Kentucky Windage

37 minutes ago, MJAlltheWay24 said:

Didn't see that one coming after Calipari came back.

I'm bummed but not surprised. Isn't Adu managed by his "handlers" or am I incorrect in my recollections? I thought this was a topic at the end of last year for Cal and UK.

Just my opinion, but to me it seemed like Clemson got a lot of calls that went their way. Again, just my opinion. 

Now, 'Zona shot the ball badly and were puzzled with Clemson's defense though.

Going to be a major supply chain ripple effect. Baltimore is a major coastal harbor. I have to think this would increase river traffic along the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. 

Just saw some pretty wild video of an active bridge over Baltimore harbor completely collapse. Early reports are day that authorities are searching for at least 20 people. It's believed that the cause of the bridge failure was a cargo ship that made contact with one of the support columns. 

Another subject, we may have three 7'ers on the team but they play like they're 6 foot tall. UK got dominated on offensive rebounding. I'd hate to see what the point differential was on second chance points. 

40 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

Saw that, but they didn't bust mine. I knew who UK was. Watched them all year.

Busted mine. I had the Cats in the Round of 8. Should've known better. Freshman playing against hardened veterans. Cal doesn't allow his teams to play in the early season tournaments, so this was their first experience in a "lose or go home" environment.  It seemed that Reed and Dillingham felt that pressure and didn't respond well to it. 

"One and done" has run its course. Time to either adjust or double down. Cal will more than likely choose the latter if he sticks around. 

It'll be interesting to see the path of the program going forward. 

30 minutes ago, 9068 said:

How can it be worse ?

I guess people forgot about the BCG era.

That being said, I'll admit that Cal has to move on. But it's gotta be the right way. You don't want to mess up the NBA connection.  If it gets dirty, all the work with a lot of previous "Cal guys" (Davis, Wall, Towns, Murray) will be washed away at UK.

These kids don't chase down a particular school anymore. They're looking for a coach. Plus the whole transfer wherever, whenever stuff. I'll reiterate, UK has to keep it "clean" with Cal. Can't just run him outta town. 

6 minutes ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

I need to laugh to keep from crying. lol but I was watching the post game interview with Oakland's coach and Jack Gohlke and I kept saying he reminds me of someone then I figured it out Chet from the 1985 movie Weird Science. Check it out.

That's uncanny! Nailed it

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

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

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

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

Bring Tubby back! Cal has wore out his welcome. For the record, I've always been a  Cal guy! 

Time to move on

Is Reed point shaving? 

At this point, when they shoot a 3, you just have to assume it's going in. 

No empty possessions the rest of the game please!

Our defensive rebounding is dog water, bruh!

Adu should never come out. I'd play him every minute if its close.

Well... we're getting them in foul trouble. I guess that's a plus. 

44 minutes ago, MJAlltheWay24 said:

Gonna be a long week.

Never a "good feel" when you can't even make the conference semifinals. Hopefully they can regroup. 

Second chance points:  26-9 in favor of the Aggies