Here Is How Arkansas Can Beat Kentucky
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.พ. 2025
- Can the Arkansas Razorbacks basketball team outmaneuver the Kentucky Wildcats in their upcoming clash? With Kentucky's explosive offense and Arkansas's strategic gameplay, this matchup promises to be a thrilling showdown. John Nabors offers a deep dive into the Razorbacks' game plan, analyzing Kentucky's offensive prowess and defensive vulnerabilities. He also critiques the University of Arkansas's new seating strategy at Bud Walton Arena, questioning its impact on loyal fans. The episode further explores John Calipari's return to Kentucky, sparking debate on how fans should react to this SEC rivalry.
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UK fan here. I think Arkansas will play their best game all year. I agree with a lot of what you say. This game will come down to who wants it more for their coach.
Sure Arkansas can beat us? You have the talent, just run your stuff, and actually start making some shots! Arkansas has really good defense, and you start making your shots, its anybody's ballgame! Any SEC team can be beat on any given night in the SEC. As we all know the SEC is tha best of the best! We are the elite league in tha nation! I am not sure if Arkansas's problem is because, of the Coach, Team, or the SEC is really really great this year? I believe for whatever reason this Arkansas team just doesn't work or the pieces doesn't fit correctly? I don't really buy its all on Coach Cal. I am certain Coach Cal, if his team can just improve on shooting alone, will get things going, and he will make a run.... I just hope his run starts after the UK game?
you're exactly right. I do think if the game remains close and it comes down to Coaching adjustments, Pope is the proven best. Calipari became famous to me in losing games and leads in the last minute that was mind boggling. Not being able to make up small margins and fight back. If it comes down to a TEAM win, Kentucky will win.
John, you Dudes at Inside Arkansas are always good at making the best of this horrible situation. WPS Baumbastic is coming soon.
Enjoy Lexington! Hope you don’t run into the worst of us, I promise almost all of us are proud to represent.
I was raised to be a UK fan but they priced me out and made me a EKU fan. Much, much cheaper tickets and far better seats and parking.
Lol the fk? You were never going to be a UK fan..
And I've not been to a game in 25 years..
You have to go to games to be a fan?
@@Suppention You don’t have to be present to conceive a child either but it’s more enjoyable if you are.
@@Supafuzz75 You don’t know me and can’t question that. Just like I don’t know you and can’t question your sexual preference and kinks you’re into.
I love this guy, very smart and he has a great voice...This guy has a very bright future.😅
I agree, he does a great job. I wished he was a UK guy.😁😁
John John come on man our best outcome is not to get embarrassed and ran out the gym, that's all I can see.👀
I agree, let's hope we keep it within 15 lol.
You guys can definitely win. We have played down to comp all yr. We are very inconsistent.
I hope Cal and the boys go on one heck of a run after they play my wildcats. Go Big Blue.
Cal has some awesome players. When they play to potential they are hard to beat. On the other hand, they can play not so good. The question is, which team will show up. Good Luck!!!
Arkansas better not get blown out is all I’m saying.
As a Razorback fan it’s hard to imagine us winning especially in Rupp…BBN is gunna be swagging I just hope for a early adrenaline crash for them and we have one of those games where everything we throw up just goes through the basket for us hehehe! We have a chance….very small but hell let’s get it bo howdy go hogs dammit!!!
Kentucky fan here and I honestly wouldn't be surprised if Kentucky lost against Arkansas honestly because my cats play with zero passion or effort honestly they turn the ball over a million times and they don't even play like they care it's weird man UK just needs to get better at consistency and better at playing physical.
@@michaelmcintoshatky I'm a fellow Kentucky fan and in our losses, we struggled to shoot the ball where in our wins, we shot lights out. We're coming off a win vs Tennessee where we didn't have Lamont Butler and just 2 minutes of Andrew Carr. Kentucky offensively will kill Arkansas. Kentucky defensively will shutdown Arkansas. Mark Pope will out coach John Calipari. Kentucky under Mark Pope's 1st year has more Ranked wins than the entire ACC combined. If that's not impressive, then i don't know what is. Go Big Blue.
