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    I'll eat all the crow

    Virginia won a championship with that exact scenario.
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    *****Game Chat: UK versus St. Johns*****

    Can’t wait to see more JQ!
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    What worries you the most?

    I think lack of effort gets called out a lot (even our former UK greats publicly criticized the team’s heart after the Gonzaga loss and our fans booed them), but the bigger signals from this season suggest deeper issues than just hustle. 1) Preparation and execution are structural issues, not...
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    Kentucky has as many or more Quad 1 wins as/than …

    Here is what it looks like so far for us this year.
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    3 for 15 3pt shooting

    Our three-point shooting this season isn’t really a bad shooter problem. There are enough capable shooters on the roster that the percentages should be better than they sometimes look. The issue is more about how those shots are being created than who is taking them. A lot of our threes come in...
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    Just a huge sigh of relief..

    Indiana is actually pretty solid defensively, and the numbers back that up. They’re holding teams to about 0.95 points per possession, which puts them around the top 25 nationally, and opponents are shooting under 47 percent inside the arc. The issue is the offense, which is inconsistent...
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    I think we saw our identity tonight

    Last night said more about who we are becoming than the final score. When we played with pace but stayed organized, the game flowed our way. Our best stretches came when the ball moved early, the floor stayed spaced, and we attacked gaps instead of settling. When we slowed into half-court...
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    Can someone with knowledge of NIL

    When Mitch says we will “do things by the book” and “follow the rules,” he isn’t pretending NIL has strict guardrails right now. What he’s really saying is that UK won’t play in the legal gray areas that other schools are using to land players. NIL rules are really messy, constantly shifting...
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    Will one of these 12 win the NCAA hardware again?

    Michigan looks very strong.
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    Stop Blaming the Players

    Putting everything on Pope misses the real problem. Our issues aren’t about laziness or lack of effort as much as they’re about roster limits and identity. You can’t fix size, strength, or a missing post threat by just benching guys. The team hasn’t “regressed” because fundamentals aren’t being...
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    Grade the team's improvement from tonights game.

    In my opinion, the single best overall lineup for us right now is: Jaland Lowe Denzel Aberdeen Otega Oweh Mouhamed Dioubate Brandon Garrison Lowe is the only true tempo-setter who consistently creates quality shots instead of forcing drives. Aberdeen spaces the floor, makes smart reads, and...
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    Grade the team's improvement from tonights game.

    Solid B-plus. They finally looked like a team playing with purpose. The ball movement was sharp, they attacked the rim instead of settling, and the shooting efficiency reflected real discipline rather than just streakiness. Oweh set the tone on both ends, and players like JJ brought the kind...
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    Florida vs UConn

    UConn can still be beaten this season, but it takes a very specific approach: you have to speed them up, keep a body on the glass, and stretch their defense so they can’t camp in structured half-court sets. Their strength lives in discipline and defense, not frantic pace. The way to beat them is...
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    Does Pope get fired if they finish last in the SEC?

    We can talk in hypothetical scenarios all day long. Let's see how things play out and reassess in February. I think regardless, he gets a 3rd year.
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    ***** GAME CHAT: UK vs NC CENTRAL *****

    We are starting to roll now. Things are looking up.
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