[Stardust]

Yea an imagine if everyone for UK would have shot there averages??? If UK would have got all the bs lucky shots SC was throwing up to fall for them, this game would have been a completely different story... We have to have everyones 100% effort on every night, because we are getting every other teams 150% effort... If dont pick up our intensity, an get that killer instinct, we can forget about winning a national title this year... We are very capable of winning but we have to start playing like we deserve to be here...

On a side note I think this was a horrible officiated game... Wall all but got tackled several, several times, Dodson did get tackled on the fast break dunk he did make, Cousins an PPat got rode like horses all night long, an nothing ever got called, then on the other end Downey was going to the line on just about every shot attempt he took, that was the only reason he scored 30... SEC officals have been a disappointment to me so far this season...

I don't agree with your comments about the officiating, that is sour grapes. Nobody on here has complained about Downey getting clubbed (which was blatent on every replay) of his last two drives to the basket. Yeah, UK didn't get some calls, but USC didn't get some either.

PPat geting rode like a horse? Yo have to be in the paint to get ridden like a horse, and PPat was very disappointing all night long in that respect.

Bottomline is UK played completely uninspired basketball. This is where you and I agree upon. If UK came out and played they are capable of, there would not be a debate of a team throwing up shots out of everywhere, or questioning officiating, and any other excuses that everyone wants to throw on this thread. UK did not play good basketball, flat out did not give the effort of a team that is ranked the #1 team in the country. If they would have played half as good against USC as they did against Arkansas, UK wins by double figures. But they didn't.

Instead of us making excuses as to why USC won, we should all be questioning why we all got cheated out of at least a decent performance from a great team. I'm possitive everyone agrees that UK is 10 times better than USC. If they would have played like they are 10 times better, USC could have still got the gifts from the officiating, threw up all the lucky shots, and UK would have still won. But UK did not play like a #1 team. The team that played the hardest won. It's that simple folks.