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Message: [QUOTE="Sherlocked, post: 1976872, member: 6105"] Kentucky fan here. I stopped by during the Quade thing, and seeing y'all seem to care about basketball, combined with claims SU would beat UK this year and what I believe was a top 10 Kenpom ranking, I was honestly excited to watch SU play. I didn't say much at the time because I knew nothing really about the current team, and JB has seemed too happy lately(which I now attribute to a give no Fs attitude because he's retiring soon), so I looked at the schedule and after the SEC trash talk I thought SC would be a good game to watch. Obviously I was disappointed. I will start by saying that I've always had respect for SU since you're usually second, and are the only team I ever remember beating us, in attendance. I also lived in the Watertown area for a few years and made some SU friends, most of which were good people. That being said, the trash talk was ridiculous. Like most other years, SU just isn't that good. That SC team was ranked in the bottom half of the SEC preseason(probably a bit low, but I wouldn't expect them in the SEC top 5 at the end of the year). The only reason you have so many seats to fill is you co-opt the football field, and you usually have 10,000 to 20,000 empty seats(do you still hang the big curtain to hide the empty seats?). The SEC is not the best basketball conference, but it's underrated, and the teams are full of athletes. The constant 2-3 is annoying, and using it nearly 100% of the time shows a laziness on JB's part, plus it doesn't do much to help prepare kids for playing D in the NBA(what good recruits want). Another sign of JB's laziness is the non-con schedule that's always crap, and nearly any time a decent team gets scheduled it's the required Big10/ACC challenge or played in NY. Melo dragged JB/SU to that championship(you did still win 1, and many teams don't even have 1. props). To close, I really dislike Louisville, UNC and Duke, so please beat them. Thanks. [/QUOTE]

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