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Lempface

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LightningCats said:
We had a tenuous hold, at best, on this game until the ridiculous foul called on Mintz. An obvious flop, reviewed, and allowed to stand.

Auburn gained momentum after that and we have struggled mightily since.
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A couple really questionable calls swung this, our guys are too young to not panic at this point.
 
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Well, that was stupid. Not that it mattered but still...

oops, this should have been in the game thread.
 
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mhroe1984

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LightningCats said:
We had a tenuous hold, at best, on this game until the ridiculous foul called on Mintz. An obvious flop, reviewed, and allowed to stand.

Auburn gained momentum after that and we have struggled mightily since.
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Agreed 100%. That changed the entire game. That kind of ******** should never be allowed in any sport, but in college basketball it's rewarded.
 
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I don't think Kentucky wins.. I imagine they let it slip away.

But yeah, it was probably a 4-5 point swing.. and with a minute left Auburn is only up by 5.
 
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LightningCats said:
We had a tenuous hold, at best, on this game until the ridiculous foul called on Mintz. An obvious flop, reviewed, and allowed to stand.

Auburn gained momentum after that and we have struggled mightily since.
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That is not the difference in the game, this one shouldn’t be close for a UK basketball team. The difference is over on the sideline and hiking his leg on UK basketball !
 
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LightningCats said:
We had a tenuous hold, at best, on this game until the ridiculous foul called on Mintz. An obvious flop, reviewed, and allowed to stand.

Auburn gained momentum after that and we have struggled mightily since.
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Did not help when Allen fouled out he was only thread to shoot a three
 
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If Kentucky flopped in every one of their "elimination" games come tournament time, that cause a 4 point swing.. That changes a lot of our banners hanging right now.

If we flopped during Wisconsin. We win.
If we flopped during Uconn, and Shabazz didn't. We win.
If we flopped during UNC in 2017. We win.
 
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Lol the turning point was the 2 turnovers by Boston resulting in 2 baskets for auburn. Cal has hitched his wagon to a horse with no legs
 
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Boston is the biggest recruiting disappointment in UK basketball history.
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Something to keep an eye on.. if BJ is fine in the NBA, then that will be the final telltale sign on Calipari's coaching.

Because Maxey and IQ are two of the bigger surprises in the NBA right now, and they are both playing at levels we didn't really see here.

And then Herro, SGA, Keldon Johnson is lighting it up, You could make the argument that, at this point, that Cals coaching might actually be holding these guys back. BJ Boston and Clarke might be the worst players in the top25.. that's not a good look for Cal.
 
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Missed free throws and Boston cost us this game… .. again.
Boston might be the worst 5* I've ever seen. 3 straight turnovers in addition to another horrible shooting day, is a loss every time.
Cal is flipping all of us the double bird this year. Playing Boston and sacrificing games to get the kid NBA ready, is ********.
I will never support Cal again. He can kiss my ***. Anybody with 2 eyes can see that Boston is not going to snap out of it, stop playing him until he earns it in practice. This kid is just not a good basketball player.
Then he continues to sit Allen.
I can't believe we are 4-8. This is UK. F*ck Cal.
 
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We were up 3 after Ware made his two free throws after the flagrant and Allen passed up a WIDE OPEN three and we ended up with a flailing 3 by Askew. It was 41-38 at the time. If he’s not gonna shoot the wide open 3 and he’s gonna give up terrible drives into the lane on D it is hard to play Allen.
 
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Roe07 said:
Agreed 100%. That changed the entire game. That kind of ******** should never be allowed in any sport, but in college basketball it's rewarded.
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If you’re gonna go look at it for possible flagrant then you have to be able to pull the foul and issue a tech for a blatant act like this. The little f*ck was smiling about it after.
 
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Turning point was Cal playing Boston the extended minutes he did. Cal and his loyalty to player rankings versus the team has run its course. Fox told us Cal is more about player development than winning. What Fox didn’t clarify but should have is that Cal is only about CERTAIN PLAYERS and their development.
 
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LineSkiCat14 said:
Something to keep an eye on.. if BJ is fine in the NBA, then that will be the final telltale sign on Calipari's coaching.

Because Maxey and IQ are two of the bigger surprises in the NBA right now, and they are both playing at levels we didn't really see here.

