John Calipari took questions from the media following the Wildcats' wild win down in Starkville, Mississippi State. Click below to subscribe to KSR Radio on RU-vid ⤵️ / @watchksr #kentucky #kentuckywildcats #sec #secnews #bbn
Totally agree, Coach. They ARE that good and the win worthy of a celebration. As you say, "BIG TIME!" Congrats to you and the team. "I believe in you, but we gotta win!" Nice to hear you talking that way.
I wouldnt have called the last play for Wagner at all, the fact it got to Sheppard...perfect. Good decision by DJ, get it to the hot hand that is willing you to victory all game.
GREAT WIN, IM HYPE AS A LONG TIME CAT FAN, WAS A HUGE FAN OF JEFF'S, SO LOVE SEEING REED PLAY LIKE THIS. ALL CAPS BCUZ I LOVE THIS TEAM, LOVE THIS WIN. WAY TO GO GUYS, GO BIG BLUE ✌️💙
I know that last season and this one UK basketball hasn't quite lived up to unreal expectations, but they have produced my two all-time favorite wildcats in Reed Sheppard and Oscar Tshiebwe. Exceptional players, and even better young men!!! Winning championships isn't everything in college basketball, but I'm telling you this team has a chance!
All these haters dude you’re going to have critics when you gloat about having the best draft class every year. It’s okay for people to critique cal. If you’re strong enough of a coach you can take it all and improve. If not you will mock and just not change.
@@nexxlevel4590he gets his feelings hurt cause he knows these fans aren’t wrong. Come on now I love cal as a person but you gotta grow from the criticism not mock and be stubborn.
@@Bigballer59 even though “fans” mock him? Plus everybody’s a critic so a lot of times you just have to tune it out. I would be stubborn too if most people didn’t know what they were talking about and couldn’t walk in my shoes. “I got this, let me coach” would be my attitude also
He’s not talking about the fans. He’s talking about sports journalists/podcasters that know nothing about coaching basketball. Matt Jones being the center of it.
@@Rdot3423 he’s definitely not, he’s said who he talks to this way the media. Some of you are just morons with zero ability to comprehend anything. Some of you are sipping on the jones juice too. It’s okay to have an opinion, but your opinion is wrong.
@@Rdot3423 no he isn’t. He’s stated before he’s talking to the media. Which you would know if you paid attention to anything that isn’t just KSR content.
I will never understand some of our fanbase, complain because we lose, complain because we won but not the way "they" would have done. This is a stressful yet fun team, and Cal has coached a lot longer than me and probably anyone else in the comment section so im gonna let him do what he does. #BBN4EverWinOrLose
Im super impressed with justin edwards the sacrifices hes made and roles been willing to take to win instead of padding his stats come in an bang with giant 30 year olds got to give that young man credit
We just saw press conference Cal, feeling good, leaning back. I've never seen a school set up a table in the locker room for a press conference! They must be trying to pay for that new floor.
Karl Ravich made a really good point tonight. UCONN got hot right around this time last year and was a 4 seed. Hopefully we can continue to build on this big win!
Now if we can get these last 2 games. A win against Tennessee @ Tennessee would be beautiful. 😂 But right now we’re just playing to receive a double bye in the SEC Tournament 🏟️. Let’s Go Get #9 #BBN 🔵⚪️
@@1031E He's a coach, not his dad. Just because someone plays well doesn't mean they can't make mistakes. If you don't call the mistakes out, how do they grow? They don't.
@@jasonmartin7997 How about you start out praising the kid for putting the team on his back and willing the team to a win before you say something negative. He did 20 things right and 1 wrong and you start the post game with one negative thing he did. It was ridiculous.
@@Freebands460He wasn't pitting players against one another. He was commenting about Cal. Reed had a very special game tonight and basically just took the game over so it would have been appropriate for Calipari to have spent most of his post game talking about him
Cal, how about showing Reed some praise after having the game of his life! You want to choke him after he made a bad play? The kid put this team on his back and won the game for us. 32 points 7 assists 5 rebounds 2 blocks 2 steals Cmon Cal do better. This type stuff is one of the reasons why half of the fan base wants a new coach.
A terrible X and O coach..however I fell out of my chair when he played that zone...the team played with heart tonight in a very tough atmosphere especially when the refs are calling everything against you..great job by the players on staying focused...Hubbard was on fire tonight...proud of my team..
Coach I love you but you have to give reed more attention and more credit than you do, Wagner hasn’t did shit all season I love all the boys and a die hard fan have been my whole life but the truth is the truth
Love cal but DJ needs to come off the bench, Rob and reed both with reeves, Adou and z need to be the lineup. They were the guys that won the game. Rob made the shot to take the lead and reed made the plays down the stretch. Mississippi State played their best game and these kids were down 52-39 in the starting minutes of the second half and locked in and came back and won the game. They came all the way back and almost went up by 10. If that doesn't tell you this team is growing on defense idk what does.
