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Duke just passed Kentucky in FF

They were tied with us 17 before this year ncaa tournament .

UNC has 21.
UCLA 18
Duke 18
Kentucky 17
Kansas 15.

Pope has some work to do in coming years to catch them up and surpass them .
Jesus Mary and Joseph... How long you been sitting on that nugget just waiting? We get it... You hate Pope and will always be looking for opportunities to complain and be unhappy. I'd say give it a rest, but I can tell discontent bitterness is in ur DNA. "The View" is looking for another whiney bitch if you want to audition.
 
Jesus Mary and Joseph... How long you been sitting on that nugget just waiting? We get it... You hate Pope and will always be looking for opportunities to complain and be unhappy. I'd say give it a rest, but I can tell discontent bitterness is in ur DNA. "The View" is looking for another whiney bitch if you want to audition.
Do you have a perception problem? How did you get that I hate Pope. Isn’t he our Coach ? If there was another Coach instead of him , I would have said the same thing that he has the work cut out for him.

Take some read comprehension class and learn to respect other posters.
 
To be perfectly frank Duke is Rick Pitino's fault.

I for one still love him but if he'd stayed at Camelot Duke would still be sitting at 2 titles right now. Rick had Krzyzewski whupped but instead of finishing him off he danced off to a Celtics revival that never happened. Then K slunk off, got exposed to radiation, and returned as a super villain.

It is what it is now. But it's not Mark Pope's fault. (Not saying you're saying it is.) Hopefully Pope can do his share to fight it. But that's going to be hard and unlikely while Scheyer is playing with Cooper Flagg NIL money and Pope is playing with Jaxson Robinson NIL money.
 
To be perfectly frank Duke is Rick Pitino's fault.

I for one still love him but if he'd stayed at Camelot Duke would still be sitting at 2 titles right now. Rick had Krzyzewski whupped but instead of finishing him off he danced off to a Celtics revival that never happened. Then K slunk off, got exposed to radiation, and returned as a super villain.

It is what it is now. But it's not Mark Pope's fault. (Not saying you're saying it is.) Hopefully Pope can do his share to fight it. But that's going to be hard and unlikely while Scheyer is playing with Cooper Flagg NIL money and Pope is playing with Jaxson Robinson NIL money.
In that spirit let’s hope that Pitino” s captain Pope will finish the job that Pitino did not , and destroy in years to come K captain.
 
They were tied with us 17 before this year ncaa tournament .

UNC has 21.
UCLA 18
Duke 18
Kentucky 17
Kansas 15.

Pope has some work to do in coming years to catch them up and surpass them .
It would be interesting to know the FF winning-it-all percentages ??
 
They were tied with us 17 before this year ncaa tournament .

UNC has 21.
UCLA 18
Duke 18
Kentucky 17
Kansas 15.

Pope has some work to do in coming years to catch them up and surpass them .
Somebody supposed to care how you feel?
 
Cmon man. Are you a child? Do you have anything relevant to add to the thread?

OP is correct....Scheyer has Duke rolling. This thing isn't gonna stop.

Pope has a ton of work to do......
Scheyer doesn't have Duke rolling. Flagg does. Before Flagg people were questioning if Scheyer was a long term fit there.
 
Cmon man. Are you a child? Do you have anything relevant to add to the thread?

OP is correct....Scheyer has Duke rolling. This thing isn't gonna stop.

Pope has a ton of work to do......
No I’m realistic. Pope was in year one. He’s not at the medias favorite duke. Some people after a loss all say negative stuff and even praise rivals. I don’t think any coach in the current elite 8 has been there just this year. Just saying. Are you a child, people who are over negative or pessimistic, take out stuff on the coach/ players have a crappy life. It’s obvious pope is going to get players and he’ll be expected to do even more year 2. Most people on here I believe are trolls. I been on here for years, got banned because I call out trolls and most of them trolls are gone and now here more are to stay.
 
Scheyer doesn't have Duke rolling. Flagg does. Before Flagg people were questioning if Scheyer was a long term fit there.
Scheyer about to set record for most wins in first 3 seasons as head coach in NCAA. Flagg has only been to the school one year. Flagg isn't everything.
 
Scheyer about to set record for most wins in first 3 seasons as head coach in NCAA. Flagg has only been to the school one year. Flagg isn't everything.
Damn Good Point, but most coaches don't start out at a school like Duke in their first coaching stints. Clearly, he is capable.
It says a lot about Duke to give him the job, it seems to me, with no head coaching experience. He's only 37 years old ...
 
