Yes you’re biased. Doesn’t make you wrong though.
Do you expect early losses?
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I played 4 years of a college sport, not intramural. Getting to play with other top players, I’ll admit I was very good, wasn’t hard at all. It was very refreshing to be able to trust other guys to do what they should do, to be where they should be, to know they supported you. Unless you’re just some jackhole who has to shine no matter what, playing with other good and great players is just freaking awesome.
Won a great one against them in the tournament thoughI don’t know about Ohio State. We’ve lost three straight to them.
True. I wasn’t a star. I was a role player. But the better the players I played with the better I played.
I think there are only a few teams with a roster that can see eye to eye with this roster and I don't see anyone else out there as deep, so if we do lose games, it will be because the opponents played out of their minds.
Yes, the schedule is hard, but Pope proved last year that he can coach a David over a Goliath. Now he has talent, size and depth, so I can't see more than a couple losses entering SEC play.
Yes, the schedule is hard, but Pope proved last year that he can coach a David over a Goliath. Now he has talent, size and depth, so I can't see more than a couple losses entering SEC play.
I’ve seen a lot of great UK teams over the years. In 1978 the Cats just imposed their will upon teams. I think our current team may duplicate this and we are F-ing loaded from top to bottom, and I have a man crush on CMPGBB
Didn't know they only had two losses
Alabama beat them by like 16
LSU beat them by 1 in OT
UK 1978 Team
The only bad game they played that season was at Alabama.
CM went with a small lineup and took the team by surprise.
Were down like 20 at halftime.
Kicked their asses pretty good on the rematch.
OOC schedule is not my concern. The SEC will be brutal and do expect three or four SEC teams that will have enough talent to beat us if we don't bring our A game. "A" games don't show up every night so losses are certainly possible. Post season is a gauntlet and to win it all takes talent but also pure luck.
Sounds a lot like being a professional level musician and the joy of finding a groove/pocket with other talented players
Add in the appreciation fm an audience and stage + "friends" -->>
And it sounds REALLY similar
Not sure which sides has more drugs though
We are always playing. We are the 6th man, haven’t you heard? On a serious note I’d love to welcome back the days people are expecting a loss when they come to Rupp.Psst, you’re not playing
Having the experience and talent, on paper, that we have, I think we lose very few all year. I am working under the premise that Quaintance will not be 100% and that Moreno will play better and more than most expect. I think we drop a few in the first few games and then go, on a run .
they shouldn’t have lost those … I blame it on Joe B.
If Oweh comes back, I think we will be one of the 5 best teams in the nation. I expected early season losses last season but we didn't lose until mid-December. The schedule is going to be tough again this year, but I think we should be favored in almost every non-conference game. Will we win them all? Doubtful. But I wouldn't expect us to lose many.
I believe those days are upon us. The Pope has blown my friggin mind with what he brought together as a team last year. Consider that had several of our top players and in fact, maybe our best player had not been out or limited by injuries , UK could have been a ff team. What he’s done to assemble this year’s squad is simply amazing. Remember all of the naysayers to his hire and he silenced them all. Even the most optimistic could not have pictured what he’s done in his short term. Losses will be expected against UK at home and away too.
I don't think the SEC is going to he anywhere close to as tough as it was last year. Auburn, Alabama, UT and Florida are all in a bit of a rebuild mode after losing guys like Sears, Ziegler, Lanier, Clayton, Richards, Martin, Broome, Mazara, Miles Kelly, Denver Jones and many others (Auburn and Florida lost a lot).
Our non con schedule is where this team needs to prove themselves. If they win all but one or two, then come in first or 2nd in the SEC, we're a 1 seed.
The SEC is still going to be tough, so most league losses won't hurt us, but where we would get stung, is if we lose most of our tough non con games.
I agree with you but I think we just have to much talent and athleticism to lose most of the tough OOC games. I would argue I expect to us to win them all and accept if they have an off day.
We should be favored in most of our non conference games (dogs @ UofL most likely), but based on what CMP showed us last year and the tools he now has to work with, I believe 2 pre-con losses should be the over.
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With this battle tested talent they may be ready from the get go. We'll have to wait and see. Everyone else has added pieces. Should be an exciting year.
EVERY team will have a "new batch of players". So I don't think that will be a factor any longer.
We're gonna find out real fast who we are by playing exhibitions against Purdue and Georgetown instead of Kentucky Wesleyan and Montana Bible College. I think that will force them to gel rather quickly. But we also have some veteran leadership who have played a season for Pope now and that should help as well. It's a tough schedule, and yeah I think we can lose a handful, but they shouldn't be those kind of head scratching losses like we had a few of last year. If we're going to lose it's going to be to someone good.
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