I was on the receiving end of a "you're dumb as f*ck" tonight and yet being called chief is somehow the worst of it.
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- Dickinson gets away with a lot. It’s embarrassing honestly especially when he gets to crying about calls.
- Cal was always going to micro manage the last few minutes and it never works.
- Missed FTs down the stretch, bad shots down the stretch, and KU was the opposite.
- All the bad from this game whether it’s Wagner/Edwards or Cal or the choke job down the stretch or our injured bigs……..we had a shot to win.
With all the 20 pt loss predictions in here earlier it seems ironic in here.
- Rob has got to be more disciplined. Cal trying to teach him about the overplaying for steals was tough because we needed him.
- We are good and are going to be fun to watch so hopefully you guys can try to enjoy this season a little.
- Cal was always going to micro manage the last few minutes and it never works.
- Missed FTs down the stretch, bad shots down the stretch, and KU was the opposite.
- All the bad from this game whether it’s Wagner/Edwards or Cal or the choke job down the stretch or our injured bigs……..we had a shot to win.
With all the 20 pt loss predictions in here earlier it seems ironic in here.
- Rob has got to be more disciplined. Cal trying to teach him about the overplaying for steals was tough because we needed him.
- We are good and are going to be fun to watch so hopefully you guys can try to enjoy this season a little.
I heard there's gonna be a "Good Job, Good Effort!" rally at Blue Grass Airport at around 3 a.m. to welcome the team back home if anyone wants to join in.
omg I hate this team & coach the MOST!!! If you think you do you’re wrong.
I hate Kentucky basketball more than anyone!!! Easy!!! I am the winner of this!
Gotta go study up for the huge SCjr game! We can maybe win & get free lifetime southern mayonnaise next month if we win out!!
I hate Kentucky basketball more than anyone!!! Easy!!! I am the winner of this!
Gotta go study up for the huge SCjr game! We can maybe win & get free lifetime southern mayonnaise next month if we win out!!
By my count we were -5 in last 35 seconds of first half (somehow going -3 in last 19 seconds despite having the ball) and -9 in last 3 min of 2nd half. -14 in those 3.5 min meaning we won the other 36.5 min by 9.
Our best 2 guards don’t start.
Wagner, woof
Edwards, woof.
Don’t like the shot volume for reeves but at least he gets pts.
1-6 last 7 champions classics.
This win would have been a seed helper in March.
Just want one 7 footer back. Don’t want all 3 bc cal will want to play all 3.
Our best 2 guards don’t start.
Wagner, woof
Edwards, woof.
Don’t like the shot volume for reeves but at least he gets pts.
1-6 last 7 champions classics.
This win would have been a seed helper in March.
Just want one 7 footer back. Don’t want all 3 bc cal will want to play all 3.
****, both of our teams just lose their damn minds at the end of half and games.
I wish we didn’t have to wait until February to roll Gonzaga at Rupp to shut you annoying bitches up about not winning big games. Guess UNC in Atlanta will have to do. There’s a lot to dissect and some valid complaints about this game and the stubborn ******* on the sidelines, but you clowns sound like Cubs fans after Bartman. Christ.
Reeves was 3-17 from 3. Jesus
DJ/Edwards 1-18!!!
I thought Cal had an excellent game plan, Kansas was mostly a mess. Harris went Redick & our guys folded late.
Ending sucked ***. But I thought he coached one of his better recent games overall, Just didn’t have the dudes in the end.
Instead of being embarrassed vs #1 as expected, it was & is basically the opposite. STFU with any lectures about history, as it’s irrelevant.
We’re one of the best teams in CBB, as proven tonight, unlike…
I’m a 60/40 guy. I put as much effort into FB as anyone, plan my whole goddam life around it annually, but about to be Chad style on you hypocrite bitches.
DJ/Edwards 1-18!!!
I thought Cal had an excellent game plan, Kansas was mostly a mess. Harris went Redick & our guys folded late.
Ending sucked ***. But I thought he coached one of his better recent games overall, Just didn’t have the dudes in the end.
