[kyr450]

I don't agree with your comments about the officiating, that is sour grapes. Nobody on here has complained about Downey getting clubbed (which was blatent on every replay) of his last two drives to the basket. Yeah, UK didn't get some calls, but USC didn't get some either.

PPat geting rode like a horse? Yo have to be in the paint to get ridden like a horse, and PPat was very disappointing all night long in that respect.

Bottomline is UK played completely uninspired basketball. This is where you and I agree upon. If UK came out and played they are capable of, there would not be a debate of a team throwing up shots out of everywhere, or questioning officiating, and any other excuses that everyone wants to throw on this thread. UK did not play good basketball, flat out did not give the effort of a team that is ranked the #1 team in the country. If they would have played half as good against USC as they did against Arkansas, UK wins by double figures. But they didn't.

Instead of us making excuses as to why USC won, we should all be questioning why we all got cheated out of at least a decent performance from a great team. I'm possitive everyone agrees that UK is 10 times better than USC. If they would have played like they are 10 times better, USC could have still got the gifts from the officiating, threw up all the lucky shots, and UK would have still won. But UK did not play like a #1 team. The team that played the hardest won. It's that simple folks.

I still beleive the officiating was horrible but I totally 100% agree with what you are saying, we play like we did against arkansas, no team in the coutry will beat us...PERIOD... No matter how many lucky shots fall, an how bad the officating crew is...