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Re: Rupp Rafters Meltdown

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2021 3:08 pm
by Sparko
EJ was just different. I don’t know what was in his mind, but he became that strange freshman again. Sooo close.

Re: Rupp Rafters Meltdown

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2021 3:10 pm
by pdub
Yup.
And he had a chance to tie at the end with a layup easier than Jalen's v UT - but passed out to Naadir Tharpe.
What? Why?

Re: Rupp Rafters Meltdown

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2021 5:18 pm
by PhDhawk
That 10 Second call.....

I was screaming at the tv.

That wasn't the worst tourney loss ever, but that last 2 minutes was easily the worst stretch of any game.

I hate blowing leads more than anything.

Re: Rupp Rafters Meltdown

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2021 7:51 pm
by Sparko
The 10-second call. I remember being very polite about it. I do not remember drawing analogies to fly over country crap calls. It was only Doyel

Re: Rupp Rafters Meltdown

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2021 8:24 pm
by PhDhawk
The media needs to stop it with the "blue bloods are down" story line.

What UK is doing is entirely in a class by itself. UK going 8-14 ain't the same as being on the bubble, just like KU stumbling to a 3 seed is not the same as being on the bubble.

Re: Rupp Rafters Meltdown

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2021 10:03 pm
by jfish26
PhDhawk wrote: Tue Mar 02, 2021 8:24 pm The media needs to stop it with the "blue bloods are down" story line.

What UK is doing is entirely in a class by itself. UK going 8-14 ain't the same as being on the bubble, just like KU stumbling to a 3 seed is not the same as being on the bubble.
It's like a store-brand Diet No Good Teams forced storyline.

Re: Rupp Rafters Meltdown

Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 4:43 pm
by obc
So does the all-time wins conversation need a bump today with UK's exit?

Re: Rupp Rafters Meltdown

Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 5:24 pm
by Deleted User 289
obc wrote: Thu Mar 11, 2021 4:43 pm So does the all-time wins conversation need a bump today with UK's exit?
Sure it does. What about all time losses and championships?

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Re: Rupp Rafters Meltdown

Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 5:25 pm
by Deleted User 89
gutter gonna gutter

Re: Rupp Rafters Meltdown

Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 5:27 pm
by Deleted User 289
TraditionKU wrote: Thu Mar 11, 2021 5:25 pm gutter gonna gutter
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I mean come on, that was served to me on a silver platter.

Re: Rupp Rafters Meltdown

Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 8:30 pm
by jhawks99
Don't be a gutter

Re: Rupp Rafters Meltdown

Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 8:36 pm
by PhDhawk
Don't be a pdub

Re: Rupp Rafters Meltdown

Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 9:24 pm
by twocoach
obc wrote: Thu Mar 11, 2021 4:43 pm So does the all-time wins conversation need a bump today with UK's exit?
I mentioned it in the game thread. KU is now 5 back. Started the season 16 back.

Re: Rupp Rafters Meltdown

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2021 11:23 am
by NewtonHawk11
Wish I could find the exact tweet, but it was something like since Calipari was hired at Kentucky, Kentucky was ahead by 43 games and has averaged 27 wins a season, and the margin is cut to just a handful. That's how insane Self and Kansas have been in the last 12 years.

Re: Rupp Rafters Meltdown

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2021 11:54 am
by Deleted User 89
outside of heavy cbb followers and KU fans, though, nobody really knows that

sad that so many’s ultimate metric of success is nattys

Re: Rupp Rafters Meltdown

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2021 11:56 am
by ousdahl
In that same light, it’s telling that a down year for Kentucky is not even making the NIT, yet a down year for Kansas is a likely 3 seed.

Re: Rupp Rafters Meltdown

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2021 11:59 am
by CrimsonNBlue
TraditionKU wrote: Fri Mar 12, 2021 11:54 amsad that so many’s ultimate metric of success is nattys
It's completely fair.

Re: Rupp Rafters Meltdown

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2021 12:03 pm
by Deleted User 89
CrimsonNBlue wrote: Fri Mar 12, 2021 11:59 am
TraditionKU wrote: Fri Mar 12, 2021 11:54 amsad that so many’s ultimate metric of success is nattys
It's completely fair.
i guess

we should probably have 3-4 more nattys, one under Roi

Re: Rupp Rafters Meltdown

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2021 12:06 pm
by ousdahl
woulda prob have won 03 except that roi had already left for chapel hill

Re: Rupp Rafters Meltdown

Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2021 12:07 pm
by CrimsonNBlue
TraditionKU wrote: Fri Mar 12, 2021 12:03 pm
CrimsonNBlue wrote: Fri Mar 12, 2021 11:59 am
TraditionKU wrote: Fri Mar 12, 2021 11:54 amsad that so many’s ultimate metric of success is nattys
It's completely fair.
i guess

we should probably have 3-4 more nattys, one under Roi
Yep, I agree.

It's not the only measure of success by any means, but you are ultimately judged how you perform nationally. We can't bash Wiggins for his performance against Stanford, or LeBron's Finals appearances, or the Cubs choking for 100 years and then give Bill Self and KU a pass.

We are both the very elite and have also underperformed in the tourney.