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    Bennett Stirtz from Iowa has played all but 18 minutes total the past SEVEN games?

    Did I hear the crew correctly that Bennett Stirtz has only sat for a total of 18 minutes in the last 7 (obviously very important) games? I was led to believe that 18-23 year olds would spontaneously combust on the court if they played too many minutes according to the analytics? More...
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    @BradyJames

    This is incredible. Someone from an athletic department actually calling to reprimand a donor for … posting on a message board is way on up the “only Mitch Barnhart would think this is a good look” list. I desperately wish some hard-hitting journalist would do a true expose’ about the various...
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    POPE: "I spent a lot of time feeling like I'd like to curl up in bed and kill myself."

    I’m to the point that every time he gets behind the mic, I just desperately wish someone would show him that scene in The Office where Kevin drops some knowledge that would serve him so much better than the word diarrhea approach he currently employs. Less can be more, especially when the train...
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    POPE: "I spent a lot of time feeling like I'd like to curl up in bed and kill myself."

    The full quote is more akin to his typical overly philosophical Confucius persona. I’d like to see more pointed and analytical quotes about the team, methods they’re working toward to fix this mess, etc than the empty and long-winded platitudes that he likes to share. It is indeed sad in some...
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    Are we an NCAA tournament team?

    If the actual answer in March is “no”, we need to cut ties and move on. That may sound extreme in year two, but if the biggest NIL expenditure in the country can’t even clear the pitifully low threshold of simply making the tournament, Pope —> door.
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    Make some Adjustments

    Unfortunately, the biggest adjustment this program needs is to change the guy pacing the sideline. I have no earthly idea what this year’s “offense” is supposed to be, especially coming from an alleged analytical guru. Weak defensively. $22 million spent about as foolishly as it possibly could...
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    Makes me sick to my stomach…

    I’ve had a change of heart on him. Actively wanted him to lose every game last year, but pretty indifferent this year really. He hasn’t needled at Kentucky in the media or anything near like I had expected. The state of our program and the strange insistence by Pope that issues like Barnhart...
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    Not one Signed for Early Signing Period for 2026 (JMI/Pope Issue)

    After reading the article… we are so totally beyond screwed. We won’t get anyone of real worth in the 2026 high school class and will have to overpay yet again for the leftovers of the portal class. I really can’t decide who looks worse here, Barnhart or Pope. The various sources managed to...
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    What happened

    Pope’s weird phrasing about “flipping the switch too soon” pregame against Louisville, whatever the heck that even means, is the moment I began to feel he has no clue what he’s actually doing in a role this big. He was bailed out last season by a veteran group that had tremendous pride and...
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    We’re Famous

    My understanding of that situation: Barnhart was effectively told to sit that one out and do what he’s told on hiring Calipari after bungling the previous hire. He was no Calipari fan and likely wouldn’t have approached it otherwise.
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    We’re Famous

    I will forever be convinced he got this job based solely on winning that tournament game against Louisville in Rupp at just the right time. If only the committee sent that team somewhere random instead.
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    We’re Famous

    We couldn’t hire Bruce Pearl because… *checks notes*… ah, yes: the NCAA didn’t like that he hosted a BBQ without their highest blessing. We are hamstrung by an administration that seemingly forgets college sports has become the Wild West and sometimes you just need to find the best ‘cowboy’ for...
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    Where would you rank our program nationally since 2000?

    This question has been gnawing at me as much as anything else this season. Over the past quarter century, an entire generation, we are one Anthony Davis away from irrelevance on the national stage. As a fanbase, we’ve always fallen back on “most wins”, “8 titles”, etc. Those things matter, but...
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    What you are seeing is NIL basketball!

    NIL is a problem, but it’s not the problem. Other programs manage to find guys that still play with pride, both personal and team pride. They’re all dealing with NIL too. We just (over)paid for a squad full of duds.
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    Players only meeting

    They could all get together to enjoy counting their money and laughing. They certainly wouldn’t be meeting to sort out this team’s troubles because we don’t have a single ‘dawg’ on this roster, no enforcer to hold fellow teammates accountable. They very much match our coach, Mr. Rogers.
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