Out of gas? Did anybody suggest this?

[uk78]

Our second half performance against Bama was the worst we have played all season. However, has anyone brought up that the team had to play a very late night game the evening before in a hard fought physical game? It didn't seem exactly fair to me that the turn-around time was limited. Did the team simply run out of gas?

 

[The_Answer1313]

Maybe. Then again Alabama got the double bye and earned that benefit.

And I think when you are as injured as UK was, your probably even more likely to run out of gas. That and when even the guys that did play. Oweh misses a significant portion of the 1st half and Carr as well. Granted we didn't get blown out until the 2nd half but I think that put us out of sync.

That and .........Bama is just a very good team. And was on.

 

[crawfords corner]

Not only that. Bama had the day off.

 

[JimboBBN]

All the better to try and earn a double bye next season. It definitely helps

 

[Rockfly78]

We were playing our second game in 24 hours. Yeah we may have ran out of gas a bit

 

[The_Answer1313]

To me, if we are being honest here........and this is to take nothing away from what Mark Pope and UK has done this season, UK was not a top team in the SEC this year.

Auburn was better.
Alabama was better
Florida was better
UT was better.

Over the course of the entire season, those teams were clear cut above. UK IMO was the 5th best team but on a tier lower than those teams. And when the seeding comes out tomorrow, it will bear that out.

 

[AzubuikeandFitch]

Yes it was b2b late games but they're paid college athletes. If they ran outta gas, then our conditioning isn't where it needs to be.

 

[UKBB4Ever]

The top 4 seeds pretty much got a triple bye this year.

 

[true blue1]

Our second half performance against Bama was the worst we have played all season. However, has anyone brought up that the team had to play a very late night game the evening before in a hard fought physical game? It didn't seem exactly fair to me that the turn-around time was limited. Did the team simply run out of gas?

I think that’s a good point but at that age I wouldn’t think that much of a turnaround would or could impact the outcome of a game.

 

[ManitouDan]

We had to play our guts out to beat Ok , was an emotional game . Then face off against a team with superior athletes less than 24 hours later , a far far more experienced team , a team that was well rested , kinda equals a blow out .

 

[ManitouDan]

Got to finish higher and not lose to middling SEC teams . Hurts the seeding in the SECt and the NCAAT

 

[cal=8]

Our second half performance against Bama was the worst we have played all season. However, has anyone brought up that the team had to play a very late night game the evening before in a hard fought physical game? It didn't seem exactly fair to me that the turn-around time was limited. Did the team simply run out of gas?

Seeding matters.

 

[DeerTurkHunter1]

To me, if we are being honest here........and this is to take nothing away from what Mark Pope and UK has done this season, UK was not a top team in the SEC this year.

Auburn was better.
Alabama was better
Florida was better
UT was better.

Over the course of the entire season, those teams were clear cut above. UK IMO was the 5th best team but on a tier lower than those teams. And when the seeding comes out tomorrow, it will bear that out.

I don’t care about “course of the season”, UT was not better than UK.

 

[The_Answer1313]

I don’t care about “course of the season”, UT was not better than UK.

I mean you might not care about that but the committee does.

There's a reason they will be a 2 seed and we'll be a 3 seed.

 

[king of cali]

That’s what sucks about being in the 3/6 part of the bracket. If you make it to Sunday you’re playing 3 games in about 40 hours if things are as scheduled.

 

[AshWilliams]

And then there's this whole thing about missing ALL FIVE STARTERS.

 

[The_Answer1313]

That’s what sucks about being in the 3/6 part of the bracket. If you make it to Sunday you’re playing 3 games in about 40 hours if things are as scheduled.

Another negative with having the final on a Sunday. The Friday night into Saturday semis day games are brutal.

With the Big 12 and Big East least those semi final games are night games.

 

[bucsrule8872]

We ran out of gas, for sure. Injuries made for a shorter bench. Late game takes your legs in the second half. They were fresh.

The same thing happened to Bama today.

 

[Jeff Hoyt]

Our second half performance against Bama was the worst we have played all season. However, has anyone brought up that the team had to play a very late night game the evening before in a hard fought physical game? It didn't seem exactly fair to me that the turn-around time was limited. Did the team simply run out of gas?

That just cannot be it. We have lots of experts here to tell us our players stink and our coach stinks.

 

[Zuma75]

We ran out of gas, for sure. Injuries made for a shorter bench. Late game takes your legs in the second half. They were fresh.

The same thing happened to Bama today.

Yep

 

[yabbadabbadoo]

Same thing happened to Alabama today because Oats was too stupid and arrogant to finish the game the way he should’ve against us. He could’ve rested some of his guys and took a 10-15 pt win but he wanted to rub our faces in the mud. I even mentioned that while he was doing it.

 

[southvillecat]

These young dudes should have no problem playing games two days in a row.

 

[wobycat]

These young dudes should have no problem playing games two days in a row.

Don’t care if you’re ten. The body doesn’t respond to abnormal stress

 

[Cleatortoises]

These young dudes should have no problem playing games two days in a row.

Back in my day........

 

[chasingwildcat]

We had the same advantage over OU, actually. OU was tired, and we had a 10-point lead in the second half.

