Kentucky Basketball: At the Gates of Serenity
by Glenn Logan on Jan 18, 2010 11:36 AM EST
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PrintThere comes a time when you just have to say, "What, me worry?"
I have reached that point. I write to you today standing at the gates of serenity, looking back out at the miserable place I had been before this year. Now I know how fans of teams like the North Carolina Tar Heels, Duke Blue Devils, and Michigan St. Spartans have felt over the last several years.
This is a feeling I had completely forgotten -- to be fearless of a loss, to be comfortable with the team and where it is going, to accept the reality that nothing is ever going to be perfect, but as long as the scoreboard reflects more points for the Wildcats than their opponent, perfection can be found in the bottom line.
18-0. Eighteen and zip. 18 and bupkis. Eighteen and oh, my, isn't this just as good as it gets in the regular season?
As a fan, I want to look for details to criticize. The basketball fanatic part of me (We'll call him "Mr. Critic") wants to point out that Kentucky has been going backwards in the Pomeroy rankings despite going forwards in the polls. Mr. Critic wants me to bemoan the fact that UK has let inferior teams threaten them late in the second half of six or seven games this season. Mr. Critic wants to lament the weak perimeter defense of John Wall and the overall weak defensive effort of the team. Mr. Critic wants to point out all the bad things that could happen if all this doesn't get better. This blog post accurately describes Mr. Critic, and most of you know him well.
For now, I am banning Mr. Critic from this blog. I'm tired of him, he's on my last nerve right now. I want to wallow in an undefeated season for a while, like a pig in the cool mud on a hot summer day. I want to smell the roses and smile that goofy, face-splitting frog-grin that only fans of undefeated teams on long winning streaks get to smile. I want to revel in the lamentations of our foes, and those others who, for whatever reason, love to hate Kentucky basketball.
I think we've earned it as a fan base, and I guarantee you I have earned it as a blogger who has been forced to find a way to stay positive over the last four campaigns when things were ... otherwise.
Fortunately, the memory of the last four years is fading quickly for most Kentucky fans, and even though we all have occasional NIghTmares (Get it? Good.) about last year, most are too busy enjoying what we are seeing this year to think about it.
After all, what's not to like? John Wall slashing to the rim and dunking on half the backpedaling North Carolina team, who could only watch in awe? DeMarcus Cousins dominating the paint against everybody the Wildcats play? Eric Bledsoe running through the Florida Gators team like they were shod in lead boots rather than $125 basketball shoes? Watching Patrick Patterson make three point shots like he has been shooting them all his life?
And then there is Coach Calipari. John Calipari has brought in the best recruiting class that UK has had in many years, maybe ever, and coached them to an unblemished record despite their painful youth and inexperience. Kentucky was expected to be good this year, but they weren't expected to be eighteen and zero, 18 and ... oh, you get the idea.
Calipari seems to be everywhere, all the time. From raising money for the Haitian earthquake relief to signing books and meeting Wildcat fans, Calipari is the antithesis of the often surly and blunt Billy Gillispie, and keeps the Kentucky job in the perspective expected by both the fans and the University administration. Where does he find time to coach? We can only guess, but whether it is by using the Wayback Machine or some futuristic time-space discontinuity, he manages to do all of it well.
Look at what the 'Cats have accomplished so far this year -- defeated the North Carolina Tar Heels for the first time in five years, reached 2000 wins ahead of everybody, beaten the hated rival Louisville Cardinals, defeated Florida in Gainesville for the first time since 2004, defeated the Connecticut Huskies in their own back yard, drilled the Indiana Hoosiers in Bloomington and risen to a #2 ranking nationwide. That's a pretty fair job for a bunch of freshman, a junior and a sophomore with a new basketball coach and a completely new system.
So Mr. Critic, you're out of here. Come back after we lose. Right now, it's time to put on a happy face and try not to let that grin get so wide the tops of our collective heads fall off.
