Once UK loses I stop watching do you?
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Rarely do I watch after we lose...maybe the championship, or pieces of select games if my bracket is in the running, but for the most part, golf season begins in earnest the day after the Cats are eliminated
That's OK. His other 10 teams will compete well in football, basketball, roller $&@&ing.
That's been my hope, and sort of a sneaky prediction.. I think Kentucky might throttle it's first two opponents (unless it's texas), for this very reason. I think we are coming in very battle tested, and this might be the healthiest we've been since like late January when Butler and Jrob both went down. We've now adjusted to life without Jrob.. we had Elite 8 level games almost every night in the SEC.. we got dicked down by the officials.. and we had everyone's superbowl when we went on the road.
Now there's no more road games, we're ready for this level of competition, and we can't possibly keep getting the worst refs when there's 48 games in 4 days.
I'm a KENTUCKY WILDCATS fan more than a college basketball fan. It hurts too much when they lose so I can't watch.
I watch the big teams. I mostly pull for the underdog in each game unless there is a team I don’t like.
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Disagree. When UK loses, I just pick other teams to root against. I like college basketball too much to quit watching all together. The tournament is still great, even when UK is no longer playing. Surprised so many quit watching
“A lot of us?” “We?” You don’t speak for the majority of us. You’re quick to flip flop and ***** as soon as we lose but those of us with common sense and an understanding of how special this season has been will appreciate it for what is was versus what it wasn’t. Keep posting your dumb polls and 10 negative threads a day, makes it obvious that you’re not a fan but if so you’re the worst kind.
I will watch every game I can regardless of how UK does. It’s my favorite sporting event by far.
I always laugh at how many people say they don’t watch anymore after UK loses when this board claims it’s so keyed into and smart about college basketball. It seems like most of the board just watches UK and that’s it.
I always laugh at how many people say they don’t watch anymore after UK loses when this board claims it’s so keyed into and smart about college basketball. It seems like most of the board just watches UK and that’s it.
I do a little of both. It's not that I'm like "boycotting" the sport when UK loses.. it's kind of like, watching your ex get railed by another dude. I don't want to watch two teams battle it out for a Final4, when In my mind I'm thinking "That could be/should be us". Like when UK got cheated out of the Final 4 against UNC.. I couldn't stomach watching anymore.
Okay but how hot was she? I might watch.
I still keep up with the tournament after we lose, but don’t watch until all teams I hate are eliminated.
The problem is, I hate so many teams, one of them almost always makes it to the last weekend.
The problem is, I hate so many teams, one of them almost always makes it to the last weekend.
I quit watching when UK goes out. But my damn GF keeps watching as she played through high school like I did. We literally get in fights over it lol. I watch maybe the title game or final four at most.
It depends on a combination of when we lose and who is left. The later we lose the less likely I am to keep watching.
Just as examples, I didn’t watch the title game in 2015 because I was just sick and didn’t want to watch either Duke or Wisconsin win it all. In 2022 I watched the Elite Eight and then quit because the F4 was mostly disgusting that year. But I watched to the end in 2016 because it was a good Tournament and I had teams to root for until the end.
So I guess my answer is yes, I keep watching. I love basketball and that doesn’t change. But that doesn’t mean I’m interested in watching North Carolina and Kansas square off for a title. My love does have conditions.
Just as examples, I didn’t watch the title game in 2015 because I was just sick and didn’t want to watch either Duke or Wisconsin win it all. In 2022 I watched the Elite Eight and then quit because the F4 was mostly disgusting that year. But I watched to the end in 2016 because it was a good Tournament and I had teams to root for until the end.
So I guess my answer is yes, I keep watching. I love basketball and that doesn’t change. But that doesn’t mean I’m interested in watching North Carolina and Kansas square off for a title. My love does have conditions.
I’m a Kentucky fan first and foremost, but I also enjoy watching college basketball. I won’t stop watching, I’ll just stop caring lol.
I watch as many games as I can all season and keep doing so in the tourney whether we win or lose. I love basketball period.
I like pro football do fantasy and all that, the browns are my claimed team but I’m an nfl fan before browns specifically. Same with all pro sports.
2011 was rough too. You just knew butler didn't have the team they had the year before so if UK had beat uconn they had the title. Knight shot like 6 of 23 or something against uconn.
I can count on one hand the # of non-UK games I watched anything more than a couple minutes of this year. I’ll keep an eye on the non-UK NCAA tourney games and put them on if they are close down the stretch, but that’s all I intend to do. I just don’t really care much for college basketball these days.
Yes they are.
I quit watching once UK is out, but when it gets down to the final 8 I usually watch again if there is/are a team or teams that I detest. Once we're out, it's mostly important only from a standpoint of rooting against teams that are threatening our 8 nattys. At the top of that list are Duke, UNC, Uconn, Kansas, Indiana and maybe Villanova. Sometimes I root for a team like Ohio State since I was born and raised in Ohio as long as they aren't playing UK or maybe St John's to see Rick get one more before he retires.
