re: A Kentucky fan's perspective on the state of the program

They’ve lost multiple times to double digit seeds recently and they’ve also had other vexing regular season losses (UNC-W), so safe to say it’s a becoming a trend. To that end I completely understand the frustration and think the Cal era has officially run its course.

On the other hand, these tournament upsets do happen. Even despite all of Cal’s flaws, the freshmen jitters, etc. Kentucky beats Oakland and St Peter’s 98 times out of 100. At least some of this is just tough luck and horrible timing. Even if they went on to lose in the second round or sweet 16 in ‘22 and this season, I think the temperature of the fan base would be much different right now. Some frustration for sure, but not at this level.

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The crowd shots of Kentucky fans in the Oakland game were painful to watch if you have any empathy for fans who live through their teams

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Agreed 100%. It’s easy to laugh and drink the tears when these kind of things happen to the heavy hitters, but as someone who lives for UNC basketball and has sat through plenty of agonizing losses and rough seasons, I can empathize with how they’re feeling today. Don’t really get much schadenfreude out of it.