Kentucky @ Louisville Game Thread

LineSkiCat14

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It's amazing to me that as much as we paid for this roster, we couldn't get Ament, Wilson, Lewis, Brown, Dent, or Wilkerson.

Pope paid a fortune for this team of second-tier targets.

Stokes should be a must get now. Id up the offer by 200k or something.

There are a lot of things Pope is doing well. Very well. But we need to see him go big game fishing.. and not neccesarily just him, but the school as well.

Idk I still sometimes get this feeling that Kentucky basketball/AD don't think they need to play this game, the way other schools play it. Almost like we aren't willing to pony up for a single elite player because we'd rather make a 10-deep roster.

Its a new era. You have to pay to win. Its that simple. Cant rely on your legacy.
 

theBlues

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UL went to the line four times up 7, got one point, and outscored UK 1-0 to win by 8.


late edit note: UK had missed a wide open three or two and the front end of two one and ones in the preceding couple minutes. Like I said in an earlier post, UL is a bunch of chokers and Kentucky just didn't make shots to take advantage. They had a chance to complete an epic comeback but couldn't shoot in crunch time(so I guess UK choked too).
 
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mash_24

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It’s early. Louisville has a good team. We are missing some fire we had last year especially from Oweh. Maybe this game wakes him up. Maybe I’m over reactionary but Moreno and even Jelavic need more playing time and Garrison much less. We need something from Jasper Johnson and hope that Williams gained some confidence tonight. We’re gonna be fine.
 

kybassfan

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Ironically, the thing that will ended up killing us was turn overs and free throws. Aside from that, the game was statistically very even. Our defense is horrific. We have got to stop jacking threes and we must get the ball into the paint. I know we have a lot of boo birdies in the fanbase, but this team don’t quit. I still like our chances.

And the UL coach is STILL short and ugly.
 

Vek96

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Screw that. They’re being paid a lot of money. The defense sucked, And choked on free throws and can’t rebound. Zero excuses. Showing some fight my ***. Theyre being paid a lot of money. They better do a lot more than “showing some fight” ********.
 
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UKBB4Ever

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Haven’t seen a #1 seed in 11 years when the tournament rolls around . We aren’t getting one of those again this year.
Too early for that. Doesn’t look like it right now.

When, (if?), JQ is playing major minutes we can take a second look

We will definitely not be a 1 seed with Garrison manning the paint.

Or if Oweh is truly our best player.
 
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Dumb turnovers and poor decisions were the difference in the game. 6-14. Outrebounded them and shot better percentages but they had many more possession than us. More agressive and doubled us up at the FT line. Not the end of the world but a terrible game to lose because of who it is.
 
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KYFOSSIL

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Yep Pope has already gotten strike 1 with this one and that would be strike 2
Eff you!
$22 million dollar roster that gives up 100 to Louisville. Inexcusable.
no we didnt
Aw gee shucks guys. Pope coached a great game because we ONLY lost to a team that has no frontcourt. I’m a better fan than everyone else because I’m clapping my hands while we get demonstrably outcoached
thank you for living up to your name
 

Son_Of_Saul

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Stokes should be a must get now. Id up the offer by 200k or something.

There are a lot of things Pope is doing well. Very well. But we need to see him go big game fishing.. and not neccesarily just him, but the school as well.

Idk I still sometimes get this feeling that Kentucky basketball/AD don't think they need to play this game, the way other schools play it. Almost like we aren't willing to pony up for a single elite player because we'd rather make a 10-deep roster.

Its a new era. You have to pay to win. Its that simple. Cant rely on your legacy.
And really, it's not like they would be paying that much more for a guy like Stokes. I heard he wants $4 million. Oweh's getting north of $3 million. I'd trade Oweh and another portal guy for Stokes. It would probably be the same amount of money. We are already paying premium. It's just that we're paying premium for quantity and not quality.
 
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Eff you!

no we didnt

thank you for living up to your name
What did I say that was incorrect? Do you think Pope coached a good game? Did you think Louisville had a good frontcourt? Did you think pushing the pace was wise and worked out well against a team that has almost all speedy and frail guards?
 
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I don’t think we will lose very many games. I expect we now know that we have what it takes against these types of teams. Louisville doesn’t want to see Kentucky later this season
Not many teams are going to shoot it like UL just did, UL included. We will be fine.

Honestly besides the runs where we went down 20, the final score was about what I expected.