GYERO ARCHIVE

[TheySoSensitive]

I would love for it to be joy but it's relief more than anything. Either way I'll take it.

At this point we just need to realize we aren't going to blow anyone away so just use it as a positive and when were in the tourney and it's a close game it'll be a spot we've been in literally 10+ times.

 

[MaxPowerrr]

I like our team.

I also like the dry rub wings at KSR. Good work, Mags- who I assume cooks everything.

 

[gattongrad09]

That weekend in Memphis sticks with me Im not saying hagans, maxey/quick, Richards equal Bam, monk, fox but in this years field its what we got.

 

[Teriecat]

Gatton, not really celebrating it.

That can't be true, we did that in 2015.

Oh well, that’s what he said. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Just thought it was interesting, sorry for the misinformation.

 

[PTI Anon1640710541]

I’ll tell you who has great club head speed tonight — John F’ing Calipari, that’s who.

 

[rudd1]

-1st half was *frustrating*. That said, i have seen better teams fold at memorial gym. That was a 30pt turnaround against a div 1 team. I'll take it and be happy.

-IQ is coldblooded. Love that kid.

-ashton with a nice "recovery" game.

-maxey a star.

-nick is nick.

-ej did the little things.

-nate and keon are on the team.

-expected a noshow from jj.

-again...that was a good win.

 

[tommyg4uk]

I would love for it to be joy but it's relief more than anything. Either way I'll take it.

At this point we just need to realize we aren't going to blow anyone away so just use it as a positive and when were in the tourney and it's a close game it'll be a spot we've been in literally 10+ times.

:scream:

 

[UKwizard]

We didn't play @Vandy in 2015. Fyi

 

[UpstateNYCat]

That can't be true, we did that in 2015.

Only played Vandy once that season and it was in Lexington.

http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/Statistics/2014-15.html

 

[TCPUKChamps]

The fact is, that Evansville loss is the biggest guillotine that any team has in the country. No one else has a Q4 loss. There's no margin for error from here on out.

That loss was worth a seed and a half. Truly catastrophic.

 

[wcc31]

The fact is, that Evansville loss is the biggest guillotine that any team has in the country. No one else has a Q4 loss. There's no margin for error from here on out.

That loss was worth a seed and a half. Truly catastrophic.

Wait- that was a bad one?

 

[BristolCat_rivals158386]

That's weird, I thought we played every SEC East team twice every season. My fault.

 

[PTI Anon1640710541]

I don’t do this often, but let’s just say I’m pulling for Evansville to win out this season. Every little W helps our resume, JIMHO.

 

[UKStoleMyFish]

Think there’s a chance that Calipari takes a look at how we played in the 2nd half and from here on out decides to start pushing the tempo?

(Rhetorical question, btw.)

 

[rudd1]

-i would gone with "anchor", "ball and chain"...perhaps "albatross" if i were trying to appeal to a more erudite audience. Guillotine makes no ******* sense, imo.

 

[august-west]

I like our team.

I also like the dry rub wings at KSR. Good work, Mags- who I assume cooks everything.

He can't hang a picture, he sure as hell ain't cooking wings correctly.

 

[btodd0224 n/a?]

So the Duke loss to SFA was a quad 1???

 

[OnUK]

Quickley has the D Lamb blood in him. Love it. Just cant finish a fastbreak.

Clear the team has to RUN and play an attacking style to be its best. Cal will not allow it when it comes down to it. What you saw in the 2nd half tonight, at arkansas post-ejection, and before stall ball vs TT will not be how he lets them play. Roster makeup be damned.

 

[gattongrad09]

Two 10-13 teams battling it out on the ACC network. One is UNC. Enjoy.

 

[TCPUKChamps]

Do the Duke loss to SFA was a quad 1???

81st in NET. Quadrant 3 loss because I believe it was at home?

And yes, I know it's a bad loss. But it's arguably the worst loss in program history. And makes the margin of error here smaller then ever.

 

[BleedBlueCats21]

Think there’s a chance that Calipari takes a look at how we played in the 2nd half and from here on out decides to start pushing the tempo?

(Rhetorical question, btw.)

