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Damage_inc

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Lol, didn't we beat the eventual NC last year as well another F4 team?

Beating teams in the regular season means squat in the post season.
If you don’t beat teams in the regular season then there is no tournament.

also by your logic Kentucky is just as likely to make the FF as anyone. So let go!!!!
 
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Anony Moose

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If you don’t beat teams in the regular season then there is no tournament.

also by your logic Kentucky is just as likely to make the FF as anyone. So let go!!!!
Not true. We are guaranteed a conference tournament that guarantees the winner a seed. You can lose every damn regular season game, win the tournament and still go. And we don’t hang banners or get trophies for simply making the tournament.

You not understand how odds and statistics work?
 

FurdTurgason

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It really is surprising how quick some of you are to dismiss Cal and Rick's chances. Last year Arkansas was dead and buried. Different team in March. St. John's might have made the Final Four if they hadn't run into Arkansas.

These are two Hall of Fame coaches who gave us two of the three best seven year runs in program history. They didn't forget how to coach, and they have the pieces.
 

Monday Nitro

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It really is surprising how quick some of you are to dismiss Cal and Rick's chances. Last year Arkansas was dead and buried. Different team in March. St. John's might have made the Final Four if they hadn't run into Arkansas.

These are two Hall of Fame coaches who gave us two of the three best seven year runs in program history. They didn't forget how to coach, and they have the pieces.
What's sad is how ugly the Pope comments will get if one or both get to the final four. smh
 
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It really is surprising how quick some of you are to dismiss Cal and Rick's chances. Last year Arkansas was dead and buried. Different team in March. St. John's might have made the Final Four if they hadn't run into Arkansas.

These are two Hall of Fame coaches who gave us two of the three best seven year runs in program history. They didn't forget how to coach, and they have the pieces.
St johns was overrated last season.

And Arkansas got a bit of fortunate to be drawn with a not so great KU team.
 

FatCatMan

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Choke job? Lol

how many final fours did he take us to?
How many has he taken even other teams ?

**** if pope has half that resume at UK we’ll be fine.
Choke lol
I know it’s popular to hate Cal, but he went to the Sweet 16 last year, just like Pope while playing tougher teams. We got an incredible draw to the Sweet 16 last year, one of the easiest in recent memories while Cal had to play Self and Pitino.

And before choking the Sweet 16 game away, Arkansas was blowing out Texas Tech. He had every opportunity to get to the Elite 8 while Pope was destroyed by a team we already beat twice.

Some people genuinely seem they’re willing to drive the program into the ground because of their hate for Cal. They see Pope as the polar opposite and that he’s somehow the savior while dragging us even deeper into mediocrity than Cal did his last few years.
 

MichaelGray

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Cal and Rick both lost to this UK team. Color me not scared of either making the FF.
Cal ain't winning another title, he cant out talent everyone now & we all know he sucks green donkey balls with X's & O's. When it comes crunch time in the big games, smart coaches will actually draw stuff up to beat his teams, he's a sucker for the middle ball screen, doesn't know how to defend that, Pearl burnt him over & over with it many times, he even said so at halftime several years ago, "they can't stop the middle ball screen so we kept running it". Coaches know that Cal doesn't make adjustments so when they stop his prehistoric offense, he has no answers & his team loses.
 
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Damage_inc

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Not true. We are guaranteed a conference tournament that guarantees the winner a seed. You can lose every damn regular season game, win the tournament and still go. And we don’t hang banners or get trophies for simply making the tournament.

You not understand how odds and statistics work?
You’re weird.
 

UKFootball78

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Cal and Rick have a great chance to make the Final Four. Imagine a Final Four with Cal, Rick, Duke and Kansas.
If you legit believe those are final four teams then I question you ability to judge what I final four team looks like...there are many teams way better than those 2. I may end up eating crow on this one but I'll take that chance and say neither will make the final 4....doubtful they make it past the sweet 16