Need to show up vs TTU on friday
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I doubt we’ll be down by double digits with their best player out. I’ll actually be worried if game is competitive. If we can’t blowout an injured top 20 team, what are we even doing?
Really love to watch the game but Ive put off rearranging my sock drawer long enough. Sad I’ll miss this one….Damn!!!
Anxious to see what cruz does
Had hoped he would pick uk
Had hoped he would pick uk
In Pope's 2 years at UK we have been down double digits to P5 competition more times than we haven't unfortunately.
JB
I want to see us run more offense. Please. And can Moreno please be more vocal? Demand the ball some more? Zoom, can you act like you have played basketball before?
These guys have been practicing for months together so there should be some cohesiveness on the court. I want Moreno to be more physical and aggressive, and the team for that matter. Absolutely zero reason to have 10+ turnovers in games going forward, set some man screens in the offense and really just want to see a big improvement from last Friday.
In many ways yes - coaches often try new things, lineups, the games do not count, etc. But taking care of the ball? being vocal? Those things carry over into the season.
Concerned about Zoom.
Wouldn't surprise me if someone else is running point by SEC play.
The goal for UK basketball in October of 2026 is to keep a home exhibition game within 8-12 points. Sigh.
I want to see Moreno put his a$$ on somebody, post up and put it in the basket instead of meandering around. Go up STRONG. Get good at little baby hooks. 7’-0”. Use it.
Gloooooom and doooooooom.
Is it hard being pessimistic all the f’n time? i feel like it would get old after a while.
Preemptively declaring defeat is such a loser mentality.
Is it hard being pessimistic all the f’n time? i feel like it would get old after a while.
Preemptively declaring defeat is such a loser mentality.
My biggest concern is turnovers . There is no scenario in a exhibition or regular season game where 19 turnovers is not worrisome.
I hope we clean that up and look more cohesive offensively. TT will be a tough game for us with or without Toppin playing.
Just one opinion out of thousands lol. Go cats!
Toppin isn’t playing btw! So Texas tech is down its best player. Big 12 1st team!
The 40pt blowout loss to Gonzaga was the sign! Imagine if Louisville beats uk by 20-30 in rupp. Does pope get booed?
An 'ANON" who starts a thread like this goes immediately on ignore. I have no desire to waste any amount of time reading another of their posts.
I want to see less jitters, and more cohesion. also want to see if Pope got through to Wilkins to only put up good shots and curious if zoom will look like a starting pg or if William keeps knocking at that door.
If you watched the Louisville/ Kansas game last night you would not have known it was an exhibition from the loud,loud crowd . I think these games will mean something in our rankings .
Think Williams may take that over by conference play but hopefully Zoom cranks it up. Williams just looks so natural as PG.
The thought of that makes me shudder. If that happened my guess would be yes just like the Gonzaga game. Would be worse on our home court. Hopefully we handle business especially against little brother.
Man have to give credit to the Kansas fans. They are consistently rowdy at home .
Really the official sign was the forfeit against Alabama in the SEC tournament Pope’s first season. Or maybe that was the fork?
First real sign was in MSG against OSU. Of course Chandler got engaged there so the team couldn’t focus.
Even if it’s an exhibition, I hope Pope realizes that winning and winning impressively can change many Kentucky fans’ perception for the upcoming year. Gotta win big. Losing or barely beating a team without their best player isn’t going to encourage skeptical fans.
Pope in his three years here has proven to be a "win by a little or lose by a lot coach"
Might be crazy but I’d like to see them try that with Williams and play Zoom and Wilkins together with a 3 guard lineup. Just test it out in. Or promoting it as a staple but the way those 3 shoot the ball it might be advantageous depending on the opponent. That’s why we play these games. Try some new stuff and see if it works.
I agree with that. The spacing you would get with that would be great. Obviously would depend on the matchups but it’s definitely a lineup you can do for offense and to speed up the game.
Absolutely and Zoom could probably even get some run at the 3 in certain spots with his size . Zoom and Wilkins both have size (height) so why not use that advantage. Our length could be a problem for other teams.
Yep but people might disagree with what I think, kepnang needs less, mason needs more, hawthorne needs more
Definitely don’t shorten rotations in exhibition games. It’s how you get to look at different groups and see what works best together. Also who plays with each other well. That’s what these games are for.
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