[Old School Hound]

The "season" has finished.
   
At the beginning of the season, UK beat Florida, Gonzaga and Duke.  Three "elite" teams.  Now since that time, they have lost Kriisa, Robinson, and sporadic playing from Butler and Carr.  ANY of those "elite" teams would be impacted from losing four of their starting five.

Instead of excuses and sob stories, Pope just goes to the next man.  Pope takes accountability and is so positive in his coaching methods.  There have been NO dumb ass excuses, just the best effort from what he believes are the best five available to play.

I love watching this team play.  Whatever five are on the floor, they give it 100% in their effort and execution.  Yes we have had set backs, but Pope's navigation throughout this season has been remarkable, IMO.  And with this ragtag, beat up team, we've won more SEC tournament games than was won since 2022.  And, in THOSE years, we weren't playing with kids who were injured or Freshman replacements.

I'm extremely thankful for Pope and his influence on this team.  And I can't wait to see how far we go in the NCAA.  I'm pretty sure we will win more than one game in that tournament, and THAT will also be a mile stone.

AND  only two basketball teams in the history of the world have more top 15 wins than this season's UK team( Duke/70s and Indiana/90
s). ANYONE who says this UK team hasn't been successful really needs to relinquish their Big Blue fan card. It has been a highly successful and very fun season.

Hell, the two wins over Tennessee are enough to keep me positively giddy until next season. And yet, this tream has accomplished so much more. Add in wins over Duke and Florida and I don't see how any true fan couldn't be a happy camper. And all of this was done without a single elite talent on the roster. Hoping they have at least a couple more wins in them before we call it curtains on another season.