In 1998, there was a player whose last was Sheppard and the cats won the NCAA championship! In 2024, there is a player whose last name is Sheppard and guess what’s going to happen in April? …… 😂😂😂
What is he talking about? They aren't the youngest team in the country. DJ wasn't shooting 40% from three before his injury. It was 33%. And then he says Reed fouls 3 point shooters. I don't remember him doing that one time this year.
What’s the rule when a player fouls out? MS had no timeouts when they had a player foul out and took forever getting another player in. Basically an extra timeout.
Cal I’ve always been on your side but I don’t give a damn about your Gut. You bragging on DJ to ease the fans minds but him being in over Tone at the end of the game and yeah I want DJ to play really good it makes this team better but nobody should be getting more minutes than Reed. You said DJ go score when he hasn’t played that good in a month, I’m happy Reed made that but it should have been in his hands already DJ passing it in that moment should let you know
Completely agree life long fan here and not one of these fans who are going to attack other fans who make valid points about cals decision making. You know who actually watches every game and those who only watch when uk is good.
Unless questioned Cal rarely brings up Reed's excellent performance. He praises the other players but not Reed. Like not starting him, I just don't get it. There is no doubt that he has saved or won many games this year but Cal won't give him the credit. Just like how he started this presser, he did not mention Reed until asked and then it was good and bad regarding his performance but how great was Wagner and others?
Ever notice ole Johnny don’t mind sitting down talking how good his guys are if they pull out the win let them have lost that game Johnny is a whole different person just like at the LSU game he thru a fit and was there for 1 minute has no sportsmanship at ALL
I really enjoy watching this team Reed sheppard is awesome to recreate the same type of energy we had in 94 thru 97 with pitino only cal could acheive this and yall want this guy fired how many pipés do u have to smoke to come to a conclusion that stupid
Great win, made up for the LSU loss. Bigs didn't perform as needed. However, I think Big Z out played the other two. I don't see how you cannot start Shepperd. In tourney, can you come back double digits? Defense is still a work in progress. Hubbard, Smith, wow. UK going to recruit any 6'8" 250 or better guys? Thanks for a great win.
Somebody ask him why he doesn't foul for two shots rather than letting them tie with a 3? They lost the Florida game due to this and the same implosion at the end.
Rob’s got to learn how to stop picking up unnecessary fouls luckily shepherd had it going but he’s way to valuable an they beat shot creator to be hacking an picking up fouls like he did early when he gets in he changes the whole game.
Dj was not shooting 40% from 3 before his injury. He was 18-58 - just under 33%. He is 2-16 after coming back (0-12 before the game tonight). I really like Dj's toughness and his overall game but what a weird thing to lie about, then again that's what Cal does. There is no need to try and defend yourself or your players, imo. If you want Dj shooting 3s then let him shoot 3's. Every fanbase has couch coaches, why are you explaining yourself to them? Again, I just thought it was a weird thing to lie about.
I do remember DJ having a few good shooting games in a row before his injury. Cal was probably referring to a short, specific stretch of games... not the truth, but not exactly a lie either
@@1031EHe has never and Winn never start Reed or Dilly. Both have stated multiple times they love their role coming off of the bench. Why TF you on here commenting on every other post something you have no clue about?
@@booyabig3265 Because I do know what I'm talking about. UK starts out in the hole at the beginning of the game and the start of the second half because the guys he is starting are not as good as the two players coming off the bench. You play your best players at the start of the game and that doesn't happen. Ray Charles could see that. Reed and Dillingham are both projected lottery picks. Do you think they know what they are talking about. You don't like my comments move on and keep your pie hole closed.
We're not that good we barely won almost choked a 8 point lead with a min to go.8 lose team Vs a 9 loss unranked team. Mississippi St isn't a 3 rd round team. They'll be a 10 or 11 sees and might win a game if their in the tournament at all .
Even after a road victory against a good team where we were down double digits in the 2nd half, you cockroaches show up...enjoy this win. Enjoy the fact that this team has finally shown growth and is coming together at the right time. Go be miserable somewhere else...
N you probaly have never played a basketball game in your life. Don't even know how to manage a bench the fact you said horrible bench coach tells me everything. Stfu
I so wish he would stop talking about what a young team he has, when it’s his intention to have the youngest team every single year. He tries to get one and done Freshman every year. It’s his intention to send as many Freshman to the NBA as he can. Yet he wants sympathy and an excuse because he has a young team. He just can’t win championships with his young teams
Why does he talk up DJ so much man Sheppard just had the game of his career is coming off the bench which in itself is disrespectful to reeds parents who both have had historic careers at UK to see their son come off the bench is so odd. But great game cal I’ll just from here on out love what ever it is you say and how dare any one ever criticize your Decisions.