Instead of being embarrassed vs #1 as expected, it was & is basically the opposite. STFU with any lectures about history, as it’s irrelevant.
We’re one of the best teams in CBB, as proven tonight, unlike…
I’m a 60/40 guy. I put as much effort into FB as anyone, plan my whole goddam life around it annually, but about to be Chad style on you hypocrite bitches.
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- I hate Calipari. I thought his bonehead lineups F’d us when we were up 14 and again in crunchtime. Sadly, they were obvious F-ups, too. Like as soon as you see it, you start dogcussing him.
- Dillingham is great but he’s a microwave guy- when he gets hot, ride him until he cools. Similar to Reeves.
- Shep is our best defender, best ballhandler and best shooter. Inexplicably not playing him early 2nd half and then removing him up 6 were just irrational, bad coaching moves. Period.
- Love Thiero. Smart. Plays hard. Tough. Athletic. He’s everything we all thought he may be. Needs 32 mpg.
- Our strengths are quickness, ball handling, passing and pressure D. That means Cal’s idiot decision to play Edwards at SF is ludicrous. He’s the same dude as Livingston. Not especially quick or athletic. Decent shooter. Decent skill.
- Does this team have potential? Absolutely. Do I trust Cal to drive this train- especially when possibly adding more bigs? Nope. Just gives him more pieces to jumble and F up.
- Mitchell battled but he choked at the line.
- Reeves had it going but got greedy- doesn’t help that Cal routinely played him with Wagner and 3 forwards.
- Wagner’s like UKO - an 80s Guy in a 2020s world. i hope he figures it out but I don’t know about that upside.
- We had this game and our c-sucking coach gave it away. It’s infuriating.
- Dillingham is great but he’s a microwave guy- when he gets hot, ride him until he cools. Similar to Reeves.
- Shep is our best defender, best ballhandler and best shooter. Inexplicably not playing him early 2nd half and then removing him up 6 were just irrational, bad coaching moves. Period.
- Love Thiero. Smart. Plays hard. Tough. Athletic. He’s everything we all thought he may be. Needs 32 mpg.
- Our strengths are quickness, ball handling, passing and pressure D. That means Cal’s idiot decision to play Edwards at SF is ludicrous. He’s the same dude as Livingston. Not especially quick or athletic. Decent shooter. Decent skill.
- Does this team have potential? Absolutely. Do I trust Cal to drive this train- especially when possibly adding more bigs? Nope. Just gives him more pieces to jumble and F up.
- Mitchell battled but he choked at the line.
- Reeves had it going but got greedy- doesn’t help that Cal routinely played him with Wagner and 3 forwards.
- Wagner’s like UKO - an 80s Guy in a 2020s world. i hope he figures it out but I don’t know about that upside.
- We had this game and our c-sucking coach gave it away. It’s infuriating.
His game plan may have been fine but his substitution patterns suck.Reeves was 3-17 from 3. Jesus
DJ/Edwards 1-18!!!
I thought Cal had an excellent game plan, Kansas was mostly a mess. Harris went Redick & our guys folded late.
Ending sucked ***. But I thought he coached one of his better recent games overall, Just didn’t have the dudes in the end.
Instead of being embarrassed vs #1 as expected, it was & is basically the opposite. STFU with any lectures about history, as it’s irrelevant.
We’re one of the best teams in CBB, as proven tonight, unlike…
I’m a 60/40 guy. I put as much effort into FB as anyone, plan my whole goddam life around it annually, but about to be Chad style on you hypocrite bitches.
Sounds silly but I wonder if Dickinson limits Kansas upside. They looked like us with Oscar trying to guard people the first 30 minutes.
Of course then our coach decided- “hey those two stud guards torching you, meh, not going to play them.”
Of course then our coach decided- “hey those two stud guards torching you, meh, not going to play them.”
Cal lineups Always a gripe. Of course. Makes me as livid as anyone, trust. I’m on Cal’s *** incessantly, JFC.
