[Spud6]

Fire Cal

[Strikeout King]

Yep. Fire Cal. He needs to go hes doing nothing but running this program into the damn ground. Get his ass outta Lexington

[Van Hagar]

Since 2019, we have two SEC tournament wins. Since 2020, we have one NCAA tournament win. I mean…….

[Strikeout King]

Since 2019, we have two SEC tournament wins. Since 2020, we have one NCAA tournament win.  I mean…….

Hell Barnhardt will probably give Cal another raise and extended lifetime contract. They're both morons.

[RunItUpTheGut]

I’m gonna have to start a new poll to get the numbers right lol

Now we’ve wasted 6 years and no titles.

[Cactus Jack]

This one is more than just the sting from a loss-- it's how they lost.

Think it's obvious that the biggest killer was the lack of defense. So many defensive breakdowns-- some of those were against very simple (even high school level) sets that the Cats put up little, if any, defensive effort against. The line-ups A&M used were too small to have the rebounding advantage, much less those type of numbers.

Two empty possessions from the 3:11 mark to the 2:30 mark were back-breakers. Didn't think we got any breaks on whistles late, but we didn't play like we deserved them and I'm not sure that it would have mattered anyway.

Kentucky's starting five combined for 32 of the team's 87 points (36.78% of the scoring). Two of their starters combined for 55 of their 97 points (56.7%)... yes, two players scored over half of their near-100 point output. Their third leading scorer (also a starter) had 17, so 72 of their 97 (74.2%) came from those three. Fourteen turnovers to their six... uggghhh.

Reeves and Dillingham can score, but they have some very real deficiencies. Same for Sheppard despite how he can stuff a stat sheet and has some high percentages or certain metrics that he grades well in.

Onyenso was beyond terrible tonight-- two points, two rebounds and two blocks in 19 minutes. Just looking at the stat sheet, Wagner, Mitchell, and Ivisic's numbers don't look too terrible, but nothing jumps out and Wagner was tied for the third-worst +/- with -9 (Thiero -14, Onyenso -12, and Sheppard -9 were the others).

Didn't get much of anything from Edwards-- you feel for him, but also think that it's getting to the point where it's obvious that we can't count on him and anything you get is gravy. Fair to say that Calipari has thrown in the towel on Bradshaw.

The offensive line-up that looked so good against Alabama and others showed how bad things can get when they don't play well.


Loss will definitely drop us from #17 in KenPom (+20.75), the question is how far it will be. I've saved a screenshot of where we were at tip and want to compare to where we land at the end of the night and weekend. Imagine that there'll be a separate thread on seeing and the NCAA Tournament, so I'll save that for later.

[Wildcat_blue]

This one is more than just the sting from a loss-- it's how they lost.

Think it's obvious that the biggest killer was the lack of defense. So many defensive breakdowns-- some of those were against very simple (even high school level) sets that the Cats put up little, if any, defensive effort against. The line-ups A&M used were too small to have the rebounding advantage, much less those type of numbers.

Two empty possessions from the 3:11 mark to the 2:30 mark were back-breakers. Didn't think we got any breaks on whistles late, but we didn't play like we deserved them and I'm not sure that it would have mattered anyway.

Kentucky's starting five combined for 32 of the team's 87 points (36.78% of the scoring). Two of their starters combined for 55 of their 97 points (56.7%)... yes, two players scored over half of their near-100 point output. Their third leading scorer (also a starter) had 17, so 72 of their 97 (74.2%) came from those three. Fourteen turnovers to their six... uggghhh.

Reeves and Dillingham can score, but they have some very real deficiencies. Same for Sheppard despite how he can stuff a stat sheet and has some high percentages or certain metrics that he grades well in.

Onyenso was beyond terrible tonight-- two points, two rebounds and two blocks in 19 minutes. Just looking at the stat sheet, Wagner, Mitchell, and Ivisic's numbers don't look too terrible, but nothing jumps out and Wagner was tied for the third-worst +/- with -9 (Thiero -14, Onyenso -12, and Sheppard -9 were the others).

Didn't get much of anything from Edwards-- you feel for him, but also think that it's getting to the point where it's obvious that we can't count on him and anything you get is gravy. Fair to say that Calipari has thrown in the towel on Bradshaw.

The offensive line-up that looked so good against Alabama and others showed how bad things can get when they don't play well.


