Just trying to get everyone's mindset to gauge the different reactions to this season.
What is your age?
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45 here. I probably shouldn’t comment too much I’m just so frustrated at this point!
Damn, I guess I should've realized I'm closer to 50 than 30 at 41 but I really never thought of it.
73 and been following the Cats for over 60 years.
I’m 53 and to start the season was just wanting to make the tourney maybe win a game. Beating Duke got me excited thinking maybe we have the magic to make a deep run. Injuries and lack of SEC level talent has caught up to us. It’s frustrating in SEC play but if you look at the season as a whole it’s been a success and looking forward to the madness this season and Popes 2nd season next. GO CATS!!!
44.
Don’t get nearly as worked up as I used to and have seen a lot.
I was a kid for probation and early Pitino. I was a teenager for late Pitino and early Tubby. My 20s were the decline of Tubby, drunk Billy and the first year of Cal. 30s and early 40s were all Cal. Now, it’s Pope.
I have been alive to witness 3 national titles, 9 Final Fours, countless SEC and SECT championships, and even more disappointments and heartbreaks along the way. Historically since the 1950s, we struggle in even decades (60s, 80s, 00s, 20s??) and shine in odd decades (50s, 70s, 90s, 10s) and that pattern is holding steady. Hopefully Pope can change that quickly.
Don’t get nearly as worked up as I used to and have seen a lot.
I was a kid for probation and early Pitino. I was a teenager for late Pitino and early Tubby. My 20s were the decline of Tubby, drunk Billy and the first year of Cal. 30s and early 40s were all Cal. Now, it’s Pope.
I have been alive to witness 3 national titles, 9 Final Fours, countless SEC and SECT championships, and even more disappointments and heartbreaks along the way. Historically since the 1950s, we struggle in even decades (60s, 80s, 00s, 20s??) and shine in odd decades (50s, 70s, 90s, 10s) and that pattern is holding steady. Hopefully Pope can change that quickly.
63 and UK fan since 9 or 10 … grew up in Bowling Green and WKU grad but always bled blue.
48 and the days of getting upset over how 18-22 year olds perform in a sport are long gone. I want the Cats to win, root them on, but pretty much go about my day if they lose.
67 and finding myself this year getting more upset with the fan base than the team. But such is the nature of discussion boards.
I'm not too upset with Pope or the team (minus those STUPID TOs and the lapses of effort); more pissed at the bad situation we're in yet again due to injuries. It's just like we've been in Groundhog Day the last 5 seasons or so. Get some decent wins, somebody gets hurt, and then bam! Crappy post season. It's just getting old and frustrating.
Me2 … I go back to Nash, Pursiful, Deeken, Burchett, etc.
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34. Never married, no kids
Best freaking life anyone could ever ask for
Best freaking life anyone could ever ask for
54. We have had some HUGE wins this year. If not for the Big wins, this year would have been a bummer. Injuries probably cost us a couple more wins. This team is gritty. I give Pope B+ in his first year. If Pope can get the talent that the last guy squandered, he will have more than 1 championship in 14 years.
48, Pisces. Once tied a cherry stem in a knot just by looking at it.
60 and old enough to know better than to post (heck even talk to others) during the game or even the same day when we lose.
Soon be 87. I've seen good times and bad times in basketball,⁰ and good times and bad times in about everything else.
Who are your favorite KY players? Who do you think are the best 5 or so players that you can remember?
50. I’m a patient person in life but Cal ruined me and now I get angry watching UK games and i hate that about myself.
I’m 59, married to an amazing woman, 4 kids (1 boy, 3 girls), 6 grandchildren (4 boys, 2 girls), retired and the sun is shining. “Life is GREAT”
71, almost 72, and been following since 1959. My dad used to let me listen on his transistor radio when I went to bed at night. Would fall asleep listening to Cawood and Claude Sullivan.
70. Same story with the metal transistor. A GE with a leather case. Black. I can hardly remember what day of the week it is now. But, I remember listening to Cawood; going to Memorial with standing room only admission for $2. Standing in the snow or rain just to see the Cats live (thanks Dad). Cotton Nash, Conley, Dampier, Pratt, Riley, Casey, Issel, and it is still going on. People that were not raised listening to Cawood have no idea what it was like. Today's announcers, especially on TV, have no idea how clueless they are, compared to Cawood; the GOAT.
It’s #6 lol.. too late for that
54 Tuesday. Earliest team I can vaguely remember was the '78 team. Seen more good basketball here than bad. I don't get angry after losses anymore. Haven't been that way since at least the early 2000's.
52 in 12 days (3/14). Can't believe it because I certainly don't feel over 50 and still have a couple kids in middle school!
I kinda think this is the Cal effect. We got so frustrated that eventually we just didn't care as much. I'm just like you - still does impact me at first, but not as much as it did say 10 years ago.
Can you change the age ranges? No way at 37 I should be in the same group as the old as hell 50 year olds.
Got ya beat, 52 never married no kids 😁
62 Living the life in SW Florida. 2 grown kids. Daughter lives here, son lives in Lexington attending Transylvania after a 6 year stint in the Air Force.
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