I know that6 many dislike Pitino, but to me he saved the prestige of the program very quickly when it could have been damaged for a very long time. In fact, I think that had he stayed at UK, we probably would have won 3 or 4 more titles by now. He was a great coach and we were the most dominant team from 1991 through 1998 while he was at UK. I credit mostly him for the 1998 natty because we won with his recruits who told Tubby to let them play the way Rick taught them if he wanted to win a NC. He let them do it and we got number 7.
UCLA is a team I despise because of Sam Gilbert buying the best players back in an era when I'd like to believe that college game wasn't nearly as corrupt and paying off recruits was more the exception than the rule. I discount all 11 titles they won because No 11 was a Jim Harrick coached team. He lied and cheated everywhere he went and was caught lying to Dick Vitale and everyone else about violating NCAA rules while he coached at UCLA. He reminds me a lot of Pearl.
What sucks is that it's my favorite sporting event but when UK is done. I get upset and I'm done the rest of the tournament!
I used to stop watching out of depression. Sadly Calipari made me so numb to UK losing, I just expected it and never had to emotionally recover. So I’d enjoy the tourney from beginning to end with no disappointment. UK losing was just an expected part of that equation.
I just watched the SEC tourney beginning to end for the same reason. My expectation of a loss this season is based on injuries though, not a loser coach. So maybe I’ll get back to only watching for UK next year and beyond…hopefully.
I just watched the SEC tourney beginning to end for the same reason. My expectation of a loss this season is based on injuries though, not a loser coach. So maybe I’ll get back to only watching for UK next year and beyond…hopefully.
Depends on when we lose. If we lose early, I won’t watch again until the next weekend probably. If we lose late, especially if I feel like we have a great chance to go all the way, I turn it all the way off and subconsciously root against our rivals and other blue bloods
I’m done for the season, once UK is out, not wasting my time watching other teams. I only watch UK basketball games anyway, with the exception of NHRA Drag Racing, probably no sports on TV until UK basketball starts back up; unless the Reds make the World Series (haha). I do listen to the Reds on the radio, especially in the garage or driving around.
I know it's petty, but wish more would use "couldn't care less" correctly.... when you're ranting and say " i could care less" then it shows you don't care as much as you could... lol carry on
I'm done
Don't bet anymore (two year run broke even... lucky)
May watch a little of Alabama vs Duke if it looks like Alabama has a chance (just to look for that crying kid, again...and an ESPN meltdown)
All college NIL sports becoming un-important... due to NIL... and "feeling" that Lady Justice has her eyes covered, & thumb on the sports outcome scales
University/college programs are a broken system... for what it was originally intended.
I've always been that middle-aged guy in the stands shouting ... clapping... whoop and hollerin'.... but now it all seems a little silly... It should be for the college students .. a fun experience for them.... and something to support. But it all seems a little harder to support when the average student will be paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for the experience--often ending in debt... all the while supporting amateur athletes right out of high school who are making hundreds of thousands / millions of dollars playing a sport.
Okay, i feel better. Sorry for the Debbie Downer rage. Let's fix the bloated, corrupt College Education boondoggle and maybe there will be more worth cheering for.... Heck, I don't even rage at UL much anymore. What the H...
Instead of Go Cats...
Go CommonWealth of Kentucky! (its still a beautiful place)
Don't bet anymore (two year run broke even... lucky)
May watch a little of Alabama vs Duke if it looks like Alabama has a chance (just to look for that crying kid, again...and an ESPN meltdown)
All college NIL sports becoming un-important... due to NIL... and "feeling" that Lady Justice has her eyes covered, & thumb on the sports outcome scales
University/college programs are a broken system... for what it was originally intended.
I've always been that middle-aged guy in the stands shouting ... clapping... whoop and hollerin'.... but now it all seems a little silly... It should be for the college students .. a fun experience for them.... and something to support. But it all seems a little harder to support when the average student will be paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for the experience--often ending in debt... all the while supporting amateur athletes right out of high school who are making hundreds of thousands / millions of dollars playing a sport.
Okay, i feel better. Sorry for the Debbie Downer rage. Let's fix the bloated, corrupt College Education boondoggle and maybe there will be more worth cheering for.... Heck, I don't even rage at UL much anymore. What the H...
Instead of Go Cats...
Go CommonWealth of Kentucky! (its still a beautiful place)
I'll prob still watch especially if the 1s do make the final four.
You had four dominant teams in college bball this season (5 I guess we can count Bama on the 2 line).
Those final four games have the potential to be epic.
You had four dominant teams in college bball this season (5 I guess we can count Bama on the 2 line).
Those final four games have the potential to be epic.