Kentucky basketball loses IN THE FIRST ROUND to Oakland and everyone is sad | Rapid Reactions 

No real Kentucky fan is at all surprised by another first round loss with all this talent. Cal is gonna Cal until we buy him out. I’m glad we flopped to Oakland instead of scraping by with smoke and mirrors and losing in the 3rd round and Cal being able to make excuses why things will be different next year. SCRAM!!!!! 🐍🐍

If a head coach at Louisville, Tennessee or Indiana said that the NBA draft was the greatest day in their program's history, their goal was to get 8 players drafted not to win the title after a final four loss and that if they won the title in a year where nobody got drafted they would consider that year to be a failure, the UK fanbase would be united in mocking said coach for years. When somebody shows you who they are, believe them. This team was never built for March, they were built for June. Because that's all Cal will ever care about.

If it’s any consolation, you guys do a great job. Not easy to find words after a loss like this but I think you guys summarized it well. Keep up the good work. Hope that whatever happens, it doesn’t feel like this did

Thanks a lot Kentucky. After you beat us in Knoxville, I was like oh man if Dillingham and Sheppard shoot like that UK is elite 8 or maybe even final four. Sheesh

They played a 1 3 1 zone against us which a high school coach could make in game adjustments. This was embarrassing and I so tired of hearing everyone laugh at our program. I’ve been a Cats fan for over 40 years and this is heart breaking. As far as I’m concerned the basketball season is over bc I really don’t care bc my cats are home getting ready for the draft. Sucks to be a Kentucky fan. We are not the powerhouse of past! Gold standard my ass!!!

They look to me like they were playing not to get hurt before the NBA draft!! If that’s the case, as long as Calipari is there, it will always be this!!!

We should have 4 or 5 titles since 2010. I can’t think of any coach that has done less with more.

We are no longer a blue blood we are a joke. Teams look forward to playing us because they know they can beat us.

The Miss State game when Rod rolled his eyes at Calipari, I knew we had a problem.

Reed, looked like he never played before. 🤷🏼‍♂️💭

Built for March… ing back to Lexington barefoot I hope. Despicable 😠

Instead of bringing in so many five stars one and done’s, How about recruiting some 3 stars!! We need some solid four-year players.

Reed was the only one that seemed disappointed in himself the rest of the guys seemed like they were ready to go the league and not care about this program

Cal needs to go

Love you guys. Your comments after this game brought sincere tears to my eyes. Yes, we BBN are hurting. How many times can we give our players to a “coach” who continues to crush our spirits by losing to lesser opponents? This marriage has gone on long enough now that we have to realize we are being taken for a ride.

Playing from behind is an utterly stupid plan. Cal knew that but went with the starting 5 that would guarantee it as usual. He intended to lose and it worked.

The facial expressions of Tyler and Steven to start the video are amazing. It's peak disappointment and frustration without using any words!

Cal, has an answer for everything. He blamed it on them being freshman again. After all the games they played? I’m done with one and done and Cal never winning with all the talent that we have year in and year out. It’s ridiculous! 🏀

It was obvious from tip that the freshman were scared shitless. Feel bad for Trey and Antonio, who were the only two players that played well. I love Cal to death, he had a great run up until Covid, really sucks to see his tenure end like this.

This video's headline is wrong. Everyone is PISSED.

It's over. It may not be fair to Cal or his supporters, but it's the way it has got to be.

They showed Tyler on TV late in the game. She looked so miserable. I felt bad and I was miserable myself.

If Cal really cared about the program, he’d step down immediately. He’s made enough money and put enough players in the league. Just get out and retire

Barnhart needs to go also. The sports program as a whole sucks. Football is going to win maybe 5 games and basketball is a complete joke!