And then Herro, SGA, Keldon Johnson is lighting it up, You could make the argument that, at this point, that Cals coaching might actually be holding these guys back. BJ Boston and Clarke might be the worst players in the top25.. that's not a good look for Cal.
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Booker is another one.
It’s Cal's offense. These kids get to the NBA where the offenses spread the court and they thrive.
Hell, we can't even throw the ball in anymore.
The guy can't coach offense.
Down 15 Tuesday night and he's trying to feed the post, which burned 20 additional seconds off the clock, then repeatedly does it for 5 straight possessions. He's a fraud.
 
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ncaaky said:
We were up 3 after Ware made his two free throws after the flagrant and Allen passed up a WIDE OPEN three and we ended up with a flailing 3 by Askew. It was 41-38 at the time. If he’s not gonna shoot the wide open 3 and he’s gonna give up terrible drives into the lane on D it is hard to play Allen.
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Allen plays much better D than you think. Answer me this, why did Cal at one point have Allen on Cooper? Nobody can keep Cooper out of the lane, but I thought Askew did well on him in the first half.
 
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ncaaky said:
We were up 3 after Ware made his two free throws after the flagrant and Allen passed up a WIDE OPEN three and we ended up with a flailing 3 by Askew. It was 41-38 at the time. If he’s not gonna shoot the wide open 3 and he’s gonna give up terrible drives into the lane on D it is hard to play Allen.
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Spot on, I noticed that too.
Auburn made a couple of 3s back to back and UK lost their conposure.
 
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kyjeff1 said:
Booker is another one.
It’s Cal's offense. These kids get to the NBA where the offenses spread the court and they thrive.
Hell, we can't even throw the ball in anymore.
The guy can't coach offense.
Down 15 Tuesday night and he's trying to feed the post, which burned 20 additional seconds off the clock, then repeatedly does it for 5 straight possessions. He's a fraud.
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Booker is an interesting one. I agree with you to an extent. But i also think he probably didn't get the amount of play and touches he should have, what with platooning. I've never been high on the twins and frankly I think they get overrated here. Ulis and Booker, with a full season, would have been a handful.

But also remember, Booker did have a bad shooting slump. I want to say, without looking, that the middle of SEC play his shooting percentages dropped a good deal..
 
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The only comic I seen was that grinning little clown from AU smiling about his D list acting job.

Combine that with the jump ball that was clearly snagged by Brooks and its a wrap.

The football team gets robbed of a TD in Auburn now the zebras deliver this excellent performance. I’m not sure who these armatures answer to but I could go the rest of my life without even looking at a Chris Coyote type weasel.

We make it hard enough without having to overcome little drama acts for the zebras. To stupid to even see it on a review, and we’re dam lucky if the will review it.
 
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LineSkiCat14 said:
Booker is an interesting one. I agree with you to an extent. But i also think he probably didn't get the amount of play and touches he should have, what with platooning. I've never been high on the twins and frankly I think they get overrated here. Ulis and Booker, with a full season, would have been a handful.

But also remember, Booker did have a bad shooting slump. I want to say, without looking, that the middle of SEC play his shooting percentages dropped a good deal..
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At UK, all Booker ever did was take outside shots, but as soon as he got to the NBA, he showed he was an elite scorer at all levels.

Cal's dinosaur offense is what's causing this. He doesn't value outside shooting, he wants to just feed the post.
 
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Good teams overcome that . That just means something small would have ended up causing us anyway .
 
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Starters were 11/33...bench 11/22...and the starters started the second half and played extended minutes before any sub came in, one at a time...Poor team management by Cal and his staff.

Askew and Mintz did little till then end when they were in panic mode. They should split minutes.

Boston shouldn’t play more then 10
-12 minutes a game based on his season performance. I can only imagine it gets worse when Clarke returns and takes Topin and Allen’s minutes. Plays just like Boston, bad shots and turnover machine 2.0
 
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ncaaky said:
We were up 3 after Ware made his two free throws after the flagrant and Allen passed up a WIDE OPEN three and we ended up with a flailing 3 by Askew. It was 41-38 at the time. If he’s not gonna shoot the wide open 3 and he’s gonna give up terrible drives into the lane on D it is hard to play Allen.
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This was the turning point, but it was the turning point because Cal subbed him out. Auburn was settling into a rhythm offensively and we subbed in a lineup that had no shot of keeping up with them offensively. Allen can't be subbed out for passing up a shot when the guy replacing him has no business even taking one.
 
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