Viper

Couldn’t have said it better. LOVE KD. Will miss his enthusiasm. Just prior to Tre hitting his first three to spark the beatdown over FL, KD flies out of his chair, ready to explode. Splash. KD explodes. That’s the kind of teammate I will always remember KD by. Sad to see him go. Won’t miss him jacking up hero ball Wendall Green threes. Completely understand the PT. This is his last shot at ever playing at a level that matters. Go get it.

Looked like it was a Tre takeover plan. He gets all the kudos in the SECCG for catching fire in the 2nd half. Guy was fire. He was the primary reason we dominated FL. Hollaway was completely useless against Yale, so I loved the fact they left Tre in the majority of the game. But wayyyyyyy too much James Harden hero ball for Tre. He either dribbled till he found an opening at the arc or when forced to the paint, he dribbled waiting for the lob dunk and when it wasn’t there, he shot it. There was little to no passing by Tre. Yale dared him to play hero ball and he took the bait most every time. Was not enough Broome and not enough Jaylin in the 2nd half. Tre needed to dump it down low to them every possession, both for points and/or to foul out their 7’ guy. He was perfectly ripe for the taking after foul #3 and in Dennis Green fashion, we let em off the hook. And FWIW - I repeatably kept telling the TV throughout the entire game we need to stay glued to #4. He was fire early on and I knew he would be their go-to down the stretch. Had to force him off the arc.

Lack of close wins. I knew as soon as they took their last lead we were toast. Our biggest fault in the game was not continuing to foul their 7’ guy out. Was obvious from our first possession it was our mission to. One play. One foul. I was fist-pumping that. Then we went away from it. Even when we got #3 on him at the beginning of the 2nd half, they incredibly left him in and we stopped making it a priority to get him one on one. By far the biggest head scratching change of in-game strategy all season.

You were done after the UK loss. What are you? 12?

Our biggest fear of no close games came to fruition. Gotta have those during the season to survive and advance.

Wow ok thought he was Bruce’ age. 5 years difference I see.

The full cross-court pass by UK in the final minute that was easily stolen by Oakland was one of the most horrible late game decisions ever. Was no reason to pass it. Let your PG come get it. Despite the 15 threes, UK still had that chance to win it on that possession. That Oakland guard that shoots nothing but threes, he has a Josh Hubbard type jump shot where he jumps as high as he can to release his shot. Unorthodox but it works. That type of shot is unguardable unless you double team. Oakland is a veteran team with supreme confidence they can beat anyone. If I’m an AD looking for a new HC (hello Michigan), I throw the bank at their HC and force him to tell me yes.

Only one of our wins this season has been single digits and that was the rugby match against MSU. Our 3-point defense has been phenomenal lately. Giving up an average of 4.3 threes the last 6 games. Giving up an average of 2.3 threes the last 3 games. We cover the -12.5 today.

UK is snake bit against the three lately. Gave up 11 threes against A&M. 15 against Oakland. There is no college team that can withstand 15+ threes and still win. There are numerous NBA games, even in this day, where less than 15 threes are made.

The 2024 SEC class is no match against the 2019 SEC class.

A&M’s guards got hot from three. I feel like they got their defense together from the game in Auburn through the remainder of the season.

Know I’m late to reply, but no, they have to have one guy (the Freshman guard) score at least 25 to beat anyone in the tourney.

The defense I witnessed down the stretch against AU, bammer & TN was on point. If they bring that defense, they have a good shot at the Final 4 because they have the offense.

UK is the only SEC team I can see making the Final 4. TN, bammer, FL and yes, AU, all have their inefficiencies in spots.

Interesting. The few times I tuned in back during the 2010 season, it was exactly this. Shane from Centerpoint, wanna-be legend, Darriel, I-Man, Tammy and Phyllis all screaming at each other. So I don’t see how it’s changed at all.

Yup. When this team wins, they win big. I would take the -12.5.

I only wish we had gotten our pound of flesh from them in Round 1.

Yup. Then NMSU missed a three-pointer after that.

Regardless of our opponent, CBS will compare it to the other matchups when Friday is complete.

3-of-27 Have said it since December…when we make our threes (and I’m talking at least eight of them), we’re a tough out. If we shoot 11% from the arc again, anyone can beat us. And even with crappy shooting, we were in the Appy St game till the end.

It’s all about matchups, so CBS will wait to decide after all Friday games have been played. It’s all about the ratings.

Sorry, couldn’t tell if you meant that one of the coaches you heard said that “what the Committee did this year was NOT following history” or if you meant that you were saying that.

Not disagreeing. Just stating seeding. bammer won more important games than FL.

He's wrong. Conference Tournament Titles have never meant much, if at all.