***SEC Tournament Day 3 - Cats vs Gators***

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Just start jacking threes. Can’t score inside anyway. Certainly can’t rebound. Just need a few 3’s right now to stay in it
 

UKBB4Ever

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Have you seen our team play this year!? Tournament cost a lot of money, dont blame anyone for not going
This is my first time not being there. And I won’t spend another dime on tickets, hotels or travel to watch a Pope coached team live.

But it very expensive. We always stay downtown. Get lower level seats. It’s about a $4K trip.
 

Jp1542

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I don’t know if it’s been touched on, but that’s one of the worst showings in Nashville I’ve ever seen for UK. It’s usually packed down the streets UK even when they can’t get inside.
Attending the SEC Tournament is an expensive proposition and fans aren’t willing to spend their hard earned money for what as UK goes, a substandard UK team.
 
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UKGrad24

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Cal always got blamed for his players errors. Why does Pope get a pass?

The Popettes and Popes Dopes crowd are nauseating. Be consistent. Some of the same posters that blamed everything on cal now blame it all on the players.
Yea I mean I’m consistent. Every coach in history could have saved his job by simply saying I can’t hit shots for them lol. wtf is that sht? No coaches get fired they couldn’t play the game for them?

It’s all on the coaches unless for a few games where the players just didn’t come out. Even that ends up on the coach he recruited them.
 

HowardDaDuckDoe

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It's insane. They outrebound us whether or not they have better position or we do.

The difference? The fire. They want that ball more, far more. And it shows, because they get it.
I’ve seen quite a few fla misses where we have position and are boxing out and the miss is like a crazy long rebound that goes completely behind our players
 
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Runt#1969

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I'm no longer going to berate or disparage the coach, coaches, assistants, nor players for what we are witnessing as members of BBN.

Mitch, this has been on you for far too long.

Every time I am going to Bitc$ and MOAN about the state of Kentucky basketball today, is that it somehow manages to even get us to an NCAA tournament

IN SPITE

of the President, and A.D. at the top.

BBN = the grassroots of Kentucky basketball

There is a cancer at the top.

Fire Barnhat immediately at the end of this season and don't DARE briNG IN A STOOGE OR OTHER DISCIPLE, OR YOU CAN GO TOO, doctor ELI.

I sure as hell hope you hear it on your little "listening tour"
 

UKGrad24

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Anybody with brain already knew that, per titles.
Yea but you can’t go by that. Kentucky matches final fours (might have more?) we were in 2 title games and we beat the **** out of Florida in that span. Hell I think we’re 11-2 in Gainesville the last 13. Go back 30 years and look. 50 years and look. 70 years and look. The cherry picking is stupid.

We made a bad hire and Florida got lucky. They are hit and miss and mostly miss. They aren’t the standard in the conference. Once golden leaves just like Donovan they go back down. Kentucky is choosing to not be elite right now, it’s a choice here. Get the guy out.
 

deputy assistant

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I think Golden dislikes Pope.
He hates the opposition.
He goes for the jugular.
Agree on the second two, but I don't think he dislikes Pope that much. On game day, he probably dislikes whoever is on the other side during the matchup. The only coach I think he really dislikes all the time is Dan Hurley. There seems to be a rivalry growing between these two guys.
 
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Jp1542

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Oh look! Dougie getting his face on TV again. He has to call some T’s before the game is over.
 

UKBB4Ever

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Agree on the second two, but I don't think he dislikes Pope that much. On game day, he probably dislikes whoever is on the other side during the matchup. The only coach I think he really dislikes all the time is Dan Hurley. There seems to be a rivalry growing between these two guys.
I’m sure he’s like every other coach in the SEC and loves Pope being at UK.
 
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A full commercial break for a "review", the game clock is at 12:06 so the next stop in play will also be a full commercial break. That's espn for you.
 

SamePooter

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This is my first time not being there. And I won’t spend another dime on tickets, hotels or travel to watch a Pope coached team live.

But it very expensive. We always stay downtown. Get lower level seats. It’s about a $4K trip.
Smart man