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re: Watching the Blue vs White basketball game tonight is showing me
Posted on 10/29/13 at 9:30 pm to WildcatMike
Posted on 10/29/13 at 9:30 pm to WildcatMike
Well all of those teams are better than Baylor, any team knows how to shred the zone Drew runs at Baylor we did three times in one season, but you guys managed to lose at home the greatest home court advantage in college basketball 
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Posted on 10/29/13 at 9:31 pm to WildcatMike
In an average year, how many elite, sure-thing one-and-dones are there?
2012 was a really awful class. Noel was an elite recruit. Bennett exceeded expectations. That's two. Muhammad and Goodwin both went in the first round, but both were huge disappointments and neither lived up to their "elite" reputation.
2013 is loaded.
I think 2014 is somewhere in between. Not an awful class like 2012, but not loaded like 2013. Simply average.
2012 was a really awful class. Noel was an elite recruit. Bennett exceeded expectations. That's two. Muhammad and Goodwin both went in the first round, but both were huge disappointments and neither lived up to their "elite" reputation.
2013 is loaded.
I think 2014 is somewhere in between. Not an awful class like 2012, but not loaded like 2013. Simply average.
Posted on 10/29/13 at 9:33 pm to RTR America
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Mom went to Kentucky and lived there for like 12 years. Grew up a huge UK basketball fan. I still keep up with them even though my college degree will say University of Alabama on it.
I respect that......mostly. I love it when people are fans from before they can even walk and are loyal to a program due to where they grew up, family, tradition. That I'm cool with. My only thing I'd say is this: if you're true blue UK, you need to embrace the whole thing. Can't bleed blue in hoops and crimson in football, cuz that shite just makes you bandwagon. They play in the same league and are competing for the same trophies. I have zero qualms with fans whose loyalty is deeper and based on an emotional bond that had nothing to do with their degree. But you can't get sucked onto the bandwagon elsewhere for individual sports, that's the danger. Just my two cents.
Posted on 10/29/13 at 9:34 pm to WildcatMike
UK will be a machine this year. I'm just hoping Bama makes the NCAAs this season
Posted on 10/29/13 at 9:37 pm to MizzouSEC2012
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Well all of those teams are better than Baylor, any team knows how to shred the zone Drew runs at Baylor we did three times in one season, but you guys managed to lose at home the greatest home court advantage in college basketball
Again you are cherry picking one season. Kentucky beat Baylor the year before in the Elite Eight. That Baylor loss was literally Cal's first home loss since he became Kentucky's head coach.
Kentucky plays #2 MSU, #3 Louisville, and #10 North Carolina this year.
Posted on 10/29/13 at 9:37 pm to GatorsGators
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In an average year, how many elite, sure-thing one-and-dones are there?
2012 was a really awful class. Noel was an elite recruit. Bennett exceeded expectations. That's two. Muhammad and Goodwin both went in the first round, but both were huge disappointments and neither lived up to their "elite" reputation.
2013 is loaded.
I think 2014 is somewhere in between. Not an awful class like 2012, but not loaded like 2013. Simply average.
I agree with this.
But the 2013 class is probably the best in a LONG time. The NBA draft will have a bunch from this class.
Posted on 10/29/13 at 9:38 pm to Mizzou Fan in Da ATX
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I respect that......mostly. I love it when people are fans from before they can even walk and are loyal to a program due to where they grew up, family, tradition. That I'm cool with. My only thing I'd say is this: if you're true blue UK, you need to embrace the whole thing. Can't bleed blue in hoops and crimson in football, cuz that shite just makes you bandwagon. They play in the same league and are competing for the same trophies. I have zero qualms with fans whose loyalty is deeper and based on an emotional bond that had nothing to do with their degree. But you can't get sucked onto the bandwagon elsewhere for individual sports, that's the danger. Just my two cents.
I follow LSU. Have a Masters from there.