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You're going to take all of the fun out of this for someone......lol....
not me of course, but someone out there wont be able to help themselves and start criticizing….oh wait….that’s football…..lol….
I havent had this much fun since, hmmmmm…….well????
let’s see….there was high school,and that really hot blonde girl…….no…..not then……there was beating up on my little brother when we were kids…..no…..he really wasnt that much fun either….ok…..I give up……I may have never had this much fun…..at least not doing anything that lasted this many months…..lol….
Remember, we're having fun now!!!
There's always room for improvement,
but 18-0 is 18-0, close games or blowouts.
I’ve had total confidence (unrealistic or not) in our ability to win, regardless of how poorly we’ve played, who we’ve played, or how close the score got.
“…bunch of freshman, a junior and a sophomore with a new basketball coach and a completely new system…”
The new coach and the new system is what puts all of our players in the same boat. This is why I think we appear so close and cohesive for such a young team. We’ll continue to surprise our critics all the way to a championship!
by tyler cottrell on Jan 18, 2010 12:04 PM EST reply actions
Ha......
At least Mr Critic won’t be complaining you banned him Tru. FWIW…He couldn’t take my Wildcat smile if he tried. :-D
Blue... there is no other color to Bleed !!!
Serenity Begets Contentment
Not to abnegate the fact that it is a pleasant season for UK BB fans especially considering the recent lost decade but I find myself far from serene, most likely from my character flaw of never being content with current standards.
"Contentment is a kind of moral laziness; if thare want ennything but contentment in his world, man wouldn’t be any more of a success than an angleworm is"
Josh Billings
I doubt very intently that Calipari is serene (perhaps some of his players are but that’s a subject for another post) and see no inducement for me to be so. Thus I’ll watch each game with less trepidation as years past but with a more critical eye than that of an angleworm.
"The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale." --Thomas Jefferson
Contentment for fans ...
… is not a bad thing.
I think the coach can handle contentment among the players.
A Sea of Blue -- Kentucky Sports for the Discerning Fan
by Glenn Logan on Jan 18, 2010 12:24 PM EST up reply actions
Tyler I feel
the same confidence you are speaking of haha. IT may be unrealistic and it may be silly to think we will not drop a game, but this team continues to amaze me.
During the a game earlier this season, possibly the Lville game?, my girlfriend saw that Kentucky wasn’t playing well, at that particular point in the game. She asks, “Uh oh! Are you gettin’ nervous?!?” with a devilish smile (Probably because I was paying more attention to the game than the her!!!)
I had one simple, yet honest response. “No. Not one bit. These kids can play”
Oh and WIld Weasel I agree, its nearly impossible for me to put my “Mr. Critic” away when I watch these Cats. I love watching them but I find my self criticizing them all the time, kind of ironic considering we’re 18-0!
Go Big BLue
"I'm gonna go home, drink a Coors Light. Because Bud Light ain't payin' me nothin'." - The Brock. Quote of the Year
by Stuck in Cincy on Jan 18, 2010 12:24 PM EST reply actions
My girlfriend thinks watching a UK game is as stressful as work!
Not for me; it’s stress therapy now! Knowing I’ll get to watch UK win a game each week makes my week more tolerable.
by tyler cottrell on Jan 18, 2010 2:07 PM EST up reply actions
Just as Cal has stated after several close games...
and I am paraphrasing….fans don’t need watch the game tape, fans don’t need to coach or analyze each mistake….that is his job.
I agree Tru, the UK Men’s basketball program (win or lose) is being taken where it needs to go and is in very capable hands.
More details...
Back during Xmas time of 2009. I was being shown around the Craft center by my childhood friend who works for UK. I was taken to a room where I met a gentleman and his staff (all who work for UK ) where every minute of all games across the country are video recorded and stored used for the coaches for possible games. He told us that Cal has been preparing for the NCAA’s
since the beginning of the Men’s basketball season.
This man also told us that each UK player ‘s game performance is broken down after each game. If Coach Cal wanted all of John Wall’s turnovers, he has them on a disc etc…you get the picture.
