***** Kentucky vs Santa Clara Game Thread *****

KyKevin

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Every tournament has that one game with a miracle last second shot or other memorable plays. It's nice to see UK on the positive side of one again. We'll be seeing that sequence a lot the rest of this tourney!



Probably not two 3's in 3 seconds though, that was classic March madness s.hit there, and we came out on top of it 🥳
 
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Most laughed when I said Santa Clara was the one 10 didn't want us to play. Darn near half court miracle to get us to OT.
We may get trucked Sunday.
 

KyKevin

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I don’t believe that. I know some say that. But I can’t believe anyone posting on a UK website doesn’t want a win.



Are you fk. S.hitting us or yourself, or both. There are some soured a.ss fans, or just a lot more trolls then I thought.
 
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BMR1987

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You don't get it, this is the NCAA Tournament, no style points here ONLY win and advance.
We all love this program, we just disagree on what the future looks like under current leadership (including UK Prez and outgoing AD).

I'm thrilled with this win even if it was closer than I predicted. Like I said, taking off my Blue Goggles and just looking at it as a basketball fan, that was an amazing finish. This team has already went as far as I took them in my bracket and any win we get from them beyond today has exceeded my expectations entering the tournament. I don't know what else you want me to say. I'm looking at how IOWA STATE is looking right now and I'm jealous. That shouldn't be the case. My standard is more than just barely beating the 3rd place team from The WCC. I think/hope Mark Pope would agree.

I pray that Mark capitalizes on the free publicity of that Oweh stat line and The Shot, and finds a sales pitch that works with Stokes/future recruits and top portal players. He has to find that killer instinct within himself, become forged in the fire of this pressure cooker, and deliver something bigger than this in Year 3. I want Kentucky to be great and win.
 

KyKevin

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Incredibly fun ending to that game. Oweh with a shot that will live in Kentucky infamy. A One Shining Moment scene for sure.

With that being said, if you're not concerned for the future of this program after watching this game then you just don't get it.


Serious question
Do you think this was a s.hitty team? I thought they had a very good team, and we just beat them.
 

BetterThanYou

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If you can’t let it go until after the game Sunday then you need to get some therapy.

try to enjoy the weekend and the win, root for them to steal the game on Sunday. If they lose, then start back up with the disgruntlement.
 

UKCowboys

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If you can’t let it go until after the game Sunday then you need to get some therapy.

try to enjoy the weekend and the win, root for them to steal the game on Sunday. If they lose, then start back up with the disgruntlement.
Exactly. Take a look at ISU right now and its obvious they are salty. IF we beat them, I think we are even money against either Tenn or Virginia. But we have a lot of freaking work to do to make that IF happen
 
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KyKevin

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We all love this program, we just disagree on what the future looks like under current leadership (including UK Prez and outgoing AD).

I'm thrilled with this win even if it was closer than I predicted. Like I said, taking off my Blue Goggles and just looking at it as a basketball fan, that was an amazing finish. This team has already went as far as I took them in my bracket and any win we get from them beyond today has exceeded my expectations entering the tournament. I don't know what else you want me to say. I'm looking at how IOWA STATE is looking right now and I'm jealous. That shouldn't be the case. My standard is more than just barely beating the 3rd place team from The WCC. I think/hope Mark Pope would agree.

I pray that Mark capitalizes on the free publicity of that Oweh stat line and The Shot, and finds a sales pitch that works with Stokes/future recruits and top portal players. He has to find that killer instinct within himself, become forged in the fire of this pressure cooker, and deliver something bigger than this in Year 3. I want Kentucky to be great and win.



The💲💲💲 out does the sales pitch
 

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a man in a suit and tie is standing next to another man in a room with giantmonster written on the bottom of the screen
We're all rejoicing after that game. Huge win for the program.
 
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My dad died of Cancer and I can promise you, I would give a Hell of a ******* lot more than a basketball game to have another month with him. You can stick your LOD take up your ***
But if you think of pope like cancer removing him would heal the program
 
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