Huge upset in Kentucky tonight

[79Warrior]

Rough start for Billy Ball in the Rupp Arena. Place was half empty with 5 minutes to go.

[NYWarrior]

Gardner Webb effin pounded the Wildcats.

wow

[rocky_warrior]

UK loses 84-68
For a good time see...

http://kentucky.rivals.com/forum.asp?sid=888&fid=1383

5754 fans online at 11/07 11:24pm EST 

[MarquetteFan94]

Hilarious....some already calling for Gillespie's head....nightmare fan base.

[tomcrean4pres]

wow... and this was the real deal... so we wont hear all the lame excuses like we did for the scrimmages

[spartan3186]

Theres over 13000 people on the Kentucky board now and its almost midnight eastern time

[tomcrean4pres]

wow thats like every MU student and then some

[TallTitan34]

Hilarious....some already calling for Gillespie's head....nightmare fan base.

Might as well be the first... TOM CREAN IS OFF TO KENTUCKY!

[muhoosier260]

you beat me to it. @ least crean is still undefeated in this season's campaign

[muarmy81]

Can they mortgage 1/2 the university (and maybe 1/2 the state) to bring Donovan over? 

[Canned Goods n Ammo]

I know the UK job is one of the premier jobs in the country, but the criticism he is taking is what I think makes the job unattractive.

I understand that the team shouldn't have lost at home to a weak team... but people are raging in that state right now (I've also been there about 5 years ago, so I've seen the fan base first hand).

I don't know if Crean ever got the offer from UK, or even if they wanted him (I'm not going to speculate and argue about that).

But, I don't know if the UK job (when considering all of the factors) is really a huge step up from the MU job.

UK definitely has it's advantages, but in modern day sports its disadvantages are often highlighted (crazy fan base, media scrutiny, alumni expectations, contract $$, etc), while it's advantages aren't as great as they once were (national TV coverage, ability to recruit nationwide, strong talent pool in state, etc.).

It's still a great job, but it's going to take a special coach to "weather the storm" from the fans and eventually win them over.

[Harrison]

Tough situation for him.  That Kentucky team is not very talented.  crawford is solid but no where near spectacular.  bradley is very solid.  Really only have 4 players on the team that showed me anything and 2 of them are Freshamn.  Those two freshman are as good a freshman combo as there is in the country. 
But on the other hand the lack of talent cannot excuse a lack of defensive intensity and concentration.  Additionally, GW had at leat 7-8 uncontested layups where none on Kentucky felt it necessary to get back.