Or else we’d be on a 27 year title drought.
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Was alluding to tubby winning with Rick’s players lol. Should’ve just said thank god for AD or it’d be going on 25 years.You mean 45 year drought?
AD was great, but let’s not give him all the credit. Had some other really good players. One could argue Gilchrist was equally important, and those non freshmen were pretty damn good.
So you think we win in 2012 with (replace AD with any big from the Cal era you want) and the rest of the team the exact same?I mean…we had 2 national titles and a runner up with 2 different coaches in the 90’s. I’m not sure why this discussion of Pitino’s players has shown back up again but it is beyond idiotic. Same with that 12 team. Yes, Davis was the star but it had numerous NBA guys on it. That’s what that team so deadly. They’d best you all over the floor all different ways. I’ve seen 3 titles in my 40 plus years of life. That’s pretty damn good.
This thread is weird and that’s saying something on here. And I’m probably top 10 in posters who wants Cal to pack his bags and go
You might wanna log off until we get a new coach.Some people on here are so miserable it's crazy.
Yes, I think with Karl Towns they could have won in 12 with the rest of the ‘12 lineup. Hell, if Poythress doesn’t get hurt in ‘15 we probably finish up that run perfect too. Just like in 97, if DA doesn’t get hurt, we win that one tooSo you think we win in 2012 with (replace AD with any big from the Cal era you want)?
Not me.
I always felt it was Darris Miller that was the guy that won it for us dude was money in the clutchYou mean 45 year drought?
AD was great, but let’s not give him all the credit. Had some other really good players. One could argue Gilchrist was equally important, and those non freshmen were pretty damn good.
The 98 team was not overly talented. The best player on that team barely got a taste of the NBA. It was a team that couldn’t close the deal the year before with RP coaching, minus the best player from that team but plus the 8th man ftom the 96 team. Tubby won that title.Was alluding to tubby winning with Rick’s players lol. Should’ve just said thank god for AD or it’d be going on 25 years.
I'm not sure any argument on Kentucky basketball gets on my nerves more than this one. It would be hard to find another one since this team won the championship but the 98 team outplayed their talent more than any team I can remember. If Pitino would have left him the 96 team I might agree. I think younger people just think of the 96 team and think that translated to the team 2 years later. It didn't. 96 had a lot of players with long NBA careers. 98 had one and that was Nazr. I think Padgett played for a while but wasn't making any all star teams. Magliore was serviceable for a while (think he might have even made 1 all star team). There was no Derek Anderson, Ron Mercer, Walter McCarty, Antoine Walker, Tony Delk. They were gone. Pitino may have won the title with them too but the thought that they were so much more talented than any other team in the game that year is laughable.Was alluding to tubby winning with Rick’s players lol. Should’ve just said thank god for AD or it’d be going on 25 years.
Um, see my post I just posted about the team not being overly talented but I do believe Nazr Mohammed has played more games in the NBA than any UK player ever.The 98 team was not overly talented. The best player on that team barely got a taste of the NBA. It was a team that couldn’t close the deal the year before with RP coaching, minus the best player from that team but plus the 8th man ftom the 96 team. Tubby won that title.
Some of this narrative is a bit off, and you already know that.The 98 team was not overly talented. The best player on that team barely got a taste of the NBA. It was a team that couldn’t close the deal the year before with RP coaching, minus the best player from that team but plus the 8th man ftom the 96 team. Tubby won that title.
Throw Joe B. in there or it would be a 65 year drought. Tubby won in 98, period. Rick doesnt get that win. That is just delusional reasoning by Rick fans.Was alluding to tubby winning with Rick’s players lol. Should’ve just said thank god for AD or it’d be going on 25 years.
Tubby definitely won it, with Rick's players, and once Rick's players were gone, Tubby never came close to that again.Throw Joe B. in there or it would be a 65 year drought. Tubby won in 98, period. Rick doesnt get that win. That is just delusional reasoning by Rick fans.
Why do we stop there? We need to be teetering on the legal/moral line to get more officials completely unable to be assigned to Kentucky games. Time for us fans to get OUR hands dirty.Thank God that we will never have the rooferee again!!
Glad he is gone.Why do we stop there? We need to be teetering on the legal/moral line to get more officials completely unable to be assigned to Kentucky games. Time for us fans to get OUR hands dirty.
And yes I know I’m a psycho.
Um, I see your post, the one after I posted.Um, see my post I just posted about the team not being overly talented but I do believe Nazr Mohammed has played more games in the NBA than any UK player ever.
Semantics. We understand each other though.Um, I see your post, the one after I posted.
And he’s Nazr had a long nba career, but as a college player he was only slightly above average. Sheppard was the best player on that team. There were no all-Americans on that team, no one even close to that level.
Rick would not have won it with that roster. He had more in 93, 95, and 97 and didn’t win those years.Tubby definitely won it, with Rick's players, and once Rick's players were gone, Tubby never came close to that again.
There's a reason he never returned to the mountain top. Both men get credit for that title.
Completely disagree with you there.Yes, I think with Karl Towns they could have won in 12 with the rest of the ‘12 lineup. Hell, if Poythress doesn’t get hurt in ‘15 we probably finish up that run perfect too. Just like in 97, if DA doesn’t get hurt, we win that one too
Don’t forget about the nba lockout that forced Lamb and Jones to return to school. THAT is the real reason Cal has a championship. Even AD wouldn’t have been enough without those 2 returning.So you think we win in 2012 with (replace AD with any big from the Cal era you want) and the rest of the team the exact same?
Not me.
Nope.Rick would not have won it with that roster. He had more in 93, 95, and 97 and didn’t win those years.
And I’m still pissed at Rick for not recruiting a backup PG for Turner, resulting in Tubby having to put Sual in that role, resulting in other teams using that against us on recruiting trail the next 3 years.
Op certainly one.Good lord some of you are the most miserable people I've ever seen.
You might wanna log off until we get a new coach.
Epps and Miller keys as well.You mean 45 year drought?
AD was great, but let’s not give him all the credit. Had some other really good players. One could argue Gilchrist was equally important, and those non freshmen were pretty damn good.
Arizona had everybody back from that championship team in 1998, UNC had NPOY Antawn Jamison, Vince Carter, Ed Cota, Shammond Williams, and were the number 1 overall seed, Kansas had Paul Pierce, Raef Lafrentz, Kenny Gregory, Nick Bradford, Lester Earl. Duke had Elton Brand, Shane Battier, Trajan Langdon, William Avery, Chris Carrawell, Nate James, Mike Chappell, etc... UK was far from the most talented.Nope.
Rick went up against the Fab 5 in '93; Wallace and Stackhouse in '95; and Dickerson/Simon/Bibby/Terry in '97.
When Rick lost, it was to teams with a pulse, 1994 Marquette notwithstanding.
If Tubby was so wonderful, why didn't he ever get back to the Final Four with his own players?
Oh, and you blaming Pitino for Smith's failures at recruiting a real point guard is bizarre. I've never seen that one before, so congrats on the original construction of a deflective argument.
What a stupid ass post , but it’s to be expected from you !Or else we’d be on a 27 year title drought.