@@michaelmcintoshatky you are very passionate I see grasshopper!!! Yes I wouldn’t expect anything less from a blue blood like yourself. I get what you are saying because I’m that fan myself when it comes to Razorback Nation!
I felt the same the past 2-3 years under Eric Muscleman’s kids. We finally landed a Coach that could get us back on that long lost road to the sweet 16, elite 8, final 4 was in sight even one of those years and anything could happen from there!!
I’m not saying that I could smell a championship much less taste one again since the 90’s under Coach Nolan Richardson but the ingredients were back on the table if ya know what I mean?! Yeah you do!
Well a lot of the ingredients besides the only ingredients that have no substitute nor different brand even and those were “Killer Instinct” & “Put Gameaway”
It’s like the stage was too big for the fellas and they just couldn’t get over their selfishness that seemed to develop more and more the further we won….
Good enough is never enough cause it can’t be if you want it bad enough!
Respect your fatalism hehe
Go Hogs
@@sambostic8715 I can not disagree with you one bit. I watch Kentucky and pay attention hell I’m a damn Razorback fan ya hear me! I can’t say I wish yaw the best much besides outside of the SEC i root for the SEC. Ya know what I mean.
Mark Pope is going to do big things for BBN no doubt. He needs a little more rip ass in him to me. Get on a players ass and if they can’t handle that heat….bye.
Hit the portal lol.
Is what it is BUT at least Kentucky has a chance to be great again we are trash again and I hate that we let Eric leave for usc. Arkansas has the money but those deep pockets have more egos than care.
@@thehikingbird249 i hope one day, we'll see a Kentucky-Arkansas NCAA Championship Game. I don't know if you know this, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Florida are the only schools that won at least one NCAA Championship. Kentucky has 1948, 1949, 1951, 1958, 1978, 1996, 1998, and 2012. Florida has 2006 and 2007. Arkansas has 1994. That's 11 NCAA Championships combined between the 3 schools. UCLA has 11 NCAA Championships, 10 of them were under John Wooden. Go Big Blue and I wish Arkansas good luck the rest of the season.
We ain't beating them. Couldn't even beat OU. Who is ready for baseball season?
I feel Arkansas has better talent at this point. Cal always win s a game as an underdog. If this game doesn’t bring out the best, none will. Best of Luck! But go Big Blue!
Y’all will beat Kentucky. I love BBN and I already told everyone Cal will come in and beat us. Especially if Butler is still out. Mark my word. Yall will win
I as always want Kentucky to win this game but they may not. But Cal. Has enough pressure on him as it is. I wish him well and hope he can prove to Arkansas not Kentucky he still has it. I’m looking forward to a good game. Coach P. Suggest to give Cal. A stand of novation which I wholeheartedly agree with. Give him a break. We owe him that in Kentucky. And one other note, Kentucky is a good team this year and if Arkansas just does good will be a win and if they win that means something. Good luck and best wishes.
I know cal knows his xs and Os but if your not executing the basics then cal isnt even gonna try and break out anything knew until theyve almost perfected the basics!! And when a cal coached team dosent get the basics of the offense then he goes to whoever is suppose to be the star. Win lise or draw. What he wont do is adjust into something new that they havent earned. Iv e watched cal in the huddle. Every play he draws up is an alley oop dunk and when you run the play almost perfectly you get a lob dunk!! I literally watched cal draw up 3 plays in one timeout. All lobs or dishes to the dunkers spot for a jam. And that team ran those plays very well. Dunked all over teams all year. For several years and that style of basketball will never be outta date.
Interesting take
@fencerd02 it's just the truth. If you go out play above the rim! Defend rebound and dunk on everyone. That style is never outta date!!
Bringing up Vandy? Butler has been hurt for several games, and obviously still was during the game. Carr has been hurt too. We've been running it with one point gaurd since Clemson man.
