JQ hurt again?
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JQ WENT DOWN IN A HEAP BY THE VISITORS FOUL LINE & did a splits that looked painful.
Soon after he came out.
Burn Hawthorne redshirt. Go to 40 minutes of Hell defense platoon full spread style.
Soon after he came out.
Burn Hawthorne redshirt. Go to 40 minutes of Hell defense platoon full spread style.
I was at the game, JQ absolutely dominated Ejiofor. Strong with the ball and couldn't be moved off the block.
I am not doubting what you saw, but the stat line for him shows 1 point and 4 rebounds.
I have a slightly different view of what is a dominant performance and that is not one of them.
The only thing hurt is his draft position. He really might be hurt again I don’t know but that is what the players of his abilities do now
It’s already the worst of my lifetime.
Rupp had some not so good years, Hall had some not so good, Pitino had 14-14 that was only bad on paper, Sutton had the losing season and Cal had the losing season. The only two of my lifetime.
But none of those teams let go of the rope.
They did the best they could. This team just quits when things don’t go well.
They have embarrassed the brand.
I don’t know anything about this JQ situation. But if he doesn’t play anymore our rivals will play this as Pope rushing him back too soon.
As if recruiting is not bad enough already.
Let’s quit calling it “opting out”, and call it what it is, and that’s quitting on your team.
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I only disagree on ‘20. I believe that was a certain 2 seed and maybe a 1 after we ran thru the SEC tourney.
There were bracketologists who did the full brackets after the season just to give basketball fans something to do. They landed as a four on most and a three on a few select brackets. Joe Lunardi projected them a two seed which was much higher than most anyone else. Bracket matrix had them a four seed using every major bracketology for their algorithm:
That 2020 team had no chance at a one-seed. They didn’t have many losses but the SEC was abysmal that year. Auburn was the only ranked team they played all conference season. They had bad losses to Evansville, Utah, South Carolina and at home to a Tennessee team that was going to miss the tournament. I like the 2020 team but people often remember this as the “best team going into the tournament”, when they were pretty good at best. In one of the worst SEC’s in recent memory, they were SEC regular season champions — I’ll always take an SEC championship.
I understand it’s subjective.
Yes they had some bad losses early with freshmen.
But Quickley was SEC POY and not even the best player on the team by season’s end.
And we had some very good wins pre conference, Mich St being one I remember because I went to that game.
We had just beaten Fl at Fl in the last game without Hagans.
That team had turned into a very good defensive team by the end of the season.
They weren’t pretty on offense a lot of times. But they were solid and Maxey and/or Quickley could go off for 30 at any time.
Getting away from SEC officials in the tournament there’s no way opponents could have handled Maxey.
We were sitting in Nashville on Wednesday of the SEC tournament planning our FF trip.
I don’t remember if they told us that night or Thursday morning that the rest of the tournament was cancelled.
Give me that kind of SEC again. I’m tired of all the teams being good, it gives me no sense of pride. I liked the conference being our sandbox that we played around in before the real stuff in March.
It's sad to remember when we had guards like IQ and Maxey. Now it's duds like DA,CC and Lowe. Talk about going from the penthouse to the doghouse.
Even if it would make sense from their perspective, to opt out for more money, I have ZERO respect for anyone who quits. And any coach who supports such a decision shouldn't be in the profession.
He definitely looked lost against Missouri ... no question.
I was about to ask the same thing.
I know swelling can occur when recuperating from his surgery, but have no idea if that’s it.
I honestly don’t think this hurts our chances to beat MSU tonight. He is still finding himself on the floor currently. If we can get the Garrison we got against Mizz, minus the bad pass, we can be ok. Might actually give Jelavic some opportunity. I really think he needs minutes anyway.
10 points, 8 rebounds, and 2 blocks in just 17 minutes, that was his stat line against St. Johns. That was the game I was referring to.
Let’s be honest..if JQ was your son…sitting in the middle of this dysfunctional team…what would you do? Would you risk further injury & watch your draft stock drop like a rock? Bet he is being shutdown.