Bottom line is with the players. As detailed, factually, above.
The 2 guys everyone is clamoring for, who I worship, also made arguably the 3 worst plays of the closing losing stretch.
Players win games. A Few Young guys balled, then didn’t close (+Reeves). Pretty simple to me.
We should have won. We didn’t. On the players this time imo. You gonna beat #1 with those numbers? lol, not very often…
Bottom line is with the players. As detailed, factually, above.
The 2 guys everyone is clamoring for, who I worship, also made arguably the 3 worst plays of the closing losing stretch.
Players win games. A Few Young guys balled, then didn’t close (+Reeves). Pretty simple to me.
We should have won. We didn’t. On the players this time imo. You gonna beat #1 with those numbers? lol, not very often…
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You’re such a clown.
No such thing as a moral victory. But was a tough & expected loss, in which we outperformed any & all expectations severely short handed. On November 14
We shot 33% vs 47% lol. Season is clearly over.
Tune in next year, focus on your rugby team or whatever Napoleon. Most of This thread is the wettest slop of nasty ***** I’ve ever seen.
No such thing as a moral victory. But was a tough & expected loss, in which we outperformed any & all expectations severely short handed. On November 14
We shot 33% vs 47% lol. Season is clearly over.
Tune in next year, focus on your rugby team or whatever Napoleon. Most of This thread is the wettest slop of nasty ***** I’ve ever seen.
My bad, Go Big Blue! All in! #9 here we come!
Oh wait, for the 6th time in 7 years after the "Champions Classic" all the takes are the same of how a close loss is a good building block and plenty of good came out of it and they will be fine in March.
Like Clockwork
BUT THIS TIME IT WILL BE DIFFERENT!
Oh wait, for the 6th time in 7 years after the "Champions Classic" all the takes are the same of how a close loss is a good building block and plenty of good came out of it and they will be fine in March.
Like Clockwork
BUT THIS TIME IT WILL BE DIFFERENT!
That game was a lot better than many of the past Champions Classics that's for sure. We need a big. Maybe 2. We don't need 3.
Cal needs someone to keep him from from knowing the draft projections and someone to tell to tell which players will win the game. Same old Cal, worried more about the draft than the game at hand
minutes:
Wagner: 25 1-12 fg 0-3 3pt
Edwards: 29 0-6 fg 0-3 3pt
Dillingham: 16 6-12 fg 4-5 3pt
Sheppard: 16 4-5 fg 3-4 3pt
This is going to be our problem all year especially when greaseball has three seven footers to clog the lane with
Wagner: 25 1-12 fg 0-3 3pt
Edwards: 29 0-6 fg 0-3 3pt
Dillingham: 16 6-12 fg 4-5 3pt
Sheppard: 16 4-5 fg 3-4 3pt
This is going to be our problem all year especially when greaseball has three seven footers to clog the lane with
That game in March pisses me off.
That game in November gives me, what’s the word for it… hope?
That game in November gives me, what’s the word for it… hope?
We are going to learn a lot when we play Miami on November 28.
I hate that the Champions Classic is so early in the year. It should happen around Christmas, imo. Let these teams gel a bit before going toe-to-toe with other elites.
I hate that the Champions Classic is so early in the year. It should happen around Christmas, imo. Let these teams gel a bit before going toe-to-toe with other elites.
I’m with Chumps. We just lost a game where we were the better team against a rival.
It’s clear as day Shep and Dilly are our dudes. Has been. Why should it be acceptable that our coach doesn’t see this?
Dude forgot about Shep in the second half- giving away a blowout.
He’s our best defender. Damn near Rondo-esque with the swipes.
Gee- shocking we start slow when our best players aren’t in the starting lineup.
It’s clear as day Shep and Dilly are our dudes. Has been. Why should it be acceptable that our coach doesn’t see this?
Dude forgot about Shep in the second half- giving away a blowout.
He’s our best defender. Damn near Rondo-esque with the swipes.
Gee- shocking we start slow when our best players aren’t in the starting lineup.
+/- for DJ?
