Calipari

[BleedHuskyBlu]

Wisconsin is literally the last hope. If they cant win UK gets Duke or Gonzaga. Gonzaga cant beat them so that would be over and Duke Kentucky would be a lose lose situation. Although I would slightly perfer a Duke win

 

[johnhuskies95]

The funny thing is that I think he thinks he's being clever when he does interviews.

 

[Stinger92860]

Wisconsin is literally the last hope. If they cant win UK gets Duke or Gonzaga. Gonzaga cant beat them so that would be over and Duke Kentucky would be a lose lose situation. Although I would slightly perfer a Duke win

Never say never.......

 

[superjohn]

Yeah but that's risky. Doesn't matter know/today.

Problem is that during a Tourney Run all Champions seem to have one or two of these types of near loss games. Not sure there's another out there for them, cuz this was a wake up call. ND had them sleeping and couldn't knock them out.

I remember in 99 (your nick) when dook played in the final four against MSU, they were exposed and Calhoun saw some chinks in their armour. Of course Calhoun as great as he knew how to design a winning plan with some thanks to MSU. Perhaps Bo Ryan saw some vulnerabilities in the ND game because ND sure exposed some things.

I agree with most of what you said but ND didn't catch them sleeping, they just had a good game plan and outplayed them for 39 minutes.

 

[tzznandrew]

Seriously. Kentucky is very good, but they can be beaten. Notre Dame is the best team they played all year. The next best team in the SEC was 28th in KenPom. Notre Dame was the 9th most efficient team going into that game. Before that game, Kentucky's best opponent was UNC in December (12).

I think Kentucky is not going to blow anyone out again. Wisconsin, Duke, or Gonzaga can beat them. Michigan State I'm less sold on, but they would be 12-14 spots higher than the toughest SEC team.

 

[The Funster]

>2 minutes I'll take Izzo over Cal any day.

 

[huskyjawz]

Wisconsin is literally the last hope. If they cant win UK gets Duke or Gonzaga. Gonzaga cant beat them so that would be over and Duke Kentucky would be a lose lose situation. Although I would slightly perfer a Duke win

I can't watch if it's Dook/Kentucky.

 

[Rocktheworld]

>2 minutes I'll take Izzo over Cal any day.

Imagine if Izzo was in charge of that ND squad

 

[mauconnfan]

Imagine if Izzo was in charge of that ND squad[/QUOTE

Not sure, I think Brey did a great job until the final 2 minutes.

 

[mauconnfan]

What an amazing final duke and kentucky would be - refs tripping over each other to make sure the coaches are happy. Not sure if they would even blow the whistle because they'd be so scared.

 

[Ts5034]

I never thought I would ever be in a position to openly root for Duke to win a basketball game. If the championship game is Duke vs Kentucky, by far the lesser of two evils is Duke and I would have no shame pulling for them to beat UK.

 

[Kitaman]

I never thought I would ever be in a position to openly root for Duke to win a basketball game. If the championship game is Duke vs Kentucky, by far the lesser of two evils is Duke and I would have no shame pulling for them to beat UK.

Would rooting for an earthquake or other natural disaster be too taboo?

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

I never thought I would ever be in a position to openly root for Duke to win a basketball game. If the championship game is Duke vs Kentucky, by far the lesser of two evils is Duke and I would have no shame pulling for them to beat UK.

You want K to win a 5th, and do it against a team that's looking to go 40-0? I can only imagine how that would add to his legend.

 

[tzznandrew]

You want K to win a 5th, and do it against a team that's looking to go 40-0? I can only imagine how that would add to his legend.

His legend's already iron-clad. There's no denying that he's an all-time great coach, and while we might argue that Calhoun is better, that judgement has already been made in favor of K. And it's not like they haven't already taken out undefeated teams in the Final Four. There's not much more a little gasoline could do.

But, with your earlier post, it's all-in time on Wisconsin, who can absolutely win the whole thing.

 

[storrsroars]

You want K to win a 5th, and do it against a team that's looking to go 40-0? I can only imagine how that would add to his legend.

It's not the NC game I'd want to see, but I have no issue with K adding to his legend, especially if it's at the expense of Calipari getting one. Even though K's gotten >10% of all the McD's AAs since 2000, he can at least coach 'em up a bit. He had to coach today.

Not gonna happen, but if Izzo managed a couple of miracles next weekend, I'd love it.

 

[johnhuskies95]

Duke is one of the few teams where their players are usually more unlikable than their fans/coach. And this year's team is pretty likable. I don't mind Coach K.

 

[Kitaman]

It's not the NC game I'd want to see, but I have no issue with K adding to his legend, especially if it's at the expense of Calipari getting one. Even though K's gotten >10% of all the McD's AAs since 2000, he can at least coach 'em up a bit. He had to coach today.

Not gonna happen, but if Izzo managed a couple of miracles next weekend, I'd love it.

I agree K will be retiring soon and like Calhoun old news after a few years. Cal is the threat to the future of college basketball and must lose at all costs.