We’ve had bad injuries since the summer-3 surgeries out of 9 players and lots of other things. It has derailed the Hogs season
Rupp Arena has and does bring something to life in the true ballers! I expext to see Arkansas play their best game. Make threes and tough shots they normally miss. Plus seeing how games get manipulated by the refs and the ncaa. Using corrupt refs such as orlandis poole who both uk and arkansas fans know!! Id say arkansas wins this game. Maybe even by a significant amount which 8-10 would be impressive but 1 is they need to win the game! And word on the street is the fix is in and to bet arkansas. Poole wint be a ref in this game. He ll be in trouble if he walks into rupp again!! Period!!
told ya . Exactly what I said would happen would. Once you start looking at sports like it's WWE wrestling. Meaning staged and most outcomes pre determined. Only then can you become flawless with the ticket. I've made close to 20 000 just this season!
Vice documentary is gonna be lit lol
I love cal !! And even as a cats fan I have my doubts about cal . Did he ? Did he really win in 2012 ? Or did he actually out talent every other team in the tournament? Like I said I love cal and I’m gonna give him a standing ovation tomorrow. I don’t care he and mich had a show on TV here in Kentucky where he said “I’m not leaving “ . Then he was gone , now the players I’m booing F them the proved the school had nothing to do with it , money did . So yeah they suck and they deserve every loss they get , but hey Arkansas fan stay strong cal will get a class in there that will win , but when the tourney comes hold on it’s a coin toss that you my win , but most likely will lose . Cal and his family are awesome people and I wish them a successful seasons just not against the CATS . John y’all keep your heads up it’ll come . #GO BIG BLUE !!!!!
Oh yeah, on the road too
Calipari’s longest interview was when he talks about Uk. Lol
End athletic scholarships for any player that gets paid from a collective. Boom, issue solved.
LETS GOOOOO CATS 🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀
Were you not aware that there was no intro?... Lol
Arkansas can beat Kentucky if they have more points at the end
😂 true I'm a cat fan and I'm nervous for my cats because in most people in kys mind UK is going to destroy Arkansas but I am not to sure if UK players will play like they want to win.
Ya reckon???
Why didn’t KSR hook you up with a better spot to do your podcast ? By the way
GO BIG BLUE 💙
Hogs can win! Just be physical in the paint, draw fouls, make free throws, and at least one shooter catch fire,.. and then play good D,… and UK to have an off-day.
Y’all at 175 lex? My company does security for that building. Great spot to stay for games.
Didn't ya wanna do this video at ksbar?
If we lose this game we will be just fine 😂
Better say a full Rosary.
It will be slightly better next year, but still dissapointing for Hog fans. UK fan here and i have seen this car crash before.
Kentucky fans should give Cal a standing ovation for leaving, saving the university $33 million and taking his 💩 players with him. Then boo every year after.
Nabors iis a dreamer Kentucky will win by 30
Maybe if you all ran plays you would have a chance of winning
If Kentucky wants to keep the number 3 seed as they are right now they better win and then you gotta win at Ole Miss
On the road oh by the way, Ole Miss is playing Auburn so they could lose that’s not good for Kentucky
CATS 92-70 GOOOO CATS 🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀
Pick one or the other. Cash now or scholarship. Doing both is gonna bankrupt us
What most fans on Kentucky are sick of with calapari he had mire talent on some of his teams starting five then what most teams had on their entire roster and still couldn't win more than a single national title if patino Smith or mark Pope had as much talent that calapari had on many of his teams over his 15 years at Kentucky they would have won 4-5 titles at least calapari had stacked rosters almost every year at UK and still couldn't win more than a single title smh sorry but calapari is s hell of a sales man when it comes to recruiting but he cannot coach the game of basketball at all and make no mistake college basketball is more than just recruiting 5 stars and hoping their talent is enough to win you National titles smh if you donr develop the raw talent and mold it then you wont be able to win a national title ifk care how many 5 star recruits you have on your roster one year UK had basically enough 5 star players to make 2 teams and he basically did that platoon system which he couldn't even win a national title with that amount of talent is just sad
Good luck Hogs. But Arkansas State is the best team in Arkansas.
Depends. Of butler and Carr are sitting again then arky can win.
I have to question your comment on can Kentucky step up for a big game.
Duke
Gonzaga
Florida
Miss State
Tenn
I feel like they have proven they can, and do.