Loss will definitely drop us from #17 in KenPom (+20.75), the question is how far it will be. I've saved a screenshot of where we were at tip and want to compare to where we land at the end of the night and weekend. Imagine that there'll be a separate thread on seeing and the NCAA Tournament, so I'll save that for later.

Well said, love how you presented facts of players performances vs Fire Cal!! Change needs to happen but this isn’t all on Cal

[Old School Hound]

Fire Cal

I'm gonna remind of you of that when we hoist the big trophy in Phoenix in a few weeks. How is our guys' inability to stay in front of any guard who can create off the dribble Cal's fault?  I didn't see the Legend get beat off the dribble a single time. Our guys are just not good at guarding good guards. It is our tragic flaw. Has been all year. A&M is a horrible matchup for us.

Spud, you are a damn good basketball guy. You and Cactus Jack, both. You all knew coming in this was a very tough matchup for us. Let's move on and get ready for the Zips of Akron.

Also, as I have think we've seen today, unless the higher seed and NCAA lock  is an honest 25-30 points better than the underdog, the lower seed, fighting for their tournament life, will win more often than not. This game meant way more to A&M than it did to UK, and that was very obvious on the court of play.

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Yep. Fire Cal. He needs to go hes doing nothing but running this program into the damn ground. Get his ass outta Lexington

You never post in this forum unless KY loses.  I expect an apology to Cal when we jhoist the trophy in Phoenix. Of course, we won't hear from you again until KY loses.

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Since 2019, we have two SEC tournament wins. Since 2020, we have one NCAA tournament win.  I mean…….

I think it showed that A&M's guys were motivated by fear that this might be their last game. We lacked the same motivation because of the security of knowing we would be playing again in a few days. Barring a humongous difference in talent, the desperate team will win more often than not. See today's UT-MissSt. game  for further proof.

[RunItUpTheGut]

Fire Cal

I'm gonna remind of you of that when we hoist the big trophy in Phoenix in a few weeks. How is our guys' inability to stay in front of any guard who can create off the dribble Cal's fault?  I didn't see the Legend get beat off the dribble a single time. Our guys are just not good at guarding good guards. It is our tragic flaw. Has been all year. A&M is a horrible matchup for us.

Spud, you are a damn good basketball guy. You and Cactus Jack, both. You all knew coming in this was a very tough matchup for us. Let's move on and get ready for the Zips of Akron.

Also, as I have think we've seen today, unless the higher seed and NCAA lock  is an honest 25-30 points better than the underdog, the lower seed, fighting for their tournament life, will win more often than not. This game meant way more to A&M than it did to UK, and that was very obvious on the court of play.

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Yep. Fire Cal. He needs to go hes doing nothing but running this program into the damn ground. Get his ass outta Lexington

You never post in this forum unless KY loses.  I expect an apology to Cal when we jhoist the trophy in Phoenix. Of course, we won't hear from you again until KY loses.

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Since 2019, we have two SEC tournament wins. Since 2020, we have one NCAA tournament win.  I mean…….

I think it showed that A&M's guys were motivated by fear that this might be their last game. We lacked the same motivation because of the security of knowing we would be playing again in a few days. Barring a humongous difference in talent, the desperate team will win more often than not. See today's UT-MissSt. game  for further proof.

What you wanna bet? You get UK, I get the field.

[Old School Hound]

Since 2019, we have two SEC tournament wins. Since 2020, we have one NCAA tournament win.  I mean…….

Hell Barnhardt will probably give Cal another raise and extended lifetime contract. They're both morons.

How often do I have to tell you all that Cal does not have, nor has he ever had, a lifetime contract? That's more fake news from social media that eastern Kentuckians have swallowed up like a big bowl of New Orleans gumbo. Now, were Jewish space lasers to blame for Antonio Reeves subpar performance?

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I’m gonna have to start a new poll to get the numbers right lol

Now we’ve wasted 6 years and no titles.

Might as well start another one because the other was the worst thread in the history of BGR. The question that you wanted to be answered YES was overwhelmingly voted NO.

