Grade for OOC

[WeWant9]

Hard to believe, but we’ve wrapped up Popes first ooc run as the UK coach.

11-2 record, beat Duke, Zaga, and UL. Started the season ranked #23 and rose all the way up to #4. Two things I hoped for in the preseason were to go above .500 in the big ooc games (3-2) and not lose to any crappy teams in Rupp (9-0).

The OSU loss was bad, but overall this ooc run was solid. I think I’d give it an A-.

 

[the nail at the foul line]

B plus

Ohio State dropped us a letter grade.

 

[rick64]

If someone told me going into conference play UK would be 11-2. I'd take that all day long.

 

[B.B.H.]

If someone told me going into conference play UK would be 11-2. I'd take that all day long.

Obviously. Given expectations going into season, A from me. That’s far from saying it has been perfect but it has been significantly better than I could have reasonably expected going into the year and we beat the two best teams on our schedule. I think anything lower than that is a bit of revisionist history

 

[know1]

Solid A

 

[BBNinSC]

It’s an easy A and it’s not just because we’re 11-2 and ranked in the top 10. There is a positive vibe in our program that was missing for the past several seasons and Mark Pope is responsible for it.

 

[UKWildcats1987]

I'd say A-

Going to be a huge dip n grade n the conference portion of the season I'm afraid.

 

[Blueisbest]

A-. That 20 point beat down hurt their overall OOC grade a little bit.

 

[BassProCat]

Back n forth on B+/A- for me.

 

[Ron Mehico]

I mean anything less than A is moronic good grief. I’d love anyone to say this was our occ record at beginning of year and everyone not to take it without second thought

 

[oldsports_]

A

 

[UKBB4Ever]

A

 

[KENTUCKY_FLYER]

If someone told me going into conference play UK would be 11-2. I'd take that all day long.

and the two losses were not to dook or the zags....

 

[m080470]

Thrilled to pieces with 11-2 and no one predicted that 3 months ago. The biggest surprise is if you were told we'd be 11-2 and you knew the schedule, 90%+ would have said the two losses must be to Duke and Gonzaga.

 

[will1976]

An A for me

 

[ukwild#41]

A-, solid A without the 1 egg laid against OSU

 

[Piocat]

As a 35-year educator I'm accustomed to evaluation and assigning a grade, so here goes....
9-0 in Rupp A+
2-2 away from Rupp B
0-1 in true road game B+ for the performance
0-1 for a real laid egg D
2-0 for Duke and Gonzaga A+
Extra credit for what Pope has done to bring excitement back to BBN

Overall grade Solid A

 

[Mike_Edwards]

B+ just because how they lost the Ohio State game. Had it been competitive I’d go A-.

 

[BlueSince92]

I’m leaning more A than A-. There is still no strong case right now that any school in the entire country has a better pair of wins than our best two. And both our losses came away from home against quite respectable teams, even if we did look like ass against Ohio State.

 

[KY Long Rifle]

I would give it an -A. Good record, a couple of good wins, but one head scratcher.

 

[ukfan1622]

If we'd been a pre-season top five team I could see a B+ but for a team not starting in the top 20 I'd have to give UK an A- or A. After 13 games we'd have to have only one loss for me to give them an A+(for a preseason top five it would have to be 13-0 for an A+).

 

[TM2013]

A. Great start and still lots of room for growth.

 

[IowaMuse]

Hard to believe, but we’ve wrapped up Popes first ooc run as the UK coach.

11-2 record, beat Duke, Zaga, and UL. Started the season ranked #23 and rose all the way up to #4. Two things I hoped for in the preseason were to go above .500 in the big ooc games (3-2) and not lose to any crappy teams in Rupp (9-0).

The OSU loss was bad, but overall this ooc run was solid. I think I’d give it an A-.

B

A until Ohio State. A game that was sobering in its elimination of UK as a serious title contender. A title team doesn’t get embarrassed by a mediocre team like that. The fatal flaws exposed in that game were worthy of a full grade drop.

 

[ArtLaibsGhost]

With what we have accomplished since June with no roster and Pope scrambling way behind other coaches ; A+

 

[ArtLaibsGhost]

B

A until Ohio State. A game that was sobering in its elimination of UK as a serious title contender. A title team doesn’t get embarrassed by a mediocre team like that. The fatal flaws exposed in that game were worthy of a full grade drop.

What horseshit.

 

[wildcatcorner]

 

[ORCAT]

A-

Pretty great start for a team and staff thrown together in such a short time. OSU loss kept it from being a solid A.

