Butler out
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Why would he lie
Ah the old "I'm hearing such and such but not from anyone I trust" scoop. That is the best kind because you can be right or wrong and have an out.
You’d rather him not share the scoop to his paid members?
I’ve gotten on you for pessimism in the past, but I dare say I often find you make a lot more sense than most of the people on this website on some things. Jones has nothing to gain but criticism to lie about that. People find weird things to be upset about
We should be able to beat a 14 seed without him. Should key word. We would want him back for a 6 or 11 though.
Doesn't seem like the 11s are gonna be mid majors either. So gonna have some dudes.
Doesn't seem like the 11s are gonna be mid majors either. So gonna have some dudes.
Yeah I can go overboard, I don’t see what Jones gains from not being truthful. If anything lieing would hurt his credibility
And hopefully we get the Friday/Sunday game times.
It's a win/win really. If he doesn't play and we lose, which sucks, but as long as we don't get destroyed, we still look very good.
but if we win…… .oh snap
but if we win…… .oh snap
Some of you are setting yourselves up for disappointment holding out hope Butler plays tonight.
If I had to out my mortgage on it, he is not playing again in this tournament.
If I had to out my mortgage on it, he is not playing again in this tournament.
Are you new with Matt Jones? He's lied, embellished or mislead UK fans for years.
Well, we thought we could beat a 14 seed without a real coach last year and that backfired.
We have the coaching issue solved, so that’s cool, but it would be awesome to have our full compliment of available guys, so we don't suffer the same fate again.
That may be true, but what does he get from lieing about butler potentially coming back?
I don't care what he does but for myself I wouldn't pay for that kind of information. However, if anyone wants to pay for non committal info I will be glad to start a paywall site and say stuff that may or may not be right.
He is done for the SEC tourney no doubt. I think he plays our ncaa games though
Winning the SECT this year would be the stuff of legends. Would be very hard.
Just don’t get embarrassed tonight is all I ask. Or have a chance to win it and do something stupid.
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I don’t think he is gonna post a clickbait injury update behind a paywall. He is most likely being truthful
We aren't relying on freshmen as much this season. That helps. I just don't see a Pope coached team losing to a 14 seed with the players he still has. I would love to have butler for the game but we will see.
What’s actually injured? Someone said it was a different injury.
Everyone knows he's out for the rest of this tournament with hopes that he's back next week. It isn't rocket science. He doesn't immediately get ruled out yesterday and then play later that day, lol.
If the medical staff says he can play I want him out there.
We have a better chance of winning with him playing.
We have a better chance of winning with him playing.
Agree. I think when you get down to your 4th ball-handler - even though I like what Chandler has been bringing defensively in the PG spot - you can't be chalking up a win against any team that makes into the field of 68. But like you, I believe UK will likely (but far from given) get by that first game. After that, however, anybody who doesn't really appreciate a further win given UK's injury decimation because of either the seed (earned for their complete body of work, many impressive wins early and relatively healthy) or because of some nonsense platitude like "we're Kentucky" must be an extremely casual (or clueless) basketball fan.
Imo hes going to be out for good. The NCAA rumbles are posturing to avoid our seed being impacted.
Yep, obviously. How fast are people gonna stop paying if he’s making up injury Intel lol
I hope you are correct. I certainly hope that Pope's next team will not be a bubble wrap team. Every time I get really excited about this team there is a bubble wrap failure that results in an injury to a key player.
I'm the best reverse psychogist this side of the Mississippi. He is currently sideways and there is a ZERO percent chance we see him before next week. Nada.
No, some of them said it was obvious clickbait, which makes literally zero sense. He posted that to get extra clicks just because I suppose. 🫤
No, that would be idiotic. If pope got bad news, the play would be to stay tightlipped. Just don’t say anything definitive
It may just be for the conference schedule. I haven’t seen any clarification of the rule either way.
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Not sure why it shows no reporting required? Maybe due to the fact that we played today already, considering our game went into the wee hours of the morning.
I tend to give people the benefit of the doubt unless I have a reason to not believe them . Maybe because I’ve had a few random connections over the years. Thanks for sharing.