[Wildcat_blue]

Tennessee got throttled today and supposedly is one of the best teams in the country. Duke got throttled by a mid major (conference) and on and on. Kentucky has had its dominance with an overall gap in the game of college basketball. That game has changed and will never be the same as it was 15+ years ago. Instead of stomping into streets like a bunch of cry babies it is what it is. Support the program or don’t it’s that simple. We’re all upset when they loose but it’s unreal how far the game has came and the talent level across all of basketball now. Times has changed Kentucky fans, nobody will dominate this game no more!!!

[Old School Hound]

This one is more than just the sting from a loss-- it's how they lost.

Think it's obvious that the biggest killer was the lack of defense. So many defensive breakdowns-- some of those were against very simple (even high school level) sets that the Cats put up little, if any, defensive effort against. The line-ups A&M used were too small to have the rebounding advantage, much less those type of numbers.

Two empty possessions from the 3:11 mark to the 2:30 mark were back-breakers. Didn't think we got any breaks on whistles late, but we didn't play like we deserved them and I'm not sure that it would have mattered anyway.

Kentucky's starting five combined for 32 of the team's 87 points (36.78% of the scoring). Two of their starters combined for 55 of their 97 points (56.7%)... yes, two players scored over half of their near-100 point output. Their third leading scorer (also a starter) had 17, so 72 of their 97 (74.2%) came from those three. Fourteen turnovers to their six... uggghhh.

Reeves and Dillingham can score, but they have some very real deficiencies. Same for Sheppard despite how he can stuff a stat sheet and has some high percentages or certain metrics that he grades well in.

Onyenso was beyond terrible tonight-- two points, two rebounds and two blocks in 19 minutes. Just looking at the stat sheet, Wagner, Mitchell, and Ivisic's numbers don't look too terrible, but nothing jumps out and Wagner was tied for the third-worst +/- with -9 (Thiero -14, Onyenso -12, and Sheppard -9 were the others).

Didn't get much of anything from Edwards-- you feel for him, but also think that it's getting to the point where it's obvious that we can't count on him and anything you get is gravy. Fair to say that Calipari has thrown in the towel on Bradshaw.

The offensive line-up that looked so good against Alabama and others showed how bad things can get when they don't play well.


Loss will definitely drop us from #17 in KenPom (+20.75), the question is how far it will be. I've saved a screenshot of where we were at tip and want to compare to where we land at the end of the night and weekend. Imagine that there'll be a separate thread on seeing and the NCAA Tournament, so I'll save that for later.

Well said, love how you presented facts of players performances vs Fire Cal!! Change needs to happen but this isn’t all on Cal

Absolutely right!  A&M played like a team that knew their season might end tonight if they didn't play well. They played very well. We played like a team that knew it had a secure 3 or 4 seed in the Big Dance next week. Bad matchup for us with their guards who can create off the dribble.  Forget this one and move on to something that has some importance.

[Wildcat_blue]

This one is more than just the sting from a loss-- it's how they lost.

Think it's obvious that the biggest killer was the lack of defense. So many defensive breakdowns-- some of those were against very simple (even high school level) sets that the Cats put up little, if any, defensive effort against. The line-ups A&M used were too small to have the rebounding advantage, much less those type of numbers.

Two empty possessions from the 3:11 mark to the 2:30 mark were back-breakers. Didn't think we got any breaks on whistles late, but we didn't play like we deserved them and I'm not sure that it would have mattered anyway.

Kentucky's starting five combined for 32 of the team's 87 points (36.78% of the scoring). Two of their starters combined for 55 of their 97 points (56.7%)... yes, two players scored over half of their near-100 point output. Their third leading scorer (also a starter) had 17, so 72 of their 97 (74.2%) came from those three. Fourteen turnovers to their six... uggghhh.

Reeves and Dillingham can score, but they have some very real deficiencies. Same for Sheppard despite how he can stuff a stat sheet and has some high percentages or certain metrics that he grades well in.

Onyenso was beyond terrible tonight-- two points, two rebounds and two blocks in 19 minutes. Just looking at the stat sheet, Wagner, Mitchell, and Ivisic's numbers don't look too terrible, but nothing jumps out and Wagner was tied for the third-worst +/- with -9 (Thiero -14, Onyenso -12, and Sheppard -9 were the others).

Didn't get much of anything from Edwards-- you feel for him, but also think that it's getting to the point where it's obvious that we can't count on him and anything you get is gravy. Fair to say that Calipari has thrown in the towel on Bradshaw.

The offensive line-up that looked so good against Alabama and others showed how bad things can get when they don't play well.


