The Fake news media is at it again on the Kentucky Loss. The fake news media is telling us that last night Alabama handed Kentucky the worst Loss in the history of the Cal era and the third worst loss in the history of Rupp Arena. The Fake news media has it partly right, but they are engaging in half truths. Last night was the worst home loss a Kentucky team has suffered in the Cal era; howver, the 23 point loss Alabama handed Kentucky in 1974 happened in Memorial Coliseum. Rupp Arena did not open until 1976. Kentucky fans fail to put the loss to a depleted Alabama team in proper perspective. This was the worst beat down of a Kentucky team by an Alabama team in the history of Rupp Arena. People laughed at me last week when I said that this was the easiest game on our January schedule. Had our missing three starters been able to either play or play the entire game, who knows what the beat down would have been.
The one thing that concerns me about last night is that Alabama's depleted team went against Kentucky five on eight. That my friends was one of the the worst refereed game that I have ever seen. Not only did Kentucky have a bad night, but the referees had a bad night also. Two of the fouls on Reese were highly questionable and a third was ticky tac. Once he was hooked and hit in the throat and the Refs called the foul on Reese. The last one was not a foul or if it was it should have gone the other way. If two players are out of control on the floor and collide into each other, you do not have to call a foul on one, where neither has possession. The defensive player has equal right to the space on the floor. To be fair, there was once that Shack ran the lane out of control and lost the ball out of bounds and the referees gave the ball to Bama.
Rojas is going to have to learn to control his temper. The Referee could have easily called two technical fouls on Rojas, where he lost his temper on plays. I think the only reason the Referee did not call a technical on Rojas was Petty grabbed Rojas and Shack decided it was the right time to ask the Referee to please get a towel and have someone clean the floor. Rojas does have a tendency to get a little hot and it will cost us down the line.
The one thing that concerns me about last night is that Alabama's depleted team went against Kentucky five on eight. That my friends was one of the the worst refereed game that I have ever seen. Not only did Kentucky have a bad night, but the referees had a bad night also. Two of the fouls on Reese were highly questionable and a third was ticky tac. Once he was hooked and hit in the throat and the Refs called the foul on Reese. The last one was not a foul or if it was it should have gone the other way. If two players are out of control on the floor and collide into each other, you do not have to call a foul on one, where neither has possession. The defensive player has equal right to the space on the floor. To be fair, there was once that Shack ran the lane out of control and lost the ball out of bounds and the referees gave the ball to Bama.
Rojas is going to have to learn to control his temper. The Referee could have easily called two technical fouls on Rojas, where he lost his temper on plays. I think the only reason the Referee did not call a technical on Rojas was Petty grabbed Rojas and Shack decided it was the right time to ask the Referee to please get a towel and have someone clean the floor. Rojas does have a tendency to get a little hot and it will cost us down the line.
