winning is harder now than ever, it seems to me. Filling Rupp and turning away 5,000 just to announce a new coach is LOVE for the program, without question, but it’s also immense pressure.
Not necessarily. There are losses. Then there are bad losses.
This was a bad loss for those St. Johns. Their older players had no composure and folded.
Sure it would be ideal to have some players come back and not have full scale turnover from year to year. But it's also not ideal to have 24 year old professional sad college basketball players.
At least if you’re gonna make a wild take might as well shoot for the stars I guess. Good on you 👍
He is the hunter now, versus the hunted.
That makes a huge difference.
It would have been another full team of freshman, and one of them was 16 years old.
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