30 point loss in the SECT is… uh, concerning, no matter who you had injured.
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At this point if Travis Prrry is your starting PG against that backcourt this is what happens.
Koby Brea had 8 points in the first 10 minutes and didn’t score again.
The SEC better rejoice in this season in the most loaded upperclassmen season I’ve ever seen. It all resets next year for almost everyone. We’ll see then.
Helluva season. I’ll always remember this group and appreciate the season.
Now let’s make some noise in the NCAA and see if our experience prepared us or broke us.
Koby Brea had 8 points in the first 10 minutes and didn’t score again.
The SEC better rejoice in this season in the most loaded upperclassmen season I’ve ever seen. It all resets next year for almost everyone. We’ll see then.
Helluva season. I’ll always remember this group and appreciate the season.
Now let’s make some noise in the NCAA and see if our experience prepared us or broke us.
On behalf of everyone I yelled at doug for 30 mins before exiting to applause from bama fans. Parting shot was to call them the mizzou of basketball and saban was a lesbian not sure if it landed but it made me feel ok.
Go Cats
Go Cats
Sleeping in the basement tonight. Wife going on about this not being "Kentucky basketball" and not "Nice Guy U", telling her to step off the ledge, patchwork line-uo, shit happens, now she's telling me she's "allowed to feel how she feels". FFS. Then she reads it's the worst post season loss since 1951. Is it though? Is is it worse than losing to Oakland or St. Peter's or some lower seeded SEC team?
They just abused our guards, Oats knew we couldn’t guard them and they killed us.
We just gave up for about 4 minutes, never expected that from this team. Pope was livid and called them out, but it was already over.
Lost all respect for Oats in the final 3-4 minutes, up 25 and not clearing the bench was a bitch move. That’s cool, we won’t forget it next year.
Agree with everyone, get healthy and decent draw. We just played in the toughest league, without all our players, won 8 games against top 15 teams, so we can play with anyone when healthy. Just getting to play teams outside the SEC should help. Who knows, maybe we get some upsets in our bracket.
Still proud of this team overcoming so much adversity and still getting a 3 seed. Would have liked to see us full strength and healthy, but still a good season. There’s not another team in the country that could have done as good, with all the injuries. Testament to Pope’s coaching to have his team do this good. Let’s get to the Sweet 16 and see what happens.
We just gave up for about 4 minutes, never expected that from this team. Pope was livid and called them out, but it was already over.
Lost all respect for Oats in the final 3-4 minutes, up 25 and not clearing the bench was a bitch move. That’s cool, we won’t forget it next year.
Agree with everyone, get healthy and decent draw. We just played in the toughest league, without all our players, won 8 games against top 15 teams, so we can play with anyone when healthy. Just getting to play teams outside the SEC should help. Who knows, maybe we get some upsets in our bracket.
Still proud of this team overcoming so much adversity and still getting a 3 seed. Would have liked to see us full strength and healthy, but still a good season. There’s not another team in the country that could have done as good, with all the injuries. Testament to Pope’s coaching to have his team do this good. Let’s get to the Sweet 16 and see what happens.
I expect nothing less than for teams to lay it on us when they can. I take it as a sign of respect. Lord knows we’ve administered PLENTY of ass whippins to every team in this basketball frauds conference.
I hope Jimmy Dykes gets caught with child pornography.
What about Nate Oats? Pope better have that asshole on the special projects list going forward.
I saw Carr riding that bike with his back, Oweh looking concussed, Perry trying to guard Sears at the top of the key and turned it off. After that 1:30 AM last night emotional game and our guys severely banged up it’s time to rest and see if we can win a game or two.
Figured we would get smoked last night but I thought it would probably be by 10-15 pts. Oats definitely poured it on, could have let off the gas but he’s an ornery mf. We should have got them in Rupp that first game, whatever.
UK basketball is 117-43 all time vs Bama.
Jimmy Dykes should go write another shitty book and step away from the microphone for a while. He’s insufferable.
The Oweh F1 that wasn’t called even after a f’ing review is one of the more baffling calls/non calls in quite sometime considering Butler was called for the exact same thing vs Auburn.
Still super pumped for tomorrow and next Thus/Fri.
UK basketball is 117-43 all time vs Bama.
Jimmy Dykes should go write another shitty book and step away from the microphone for a while. He’s insufferable.
The Oweh F1 that wasn’t called even after a f’ing review is one of the more baffling calls/non calls in quite sometime considering Butler was called for the exact same thing vs Auburn.
Still super pumped for tomorrow and next Thus/Fri.
I mean, 3 mystery calls against Carr, Owehs face ripped apart, Chandler looked like Chandler… no Lamont.
Recipe for disaster. We had no defensive stoppers on the floor besides Amani…. The rest were outclassed.
It is what it is… Johnnys and Joes are eventually needed to compete against elite teams. We had no legs.
I liked our fight for 3/4 of the game.
Recipe for disaster. We had no defensive stoppers on the floor besides Amani…. The rest were outclassed.
It is what it is… Johnnys and Joes are eventually needed to compete against elite teams. We had no legs.
I liked our fight for 3/4 of the game.
