**KENTUCKY vs UT GAME THREAD**

tls

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Nov 7, 2007
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Playing for a #1 seed you would think we would be at least a #2 seed but I wonder if we even stay ahead of Tennessee if they win tomorrow.

Tennessee and Kentucky both 7 losses They have 10 Quad 1 wins to our 9 and both have 5 quad 2 wins.

Only trump card we have is pretty big a win at Kansas but does that beat 2 out of 3 H2H ?

We all thought a lock for a #2 but who knows.

I still think we get a #2 but are we really over Tennessee now ?

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

FAWK
Don’t think so. But expect A&M to beat the crap out of the Vols tomorrow. Aggies match up very well with UT
 

The Snoke

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Jeff-- it isn't that simple . Its a Cal issue , where we do all sorts of things that play into the opponents hands .. Just having Wheeler out there can handcuff an offered against GOOD teams . The later we get in the year the slower the games are played .. its the exact weakness of this roster .. We must run to be efficient . And Cal , for all his screaming , loves .. LIVES FOR , a good ole fashion 63-62 rock fight. Its his mode the longer he stays around and as the season ages .. slow .. slow ,... slow . But we are not shooting well because the wrong people at the wrong times are taking the wrong shots . Pound it in to Oscar .. when the opposing team has a larger player on him .. just wont cut it in the long term . I know Grady got a few shots up .. but were they actually good looks . I dont think so . Why is Brooks and Wheeler taking threes ? Because other teams want them too.
Spot on!!!
 

GoNoles111

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Your idol sucks. You are one of a few that can’t see it. Family member?


He's not great, I don't think he's even good, but he's far from the reason we lost today. Where's everyone's savior Toppin? Oh yeah brick brick brick brick brick foul turnover brick. But no one says **** lmao.
 

bbnkat02

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You do not speak for fans of this team. I hope you have the same requirements for self perfection.
I do set high standards for myself thanks. WHAT PART OF TODAY WAS ACCEPTABLE TO YOU AS A FAN?

This isn’t December where moral victories are ok. THIS IS MARCH.
 
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The Snoke

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I do set high standards for myself thanks. WHAT PART OF TODAY WAS ACCEPTABLE TO YOU AS A FAN?

This isn’t December where moral victories are ok. THIS IS MARCH.
Once again, you made sure of my many thoughts, you aren’t very smart. Are you? You have a special talent of proving that to all of us. Just pressed ignore on you duma$$. I can only imagine your high standards. 🤣
 

bbnkat02

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Once again, you made sure of my many thoughts, you aren’t very smart. Are you? You have a special talent of proving that to all of us. Just pressed ignore on you duma$$. I can only imagine your high standards. 🤣
Take your 475 post count and eff off.
 

phyrekat

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True. I think it’s a little bit of both. Cal encourages these guys to shoot open shots. That is okay for some guys and not so much for others.

These guys (especially Keion) should have the awareness to recognize who should he taking the shots in crunch time when you’re trying to claw back.
It's like in Hoosiers - " Son, there's a reason you're open"
 

55wildcat

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Id rather lost to Vandy as Tennessee. Not that it makes it easier on us.
 
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phyrekat

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Once again, you made sure of my many thoughts, you aren’t very smart. Are you? You have a special talent of proving that to all of us. Just pressed ignore on you duma$$. I can only imagine your high standards. 🤣
I always get a kick out of people who feel the need to announce that they are ignoring someone. Feel free to click me next, but don't feel obligated to announce it. I. Don't. Care.
 

Anon1651377282

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I do set high standards for myself thanks. WHAT PART OF TODAY WAS ACCEPTABLE TO YOU AS A FAN?

This isn’t December where moral victories are ok. THIS IS MARCH
I have high expectations but you seem to only accept perfection. I find it most troubling that a “fan” would tell a team they support to walk back to Lexington.
 

bbnkat02

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I have high expectations but you seem to only accept perfection. I find it most troubling that a “fan” would tell a team they support to walk back to Lexington.
We didn’t deserve to win today. I’m pissed dude. Hell Cal just said it. Two players just quit trying today. Again what part of that is ok? None of it is the correct answer. If they don’t want to play they can walk home and ride pine.

I find it concerning a fan also only has 300 posts here in 14 years.
 

kybassfan

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Three point shooting is a part of the game, so if you want to win, you have to hit them. Those shots were wide open, they shpuld have hot them, they didn't.
But it’s odd how you pinpoint 3 point shooting, they sucked at shooting from 2 point range too. Should they stop shooting two's too?
Its the degree of suckage. We major sucked from 3. We shot 34.4% over all. So just accepting that as our 2 pt shooting percentage, you are losing ground on 3 points at anything less than 22 % from 3. And we lost major ground. If we had taken those 20 shots from 2 pt range and hit just 33% of them, that's 6 buckets which translates to 12 points. Take away the 6 points with got off the wasted 3 pt attempts and that puts us within 1.

