What UK loss shattered you?
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2015 Wisconsin
2014 UCONN
2010 WVU
2005 Mich St.
2003 Marquette
1997 Arizona
1993 Michigan
1992 Duke
1986 LSU
1984 Georgetown
1983 Louisville
2014 UCONN
2010 WVU
2005 Mich St.
2003 Marquette
1997 Arizona
1993 Michigan
1992 Duke
1986 LSU
1984 Georgetown
1983 Louisville
A tie between 2015 and 1984 don't know how we lost either of those games.
I am with u on that. Both were icons. I just got out my album, Great Moments in Ky Basketball and am going to listen tonight.
2015 Wisconsin. I was there and had plans to stay the whole weekend. Walked straight to my car and drove home in complete silence.
There several that hurt almost equally bad, usually because we were clearly the best team left when we got upset. Championships you should have won but did not are a bad thing to think about. The one that hurt the most at the buzzer was when he who shall not be named hit the shot none of us should talk about.
1966. 1975. 1970. 1997. 2010 and 2017. We were the best team each of those years and couldn’t get it done. Sad.
That loss changed a lot of people. UKFaninNC (who is no longer with us) was the first person I know about to say that it changed his outlook
'92 to Duke. Pelphrey, Feldhaus, Farmer and Woods not getting to go to the FF was devastating. They probably don't win the title but that group getting to the FF would have been so fitting.
RIP. I sometimes think about people who posted 10+ years ago but no longer, where are they now.
was there a loss that tipped them over the edge and they left permanently?
There’s a lot of good usernames got left behind on the battlefield at the very least. 😂
it was a tough one, I thought we had the best team in the country that season
That’s it. We already had Louisville waiting in our bracket in the Final Four
1992. There's maybe 10-12 of us in a small house in Shively I believe. We skipped the evening session of the KY State Boys Tourney. You could hear a pin drop after the shot.
This sentiment is posted here a lot.
My UK fandom is part of my culture, passed down from my Grandfather. I grew up in Western Kentucky and basketball is very important to those from there. I can relive memories through the years that coincide with UK basketball wins and losses. It’s God, family, Kentucky basketball. It is that important and certain losses leave impressions that last a lifetime.
Those two, plus the loss to Wisconsin to break our 40-0 possibility. The 66 loss to Texas Western was my worst, as I really loved the Runts!!!
The Marquette one was a bummer. We had a 26 game win streak i believe. Once Bogans was on one leg, that’s all Marquette needed. In hindsight, we may have had a better chance not playing Bogans that night. It was basically 5 on 4 the whole game. I think Bogans still found 12 or 14 points, but was a liability on the defensive end and that’s all D Wade and Novak (I believe that was their guard then) needed
One people have not mentioned is auburn elite 8 a few years back. We had already beat them twice I think, had chance after chance to end the game in regulation…..out of all of them, I feel like that’s the one we let go of that we never should have
Texas Western beat the Cats. I moped around for two weeks. Too old now to let things like that bother me.
Indiana fans patiently waiting for Kentucky fans to say the “The Watt Shot”
2005 Michigan State in Elite 8- would’ve gave Tubby Smith another Final 4. Call in show after was abysmal.
Gardner Webb - All hope in Gillispie era shattered
2021 St. Peter’s was the worst loss I can remember.
Gardner Webb - All hope in Gillispie era shattered
2021 St. Peter’s was the worst loss I can remember.
Same here Doc. Growing up in the 40s & 50s and listening to those two is something I always look back on with great fondness.
As the song goes, "those were the days my friend".
1992 to Duke because I was young. Now that I am older, I take it in stride.
That said, our losses to Arizona in 1997, UAB in 2004, WVU in 2010, Wisconsin in 2015, and Kansas St. in 2018 were very disappointing.
That said, our losses to Arizona in 1997, UAB in 2004, WVU in 2010, Wisconsin in 2015, and Kansas St. in 2018 were very disappointing.
It's like many have said, it was 2015. I still haven't gotten over it. All the big losses all the way back to the 1986 loss to LSU didn't hit me like that one. I even took the 97 loss to cheating Arizona in stride, but the way that 2015 game went down killed off some part of my innocence where sports are concerned.
2017 was the coup de grace. I am just jaded now.
2017 was the coup de grace. I am just jaded now.
I don't think the OP meant "shattered" the way you interpreted it. More like huge disappointed
Idk when the last time we got a legit new member, not counting the trolls that have an endless supply of usernames and time
Seems like there was always a “first time posting, long time lurker” post. Good ole days
2015 obviously. I didn’t want to wear UK gear for several weeks after that. It’s the only time I’ve been numb after a loss. Not sure what to feel. Just wanting to crawl in a hole for month
As a younger UK fan, hands down 38-1 team loss to Wisconsin in the Final Four.
Just start playing that song "Bittersweet Symphony" by The Verve.
You can't go back and think about that game really. It was odd. It was a blunder.
We just stopped playing like an NBA caliber team.
Just start playing that song "Bittersweet Symphony" by The Verve.
You can't go back and think about that game really. It was odd. It was a blunder.
We just stopped playing like an NBA caliber team.
1992 Duke. If you followed UK then, not sure how this isn't #1. 2015 Wisc. was brutal, as well.
