The House of Blue

They're done. Just smile and wave at them on their way to the league and thank them for the "effort."

I hope to keep poythress, WCS, and Wiltjer but wave bye to Goodwin and Harrow and say good riddance. It has been an absolute torment watching them play. For some reason, even though I am a realist I guess, I still continue to watch though; I guess blue blood just runs to deep too quit watching.

You know, being a great player on your high school team doesn't alway transfer to being a good player on a college team. All of these guys were the best from where they were from, they just lack really basic fundamentals. They can't set a great pick, don't know how to block out, and they have not the savvy on how to get around a pick. Free throw shooting is always a sure sign that working hard on something is not something they do. Great players, like Davis, who said after a couple of early games shooting bricks while at the foul line said he was embarrased and that he would improve and he did. This group overall lacked basketball sense on the floor on where to be and how to pass the ball. Kyle has the most knowledge but he is limited on the defensive side of the ball so you have to play him in spots so that he doesn't hurt you on defense. Turnovers are always something that we have seen with the young freshmen but gradually you see that improve by January but not this year. We are still making the SAME mistakes that we did at the beginning of the season which is a telling sign of why we are playing as we do on the road.

We still got a chance. For some reason the last two games on the road we haven't played with the same energy that we played with against Mizzou. If we come out at home on Senior Day against UF with that same kind of energy we showed against Mizzou and catch UF on an off day we might have a shot. Then I think we'll still need to get to the finals of the SEC tourney to get into the Dance.

I didn't say it was likely.

While it is simple to say, these kids come in with a work ethic or not. And given how the teams are put together, if the players do not give consistent effort, there are no alternatives. The players have to play or there is a huge drop off in talent.

Why would next year's class have a chip on their shoulder? Those players did not suffer through this season. The ones that will play were HS or prep players during this year.

Because they might actually care about their chosen school and will want to erase this embarrassment called a 2013 season from the fans and opponents memories.

It's really hard to figure out what's going to happen. Does this coupled with Mizzou give UK enough "signature" wins?? Candidly, the Cats have had really only one dreadful performance and I don't see how they are not one of the best 64 teams in the country. 2 wins in the SEC tourney should put them over the top, one I think makes Selection Sunday a nail biter. Bottom line is UK did what they had to do today to at least have a shot minus winning the SEC tourney out right. That is going to be a very tall order with this years club but still possible.

I think we're in at this point. Not a lock we still need to win a couple in the tourney but if they selected teams today I think we'd get in.