"All of a sudden I look up, we're up four. I'm like, We're going to win this thing. Then, you know, a play here, a play there, all of a sudden we don't post it. They crowd us, we don't post it again, we take a late shot... We're not a team that takes shot clock violations."
Actually I like the 4 out of 5 years we have been to the final four. I put that on Cal. I also like the NCAA title he won. UK has only won 4 in the past 57 years and he has one of them. And since he owns Pimptino and the tards too, his run has been stellar.
So if UConn was mediocre as a 7 seed what were we as an 8 seed? They beat the overall #1 seed in Florida, who beat us 3 times, and a Michigan state team that was most people's pick to win it all. Not to mention key guys who had already won another title. They were simply a bad matchup for us. For Cal to even get that team through the hardest path to a championship game in history was one of the greatest tournament coaching jobs in history. We ran out of gas. It sucks we lost but I will always cherish and be proud of that run. It was incredible.
No but he did have Tyler keep taking it out which was dumb as hell. That was the sole reason for not being able to get it in. They had no trouble getting it in and down the floor when Tyler was receiving the inbounds pass.
We won! We almost always win! Surely you guys could see, if you weren't quite so close and zoomed out a good bit, that this line of complaint......it's a bit like dating a beautiful, sexy Victoria's Secret model. She's beautiful, rich and famous, and loves you deeply, is fully committed to you. And you derive all the benefits that go along with that. Except....you notice one day she has a very small mole just above the ankle on her right leg. So small you almost can't see it, but now that you have seen it, you can't not see it, and you find yourself dwelling on that one bit of imperfection on an otherwise perfect creature sent from Heaven above.
Nope. Standard. Heard a former college coach on local radio today. Said this was the smart play. If you have someone else take it out and throw it in to Tyler, it's an easy trap situation, especially for a trapping team. He throws it in, gets it right back, and as long as he doesn't get it back in the corner, no trap. Standard treatment.
That should be easy enough to refute or confirm. Look at the close games we've had since he's been here. Have we won more, or lost more? Answer: obvious.
How many times in those close wins did we have as much experience as the other team. Somewhere near 0%.
Cal has done more to screw up late in games than to do something good? Bullshit. You only remember the losses apparently.
Easily? Well no, not near 100% - unless you use that silly Louisville fan logic that more AAs over 7 years = more talent... completely disregarding departures (versus retention for other schools) and youth which often keeps talent from manifesting fully.
Are you kidding? A Final Four, even here at Kentucky where expectations are more unreasonable than anywhere in the country, is NEVER a failure. Was it a disappointment...yes, but to say that it was a failure is ignorant and shows your huge lack of perspective.
When you have a team that the whole country is talking about going 40 and 0, have 7 players
