[Old School Hound]

Bash me if you must , but this is a mediocre Kentucky team. They are capable on a given night of beating a better team but they are capable on ANY night of losing to a very bad team, like tonight.

This is exactly what I said earlier in the season and I got hammered by a lot of people so I stopped posting. I like Pope and this team but they are not great. Bad defense, bad ,rebounding, and if Butler is out no one to run the floor. when hitting Threes can beat anybody when they’re not they can get beat by anybody. They also beat themselves at the foul line last night, and way too many unforced turnovers. Noah Perry and Chandler have no business being on the floor when Butler is hurt We are in trouble. I think it’s amazing What he did in three months and people are way too hard on him. Can’t wait to see what he does when he has time to get his own players in there after a year or two of recruiting definitely was not one of his better coaching games last night, do not understand why he did not try to get the ball inside more often.

Hogs had ZERO  answer for Williams. Keep feeding that beast!!!  As many are saying, this was Pope's nadir so far in his UK coaching career. He was bad last night and Cal was very, very good.  As the KSR guys said, Pope took the coaching L to the Hall of Famer last night.

[4 Quarters]

Bash me if you must , but this is a mediocre Kentucky team. They are capable on a given night of beating a better team but they are capable on ANY night of losing to a very bad team, like tonight.

Yep, pretty much just a team of retreads.

[Old School Hound]

Fire Pope.

Many more nights like last night and that will be the clarion call from Big Blue crazies.  KSR dudes were saying the moment appeared too big for Mark. I don't know, yet, how I feel about that statement. He did seem kinda lost as far as what to do about turning back the tide of the rampaging swine in the second half.  Cal's team was extremely motivated and VERY well prepared for that game last night. Cal has gotten lazy in the last few years but the Hall of Famer was anything but lazy in his prep for last night's game. He wanted this more than his after game meal of Tyson chicken and Ellen's homemade cookies. Cal and his kids wanted this game far more than than the UK kids wanted it. I would have loved to have seen DJ Wagner play that motivated against Oakland in the NCAAT last March.

Wagner, Thiero, Big Z, and Cal all looked more motivated last night than they have all season. They've been kinda going through the motions so far this season but last night their focus was "Razor" sharp.  

Let me throw this out there for all our scholars to digest?   Do you think it was a wise thing for UK fans to boo the three former Kentucky kids like they did? Do you think that just added to these kids' motivation to go out and put it to UK and shut these booing fans up. I personally think the booing might have cost UK the win. If DJ, Big Z, and Adou had received big ovations like they should have, I don't think they would have been as determined to shut fans up like they obviously were after the booing. Very, very bad move by UK  fans, imo.  Hopefully fans learn from this and get better from it.

[Westside]

Reed Sheppard tweeted out this picture tonight from Houston.  Big Blue fans are already spitting venom in Reed's direction.  Reed was showing support for his college coach who helped make him a multi-millionaire.  UK fans are saying, How dare you, TRAITOR !?!?! "

This might be the greatest night of my life before it's all over.  Big Blue crazies cannibalizing their own.  LMAO

[Image: https://on3static.com/cdn-cgi/image/heig...r-loss.png]

That is not the entire picture.  Reed is wearing UK shorts.

That is not comforting BBN much, though.  The KSR guys were critical of Reed's wardrobe malfunction. Said it wouldn't have been  as bad if it had been a UK shirt and Arkansas shorts. Saw one hillbilly post that that said Reed should never come back to Kentucky. I wonder how well thought out this was by young Sheppard ? He had to know that this would piss off BBN to the nth degree. Seems a bit of a middle finger he was giving to Big Blue fans for essentially running off the head coach that made him rich. Good for you, young Sheppard boy. I love your bravado and your loyalty to your ex-coach. Classy touch, young man.

I thought the same thing,, but I figure people are much more likely to have t-shirts of colleges than shorts.  Maybe he didn't have Arkansas shorts. The shorts he had on appeared to be shorts he wore last season at UK.  Who knows? 

It is a free country and Reed can do as he pleases, but I figure he ticked a lot of UK fans off with that pic.  Maybe he should have just texted Cal privately. I will be honest, I am not a huge basketball fan, but I liked Reed.  I was really rooting for him in the NBA.  After seeing the pic, while I am not rooting against him, I will no longer Google him to see how he is doing.  That may be silly on my part, but that is how I feel.

[Bluecat]

Unfortunate loss but it is not the end of a good season. This was a game that maybe our players and coaches (because of the fan and media) made way too big. When you make the game bigger than it is the pressure builds too high. That was the case in the case in this game. As far as season goals, this loss doesn't change things. Way too many big wins to not have the mindset of Final 4. It has been this way all season, UK plays better against higher ranked teams and Arkansas was not that last night. Yes, we all wanted to beat Cal and that was the problem. We should have focused on beating Arkansas. Move on, it isn't like we were perfect against Pitino either and did just fine.

[King Kong]

   

My friends are upset with me 

I'm sorry guys,  I'll make it up to you,  I promise!

[jetpilot]

Is this a worse lost than Oakland last season?  I just watched a Big Blue podcast and all four  of the KY guys doing the podcast said YES.

Only thing dumber than saying that is repeating it.

In the minds of a lot of Big Blue fans this was a game you simply had to win. One of the podcast dudes said this is the worst UK loss ever since he's been a fan.

You think quoting idiots makes you sound smart. Again, it's the opposite. Not surprised you don't know the difference in a Feb 1 SEC loss and getting knocked out of the NCAA tournament and having your season ended by a community college. Nobody is that stupid, you have to be play-acting.

I'm not surprised you don't understand that UK lost to a community college team because DJ Wagner scored  0 points  and the London Golden Boy scored 3 points and played scared all night.   If DJ Wagner had played with one-tenth of the motivation he played with last night against UK, KY would have scorched Oakland and probably had a real shot at reaching the Final Four.

Cal sucked for years.

[jetpilot]

Unfortunate loss but it is not the end of a good season. This was a game that maybe our players and coaches (because of the fan and media) made way too big. When you make the game bigger than it is the pressure builds too high. That was the case in the case in this game. As far as season goals, this loss doesn't change things. Way too many big wins to not have the mindset of Final 4. It has been this way all season, UK plays better against higher ranked teams and Arkansas was not that last night. Yes, we all wanted to beat Cal and that was the problem. We should have focused on beating Arkansas. Move on, it isn't like we were perfect against Pitino either and did just fine.

Bingo, especially the bolded.

[jetpilot]

Only thing dumber than saying that is repeating it.

In the minds of a lot of Big Blue fans this was a game you simply had to win. One of the podcast dudes said this is the worst UK loss ever since he's been a fan.

You think quoting idiots makes you sound smart. Again, it's the opposite. Not surprised you don't know the difference in a Feb 1 SEC loss and getting knocked out of the NCAA tournament and having your season ended by a community college. Nobody is that stupid, you have to be play-acting.

I'm not surprised you don't understand that UK lost to a community college team because DJ Wagner scored  0 points  and the London Golden Boy scored 3 points and played scared all night.   If DJ Wagner had played with one-tenth of the motivation he played with last night against UK, KY would have scorched Oakland and probably had a real shot at reaching the Final Four.

Cal sucked for years.

Plus you totally switched from which loss was worse to whose fault it was. Cuckoo

[Old School Hound]

Reed Sheppard tweeted out this picture tonight from Houston.  Big Blue fans are already spitting venom in Reed's direction.  Reed was showing support for his college coach who helped make him a multi-millionaire.  UK fans are saying, How dare you, TRAITOR !?!?! "

This might be the greatest night of my life before it's all over.  Big Blue crazies cannibalizing their own.  LMAO

[Image: https://on3static.com/cdn-cgi/image/heig...r-loss.png]

That is not the entire picture.  Reed is wearing UK shorts.

That is not comforting BBN much, though.  The KSR guys were critical of Reed's wardrobe malfunction. Said it wouldn't have been  as bad if it had been a UK shirt and Arkansas shorts. Saw one hillbilly post that that said Reed should never come back to Kentucky. I wonder how well thought out this was by young Sheppard ? He had to know that this would piss off BBN to the nth degree. Seems a bit of a middle finger he was giving to Big Blue fans for essentially running off the head coach that made him rich. Good for you, young Sheppard boy. I love your bravado and your loyalty to your ex-coach. Classy touch, young man.

I thought the same thing,, but I figure people are much more likely to have t-shirts of colleges than shorts.  Maybe he didn't have Arkansas shorts. The shorts he had on appeared to be shorts he wore last season at UK.  Who knows? 

It is a free country and Reed can do as he pleases, but I figure he ticked a lot of UK fans off with that pic.  Maybe he should have just texted Cal privately. I will be honest, I am not a huge basketball fan, but I liked Reed.  I was really rooting for him in the NBA.  After seeing the pic, while I am not rooting against him, I will no longer Google him to see how he is doing.  That may be silly on my part, but that is how I feel.

And the Good Sheppard knew EXACTLY what he was doing and that he'd piss off most of the fanbase. Reed may have graduated from North Laurel but he's not a dumb kid. He was giving a bit of a middle finger to those who have bashed his former coach for the better part of a year, or more. He even made the statement that he was wearing the ARK shirt to support his former coach. Ironically, it might have been Reed, more than anyone, who was responsible for Cal being a Razorback now, instead of a Wildcat. Reed was awful against Oakland. Didn't look like he even wanted to be out there. Looked scared all game.

[jetpilot]

Reed had nothing to do with Cal sucking for several years.
And he wasn't giving fans the middle finger. More crazy stuff you just totally made up.

[Old School Hound]

In the minds of a lot of Big Blue fans this was a game you simply had to win. One of the podcast dudes said this is the worst UK loss ever since he's been a fan.

You think quoting idiots makes you sound smart. Again, it's the opposite. Not surprised you don't know the difference in a Feb 1 SEC loss and getting knocked out of the NCAA tournament and having your season ended by a community college. Nobody is that stupid, you have to be play-acting.

I'm not surprised you don't understand that UK lost to a community college team because DJ Wagner scored  0 points  and the London Golden Boy scored 3 points and played scared all night.   If DJ Wagner had played with one-tenth of the motivation he played with last night against UK, KY would have scorched Oakland and probably had a real shot at reaching the Final Four.

Cal sucked for years.

Plus you totally switched from which loss was worse to whose fault it was. Cuckoo

The Oakland loss was worse and Wagner and Sheppard were why they lost. I've never been swayed from that opinion.
Drew Franklin closed the KSR post-game podcast last night by saying it was the worst loss or worst night(can't remember which word he used) in UK basketball history.  Come on Drew, I hope you were kidding.

I agree with Bluecat and yourself.  Part of the problem was making too big of a deal of this game. The Cats came out and looked fine early but when Arkansas just wouldn't go away and then built a lead, I think UK layers really felt the added pressure put on them for this game. The pressure got to them and to Coach Pope in the second half. They folded under the weight of that pressure, which shouldn't have been any more than any other game.

Weird state:  UK is  6-1 against Top 15 teams and  1-5 against unranked Power Five teams. Cats have to learn to bring it EVERY NIGHT !!!

[Old School Hound]

Reed had nothing to do with Cal sucking for several years.
And he wasn't giving fans the middle finger. More crazy stuff you just totally made up.

I don't make stuff up and I don't go out of my way to support sexual predators like some do on here.   Just TWO threes from Reed and KY beats Oakland.  Reed sucked.  Cal had a good shot at yet another Final Four were it not for the awful play of Reed and DJ. That's not made up. That's factual.

[jetpilot]

I wish you would fire your whole psych team and hire a whole new one. I don't even think you're off your meds anymore, I just don't think meds help you. I'm going to have to leave the UK threads due to IQ points leaking out of my brain every time I read one of your crazy ass posts. You are unbearable now.