You can rest assured that for the next week Cal and his entire staff (including the video recorders) will have broken down EVERYTHING possible to cover in a week to prepare for Arkansas. UK Basketball has the best of the best in every phase,
However, even with all the most modern war room, technology,weight room, trainers, and training facilities… IMHO the single complete reason to relax and enjoy is Coach Cal in all his basketball wisdom is leading UK to the promise land.
by blue oregon on Jan 18, 2010 12:54 PM EST up reply actions
Tru,
this one is for you. \~/ Notice that the glass is half full of Four Roses Single Barrel.
Tru, not only am I enjoying this season, after the era that is named "the time of which we shall not speak",
but I have yet to have the feeling in a game that we might lose. I know that a loss is always possible, but I have yet to feel, in a game, that we would either not hold on to the lead or may the shots to overcome. Very nice feeling indeed.
Mr. Critic.
Thanks for banning Mr. Critic for the moment, Tru. He really isn’t all that fun to hang around with and I know that there is a time and place for him, but to be quite candid, right now I find him to be quite a bore given our current record of 18-0. ; )
Although I can appreciate most critics and the fact that their fandom is centered around concentrating on the numbers (Pomeroy, defensive efficiency, etc.) of the game and I definitely think that that has value, of course, but, I’m personally not one who is constantly consumed by all that as my fandom lends itself more towards what I see and how that makes me feel rather than focusing on the numbers (part of that is probably because numbers confound me, but part is the female in me, too, I suppose). And at present, I really like what I see in our coach and our players — their faces, their ridiculous talent, their personalities, their willingness to listen to one another, the fact that they seem to genuinely like each other, and well, when you combine all that with a stunning winning record — I can’t help but like what I see and all that makes me feel pretty great.
And, even though I don’t focus on the numbers all that much, I would like to say that that makes me (or anyone else like me, for that matter) no less of a passionate, knowledgeable or caring fan than the number-crunching bunch as I consider myself to be all of those and then some.
Your fandom
doesn’t exist with numbers sister, it exists within your heart. That is a good thing not a bad thing.
Enjoy the Ride
stay away from the kool-aid; Enjoy the Ride.
The Ride lives in the present. The Whole teaching is: how to be in the present; how to get out of the past which is no more and how not to get involved in the future which is not yet, and just to be rooted, centered, in that which is.
No matter where you're at, there you are
Message board rumor only.
I’d set it aside for now. But Leslie is at least as likely to go to Kentucky as anywhere else. Calipari has been recruiting him hard.
A Sea of Blue -- Kentucky Sports for the Discerning Fan
I remember
reading a post recently that stated this team needed a loss so that they would have the fear of losing instilled in them. I totally disagree with this train of thought. One of the best things going for this team is that they appear to have no fear. Therefore, they can play in close games without tightening up, allowing them to rely on their natural abilities when the game is on the line. If they lose, I hope the lesson will not be fear but, rather, the wisdom learned from experience of how to avoid defeat in the future.
yeah,
and in the same line of thinking someone also said that “you don’t learn anything from losing” (sorry, I can’t remember which one of you it was??). I think that quote is totally on the right track, also. Being in close games and prevailing (which we have done on more than one occasion thus far) is just as valuable if not more so than a loss.
You certainly don’t have to lose in order to gain and learn something. : )
yeah 2
I don ’t follow Purdue so this could be wrong; but I wonder if their lesson was doubt and fear after L #1 which is now L# 3 (right?).
Sometimes you DO have to get your ass kicked to sober up as a team but I do not think that is the case (as a team) for this squad.
No matter where you're at, there you are
I Do Follow Purdue (My Alma Mater)
We’ve played like (blank) the past 3 games.
by FortyYearCatFan on Jan 18, 2010 3:07 PM EST up reply actions
What happened?
I am not a stats guy, per se; prefer to look at the human element. Please don’t see my inquiry as Schadenfreude.
No matter where you're at, there you are
No Idea
Hummel injuries. Minor but still had an impact.
