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I thought Petteway declared already?

You're joking. His name is Wanaah Bail? What a perfect name for a transfer.

"It's kind of like taking my frustrations out on a "punching bag."
 
or in UK's case ...a doosh bag....

If you are bored today, go over to CBSSports and beat on some UK fans.  I went there yesterday posting in regards to the "7 to leave for NBA" article.  They think they have all the comebacks and can't stand criticism of their program.  I needed that yesterday.  It's kind of like taking my frustrations out on a punching bag.

If you are bored today, go over to CBSSports and beat on some UK fans.  I went there yesterday posting in regards to the "7 to leave for NBA" article.  They think they have all the comebacks and can't stand criticism of their program.  I needed that yesterday.  It's kind of like taking my frustrations out on a punching bag.

It's Cherokee for "bringer of bad dreams."

Cough cough JBJ cough

I'd love to see most of these recruits kind of get together and talk a little and be like. Let's not go to pUKe guys! Look at the guys that didn't get better at UK. Alex Poy, Archie Goodwin, James Young, Darius Miller, Doron Lamb, Marquise Teague, DeAndre Liggins, Josh Harrellson, Daniel Orton, and oh yeah Andrew/Aaron Harrison. Can't say those guys are having "successful careers" in the league.
Here is something else I thought was interesting to me. Of the 11 players that were drafted from Memphis, only 2 of those are having a long successful career and those are D Rose and Tyreke. So what am I trying to say? Kids, don't let this sleazeball fool you anymore! Go somewhere else

Very long but good read.

http://m.elkharttruth.com/sports/2015/04/06/Twine-Line-Thanks-Kentucky-for-revealing-yourself.html

Thanks, Kentucky.

Those are words I don’t often utter, yet they apply on a wild number of counts when it comes to the 2015 Wildcats.

Thanks for effectively reminding those of us who grew up as Indiana fans that even some of the players on that incomparable 1976 IU team don’t mind if there’s someday another NCAA Division I men’s college basketball unbeaten. If Hoosier players themselves don’t mind, why should we? Those perspectives don’t get revisited without you coming close, Kentucky.

Thanks, too, for a genuinely engaging run at it. You were dang good. Genuine basketball fans should embrace how well you played.

Thanks, however, for punctuating that awards and honors and hype don’t always mean much. You reportedly had nine McDonald’s All-Americans. Wisconsin? The Badgers had zero. How cool is that?

Thanks, of course, for revealing yourself after that loss to Wisconsin. If that’s who you are, then I’m glad we know about it.

At least three of your main players blew off the postgame handshakes.

Then one of you blew a hiss to Frank Kaminsky by virtue of a three-word sentence crammed with both a racial slur and an obscenity.

Sidebar here: It was not gratifying to wake up Easter morning and have Stephen A. Smith on ESPN explain multiple times to us that we need to bear in mind that young African-American men use this slur “religiously.” Religiously? They use it in church? Doubt it. Anyway, Stephen A., if you mean their use is commonplace, the same remains true among white racists. Doesn’t make it OK, and the slur was meant negatively, period.

Bottom line, Kentucky, thanks for losing.

Most of us just do not want champions that behave the way you behaved.

To an immeasurably lesser extent, but to an extent nonetheless, I prefer my college champions to come from among kids who have actually gone to college for a while. Kids that have given us great stories about perseverance.

No, it’s not essential, but I kind of also prefer that my college champions come from colleges where the basketball teams are at least mildly representative geographically of the school bodies at-large. Wisconsin has three starters from in-state and seven in-state players on its roster.

You, Kentucky? Hard to even figure the relevance of having a state name your uniform. You were so spoiled with depth that you had roughly a two-platoon system of 10 guys averaging double-digit minutes most of the year, and still, not a single soul on either platoon from inside the Commonwealth.

I also prefer to have my college champions coached by individuals who haven’t had their signature achievements at both of their previous schools vacated due to NCAA findings. No, John Calipari was not found directly culpable at either UMass or Memphis, but those violations still happened under his watch. This is known as a pattern.

Finally, there’s this, Kentucky. If you had gone 40-0, I would have had to read and hear ad nauseam about where you rank among the all-time great teams, because so many of us today, including the so-called experts, are prisoners of the moment.

Again, Kentucky, you were dang good, but all-time good? Not even close. That IU team would’ve stepped on your throats. So would a bunch of UCLA teams that preceded them. I’d say at least a half-dozen other teams over the last dozen years would’ve handled you.

Your merits were bountiful, but your holes apparent, relative to the ultra-elites. There was no great scorer who was consistently efficient. There was no pure point guard with a dazzling assist-to-turnover ratio who could also score. If you’d been in the ACC or the Big Ten this season, rather than in the SEC (where you beat Ole Miss and Texas A&M in overtime, and escaped LSU by two), this unbeaten conversation would not have taken place in the first place.

Nevertheless, if this season has done anything, it’s changed my mind back to where it once was about whether we’ll ever have another unbeaten men’s DI team.

If this Kentucky team can come close, somebody’s going to do it someday. After all, Indiana wasn’t the only unbeaten, just the last one. If a team is the best in a given season — theoretically, at least, such a team exists every season — then it’s not outside the realm that such a team is going to wind up unbeaten.

Just a huge thank you, Kentucky, that it wasn’t you.

His shots from the get-go looked like knuckle balls.  You could tell they weren't coming off right.
 
In general, that wasn't the same team we saw on Saturday.

