I know this is maybe their best team ever , but still. It’s Auburn….
Mark Pope first coach in 37 years to lose to Auburn at home. Maybe he doesn’t understand the assignment.
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Oh look another Pope hater looking to stir the pot.
Don’t be a jack***
Auburn may be slightly better than their historical past.
First time turning on college basketball this year?
That’s an easy stat to pulll.
Find another for me…
how many Auburn teams have come into the game at Rupp unanimously ranked #1 in the country?
I will wait for your answer…
... yes, it is Auburn who may very well win it all.
Playing the #1 team in the country playing their BEST with your BEST scorer out injured and your best defender playing with a BUM shoulder, made the outcome predictable.
Coach Pope has had to deal with a TON of problems playing in not just to toughest SEC ever, but maybe the strongest conference EVER top to bottom!!!
So to make your post title is WAAYYYYYY short sighted and RIDICULOUS!!!
Give Coach Pope another recruiting cycle and see where we are!!!
His system is one of the MOST desirable for ANY player to play in!!!! It won't take long for this program to get back on top!!!
Amazing the the cluelessness of our fanvase sometimes
Only fhing bothering me is that as good as Auburn is this year, Duke is the second best team. Still think there’s a very good chance they won’t let Auburn win it, but if that means pushing Duke back to the top, that’s even worse.
A healthy Florida is probably the most realistic threat to them both. Not a lot of great options.
If someone wants to say the jury is still out on Pope since he never really won big at his previous stops, then I can respect that even though I personally think his early returns have been very promising this year.
Some of these people acting like the right coach can just will wins into existence because we’re Kentucky are delusional though. Even though their historical success is sparse, this particular Auburn team is doing this to just about everybody, and we’re still dealing with some important injuries. A different coach was highly unlikely to change the outcome today.
Some of these people acting like the right coach can just will wins into existence because we’re Kentucky are delusional though. Even though their historical success is sparse, this particular Auburn team is doing this to just about everybody, and we’re still dealing with some important injuries. A different coach was highly unlikely to change the outcome today.
Good lord
I dont know how some of you keep breathing if you don't remind yourself
I dont know how some of you keep breathing if you don't remind yourself
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I imagine it is. You can come in, play matador defense, and run the same offense all game. I do agree with you that the players coming in are likely to be better, but Pope and his staff need to do a MUCH BETTER job themselves.
6 weeks to create this roster.
Think about that and then factor in the injuries and you have where we are now.
I guess beating Duke was a fluke???
The dude CAN Coach, he just needs time to build a BETTER roster with athletes that can DEFEND. He is a Rhodes Scholar and former Med student that WON a National Championship as a Kentucky Wildcat AND had an NBA career by OVER-ACHIEVING. I have ZERO doubt that he KNOWS what is needed to succeed here.
Such a shit take.
This isn’t 90s bum ass Auburn. This is 2025’s best team in the nation.
Might want to try not living in the past.
This isn’t 90s bum ass Auburn. This is 2025’s best team in the nation.
Might want to try not living in the past.
Pope now knows the type of players it takes in the SEC. Now we will see if he can recruit the right type of players.
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No, beating Duke wasn't a fluke. If you can't see that Mark has things HE needs to work on, that are negatively affecting the team's success this year, then I don't know what to tell you. There's far more to basketball than a "better roster". That this team doesn't defend well isn't just about talent, it's also about WANT. Mark's teams have never been known to play great defense. Why do you think that is? Do you think that's a fluke? Do you think I or most here give a shit that he's a "Rhodes Scholar and former Med student"? We don't. You're literally pissing on every other coach out that wasn't a scholar. Pearl coaches circles around Mark, and that starts in game prep and the lockeroom as we all got to witness today. We all love Mark as a former Wildcat, but
EDIT: I'm well aware that he had only six weeks to build the roster, as most here are. It doesn't excuse some of what we've witnessed this season. Everyone should be held accountable, starting at the top.
I think some of our "fans" are upset that this team came from nowhere to a potential four seed, so they're getting their shots in while they still can.
Nah. They're not clueless.
They are still pining for a Coach who is in next to last place in the league and his team scored a whopping 14 points in the first half against freaking USC Jr.
From reading your incessant complaining about Cal for years, and now you’re doing it with Pope, I have come to realize that you either just like to complain or expect absolute perfection for 40 games a year.
Pretty soon I won’t be able to see any posts on here because of all the morons I have to add to the ignore list.
Yeah but cocky Pearl teams ALWAYS lose and quit on the bum. Their fans will be sayng "I can't believe I live in BFE, Alabama" again after they lose.
The sad part is we're having a great year, considering the circumstances, yet we have these chicken littles coming out of the woodwork.
Maybe, JUST maybe, Coach Pope has NEVER in his coaching career had the opportunity to RECRUIT the type of athletes that he WILL be able to at UK.
The 3 Freshmen coming in next season are the type of players that WILL be able to defend. Not even accounting for who he will bring in through the transfer portal.
Judging his coaching from his Utah St and BYU rosters is CRAZY!!!!
Coach Pearl has ONE final 4 in his WHOLE career and that one came from Cal getting OUT-COACHED with a MUCH BETTER roster. Heck, Auburn's BEST player was injured and didn't even play in that Elite 8 loss!!!
Coach Pearl has his BEST roster since coming to Auburn and they are REALLY good, #1 in FACT!!! Coach Pope just needs time to PROVE my point and I am MORE than confident he WILL!!!
Why do we do this?
This is the best team Auburn has ever had probably.
This is the best team Auburn has ever had probably.
I get it but this isn't the Auburn of my youth (first basketball memory is the 92 Duke game and 93 is the first team I remember a full season of) so that aspect isn't concerning. It is concerning being in 9th place. I think it's a combination of the last 5 years of Cal, a coach who had to build a roster from scratch and God awful officiating. I'm trying not to be too judgemental but I do get frustrated a lot.
Man is down Robinson, Butler still doesn't look like butler and you think we should beat #1 Auburn? Ok 🤣🤣
Didn’t expect to beat them, but that effort was embarrassing.
When is the last time in 37 years we have faced a #1 auburn at home? I’ll hang up and listen.
People need to let go of the past. Didn't we beat auburn like 18 times n a row n 2000s to mid 2010s?
That's not happening again as they have a better program now. Same with this Rupp streak. You can't win forever. Auburn has arguably their best team ever (ncaa tourney will determine that).
That's not happening again as they have a better program now. Same with this Rupp streak. You can't win forever. Auburn has arguably their best team ever (ncaa tourney will determine that).
