If we can’t beat Robert Morris, we don’t need to be thinking about a Sweet 16. I’m just being real
Truth, the days of losing to Oakland are hopefully over.
Repeat after me: “Calipari is gone. Calipari is gone. Calipari is gone.”
They rank 140th in kenpom, their offensive efficiency rating is ranked 168th and their defensive efficiency rating is ranked 132nd.
If as fans we are going to be scared of everybody, then just quit playing basketball. Bring on whomever. If we get Auburn first game so be it. But sick and tired of Fans being scared of Robert morris,
Exactly, if we can’t stop one player we have no chance. He’s good but come on
I've had the same thought. Could see him getting bullied a bit by some of these SEC bigs but there just are not many college players who lead their conference in both offensive and defensive efficiency. He does that all while being 6'9, 40%+ on almost 100 3's, good rebounding rate, good passer, and is still only 19. Best player on the best team in his conference and has FIBA experience to boot. I think if we got him as one of the first guys off the bench for next season and then come back as a senior to start that'd be a potential home run. Wouldn't hate it at all.
They should’ve lost the night before. That “and one” call at the end of regulation to allow them to tie it was 100% not a foul.
We sort of (emptily) got them back in November of that same year, inviting them to the Keightley Classic and destroying them by 38. I was there for that one (a real badge of honor, let me tell you).
Kentucky lost to Oakland last year because our coach came up with one of the worst offensive gameplan in modern college basketball
Exactly. I will never forget the post on this board in which a poster who claimed to know a lot about basketball and had seen Ramon Harris play. He said that Harris would lead Kentucky in scoring. He was THAT good! Heck, I even remember some of the posts saying that anyone who had ever watched basketball would know that Jared Carter was destined for stardom. Nothing against those players, they were both good role players for us, but they weren't going to be All-Amercans.
Don’t disagree entirely but sometimes teams are just bad matchups. You may beat them 9 out of 10 but they have the pieces to steal 1. For example, it took a buzzer beater to beat Princeton in 2011 in the first round. We then went on to knock off the overall 1 Ohio State and UNC on our way to a Final 4.
If we get matched up Robert Morris, you gotta win. Don’t think fans will blame the bad matchup. I do get what you’re saying but it’s Robert Morris, we’d have a significant talent advantage
Oh absolutely… we should win and we have to win the first round game as a 3 or 4 seed. We absolutely cannot be one of the handful of first round upsets this year. It hurts the brand. The under 20 crowd on social media already constantly says “Kentucky will just flame out early like they always do”… we need to make to to the round our seed says we belong in this season.
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