If it weren’t for the refs, it would have been a solid 10-point win.

 

[crestcat]

These young dudes should have no problem playing games two days in a row.

Don’t care if you’re ten. The body doesn’t respond to abnormal stress

When you are playing at that level it makes a lot of difference.

 

[KySportsfan74]

Our second half performance against Bama was the worst we have played all season. However, has anyone brought up that the team had to play a very late night game the evening before in a hard fought physical game? It didn't seem exactly fair to me that the turn-around time was limited. Did the team simply run out of gas?

I was actually telling someone this yesterday. I think thats why you seen the first half be somewhat competitive and then we just ran out gas after halftime. Alabama got a taste of the same thing yesterday after playing that late game I thing their legs were gone after halftime against Florida and they got smoked too. Now I am not saying that was the only thing leading to the loss, but it for sure contributed to both I think.

 

[chroix]

To me, if we are being honest here........and this is to take nothing away from what Mark Pope and UK has done this season, UK was not a top team in the SEC this year.

Auburn was better.
Alabama was better
Florida was better
UT was better.

Over the course of the entire season, those teams were clear cut above. UK IMO was the 5th best team but on a tier lower than those teams. And when the seeding comes out tomorrow, it will bear that out.

UT was better than us? Prove it.

 

[The_Answer1313]

UT was better than us? Prove it.

Don't have to. They finished higher than us in the SEC, have a better metrics and will be receiving a higher seed than us.

 

[CatPatrick13]

Def yes..... Williams was gassed in the first half, but anyone would be. He ran the floor better than I have seen all year. Sprinted, and I mean full out sprinted back on D after every UK miss on our end.

 

[the nail at the foul line]

Don't have to. They finished higher than us in the SEC, have a better metrics and will be receiving a higher seed than us.

We were injured a lot.

On January 4th, Kentucky was a top 4 SEC Team. Then injuries.

 

[CatsDomain]

A late night game the day before. The same thing happened to Alabama yesterday.

 

[chroix]

Don't have to. They finished higher than us in the SEC, have a better metrics and will be receiving a higher seed than us.

No. That just proves they had a better outcome to their season than we did. We beat them twice head to head which would indicate we are better than them.

 

[chasingwildcat]

No. That just proves they had a better outcome to their season than we did. We beat them twice head to head which would indicate we are better than them.

They are better than us. It's just that our lineup matches up better against them.

They are way more competitive than us when facing Alabama and Auburn.

 

[NociHTTP]

Fill up more often, or carry a can and keep the windows down.

The conditioning of this team is poor. All season long, guys jogging back up the court, holding onto their shorts, sagging off guys they're guarding.

 

[chroix]

They are better than us. It's just that our lineup matches up better against them.

They are way more competitive than us when facing Alabama and Auburn.

They are better than us but we beat them twice in head to head competition. Got it.

 

[chasingwildcat]

They are better than us but we beat them twice in head to head competition. Got it.

Often, matchups in games come down to how well one team's lineup counters the other's. Our lineup was particularly effective against them, and they didn’t have many answers for us. However, they performed much better against Alabama and Auburn than we did. Overall, they are a better team than us. In matchups against most teams, their overall competitiveness is definitely higher than ours.

And even in the 22-23 season, we were pretty average, yet we still swept Tennessee. Does that mean we were better than Tennessee that year? Tennessee was a 4-seed, while we were at one point projected to miss the tournament and ended up as a 6-seed. Again, overall competitiveness should be evaluated based on the entire resume against various teams.

 

[chroix]

Often, matchups in games come down to how well one team's lineup counters the other's. Our lineup was particularly effective against them, and they didn’t have many answers for us. However, they performed much better against Alabama and Auburn than we did. Overall, they are a better team than us. In matchups against most teams, their overall competitiveness is definitely higher than ours.

And even in the 22-23 season, we were pretty average, yet we still swept Tennessee. Does that mean we were better than Tennessee that year? Tennessee was a 4-seed, while we were at one point projected to miss the tournament and ended up as a 6-seed. Again, overall competitiveness should be evaluated based on the entire resume against various teams.

Let me know when they stop using our head to head record to determine conference rankings and start using your transitive model. Looking forward to it.

 

[bigblueinsanity]

Our second half performance against Bama was the worst we have played all season. However, has anyone brought up that the team had to play a very late night game the evening before in a hard fought physical game? It didn't seem exactly fair to me that the turn-around time was limited. Did the team simply run out of gas?

That plus oweh went down and was largely ineffective after. That caused some guys to play even more minutes, which ate into their legs even more. I really thought we'd see a few different zones to help, but i only remember seeing zone once.

Got to finish higher and not lose to middling SEC teams . Hurts the seeding in the SECt and the NCAAT

Yep. People act like it was some random draw that gave bama the double bye.

We were a loss or two away from even playing on Wednesday and a game winning shot away from losing again in our first game.

 

[Lempface]

UT was better than us? Prove it.

They lost less conference games than us, but we whipped em twice, both times banged up even... C'mon, give us a healthy roster all year and us being better shows in the W/L column too.