Absolutely believe Perry’s dad and him saw the writing on the wall and rolled out. Kentucky just doesn’t lose guys they’re trying to keep to Ole Miss. but it’s just another thing the usual suspects will ignore. Nothing matters, Pope is doing great and nothing that happens means anything.
True That.
He made the best decision for him and no one can blame him.
He and his dad think he is a lot better than he actually is and Chris Beard played into that and told them what they wanted to hear. I thought he could potentially contribute here eventually but I see no reason to view him as a big loss and my opinion of him was definitely higher than most UK fans.
Yes. Just like the 2023 and 2021 teams.
The end result of those seasons was disappointing, being upset in the tournament. Sucks but will happen every now and then , 2 times was just too much. This entire year has been disappointing.Yes. Just like the 2023 and 2021 teams.
I agree. High expectations and low performance.
Not an all time low performance. But a great disappointment.
Worst conference finish in program history. Even worse than the 9-16 year.Yes. Just like the 2023 and 2021 teams.
I agree. High expectations and low performance.
Not an all time low performance. But a great disappointment.
Conference quality matters. This is the 2nd strongest SEC of all time. It doesn’t excuse being 9th but everybody in the middle of the conference was logjammed together. Almost the entire conference was within one game of one another.
What about getting beat by 30 or more. More than once.
Worst loss the 9-16 year was 45-65 vs Bama.
Blowouts are more common in CBB now. And that’s probably not changing unfortunately. College basketball has become a lot more optimized due to analytics. Greater offensive efficiency and greater momentum swings.
I would hope we are the hammer. We are supposed to be the best program in the country. Blowouts aren’t supposed to be normal at Kentucky i don’t care how much the game changes.
No. You’re not wrong about that. Even good teams can get blown out time to time now. The fact that it happened so frequently bothers me. And home losses are infuriating. Still no comparison to 2021.
Correct me if I am wrong...UK lost 2 games by 20+ this year. One was to Vandy and the other to Gonzaga.
Yes you must have missed some games my friend.
Where are you getting this? 2021 was 8-9 in conference. Looking back to 2006 we also have another 10-8 plus two 9-7's and an 8-8 so definitely not the worst finish in program history by any means. The SEC competition has improved over those years as well.
You are not wrong. While two 20 point plus loses is not something to be proud of necessarily it is the correct number.
We weren’t supposed to be sub .500 that year in the SEC either. We were a preseason top 10 team and expected to win the SEC in 2021.
More teams now and we were an egregiously bad call away from 4th. There were 6 teams at 10-8 or 11-7. It is a lot more difficult to find the annual standings in the SEC historically but most years are only going to include 10 teams anyway. So while you may have some technical merit by that angle it is a middle of the pack finish in reality. I definitely put more weight on the actual record. I will definitely agree we aren't supposed to be 9th (tied for 7th out of 16) at 10-8 in any event.
The 2014 only had to play one ranked team in the conference — Florida, and lost to them three times. They were a bubble team for much of the year and finished with an 8 seed on a significantly easier schedule. Not even a debate. 2014 regular season was worse. That 2014 team won one regular season game against a ranked opponent. One. The entire season.
When considering schedule it is pretty close.
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This is similar to the story I heard from a longtime D1 assistant coach who just retired. He’s from KY, well-connected, and would have no reason to make stuff up. He said that during the stint where Travis started a couple of games (Butler’s injury) the dad marched into Pope’s office and demanded more NIL…like immediately, not for the upcoming year. Pope basically told him to pound sand. Hence the reason Travis waited til the last day to enter the portal—trying to stick it to Pope as much as possible.
Uh yea, for sure. They’ve been all over the place. I’ve seen “pope just made a sweet 16 and he had injuries this season” which definitely implies he’s doing fine. And I’ve seen it a lot. “Get off mark he’s doing a good job all things considered”. This doozy is said quite a bit. I could go on actually. There’s a lot of them although a minority acting as if he’s juuuuuust fine. What some are really doing though, is quietly attacking around for him but know they can’t say “he’s doing great”. So it’s passively attacking everywhere. It’s pretty constant. Look at the guy I don’t think anyone should be attacking anyone on his behalf but yea.
There is a difference in saying everything is fine and acknowledging legitimate facts that contribute to results not being fine.
You were being kind when you said "subpar defender." Otherwise I agree. Ol Miss is a good fit for him.
I have disagreed with you a lot in recent weeks but I totally agree with you on this. This was a major argument in the Tubby era and I hated it then. I still hate that argument.
Yea these are the guys that I just almost don’t even want to communicate with. Duke doesn’t seem to be bothered at all. Kansas is still holding serve. When UNC with a coach who’s not up to their standard is holding to a point. The idea that we pack it in and just be happy with Mark because we can’t compete to blue blood standards, it’s the worst of the worst to me. Agreed it’s a bad position.
These type of responses are just stupid.