Not playing good defense.
Not rebounding well.
by FortyYearCatFan on Jan 18, 2010 3:50 PM EST up reply actions
criticism and analysis
First off, I’m quite content with not only where the team is, but how they are improving, and where they should be in the future.
I am not at all worried about losses – not because I don’t think they won’t happen. Actually I expect this team will still lose 3-4 games before all is said and done. But they will lose games because that is what happens to teams. What I’m not worried about is what those losses “mean” – this is a good great team with a terrific coach, great talent, and a good distribution of that talent – inside players, outside players, guards, forwards, centers – there is not one position on this team that is a liability.
Having said all that, analyzing a team is not a binary condition between “Everything is all roses!” and “OMG!! WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!!” I’m not sure if that’s what you mean Tru, but if you mean criticism = Identifying areas where the team isn’t playing well, then I have to disagree. It’s entirely possible to simultaneously be pleased as punch with where the season is headed as well as mention that this team still struggles with defending the 3pt shot (for example).
But if you mean criticism in the sense that someone isn’t happy because they didn’t beat Auburn by 20 or that Wall didn’t get 8 assists in that game, then yeah – I’m with you on that one.
3 > 2, except for very large values of 2.
I don't really think we're going to go undefeated.
I don’t see a problem with pointing out flaws in the team and its play. JL is right; our perimeter defense is subpar most of the time and we often seem to let down in the second half of game. All that said, this is the most fun I’ve had following Kentucky in five years. So I’m content to just sit back and enjoy the ride… at least till next Saturday. :)
I Do
18-0, 22 to go, just 1 W at a time.
by FortyYearCatFan on Jan 18, 2010 3:51 PM EST up reply actions
22 to go
God… that sounds like such a long way to go!!!
LOL
Of course its difficult, its a shortcut... if it was easy it'd just be "the way."
When My Wife And I Traveled To Australia In September 2000 For The Olympics
I was among the few early risers at the team hotel. My stepdaughter’s coach (Nell Fortner) was among them.
Every morning (on game days), I’d tell her (at breakfast), Let’s Win 9 And Go Home. Then Let’s Win 8 And Go Home. On and on until Gold Medal day. That morning, I said, Well, Nell (Fortner), Let’s Win 1 More And Go Home.
And they did. They W every game, 1 at a time.
by FortyYearCatFan on Jan 18, 2010 4:52 PM EST up reply actions
Right there with ya
This TEAM can do it.
I have kleptomania,
but when it gets bad,
I take something for it.
SEC road games always tough
I was at the Auburn game …. when we were up 19 obviously the crowd was out of it … chants of GO BIG BLUE drowned out the home crowd … little by little and play by play we let them back in the game – I think we will learn from these experiences … even though JW tried to do too much in the second half (6 TO’s) … he made the shots we needed when the game was on the line.I like to chalk these up as learning experiences … I think we can trust Cal to have this team ready night in and night out …. may not have been pretty but a W is a W.
Tru
you are so right………hubby and I were looking at the ranking today and I was saying " do you realize that we just had a little over 20 wins last season at the end of the NIT?……..now we have almost matched that with over 13 games left". Unreal. Just unreal. I am so proud of this team and this fanbase. It feels good to be in a good worry free place. I am a big Titans fan…..those first ten games that we won were a blast. I really tried to enjoy it while it was going on. I offer the same advice here. Enjoy it, relish it, and remember that Kentucky is back baby!
Hooray!!
I couldn’t agree more, Tru. To each his own of course, but I don’t get picking at the team’s flaws right now. You’re not going to get perfection, ever, so you might as well be satisfied when something is really, really good, and I don’t see how the season progression couldn’t be seen as that. A friend of mine, a huge UK basketball fan and a very, very intelligent guy, was harrumphing on Facebook after the Auburn game, bemoaning our defense and our dreadful guard play. Seriously?! You mean, Bledsoe, who’s been fabulous for us all year, and Wall our player-of-the-year-number-one-draft-pick-all-everything guy? THOSE guards? See, I just don’t get this. They had a bad game. We still won! On the road, in conference, against very game team. Be happy—you’ll live longer and people won’t dread being around your killjoy ass.
