****Tennessee @ Kentucky****

katwest

Heisman
Feb 16, 2003
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Do away with the denims it’s making us look worse. This missing free throws and giving them open shots, what are we doing. Where is their head, what does it take for this team to focus and execute. Why doesn’t someone foul Ament hard, get him out of rhythm. Anybody that has played before knows if someone fouls you Hard a few times it does affect your game.
 

TommyMansky

All-Conference
Dec 5, 2025
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Because Pope sees...

Oweh = best defender
Ament = best offensive producer

Put Oweh on Ament without considering nuance and other additional things like height etc.

If Pope was a coach, he would see that his stupid analytics are wrong, call a timeout and adjust. But he can't because he has said multiple times he uses the first half to tell him how to play the second half. Which is gathering data. Which imo is not coaching.
Would it not be better to focus on analytics for pre-game preparation but then use fundamental old school coaching during the game? I just don’t understand.
 

MarkPftw

All-American
Nov 19, 2016
5,247
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If not for Aberdeen, Noah, and Chandler..this would be a 20 point or more lead for Tennessee. Everybody else was complete ***.
 

TheWyldKat_rivals45219

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Mar 13, 2016
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Tennessee shot well, but the lineups and substitutions were baffling. Got it to 6 and Pope has basically an unplayable group out they and it was 14 points quickly.
His lineups drive me bonkers
We have to rebound better, run them off the 3 point line and find a way to defend Ament.
we’re playing 5 feet off 3 pt line

wth
 
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Farsight Clone

All-Conference
Aug 30, 2025
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Would it not be better to focus on analytics for pre-game preparation but then use fundamental old school coaching during the game? I just don’t understand.
Neither does Pope apparently lol

Analytics should guide decisions they should be apart of the puzzle. Pope uses them to guide decisions.
 
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megablue

Heisman
Oct 2, 2012
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Tennessee with 15 assists on one half. Ball movement is something our guys could learn from. Our defense was awful to put it lightly, must have better effort and better offensive movement of we want to make a second half comeback. Disappointed to see most the improvements I’ve seen in the last few games disappear this game.
They have three (3) players that are quick enough with ball that we cannot guard.
 

KYSouthpaw

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Sep 10, 2025
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Losing EVERY stat at halftime. They're shooting better from 3 than we can shoot ft's. How can we be so good AND then so bad.
 

Wildcat_in_DC

All-Conference
Nov 25, 2025
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No, he's part of the crew that speaks truth about the reality we're facing while you and others ignore it and continue to dig a hole while turning us into Indiana.

Your standards for the program are garbage. How does that make you feel?
this is the problem we face. we are in a good league now and when you look on paper you will se a large number of quad 1 (quality) wins. but when you check the SEC leaderboard and rankings we are nowhere to be found.
 

UKGrad24

All-American
Apr 2, 2024
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If you’re going to hire Pope, keep Calipari for the legacy and a shot. He could still put something together with the recruits. Why in the world do you throw Calipari out to hire Mark friggin Pope?
 

Drogon

All-Conference
Mar 14, 2017
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Get Moreno more involved in the offense. Overall passing should improve just from that.
 

UKCowboys

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Oct 14, 2019
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He’s about halfway there at halftime. Yall act like somebody is stopping him. Nobody is guarding a soul. Not just ament.
Yeah, all this crap about the defense, they are hitting wide open shots, they are hitting contested shots, hitting deletions on rebounds that they weren't even shooting. They are just playing well
 
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Vek96

All-American
Jul 4, 2025
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Garrison-Moreno-Jelavic-Dioubate all need to step up ... we cannot win with the Oweh-Aberdeen isolation game.
Oweh looks like **** also. Takes a stupid shot with 12 seconds to go instead of milking the clock.

His defense has been absolutely awful also.
 
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