Gameday thread

Drogon

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Biggest thing is there is no PG available who can put pressure on the defense(not consistently). Aberdeen and Chandler are mediocre at best at gettng to the rim. They are guys who have shots set up for them. Aberdeen can but not consistently enough.
 

Kjuk24

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Anytime Mark Pope's teams play a physical team, they lose. He doesnt coach being physical. That defense and shot selection was one of the worst I've seen from a Kentucky team. This what all you guys wanted, Im just here to watch
 

*Fox2Monk*

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And u know the alarming thing is we aren't competitive.

Like early season games if u win by a little great if u lose by a little that sucks but not the complete end of the world

It's not even being competitive. We look like a JV team out there. And it's a bit scary that we look this awful with players like Mo and Aberdeen that had a lot of success with their previous teams.
Exactly how I feel.
 

*Fox2Monk*

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Mitch picked the cute little puppy up from the doggy store so that he could train the dog to be his guard dog, instead of bringing home the junkyard dog that's already bit off the hands of three or four Intruders that tried to break into the junkyard.

Mitch basically picked somebody like him to coach this program. Pope is the same guy who told his fans at BYU not to wear shirts when Texas came to play that read, "horns down."

That's a Mitch-type move if I've ever was one.
Damn, that’s soft AF right there.
 
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Bilas said it right, Michigan state is simply running a light practice using team managers and scoring at will. They are shooting lights out because they are wide open everywhere.
I mean, sure?

Not many players shoot 50% from 3 on wide open looks, and they are better than that as a team from 3.

Teams will get hot. But the game is played with two teams. We'd be confident that they would cool off in the second half if we had 36 points in the half.

"OMG! They are making everything! That last second shot was ridiculous. We will weather this shooting storm and be fine as the game goes on."

We played terrible on offense so the narrative is different.
 

*Fox2Monk*

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I’ll bet if we switched rosters, Tom Izzo would be smacking us even worse. That’s ok, we can blame it on not having “studs”, and waste even more time. I don’t want to die before we pass UCLA, but I guess it’s inevitable
If you can show me where this supposed talent is let me know. Only person who looks like they play high level ball is Aberdeen and Chandler.
 

UKBB4Ever

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I hate this as a UK fan. I hate this for Pope. He's a nice man and I love his love for the program. I truly wanted this to work, but unless something DRASTICALLY changes he just isn't going to cut it here. IDGAF about OAD recruiting, it's everything else. Other coaches make it work without teams of OAD's and burger boys. This stage is too big for him and he's way too relaxed, period. Too soft. Lineups make no sense. Getting down big against good teams in big games is becoming far too common. Year one and that happens, fine. Year two, not so much. I could even chalk last week up to being early, against a in-state rival that's good, and on their home court. Tonight is inexcusable. You simply can't run a system built on 3's without guys that can make 3's while also giving up a gazillion points.
I hate to say well said to that. But, well said!
 

Noxium3222

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Some of these guys seem to be playing for the level above. The scouts are noticing guys, good luck...
 

kyjeff1

Heisman
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It would be nice if Pope could go tell the ref who the foul should have been called on, like Izzo did.
 

Son_Of_Saul

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After tonight, Pope will have 14 losses in his first 41 games. That's with the highest payroll in college basketball.