WHY do our fans just keep supporting the SEC Tournament???!!!!

[catben]

The way the SEC treats our team on the road AND at home with these CORRUPT officials, makes it EXTREMELY HARD for me to EVER go back to it!!!!

I went for 20 years straight from the late 1990's until 2019. But with the way our games have been officiated, It REALLY pisses me off!!!

 

[chattanoogawildcat]

Boycott the SECT and get healthy.

 

[Rockfly78]

Good grief lol. Yall soft.

 

[katkraze]

Party nonstop in Nashville

 

[UKWildcats1987]

I just watch it. I'm not gonna waste a lot of money to go to it as it's a random crap shoot.

 

[Ugoff]

I stopped going when our previous "coach" made it clear that it was an inconvenience to him. He'd better take it seriously this year though, it might be his only path.

 

[UKBB4Ever]

I stopped going when our previous "coach" made it clear that it was an inconvenience to him.

Every UK coach has hated the SEC tourney.

Joe B tried to stop it from coming back.

Cal just said it out loud.

But I love the SEC tournament. It’s a UK homecoming.

I go every year and I’ll be there this year. Looks like we will have to go a day earlier than planned.

But we will be there.

 

[Ugoff]

Every UK coach has hated the SEC tourney.

Joe B tried to stop it from coming back.

Cal just said it out loud.

But I love the SEC tournament. It’s a UK homecoming.

I go every year and I’ll be there this year. Looks like we will have to go a day earlier than planned.

But we will be there.

I would consider going back now.

Work is tedious. You can't say it out loud.

 

[OliverSimmonstwinbrother]

I was excited when the season started to attend the SEC tournament. Don't think I'll head down there now to much time and money for the inevitable. Will watch it on tv though

 

[Son_Of_Saul]

Every UK coach has hated the SEC tourney.

Joe B tried to stop it from coming back.

Cal just said it out loud.

But I love the SEC tournament. It’s a UK homecoming.

I go every year and I’ll be there this year. Looks like we will have to go a day earlier than planned.

But we will be there.

Pitino hated it?

Could have fooled me by how he whooped everyone's ass with a 17-1 SEC tourney record and five SEC tourney titles in only 6 years of eligibility.

 

[BGCATFAN2012]

I was excited when the season started to attend the SEC tournament. Don't think I'll head down there now to much time and money for the inevitable. Will watch it on tv though

Yeah spend 500 on the first day only to be sent home by Georgia.

 

[megablue]

Because we are a nation !!

 

[catben]

Because we are a nation !!

That gets DISRESPECTED by those that BENEFIT the MOST from our "nation"!!!!

I'm just tired of being taken for granted!!!

Watch Duke in the ACC and see how their conference treats them!!! That's how the SEC SHOULD treat UK!!!

 

[ManitouDan]

It's not the conferences fault we have 3 injured Guards .

 

[ukcatz12]

So do you think the SEC explicitly tells refs to give refs a poor whistle? Because there's no such thing as SEC officials. All officials are independent contractors who ref for whatever conference they want to. The whole "SEC refs" thing is a myth.

 

[martinsm30]

So do you think the SEC explicitly tells refs to give refs a poor whistle? Because there's no such thing as SEC officials. All officials are independent contractors who ref for whatever conference they want to. The whole "SEC refs" thing is a myth.

The head of officiating contracts the same people regularly. Referees are a club.

 

[UKBB4Ever]

Pitino hated it?

Could have fooled me by how he whooped everyone's ass with a 17-1 SEC tourney record and five SEC tourney titles in only 6 years of eligibility.

Yes. He always talked about wishing we didn’t have to play it and it was of no use.

But he wanted to win since we were in it. And so did Cal. Cal’s first 3 seasons he won every SEC game until the final against Vandy in ‘12.

Then we lost the first game in ‘13. Then 2-1 in ‘14. 3-0 in ‘15, ‘16 escapes me at the moment, 3-0 in ‘17 and ‘18, 1-1 in ‘19 then won the SEC by 3 games in ‘20 and didn’t get to play the tourney. After that it was awful. 0-1 in ‘21, 1-1 in ‘22, 0-1 in ‘23 and ‘24.

I was present for every one.

So even though Cal openly hated it, he tried to win it.

 

[catben]

Yes. He always talked about wishing we didn’t have to play it and it was of no use.

But he wanted to win since we were in it. And so did Cal. Cal’s first 3 seasons he won every SEC game until the final against Vandy in ‘12.

Then we lost the first game in ‘13. Then 2-1 in ‘14. 3-0 in ‘15, ‘16 escapes me at the moment, 3-0 in ‘17 and ‘18, 1-1 in ‘19 then won the SEC by 3 games in ‘20 and didn’t get to play the tourney. After that it was awful. 0-1 in ‘21, 1-1 in ‘22, 0-1 in ‘23 and ‘24.

I was present for every one.

So even though Cal openly hated it, he tried to win it.

Pitino ACTUALLY always called the SEC Tournament a "Dress Rehearsal" for the NCAA Tournament. He used it as a tool to get better the week before the NCAA.

Now he stated that in 96 he didn't mind that they lost in the final game to Miss.St. because it had been a long time(the Cal UMass team) since they had lost.

 

[UKBB4Ever]

Pitino ACTUALLY always called the SEC Tournament a "Dress Rehearsal" for the NCAA Tournament. He used it as a tool to get better the week before the NCAA.

Now he stated that in 96 he didn't mind that they lost in the final game to Miss.St. because it had been a long time(the Cal UMass team) since they had lost.

I don’t know what he said to the press about it.

But to everyone that would listen he hated it.

Even Tubby openly speculated that getting rest might be better than playing a no meaning tournament.

Pitino was a marketer. He knew the fans loved it. So he played to the want.

He never played up the Miss St loss as a good thing until after the fact. 😜

 

[JonathanW]

The way the SEC treats our team on the road AND at home with these CORRUPT officials, makes it EXTREMELY HARD for me to EVER go back to it!!!!

I went for 20 years straight from the late 1990's until 2019. But with the way our games have been officiated, It REALLY pisses me off!!!

BBN supports the Cats. And for many fans getting tickets and going to a game in Rupp isn’t easy. But also at the SEC-T you hope to see the Cats play multiple games all in 2 trip.

 

[catben]

BBN supports the Cats. And for many fans getting tickets and going to a game in Rupp isn’t easy. But also at the SEC-T you hope to see the Cats play multiple games all in 2 trip.

Now that the tournament is exclusively in Nashville, the cost has gone WAY UP!!!

Hotel rooms are outrageous, ticket prices are outrageous and so is the nightlife. When I used to go, it was MUCH cheaper for ALL of those.

So, when a fan invests all of the money and enthusiasm into going now, it is a HUGE undertaking. All I'm saying is that the SEC SHOULD appreciate the UK fans MORE by treating us a little better. Without UK Fans, the SEC Tournament would be a GHOST TOWN.