Sad Times

05 Mar 2009 @ 9:40 PM

I want to preface this post by saying that I truly believed that Billy G. was the right coach when he was hired, and thought that he would save UK.

With that said…it truly is sad times for UK basketball. Unless by some miracle we win the SEC tournament, the 17 year streak of going to the NCAA tournament will be broken. We just got drubbed by Georgia (supposedly the worst team in the SEC by far) at home on SENIOR NIGHT!! And to make matters worse the coach won’t accept any responsibility for the situation and instead just blames the players for everything.

There is enough talent on this team to make them dangerous, and I’m not just referring to Meeks and Patterson. Darius Miller should be challenging those two every night for the most points by a UK player. Kevin Galloway should be running the point (as he has shown he can do quite effectively). And what about Harrison? He’s a good player too!!

It really is sad. Everyone knows that Billy G. can recruit. He’s going to have better quality players than Tubby ever did at Kentucky (excluding Pitino’s team). But if he can’t even get to the NCAA tournament in a year that UK’s schedule is weaker than I have ever seen it, then bringing in a little more talent isn’t going to make a difference. Heck, he probably wouldn’t even play half of them!!

I know it’s only been two seasons, but Billy G. just doesn’t seem to be up to the job. I want to give him another year, but if Meeks and Patterson head to the NBA as well as a few other players transferring (there have been rumors)…then next year is going to be even worse. Hey, he doesn’t have a contract (still?!?) so the college wouldn’t owe him any money…right