[theVILLE]

Very good post, and one that I have attempted to iterate as well.

In the MSU game, a Zone Defense would not have worked. MSU was putting 3's up from well beyond the arc. UK fans want National Chamionships and will accept nothing less. But National Champsionships are won with players not just a great coach. Billy Clyde has yet to bring in enough quality players to support competing at the top tier level.

It's so easy to blame BCG for losing to teams that we should not lose to, but it happens everyday where teams with more talent lose to teams with less. But in most of those cases, a more experienced team is the team that has beaten UK.

Talent is the biggest obstacle that BCG has to contend with now. Besides Meeks & Patterson, the starting five is no better than average players and would be roles players for almost every other team in the SEC. I dare say that Stevenson would not start for another team in the conference. Everyone has made their comments about Porter, so no need to rehash. And Harris just has not been able to stay healthy to get into any rythem.

I don't like the losses, but I also don't feel like the season is over for UK. When UK jumped out to a 5-0 SEC start, folks were throwing out comments like "running the table". We all know that was unrealistic. But now the Cats have dropped three in a row, and we are ready to change the entire line-up and kick the coach out of here!

If someone would have told me that after the start that the Cats got off to that we would be 5-3 after the first 8 games of SEC play, I would have been pleased if that were possible.

well think aboout meeks the top ten guard in the nation in HS and miller Mr ky basketball, stevenson one of the best shot blockers in the nation, top 10 scorer in meeks a great big man in patterson, great juco kid in harrelson so what is the problem here is it he is not getting the max out of them or what... I dont take the talent thing though just dont buy it...