No blue/white game

[KYAnywhereEverywhere]

I guess it's been replaced with a third exhibition game. This is something something that is probably already known by a lot of people, but I didn't know it until just now when I looked at the schedule for the first time. Thought I'd post it for anyone else who also didn't already know. Is everyone comfortable with a third exhibition game instead of a blue/white game? Is this preferred?

 

[WeWant9]

For me, I'd rather see UK vs. other teams over a scrimmage. These days we get so much content/reports during summer practices that I don't have much excitement on internal stuff like BBM or B/W game. Give me the exhibitions.

 

[ScWildcat3]

Also we got a semi blue white game last night. But yea playing 3 exhibition games is more than enough.

 

[UKWildcats1987]

I prefer more exhibitions games. Hell get rid of boring bbm and give me another exhibition against an outside team.

 

[TheResistance]

I believe we need a re imagining of all basketball activities preseason moving forward.
It's stale and boring.

 

[ScWildcat3]

The open practice thing they did I assume was to keep the people donating happy. Which is a smart move.

 

[bigblueinsanity (the real)]

I believe we need a re imagining of all basketball activities preseason moving forward.
It's stale and boring.

Agree. It isn't just a UK problem. Cbb nil is insanely out of control and the entire sport is in legit free fall as it relates to fan connection and Interest.

If the sport doesn't fix itself fast, there will be long lasting effects it can never recover from.

 

[meteordealer]

We probably don't have enough healthy players to do the Blue/White game.

 

[MegaBlue05]

I prefer a third exhibition. The blue/white game never did anything for me and it was hard to watch on TV because the practice jerseys don’t show the numbers very well and it kind of felt half speed.

And our season last year kind of got derailed at the blue-white game.

 

[MegaBlue05]

I believe we need a re imagining of all basketball activities preseason moving forward.
It's stale and boring.

Agree.

BBM, for example, has been exactly the same thing but with different music for at least 20 years. I have been bored by the last decade of them to the point i just watch online the next morning.

 

[gbl97]

It's like WWF (WWE) in the 80s & early 90s. The weekly show only had good wrestlers vs. no-name guys and you already knew who would win. The only good matches were the quarterly events or the occasional Saturday Night's Main Event. Then I think in the late 90s, the weekly show started having good matches, where belts even changed hands.

College basketball pre-season, go and do likewise.

 

[NociHTTP]

Agree. It isn't just a UK problem. Cbb nil is insanely out of control and the entire sport is in legit free fall as it relates to fan connection and Interest.

If the sport doesn't fix itself fast, there will be long lasting effects it can never recover from.

Most here, unfortunately, do not care. As long as they have something to gamble on, and merch to flip, they're good.

 

[CELTICAT]

I get it but it comes on the heels of a summer with no father-son or overnight camps and there’s been no announcement where it can be spun as a strategic reimagining of resources.

 

[ComebackCats98]

I’d much rather watch them play Purdue, Georgetown, UCF, Texas Tech or Arkansas Little Rock than a half effort scrimmage trying not to get anybody hurt. The team will get a lot more from it too

 

[HipTer]

I guess it's been replaced with a third exhibition game. This is something something that is probably already known by a lot of people, but I didn't know it until just now when I looked at the schedule for the first time. Thought I'd post it for anyone else who also didn't already know. Is everyone comfortable with a third exhibition game instead of a blue/white game? Is this preferred?

I always really liked the Blue-White game - much more so that BBM. What I liked about it was the opportunity to see all the players getting extended time in a game-type setting. It gave me an opportunity to somewhat gauge new guys who might not get as much run in a regular season game. Still, if I had to chose I’d rather watch a good exhibition matchup.

 

[Johnny_Jeepers]

I always hated it because I was always torn on who to root against the most.

 

[yoshukai]

Back in the day they would have the blue / white scrimmages in various high school gyms around the state and I loved it!

 

[Ukdaddy98]

While the first half of the Cal era was an unreal run of success, it began the slow detachment from fans to the players. New teams every year became the norm for UK long before NIL and transfer portal made it pretty much the reality throughout college basketball. The rest of college hoops took another 10-12 years before it was like UK.

I think herein lies the issue. Nobody connects to teams where guys play 1 year and leave. College basketball is now feeling like many at Uk felt for a long time.

Watching guys grow and develop over 4 years… senior days that were actual senior days… blue-white games were exciting bc you got to see the guy was new and might be a contributor in a year or two. These days are dead and buried… likely for good.

College hoops has lost all connection.

So some things will have to inevitably change to try and keep fan interest.

 

[Buckwheat Otay Is Dead]

No one wants to get someone hurt in a game that means nothing. The exhibition games also mean nothing buy setting your starting lineup. Win or lose, they are kinda stupid.

 

[OGtruebluewildcat]

Have an event with WBB.

Some pomp, circumstance, pageantry day of. Get all the other teams out there mingling with fans. End the day with double header exhibition. Preferably against another p4 basketball program.

Parlay all that energy and excitement into a big football game the next day.