It doesn't help that our starting lineup is our worst lineup ... always starting out in the hole

"this is not Kentucky basketball" is exactly right

It's hard for me to put into words the way I feel right now. Some combination of sad, angry, frustrated, and gutted. My entire life, March Madness, and this first weekend in particular, has been one of my favorite weeks of the year. The fact that it has now been FIVE entire years without being able to even enjoy the whole first two rounds is utterly depressing. Any hyper successful person on this planet will tell you that to be the best, you have to do the little things at high level. I am thankful for the memories that Cal has given me, but at this point its clear he isn't willing to do the work it requires to be the best. The University of Kentucky deserves better, local businesses deserve better, and the fans deserve better.

I'm not in the least bit surprised. The D has been the elephant in thebroom all year. There was ZERO, let me repeat, ZERO improvement throughout the year on screen defense. That shitty team got whatever they wanted.

Cal has to go! One tournament win In the last four years ,three losses in a row at Rupp. Losing the first game in the SEC tournament. If anyone performed this way at their job with great resources they Would be Out of work! You can say look at all the great memories Yeah maybe Look at the national championship he won Yup maybe but The Failures Lately Are out weighing those memories by far.

Thank y’all for doing these videos. They are cathartic.

You cant keep a coach that doesnt want to win.

And to think people were saying this team could be the one team to beat Uconn. They wouldve gotten trounced by 30.

Thank goodness the spell UK basketball had over me was broken. When Cal let them take a knee before the Florida game, is when i lost my emotional connection. So, although i am disappointed we lost, it no longer hurts me emotionally.

Mature men playing in high stakes college basketball games usually play with more confidence and experience than freshmen who were the stars on their high school or AAU teams. Nurturing freshmen to be big dollar NBA draft picks do not build winning college basketball teams that win the big games in one-and-done tournaments. The transfer portal has adversely impacted the star freshmen social experiment.

Empty seats in Rupp arena would wake Barnfart up.

The key point in Coach Cal's post game interview was "We did nothing. Even me during the game."...not yelling at refs, just trying to encourage...blah, blah, blah. The team takes their passion and energy lead from the coach. When you set the standard that some games matter and some don't, that some tournaments matter and some don't, it is impossible to be consistent.

After the sec debacle he took them bowling. Now, we can all go bowling. Poorest coaching in a single game in this man’s history.

He has a very good high school team

I’m not buying UK apparel, going to any games of any sport, until Calipari is gone, because this is on the AD for giving Cal this contract. If my job has to pay me multiple dozens of millions of dollars to fire me, I might let my performance slip too. Mitch acted like the coach was bigger than the program, next coach is threatening to leave for UCLA let them walk next time. If you’re not also fired for the state of this basketball program.

This is exactly Kentucky basketball.

Seriously, how does the program survive this moment without major changes?

Dude Cal doesn’t give a shit Cal cares bout draft night all bout draft night…… it be 2026 1st 2nd round looses again but it’s all bout draft night….

There's an old saying in vol nation; Its not about me! In Kentucky its about winning national championships. Its not whether you win or lose, its how you play the game period.

9 years since a final four.... 11 years since a national title appearance.... 12 years since a national championship.... Oh yeah.... the year after the national title, HE LOST TO Robert Morris (WHO!?) in the FIRST ROUND of the NIT! This is the guy with the "Lifetime Contract" 🤡

Calipari's biggest problems are he refuses to change with the style of play of todays game hes a good 10 years behind with the dribble drive crap. He will not make in game adjustments when things are not working such as playing a zone which always screws our offense when its threw at us. To be able to run a man to man type defense the team has to be good defensively individually in which they clearly was not. His teams cannot run efficiently in a half court set only can run well on fast break type looks. It proves that he has grown complancent and is more concerned about the name on the back instead of the name on the front of the jersey. Its all about recruiting and getting the one and dones to the league instead of really buckling down and being an actual X's and O's coach and teach our guys how to fix the problems that have been apparent all year. Just wish Cal would get the hunger and fire back he once had when things was rolling right for us earlier in his tenure here at Kentucky. Truly hope things can get back on track next season or its time to move on and make a coaching replacement sooner rather than later.

