****Game Thread: Kentucky at Texas A&M****

UKGrad24

All-American
Apr 2, 2024
2,808
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This feels like a toxic relationship. Once you starting believing you're headed in a good direction they hit you with the jk we don't really care about what you want.
This is Pope. I don’t get why people don’t get this. He did the same thing at BYU. 63% winning percentage. He wins a good game then drops crappy games. It’s his MO. It’s never a good as a win seems with pope.

12 years sample size.
 

D1JA

Junior
May 11, 2007
394
219
43
Can't believe Pope teaches to help off shooters if the ball is opposite side, regardless of how hot the shooter is.
 

Big BlueBeard

All-Conference
Dec 23, 2018
2,470
4,239
98
I hope little Bucky knows the refs are not going to let them play this way in the NCAAs. They should have brought their saddles if the refs sere hoing to let them ride us all game.
Stop with the refs ********. They’ve ran us off the court. We’re soft, weak and limited talent wise. Call it like it is and stop using the damn refs as an excuse every time we get run out.
 

NociHTTP

Heisman
Mar 8, 2023
12,158
19,065
113
I never see us that wide open for threes. We leave so many dudes just out there alone. It’s insane.
Particularly Oweh. Dude just standing there watching the ball, when they threw it over his left shoulder to the guy in the corner.
 

Wildcat_in_DC

Senior
Nov 25, 2025
653
888
93
with pope the highs will be high. the lows will be low. at the end of the day....he is a coaching that wins 65% of his games. which is terrible for a blue blood. but we will have to endure 2 more years of it sadly
 
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AJG-15

All-Conference
Apr 8, 2024
1,899
3,247
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Second half , we are playing hero ball… no ball movement.,,, who ever gets first the ball starts one on one and turnovers…..


is Pope watching this game….
 

ala_kat2

Heisman
Jan 4, 2003
11,163
10,508
103
We might as well lay down and let them roll us. Moreno is horrible this game and we can’t guard the three to save our life. Just not smart bb.
 

Son_Of_Saul

Heisman
Dec 7, 2007
45,127
97,968
113
I hope little Bucky knows the refs are not going to let them play this way in the NCAAs. They should have brought their saddles if the refs sere hoing to let them ride us all game.
You can blame the refs for an 8-point swing one way or another, but you can't blame them for this type of garbage. Kentucky wasn't ready tonight, a statement we've heard far too often this year.
 

bbnkat02

Heisman
Nov 14, 2017
47,616
70,835
113
Pope should apologize to EVERY SINGLE PLAYER and FAN tonight. This is 1000000% on HIM.

What moron pulls ALL HIS STARTERS IN A MUST WIN MARCH GAME?!
 

LineSkiCat14

Heisman
Aug 5, 2015
38,815
60,838
113
Woof. We were up by 10 before I had to attend to something else. Unreal. This has to be one of the most mentally weak P5 teams over the last decade in college ball. To let a crappy TA&M team go on a 36-6 run is just unheard of.

Maybe we will fully clean house and have a brand new AD, GM and HC. Wouldnt mind starting from scratch.
 
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kyjeff1

Heisman
Sep 8, 2012
50,470
70,655
113
Aaaaand this is why Pope takes a beating on here. His teams play like this way too often. I don't think the talent level matters, Pope is the common denominator. He just can't do this.

His teams hit a little adversity and they immediately fold. When the head of the program is soft, the team is going to be soft.
 
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MarkPftw

All-American
Nov 19, 2016
5,247
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Pope killed this team tonight. Up 12 and cruising and that ******* idiot started subbing and threw the team all out of wack.
 
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FatCatMan

All-Conference
Feb 19, 2026
1,355
3,222
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I’m a fool. That Vandy game was starting to convince me we might make a Sweet 16 if the cards were played right. But once again I and many of the rest of us were fooled. I’ve been fooled too many times by Pope to think things will change.

All I can say to Pope is this: get lost.
 
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ChiefPaducah

Senior
Nov 18, 2025
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Tonight was coaching malpractice. Terrible lineups while they were on their run. Sitting on timeouts while they were on their run. They got confident and we lost ours and Pope sit and watched it.
 

wccat

All-American
Apr 8, 2009
5,257
7,988
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This is Pope. I don’t get why people don’t get this. He did the same thing at BYU. 63% winning percentage. He wins a good game then drops crappy games. It’s his MO. It’s never a good as a win seems with pope.

12 years sample size.
But but but but but, he played at Kentucky. He can coach at the winningest program (won't be soon). Bye bye Mitch.
 

rick64

Heisman
Jan 25, 2007
24,619
33,769
113
This is one of the reasons why this team has no shot to make a tourney run. Scoring droughts like this get you sent home. 10 points in 12 minutes of game time.
 
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