I corrected that before anyone else caught it. Idk how missing that equates to being on crack but ok. We are 1-2 vs the acc. The guy said we would have 1 loss if we were in the acc and my point is we already have 2.
Ultimately this is what I’m unhappy about.
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1 of those games was the very first game of the season and the second game was in early December before our team found its identity. If we played those teams this time of year we’d be undefeated in the ACC, but Duke? Lol they lost at home to freakin VA, they lost to Miami, those are teams we would blow out. But at Auburn? At Tenn? At Arkansas? Hell duke would prolly lose to bama
Because that beat down of UNC was pretty epic. Hard to forget except for someone with an agenda.
You just moved the goalposts my man. We were talking about Wheeler and Ulis.
Great, beating teams like Alabama, KU, TN and Mississippi state is awesome, but Wheeler still isn’t in Tyler Ulis' league. That’s what we were talking about.
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We were losing 13-2 before Wheeler and Washington came in the game. Wheeler was not the cause of t
this loss. If anything Grady scoring 3 points hitting 1 shot, Mintz giving us an 0 fer and Toppin doing nothing were the reasons we lost the game if there must be a scapegoat.
this loss. If anything Grady scoring 3 points hitting 1 shot, Mintz giving us an 0 fer and Toppin doing nothing were the reasons we lost the game if there must be a scapegoat.
My point was mainly in reference to Wildcats about Wheeler not being able to lead us.
I disagree with that.
I'm not reading several paragraphs (most of which don't even begin with capital letters) of doom and gloom, but did want to point out just how silly the above take is. Losing the 1 seed is unfortunate but not devastating. That's absurd. And unless we drop another game, we're going to be on the 2 line and yes, still one of the favorites come March. You saying "this so called title team" shows your actual agenda. Reminds me of that blue woman poster who a couple of months ago wrote a very long post as well whining and saying that the program is falling off a cliff and how she doesn't recognize what UK is any longer. Just enjoy the ride. If we lose in the sweet 16, then by all means, come back with your gloomy opinions and many here may even join you.
I forgot it because we weren’t supposed to play them. It’s really that simple.
And you’re right I have an agenda. For uk basketball to get back on top and hang another title banner. What other fn agenda would a uk fan have? I mean seriously? What is this agenda people think about uk fans like this is global politics or something. We should all want a title and of course there are varying degrees of acceptability of losing but right now after last year my tolerance for losing is very low
This team isn't losing the 2 seed btw.
I find it hard to imagine this team losses to Miss at home. UF might be tough at their place but again this team when healthy has knocked off better teams on the road than them.
I find it hard to imagine this team losses to Miss at home. UF might be tough at their place but again this team when healthy has knocked off better teams on the road than them.
Auburn lost
Perdue lost
Kansas or Baylor is going to lose
Arizona is down by 6 to a bad Colorado team.
I fail to see any team that is head and shoulders ahead of the others at the top.
Perdue lost
Kansas or Baylor is going to lose
Arizona is down by 6 to a bad Colorado team.
I fail to see any team that is head and shoulders ahead of the others at the top.
Both. UCLA doesn't scare me in the slightest. They were a flash in the pan last year which led to their inflated ranking to start the season.
Right, which is why a win today would have been huge. Could have put us back on the 1 line.
Too many boneheaded mistakes cost us, but I'm sure those won't happen in the NCAAT.
Man, you’re all over the place. Don’t look at our game against Kansas, look at their body of work. Don’t look at UCLA’s body of work, look at what they did last year. Don’t look at Duke’s schedule, look at who’ll get drafted. Look at our 2 pt loss at Arkansas and 13 point loss at Tennessee, but don’t lol at Purdue’s loss at Rutgers or 26 point loss at Michigan. Can somebody put this in an excel sheet so we know what makes who a contender?
This is ultimately the point. When we have a chance to really put some distance we blow it then our fans point to other teams failings to feel good about our team. You guys gonna feel good when zona uk Purdue and Gonzaga all lose in sweet sixteen? Are we gonna say “oh well these others lost blah blah blah”? That the point about blow opportunities for many years now.
I didn’t say any of this. I only say you can’t compare a 6 vs a 4 loss team. My other comments are about the future and what I think Teams will do. I don’t think Ku is a ff team and yeah based on ucla vast tournament experience and success they will do well in the dance. This isn’t brain surgery dude. I don’t care what Purdue or anyone else does but you can’t compare and bitch that KU is ahead of UK right now when they have 2 wins on us and 4 more quad 1 wins. Got it?
It happens tho.
All sports. All teams.
I think your just being a bit unrealistic with all of this.
Its frustrating that we lost today when we had an opportunity to obviously jump up in the seeding. But man, you're not going to win road games in conference against good teams all that often.
All sports. All teams.
I think your just being a bit unrealistic with all of this.
Its frustrating that we lost today when we had an opportunity to obviously jump up in the seeding. But man, you're not going to win road games in conference against good teams all that often.
