Teams improve for sure, but not at the rate we do. A guy like Vescovi is who he is, he's not getting better in his 5th year of college ball. And if anything, he might be getting more and more banged up.
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Teams improve for sure, but not at the rate we do. A guy like Vescovi is who he is, he's not getting better in his 5th year of college ball. And if anything, he might be getting more and more banged up.
Tomorrow is a true test of how good we actually are! If we can win, we’re a contender. If we get blown out, we’re a pretender.
You don’t expect us to win? This right here is exactly what’s wrong with a segment of our fanbase. You ALWAYS expect to win. There is no “let’s hope” as a UK fan. Soft a** fans.
exactly wonder why Vegas is always so close have to have someone on the inside can’t be lucky all the time…
If I'm Cal, I'm asking which guy wants to just follow Dalton all game. Just for this game, take someone like Adou, and say "the only thing I want from you is to just pester him for 40min. Don't worry about making shots, passing, fouls even going hard for rebounds.. your job is to just slow him down as best you can.
Because here's the thing.. remove their best player Dalton.. and remove ours, say Dilly. Which team is better? It's UK and I think in this scenario we boat race them.
Because here's the thing.. remove their best player Dalton.. and remove ours, say Dilly. Which team is better? It's UK and I think in this scenario we boat race them.
No doubt we have likely improved more. We have a higher ceiling and started with much less experience. Still, though, this is going to be an uphill battle that no metric points to us having a high chance of success in. I hope like hell we do win, and will be very happy to be wrong. I just don't see it.
Adou and Edwards need to be glued to Knecht and Zeigler all game.
I think Edwards length, athleticism and speed could be problematic against Zeigler. I also think Edwards has the speed to keep up with him. So I would actually let Edwards guard him a lot.
I would like to see Adou on Knecht the most. His size and strength may be enough to slow Knecht down.
I sure wouldn’t want to be in a foxhole with you. You would have already surrendered. Show some fight.
Yeah I mean, I'm still picking Vols to win, but it's gotten a heck of a lot closer for me over the last few weeks. I really think it comes down to us. If we play loose and play like shit, they will win. If we don't, and play smart, and play just a little bit better defense, we will upset them.
I think this says more about you that you would even think about getting into a foxhol with an anonymous poster on the internet.
It's also odd you compare being honest about Odds in a basketball game to combat. It's not that serious, bro.
It’s called a metaphor. Its meaning is when the going gets tough, you want someone on your team that has your back and be fearless. It’s not literally comparing a basketball game to combat. Get real.
Wrong, many on here will still find SOMETHING to bitch about....
Fans have 0 impact on games. It's goofy to predict your team to win every game. Some of us can look at the matchup logically and realize how tough a game this is.
Uncw, lsu, Gonzaga, etc, should not have been losses and tough games.
I think our best chance is law of averages with UT playing so well of late and beating au, Alabama and SC last 3. That's hard to sustain and has taken a lot out of them compared to cupcake candy and Arkansas of late for UK.
Uncw, lsu, Gonzaga, etc, should not have been losses and tough games.
I think our best chance is law of averages with UT playing so well of late and beating au, Alabama and SC last 3. That's hard to sustain and has taken a lot out of them compared to cupcake candy and Arkansas of late for UK.
Isn't that what Justin Edwards' role was the first game? I don't remember Knecht having a big game last time; seems like we were hurt by their 1, 2, and 4 spots. Having DJ back will help to slow Ziegler, AT was battling his back issues last time, so the big Hundley kid won't have such an easy go. Hopefully Antonio has his A game rolling and Reed/Rob have better defensive outings to keep their backcourt in check.
Great post. Because we’re so young, we typically improve more than most of the other teams.
This. I’m not gonna put money on us. But I think it absolutely can happen.
Still saying we have at least 4 guys foul out and pumpkin 🎃 orange shoots 40+ fts.
You're the one that made the comparison. Make a better one if you want people to interpret it your way.
Being logical and honest isn't not having someones back or being fearful. It's called being honest and logical. We are going to be 10pt underdogs in this game for a reason. Maybe take off the blue-tinted glasses and be honest with yourself. It allows for much less disappointment in life.
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Ehh, this game was always going to be a likely loss because UT is very good, and it's on their court, on senior day.
We probably shouldn't be playing it for a top 4 seed in the SEC tournament, but we also shouldn't have had at least 1 player out injured all year; we shouldn't have given up multiple games at the end of regulation due to atrocious defense; and we shouldn't have to deal with the atrocious officating we get served out. My point is... shit happens. Just make the best of it and keep moving forward. We seem to at least have done that.
Does it really allow for less disappointment, though? If I think we're going to lose, and we lose, I'm still disappointed; I just started my disappointment a day or two early...if we pull the upset, I was pre-disappointed for a day or two for no reason.
For me it does! If I know we aren't likely to win, I don't really find myself too disappointed when we don't. However, I am elated if we do win!
To each their own.
If I go into it thinking we’ll lose, I don’t come out feeling too down when we do lose.
@UT is the toughest game we’ll play for the rest of the year. Every team probably loses that game. If we win it, hell yeah.
This will probably be a close game. So the real question is, who does Vegas want to win? We'll have to wait and see; they probably don't know yet LOL.
You didn’t even mention the #1 factor in beating them. How will the SEC officials treat us. Will it be called fair or will they allow UT to hand check us all the way to the basket. Arkansas beat us to death and received touch foul time and again at the other end. That was at home.
Retired and living the good life. No disappointment here whatsover. Thanks for the life lesson though.
I hope we don't see you on here being disappointed after the game, but the post above seems to indicate you will.
Well the beauty of this, UK got zero home cooking for our game. We might as well have played the 1st game on a neutral site, or heck, maybe even in a large Tennessee arena. We were called for more fouls and they shot more free throws (despite not playing defense, huh?)
And yes, whole that certainly can (and maybe will) happen again, it's not like we didn't almost beat them with this help the first time.
I'd say Tenn is in big trouble if that whistle happens to bounce our way.
I think they beat UT. If they do don't be surprised if they lay a egg first SECT game. That's exactly how this team has played all year. Beat most of the better teams then turn around a lose to a team that had no business beating them.
KSRs photographer had 30 still photos he posted of UT players with a hand on our hip or shoulder prior to starting our drive. Funny how we couldn’t turn the corner on them. It’s coached.
Couple years ago ? How about LAST year.
Jan. 14th 2023 @ #5 UT - UK 63 UT 56
Feb. 18th 2023 @ Rupp Arena UK 66 #10 UT 54.
We swept UT last year beat them when they was ranked #5 and again later at home when they was ranked #10.
The game you are talking about (2022) was at Rupp. Jan. 15th 2022 - UK 107 UT 79.
Who ever the wise ass in the first few post that stated "Donnie Tyndall is not walking thru that door." You are right, the same Rick Barnes is, and just last year UK went to Knoxville and beat their ass while they was ranked #5. Then AGAIN (Rick Barnes still the coach), a month later in Rupp. 66-54. So no, Donnie Tyndall will NOT be coaching Saturday, but to act like UK has no chance of beating them, just shows your lack of knowledge. We did the EXACT thing last year, only difference is we beat them BOTH times last year. A win Saturday would be 3 out of the last 4, twice in Knoxville, WITHOUT Donnie Tyndall coaching UT.
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