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Maybe the pep talk will focus Santi and get him ready for tournament play. But who knows. We definitely need him to step up.


I miss the swagger that Santi used to play with. And it's not like he still can't do it, he was blowing kisses to UK fans in Rupp earlier this year. Maybe he should bleach his hair and start doing his arm bite celebration after a big 3.
 
Maybe the pep talk will focus Santi and get him ready for tournament play. But who knows. We definitely need him to step up.



Just getting him to take at least 6-8 shots will be huge. I think with both him and JJJ if the first shot goes in their confidence jumps up several levels.
 
Getting really tired of excuses for Santi and JJJ year after year, they either get their act together for the ncaa tournament or we will get bounced in the sweet 16 simple as that
 
I think #1 overall is a bit of a stretch, I agree. I think this is just a click-bait mock, but this is definitely a weak draft and Sheppard will likely go Top 10 because of it.

His size definitely is a bit concerning. But if you can shoot the 3 as well as he does that can make up for a lot of things, especially in the defense optional era of the NBA where the rules are designed to help the offense so playing defense isn’t as important.
If that’s the case then DK should be a top 10 pick. Sheppard isn’t a raw prospect - his age shouldn’t necessarily be a positive like most 19 yr olds are.
 
I miss the swagger that Santi used to play with. And it's not like he still can't do it, he was blowing kisses to UK fans in Rupp earlier this year. Maybe he should bleach his hair and start doing his arm bite celebration after a big 3.
I think we will see that Santi back before it’s all over. This week is the perfect opportunity.
 
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These NBA scouts are smoking literal crack. #1????? I can barely get him behind him being a first round pick. Undersized combo guard with mediocre NBA athleticism. I don’t get it. Truly. I don’t.

6'3" averaged 12.7 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 4.5 apg, 2.5 spg... I have to agree that it seems like a stretch for him to even be drafted in the first round...and if Vegas offered up a bet on him not being the #1 overall pick taken I'd probably put everything I had on that.

He's a great shooter, but playing on a team as stacked as the Wildcats are with a drive first option he takes a lot of wide open jumpers. If he was 6'6" or taller I could see him as a potential lottery pick...
 
I'm just going to hope this was the "bad game" for March and we don't see that garbage again.

I definetely think DK had some post season nerves or something, he was off big time. I think he'll play better the next game. Just hope he gets help or it may not matter.

2 seed and see where we land.
 
I'm just going to hope this was the "bad game" for March and we don't see that garbage again.

I definetely think DK had some post season nerves or something, he was off big time. I think he'll play better the next game. Just hope he gets help or it may not matter.

2 seed and see where we land.

I want to believe that but sorry, experience has me very skeptical now. I'm more expecting the worst case scenario that we always are afraid of, the offense goes to hell and we don't show up.
 
I want to believe that but sorry, experience has me very skeptical now. I'm more expecting the worst case scenario that we always are afraid of, the offense goes to hell and we don't show up.

Will really come down to matchups for us more than I expected. If we see a team with 2 or 3 wings 6'5" or bigger with length we're in trouble.

ZZ, Santi, Gainey all too small and none of them are good quick move drivers like KC, Bone or even Turner were.
 
Regardless of today or any other game this season, I will be 100% satisfied with just an Elite 8 appearance.

Eh. I won’t be satisfied unless we make a final four. I just cannot imagine a team that will ever be better positioned under Barnes to do so. We have a unicorn in Knecht. If this team can’t break through….I don’t want to think about that.
 
Regardless of today or any other game this season, I will be 100% satisfied with just an Elite 8 appearance. I fully acknowledge that is a monumental task to complete, but I just don't want to lose to a blatantly inferior team in the S16 again.

This, I just want to get there again. I think one EE for this program is kind of a joke but it is what it is. I don't need a national title and I'd like a FF but just make the EE. We make the EE then I'm completely satisfied with this season. We don't, I'm going to be disappointed that we didn't do better than what we normally do. And before a S16, that's just not good.
 
I just hate it for the team, they've accomplished a lot and we have the worst fair-weather fanbase of anyone, especially in basketball.

Love Santi and JJJ and they're foundation pieces to the rebuild after Grant era, but I don't know if either of them have the same sort of dog that DK or ZZ has...hell even Aidoo is frustrating. When everything is going as expected we have plenty of guys who can score, but we need more guys that can get it going when things aren't going well.
 
I want to believe that but sorry, experience has me very skeptical now. I'm more expecting the worst case scenario that we always are afraid of, the offense goes to hell and we don't show up.

I’ll be shocked if we make it out of the first weekend. This game and the Kentucky game both were very concerning. DK had to go for 40 to keep us in the Kentucky game and today, when it just wasn’t his day, we couldn’t even be competitive with a team that was sub .500 in conference play.

I hope these two games were just bad days at the office and that the supporting cast will get back in a groove, but I just don’t see it. We will most likely be fine against a 15 seed in the first round, but I’m afraid it’ll take another special performance from DK to get behind the round of 32.
 

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