Many of us may not witness a Coach like him in our lifetime, so I respect greatness. Even moreso that UConn beat him when it counted. He's a great coach and perhaps the greatest since Wooden.

 

[gtcam]

Kensucky/Puke would be the worst of all in my mind
Don't want K to get his 5th and don't want the Squid to win anything
My hopes and my bracket calls for Wisconsin to win it all
ND came within 3 missed FTs of winning that game.
The Squid can bloviate all he wants about his team not playing well, ND playing over their heads and he has all raw freshmen..........
ND has no superstars (Grant?) and one draft choice on it's team - not sure but I can bet that none of the ND players were MCD AAs
Meanwhile ND scarred the crap out of all 12 of the Squid's MCD AAs and I bet the creep himself
Is Wisconsin better than ND - I think so.
I have a gut feeling that Kentucky's BS experiment ends next weekend.
Puke isn't to far behind with the mass one and done parade - Okafor, Winslow and the freaky looking guard are all gone after the season
Would love to see Izzo clean their clocks.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Cal will be gone in no time and Kentucky will be just another program.

 

[mauconnfan]

You want K to win a 5th, and do it against a team that's looking to go 40-0? I can only imagine how that would add to his legend.

Not sure why you like the guy but everyone has a right. But who cares about legends here, you root against people whom you despise. Calipari is one that many others do, like Christian Laettner kinda I guess. Partly because he does win and partly because obviously he's a total piece of crap salesman who mostly everyone but the media and some dopey parents see right through.

 

[mauconnfan]

Can you imagine this game if these 2 play? I mean poor Gonzaga ran into 3 whistles which called absolutely nothing on Duke. They're hacking away and running into people, going over the back and they get 5 fouls in the 2nd half - FIVE? How can you win a game called that unevenly?

The Duke/UK game may be played in 1 hour and 15 minutes they'll be so few whistles.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Not sure why you like the guy but everyone has a right. But who cares about legends here, you root against people whom you despise. Calipari is one that many others do, like Christian Laettner kinda I guess. Partly because he does win and partly because obviously he's a total piece of crap salesman who mostly everyone but the media and some dopey parents see right through.

I'm not even sure who you're accusing me of liking.

 

[superjohn]

I don't even hate Duke that much anymore but it's criminal the whistle they get and the joke of a draw they get every year. When you are playing home games every NCAA as the higher seed and the refs coddle you the way they do, a final 4 should almost be a given. Karnowski and Delon Wright both picked up 2 fouls right away for breathing on someone. I respect K as a coach, it just drives me crazy how they seem to play by a different set of rules than everyone else. I'll never forget the tournament game against Maryland years ago, Jay Williams should have had 9 fouls.

 

[mauconnfan]

I'm not even sure who you're accusing me of liking.

Calipari, not accusing you just don't appreciate people talking about the sleaze so at the very least, it's respect. It is what it is.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

I don't like him or "respect" him, I just don't get why people still get so worked up over him. He's a clown and a huckster. A successful one, but he is who he is.

 

[Ts5034]

You want K to win a 5th, and do it against a team that's looking to go 40-0? I can only imagine how that would add to his legend.

I said in the other thread that I like how we have the same number of titles as Duke. But another way to look at it this is I like how Calhoun is 3-1 on Calipari and it would be nice when its all said and done that Calipari ends up with less than Calhoun. For me personally, UK and especially Calipari is the worst of two evils in this case.

 

[DarthGrumpy]

What an amazing final duke and kentucky would be - refs tripping over each other to make sure the coaches are happy. Not sure if they would even blow the whistle because they'd be so scared.

...and Dicky V would wear out his knee pads, yuck

 

[gtcam]

I don't even hate Duke that much anymore but it's criminal the whistle they get and the joke of a draw they get every year. When you are playing home games every NCAA as the higher seed and the refs coddle you the way they do, a final 4 should almost be a given. Karnowski and Delon Wright both picked up 2 fouls right away for breathing on someone. I respect K as a coach, it just drives me crazy how they seem to play by a different set of rules than everyone else. I'll never forget the tournament game against Maryland years ago, Jay Williams should have had 9 fouls.

Its because he is constantly harping the refs
A great example was today when Few was questioning a call the beefy ref was giving him a real attitude and dismissing him
Not less than a minute later and there was a foul called against Puke, K was all over the ref, the beefy guy was listening and nodded his head and patted K on the back

The Squid and his squad of bandits are getting royal treatment
I thought the refs showed way too much respect to the Kensucky freshmen - Towns should have fouled out in the first half, he clears space with his elbows on every touch. Lyles should have had 3 fouls called on him on consecutive plays but the whistle never blew. Yet the ND big guys touched the opponent and the whistle blew

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Yeah credit to Krzyzewski for figuring out that you should work the refs. Too bad no one ever told Calhoun this.

 

[DarthGrumpy]

Yeah credit to Krzyzewski for figuring out that you should work the refs. Too bad no one ever told Calhoun this.

Calhoun's idea of working he refs involved a pair of brass knuckles and a dark ally in Southie (before gentrification), which explains a lot.