Time to lay down its hard to beat a team 3 times

[Rockford]

dont overlook Tx or Illini.

Texas, Illinois, Xavier........ how in the world do you pick who is rolling out of that mess..... they've all been terribly inconsistent

 

[Wildskatfan]

It's going to be hard because we shot + 50 % from the floor and 3 both times and they shot way, way worse than that from 3.
Odds of that happening again are not likely.
Not impossible, just not likely.
Going to have to be on our A+ game because we really have seen the best they can give us.
They pretty much have saw our best, tho.
At least close to it anyways.

 

[THE_HOOK]

If Butler stays healthy and that is a big if. Who knows?

 

[arenk]

In 2019, we beat Auburn twice before the tournament. Then they beat us in the Elite 8.

Poor FT shooting and refs not calling any fouls on Auburn in OT while calling one on us every other possession is what cost us that game. PJ Washington cost us big time against both Kansas St and Auburn by missing a ton of FTs.

 

[michaeluk26]

Gotta love the insightful comments from these posters, 'We gotta get past Troy first”…..well no sh-*t sherlock! It's not like we didn't already know that. Still, speculating about potential future matchups is always a fun way to pass time and engage in discussion with basketball junkies.

Well I honestly get it. The majority of this board thinks we're gonna just run Troy and the next opponent off the floor. I get the topic and I apologize for interjecting this into the thread but it seems like every time I see this kinda stuff we lose. Hell if Tennessee has to play catch up they could lose before the Sweet 16. I think I may have Cal induced PTSD from the last 5 years. Again I apologize for bringing this into the thread.

 

[michaeluk26]

Poor FT shooting and refs not calling any fouls on Auburn in OT while calling one on us every other possession is what cost us that game. PJ Washington cost us big time against both Kansas St and Auburn by missing a ton of FTs.

Not just overtime, the last 9 minutes of regulation. I went back and watched it and we were getting mugged.

 

[Sejonesy]

Don't worry about Tennessee. Worry about Troy.

Us talking about potential matchups on a message board has no bearing on the outcomes of games. Never understood people saying this. Like we are playing in the games or something. it’s fun to think about what games may look like down the line.

 

[Wildskatfan]

Gotta love the insightful comments from these posters, 'We gotta get past Troy first”…..well no sh-*t sherlock! It's not like we didn't already know that. Still, speculating about potential future matchups is always a fun way to pass time and engage in discussion with basketball junkies.

I'm glad they reminded me. I thought we get to move on even if we lost to Troy or maybe we could just skip them and play Tennessee straight away.

 

[calamitybone]

Correct. In 1986 UK beat LSU 3X. 2X in the regular season and 1X in the SECT.

Then......

Kentucky vs. Louisiana State (March 22, 1986)

If memory serves, we beat Bama for a fourth time before playing LSU for a fourth time.