31 minutes ago, bugatti said:

Tried telling y’all.

- Zero evidence any type of defensive stop could be made when it counted most down the stretch. Teams like that don’t win in big moments which is why UK going down isn’t a total shock.

- I nearly puked when I saw Mitchell was starting. Yeah, I know his numbers looked good in the end and he tried, but I just haven’t been a fan of the chemistry with him on the court. Maybe had Thiero started alongside of him I’d been more pleased. The 7 footers did not belong in this game.

- Not a good night for the Sheppardites.

- Ironically, I thought UK defended ok in the first half. You’re being dishonest with yourself if you simply can’t give it up for Goehlke going next level nuclear. More than half of his makes were highly contested. All you can do is shake his hand and play on.

- UK had a good thing going on offense, but the lack of interior skill didn’t allow a high enough conversion rate.

- Did Theiro kick Calipari’s dog or something? Almost like he was dog housed for this game. 

- Cal can go on into his emeritus role.

I agree with you on the first half. My friends were killing me but I thought they played pretty good D and contested Gohlke on a lot of his makes. They got lucky on his wide open misses.

Regarding Theiro, he left the floor one time holding his shoulder, I think. Wonder if he reaggrevated it and tried to gut through it tonight. Tough kid, big fan of his.

Just really don’t see how anybody can take up for Cal anymore but I’m sure some will, this team hasn’t gotten 1 bit better since Nov. 6, been saying it for years, all this guy can do is recruit 

different kids every year for the most part but there has been 1 constant through all these unbelievable losses, time to stop blaming the results on the variables 

8 minutes ago, mcpapa said:

If I was a IK fan, this would be my frustration.  You could fill an NBA all-star roster with Cal recruits.   These guys are tearing up the Association.  But his teams are woefully underperforming in the NCAA postseason. 
 

They’re the Dallas Cowboys of college basketball. 

Few if any of those guys tore the NBA up as rookies. When they are at UK they are wildly talented but no where near NBA mature. That knock you made is repeated often, but it isn't an even comparison today as it was back when players stayed 3 or 4 years.

22 minutes ago, TheDeuce said:

 

This is why I've been saying the last few years that Mitch Barnhart needs to be on the hot seat.  Giving a coach that kind of deal was insane.

1 minute ago, TheBallCoach said:

SEC 1-3 in tourney play as of now (barring the Vols blow a 30pt lead), pretty wild considering how strong I believed the conference to be. Guess it was just a bunch of average teams beating average teams on random nights. I thought this team was talented enough to make a run but showed inconsistency all year and that’s what we got tonight. However you won’t show me many teams who have been able to overcome a team shooting 15-30 from the arc either, tough loss for sure. Maybe we will see Sheppard in the Blue & White next year after all.

Cleaning up the language for the rules, I’m reminded of the phrase “If you are walking down the street and you run into a jerk, you just ran into a jerk. If the whole day all you meet are jerks, maybe you’re the jerk.”

Well this Kentucky team did nothing but run into teams that put up out of the ordinary numbers against them. So it’s them. Not many teams would overcome 15/30 from beyond the arc. But that has happened to them so many times this year, and one can only assume it’s because they repeatedly did something on defense that made that possible. 

43 minutes ago, Randy Parker said:

Should have started Sheppard. 

That's what the Oakland fans are saying about Jack Gohlke as well. ??‍♂️

Just now, DanvilleFan said:

This is why I've been saying the last few years that Mitch Barnhart needs to be on the hot seat.  Giving a coach that kind of deal was insane.

The buyout is criminal.

32 minutes ago, DanvilleFan said:

People talk about Reed as a lottery pick.  Sorry, but I'm not seeing it.  Name me ONE person in the Association that he can actually guard.  He played scared out of his wits in the SEC and NCAA tournaments.  If a GM takes him that high, they are going to get fired.

Let's keep it within #LaFamilia. If he actually plays in thr NBA next year, he's gotta go against Fox, SGA, Murray, Maxey, even Quickley. And that's just UK guy. Just not seeing it. He's gonna get paid top lottery money, so why not but he's got a long way to go to compete at that level.

28 minutes ago, MJAlltheWay24 said:

Love him as a collwge basketball player. Enjoyed him on this team. But I think hes got a real long way to go to be pretty good in the NBA. Often times, especially tonight, he seems like just a boy. It's gonna be until 2027/2028 until he does much in the league. Hope I'm wrong for his sake.

Agree and been saying that all year too, I love Reed, he’ll be back I think

44 minutes ago, theguru said:

I have been watching both!

I was as well but they way the kids from Newport and Campbell Co. were playing it was more enjoyable to watch.

Please, please Samford. Ease thy pain and beat Kansas to round out the night. 

30 minutes ago, Kentucky Windage said:

I thought that was really weird. But I think Cal panics during tournaments and gets tunnel vision on substitutions and matchups. 

Been saying that for years and getting ripped over it, panics all the time, and you know what that causes when the coach panics?

14 minutes ago, Kentucky Windage said:

The bad thing... is if UK does move on from Cal the rebuild will probably take 2 years minimum. 

Rebuild what, we’ve been in the garbage can for a while!!!

Maybe Cal should have made a phone call to the Norse to see how to beat Oakland.

1 minute ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

Rebuild what, we’ve been in the garbage can for a while!!!

Billie Gillie type stuff. That's where I was going