I feel like some people this season are treading dangerously close to being THAT GUY—the infamous person who called Tubby’s call-in show midway through the 98 season and said he “hadn’t given up on the team yet.” Come on, don’t be that guy.
by blue kentucky girl on Jan 18, 2010 4:05 PM EST reply actions
I think
alot of it we are gun shy very gun shy………how many times did we get the rug pulled out from beneath us. Also though I have learned in my old age(HA!) that peronalities are different and some are just naturally critical and some are naturally optimistic.
If you are afraid
to fail, you will never excel.
Methinks
the ladies have the right attitude on this blog. Enjoy it while you got it.
Methinks ...
I will agree with you 100% wineman….heehee ;-)
Blue... there is no other color to Bleed !!!
Words of wisdom,
“Be happy—you’ll live longer and people won’t dread being around your killjoy ass.”
I love it!!!
"killjoy ass"
thats a good one…..well said, bkg
Bracketology And Polls
#1 Seed in Midwest. #2 in both polls.
"The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale." --Thomas Jefferson
Not that there's any real validity to it...
But they have us slated to play the winner of the play-in game. So presumably, we’d be the number 1 overall seed according to Lunardi right now.
Of course its difficult, its a shortcut... if it was easy it'd just be "the way."
I know
no real validity to it but I just like to see what is in the heads of the sports guys. I still feel like we aren’t getting respect in some areas.
Well... the SEC is still on a downswing
So we won’t have the conference match-ups to prove ourselves like Texas, Kansas, Kansas St from the Big XII or running the gauntlet of the Big East.
ESPN and all the other big boys are in love with us for the headline value though. I’m curious where you think we aren’t getting respect from? Texas got 30 of 31 first place AP votes… and we picked up the only other one.
Of course its difficult, its a shortcut... if it was easy it'd just be "the way."
Not in the polls
but I have just heard………Kentucky has had no real challenges etc etc. Its getting less and less but I heard it Saturday night on ESPNU
They said the same about Memphis
Until they reached the title game. We won’t need to have that much under our belts to overcome any talk though.
Of course its difficult, its a shortcut... if it was easy it'd just be "the way."
A little off subject!
I have traveled to a few other blogs. Mostly read and did not comment. On one blog I did comment, about their @#& language. I did not get a good response. I want to thank everyone who adds to OUR spot for their good behavior! I am still reminded of my mother telling me “Son you talk to everyone like I was standing by you side” I still try.
Happy Days are here again The sky is all ways BLUE again Happy days are here again !
Amen, brother.
Excess profanity is the last resort of the small-minded.
We try to keep it PG in here, and I have almost never had to ask anyone to reign it in. Just goes to show the quality of our membership, of which I am justifiably proud.
A Sea of Blue -- Kentucky Sports for the Discerning Fan
oh that's just complete !@@#$%%^^##$%^&**(())^%$#@@@!!@#$%^&*())^%$@@@#@!!!!!!!!
lol!!!
Remember, we're having fun now!!!
Rankings
anyone a little suprised that Mississppi state sits at three losses and is not ranked in the Associated Press poll? Yet NC is at six losses and is still ranked as well as UCONN with six losses?
Personally, I'm stunned that UNC dropped at all
Isn’t the prevailing wisdom that UNC can never fall? They lost on the road to a ranked Clemson team and then almost came back to beat a ranked Georgia Tech squad. I would think they should have climbed in the rankings!
In all seriousness, it really is a function of how high you start in the polls and when you lose your games and to whom. If they slip up to Wake Forest this week, I think they’ll tumble out next week.
God… seeing UNC in the NIT in the year after a title would be such sweet schaudenfraude.
Of course its difficult, its a shortcut... if it was easy it'd just be "the way."
