GYERO

[Hank Camacho]

I don’t know if Matthews has another year left, but that dude is an absolute beast. Transfer portal, please.

He's a senior. Nwoko and Hubbard are underclassmen though...

If the first half is for gathering research, the first season for Pope in the SEC may be for scouting.

We pulled Ansley Almonor off the scrap heap out of Farleigh Dickinson. I can't imagine what they are going to do in the portal with a full season to scout, plot, and match the haul to the existing talent.

 

[legalbeagle123]

Lots of teams would have folded after going down 2 from up 14, but not this group.

 

[HymanKaplan]

Nobody is having more fun piling on John Calipari than Jeff Goodman. You'd have thought that Cal f*cked his wife and made him watch.

 

[DoubleSecretProbation]

Lots of teams would have folded after going down 2 from up 14, but not this group.

This team doesn’t blink. They can take a punch better than any other team we’ve had in I don’t know how long. And they just counter with body blows.

 

[Strokin_Bandit]

I was worried when Jaxson got dunked on. He was breaking out, having a great start, and then I thought that might mess him up mentally. Nope. That’s the veteran playmaker need for these next 15+

 

[bradyjames]

I was worried when Jaxson got dunked on. He was breaking out, having a great start, and then I thought that might mess him up mentally. Nope. That’s the veteran playmaker need for these next 15+

Only thing that slowed him down a bit was after his 8th 3 ball Ogelsby decided he needed to put his arms on Jax and tell him to stop taunting the crowd.

 

[legalbeagle123]

*Imagine being the second-fiddle school in the state of.......Mississippi. Trash fan base.

*When Robinson is scoring and involved, the O is a thing of beauty.

*In our 5 biggest wins, the offensive execution in the last 5-7 minutes of those games has to be off the charts. Seems like we have scored on 90% of those possessions.

*Splitting the road games this week should result no more than a 2-spot drop in the AP Poll.

*Hoping last night was Game One of Pope and the boys figuring something out going forward.

🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱

 

[jayroon]

He's a senior. Nwoko and Hubbard are underclassmen though...

If the first half is for gathering research, the first season for Pope in the SEC may be for scouting.

We pulled Ansley Almonor off the scrap heap out of Farleigh Dickinson. I can't imagine what they are going to do in the portal with a full season to scout, plot, and match the haul to the existing talent.

Report: NCAA considering rule change to allow fifth year of eligibility

More changes could be coming to college sports. Friday morning, CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein reported that the NCAA is considering a new rule that would grant play

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If that happened, Almonor might get another year. None of our other seniors would though as they’re all 5th year guys as is Matthews.

 

[krazykats]

- Only complaint for Robinson from me is that he has to get involved early so he doesn’t self check. But really that’s something Pope has to recognize and scheme for IMO.

The talent is clear but he just isn’t an alpha killer type.

- Almonor got hot at the exact right time which won us the game. That’s not to say Carr, Butler, Oweh, Robinson and Garrison didn’t play their roles but those 3’s late from Almonor made the game for us.

- MSU did not score the last 2 minutes of the game. Our defense isn’t very good but it tends to be clutch.

- When Hubbard went out we went to that match up zone. That switch has been crucial in a few of our wins so far.

- I actually like that MSU team, a lot. A star lead guard, a few decent enough shooters, and some big overly athletic dudes that get after it……….. sounds like an old school Cal/Memphis type of team.

Cal has lost his way and had he never been at UK I’d love seeing it, but as it stands it’s kind of sad honestly. Still find myself cheering against them every time I turn them on though. No mercy for the weak!

 

[Kooky Kats]

False: Eff Cal

 

[ThroughBlue]

Only thing that slowed him down a bit was after his 8th 3 ball Ogelsby decided he needed to put his arms on Jax and tell him to stop taunting the crowd.

Shit like that pisses me off as much as anything.

My sophomore year in high school we were playing at Franklin Simpson. I scored on a dude much bigger than me and started hyping my bench up on the way back down the floor. Next dead ball ref tells me to tone it down or he will give me a tech. I told him to not say anything else to me or just give me the damn tech. He did. Bench for the rest of the half.

I don’t need refs coaching the players. Especially if he was just taunting the crowd

 

[_Chase_]

Pope’s in game composure compared to Cal’s is hilarious. And it shows on the court. No more playing not to lose, taking the air out of the ball, micromanaging each possession, etc…

We’re prepared, Pope is chill, encouraging and not the least bit scared/worried in the huddle. It clearly shows in our play.

Incredibly happy to see elite Robinson on the road. He had it in him, did it on the road at Kansas last year, for some reason it just need to be pulled out of him here. Whatever the issue, I just hope EliteJax is here to stay and isn’t dependent on whether a couple of his first few shots drop.

Slowly but surely the talking heads of the world are coming off of their “YOU MUST HAVE ELITE GO TO BUCKET GETTER IN COLLEGE GAME CRUNCH TIME”

This has always been unequivocally false with this team. When any guy can make a shot, you can run your offense with multiple options at crunch time. You don’t have to clear out and go “get a bucket”

 

[FearThe Blue]

Pope’s in game composure compared to Cal’s is hilarious. And it shows on the court. No more playing not to lose, taking the air out of the ball, micromanaging each possession, etc…

We’re prepared, Pope is chill, encouraging and not the least bit scared/worried in the huddle. It clearly shows in our play.

Incredibly happy to see elite Robinson on the road. He had it in him, did it on the road at Kansas last year, for some reason it just need to be pulled out of him here. Whatever the issue, I just hope EliteJax is here to stay and isn’t dependent on whether a couple of his first few shots drop.

Slowly but surely the talking heads of the world are coming off of their “YOU MUST HAVE ELITE GO TO BUCKET GETTER IN COLLEGE GAME CRUNCH TIME”

This has always been unequivocally false with this team. When any guy can make a shot, you can run your offense with multiple options at crunch time. You don’t have to clear out and go “get a bucket”

You may be right, but soon enough we will have them, and when so, shew wee.