We played better for a big stretch without him in second half. Dude played like Ashton.
We played better for a big stretch without him in second half. Dude played like Ashton.
I’m assuming:
A) we have some sort of serviceable big
and
B) Wagner gets better
A) we have some sort of serviceable big
and
B) Wagner gets better
Yes, but unlike Chumps, you aren’t being a whiny loser ***** and actually have nuanced takes and still see some positives instead of only being woe is me and complaining about how much being a Kentucky fan sucks and competing about how much you hate being a Kentucky fan in a competition to see who hates Cal and UKBB the most.
Postgame show quotes,
“At the end of the day, this game doesn’t mean very much.”
“I thought going in we were gonna get beat pretty bad.”
Can’t disagree more with these 2 statements.
“At the end of the day, this game doesn’t mean very much.”
“I thought going in we were gonna get beat pretty bad.”
Can’t disagree more with these 2 statements.
Hey bub...nobody believes you stayed up to watch the game.
Gotta love a top 10 coach with a great squad that goes into games thinking they’re going to get smoked…
I'm not quite as mad about the minutes of Dillingham and Edwards. I don't think you could've played Dillingham much more than he did in the 2H, because he was fouling immediately and Cal wanted him on the floor for offense at the end. Edwards shot poorly, but for some reason I just didn't feel like he was hurting us that much. And the other combo forwards, Thiero and Burks, seemed to get plenty of minutes
Shep and Wagner are a different story. One makes the team go and the other kills everything good. Two games in a row, we've started out in a big hole and Sheppard came in and righted the ship immediately. Sitting him for an hour after getting his second foul was criminal. Wagner didn't just miss shots, he took awful ones. Floaters that looked like fastballs. Missed layups. Missed threes by three feet. Blindly driving into traffic and kicking the ball into the bottom of the rim. It's okay to let him play through some of it, but maybe not when you have a chance to put #1 away. And maybe you can let Sheppard play through a mistake or two since he also brings some good to the table.
Was disappointing to lose, but I'm not mad about the overall product. It came down to Kansas having two guys that were not only having career nights, but were also incredibly clutch. Big shot after big shot at the end. As Tucker mentioned, the middle 32 were great. Outside of maybe that stretch in 21-22 where we smoked Kansas, UNC and UT by a thousand, that was the most fun UK basketball watching since Fox, Monk and Bam. Cal seems to be fixing a lot of the crap we've been bitching about for the last 8 years. He didn't take the air out of the ball, Kansas did. We played free, with spacing and movement. Limited the long 2s. We pushed the pace for big chunks of the game. He still sucks at knowing who to have on the court.
Shep and Wagner are a different story. One makes the team go and the other kills everything good. Two games in a row, we've started out in a big hole and Sheppard came in and righted the ship immediately. Sitting him for an hour after getting his second foul was criminal. Wagner didn't just miss shots, he took awful ones. Floaters that looked like fastballs. Missed layups. Missed threes by three feet. Blindly driving into traffic and kicking the ball into the bottom of the rim. It's okay to let him play through some of it, but maybe not when you have a chance to put #1 away. And maybe you can let Sheppard play through a mistake or two since he also brings some good to the table.
Was disappointing to lose, but I'm not mad about the overall product. It came down to Kansas having two guys that were not only having career nights, but were also incredibly clutch. Big shot after big shot at the end. As Tucker mentioned, the middle 32 were great. Outside of maybe that stretch in 21-22 where we smoked Kansas, UNC and UT by a thousand, that was the most fun UK basketball watching since Fox, Monk and Bam. Cal seems to be fixing a lot of the crap we've been bitching about for the last 8 years. He didn't take the air out of the ball, Kansas did. We played free, with spacing and movement. Limited the long 2s. We pushed the pace for big chunks of the game. He still sucks at knowing who to have on the court.
We’re going to have some fun games, and I like the makeup of the team. We should’ve won, I’m annoyed we didn’t. Really no excuse not to close that out. Would be really nice to actually win some of these close, marquee games for once.