FWIW (not much?) Cal told Leach in the postgame that "maybe it's time we just start driving downhill at people like they do us." Sounds good to me, Coach!

 

[OnUK]

You can tell by the way he said it that there is a 0% chance he will do it.

 

[Wrong]

Cal trolling?

 

[VernHatton52]

Seeding doesn't mean **** this year. Everyone is mediocre. We can be an 8 seed and win this thing. Let's just keep improving. If we lose a few on the way then F it. Just be clicking come March. This team has more of an '11 feel as opposed to an '18 feel, imo. I think we're going to do some damage.

 

[WayneDougan_rivals170043]

That loss was worth a seed and a half. Truly catastrophic.

Can’t tell if you’re serious, but if you are who are you scared of in the top 15?

 

[anthonys735]

For a team that plays to its competition seeding is pretty damn important.

 

[VernHatton52]

What is a better seed going to get us this year? I just watched the #1 team in the country last night. They mine as well be the 50th team in the country. No one stands out so who are we trying to avoid? Every game we play in March will be tough. The number next to our name won't determine **** this year.

 

[VernHatton52]

I sure hope we don't fall to an 8 or 9 seed so we won't have to play Baylor or SDSU in the second round. Oh, what would we do against such juggernauts?

 

[UK_Dallas]

I'd rather not have to play a #5 seed like Michigan State or Ohio State in the 2nd round. IMO.

 

[VernHatton52]

We're more likely to play Ohio State in the second round as a 2 or 3 seed than as a 4 seed. Hell Chief, Ohio St might not even make it.

 

[krazykats]

^Is there a reason why? Honestly?

The only 2 teams I can think of I’d rather not see until the E8 is Louisville(obvious?) and Dayton.

I just don’t want an early rematch with UL for any reason, especially when they’d have revenge factor.

Dayton worries me because of the style I am worried about Cal not wanting to play and making our guys too uptight.

 

[WayneDougan_rivals170043]

For a team that plays to its competition seeding is pretty damn important.

Huh? If you play to your competition seeding is not an issue at all. If you got your *** kicked by top seeds and beat lower seeds, then it would matter, no?

 

[btodd0224 n/a?]

Unless I’m mistaken every team that would normally be someone you might look to avoid has a WTF loss. Yeah, San Diego St. hasn’t lost but playing teams in their conference isn’t going to get them tested and ready for the NCAA.

 

[VernHatton52]

I would love to meet UL again. We're the last team they want to see. You better believe that. Their fans dread such a scenario. We own them.

 

[roguemocha]

We do own them, but for me it’s still the scariest matchup just because of the risk involved. I’ll be dying all game like always if we play them.

 

[WayneDougan_rivals170043]

You pussies scared of UofL... [eyeroll]

 

[Hank Camacho]

I'm still highly skeptical of this squad but that half was awesome and if you look at our record, it isn't nearly as terrible as it feels. Those Evansville and Utah losses are just huge albatrosses. (We should never go to Las Vegas again. Ever.)

I'm glad to see Cal cut the rotation way down. We don't have very many good players, so he has to maximize what little he does have.

Maybe by this point in the year everyone's conditioning is where it needs to be and we can run a 6.5 man rotation. Let Juzang be the main backup and then pick your poison between Sestina and Brooks based on the opponent. Neither is any good but we need one more big body.

Maybe there is some method to the madness. It is February and we aren't any shittier than any other team in this garbage *** year of college basketball. Maybe we've got a Lloyd Christmas chance at some bloomer pudding after all!

 

[wcc31]

Montgomery finding his role and footing. Really impressed with him of late.

 

[Phil McKracken]

It really was like playing a home game last night....if you play home games in a concrete barn that used to be a prison for the criminally insane.
That place is a total ******** and an embarrassment to the game of basketball. All of us (BBN) that attended should have a nice class-action claim for asbestos exposure in the near future.

 

[TheShowKiller]

Cal has finally settled into a rotation, which is nice. I know you have to tinker early in the year to some extent but subbing as if you are drawing names out of a hat at random probably cost us some of those early season ugly losses.

How weird would it be for this team to grab a title? Nick Richards hangs a banner when John Wall, Cousins, KAT, Fox, Bam, etc couldn’t. Would be ironic, don’t you think?