Of course, that changes the end of game strategy completely, eliminates the desperation fouls and we might have a completely different outcome.

Jacking threes is a massively piss poor strategy. You become Alabama when you do that. If they are not falling you lose. Oh, wait, we lost because we jacked threes. Imagine that.
 

Lazlo7

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He's not great, I don't think he's even good, but he's far from the reason we lost today. Where's everyone's savior Toppin? Oh yeah brick brick brick brick brick foul turnover brick. But no one says **** lmao.
He did break his nose yesterday - As much as I pull for Toppin, Brooks had a good game still too many stupid mistakes but he had a good game
 

notFromhere

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Sep 7, 2016
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Cal's trademark so far is seizing up when under pressure. He doesn't handle it well. It passes down the line to his team, then they freeze up, because they're trying not to make mistakes. They play better when they're just playing to have fun and play unselfish.

I don't know if he can coach differently in these situations, though. He reverted back to the old Cal today. Disappointed for the players, but at least it wasn't the big tournament.
 

Atrain7732

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I think it’s more of the team was out hustled and outworked and out coached cause cal made zero adjustments
I didn’t say anything about it being the sole reason UK lost. It’s a pattern with that asshat to make ******** calls esp at the end of games.

UK can play like **** and get out hustled and out coaches and Shows can still screw UK. Those things aren’t mutually exclusive.
 
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kyjeff1

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Its the degree of suckage. We major sucked from 3. We shot 34.4% over all. So just accepting that as our 2 pt shooting percentage, you are losing ground on 3 points at anything less than 22 % from 3. And we lost major ground. If we had taken those 20 shots from 2 pt range and hit just 33% of them, that's 6 buckets which translates to 12 points. Take away the 6 points with got off the wasted 3 pt attempts and that puts us within 1.

Of course, that changes the end of game strategy completely, eliminates the desperation fouls and we might have a completely different outcome.

Jacking threes is a massively piss poor strategy. You become Alabama when you do that. If they are not falling you lose. Oh, wait, we lost because we jacked threes. Imagine that.
We don't shoot a lot of threes, we average close to the bottom of all of D1 in attempts.

To you, if they shoot one 3 pointer and miss, you call it 'jacking threes' as if they were careless shots. Give it a rest.
 

kybassfan

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We don't shoot a lot of threes, we average close to the bottom of all of D1 in attempts.

To you, if they shoot one 3 pointer and miss, you call it 'jacking threes' as if they were careless shots. Give it a rest.
At 10% 1 is too many. Jacking threes a is a piss poor strategy and subject to EXACTLY what happened today. PlayStation basketball does not work in college basketball.
 

kyjeff1

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At 10% 1 is too many. Jacking threes a is a piss poor strategy and subject to EXACTLY what happened today. PlayStation basketball does not work in college basketball.
You do realize that it's impossible to shoot 10% if you only shoot 1 three pointer, right?

We get it, you hate 3 pointes, but it's part of today's game and you better hit some, or you will rarely win.

You have to spread the court. Today, we didn't hit threes, so they packed the paint and we lost.

Learn to understand what's happening, or stop trying to act like you know something.
 

jameslee32

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I do set high standards for myself thanks. WHAT PART OF TODAY WAS ACCEPTABLE TO YOU AS A FAN?

This isn’t December where moral victories are ok. THIS IS MARCH.
Yes but we only care about next week if we're being honest.
 

kybassfan

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You do realize that it's impossible to shoot 10% if you only shoot 1 three pointer, right?

We get it, you hate 3 pointes, but it's part of today's game and you better hit some, or you will rarely win.

You have to spread the court. Today, we didn't hit threes, so they packed the paint and we lost.

Learn to understand what's happening, or stop trying to act like you know something.
We know you get very excited by 3 pointers. Its just piss poor basketball.
 

kyjeff1

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We know you get very excited by 3 pointers. Its just piss poor basketball.
We get it, your favorite movie is 'Hoosiers', but Jimmy Chitwood isn’t on the court and there's a 3 point line that our opponents are using to beat us.

3 is more than 2 and good shooters make open shots.

You’re acting like UK is shooting 40 of them when they typically shoot 10 to 15, that is extremely low for today's game. Grady, Mintz and Tyty need to hit then when they get open shots
 

kybassfan

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We get it, your favorite movie is 'Hoosiers', but Jimmy Chitwood isn’t on the court and there's a 3 point line that our opponents are using to beat us.

3 is more than 2 and good shooters make open shots.

You’re acting like UK is shooting 40 of them when they typically shoot 10 to 15, that is extremely low for today's game. Grady, Mintz and Tyty need to hit then when they get open shots
Yawn. You know Jeffy, you always make these stupid assumptions about people that you can't possibly know anything about. We shot 10%. Period. No hoosiers. 10%. 2 out of 20.

This ain't PlayStation and YOU clearly never played this game.