Hey, Tru
.
Does this mean we may soon see a video posted on this blog of you , ASOB’s leader, doing the…. John Wall Dance??
Or is that still a little too far into “just sit back and ride the wave” territory?
I guarantee that would be your most popular post. Ever. :-)
by Sonic on Jan 18, 2010 6:27 PM EST reply actions
Nah.
I’m not into gimmicks. :-)
I’m just pretty much enjoying it all. My dancin’ days are well in the past.
A Sea of Blue -- Kentucky Sports for the Discerning Fan
With the exception of the Stanford game...
…I have never, not once, at any time, felt that this team was gonna loose…
Even when teams make a run or take the lead… Still feel as relaxed as I can…
Damn, that’s weird, but honestly, I DON NOT get nervous when the game gets tight…lol
Somehow, I just know in my heart that we will win…. And so far, somehow… we always do….
Steelers fan 1st! UK is my 2nd love.
vince, I'm with you.
That is the only time that the “feeling” even came close to getting into my head. Other than that, I’ve been pretty relaxed, even for one who has been accused of being a glass-half-empty guy.
As for the “feeling”, I’m not sure (not ever having been a fan of any other program) that other college hoops fans have that same ability to feel where a game is going that we do. I’ve watched games with other UK fans and with fans of other programs and only the UK fans seem to really get how the flow of the game will go before it really does. I don’t know why it is, but, with a small sample size, that’s my observation.
As for my own personal Mr. Critic, I think he serves the purpose of letting me see how the team has progressed in specific areas. For instance, I’m always one to lament how little UK, as well as most other high-level teams, use picks to free players for shots. But, and it’s a big but, did anyone notice that the Wall drive down the lane late in Saturday’s game started with a pick (that’s pee, eye, sea, kay, otherwise known as screen, back block, and other antiquated terms)? It wasn’t classic pick and roll, but it got the defense off just a half-step, and that was all Mr. Wall needed to get to the basket all alone. A thing of beauty!! See, I can be happy about something!!!!!!! ;-)
No moral victories--it's all about Ws and Ls!!!
Oh, oldcat'69,
I don’t think you have to be happy, all the time, about EVERYTHING we are doing. That’s totally not the point, as that would make you seem, well, sort of fake and disingenuous, IMO.
We are humans and there is nothing wrong with finding fault and wanting more, it’s just that now, what with our undefeated record and the compilation of talent that we currently have, well, to be finding, looking so hard for and dwelling on the ever-so-minute details to complain about (not you, per se, I’m speaking in general here) well, that just seems sort of sad to me. This season will be over before we know it and complaining about the little things and not allowing the greatness and once in a lifetime experience that I believe this season to be take hold, is just, well, sort of wrong.
I know, BSC, I was just
making fun of my own (undeserved) reputation for seeing the glass half empty unless it’s filled with wine (then it has room to breathe). I’m just a perfectionist, with myself as well as “my” basketball team. I truly am enjoying this year more than any I can remember, due to where we were last year. ‘96 and ’98 probably weren’t too bad (and ‘03 was really special for a long time), but, at my age, I can’t remember that far back. What was I saying?
No moral victories--it's all about Ws and Ls!!!
Special Years In My Time Following UK
1966, 1970, 1975, 1978, 1984, 1986, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2003, and (to be) 2010.
Definitions of “special year” are:
1. NCAA title
2. Final 4
3. AP #1 poll
4. 30+ W season
by FortyYearCatFan on Jan 20, 2010 5:14 PM EST up reply actions
Another element
of that play was that the big men all moved toward the perimeter, the area around the basket was clear until they realized what was happening and tried to help out but by then it was too late.
Yes, thank God.
Someone else recognizes that the big men on offense should keep their killjoy (butts) out of the lane if they aren’t doing something productive!!!!!! Thank you wineman. You’ve jumped a rung on my (already high) estimation of your basketball knowledge.
Oops, wrote the above, then re-read your comment. I assume you meant the offensive big men.
