We suffered the last 5 years with Cal and now a sweet 16 with a garbage team.
Anyone else feel cursed as a UK fan?
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Oh yeah and the media will say we ran Cal off, I can hear it now
We were cursed having him as our coach.
NEVER!!!
Not even in a joking manner.
I thank God my family was Kentucky fans and made me one.
Not even in a joking manner.
I thank God my family was Kentucky fans and made me one.
We have our own chance to make a Sweet 16 tomorrow. Won’t lie…I’ve lived my entire life not believing in luck or curses but the rampant injuries have me second guessing
Far from garbage team
His team is full of loaded athletic slashers.
If you can't see past how the sec and the refs holds teams down that's on you.
They showed what they can do in rupp. It's no surprise really
We won the sec by 3 games in 2020. Evansville aside, that was a good season at 25 and 6.
Don't think we are cursed.
Don't think we are cursed.
St Johns shot 28% from the Field and 9% from beyond the arc.
I mean anyone thinking it wasn't St Johns having the worst choking job in history is nuts.... Coach Cal had nothing to do with those numbers.
I mean anyone thinking it wasn't St Johns having the worst choking job in history is nuts.... Coach Cal had nothing to do with those numbers.
Maybe rooting against Cal when it doesn't affect you is bad karma. (it is)
not cursed, but unlucky at times. This arkansas team was a UK team basically.
It's a worse lye to say we didn't lol. It was definitely mutual.
I agree, Arkansas is far from a garbage team, they are very athletic, and have exceeded beyond what their archaic coach could have ever donel
Why in the world did Rick hold his best player out even though he was 3-17 ?
It's not choking if you shoot like that all season.
Arkansas was fired up on the defensive end blocking everything
For the first time maybe ever he got one of his NBA guys who was hurt to come back and play. You can't tell me he isn't putting forth significantly more effort than he was at UK the last 5 years.
Even if Cal makes the Final Four this year, I wouldn't trade this team or this season or our coach.
This is a worse version of the 8 seed 2014 UK team that went on a run to the championship game.
A certain segment of our fan base absolutely gave Cal hell the last 4 years he was our coach!
Cal spends no time in my head, I can't stand the man and that won't change.
We’ll have the injury excuse but if BYU wins tonight too and we lose tomorrow we will hear about it no doubt.
Don't forget 2012. Those type of seasons don't grow on trees. It has been 13 years and counting. Anytime a coach delivers a Championship, it hard to make chop liver out of him. I appreciate the trophy Cal delivred to Lexington and let's hope can do the same. A ton of really good coaches never achieve the Championship dream. We have been blessed to have 8 but only 4 since 1958. the is 4 in last 67 years or one every 16+ years. Cal beat our averagely winning one in 15 years. I think we just need to say thanks and let Cal ride off into a sunset.
it’s not a garbage team. everyone and their mom knew he’d have a good team for a year or two.
Kind of reminded me of why he didn't guard the inbound pass in '92.
Dog house? I suspect he wasn't paying within the offense and St Johns were cutting the lead without him. Rick was sending a message and he didn't care if it cost him a win. Best two players were on the bench at the end. Hard to win that way.
This feels like a troll thread. But I guess I’ll go along.
No. Kentucky is still playing when most other Blue Bloods are out. Why would I feel cursed?
Calipari was a lazy fraud at Lexington for the last five years. Does anyone wish he was still with Kentucky?
Arkansas is, was and always will be a second-or-third tier program. Any Kentucky fan who ever feels any jealousy of anything they do is a sad sack.
Calipari took Fland, Wagner, Thiero, Knox, Richmond and Ivisic from Kentucky and kept the crème of Arkansas’ team. How could anyone realistically think Pope could arrive in late April with ZERO players and the best of the portal already locked up and assemble a better team? This was a one-year huge advantage for Cal.
That Pope had a much better regular season than Calipari speaks to his promise and how much Cal is washed up.
Whatever happens tomorrow, I’ll still be a Kentucky basketball fan. That’s a hell if a lot better thing to be than an Arkansas Razorback fan.
No. Kentucky is still playing when most other Blue Bloods are out. Why would I feel cursed?
Calipari was a lazy fraud at Lexington for the last five years. Does anyone wish he was still with Kentucky?
Arkansas is, was and always will be a second-or-third tier program. Any Kentucky fan who ever feels any jealousy of anything they do is a sad sack.
Calipari took Fland, Wagner, Thiero, Knox, Richmond and Ivisic from Kentucky and kept the crème of Arkansas’ team. How could anyone realistically think Pope could arrive in late April with ZERO players and the best of the portal already locked up and assemble a better team? This was a one-year huge advantage for Cal.
That Pope had a much better regular season than Calipari speaks to his promise and how much Cal is washed up.
Whatever happens tomorrow, I’ll still be a Kentucky basketball fan. That’s a hell if a lot better thing to be than an Arkansas Razorback fan.
I dislike Cal as much or more than anyone, but to suggest that his team is garbage is simply not true. They won today because Cal started his best players and stayed out of their way. You didn't see him playing head games with his players and trying to make it all about him. The team is very talented and if he stays out of the way, the team could make it to the final 4. His team has the right blend of old and young instead of all one-and-done players. Based on the way his wife was crying, it seems like the tourney not just the NBA means something.
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No I don’t feel cursed. We got a national championship, a runner up, 2 other Final Fours, and 3 elite 8’s under Cal. A lot of great memories and fun times. It was time to move on. I’m not going to be pissy that he’s having success somewhere else.
Why do you care what the media say? If fans would stop reacting, the media would stop the needling.
He beat a 2 seed. Cal is a good coach, he just got caught up and enamored with one & done kids that is not a formula that wins championships. I bet he gets away from the one year kids going forward. I'm glad we have Pope but to continue to act like he had a trash team this year is just not true. The Fland kid's return from injury has given that team a whole new look just like if we had been healthy all year we would have looked totally different. We play Arkansas in their house next year and I do not look forward to that game. We may win but it most likely will not be a beatdown.
10 seed with a top ranked recruiting class and top portal entries. Garbage