34 million buyout!

To be fair, "Built for March" never specified which year. Maybe it's March 2028.

Love you guys. Hard to see Steven upset, I’m the same way and wish I were there to sit with you guys.

Boys among men. Cal’s paradigm is outdated and broken.

1:22 “this very special team”? Where?

"I just came short of worshipping John Calipari." Take it easy dude.

Hey do you guys know what time Kentucky plays today?

I was scrolling through YT and watched a few minutes of this with the sound muted and I felt so sorry for Steve. I feel it man it gets easier as you get older.

Doesn’t these people know cal isn’t a coach , he is a recruiter. Of course cal is making the same excuses. He doesn’t care for the fans just getting his players to the NBA. How much hard proof these ppl need ? It’s hard evidence. Call it as it is . Cal is a sleazy car salesman. Period

Leave cal back in his home town!

Fire Mitch Barnhart and John Calipari !!! Clean house !! I won’t watch another game until this happens…

I've told you all all year. Reed is not and never has been ready for the next level. There were too many inconsistencies, and tonight, it shined brighter than ever. I can't believe you all think he is next level. He's not!! The only one on this team ready is Rob Dillingham. Good luck to any of them who make the wrong decisions.

There’s gonna be some couches lit up tonight in Lexington.

Even with the best team we have had in years and cal couldn’t get it done any other coach that would have coached this team would have done a lot better

A sad day for any Kentucky basketball fan. Expected so much from this group of talented players but got so little in return. This is new normal for John Cal teams. Recruiting top players, not coaching them,making excuses at how young they are, poor performances at the end of the year when it matters. Buyout his contract if you want a real Kentucky team again cause this doesn’t cut it anymore.

Can’t even lie, this getting old. We should be final 4 bound. Young team tho. What do you expect. But maybe more coaching and less caring about kids future. The kids gotta figure it out too. Coach ain’t they daddy. He’s the coach. Something gotta change because as much talent as we’ve had and to be exiting so early. Time after Time.. I’m sure the team wants chips as much as fans… maybe it’s coaching who is the missing piece???? Idk. I love cal. But this shit ain’t it!

Oakland was fantastic.

I'm done with UK until Cal is gone. I have supported him too many times for the same results every year. He isn't a coach anymore.

It was beautiful thank you Oakland!

Make Cal UK’s highest paid janitor.

Cats fans have been starving for several years. Cal needs to stop promising a feast and giving everyone a famine.

Quote from The Dark Knight. You die a hero or live long enough to be the villain. Cal was probably right about it being a 10 year job. Should’ve left on top.

I love the look on jacks face finally showing real emotions it is what it is we get out coached consistently might go down as the first program with two top 10 picks on the bench.

You have to recruit at least a couple big time defenders to sprinkle in the roster. Like a Josiah Jordan James from TN for example. A former 5-star that was mainly known as a long lock down defender. Gotta have a couple of those glue guys that can go clamp down on their best shooter. I feel like it would make a world of a difference for KY, bc those type of guys stay around for years and aren’t usually just one and done.

I really don’t get the delusion you people have. Why did you think a 10 loss team that lost to UNC Wilmington, got torched by every decent offense you played , got booted in the first round of the conference tournament, and was so freaking inconsistent all year was some kind of juggernaut who could win a national championship? Fact is there was NOTHING special about this team. It was just all hype because of the name on the front of the jersey and what that meant 20 or 30 years ago.

Barney needs gone first! Then hire an AD that has the balls to do what needs done! Cal loves the NBA and the players he sends there. Maybe that’s where he needs to coach. We have become a laughing stock of college basketball!

Cal "you" have "helped" make Kentucky a FOOTBALL school. Props to Coach Stoops.

