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Posted by Trey Ball (Member # 332) on 02-10-2024, 07:03 PM:

I think before they played a game this year I said UK would be between a 7-10 seed. UK very may well end up in the NIT. They are not going to beat Auburn/Alabama/Tennessee for sure. I don’t think they can beat Ole Miss on Tuesday either and I think it is 50/50 against LSU.

So they will finish with only 2 Quad one wins and a Quad 4 loss.

Just do not see that being a tournament team resume.

[ 02-10-2024, 07:04 PM: Message edited by: Trey Ball ]

Posted by ukman (Member # 3032) on 02-10-2024, 07:19 PM:

I honestly believe that there are at least 10 people that have been on this website that could out coach Cal in a game if they both had the same talent. I have said ever since he came to Kentucky, the man is not a good in game coach. He has no clue what to do and just looks lost in these games. I think he honestly doesn't know what to do with the guys he has. Almost everyone picked this team to go to the final four because they had all the pieces. But he takes them and makes them into an average team.

This is not a team that should have 10 losses this season, but it looks very much like we will have at least that many. I have tried to adjust my expectations each year because of how bad Cal is, but I can't help but think we will win because I know we do have good talent. My wife is from Tennessee, maybe I will start to cheer for them as well. They have a tough team and a good coach

I have seen many on here say they don't care about UK basketball that much anymore, but I just haven't got myself there. However, I might be getting close. I turned the game off with 3 minutes to go because I knew we were gonna lose. My son texted me about a terrible last play call. I haven't watched it yet, but I will. And I'm sure I will be going crazy. I can't take the disappointment anymore. But I know I'll be watching them again on Tuesday. Am I sick??

Posted by Trey Ball (Member # 332) on 02-10-2024, 08:02 PM:

ukman,

You just have to come to terms with three things to watch UK now:

1. UK is irrelevant on the National Stage and has been for the most part since the end of the 2015 season.

2. When UK plays a ranked team or even a quality team that is not ranked you have to have your mind set that UK will lose. Winning then becomes a bonus.

3. UK is even irrelevant in the SEC. Tenn/Auburn/Alabama/Arkansas (with the exception of this year) has passed UK in the SEC pecking order, but teams still get up to play the UK name although I believe that is fading as well.

If you can come to terms with that you can watch UK games. If not, I would not recommend watching them.

Posted by ukman (Member # 3032) on 02-10-2024, 08:15 PM:

I just watched the last play. And what the heck was that? I just heard Cal say the lob was an option but Reeves was also coming up top. If you watch the play it was clearly set for that. Just a terrible play out of a timeout.

Why do you have Reed, Reeves, and then 3 non-shooters in Onyensu, Thiero, and Edwards. You mean to tell me that any coach, with any sense, wouldn't have put Rob and DJ? DJ can get to the basket on almost anybody, and then you have Rod, Reed, and Reeves for any kick out. He has so many other options and he things a basic HS back screen lob is gonna work? What a terrible coach. I would think a 9 million dollar coach would be able to come up with something better than that. I mean honestly, that is such a basic HS play. what a joke.

I'll try to take your advice, but man it's hard.

Posted by Trey Ball (Member # 332) on 02-10-2024, 10:00 PM:

I will say this…….if Reed throws a better lob, meaning he throws it a few feet higher vs short arming it,Thiero may have flushed it home. When I watched it again Thiero was skying above the Zags defender.

Posted by PaulCat (Member # 513) on 02-11-2024, 03:57 AM:

My beef with that lob play is this - we have three 7-footers on the team and you're lobbing it to Thiero??? Now this is not a knock on Thiero, but you have three 7-footers to lob to!!!!

When the game is on the line, I would have all four guards (Reed, Dillingham, Reeves and Wagner) on the court.

Coach Cal on Rob Dillingham playing four minutes in the second half: "The team that was out there was playing so well together that I left it alone. If we finished the game, you would have said (you didn't need him)." News flash, Cal - we didn't finish the game. We may have finished if you knew how to coach and had our best players on the court.

Posted by blue hoot (Member # 398) on 02-11-2024, 12:55 PM:

I bet if Calipari hadn’t coached one second of that game and told his players to go out and have fun and do whatever they wanted...they would've played better or at the very least played the same. Calipari is a 9-million-dollar bench warmer IMO.