Loss will definitely drop us from #17 in KenPom (+20.75), the question is how far it will be. I've saved a screenshot of where we were at tip and want to compare to where we land at the end of the night and weekend. Imagine that there'll be a separate thread on seeing and the NCAA Tournament, so I'll save that for later.

Well said, love how you presented facts of players performances vs Fire Cal!! Change needs to happen but this isn’t all on Cal

Absolutely right!  A&M played like a team that knew their season might end tonight if they didn't play well. They played very well. We played like a team that knew it had a secure 3 or 4 seed in the Big Dance next week. Bad matchup for us with their guards who can create off the dribble.  Forget this one and move on to something that has some importance.

Exactly!  I love the SEC tournament, it’s special to us all and a wonderful environment of big blue nation showing out.  But, at the end of the day I forget as soon as the brackets are put out.  Couldn’t even tell you last time we won the SEC; we don’t hang those banners.  Let’s just hope we don’t loose in the tournament early.  That’s the most important thing!!  We are in so let’s enjoy it while we still have a tomorrow.  My lord!!!  NCAA tournament is everything, remember that’s what we are supposed to win lol

[jetpilot]

Matt Jones
@KySportsRadio
·
1h
No team has won the NCAA Tournament without reaching at least their Conference Tournament semifinal since 1983

[jetpilot]

^^^For all the losers out there

[Old School Hound]

Matt Jones
@KySportsRadio
·
1h
No team has won the NCAA Tournament without reaching at least their Conference Tournament semifinal since 1983

Jet quoting Matt Jones instead of Catturd. Hilarious!

[jetpilot]

^^^red herring, is he wrong

[jetpilot]

^in other news OSH check out a lost oldie music thread song...

[jetpilot]

I won't waste a thread

Who knows Rocky Burnette lol

[jetpilot]

My buddies and I listened to this and laughed to get over this idiot basketball game. And drank beer.

[jetpilot]

[Old School Hound]

Coming into this game A&M was shooting 27.7% from 3-point territory.  Do you know how many teams in the country shoots worse than that from three?  Take a guess.



If you guessed  2 , you'd be right!  A&M ranked second to last in the country in three point shooting percentage. That's right... 360th out of 362 Division I teams. (Only Buffalo and IUPUI are worse). Tonight they made 11 three-pointers against the defenseless Wildcats. Jet and I Cactus and Bluecat and Granny would shoot lights out against this team, I guess.  It's too late for it to get better, folks. They are what they are on defense. The effort tonight was pretty abyssmal.

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^^^red herring, is he wrong

No, but is anyone here really giving KY serious consideration to winning six games in the NCAA?  Can six straight really happen when they can't guard anyone off the dribble?

[jetpilot]

^No excuses. Buck stops with the guy milking $10-15 million a year from my alma mater.

[jetpilot]

^^^And in charge of the program. Get all the losers out of the way and save millions a year in the process. No brainer

[jetpilot]

Kyle Tucker
@KyleTucker_ATH
·
1h
Oats has twice as many SEC championship trophies (four total, two each from the regular-season and tournament) as John Calipari has SEC tournament wins in the last six years.

[jetpilot]

tgh3316
@tgh3316
·
3h
In the last 5 years Calipari has 2 TOTAL March postseason wins.

Vanderbilt 2022 SEC-T
Providence 2023 NCAA-T

During that same span he has 6 postseason losses.

Miss St 2021 SEC-T
Tenn 2022 SEC-T
St. Peters 2022 NCAA-T
Vandy 2023 SEC-T
Kansas St 2023 NCAA-T
TAMU 2024 SEC-T
Show more

[jetpilot]

David Prince
@jaydp1138
·
4h
Is Calipari always this whiney? Asking for a friend.

[jetpilot]

Basketball Benny
@bballbenny2021
·
3h
I’m the biggest Calipari homer there is. This was pathetic.

[jetpilot]

Adam Krupp ??‍?
@RealAdamKrupp
·
4h
Kentucky wanted to rest up for the real tournament, too, it appears. Getting punked by Texas A&M in a revenge game is a true Calipari special.

[jetpilot]

Austin B
@Austin_Vols
·
2h
Rick Barnes March record since 2020: 14-9
John Calipari’s March record since 2020: 10-9

Head-to-head: Barnes leads 2-1