We did not have 15 open threes. Auburn put a clamp on the 3 pt line. Our guys are not quick enough to get an open shot. We have great spot up shooters from 3 pt line if they don't have a hand in their face.
***** Official Auburn vs Kentucky Game Thread *****
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I'm not entirely sure even then we were in that convo.
The mere fact we kept getting down by so much to any of the good teams we've faced at the beginning should have given red flags.
Can’t make this shit up
No matter what happens from here on out, this team has already overachieved up until now. Pope had slim Pickens as to who he wanted for this team. We have had to deal with injuries all year and have little proven depth at point guard. Am I happy, hell no, but I’m not turning on Pope now. Some of the same people who said they would give him a year are turning on him now. This will be Popes weakest team, Auburn loses most everybody and this is a patchwork team right now and has been for a while. Auburn is the number one team in the country for a reason.
After I saw the roster, before the season started, I said 1-2 games either side of .500 was the ceiling and the floor. Also said we’d be a borderline top 25 team. Some roasted me. Some agreed. The journey to get there was COMPLETELY different than how I thought it would be, but it looks about right with two games to go. The basis was how good the league was going to be and the lack of an absolute stud/dawg go get you a bucket type guy.
That's lovely.
Just because we are kentucky doesn't make teams in the SEC get any worse.
Just because we are Kentucky doesn't mean 1st year coach who couldn't recruit his team would be good
Just because we are Kentucky doesn't mean we can't be hampered with injuries.
Just because we are Kentucky and have history of dominating doesn't mean we would this season.
It's not a horrible take. It's a realistic expectation on where we are at currently.
So your take on mine is horrible.
Kentucky makes the S16 this year. Any poster that copies this and disputes me should apologize when it happens.
Win Tuesday, gets a game at the SEC tourney, go get a 4 seed and see what happens
Turnovers, no defense, and our offense is pretty much the same set all game.
Auburn didn’t even play well today.
We offered no resistance.
We weren’t prepared. We showed absolutely no fight.
It’s just a complete embarrassment.
We offered no resistance.
We weren’t prepared. We showed absolutely no fight.
It’s just a complete embarrassment.
I hope your right but the days where kids playing for the name on front of jersey is over its about money I hope Pope understands this
Super disappointing
Got killed from 3 ball on both sides
Got killed with 18 turnovers
Got killed from 3 ball on both sides
Got killed with 18 turnovers
No your take is horrible that you’re okay with a .500 record in conference play. We’ve lost to plenty of teams we should’ve beat. Get real.
This team at full strength could have been a really fun team to watch in the tournament. Not that i thought they’d win it all, but disappointed how things fell. They’re mentally and physically shot right now. But to not give Pope time to implement his system and get more talent to run it is foolish. Been a fun season for me without the drama and bs of years past. Looking forward is fun for me.
Well....I certainly missed on this one. I really thought the Cats had a shot.
As far as everyone trashing Mark Pope... you have to be kidding me? New coach, all new team, all thrown together late after Pope was made coach. Injuries to key players all season long. What did you think would happen this season? Considering everything, Mark Pope has done a great job. I'm happy to have him as Kentucky's coach. He's had some big m, big wins and there will be more in the future. It's such a huge improvement over the previous coach. I just don't know what some of you expected for this year?
As far as everyone trashing Mark Pope... you have to be kidding me? New coach, all new team, all thrown together late after Pope was made coach. Injuries to key players all season long. What did you think would happen this season? Considering everything, Mark Pope has done a great job. I'm happy to have him as Kentucky's coach. He's had some big m, big wins and there will be more in the future. It's such a huge improvement over the previous coach. I just don't know what some of you expected for this year?
Funny. I never said what I was "okay" with.
You just inferred that.
I said that people predicted this for a reason. I didn't offer my opinion on what I felt at all.
Some of the same ASSHOLES who said they would give him this first year are turning on him now. Most overweight keyboard warriors who never did anything of note athletically in their lives. I am proud of this team and this coach , those that want to tear it down can kiss my backside
I don’t know what kind of UK fan you are or hang out with but I have never ever predicted Kentucky basketball to be .500 in conference games. EVER!
The Arkansas game is the only game I truly see as a really bad loss in conference. Nothing to do with Cal, they’re just not good. This conference season has been a gauntlet. We’ve struggled with injuries to key guys and weren’t overly talented to begin with.
At the beginning of the conference season........we had a thread on here predicting the record of the team.....check it out.
That's where I am getting that from.
Most people realized given the strength of the conference, a record around .500 was likely
And we also have a bunch of soft mid major dudes and 3 star frosh trying to play. Along with a coach that’s never won a regular season conference title, a conference tournament title, or a single NCAAT game. We may very well be Kentucky, but facts are facts.
And I like Pope and think he’s done a decent job. But I also think he’s in over his head and would’ve NEVER gotten the job unless he played here. I hope the UK brand carries him through, but there’s certainly reason for concern.
To be honest we fought pretty hard this game in areas we usually struggle at. We rebounded the ball very well and got to the line a bunch.
But ball security and guarding the three has been a major issue and it killed us today.
Auburns really darn good.
But ball security and guarding the three has been a major issue and it killed us today.
Auburns really darn good.
We have dealt with lots of injuries but Arkansas isn’t the only one. Georgia, Vandy, and Texas just to name a few more. So there’s at least four.
Always respect your takes, but nowhere near the talent level that team had. Our front court from 2015 would destroy this Auburn team.
IMO they are the favorite for the title.
I know some places have Duke rated higher, but I would put money on Auburn before Duke IMO
I might give you Texas. They’re not good and we imploded down the stretch in that one. Vandy is a solid basketball team and it’s always tough to win there. Georgia just smoked Florida last week on their home floor. This league is crazy strong.
Similar efficiency margin to us. So they are beating teams by similar margins that our 2015 team did.
I still think we are most likely better and would win that game more often than we lost it. Dunno about destroy. I mean I think this Auburn team is definitely better than 2015 Wisconsin or 2015 ND and we lost to Wisconsin and nearly to ND.
But yeah Auburn is legit.
That’s exactly what I’m trying to say. Whether it’s bad players or a coach who doesn’t belong, I’m not doing somersaults as many others are. You’re preaching to the wrong guy. He’s the one who thinks the future is bright. You need to share your message with him.
I guess it depends on how you want to look at it. Auburn doesn’t have anybody with the NBA potential of KAT and Booker, but their efficiency margins as a college team are actually on the level of our 2015 squad right now.
Looks like a 20-11 finish for us. Then it's a new season. Hopefully our guys can get healed up. I look forward to us win a couple games in the NCAA tournament. Honestly the SEC tourney isn't that critical for us. I'm more interested in getting our best team on the floor for March madness.
Pope is gonna be much better next year with more athletic players.
I think he's done a good job given what he had to contend with this year.
Pope is gonna be much better next year with more athletic players.
I think he's done a good job given what he had to contend with this year.
Yeah, he needs an answer for what teams are doing to all the zoom jamming. They dork Amari, switch super high, and basically just force the backdoor. But because they’re dorking Amari, his defender is in the lane jamming up the backdoor cut. To counter you get a lot of Amari dribbling to meet his defender then backing him down. They also try to counter with ball screens because you have to honor with Amaris defender because of the twist potential and step back 3. Problem is, we don’t really have guys geared to play downhill off ball screens. Honestly would like to see more of Amari in the low and run some of the old GSW offense with Durant in the low. It makes far more sense honestly. We do it “some”, but not nearly enough when teams defend us like Auburn did.
