Ut Gets first round bye

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Georgia beat Kentucky and Florida lost. We should get a first round bye in the SEC now.

Hat... question.
Changed your mind on Gillispie yet?
 
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Tennessee will need to win one of their last two games unless Florida beats Kentucky this weekend.
 
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Since I didn't watch it, I'm wondering. How/why did KY lose at home on senior night with NCAAs riding on it to the worst team in the SEC?
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I mean idk you certainly jumped on Donovan after his lost to Georgia. This was probably a bigger loss than that one. At home, NCAA hopes on the line etc...
1. I don't think anyone's debating that losing to Georgia is an awful oss, regardless of who is suffering it.
2. I've never thought much of Donovan. He's the coaching equivalent of a guy who's rich because he won the lottery. One recruiting class, filled with players whose families just happen to be financiallt set enough that they can stay in school an extra season, does not a great coach make. He's much more the guy who loses to Manhattan in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
 
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Since I didn't watch it, I'm wondering. How/why did KY lose at home on senior night with NCAAs riding on it to the worst team in the SEC?
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I guess the same way UT can get blown out by this same Kentucky team twice in one season.

Apparently UT is the only team in the SEC that "doesn't match up well" with them. Everyone else seemed to at least give them a game.
 
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I guess the same way UT can get blown out by this same Kentucky team twice in one season.

Apparently UT is the only team in the SEC that "doesn't match up well" with them. Everyone else seemed to at least give them a game.

Sorry, but this one is much worse than either of our KY games. Just wondering what KY did wrong in this game.
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Hat, I just don't understand why you give Gillespie a pass on everything that you convict Pearl of. (had to slide the law reference in there) I'm talking coaching and non-coaching. Did this guy get you some tickets at some point or are you angling for them in the future? :wink:

I get the criticisms of Pearl and you are more often right than wrong, but there's an old Chinese proverb that says you can't make Chicken dinner out of chicken $#** or something like that. You call it making excuses for Pearl, I just call it being realistic about the situation. I'm sure Pearl is pleased as punch just to be making the Tourney with this group.
 
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He's much more the guy who loses to Manhattan in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Or the guy who takes a program that had fallen hard and takes them to the sweet 16 in two seasons, the final 4 in 3 seasons, the school's first #1 ranking, 8 straight NCAA tourney appearances, and 2 national championships.
 
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Or the guy who takes a program that had fallen hard and takes them to the sweet 16 in two seasons, the final 4 in 3 seasons, the school's first #1 ranking, 8 straight NCAA tourney appearances, and 2 national championships.

Plus, he's the guy that followed two nat'l titles, presumably the height of a school's recruiting power, with B2B NIT invites.
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Or the guy who takes a program that had fallen hard and takes them to the sweet 16 in two seasons, the final 4 in 3 seasons, the school's first #1 ranking, 8 straight NCAA tourney appearances, and 2 national championships.

You say tomato, Hat says comparing BG to BD is like comparing Jessica Biel to Rosie O'Donnell (or something like that).
 
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You say tomato, Hat says comparing BG to BD is like comparing Jessica Biel to Rosie O'Donnell (or something like that).

if hat were alive during jesus' day, he'd criticize the quality of the fish and loaves.
 
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Some people on this board never cease to amaze me. Winning back-to-back national titles has got to be good for something.

If Pearl ever does make it to a Final Four or even win a championship, it still wouldn't be good enough.
 
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Plus, he's the guy that followed two nat'l titles, presumably the height of a school's recruiting power, with B2B NIT invites.
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which coach created that "height"?

do u think they'd be a different team this yr. w/speights?

how strong was K's recruiting after winning back to back NCs in early '90s, making the finals in '94 and winning it all again in 2001? i mean, supposedly at the height of recruiting, right?
 
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Some people on this board never cease to amaze me. Winning back-to-back national titles has got to be good for something.

If Pearl ever does make it to a Final Four or even win a championship, it still wouldn't be good enough.

Not that I see him doing that haha but yea... I could see that.

BTW Catspause seems to think that they should get Donovan haha.
 
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1. I don't think anyone's debating that losing to Georgia is an awful oss, regardless of who is suffering it.
2. I've never thought much of Donovan. He's the coaching equivalent of a guy who's rich because he won the lottery. One recruiting class, filled with players whose families just happen to be financiallt set enough that they can stay in school an extra season, does not a great coach make. He's much more the guy who loses to Manhattan in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

You're kidding right? How can you compare recruiting a player to winning the lottery? I believe it was Donovan and his staff who worked hard to recruit those players to convince them to come to Florida. It wasn't like he just drew their name out of a hat. Obviously he saw the potential that they could be great players and clearly his work paid off. They did turn out to be great players. I'm still trying to figure out how you equate that to winning the lottery. Poor example imo.
 
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which coach created that "height"?

do u think they'd be a different team this yr. w/speights?

how strong was K's recruiting after winning back to back NCs in early '90s, making the finals in '94 and winning it all again in 2001? i mean, supposedly at the height of recruiting, right?

K went to an enormous number of final fours in a decade and continued churning out top classes and teams. The WOJO years were a struggle, but K had some personal and health issues that coincided there.

UF would be marginally better wit Speights, but would still play horrendous D and be leaning toward the NIT. Speights makes about the difference that Patterson does at UK.
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Or the guy who takes a program that had fallen hard and takes them to the sweet 16 in two seasons, the final 4 in 3 seasons, the school's first #1 ranking, 8 straight NCAA tourney appearances, and 2 national championships.
Fallen hard? I'm pretty sure I remember the guy Donovan replaced having the Gators in the Final Four.
 

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