The last 2 seasons have been tough for IU basketball fans. Just two seasons before this one, we had finally won a Big Ten title, were ranked #1 in the nation, had made 2 sweet 16's in a row, and then the wheels came off.  Why? We are all quick to blame Coach but let me make another suggestion. To put it bluntly, "The Movement" was a Dud. The cornerstone for the last 2 seasons was supposed to be our much heralded recruiting class of Yogi, Perea, Hollowell, Jurkin, and Patterson who were sophomores last year and juniors this year.  Yogi and Perea (this year) have been solid, but 3/5 of the class or 60% of the class did not meet the high expectations placed upon them.  Hollowell, Jurkin, and Patterson were supposed to be high major talent but they did not pan out and are now at mid-major or lower schools. Jeremy Hollowell who OSU and everyone wanted is now at Georgia State.  Peter Jurkin somewhat due to injury is now at East Tennessee State.  Ron Patterson due to academics transferred to Syracuse and only averaged 2.6 points and 1.7 assists in 14 minutes per game for the Orange this year.  Patterson has now transferred again to IUPUI. My point is they left a huge hole in our recruiting and in our program.  It is easy to blame Coach for recruiting them but they were all highly recruited so all the recruiting services and other great college coaches were wrong about them too. Coach should not be blamed for injuries or academic issues either. Boeheim could not get Patterson to perform. My point is simply that The Movement was a dud and we have been recovering from it every since.  Just another possible reason to consider for the 2 year slide IU has experienced.  What's your thoughts Hoosier Nation?

He has stated that he doesn't want to go straight to the pros. Even his handler has suggested college first. I'm not giving up

that is by the far the most disturbing thing I have ever witnessed on the internet.
 
There's one thing to be biased toward your supporting team and then there is pUKe.
 
They are calling for BBN to boycott the NC game tonight because they aren't in it.
 
What a bunch of mutants!
 
My jolly UK fans at work won't even look at me today!  I am the bigger person right now :laugh:

This is no joke....this is an actual thread from that POS thread site.
 
 
How can BBN retaliate against the NCAA shaft? Reply We always get the toughest route to the Championship.
We always get the crappiest Refs.
We always get the most negative press.
We always get the most scrutiny.
We are under appreciated for all of the monetary support we give by our attendance at EVERY Tournament site.

I am sick of the NCAA!!


Any solutions?

that is by the far the most disturbing thing I have ever witnessed on the internet.
 
There's one thing to be biased toward your supporting team and then there is pUKe.
 
They are calling for BBN to boycott the NC game tonight because they aren't in it.
 
What a bunch of mutants!
 
My jolly UK fans at work won't even look at me today!  I am the bigger person right now :laugh:

Agreed!  That's like saying the SEC is the toughest conference to play in.
 
How much easier did they have it this year???  They truly thought they had purchased a perfect season.

that is by the far the most disturbing thing I have ever witnessed on the internet.
 
There's one thing to be biased toward your supporting team and then there is pUKe.
 
They are calling for BBN to boycott the NC game tonight because they aren't in it.
 
What a bunch of mutants!
 
My jolly UK fans at work won't even look at me today!  I am the bigger person right now :laugh:

I bought a, "Sorry for your loss" sympathy card and left it on a KY fan coworkers desk this morning.

that is by the far the most disturbing thing I have ever witnessed on the internet.
 
There's one thing to be biased toward your supporting team and then there is pUKe.
 
They are calling for BBN to boycott the NC game tonight because they aren't in it.
 
What a bunch of mutants!
 
My jolly UK fans at work won't even look at me today!  I am the bigger person right now :laugh:

that is by the far the most disturbing thing I have ever witnessed on the internet.
 
There's one thing to be biased toward your supporting team and then there is pUKe.
 
They are calling for BBN to boycott the NC game tonight because they aren't in it.
 
What a bunch of mutants!
 
My jolly UK fans at work won't even look at me today!  I am the bigger person right now :laugh:

This is no joke....this is an actual thread from that POS thread site.
 
 
How can BBN retaliate against the NCAA shaft? Reply We always get the toughest route to the Championship.
We always get the crappiest Refs.
We always get the most negative press.
We always get the most scrutiny.
We are under appreciated for all of the monetary support we give by our attendance at EVERY Tournament site.

I am sick of the NCAA!!


Any solutions?

I think we could see a BIG improvement from Hanner this off season. Don't underestimate the influence that legitimate competition for playing time can have on a player's development. HMP was the guy by default this year. Bryant will push Hanner to be much, much better next year. Probably too little, too late, but I think Hanner will have the biggest jump this off season.

This is no joke....this is an actual thread from that POS thread site.
 
 
How can BBN retaliate against the NCAA shaft? Reply We always get the toughest route to the Championship.
We always get the crappiest Refs.
We always get the most negative press.
We always get the most scrutiny.
We are under appreciated for all of the monetary support we give by our attendance at EVERY Tournament site.

I am sick of the NCAA!!


Any solutions?

This is no joke....this is an actual thread from that POS thread site.
 
 
How can BBN retaliate against the NCAA shaft? Reply We always get the toughest route to the Championship.
We always get the crappiest Refs.
We always get the most negative press.
We always get the most scrutiny.
We are under appreciated for all of the monetary support we give by our attendance at EVERY Tournament site.

I am sick of the NCAA!!


Any solutions?

that is by the far the most disturbing thing I have ever witnessed on the internet.
 
There's one thing to be biased toward your supporting team and then there is pUKe.
 
They are calling for BBN to boycott the NC game tonight because they aren't in it.
 
What a bunch of mutants!
 
My jolly UK fans at work won't even look at me today!  I am the bigger person right now :laugh: