Man, I was just about to post about Hagans. This team, will ultimately go wherever the 3 guards will take them, specifically Hagans. He has the ball in his hands so much that he has to be solid. If he is locking people down, taking care of the ball, and distributing then the Cats will be ok. He is so frustrating to watch, though, sometimes. Seems like he is still kind of battling the old motto of "let the game come to him".

 

I think part of it with Hagans is just maturity. I mean the guy should really just be a freshman this season (I think). He has a lot of weight on his shoulders and still has plenty to learn. I get pretty frustrated with him too because we see so many glimpses of how good he could be.

This Kentucky team will lose a lot more if Whitney,Brooks,Juzang don't get going.

 

Juzang had a tough call go against him on that tie-up on the floor.

No matter how you look at it that was a bad loss.

Juzang had a tough call go against him on that tie-up on the floor.

 

Two calls that really blew my mind in the late 2nd half. That foul on Juzang on the tie-up and the "over the back" call that fouled out Hagans. Both bordered the "bad call" to "corruption" border IMO.

Ugly game...

 

Learn from it and move on to the next one.

 

How anyone can say they’d be surprised if this team makes it past the first weekend in March is laughable though.

 

Have you watched college basketball this season ?

 

No dominant teams, multiple top ten losses every week and no all world superstars will make March as chaotic as its ever been. If you’re in the field of 68 you’ve got a legitimate chance to make a deep run this season.

 

It wouldn’t surprise me to see UK, or any other team lose in the first weekend or make a final 4. It’s just going to be that kind of year.

It was a totally unacceptable meltdown in the 2nd half as everyone has stated but Hagans in the 2nd half played so out of character. I believe the SC guard guarding him really got in his head. He tried to play "me" ball and forced things on his own. You could tell Cal was talking about him when he said some just did what they wanted out there. Instead of what was called. I think it's more of a case of EJ needs to improve for this team or he needs to sit. Let the young guys have some more growing pains. At least they try hard and aren't so soft.

Two calls that really blew my mind in the late 2nd half. That foul on Juzang on the tie-up and the "over the back" call that fouled out Hagans. Both bordered the "bad call" to "corruption" border IMO.

 

That foul call on Hagans was a joke.

Dag gone refs making things tough for the Cats in another loss.

It is true, South Carolina was historically bad. Had not won a game in the SEC and may win three for the season. Where do you lay the blame?

 

This didn’t age well.

Well glad to see some of the usual suspects pop back up and give a UK thread some action when they lose lol.

 

With that said very bad lost tonight. When you let a team hang around that your better than, and then that teams gains the momentum bad things happen.

 

They showed tonight they still have awhile to go. Which is normal because his teams usually don’t get to their best until in February sometime.

 

People already listed all the negatives tonight. Some things that I do like that gives me hope. Is I think we seen now we may have two guys on the team who can get buckets at the end of games if need and that is Maxey and Quickley. So that definitely is a big thing come tournament time. Right now this team has four guys who have shown flashes of being very good players in Hagans, Quickley, Richards, and Maxey. The only problem has been the consistency. They need those four to be consistent with the flashes they have shown. Plus UK needs a fifth guy still to really step up, which Sestina has some.

 

So for me this team has shown flashes. Which is why I do have hope and believe once again Cal will have this team playing as good as anyone come tournament time once again and have a legit shot at it. With how college basketball this year, every team is flawed. So it really is wide open for any team. Just have to get hot at the right time.

 

Not to bad.