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KSR Postgame UK MBB vs Arkansas 02/08/23

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🗓️ 8 February 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Matt and Billy recap the Cats' 88-73 loss to Arkansas.

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0:00.0

Welcome everyone it is the local Trinidadeeler's KSR post game show the cats take a loss at home 88 to 73 billions.

0:21.0

That's right yep. 15 point loss at home not the count of loss you can take if you want to do things in the tournament.

0:29.0

It's the worst home loss since Alabama two years ago and it is a it was a bad bad second half. We'll open up the phones here in a minute.

0:39.0

You know the story of this game to me was that Kentucky was really awful defensively allowing allowing Arkansas to shoot 63% from the field.

0:50.0

I mean that's that's an unheard of number on your home floor and was out tough. I mean that was that that's kind of my take on the game.

0:59.0

They were out they were out tough and their defense was awful. I thought the first half Kentucky played pretty well offensively and in the second half just started out coming out of half time just looking like a team that was not as ready to play as Arkansas.

1:19.0

In the first half I thought I even said in a tweet I thought the first half was as well played a game by both teams as we had all year and in the second half Arkansas kept playing at that level and Kentucky did not a lot of turnovers by the guards.

1:37.0

Another two straight terrible Oscar games which is really surprising if you think about it. I mean to have Oscar play so poorly for two straight games CJ Frederick gave you almost nothing.

1:50.0

And then guys who did play well like Damien Collins did only play two minutes in the second half which I don't totally understand is a really good game for Chris Livingston.

2:02.0

Case and Wallace was a good score. He made a bunch of turnovers which hurt you and it just it just was not not a good performance and you know now Kentucky looks and says.

2:15.0

All right there's seven games left. I think if you go five and two you're in the tournament you go four and three you're probably on the bubble and then less than that.

2:24.0

And I think you're going to have to do some stuff in the SEC. You know the good thing is a lot of the other teams on the bubble lose to because like North Carolina lost tonight.

2:33.0

But this team shouldn't be on the bubble I had two thoughts watching the game in the second half because it became kind of clear early that we weren't coming back it felt like that you know they went 18 or 25 in the second half.

2:46.0

But I had two thoughts watching it number one. This team this has been a really disappointing season I mean it just has I think you could make an argument that with the exception maybe of case and Wallace.

3:00.0

Nobody on the team has really performed like we thought they would.

3:06.0

You know some people have had good moments some more than others but it just collectively the group it's just with the exception I think of case and who I do think has been good.

3:16.0

It's just been disappointing and inconsistent on a gaming game out basis you don't know what's going to happen and I think it's been a really poor job with this team this year by.

3:28.0

By everyone by some of the players the coaches it's just not been just been this point and then the second thing is I was sitting there watching that Arkansas team and I thought to myself.

3:41.0

You know this is a Cal team very this is what Cal teams look like his first eight or nine years very athletic.

3:52.0

More athletic almost at every position than us tough you know rim protecting they you know Arkansas had six blocks at the rim in the second half alone.

4:06.0

And I was just thinking you know a lot of times Cal teams early on they'd be young Arkansas has got a couple young guys but isn't particularly young.

4:15.0

But it would take a while to get going but you kind of just felt like this athleticism and this talent will win out in the end.

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