JQ is not playable at end of games at this point in his career. Just foul him and Kentucky is going to get 1 point out of every two trips at most at the end of games. If you thought PJ Washington was bad against Kansas State, this ends up even worse.
With his dad posting on social media after games, seems odd to have “an injury” right after the epic failure at home Wednesday then getting abused at bama. This program is in complete shambles right now & evaluation of talent and character seems else have been the downfall of stoops and now pope.
We run zero offense and the coach’s job is to be his team in the best position for success every PLAY…….mark has completely failed at that and seems to have no clue where to start.
We run zero offense and the coach’s job is to be his team in the best position for success every PLAY…….mark has completely failed at that and seems to have no clue where to start.
I listened to all you brainiacs pontificating about how JO would never suit up all October and November. You questioned his character with absolutely no evidence to do so. All this kid has done is work his backside off trying to get ready to play for this team. He has done exactly what he said he would do every step of the way since he has been. After being off a year recovering from a catastrophic injury and playing 4 games many here have proclaimed him a " bust" and I even read one comment about his game being garbage. Now he is out from knee swelling a legitimate concern returning from an ACL in 9 months instead of the usual 12 and I read the excrement you guys are putting out about that once again questioning his and his family's character. You make me sick.
Don't blame his daddy. Got millions from Pope and his future earnings only going to fall the more times he plays for him .
I agree he had a good game against St. Johns but the other games he looked like a "mushroom" you find in your lawn; you never knew when he would show up
Only exposing his flaws the more he plays. Good financial decision by his family. His only attribute is athleticim. Can't shoot and a liability in any situation that wants to foul him because the tradeoff of missed free throws is their advantage. His money is what he can be when basketball is his only job.
Maybe he really has a swollen knee. Maybe he's rusty after being off and not practicing for a whole year. Maybe his knee is still hindering his mobility some affecting his play. Maybe he has played a little tentative fearing re injury something just about anybody that has ever had this injury can confirm is very real. The truth is any of my scenarios could be just as true as your. Why are so many of you SOO negative ALL THE TIME. You guys look for the worst possible take no matter what thr situation or information available
In no way a smart reply to you. But yea maybes its exactly what it is. Pope signed a guy off a fresh ACL TEAR. Always said he would come back. The guy tore his acl. Of course he has swelling. Of course he does like anybody else in the world that had a acl tear and then tried to get back and play d1 sports. Popes just a goof.
What’s he going to do pay all the money back? He came here to play and he’s getting paid well to do it if he’s healthy.
This may sound silly, but sometime I can't help but wonder ... does Pope recruit the players, or do the players, families and agents recruit him ??
877 cash now!! It’s your money use it when you need it! Yea just a goofy dude all the way around running the University of Kentucky men’s basketball. People might not like me as a poster but I’m giving the hard truth. Young people are looking at this program as a joke. Yall keep on horse dickin around spending all day tryna come up with reason to give him a chance.
Quaintance FT shooting isn’t the proverbial “tells me everything I need to know,” but it sure as heck is a strong indicator for me. We know he came to UK as a BAD FT shooter. That’s a huge negative for a Big, especially one who’s entire offensive game is in the paint. But Quaintance had what – 4 or 5 months – where he would have had almost nothing else he could work on game wise other than FT shooting. Yet he’s no better. Is it a small sample size? Yes, but you can see the shot looks no better and like he’s just flinging it up there on hope. So, did he not put in the effort? Did the staff not direct him? Is he just incapable of shooting a decent half-way consistent FT? It’s the same with his perimeter shot, too. Very disappointing. Top 5 draft pick? So what?
I’m thinking that you’d have to be a really special defender and rebounder with a decent post-up and put-back game to be a high value player in the NBA with his deficiencies. Shaq did it. Rodman did it. Others occasionally have. But I believe it’s a narrow needle to thread. He’s still young, and the NBA loves drafting potential - even long-shot potential - rather than the best current CBB players; and I can see Quaintance as a niche role player even if he doesn’t develop offensively. But it doesn’t seem likely that much development of that potential is going to come in college and his value as a 17 & 18 yr. old in college is marginal.