Wow... we play VMI....
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I'm sure Dakota Euton, Vinny Zollo, and GJ Vilarino all approve of this message.
"Zollo >>> Ferguson"
Strange times back then. Myself included. I didn't know if I should scratch my watch or wind my butt. SOOO grateful to Calipari for undoing the wrong that had been done to UK basketball.
I never fell for it when I seen those guys I was like OMG we won’t win ten games.
Jody should have pulled a Kobe and said “who am I going to pass to Smush Parker?” Of course I am shooting 45 times a game.
Besides VMI, I immediately knew the SW Louisiana, UNC* (went to both) and Duke.
Crazy things that stays in your mind as a Kentucky fan
so the VMI game was the second most points we ever scored in a non overtime game and lost. Pretty crazy that it happened 3 times to the 89-90 team
yeah the Duke game is pretty obvious. Guess I didn't think about that last night when I posted because that didn't really have the feel of a game in which we scored a bunch but played crap defense. It was more like an Ali-Frazier slugfest. In fact despite the ending that's still one of my favorite UK games to go back and watch because of how awesome that team was. Luckily I didn't have to endure many of the probation years games because I was already living in Florida and we were never on TV
89-90 was a special situation as Pitino was trying to push the pace but without a lot of talent. So when they got beat they could get beat badly. See the Kansas game in Lawrence.
Usually teams with inferior talent try to slow down the pace to reduce the number of possessions. But Rick was trying to change the style of play and I think overall it paid dividends down the road.
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Nothing, and I mean nothing will avenge that loss. We could beat them literally 1000 times in a row, and that loss will not be avenged. Let them have their moment.
Billy G should be retired in the rafters IMO. Hang his uni upside down as a symbol of the ultimate distress we were in and a permanent reminder not to forget history or be condemned to repeat it.
I'm sure Dakota Euton, Vinny Zollo, and GJ Vilarino all approve of this message.
"Zollo >>> Ferguson"
Well said!
There's really nothing to avenge, unless we did something to Gillispie. There probably aren't 100 VMI fans (as we understand the term), and that team/coaching staff are long since gone.
Which goes to show that nobody would care about the embarrassing BG losses if he had gone on to multiple final fours and win a title
Same. I still remember there were people on this board who were like, "But they are Kentucky kids..." and wanted to give Gillispie another year.
How quickly we forget KC Ross-Miller. His dad set up a fake school and HS team and kept stats for him and he would average 50 pts, 37 rebs, and 64 assists per game. A true legend.I'm sure Dakota Euton, Vinny Zollo, and GJ Vilarino all approve of this message.
"Zollo >>> Ferguson"
How many colleges did he play for? 3 or 4? I know Tennessee, New Mexico St., and Auburn. Not sure if there was another one in there somewhere.
Legendary indeed:
Officially he only played for NMSt and Auburn. I seem to recall he enrolled at LSU his freshman year... but I'm not certain about that.
....along with big studs Dakota Euton, Vinny Zollo and Dominique Ferguson.
