[treyjman24]

we'll time to pull for another underdog... Here we go ODU time to take on Baylor!!

[flames1971]

84-76. Lost by 8.

[flames1971]

we'll time to pull for another underdog... Here we go ODU time to take on Baylor!!

Yes!!

[olldflame]

Final score was 83-76. UK was just on fire in the second half. I didn't think our defense was all that bad. They just didn't miss.

[Sly Fox]

Final score was 83-76. UK was just on fire in the second half. I didn't think our defense was all that bad. They just didn't miss.

Agreed. Tough to do much when they were hitting everything. Doubt UK could ever repeat that second half against us ever again. But they were too much today.

Take your thoughts on the season as a whole here.

[Chris Lang]

83-77 actually, Antic's last shot was a 3.

[olldflame]

83-77 actually, Antic's last shot was a 3.

I thought it was too, but all the graphics said 76. Meaningless basket either way, but it does make the final margin look a bit better.

[g-webb1994]

very respectable effort for y'all.....sucks that the Big South, men and women, went a total of 0-5 in the postseason.....but LU made the best effort, the other four schools didn't even show up....

[ATrain]

Reminds of the time Kaite Feenstra and Co. were freshmen, and they lost a close one to SC. I think with this group of Lady Flames and the incoming talent we're getting much closer to another Sweet 16 run.

[SuperJon]

We'll win an NCAA game within the next two years.

[bigsmooth]

no doubt jon. and great job with the videos my man! you do a great job!!!!

[olldflame]

The future certainly does look bright for the Lady Flames. I believe before this group of freshmen are done, we can equal or surpass the heights we reached in 05.

Taking another look at the box score, while UKs shooting in the second half was deadly, and they hit 7-11 from 3 and 51% overall for the game, we actually outscored them by 9 from the floor. They went to the line 36 times and made 26. we were 11-16. I didn't really get the feeling we were being jobbed by the refs as I was watching the game, but man, that's a huge disparity.

The other thing that absolutely killed us was how we struggled simply getting the ball in bounds against pressure. At least 2 5 second calls and more turnovers leading to quick scores directly off the inbounds than I care to think about. Looking back to 05, we faced similar pressure against Penn State. Of course, all we had to do was bring Katie back, throw it up high to her and run cuts off of it and the pressure was broken.

[SuperJon]

The other thing that absolutely killed us was how we struggled simply getting the ball in bounds against pressure. At least 2 5 second calls and more turnovers leading to quick scores directly off the inbounds than I care to think about.

Coach Green told the girls he would give them three five second calls. He would've rather them get called for a held ball or a five second call than, in his words, "throw an interception for a touchdown."

[olldflame]

The other thing that absolutely killed us was how we struggled simply getting the ball in bounds against pressure. At least 2 5 second calls and more turnovers leading to quick scores directly off the inbounds than I care to think about.

Coach Green told the girls he would give them three five second calls. He would've rather them get called for a held ball or a five second call than, in his words, "throw an interception for a touchdown."

Yeah, we have turned the ball over so much over the last few years that coach has categories of turnovers. The ones that lead to a dead ball being much preferable to the ones that lead to a fast break basket. We had too many of both yesterday.

[olldflame]

I loved coach Green's spin on the officiating. "Kentucky obviously did a great job of getting to the foul line. That was where the game was won" Then he gave the numbers on the number of foul shots each team shot and made and our outrebounding them and outscoring them from the floor to show that was the difference in the game. It was IMHO a masterful job of making a point, but in such a way that you could not possibly accuse him of complaining.

[olldflame]

Kentucky is up 64-47 on Michigan State with about 3 minutes to play. They didn't have to shoot 72% in the second half to do it either.

[flamesbball84]

close loss is looking really good now. Kentucky is absolutely WORKING #1 seed nebraska 59-42 11:50 left in the game. nebraska was 32-1 coming into the game.

[olldflame]

Final score was UK 76, Nebraska 67, but it wasn't really that close. UK was up as much as 19 in the second half. We definately gave them a better game than either Nebraska or Michigan State.

[jcmanson]

There is no joy in moral victories.

[ToTheLeft]

There is for olldflame. He seems to be such a solid debater of sports, but he LOVES to harp on these moral victories by comparing margins. We played Winthrop closer than so-and-so, Kentucky closer than so-and-so, etc.

[olldflame]

Sure it's a loss, but IMHO, as Kentucky continues to move forward in the tourney, the fact that we gave them all they could handle while the 5 seed from the Big 10 and the 1 seed from the Big 12 got stomped is something our ladies can gain confidence from for next year.

[LUnpretty11]

Sure it's a loss, but IMHO, as Kentucky continues to move forward in the tourney, the fact that we gave them all they could handle while the 5 seed from the Big 10 and the 1 seed from the Big 12 got stomped is something our ladies can gain confidence from for next year.

+1
You are lying to yourself if that doesn't build confidence for our team.

[ToTheLeft]

Sorry that I don't like to build confidence by losing.

Do you think Murray State would have been confident after losing to Vandy the way they did? "Oh, we played them tough guys, let's get ready for next year! Yay!"

Gimme a break guys, this is proof that we're settling for less than the best. If we wanted to prove we're on the same level as UK, then that's one thing, but don't try to say were on the same level as a #1 seed because we played them closer than they did. not every game is the same. I can prove any team is better than any other by that method. It's just a bad way to compare things.

I think Carey should be proud that the girls did some things well in that game. Despite the loss, they did some things well, and that should be a confidence builder. But losing less than someone else did is a terrible motivator. I don't want to encourage losing in any way, shape, or form.

[olldflame]

You don't think a tough loss can be a motivator? I guarantee you our gals are thinking about mistakes they made in that game and how close they came to possibly being where Kentucky is now. You don't get that from a blowout against a team you may never play again.

[ToTheLeft]

Like you said, the mistakes they made, the things they did right. Those are things to inspire going further. "Being closer than Nebraska" shouldn't mean a thing to anyone. Losing means nothing. You said the same thing about Winthrop and the men. It's an excuse, not an inspiration. We lost. No two games are the same, you CAN'T compare them.

LU lost to GMU by 4. GMU beat ODU by 16. LU is better than ODU! Wait....