It was a rough game to say the least.
Kentucky vs Tennessee: Round 3
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Same. I’d rather be in your bracket than Duke’s, tbh.
Not really worried about Luke Maye.
He does at this point. Cal now 4-6 since barnes took over Tennessee. We still haven’t beaten them at their place. Even had a 20 point lead on them one year.
Ohhh I remember that. He has a hardon for the SEC. The only school recently who had both basketball and football investigated by the NCAA at same time, LOL
Personally not worried about Duke but I can see why you don't wanna see them. I think UK plays Duke tough if you 2 meet up again.
Going to zone took our Mojo away. We looked helpless. Then again, Cal never knew how to attack a zone, so......
I think you guys are just a much better matchup. UK doesn't have the strong wings to guard them. I'm hoping for Virginia as our 1 the most personally.
There’s just no one to guard Zion. You need all three to have a bad shooting night to knock them off.
Luckily, it’s not that far fetched with the games that Reddish and Barrett turn in. But, I’d rather some other team do it.
I think you’re right, plus we’ve beaten UT two straight times so I’m pretty sure they’re pissed about it. Will be our 4 game in 4 days, we are deep, but that’s a lot to ask.
Read my post and your post and tell me who’s being a good sport! Maybe y’all won’t choke. If y’all win the game you can talk about team history when the rest of us are talking about it.
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I would love to send you guys home. Would be tough for sure but it would be a great feeling since the majority of your fans rag on us all the time.
Last year Uk was "put in the hardest part of the bracket" with UVA being the 1. Weird how that's supposedly changed for now.
Don't worry neither of us would be in that E8 game so it wouldn't matter. Just in terms of matchups I think you guys are the "easiest" of the bunch. UK would probably be underdogs against you still.
UVA was part of it. Most of the gripe was having to play Zona with a Top 3 pick, matchup nightmare in the second round.
Both got upset, so it didn’t matter, but still.
I’m good with playing any of the #1 seeds except Duke. I think our pick and pop sets with PJ would give the pack line issues.
I don’t feel particularly confident no matter where they put us. The players have improved. Hagans played well today. But Cal seems like he’s reverted to his pre championship days. He’s sees the finish line and gets unbelievably tight and it trickles down to his team. We were 5-11 from 3 like 5 minutes into the 2nd half and didn’t take another one the rest of the way. Even when Tennessee went zone.
He’s hoping if we keep ponding it inside the officials will call some fouls but that’s why teams go zone. To defend the paint without fouling. Barnes took advantage of Cal’s stubbornness and unwillingness to let his shooters shoot.
Cal is a really good coach. Probably underrated as such by most but he’s not without his faults. My hope was that he’d stick around long enough to learn how to fix them. He still may. How old was Calhoun when he won his 2nd and 3rd ships?
He’s hoping if we keep ponding it inside the officials will call some fouls but that’s why teams go zone. To defend the paint without fouling. Barnes took advantage of Cal’s stubbornness and unwillingness to let his shooters shoot.
Cal is a really good coach. Probably underrated as such by most but he’s not without his faults. My hope was that he’d stick around long enough to learn how to fix them. He still may. How old was Calhoun when he won his 2nd and 3rd ships?
They lost to UT by 3.....Beat Duke.
But no way they are tough enough to hang?
C'mon, Jeff. Gonzaga's a damn good basketball team.
Agree. Kept waiting for it. Just seemed the zone slowed UK down. Confused them.
If we’re going to argue for Gonzaga why not Houston as well? Houston is looking at a 3 or 4 seed with a similar record as Gonzaga and probably have a few more quality wins.
This isn't December Borden.
These true P5 teams have had to play a gauntlet. There is a big difference in how these teams play now compared to how they played in December.
Gonzaga won't get those easy layups like they get in the WCC .
If Houston started the season as a consensus Top 5 team, then we could make that argument. But they didn't. MOF, I do not think they were even a preseason Top 25 team. And that has been my argument with Gonzaga. They were seen as a Top 5 team. They, outside of the loss to St. Mary's, lived up to that. On the other hand, Houston navigated their way up-----via a meh OOC, and an "OK" conference slate; Houstons best win OOC was LSU. Gonzaga's is Duke. The AAC is no better than the WCC....Maybe a tad.
I'm not overly familiar with Houston/Gonzaga's schedules, wins, etc, etc...After a quick glance, Houston's OOC schedule was pretty soft. Gonzaga played Duke, UNC, Arizona, Washington and Tenn. Houston played LSU, Utah State and Oregon.
I've seen both. Give me Gonzaga.
Proof is in the pudding, Jeff. The past 4 seasons, Gonzaga has lived up to their seeding expectations. I mean this team just played for a national title two years ago. THIS exact team went to the SW 16 last year as a 4 seed. Discount them if you want. But they have been to an Elite 8 and a national title game the past 4 years. Seems to me the meh WCC ain't huritng them as bad as some of you think.
Just to add.......Some of you are letting Gonzaga's resume cloud your judgement. I don't care if it aint December. Sure UT, Duke, etc, etc...have gotten better. But you don't think Gonzaga has? Why----Because of one bad game in 3 months? Sure their conference isn't that good. But even then----winning your games by an average of 27ppg is impressive. If anything, it showed how good they are.
This is a good team. A really good team.
I don't care what they did in the past.
UK went to a FF as a 4 seed, went to a title game as an 8 seed. Doesn't mean they should have been a 1 seed those years, they were just good enough to get there.
Gonzaga plays s finesse game, they will get their tails kicked if they run into any of these other teams at the top.
Sorry, but Gonzaga's resume is not that of s #1 seed. If UK had that resume, you would not be praising them the way you are praising Gonzaga.
Yeah, Gonzaga is good, never said they weren't, but all they have is an early December win over Duke. That's it.
They should not be in line for a 1 seed and I'm telling you, if they have to play any of these other teams at the top, they won't be able to handle the physicality.
I'm not letting anything cloud my judgement. I've seen them play many times, they are good, they have great talent, but the teams they are playing are garbage.
Who WOULDN'T blow those high school teams out by 30 every game? Seriously, Pepperdine? Come on.
Fair point about the ooc schedule i don’t agree that preseason rankings should matter at all. To me that’s all opinion. It’s what people think. Houston is clearly a good team regardless of who they’ve played. Before wade got called out LSU was being talked about as a final four contender.
Also the aac is the 7th rated conference and the WCC the 8th by Sagarin but the gap between them is big enough that I think it evens out the ooc schedule stuff. Plus net rankings had Gonzaga 2nd and Houston 4th? But bracket matrix has Gonzaga a 1 and Houston a 3 and not even really in the discussion for a 2 seed by most pundits.
Idk. We’ve went around on this for days now. I was just curious. Houston is actually a really good team too. Remember they lost on a buzzer beater to Michigan last year. Kelvin Sampson is a good coach with a final four on his resume and a solid tournament record.
I’m off to go get sushi and then shoot some aliens. Y’all have a good one!
Not arguing they should be a 1 seed...Not arguing their resume is that of a 1seed. Probably not. MOF, its not.
But, they are a really, really good basketball team. If you don't think they can compete with UT, Duke, UNC, UK, etc, etc....then I don't know what to tell you.
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