- Anytime you lose a game like that, there’s going to be several things you can point to that could’ve changed the outcome. In this one it’s 1-18, 3-17, 11-24 at the rim, FTs down the stretch, etc.
- Dillingham had about the best 2 minutes you’re ever going to see in the first half (nailing 3 after 3, culminating in that skip ahead pass to Reeves for the rhythm transition 3) and the worst 2 minutes you’re going to see in the second half (inexplicably going under two straight screens against Harris followed by taking maybe the worst shot I’ve ever seen from the corner and missing the rim by 4 feet).
The latter stretch came immediately after he was subbed back into the game, which I and probably everyone else here was clamoring for. Can’t blame Cal for that one.
- At the end of the day, it was a very similar game to the one we had against them last year. Close game down the stretch and they hit every shot they needed to hit and we just missed ours. If this was the NBA, you’d chalk it up to a bad shooting night and move on. I’m extremely encouraged by the way we played and the avoidance of the midrange. Thought we had a great game plan on offense and it was mostly executed well. Defensively we had too many breakdowns but we battled pretty well considering what we were up against.
- Sheppard is our best player right now. He’s the best on-ball defender, the best distributor, and among the best shooters. And - this is the key - he understands how to play basketball. So refreshing to have a point guard that actually advances the ball in a positive direction and puts pressure on the defense every time he touches it rather than the useless perimeter meandering we’ve grown accustomed to over the years.
He’s been so good at this that I’ve had the thought “maybe I’ve been too harsh on Cal - when the players actually run offense, it doesn’t look half bad.”
- Those thoughts were quickly dispelled when he made a poor turnover which led to Dillingham’s 3rd foul and immediately got buried on the bench for the next 10 minutes. I cannot express how irritated I am with Cal over stuff like that.
- All that said, I’m going to be brutally honest, as this is GYERO and you deserve it: I very much want to believe in the capacity of this team to play great basketball. The pieces are there and we are already seeing glimpses. But the coach is the coach and I can’t believe he’s going to let us play this way all year. When he has multiple 7 footers at his disposal, he’s going to want to use them. We’ve seen him revert time after time when it comes down to the biggest moments of the season. Wish I could tell you different.
- Dillingham had about the best 2 minutes you’re ever going to see in the first half (nailing 3 after 3, culminating in that skip ahead pass to Reeves for the rhythm transition 3) and the worst 2 minutes you’re going to see in the second half (inexplicably going under two straight screens against Harris followed by taking maybe the worst shot I’ve ever seen from the corner and missing the rim by 4 feet).
The latter stretch came immediately after he was subbed back into the game, which I and probably everyone else here was clamoring for. Can’t blame Cal for that one.
- At the end of the day, it was a very similar game to the one we had against them last year. Close game down the stretch and they hit every shot they needed to hit and we just missed ours. If this was the NBA, you’d chalk it up to a bad shooting night and move on. I’m extremely encouraged by the way we played and the avoidance of the midrange. Thought we had a great game plan on offense and it was mostly executed well. Defensively we had too many breakdowns but we battled pretty well considering what we were up against.
- Sheppard is our best player right now. He’s the best on-ball defender, the best distributor, and among the best shooters. And - this is the key - he understands how to play basketball. So refreshing to have a point guard that actually advances the ball in a positive direction and puts pressure on the defense every time he touches it rather than the useless perimeter meandering we’ve grown accustomed to over the years.
He’s been so good at this that I’ve had the thought “maybe I’ve been too harsh on Cal - when the players actually run offense, it doesn’t look half bad.”
- Those thoughts were quickly dispelled when he made a poor turnover which led to Dillingham’s 3rd foul and immediately got buried on the bench for the next 10 minutes. I cannot express how irritated I am with Cal over stuff like that.
- All that said, I’m going to be brutally honest, as this is GYERO and you deserve it: I very much want to believe in the capacity of this team to play great basketball. The pieces are there and we are already seeing glimpses. But the coach is the coach and I can’t believe he’s going to let us play this way all year. When he has multiple 7 footers at his disposal, he’s going to want to use them. We’ve seen him revert time after time when it comes down to the biggest moments of the season. Wish I could tell you different.