I could be wrong here, but I’m very skeptical of The Committee keeping us on the 3 seed line. Maybe it’s from years of trauma, but I expect a 4 seed at best.
Same.
Don’t care about the loss itself but 29 points plus Butler uncertainty is gonna hurt.
“The committee” may consider Lamont’s absence… the Butler status report given maybe also 3D chess gamesmanship by Pope to keep us on the 3-seed line.
As long as we don’t see Doug Shows or Pat Adams, we should get to the second week regardless.
4 at best is a doomer take, IMO. We’re a solid locked in 3.
I was hoping we would make a game of it and we did for 25. Having no pg, Otega having his bell rung, Carr tweaking his back, playing a barn burner that ended after midnight and those gd ref calls was too much to handle. Eff Oats for running it up. Pope won't forget and BBN won't forget.
I hope so too and resume says so as well. Just don’t trust it as much as I did yesterday. Maybe third overall 3 seed.
Get some rest and let’s go pound some skulls regardless.
We've got too many Q1's compared to everyone else to drop to a 4, imo. All the other teams with double digit Q1's are going to be 1 or 2 seeds, except for Arizona, who has one less Q1 than we do as of this morning.
Fraudulent unc needs to be NIT bound.
Fraudulent unc needs to be NIT bound.
We have the most top 15 wins in the history of the sport (which is absurd). We’re a 3.
We might get a 3, but we’re 14th in the net, 16th in kenpom, and trending downward in both. Definitely not a lock, especially if they factor in our current injury situation and most recent performance.
Also nothing is a lock. I remember one year having a nearly identical resume to Florida, and we beat them twice in the last week before the tournament, one of which was a drubbing. They were given a 2 and we got a 4.
Also nothing is a lock. I remember one year having a nearly identical resume to Florida, and we beat them twice in the last week before the tournament, one of which was a drubbing. They were given a 2 and we got a 4.
Knowing the committee I’d say there’s about an 85% chance we get BYU as our 6 seed.
I’ve found The Athletic’s Slingshot model for NCAA upsets interesting for the last few years. Not sure how they model it before the matchups come out but it doesn’t love us…
The Athletic
Which March Madness 2025 favorites are most vulnerable to an upset?
Kentucky Wildcats
Kentucky has persevered despite a deluge of injuries. Their win at Missouri last Saturday showed that, even without Jaxson Robinson and Kerr Kriisa, they remain dangerous, particularly on offense. But they’re also vulnerable in the first round, yet again.
Why? They don’t maximize possessions. Start on defense, where the Wildcats force a turnover about as often as their fans applaud a ref’s call. In fact, they rank dead last in the nation in steal rate (4.8 percent). While they do a good job of limiting opponents’ success from three-point range (30.4 percent shooting allowed), they let teams take a lot of treys (43.7 percent of attempts). That’s a dangerous gambit: Analytics show that the best form of perimeter defense is to limit 3-point attempts, as 3-point percentage is harder to control and more subject to fluctuations. Kentucky fans have seen that firsthand all season. In a loss to Auburn, the Wildcats allowed the Tigers to hit 12-of-26 3s. Ole Miss hit 13-of-30 in a 14-point win in February. Alabama hit a combined 24 3s in a pair of wins. Looking ahead to the tourney, letting a mid-major shoot a lot of 3s is … not great, Bob.
Nor is UK’s offensive rebounding. That’s the only weak link in the country’s sixth-ranked offense, but it’s a big one from Slingshot’s perspective. Like Wisconsin, Kentucky lacks a buffer against a poor shooting night, which is a serious concern in March. Mark Pope’s first year back in Lexington has certainly been a success, but there’s a real chance it could end with another first-round disappointment.
The Athletic
Which March Madness 2025 favorites are most vulnerable to an upset?
Kentucky Wildcats
Kentucky has persevered despite a deluge of injuries. Their win at Missouri last Saturday showed that, even without Jaxson Robinson and Kerr Kriisa, they remain dangerous, particularly on offense. But they’re also vulnerable in the first round, yet again.
Why? They don’t maximize possessions. Start on defense, where the Wildcats force a turnover about as often as their fans applaud a ref’s call. In fact, they rank dead last in the nation in steal rate (4.8 percent). While they do a good job of limiting opponents’ success from three-point range (30.4 percent shooting allowed), they let teams take a lot of treys (43.7 percent of attempts). That’s a dangerous gambit: Analytics show that the best form of perimeter defense is to limit 3-point attempts, as 3-point percentage is harder to control and more subject to fluctuations. Kentucky fans have seen that firsthand all season. In a loss to Auburn, the Wildcats allowed the Tigers to hit 12-of-26 3s. Ole Miss hit 13-of-30 in a 14-point win in February. Alabama hit a combined 24 3s in a pair of wins. Looking ahead to the tourney, letting a mid-major shoot a lot of 3s is … not great, Bob.
Nor is UK’s offensive rebounding. That’s the only weak link in the country’s sixth-ranked offense, but it’s a big one from Slingshot’s perspective. Like Wisconsin, Kentucky lacks a buffer against a poor shooting night, which is a serious concern in March. Mark Pope’s first year back in Lexington has certainly been a success, but there’s a real chance it could end with another first-round disappointment.