Also, the wingman on the right baseline stayed too far out after JW started driving, but then, who could react fast enough to that young man? Had his defender been quicker, he would have been better positioned for a pass if he’d moved toward the basket just after JW started his move. Fast reflexes required!!!
No moral victories--it's all about Ws and Ls!!!
Yeah,
I was talking about our big men clearing the area and the defense moved out with them. The pick was set high and the entire freethrow lane was empty. Defense collapsed on Wall but by then the afterburners were on and all they could grab at was the shadow he left behind.
If you're gonna drive, you can't have
a bunch of trees in the way, can you? It’s the essence of DDMO, as I understand it, and the Rupp system was not dissimilar, except that much of the cutting was done without the ball. But the middle has to be relatively clear or it gets all clogged up, as JW and Bledsoe sometimes discover.
No moral victories--it's all about Ws and Ls!!!
anybody gonna watch
texas and kansas st game ???……lol
Gonna be a good game...
…Just hope Texas falls and the Cats can go to the top… Where they rightfully belong… lol
Steelers fan 1st! UK is my 2nd love.
yes, it is fun : )
Ah, winter…It may be cold and miserable and gray and depressing outside, and get dark at 5 p.m, I may be so tired of winter clothes and shoes I could scream, and I may be looking a little pasty lately and craving the sun so bad I’m thinking I may hit up a tanning bed tomorrow just for the Vitamin D…but it’s the heart of basketball season, great games nearly every night,and that’s a beautiful thing. I’ll get out of the house and get a social life again starting around mid April.
by blue kentucky girl on Jan 18, 2010 8:33 PM EST up reply actions
I second that bkg,
I know exactly where you are coming from….lol
Thing is, I am usually saying by now, I wish it were April (because of weather and clothes and everything you mentioned), but I cannot bring myself to say it this year. I don’t want to miss a thing, KY basketball things, that is. ;-)
Blue... there is no other color to Bleed !!!
For a minute
I thought I was listening to the guy in the Dos Equis commercials… :-)
If your wings don't sweep....
The Conan in me says...nothing like
To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women! AAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
UL Football Fan/UK Basketball Fan ~ Okinawa, Japan
by The White Mandingo on Jan 18, 2010 10:43 PM EST reply actions
Now that the inferior Texas team is no longer undefeated...
We can once again (finally) bask in that #1 slot which SHOULD be ours a week from today. Somebody call John Pelphrey and ask him to ease off for old times sake. hehehehe
We're all just a banana peel away from eternity.
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Yahoo IM: jacksbrain
And then...
There was 1
UL Football Fan/UK Basketball Fan ~ Okinawa, Japan
by The White Mandingo on Jan 19, 2010 12:11 AM EST up reply actions
And Now There Is 1
As I watch this team play I see exactly what is needed to win a “Team”. Not one person but 5 men on the floor and 5 more on the bench that are hungry to play. KY has the horsepower, the team and play that way. When they are down no one tries to take control as in the past and say I am the leader and expected to make the shot. They all work togethor to get the best shot that is needed to make sure we get the 2 and not always the 3 that is needed. If someone is not on their game, someone else always seems to step forward and say I can do it. With a “Team Attitude” as I see on the floor and the starters and the bench that KY has this can be done and I see no one walking away with their heads hung down,. I do not see that in this “Team” that was sent from Heaven to bless us all. No good luck’s here, just keep playing hard and you will “WIN”.
WYNN
I agree
I love this teams mentality. It’s so rare when you have this kind of talent not to see them play as individuals. But, Cal has done an excellent job of instilling in them the need to be a team. One of the things I love about watching John Wall is the pure joy he gets from delivering the ball to a teammate for a big score. He seems to enjoy assisting as much, if not more, than he does scoring himself. But, the same thing can be said for all of these guys. I’m very proud of what our Cats have accomplished so far this season and no matter what happens from this point forward, Championship or not, I know they will continue to make us all proud to be Wildcat fans.
GO BIG BLUE!
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