Not sure what to think. Are we overrated or

[LukaszObrzut]

Clemson played exceptional defense and was the tougher team. At their gym. We will be OK, we’re not going to win them all.

Did they? Sure. Clemson is not a good team
We give the ACC their first win in 10 tries

 

[wildcatsincebirth]

While barely playing the best shooter in the NCAA?

He can’t handle physical defense and is awful on defense himself. That’s why he didn’t play

 

[TTTblue24]

Disappointed in our lack of execution tonight, especially on defense. We made their guards and wings look like AAs while getting abused in the paint.

 

[king of cali]

we are overrated, we are having about the worst game we can, and its a bum team playing over their head like always against UK.

Clemson did not play over their heads lol.

 

[BigBlueJP]

Tough road environment. Their first as a team. Just learned what it’s like to walk into someone else’s house wearing the UK uniform.

 

[sambowieshin]

Well what did you expect after Calipari left? If anything the last Cal years should have shown having NBA talent doesn't mean a whole lot.

I expected this. UK doesn't have an NBA caliber go-to guy. We are what I thought we were. A very good.... But not great .... Team. Road games are tough.

 

[blue cincy]

Is this a fluke?

You might be the fluke, Do not see you post here and after the first Pope loss you want to come on and start up some threads. Get out of here.

 

[king of cali]

The problem is that we’ve been exposed. And this wasn’t the first game in which our major weaknesses have been exposed. So that you understand, I’ll spell it out for you:

1. Our bigs are woeful.

2. Our bench is thin. Brea is the only good bench player, and he ought to start.

3. We don’t have a reliable backup point guard. Krissa is a plus/minus nightmare.

4. We are a poor defensive team that gives up a ton of open looks and layups.

5. We do not have a go to scorer.

Agree with all of that.

 

[Kentucky2022]

No Clemson was allowed to play as physical as they want and when we did it was a foul difference of the game, for a blue blood we always get the shitty end of whistles

 

[kennyskywalker34]

You might be the fluke, Do not see you post here and after the first Pope loss you want to come on and start up some threads. Get out of here.

Mods allow it. Apparently clicks is what matters

 

[Dontworryboutit23]

Probably somewhere in the middle. They are a little overrated but not a bad team by any measure. A top 20 team that will take some losses along the way

 

[Anthony B]

We were trying to play basketball and they were playing football.

 

[yoshukai]

I gotta say though. There’s no way in hell that mr hustle #4 should have finished the game with ZERO fouls. He’s one of the most physical playing guys I’ve seen.

 

[FitchandMurray29]

Probably somewhere in the middle. They are a little overrated but not a bad team by any measure. A top 20 team that will take some losses along the way

This is the right answer. Kenpom has them at 11 after tonight. That feels right.

I’m a Vikings fan. UK feels a lot like the Vikings.

Transition year, good coaching, experienced players, better than everyone thought, never thought of as truly dominant or elite, but due to the randomness of sports good enough to have a chance.

 

[Son_Of_Saul]

23-11, 2nd round exit. Even after the Duke game, we all knew it was coming. If UK was playing in the Big East, they win 25+ games.

Not in the SEC.

It's no knock on Pope either. He's maximizing the talent on this team.

 

[catfan220]

Is this a fluke?

We're 1-1 against good teams, and that feels about right. If we can win the games against the non-tourney SEC teams and split the rest that should get us around 11-7 in conference, which last year was the 6th best record. Win one or two more and you're in contention for a double bye, which would be pretty good for a first year coach in the best conference in CBB.

 

[Dontworryboutit23]

This is the right answer. Kenpom has them at 11 after tonight. That feels right.

I’m a Vikings fan. UK feels a lot like the Vikings.

Transition year, good coaching, experienced players, better than everyone thought, never thought of as truly dominant or elite, but due to the randomness of sports good enough to have a chance.

I’m still sticking with the 22-9 or 21-10 final record. The SEC is just to damn loaded this year. Thats why it’s important that Kentucky beat Louisville and OSU

 

[megablue]

If I say we’re overrated I’ll get called a troll but I don’t care. We are overrated. We struggle to run fluid offense against Any kind of team that has high major players. Not the cupcakes. Maybe that will change as we get more used to it

We struggle against high-caliber, quick and aggressive teams.

 

[megablue]

I’m still sticking with the 22-9 or 21-10 final record. The SEC is just to damn loaded this year. Thats why it’s important that Kentucky beat Louisville and OSU

Good post … makes sense !!

 

[fisherscatfan]

Well what did you expect after Calipari left? If anything the last Cal years should have shown having NBA talent, with mind-numbingly piss poor coaching, doesn't mean a whole lot.

If Pope had last years roster, the results would have been much better.

 

[gracetoyou]

We looked weak & slow. Looked very tired for some reason.

We're better than we played tonight. No offensive rhytem. Offense looked unorganized & like we did not know what we wanted to do.

I honestly think it was just one of those nights you can't put your finger on. We were in a funky & never came out.

 

[CatsnRoses]

Definitely overrated.

Solid, top-20 team, better than I expected honestly.

But not close to a top-5 team. The high end talent just isn't there.

 

[UKBrassowTipIN]

It's the first week in December, with a 1st year coach, with a roster thrown together.

It'll be okay

 

[Butters' Dad]

Well what did you expect after Calipari left? If anything the last Cal years should have shown having NBA talent doesn't mean a whole lot.

But not having NBA talent... that's the recipe!

 

[Phil_The_Music]

We aren't a top 5 team, but I still think we are a top 20 team that hasn't reached its potential. I think we can be better than we looked tonight with some adjustments, and I don't believe Pope has everything offensively implemented yet either. Given the time Pope had to put together a team though, I'm still very pleased. We lost by only 4 to a previous elite 8 squad in our first true road game. I have plenty of hope that we can do great things this season.

 

[Hopmix]

I wouldn’t say fluke. We know this team will die by the three. But there are some glaring issues also. My biggest concern is how bad Jaxon Robinson is in big games. Oweh looked tired tonight. He didn’t have his legs and was leaving shots short but played hard so not too worried.
Carr wasn’t horrible of defense but his offense was miserable. Brea needs some handles. Hes not gonna be open for the rest of the season so he’s gonna have to learn to create some space off the bounce or just pull eye balls. Defensively I think we were pretty good minus the boards. We reverted tonight on the glass.