You gotta do it if you want the 8 year monkey off the back. Arizona Auburn hell it was wide open for us to get to the 1 line and the way I see it we beat ourself today
Jesus man.At least wait and see what we do in the tourney before already bitching that we are going to lose.
True but at the end of the day we still could get a 1 seed and even if we don't, I believe we can certainly do damage in the tournament as a 2 seed.
Heck in some ways, it might be preferable to be say the top 2 seed instead of say the weakest 1 seed in terms of region placement and whatnot.
I know I was Negative Neil earlier but he’s pushing it to another level.
He had a lot of feels today. He wanted to share them.
It’s not we you don’t play it’s Kentucky and duke get to play Boston college and Syracuse and other crap ACC teams while Kentucky has to go to Arkansas Tennessee and auburn, one loss doesn’t mean the sky is falling.
Our fans used to be savvy and understand that in order to win in March you need to put yourself in the best position to do it which means a 1 seed. Cal has done a number on screwing with our fans expectations and understanding of what it takes to win.
pitino was always very up front. For us to win we need to be the highest 1 seed we can achieve that’s what he would say. He realized a 1vs4 in ss is a much higher percentage to advance than a 2v3. Cal feeds us crazy lines about how his team is playing come March but you know as well as I pitino was much more successful than cal. If he had Cals talent he probably win 5 titles bc he knew what it took and that’s all that mattered. For cal it’s nba and players feelings
For someone concerned about who said what, I’d like to point out I never said Kansas shouldn’t be seeded above Kentucky. I just pointed out you’re all over the place. And you are.
How much talent is it going to take to ever be a one seed again? Lots of talent every year but most of the time not near enough. Go out and get some good experienced players this year and still not enough. We normally have better quality depth than anyone but we don't use it to our advantage pressing and trapping and wearing teams down. We have an advantage here to have more quality players than anyone but we are content not playing high octane defense pressing and trapping more and playing in your face D in the half court. Just let other teams dictate the pace that is best for them and their less talented team.
Its a good thing...opinions....yours is worth no more than mine or anyone else's on here.
You’re right, you're not going to win a lot of road games, but we had this one. We had 3 or 4 guys that were fighting and making winning plays, then we had 2 guys that played me-ball and made losing plays in key possessions. That’s a problem.
That’s Ashton Hagans 2019 E8 problem.
Kansas is likely going to lose to Baylor.
Again very good teams losing on the road to also very good teams. That's all this is.
Again very good teams losing on the road to also very good teams. That's all this is.
Or in Arizona's case you lose by double digits to a bad Colorado team.
All these special teams tiers above us are losing today. Weird. Colorado would be the worst loss of our season.
Not only losing to Colorado but by 16.
That's bad.
Probably UK jumps ahead of them again in KP based on that.
Which goes back to my previous post. Now Arizona wouldn't even be favored over us on a neutral court.
That's bad.
Probably UK jumps ahead of them again in KP based on that.
Which goes back to my previous post. Now Arizona wouldn't even be favored over us on a neutral court.
The problem is a lot of fans are to reactionary and think the world is falling after one loss, the tournament is going to be as wide open as it’s ever been, Kentucky has just a good shot as anybody to win the championship
Nobody thinks the world is falling. That’s a ridiculous statement.
What most if us realize is, we are seeing the same stupid shit that has caused much better teams than this to get ousted early. Just dumb shit by players and coaches, it's a pattern.
Now, look at all the teams that are losing.
We had a golden opportunity to get to the 1 line and thanks to us not getting Grady involved and Keion playing hero ball, we didn't take advantage.
I'd forgive a LOT of the fluke injuries and unlucky breaks, but there have been some absolutely CRUSHING losses under Cal.
Auburn in the Elite 8
North Carolina in the Elite 8
West Virginia in the Elite 8
Give what happened with the NCAA's those years, I firmly believe at least one of those teams win the title.
The Wisconsin loss was a program changer. Some for the good. But mostly, the program won't ever hit the peak it was at during that year.
Unfortunately, Cal also made TWO additional Final Fours (and one more national title). Both times, got lucky as hell with the draw and managed to lose to UConn teams that had less talent and were equally as lucky to be there. He lost both games. To Kevin Ollie. Who ended up getting fired.
Auburn in the Elite 8
North Carolina in the Elite 8
West Virginia in the Elite 8
Give what happened with the NCAA's those years, I firmly believe at least one of those teams win the title.
The Wisconsin loss was a program changer. Some for the good. But mostly, the program won't ever hit the peak it was at during that year.
Unfortunately, Cal also made TWO additional Final Fours (and one more national title). Both times, got lucky as hell with the draw and managed to lose to UConn teams that had less talent and were equally as lucky to be there. He lost both games. To Kevin Ollie. Who ended up getting fired.
Might of been a overstatement but losing at a place at Arkansas isn’t anything to be ashamed of doesn’t mean this team is any less capable of winning the top four SEC teams between only have one home loss this year that just shows how tough it is to win on the road, these games will have prepared Kentucky and show why they can win multiple games in the tournament
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