* OFFICIAL JMU vs #23 Kentucky Game Thead *

RunninRichie · 2026-11-06T18:57:35-0600

Beatle Bum is the same guy who couldn’t get enough of Mark Stoops. On the Lair this guy was doign the same thing. And was beating the drums that Stoops was the best it was gonna get, so just shut up and cheer. Anybody who posted there can vouch.

RedwoodHigh · 2026-11-06T18:57:36-0600

Farsight Clone said:
The 5 best and the ones who should play most and start are:

M. Williams
Wilkins
Hawthorne
Milan
Moreno

Zoom/McBride/N'Daiye first subs in depending.

Hawthorne is going to be a star,

HolySmokes · 2026-11-06T18:57:49-0600

*Fox2Monk* said:
Wait until we play a superior talented team like Kansas or god forbid a Duke type team. I’m dreading Florida. I feel like they will toy with us yet again.

Kansas will make us look bad. Arkansas will make UK look worse than anybody this season. We don't have athletes period. You cant run UK like its BYU. BYU actually has a better brand at the moment.

ScWildcat3 · 2026-11-06T18:58:02-0600

ala_kat2 said:
Hey, a basketball post! Thank you!

Yea go zone on a 5 out team with the center underneath. Let me know how guarding 5 on 4 works out for you.

HolySmokes · 2026-11-06T18:58:36-0600

CW said:
Hawthorne can provide good minutes on defense and has decent touch around the rim/in the paint, but man he’s gotta stop shooting 3’s. 0-7 on the year so far and I don’t think the exhibitions were any better.

He needs to focus on what he’s good at and make his 3 point shot an off season project. Too many players these days try to will themselves into being a good shooter when they just aren’t.

Will be a first round draft pick in a couple years.

Edit. Dont be laughing jessie lol wait till he grows into that frame he is going to be a problem.

peterpiper09 · 2026-11-06T18:59:05-0600

RunninRichie said:
I don’t do that, you’d know that if you weren’t johnny come

like a fart in the wind, you’ll be gone

RunninRichie · 2026-11-06T18:59:40-0600

peterpiper09 said:
like a fart in the wind, you’ll be gone

Just like Pope will be after this season.

Catastic5 · 2026-11-06T18:59:41-0600

RoyKent said:
This team and coach suck. Can’t wait for another awesome 6th place SEC finish

6th might be generous.

Beatle Bum · 2026-11-06T19:00:03-0600

Johnny_Jeepers said:
Suck it, fan police.

I hope this season goes to hell with a quickness so we can end this f'n joke already.

^^ not a UK fan.

HolySmokes · 2026-11-06T19:00:13-0600

*Fox2Monk* said:
No we could easily correct it and have the ability to challenge with length, the problem is we are not coached to properly play defense at all.

Popes got length to him. His coaching is missing that gerth.

Farsight Clone · 2026-11-06T19:00:29-0600

RedwoodHigh said:
Hawthorne is going to be a star,

I think he has massive potential yes. But will be under Pope is the question.

HenryMuto · 2026-11-06T19:00:45-0600

Favored by 25 and tied at 39 ? WTF ?

BigRedMachineBigBlueNation · 2026-11-06T19:00:47-0600

Can’t watch the game… what’s going on here?

peterpiper09 · 2026-11-06T19:00:53-0600

RunninRichie said:
Just like Pope will be after this season

Keep hoping
It’s a great thing

HolySmokes · 2026-11-06T19:01:11-0600

OldScratchBlues said:
Year 3 of Pope experiment and it's a doozy already. Ooooof
And Moreno has to be the softest big in basketball. Not to mention he can't jump over a flat nickel.

Been saying this. But being a Kentucky boy makes people think hes off limits to critique.

Catastic5 · 2026-11-06T19:01:12-0600

MidseasonTweak said:
Luckily KU won't shoot like this

That’s the fascinating part, JMU isn’t exactly shooting all that great. They’re basically just shooting 3s and hoping they hit.

KyCPA2000 · 2026-11-06T19:01:17-0600

JimboBBN said:
One thousand percent. Football is going places. Basketball won’t be until late March or early April.

I don't know, UK fans might need a lot of help from Jack Daniels this weekend. I hope not, but not looking great right now.

Hughhefner · 2026-11-06T19:01:22-0600

23-1/2 point favorite, what a joke

BigRedMachineBigBlueNation · 2026-11-06T19:01:29-0600

Cause this looks ugggly

UKCowboys · 2026-11-06T19:01:48-0600

RedwoodHigh said:
Hawthorne is going to be a star,

I can get behind this, though Kam could have something to say about it soon

*Fox2Monk* · 2026-11-06T19:01:49-0600

UKBB4Ever said:
We will win this game going away. But it just shouldn’t be like this.