 

[Wonky]

A title team doesn’t get embarrassed by a mediocre team like that.

The ‘98 Cats lost, in Rupp Arena, to a Louisville team that finished the year 12-20.

 

[zannmann]

A.

The old regime would have been 8-5. So, 11-2 is awesome.

 

[ThroughBlue]

B

Some of you have softened in your old age. I dont like it

 

[Fox2monk]

Hard to believe, but we’ve wrapped up Popes first ooc run as the UK coach.

11-2 record, beat Duke, Zaga, and UL. Started the season ranked #23 and rose all the way up to #4. Two things I hoped for in the preseason were to go above .500 in the big ooc games (3-2) and not lose to any crappy teams in Rupp (9-0).

The OSU loss was bad, but overall this ooc run was solid. I think I’d give it an A-.

Agreed easy A- for me. Almost did everything we could have asked. I would like to see us play a little better for an entire game. Run the offense a lot better like we did early in the year. We played one poor game which happens around the holidays especially. Had we not thrown up a complete turd in the an Ohio State game it would be an A+. We have a better OOC resume than many of Cal’s last 6-7 years.

 

[Fox2monk]

A.

The old regime would have been 8-5. So, 11-2 is awesome.

With the team we would have had there is no doubt in my mind we had at least 4 losses.

 

[blue cincy]

The more I think of the NY trip, 2 proposals and enjoying NYC, the more I realize Pope, coaches and team overlooked OHST.

They had a great holiday trip to NYC.

Other than that D for that game the rest everything from the time of the press conference in the spring till Dec 31st, it is an A to A++.

All together it makes the grade A- to B+ overall till now.

SEC will be the Masters course this year. Get through SEC not losing at home and pic up a couple of good road wins and this is a solid year. We will find out if we have learned the early lessons early Saturday. Hope this team wakes up hungry for some Gator Meat!!!!!

 

[Fox2monk]

B plus

Ohio State dropped us a letter grade.

Very fair. I am glad we bounced back nicely. Hitting 10 3’s is a good sign going forward. If we stop taking so many hard 3’s an instead get back to kicking out passes and of an open catch we will continue to knock down double digit 3’s every game.

I wanna see Almonor/Noah/Perry situationally because the ball moves and they can shoot it. It is evident we need Jaxson Robinson to be more aggressive. We need Oweh on the court as much as possible, Butler and Carr need to continue to be aggressive. I’d like to see Butler continue to drive but look to pass more to the open man again. When we get Carr going on the block and him rotating out to the perimeter to knock down shots it opens up our offense so much more.

Lastly I want to see Garrsion continue to improve and get more minutes as the season goes along. I liked Amari’s effort and FT shooting yesterday. I think the minute split between them was pretty good.

 

[jeffky]

A-. That 20 point beat down hurt their overall OOC grade a little bit.

Get over it was not the first beat down Kentucky has taken and want be the last . Before pope the last 9 years was a beat down more like tied to a whipping post .

 

[ChicagoCat1990]

Based off of preseason ranking and realistic expectations, I'd say a sold A. I thought 3-4 losses were likely. So to end up with only 2 losses with massive wins over Duke and Gonzaga, it's hard to complain.

I'm tempted to give an A+ just for the fact the Pope has returned my Joy for UK basketball.

 

[Edgarman]

Hard to believe, but we’ve wrapped up Popes first ooc run as the UK coach.

11-2 record, beat Duke, Zaga, and UL. Started the season ranked #23 and rose all the way up to #4. Two things I hoped for in the preseason were to go above .500 in the big ooc games (3-2) and not lose to any crappy teams in Rupp (9-0).

The OSU loss was bad, but overall this ooc run was solid. I think I’d give it an A-.

Was the OSU game not in Rupp? were we 9 - 0 or 8 - 1. sorry, I went brain dead MSG in NY. Getting old is tough.

 

[backinky2018]

A-. It's hard to describe how much the fanbase needed the Duke win. Throw in the big comeback against Gonzaga and holding serve against UL at home, and this was a successful OOC.

Losing at Clemson is no sin. The Ohio state game was a real clunker but there is no UK fan that woudn't have traded losses to Clemson and Ohio state for wins against Duke ,UL , and Gonzaga.

 

[L.O.D.]

B at best C+ at worst. For a/total rebuild it's best you could hope for but is what is. A team of role players no stars

 

[chroix]

Coach gets an A.
Team gets an A.