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Are teams going to dare DJ to shoot, pack the middle, make someone else beat us? Seen that movie before.
Like when Wheeler was on floor, needed multiple shooters to balance.
Reeves comes back to 39% like he has been the last 2 years and will be fine. Need more of Shep and other consistent outside threats.
Like when Wheeler was on floor, needed multiple shooters to balance.
Reeves comes back to 39% like he has been the last 2 years and will be fine. Need more of Shep and other consistent outside threats.
*Dickinson does not go off against an athletic big like Bradshaw and we most likely run them out of the gym. He's a slow oaf who feasted on a small lineup.
*Cal's lineups are maddening, but willing to give a *little* slack this early.
*Pretty sure Cal didn't tell Dilly to leave Collins wide-effing-open on consecutive trips or for Reed, Dilly, Reeves to take bad shots (at least two that Reeves shot late were jump-back or not set).
*Furious last night, but this team looks and feels markedly different than the plodding, turnover-prone chaos we're used to seeing the past several years.
*Cal's lineups are maddening, but willing to give a *little* slack this early.
*Pretty sure Cal didn't tell Dilly to leave Collins wide-effing-open on consecutive trips or for Reed, Dilly, Reeves to take bad shots (at least two that Reeves shot late were jump-back or not set).
*Furious last night, but this team looks and feels markedly different than the plodding, turnover-prone chaos we're used to seeing the past several years.
-Cal can't close out a double digit 2nd half lead. I'm shocked. He's usually so clutch in that situation.
-Wagner will be fine. Edwards though
are we on Skal watch with him? Good Lord. Didn't feel like he was hurting us? He airballed like (3) 3s, just fumbled the ball on at least that many bunnies. His hands are a f*cking mess.
-I don't like thinking about who will be the odd man out if Bradshaw does play. Bet we get a bunch of Bradshaw, Edwards, Mitchell with DJ and Reeves.
-While KU was chopping away at the 2nd half lead... no sign of our best defender. He'll never change. Never found his way back to the crew that created the big lead.
-I'm actually kinda glad we missed on Dickinson. Had plenty of that **** the last 2 years. Love O, but I'm not interested in ever playing that offense again.
-Love Reeves. LOVE DILLY!
-Love Burks potential. Hopefully he comes back next season.
-Get DJ right, PLAY SHEP!!!, and it should be a fun team to watch. We're gonna blow the doors of some teams.
-Wagner will be fine. Edwards though
are we on Skal watch with him? Good Lord. Didn't feel like he was hurting us? He airballed like (3) 3s, just fumbled the ball on at least that many bunnies. His hands are a f*cking mess. -I don't like thinking about who will be the odd man out if Bradshaw does play. Bet we get a bunch of Bradshaw, Edwards, Mitchell with DJ and Reeves.
-While KU was chopping away at the 2nd half lead... no sign of our best defender. He'll never change. Never found his way back to the crew that created the big lead.
-I'm actually kinda glad we missed on Dickinson. Had plenty of that **** the last 2 years. Love O, but I'm not interested in ever playing that offense again.
-Love Reeves. LOVE DILLY!
-Love Burks potential. Hopefully he comes back next season.
-Get DJ right, PLAY SHEP!!!, and it should be a fun team to watch. We're gonna blow the doors of some teams.
What are the odds that Sheppard becomes "that guy" that drives fans, media, and Cal alike just absolutely crazy this season? I'll take the OVER.
Cal lecturing us about how great he is, and how he needs to get him more minutes, only to continually bench him behind less deserving players. You know the drill. Just seems like it's coming.
Cal lecturing us about how great he is, and how he needs to get him more minutes, only to continually bench him behind less deserving players. You know the drill. Just seems like it's coming.
That would probably put the fan base finally over the edge.
Is Sheppy gonna start tonight? I can already hear it
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