[Old School Hound]

I wish you would fire your whole psych team and hire a whole new one. I don't even think you're off your meds anymore, I just don't think meds help you. I'm going to have to leave the UK threads due to IQ points leaking out of my brain every time I read one of your crazy ass posts. You are unbearable now.

Met with my psyche lady on Friday.  She thinks there's hope for me. lol     Even if I have psychological issues( I believe everyone does), it doesn't make what I say any less true.   Cal beat your alter boy last night and beat him bad, for the entire nation to see. There's a reason Cal has won nearly 900 games, including 32 NCAAT games and your boy has yet to taste a single sweet victory in the tournament. The jury is still out on whether UK really won the divorce. Last night, even Judge Judy would rule in Arkansas' and Cal's favor. The Razorbacks looked like the better prepared team.  When Cal really, really wants it, there's nobody better.

[jetpilot]

Well he must not want it very often then. And it's ALTAR. If you're going to make religious slurs at least spell it right. And yes everyone has issues but almost nobody is bat shit crazy and full of hate.

[Granny Bear]

Soo Cal didn't want to win one game in the last two NCAA tournaments?
That explains a lot!!

[jetpilot]

Soo Cal didn't want to win one game in the last two NCAA tournaments?
That explains a lot!!

He wanted to but the players wouldn't let him.

[SEKYFAN]

UK lost because they committed too many unforced turnovers and let Arkansas have too many open looks behind the arc. I'll have to give Cal credit, they were well prepared and focused last night, maybe because they really needed a big win.

[Old School Hound]

Soo Cal didn't want to win one game in the last two NCAA tournaments?
That explains a lot!!

He did , and would have , without the sorry play of Reed and DJ. Probably would have added another Final Four to the Hall of Famer's resume.  

I think Cal became lazy( content) the past few seasons. He relied on his McDonalds AA and his assistants to do a lot of the heavy lifting. He didn't prepare like he once did. Big fat checks will do that to a man. Not saying that he didn't want to win, because he did, but it was not like it was when he first married Big Blue. It's like a lot of marriages. The first few years are great and you do everything within your power to make it work. And then you get secure in that relationship and complacency sets in. 

When Cal is backed into a corner and is painted as the villain, he does everything in his power to pound you into granules of sand. Bottomline, last night Cal wanted that game more than he wanted Ellen's cookies, so to speak. He wanted to beat UK . BADLY!!! He put in all the prep work for this one. Nothing lazy about his performance in his "Homecoming."  When the Hall of Famer really wants to  beat your ass in the worst way, it's very, very difficult to prevent him from doing so.  Cal wanted that game last night more than the Kentucky players or the Kentucky coach did. It's time BGR basketball scholars tip their caps to the Legend and move on to Ole Miss.

So, did Calapari want to win the Oakland game? Of course. Coaches are some of the most competitive people on the planet. Did he want to beat Oakland as badly as he wanted to make UK fans cry last night? NO WAY!!!  Cal wanted to beat Oakland but he HAD to beat UK.  Hall of Famer = 1    Kentucky =  0   .

[Van Hagar]

So why were they 1-6 in the conference coming in? Was this the only game on the entire schedule he gave a shit about?

[Old School Hound]

As I've said many times, my friend, John Vincent Calipari, like a lot of us, has gotten lazy. Those big fat checks have a way of doing. Cal still wants to win, but like all big time coaches and executives, he cares more when it becomes about him. Like most Hall of Fame , multi-zillionaire coaches, he's a narcissist. When he's painted as the villain and he knows you want to beat him more than you want your next round of opioids, he wants more than anything in this world to bring you to your knees. He still cares about winning but last night he cared MORE!

I think also that the trio of Big Z, Adou, and DJ wanted to beat Kentucky badly, especially after the fans selfishly and ignorantly booed them. They , along with their Hall of Fame coach, played this this game with the fire and passion of 1,000 suns. Big mistake made by petty, selfish, disturbed fans booing those three talented youngsters. UK fans poked three sleeping giants( I mean 4 sleeping Giants). Dumb. Dumb. Dumb.

