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Cal's team that lost to Oakland decimated this Bama team last season. What would you be saying if a Cal-led UK team had lost to Bama today ? Not saying Pope did anything wrong, just saying that Cal beat this Bama bunch by 40 billion points with a worse team than what Pope has.

When have we, as UK fans, changed from being mad after any home loss to being "okay with" just "hanging with" Alabama at Rupp Arena. I am a littl e bummed that we couldn't play just some assemblance of defense to get this win over a team Ole Miss held to 64 points.

"that lost to Oakland"
The only fan base that wishes they had their old coach back is Arkansas.
To be clear how Alabama looked last year has ZERO to do with the Alabama we saw today. If anything that loss in addition to stinking it up against Ole Miss last game only motivated them and made them more dangerous. They are insanely talented, as beings ranked #4 in the country indicates. And they played like it today.

Alabama lost to Ole Miss  by 10 at home. Since when do we, as UK BB fans,  apologize for home losses to football schools. I know when...since Calipari left here. Gotta think the ol' ball coach told his roommate, Ellen, "see, they couldn't duplicate what we did to Alabama last season."

You can outscore a team or two in the NCAAT but you're not going to win a title with bad defense. Offense wins games  but defense... oh well, you know how it goes. I think in the KenPom era, Kansas is the only team to win a title with a defensive efficiency rating outside the top ten, and they were something like 17.  Kentucky is currently #86.  Forget it , UK fans, we're not winning a title this season.    But, I will say this. They are an entertaining offensive team. And all I really care about is being entertained. Titles are nice, but as long as they are fun to watch, I am fine with it. Last year's team with Reed and Company was entertaining, for the most part.

Your silly arguments wouldn't sway an 8 year-old of average intelligence. 
Doubling down on the Cal excuses by you was as predictable as it getting dark tonight and light tomorrow morning. Cal now 0-5 in the SEC and Arkansas fans know they got snookered. Nobody wants Cal, period.

Everyone who has ever watched a basketball game knows Alabama is 100x better than they looked against Ole Miss and would bounce back. 
That's what excellent teams do and that's what they did. There is a reason they are ranked 4th in the country. Bringing up last year's game or the Ole Miss game to try to argue that Alabama is bad is just plain ignorant and pretty much everyone on here and elsewhere gets it. And Alabama has won 4 SEC basketball championships since Cal last won one so the football school talk is gibberish. Only you would want Cal back after sucking bad for 5 years and 0-5 this year and be bitching about Pope when he has more Quad 1 wins than anyone coming into today with a complete roster he threw together on short notice and just 1/3 into his first SEC schedule in his first year here. But you never fail to double and triple down when you are obviously wrong, which is pretty much always.