Let's check in on the coach who turned us down
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I'm off tomorrow and was hoping to enjoy a fun late night game. Wasn't much fun at all.
Definitely prefer what we have now by a huge margin even if Baylor had been the one applying the ass kicking tonight. All the same I never had anything against Drew besides he plays Cal's offense. I'll get excited if this happens to Danny Hurley.
Hindsight is 20/20 but now that we see what Mark Pope brings to the table this was easily the right decision if our two legit candidates were CMP and Drew.
Some of these teams are idiots with the teams that they play in the first game!!
What the hell are you doing?
Schedule better or regret it later.
Quite honestly Kentucky shouldn't be playing Duke in like the third or fourth game in that stupid championship classic. This should be the last damn year we do this.
It was a calipari thing and I ain't down with it
What the hell are you doing?
Schedule better or regret it later.
Quite honestly Kentucky shouldn't be playing Duke in like the third or fourth game in that stupid championship classic. This should be the last damn year we do this.
It was a calipari thing and I ain't down with it
Drew is booooooring. He got lucky. He will never recreate that past success. Thank god he rejected Mitch. Pope has a system. He recruits for the system. He will adjust the system if data merits he should. He loves Kentucky. He would die for Kentucky.
It’s early for whomever we play too. I think it was bad for UK in past years because of how young the cats always were. Now and in future years I would wager UK will often have the advantage due to experience.
Baylor destroyed but VJ’s dunk on Mark Few’s son was nasty.
I've felt great about the Pope hire from the outset. Nothing but positive momentum since he began here.
We are Kentucky!
Kentucky basketball is eternal because the former players and fans, and all those proud supporters over the many years, CARE so much about Kentucky basketball, it can only be a success.
When you care about something so very much, as we do, I say THAT is the gold standard. Not just in college basketball, but in ANY SPORT. The GOLD STANDARD is wearing the name on the FRONT of the jersey with pride, representing with class and swag everywhere Kentucky fans go!
It's why AL McGuire said Kentucky had it before you were here, while you were here and they'll have it after you're gone.... he totally got it. It's as true now as it ever was.
Go Big Blue !
We are Kentucky!
Kentucky basketball is eternal because the former players and fans, and all those proud supporters over the many years, CARE so much about Kentucky basketball, it can only be a success.
When you care about something so very much, as we do, I say THAT is the gold standard. Not just in college basketball, but in ANY SPORT. The GOLD STANDARD is wearing the name on the FRONT of the jersey with pride, representing with class and swag everywhere Kentucky fans go!
It's why AL McGuire said Kentucky had it before you were here, while you were here and they'll have it after you're gone.... he totally got it. It's as true now as it ever was.
Go Big Blue !
This isn’t football, an early loss isn’t going derail anyone’s season. I love the Champions Classic, always good match ups. I didn’t like it as the first game, but perfectly fine with it being the third one. Do you really want to just play teams like Wright State all November?
He sacrificed his son for the win. That’s some biblical stuff.
I love Edgcombe. He's my favorite freshman in the country. But I'm not even sure he would start over Oweh and Robinson had he come to UK.
I actually think Edgecombe needs two years. His jumper is garbage right now.
If he came back for a second season, he'd potentially be an All-American and a top 3 pick.
My top pick for coach this year was Anton besides Cal or Drew. Turns out I like the choice for coach a lot and that it’s not Cal or Drew a lot too.
Yep, Pope has accomplished just as much as any seasoned coach would have at this point.
- Assembled team, check
- Team practices and comes together, check
- Modern basketball, check
- Game 1 blowout of mid major, check (YOU ARE HERE)
- Win games against ranked teams
- Win SEC
- Win SECT
- High seed in NCAAT
- Final Four
I want to see how we stack up against the better teams early, see what we have to work on and see what works right. If we beat Duke it’s a feather in our cap, but if we lose, it’s not going to make or break our season. Plus we are going to be underdogs going into the game anyway.
I mean, it's a little early for that. Drew is a fine coach and would have done well here. He's a top 5 coach in his profession. I still love the excitement that BBN is feeling.
That was filthy. I still don’t get why VJ was in the game with the score that bad though
That was my thoughts too. All he could do was get hurt. Well that and make a highlight. lol
I'll admit it; I wanted Drew but I got over the loss somewhere during Pope's initial press conference and a month ago I wouldn't have traded Pope for a half dozen Drews. Now I probably wouldn't trade Pope for any other coach. For me the honeymoon is definitely not over.
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