Kentucky is a football school now.. lol

Kenny Payne looking for a job

There's a great video on youtube, where a ky fan breaks down many moments from the game where there was no defensive effort. Which he blamed, justifiably, on poor coaching.

Reed crying broke my heart. Just hate this whole situation. It really means everything to him to be at Kentucky and you can see it. This team was so fun and so talented and I am so so sad it ended this way for them.

Maybe I’m looking at this wrong but Cal’s first obligation is to the University of Kentucky. The university. Not developing guys for the NBA. I like that he loves the kids and cares about them, but other coaches love the kids and still has the priority for the university. I say thank you Cal for all you’ve done in the past, great success but this is unacceptable.

I'm still waiting for one person to explain how Calipari lost this game? Reed Sheppard and DJ Wagner, 3 polints between them. Dillingham, 2 for 9. Just how is that Ca;ipari's fault?

They ran into quicksand. It’s mental, he did not have them ready

After 3 straight home losses, this should not have been a shocker.

Why was Reed Sheppard not only in the game the last 2 minutes, but handling the ball and making the critical decisions? It was clear the moment was too big for him and he was choking his guts out.

This guy basically said that he worshipped Calipari…like he would get down on his knees before him if it were necessary. That’s a whole different level of fandom

I am so sick of hearing “we don’t know what the Covid year team could’ve done!” People say it in a way that sounds like they would’ve made a run. Just before the tournament got canceled Cal and his starting point guard (Ashton Hagans) were butting heads and Hagans was sidelined. No team, especially a John Calipari team, has ever gone on a run when the point guard and the coach aren’t on the same page. It’s also important to note that Calipari said that team was “built for March” as well. And we saw how much that opinion was worth this season

Cal got out coached again and by his friend that ran the same offense that cal does and got out coached and cal isn’t the same coach when he first came to Kentucky I think it’s time for cal to go

Barnharht needs to go too!!!!!!!!!!!! He doesn't have the balls to get the next right coach.

We had 3 of the top 6 recruits, and not one of them led UK in any statistical category. We have to stop buying into the hype. It's time to hire a coach who will develop players over 3-4 years. This one and done era is hogwash!

The coach from Indiana State. Bruce Pearl would also fit the bill. No path forward for Calipari.

A complete disappointment. Some of the players should give pause to entering the NBA Draft. Some of the players did not produce in the SEC or the NCAA Tournament.

I think the stage was just too big for Reed Shepherd. The young man had a solid season but sometimes the moments are too big. Great kid though and will have solid career

When you buy the "Built for March" snake oil (1) You give the coach a pass losing a lot of games between now and then (i.e., You learn to be "ok" with 10 loss seasons)., (2) You've built nothing to win consistently in the present, and (3) By March, with no proof that you can win 6-in-a-row, you're gonna lose -- unless you're just lucky (i.e., The Emperor hasn''t had clothes from the beginning, but the coach only has to face real heat once a year when fans realize the joke's been on them from Day #1.). Then, when the dust clears, the coach starts selling snake oil all over again. Nice work (8.6mil/year) if you can get it.

All cal cares about is getting them to the nba. He doesn’t care about the university and he doesn’t care about winning championships

It happens. One player can get hot on any given night. Just too bad it was the opposing team. He was great.

Let's be real, Rick Pitino takes this team to the Final 4. The problem is not recuiting, it is COACHING!!!

I hope Travis Perry changes his mind. He's a great person but he'll get the same treatment if he has a bad year

Cal is the most accomplished UK coach since Rupp. You don’t fire him. If you fire him, no top coach will come to UK and all the top recruits bail. Has everyone forgotten the last half of the Tubby years and Billy G?? We just have to ride it out and let him retire on his terms.

I wish Kentucky hire Jay Wright.

There's a disconnect between what kentucky fans want and what Cal wants

I had you guys going out in the second round .

Yeah man that 2020-2021 team was really built for March

Just came here to say GO VOLS