I doubt 99% of the country is college football. Yes it may be more popular than college basketball, but 99% primarily are college football fans ? Maybe I misunderstood your post, but that number seems really high. March Madness is huge and it doesn't become so big without a lot of fans.My freshman year at UK in 99 was when I started following UK basketball. I lived out of state and like 99% of the rest of the country I was primarily a college football fan and didn’t really pay attention to bball until March. By sophomore year 00 I was hooked with big blue and was a rabid basketball fan. We lost to USC in the sweet sixteen that year like a-holes. Outside of 03 and 04 (which ended awful) I never really saw UK dominating or killing it until Cal, and unfortunately Tubby had the charisma of a sweet potato. All of Cals great moments and memories for me typically involved us overwhelming another team with talent (all of ‘12, UCLA and Kansas in 15, etc) or someone making a play (Knight and OSU in 11, Harrison in 14 tournament, etc).
Tuesday night was different. I thought and still do that Duke is much more talented, but we fought and were together and had great plays drew up and won. Won with pure heart and phenomenal X and O coaching. And then Popes analysis and strategy and passion. The whole thing is a completely different and new vibe for me after being a fan for 25 years. If this is what the Pitino years were like I can see why everyone was obsessed with his time here (I thought it was weird when I was at UK) but now I think I get it. I mean what a time to be a UK bball fam right now. What a home run Pope was.
Also, Tatum 36/8/10, Lebron's 3rd straight triple double, he had 35 /12 /14. The night before, Herro dropped 40 /5 / 8. Lots of triple doubles or near triple doubles. Fox had 29 / 6 / 10 on Tuesday. One thing I did NOT have on my card, Grady Dick averaging over 20 and playing like he is. I knew he was talented, but 20 ppg in his second year I never expected. And we hear "stay in school", LOL.There were a few huge scoring efforts last night in the league.
Giannis-59
KAT-46
Jordan Poole-42
Also, Shaedon Sharpe had 33. Bastard
I hope not. We might actually get pushed if he’s in the locker roomCal will get tossed in the 1st half.
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It cracks me up when I see media and certain fans say this kind of stuff. The need for unconditional love from the fanbase towards a coach that makes millions upon millions to coach a team. GTFO with that nonsense. This isn't the equivalent of supporting your child thru an 8 hour swim meet for Christ's sake!
Fans support the program and any part of it that is contributing to its success. Any component that isn’t falling in line with that goal is useless.It cracks me up when I see media and certain fans say this kind of stuff. The need for unconditional love from the fanbase towards a coach that makes millions upon millions to coach a team. GTFO with that nonsense. This isn't the equivalent of supporting your child thru an 8 hour swim meet for Christ's sake!
I'll support them when I feel they deserve it.