"Louisville rallies to win vs depleted Duke"

[Rush2112 UK]

That's from the crawl on ESPN.

I'm not your typical Duke hater, but seriously... "depleted Duke?" WTF? If Lee doesn't play and we lose today, does anyone really think that the crawl will say "Texas A&M defeats depleted Kentucky?"

smh

 

[Aike]

Poor Duke.

 

[irishcat1965]

I think it's great. The win shouldn't even count. It will hopefully be vacated anyway.

 

[KA4Prez]

I mean, it's not untrue. It just doesn't need to be a headline.

Duke was already thin.
Duke didn't have Jones.
Duke hasn't had Jefferson.
Duke lost Allen for the last 6 minutes.

 

[Ugoff]

You're right that's biased. They should have mentioned the UL players who were out due to the whore scandal.

 

[Blueaz]

That's from the crawl on ESPN.

I'm not your typical Duke hater, but seriously... "depleted Duke?" WTF? If Lee doesn't play and we lose today, does anyone really think that the crawl will say "Texas A&M defeats depleted Kentucky?"

smh

it will say "heavily favored UK road woes continue...against a lesser opponents"

 

[Wildcat-in-STL]

To me it sounds more like a slap in the face to UL. To me it read like "haha Louisville at home barely beat a team that had 5 players for most of the game".

 

[Aike]

I mean, it's not untrue. It just doesn't need to be a headline.

Duke was already thin.
Duke didn't have Jones.
Duke hasn't had Jefferson.
Duke lost Allen for the last 6 minutes.

I've give you all but Allen. He fouled out with 3:55 to go. He played 36 minutes. They were losing when he went out.

Certainly can't act like they were without Allen because he only played 36 of 40 minutes.

 

[ULoverUK]

You're right that's biased. They should have mentioned the UL players who were out due to the whore scandal.

There are no players out due to the scandal. Obviously you don't follow closely. Louisville DOES have a couple of main players out due to injuries however.

 

[Rush2112 UK]

There are no players out due to the scandal. Obviously you don't follow closely. Louisville DOES have a couple of main players out due to injuries however.

With the caveat of this being a basketball board, one would have to say that your screen name doesn't have much basis in reality.

 

[Dakota25]

I mean, it's not untrue. It just doesn't need to be a headline.

Duke was already thin.
Duke didn't have Jones.
Duke hasn't had Jefferson.
Duke lost Allen for the last 6 minutes.

Yeah but I think the OP is pointing out the fact that ESPN never cuts UK any slack. We can be without our backcourt, lose by one, and they would say UK has a lot of work to do and is back on the bubble. That's what happened after we lost to UT. ESPN dropped UK from the should be in category to the work left to do category in the bubble watch. They put us in lock position in the latest bubble watch though.

 

[Ugoff]

There are no players out due to the scandal. Obviously you don't follow closely. Louisville DOES have a couple of main players out due to injuries however.

Sounds legit.

 

[Bkocats]

With the caveat of this being a basketball board, one would have to say that your screen name doesn't have much basis in reality.

c'mon J - how would he know that? They're a football school now, remember?

 

[uky8unc5]

Depleted or not, Dook losing leaves them 20-7. They could easily lose to Pitt, FSU, UNC + ACC tournament game. 21-11 would put them on the bubble.

 

[irishcat1965]

There are no players out due to the scandal. Obviously you don't follow closely. Louisville DOES have a couple of main players out due to injuries however.

Main players. Lol. Anas is a walking joke and 7 goofy feet of total suck. Enjoy big brother playing in the tournament while your low life cheating, whore paying ghetto commuter school sits at home.

 

[the stat man]

I didn't see the game, or the box score , are you telling me a Duke player much less Grayson fouled out ? Well the NCAA will certainly launch a investigation into this I bet !!! Yep will put the UNCheat investigation on hold till this is cleared up for sure !!!

 

[Aike]

Depleted or not, Dook losing leaves them 20-7. They could easily lose to Pitt, FSU, UNC + ACC tournament game. 21-11 would put them on the bubble.

No man. They are in.

 

[blubo]

espn crawler ...... ul playing without two players both out due to whore scandal ........ karen sypher denied early release ...... pitino achieves early release ....... andre mcgee still missing ....... celebrated author katina powell honored with ul class dedicated to her work ...............

 

[n8lbs]

I'm not your typical Duke hater

Nope, just a typical UK fan, whining about imagined slights and biases.

 

[Ugoff]

Nope, just a typical UK fan, whining about imagined slights and biases.

Courtesy of @EvilMD:

Coach K getting in several digs at the refs in the press conference.

Q. What set you off when you got your technical?
A. Would you like a list?

Q. What about the fifth foul on Allen?
A. Have you seen the play? It wasn't even close.

Q. On Louisville's play.
A. This game was called one way, the rest of the season has been called another.

 

[the stat man]

You think Katina will make the best seller list ? OH I guess she already has !!! We all know the UofSmell players were just having some fun, heck mix in some guns and crack and it would be a real UofSmell family picnic !!