Posted on 10/29/13 at 9:40 pm to Mizzou Fan in Da ATX
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Mizzou adores the Booker family. It's not just a legacy pick, Devin's dad and Mizzou have a long love affair that stems way before his son even existed. Devin knows that and that's the reason he feels so much adoration every time he goes to CoMo and its making an impact. It's not just your usual legacy recruitment. Am trying to think of a good analogy because (compliment incoming) UK has so many amazing players, but say for sake of argument it was Jamal Mashburn's kid or one of the Unforgettables' kids or something. It would mean more to you than just the usual 5 star recruit you see every year, and UK fans would approach it that way. So has Mizzou, which is why UK needs to understand that, though not the #1 player in the country, Cal will probably have put in that much of a great effort in the Booker case, and you should not underscore how crushing a blow it will be to Mizzou if Cal does reel him in. It's something that will define the way these two programs interact moving forward in the new reality of being conference mates.
Good post. I think Mizzou fans are trying to find their Kansas in the SEC. I think UK is the replacement of the Jayhawks for hate.
Posted on 10/29/13 at 9:43 pm to RTR America
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Which is why Memphis opened their check book to try to keep him
Check book from University of Memphis?
They would hand Cal an IOU slip.
Posted on 10/29/13 at 9:43 pm to WildcatMike
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Good post. I think Mizzou fans are trying to find their Kansas in the SEC. I think UK is the replacement of the Jayhawks for hate.
Seems they want someone to argue basketball with and realized their is only like one fan base that will actually do that in the SEC with a few stragglers from other fan bases.
Posted on 10/29/13 at 9:44 pm to WildcatMike
No. It's not. I think we can develop a good basketball rivalry with y'all. But it's never gonna be kU. Just as we will never replace Louisville as a rival for y'all.
There's too much history. And it's not just basketball history.
There's too much history. And it's not just basketball history.
Posted on 10/29/13 at 9:45 pm to memphisplaya
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Check book from University of Memphis?
They would hand Cal an IOU slip.
Sorry should of rephrased it as Fred Smith was opening his checkbook.
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Johnson said during a news conference Wednesday that the school did everything possible to keep Calipari, including tapping their boosters for more money. He would not say how much they offered Calipari to stay.
"There's nothing left that we could've done to keep him," Johnson said.
Posted on 10/29/13 at 9:48 pm to the808bass
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No. It's not. I think we can develop a good basketball rivalry with y'all. But it's never gonna be kU. Just as we will never replace Louisville as a rival for y'all.
We don't want you as a rival. We have enough rivalries, with legit basketball programs, not programs that haven't even been to a single Final Four in the history of their program.
This post was edited on 10/29/13 at 9:49 pm
Posted on 10/29/13 at 9:51 pm to CatFan81
You're such a whiny poster.
I said we'd never have a deep level rivalry with UK and you respond with that. You're a tool.
I said we'd never have a deep level rivalry with UK and you respond with that. You're a tool.
Posted on 10/29/13 at 9:52 pm to the808bass
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You're such a whiny poster.
I said we'd never have a deep level rivalry with UK and you respond with that. You're a tool.
She basically bitch slapped you (no pun)
Don't get mad.
This post was edited on 10/29/13 at 9:53 pm
Posted on 10/29/13 at 9:53 pm to the808bass
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You're a tool.
Thanks. I do my best.
Just being honest.
Posted on 10/29/13 at 9:55 pm to CatFan81
Naw. You're just a bitch. Own it. It has nothing to do with honesty.
Keep on keeping on.
Keep on keeping on.
Posted on 10/29/13 at 9:56 pm to the808bass
Group hug?
Posted on 10/29/13 at 9:57 pm to CatFan81
lol @ Mizzou
This guy maybe not this year, but soon....
will take up to the promise land. Sweet 16 possibly next season. We will be competing with UK and UF for SEC titles.
This guy maybe not this year, but soon....
will take up to the promise land. Sweet 16 possibly next season. We will be competing with UK and UF for SEC titles.
Posted on 10/29/13 at 9:57 pm to the808bass
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Keep on keeping on.
I always do.
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