You schedule these cupcakes for a reason.

You have more faith than I do at this point. I have seen nothing so far in this game to think we will pull away. They shoot to well for us to continue letting them get those looks and we aren’t running offense. If that doesn’t change it will be close all game.

peterpiper09 · 2026-11-06T19:01:50-0600

Time to watch the cats pull away

JimboBBN · 2026-11-06T19:01:59-0600

BigRedMachineBigBlueNation said:
Can’t watch the game… what’s going on here?

Same thing that happens with every Pope team. Chucking 3s on offense and giving them widen open looks on defense.

Lameguy · 2026-11-06T19:02:00-0600

RunninRichie said:
Gotta love the mouth breathers calling guys with years of history and thousands of posts here, “trolls” and “Dukies”.

“mouth breathers” I know an old UL fan that uses that term on a regular basis. That UL fan had been patrolling this board for years. Usually using clever screen names

ala_kat2 · 2026-11-06T19:02:06-0600

ScWildcat3 said:
Yea go zone on a 5 out team with the center underneath. Let me know how guarding 5 on 4 works out for you.

Zone might actually look better if the guys knew how to play one but they probably do not.

RunninRichie · 2026-11-06T19:02:08-0600

JMU is the better team

Beatle Bum · 2026-11-06T19:02:09-0600

RunninRichie said:
Beatle Bum is the same guy who couldn’t get enough of Mark Stoops. On the Lair this guy was doign the same thing. And was beating the drums that Stoops was the best it was gonna get, so just shut up and cheer. Anybody who posted there can vouch.

Thanks for admitting you are a liar, Runnie. Bash Mason and then pretend others puffed him up to the best guard in the class. You get caught in your lies all of the time. It’s who you are.

cornbreadnmilk · 2026-11-06T19:02:11-0600

I think UK ends up winning easily but this team has so many issues...

mash_24 · 2026-11-06T19:02:20-0600

It’s incredibly hard to defend a team playing 5 out and cranking up 3’s. But I’ll simply say. Pope has to be better. This year is do or die for him. Frankly I don’t think he has it in him.

*Fox2Monk* · 2026-11-06T19:02:33-0600

Zoom can get that all night. That’s where he lives. Keep it up Zoom.

RunninRichie · 2026-11-06T19:02:39-0600

Lameguy said:
“ mouth breathers” I know an old UL fan that uses that term on a regular basis

Ignored, just not even worth engaging

megablue · 2026-11-06T19:02:40-0600

I think Pope needs to decide whether the height we have, pretty much across the entire roster, requires us to play zone against most teams. What seems glaring to me is that we seem to fatigue ourselves attempting to chase quicker teams, all while being ineffective on defense. Why not mix in zone ... ???

MaysviileKY · 2026-11-06T19:02:52-0600

RunninRichie said:
Momcilovic just getting owned physically.

My exact concern in SEC play.

JimboBBN · 2026-11-06T19:03:00-0600

KyCPA2000 said:
I don't know, UK fans might need a lot of help from Jack Daniels this weekend. I hope not, but not looking great right now.

Jack and myself don’t get along much these days. It’ll be some good ol KY bourbon for this gentleman tomorrow.

Seth_C · 2026-11-06T19:03:21-0600

HolySmokes said:
When Saban retired did Bama football fans say hey we don't want to have the absolute best players we can get. The strongest roster in the nation top to bottom. New coach still has the same expectations.

Kentucky basketball should have the top players in the country every year. Sorry im not a fan of the eye test not separating UK and whoever tf this team is we're playing.

But im sure we end up winning by 20 and people ignore things a little bit longer. Big are getting bullied and dunked on.

Hawthorne will be in the NBA one day.

I’m pushing 50. In my lifetime we got the best players for most of Calipari and Pitino. That’s it. Our current recruiting is not significantly worse than our average.

BlueBloodKyFan72 · 2026-11-06T19:03:33-0600

Need to feed the post and guard the 3

bbnkat02 · 2026-11-06T19:03:34-0600

@#$(*#@&$@#

Kingslayer07 · 2026-11-06T19:03:49-0600

TX Wildcat said:
Yes, but it should not be the same curve (if you know what i mean).

Oh yes. Agreed. They guys have been practicing since THIS SUMMER. No excuse.

kingdom come cat · 2026-11-06T19:03:53-0600

JM is getting open looks because their actual looking to set up there teammates and we are not, but thats coaching something we have been lacking in for awhile. Maybe Pope might mention this at halftime

Johnny_Jeepers · 2026-11-06T19:04:02-0600

Beatle Bum said:
^^ not a UK fan.

This guy blows dead dogs.

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