[Old School Hound]

Well he must not want it very often then. And it's ALTAR. If you're going to make religious slurs at least spell it right. And yes everyone has issues but almost nobody is bat shit crazy and full of hate.

Religion slurs itself. Doesn't need Old School.   Kolob!!!!  

Cats better get it together. Ole Miss is pretty dang good at home.   We'll see how UK fans react to a 9-9 SEC record here in a few weeks.  I'd say the reaction will about the way I react to my next Cystoscopy.

[Old School Hound]

@kevinfinn2543
20 hours ago

The BIGGEST fail and most disheartening, disappointing, demeaning loss in Rupp arena history. They got out coached, out prepared, outplayed, outhustled, outshot, out EVERYTHING by a 1 win team in the SEC ... Pope is going nowhere if he doesnt preach and teach defense and offense and basketball basics. No "smarts" showed up anywhere on Ky's bench tonight. Totally intimidated! Oweh, Brea had other things to do tonight besides winning the biggest game ever. Unbelievable

[jetpilot]

The constant opinion shopping and cut and pasting is beneath an average intelligence nine-year-old "Biggest game ever" tells you all you need to know about that fool..

[jetpilot]

@kevinfinn2543
20 hours ago

The BIGGEST fail and most disheartening, disappointing, demeaning loss in Rupp arena history. They got out coached, out prepared, outplayed, outhustled, outshot, out EVERYTHING by a 1 win team in the SEC ...  Pope is going nowhere if he doesnt preach and teach defense and offense and basketball basics. No "smarts" showed up anywhere on Ky's bench tonight. Totally intimidated! Oweh, Brea had other things to do tonight besides winning the biggest game ever. Unbelievable

@jetpilot
1 minute ago

OSH is not very bright and is crazy too and beats women and stalks male midgets at truck stop bathrooms.

There, am I doing this right?

[Old School Hound]

The constant opinion shopping and cut and pasting is beneath an average intelligence nine-year-old "Biggest game ever" tells you all you need to know about that fool..

Didn't say I agreed with it. Just exhibit A through Z that 18% of BBN (probably closer to 48%) has no business being able to vote or hold any job of importance.  Dumb people. The booing of the three ex-UK players was as classless an action as we've ever witnessed by UK fans.

[jetpilot]

The constant opinion shopping and cut and pasting is beneath an average intelligence nine-year-old "Biggest game ever" tells you all you need to know about that fool..

Didn't say I agreed with it. Just exhibit A through Z that 18% of BBN (probably closer to 48%) has no business being able to vote or hold any job of importance.  Dumb people. The booing of the three ex-UK players was as classless an action as we've ever witnessed by UK fans.

You posted it as fact without comment.

[Old School Hound]

The constant opinion shopping and cut and pasting is beneath an average intelligence nine-year-old "Biggest game ever" tells you all you need to know about that fool..

Didn't say I agreed with it. Just exhibit A through Z that 18% of BBN (probably closer to 48%) has no business being able to vote or hold any job of importance.  Dumb people. The booing of the three ex-UK players was as classless an action as we've ever witnessed by UK fans.

You posted it as fact without comment.

Okay, then.  Anyone saying this was the biggest game in the history of UK basketball is almost as dumb as saying tariffs are a good thing.

[jetpilot]

The constant opinion shopping and cut and pasting is beneath an average intelligence nine-year-old "Biggest game ever" tells you all you need to know about that fool..

Didn't say I agreed with it. Just exhibit A through Z that 18% of BBN (probably closer to 48%) has no business being able to vote or hold any job of importance.  Dumb people. The booing of the three ex-UK players was as classless an action as we've ever witnessed by UK fans.

You posted it as fact without comment.

Okay, then.  Anyone saying this was the biggest game in the history of UK basketball is almost as dumb as saying tariffs are a good thing.

Please keep all politics, especially libtard propaganda, off the sports threads.