 

[BoulderCat]

Depleted or not, Dook losing leaves them 20-7. They could easily lose to Pitt, FSU, UNC + ACC tournament game. 21-11 would put them on the bubble.

I think they'd get in anyway. Their Duke and all ya know. Media darlings. Now if we finish 20-11 it could be a different story. That's not happening though. We'll beat Alabama and LSU in Rupp. 22-9 will get us in. Especially if we end up winning the SEC with that record. I'm still hoping we pull it out today and at Florida as well. Vandy. I think we can win out, but it would help to get healthy.

 

[preacherfan]

Courtesy of @EvilMD:

Coach K getting in several digs at the refs in the press conference.

Q. What set you off when you got your technical?
A. Would you like a list?

Q. What about the fifth foul on Allen?
A. Have you seen the play? It wasn't even close.

Q. On Louisville's play.
A. This game was called one way, the rest of the season has been called another.

Actually, I've pretty much heard Cal say the same things this year. The refs have clearly been inconsistent this year. Hearing K say it is interesting, to say the least.

 

[n8lbs]

Courtesy of @EvilMD:

Coach K getting in several digs at the refs in the press conference.

Q. What set you off when you got your technical?
A. Would you like a list?

Q. What about the fifth foul on Allen?
A. Have you seen the play? It wasn't even close.

Q. On Louisville's play.
A. This game was called one way, the rest of the season has been called another.

1) Was a joke.

2) He did say that, and he was 100% right.

3) "Way inconsistent," he said. "You can forget about all those videos that were shown (explaining the rules). You've got to be kidding me? Don't show those videos. Yes, it was inconsistent, but you've got to adapt, and we were not strong enough to adapt to a different environment and a tough environment and a team that's going after us like crazy. Louisville, I give them all the credit in the world. They played really hard, and you're going to tell them not to do that? They're going to go after you, and they should. That's why they have an outstanding program."

And he had just watched his team get beat up. Compare that to the OP's crying.

 

[jwhite123]

There are no players out due to the scandal. Obviously you don't follow closely. Louisville DOES have a couple of main players out due to injuries however.

Right, "injuries".

 

[Ugoff]

1) Was a joke.

You could have stopped right there.

 

[Ugoff]

Actually, I've pretty much heard Cal say the same things this year. The refs have clearly been inconsistent this year. Hearing K say it is interesting, to say the least.

Perhaps. But it brings to mind a saying about glass houses.

 

[Jkwo]

Actually, I've pretty much heard Cal say the same things this year. The refs have clearly been inconsistent this year. Hearing K say it is interesting, to say the least.

Doesn't change that it's a hilarious retort to the guy claiming that complaining about bias is a UK thing.

 

[n8lbs]

Doesn't change that it's a hilarious retort to the guy claiming that complaining about bias is a UK thing.

I never said it's a UK thing. It just seems like UK and other SEC fanbases (in football) complain about perceived bias more than anyone else.

 

[Rush2112 UK]

Nope, just a typical UK fan, whining about imagined slights and biases.

They're hardly imaginary; for a variety of reasons- historic, demographic, and social- we, umm, aren't very well liked.

That's OK, though. I actually like it that way. We're going to be a lot less liked in the next few years. Hang around and watch.

 

[BigBlueDiehard]

Sounds legit.

Exactly. According to media reports, Mathiang was injured on 12/19/15, out of a walking boot after 4 weeks and was expected back on 2/1/16 against UNC. Then, as the investigation wore on and this picture perhaps became difficult to explain away, he was suddenly out for the rest of the season. Hmmmmm...

 

[Elliott Tim]

Depleted or not, Dook losing leaves them 20-7. They could easily lose to Pitt, FSU, UNC + ACC tournament game. 21-11 would put them on the bubble.

No way the NCAA leaves them out of the tournament. Too many wins against top 25 teams. And, they're the media darlings. If they don't get in then I will say "sorry I was wrong."

 

[Aike]

I never said it's a UK thing. It just seems like UK and other SEC fanbases (in football) complain about perceived bias more than anyone else.

Maybe that's YOUR perception?

 

[Ugoff]

When UK fans do it it's paranoid delusion. When K does it it's a legitimate concern.

 

[n8lbs]

When UK fans do it it's paranoid delusion. When K does it it's a legitimate concern.

Is Coach K whining about the media?

 

[Ugoff]

Is Coach K whining about the media?

No, why would he do that, when he gets slurped 24/7? He's whining about the officials, which I find precious.

 

[n8lbs]

No, why would he do that, when he gets slurped 24/7?

Thanks for proving my point.

 

[uky8unc5]

No way the NCAA leaves them out of the tournament. Too many wins against top 25 teams. And, they're the media darlings. If they don't get in then I will say "sorry I was wrong."

Others above agree with you...and I have no quibble. But dropping 5 of last 6 games, finishing 8th in ACC with 11 losses would bubble them at best. I can dream!

 

[Blueaz]

Perhaps. But it brings to mind a saying about glass houses.

when has cal said this in a post game presser?

 

[Ugoff]

when has cal said this in a post game presser?

Actually you're right, he hasn't.