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Scheyer about to set record for most wins in first 3 seasons as head coach in NCAA. Flagg has only been to the school one year. Flagg isn't everything.
It's not just about total wins. I'm not going to take the time to look it up, but I know he's been outcoached a few times. There's way more that goes into what myself and other people were saying about Scheyer than 'total wins'. (And the ACC didn't magically turn to crap just this year.) Flagg very much helped Scheyer's perception this year.
 
Cal had 4 final fours to Dukes 3 during his tenure. Not sure I follow your logic.

Why not pick on tubby? He had 1 in 10 years and Duke had 3 during his tenure.
Tubby left when he needed to. Tubby didn’t stop coaching. Tubby recruiting was suspect. Tubby didn’t have players sit out to protect stock. Tubby tried in the sec tournament. Cal should have been gone after covid year. Tubbys recruiting wasn’t good but Cal is an awful coach.
 
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Cal had 4 final fours to Dukes 3 during his tenure. Not sure I follow your logic.

Why not pick on tubby? He had 1 in 10 years and Duke had 3 during his tenure.
The only “logic” I used was the fact that the OP showed up about the time when Cal left and CMP was hired and his posts usually appear to be made to stir up shit .
 
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I’m not worried about how many Final Fours they have. I’m more worried that this would be their 3rd title in 15 years and they are only two behind us.
 
Just off of my head its:
1. UCLA - the only team out of this five over 50%
2. Kentucky - right under 50%
3. Duke
4. UNC
5. Kansas

UCONN is 6 out of 7 by the way. Way ahead of everyone else.
Before cal fyi we were way ahead in this category. Cal put us here. We are hopeful pope can get us where we need to be.
 
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It's not just about total wins. I'm not going to take the time to look it up, but I know he's been outcoached a few times. There's way more that goes into what myself and other people were saying about Scheyer than 'total wins'. (And the ACC didn't magically turn to crap just this year.) Flagg very much helped Scheyer's perception this year.

I would say Scheyer helped his perception. If it’s just another boatload of freshmen along with Proctor and Foster then they’d probably already be out of the tournament. Scheyer knew they needed some more of the kind of guys who are always on the other teams rosters but rarely on Duke’s in recent years. Fully developed upperclassmen, Jon brought in Maliq Brown, Sion James and Mason Gillis which firmly cemented the team. Duke would be nowhere near as good if they had to rely on Foster instead of Sion James.
 
I like the chance Coach Pope has for himself here at Kentucky. His success is our success now. I don't think I could be more satisfied right now. Be patient. This is just year one we just put to bed. It was a patchwork team with a roller-coaster year.

Fun to watch. Frustrating, but very promising in the overall scheme of the sport and where it is at right now. Especially moving on from the last 6 years here. For God's sakes.

Don't overlook the fact that Pope came in here and beat this dUKe team. Beat the Vols and Barnes twice. Beat Few and the zags. Beat Golden's Florida team. Beat Kelsey and beat Byington. With everything that went on, it was a small miracle he managed everything getting us to a sweet sixteen at the end. Job well done. He knows we have to, and will, do better.

Got some monkeys off the his and our back while he was at it, too. Nice feeling. Well done CMP.

Got work to do. Much work to do. Coach Pope is on it.

We're going to be adding to a final four banner with Coach Pope in a matter of years here, I dunno how many yet, but sooner rather than later. I would guarantee that much, from the looks of it to me.

But what do I know?

I'm just a basketball bennie.

signed,

the runt#69
 
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Do you have a perception problem? How did you get that I hate Pope. Isn’t he our Coach ? If there was another Coach instead of him , I would have said the same thing that he has the work cut out for him.

Take some read comprehension class and learn to respect other posters.
You want respect? Start by not congratulating tenn. EVER but especially not immediately after they end our season. Good luck with getting respect here after that.
 
They were tied with us 17 before this year ncaa tournament .

UNC has 21.
UCLA 18
Duke 18
Kentucky 17
Kansas 15.

Pope has some work to do in coming years to catch them up and surpass them .
When you have 2 Final Four dry spells like we've had one running from 1999-2010 and the other one starting in 2016 & still counting. You fall behind. This comes as a result of inferior coaching. Tubby's last 9 years Then 2 years of total incompetence with Billy Gillispie. And now thanks to John Calipari we've now gone 10 years without making the Final Four. Tubby & Calipari should have both been out of here at least 2 years before they left.
 
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