Thats about the only thing we showed, in a sea of a ton of other problems. This team is in trouble.
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Thats about the only thing we showed, in a sea of a ton of other problems. This team is in trouble.
He knew what he was signing up for.
Burn Hawthorn’s Red Shirt - because at this rate he’ll be playing elsewhere next year anyway.
I've argued this as well. Last year's core were fringe NBA w/ several elite skills between them. Honestly an underrated group. Duke game wasn't a fluke.
Thats speculation by you and thats it. Coach Pope hasn't lied yet to my knowledge, and he said the kid is getting closer to coming back, so I am going to take him at his word.
JQ is a massive upgrade over Garrison. Lowe is night and day better than JJ. Dioubate is a lot better than Kam. Those three, and Noah, along with CC, DA, OO, Jelly and MM should be our nine man rotation and the only nice that see the court. Thats a good basketball team. The current squad is playing hard, just not quite good enough right now
This does not look like a tournament team to me. Unless he finds a fix for all the problems, this season is probably going to get really ugly for Pope.
When Pope first got the job, I was very confused, thought it was a terrible hire.
Then, I watched his introduction, then watched him build a decent roster and pull out some big wins.
Turns out, my first thoughts were correct and I hate that.
Then, I watched his introduction, then watched him build a decent roster and pull out some big wins.
Turns out, my first thoughts were correct and I hate that.
8 assists as a team. 9 turnovers. Gave up 20 offensive rebounds. 1 for 13 from 3. -15 from 3. -11 total rebounds. +8 FTM
This. Oweh was looking like himself tonight and we start forcing Aberdeen.
Well duh! Obviously I have no clue what he’s thinking but it wouldn’t be out of the realm of possibility to say his health was more important than helping an NIT team be an NIT team.
He made me a believer and then made me say nope all in a single year.
I honestly dont know if he did.
Im trying to get a read on him. But between that corny *** video, the odd press conferences, failing to land an elite recruit, and just the overall coaching malfeasance... I think hes maybe too much of a quirky backwoods boy for this type of job.
This team is a good example of what NIL will do to the game of college basketball. We paid the most and are the biggest losers so far. Something bad is wrong here, I’ve never seen a Kentucky team go 9 plus minutes without making a shot. After the two blowouts in football, now we lose to three rivals in basketball and one of them in Rupp that’s not that good. This is not alright and it’s not going to go away.
Ill bet you anything you want to bet we aren't an NIT team lol. Put up or shut up
Half the room is trolls from other fanbases and a quarter are spoiled and unrealistic. About 25% on here these days are sane
Nothing our players did tonight impressed me. They ran no offense. Pope's setups and actions have been figured out. Refs allowed Carolina to hold the cutters and shove their arms out and push everything out of rhythm.
It's not sour grapes talking, but that officiating crew was stealing points and possessions all night long. You better be hitting your shots with that type of a crew assigned to your game.
Carolina definitely watched tape of the GU exhibition and the MSU game. They played us the same way, by holding us on offense, and then icing the ball handler into a corner trap up high. Our players usually haven't seen the court well enough to swing the ball to the opposite corner for a wide open shot.
But hell, even when we had open shots we were not even hitting rim. College ball players at Kentucky Air balling open shots. What else can you say?
This team is in serious trouble. It has serious flaws and even worse body language. This is just another "team turmoil" waiting to boil over.
We are dead in the water and Pope has really let all of us down.
It's not sour grapes talking, but that officiating crew was stealing points and possessions all night long. You better be hitting your shots with that type of a crew assigned to your game.
Carolina definitely watched tape of the GU exhibition and the MSU game. They played us the same way, by holding us on offense, and then icing the ball handler into a corner trap up high. Our players usually haven't seen the court well enough to swing the ball to the opposite corner for a wide open shot.
But hell, even when we had open shots we were not even hitting rim. College ball players at Kentucky Air balling open shots. What else can you say?
This team is in serious trouble. It has serious flaws and even worse body language. This is just another "team turmoil" waiting to boil over.
We are dead in the water and Pope has really let all of us down.
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Yeah. Those two wide open 3's in transition we missed were killers.
I think we would have pushed the lead to above 6 if either went in.
We made 1 three all game and it came from Garrison.
This guy https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/5144097/derek-dixon scored 5 of UNC's last 6 points.
This honestly felt like a tenure-ending game. Obviously Pope gets the rest of the year to figure this out, but he had every opportunity in to win this game and p*ssed it away. If he can’t fix this team this is the game you cite when firing him.
Pope built this roster, and now he has to live with it. Man I miss last season's squad about right now.
It does look rough for him right not and not just that we're losing but that he cant even get this team to run his offense or he doesnt demand it. It was a positive that they finally showed they wanted to play some defense last night. But all that said, how much better would this team look and Pope look with Lowe and Quaintence healthy and starting? We cant forget we're missing at least two presumed best players.
But even with that this team does not have an identity or togetherness at all.
How often are his best players going to be hurt though? It’s been both years now. I doubt Lowe ever plays and who knows how JQ will respond when he does play. This is a piss poor roster honestly. Everyone was over rated or the pieces just don’t fit. As other said the shooters have no other skills or can’t shoot, the drivers and rebounders sure can’t shoot. His offense can’t be ran.
he was running an offense?
it is depressing.I am optimistic about the return of Lowe and JQ.
those are 2 NBA caliber players... and may in fact turn out to be the best 2 on the roster.
It was hard to watch after seeing syracuse tear down tenn....
we looked like a bunch of guys playing for a contract.