Arkansas has good players. I have always liked Thiero (spelling?). He was the one I hated to see go.
Just play your best game, and we will see what the outcome is.
Thiero got that dawg in him. Hope he plays the best game of his career tonight
I think you overestimate the importance of this game. Sure, both teams and fans want to win but it is not going to change either teams season. It is just 1 game. I think there is more pressure on Cal. Pope already has multiple wins that would be bigger than this. He has already exceeded expectations, Cal has not. If this game was given a line at the beginning of the year Arkansas would have been a heavy favorite. They were expected to be better than Kentucky. It has not worked out that way. This game is not going to change that. KY may be the favorite but you can never count out Cal. Go Cats!!!!
No, you can’t. The reason is because Cal is a really bad floor coach who doesn’t put the work in.
If Kentucky forfeits the game we can win. Short of that, I fail to see another way.
heretic! Think outside of the box. paying off the refs is another way.
@@JHoboman lol
@LrTiger24 yeah, that didn't age well. I'm officially through with thinking I know anything this team is going to do.
@ same man 😂
The only way Arkansas can win is if kentucky doesn't show up for the game.
Kentucky will win and John Nabors will cry
@@jimmymorara6279 whose crying now
Not gonna say Arkansas can't win because they absolutely can but I can almost guarantee you that it won't be because Pope choked or the pressure got to him.
It’s not Arkansas laying a goose egg. It’s coach Cal doing it 😂😂.
Cal has the killer mentality. You just need the players to have it. Mann if we lose this game. Arkansas will have a field day for a whole week 😂.
I’m not going to lie. I’m scared of this game. Arkansas plays good defense and a slow grinding game. Arkansas can stay within 5-7 points it will be a game. Arkansas drives the ball and want to create fouls. That’s our worse case scenario.
I like your take on the whole boo or not to boo debate. I personally think it’s ridiculous that we are even having this discussion as a UK fan. Cal will have his day when we will embrace him and show him all the love for everything he has done for UK. That day is not Feb 1 2025!! He is the opposing coach!! Of course we should boo him!!
You said earlier we were the 16th most profitable program in the COUNTRY. To do this cash grab now when we are winning NOTHING is one more of many slaps to the face of us fans. Totally tone deaf! I’m starting to get more on the fire hunter bandwagons with crap like this
lol 😂 you act like Arkansas defense is good Arkansas Defense is not good either so what are you saying? We just beat the number one defensive team bro
My prediction:
Kentucky 95
Arkansas 60
@@sambostic8715 lolllllll. Cat got your tongue? Pretty funny seeing yall leaving the stands with 4 minutes left lol
It’s the SEC…anybody can beat anybody teams beat teams that shouldn’t be beat. On paper Arkansas shouldn’t beat Kentucky and I don’t think they will but the potential is always there in the SEC. Go CATS🤘
Depends on if Kentucky can hit shots. Arkansas better hope they don't shoot well to have a chance.
Right now im gonna address all the ppl who are worried or concerned or intrested in whether or not Cal will get booed!! Well two things! First off is the opposing coach always gets booed unless theyre a former player or coach. Pitino was the exception because he left when he should've stayed then went to our rival so yeah what do you expect? The second thing is this! Cal has already been booed inside rupp arena several times. That actually wouldnt be something new!!! Saddly we had to boo his ass and his crap team against unc wilmington. Evansville. And those were in rupp !! And florida! We booed him and that crap team down in atlanta against Georgia tech and they got blown out by the worst team in the country!! Who was coincidentally coached by josh pastner. Who played and coached under cal! Someone please i form seth greenburgh and rick pitino that what theyre affraid of happening. Cal being booed! Thats already happened and they didnt care then so just stfu!!
Kentucky fan here. Arkansas and Kentucky could shoot 50% from the floor and Kentucky wins that game by 10. Arkansas can’t keep up with Kentucky offensively and in a close game I think Mark Pope wins 10/10 times. Cal has a really bad W/L record against teams in close games
Arkansas drives the ball and want to create fouls. That’s our worse case scenario. Our defense has moments to lose focus in moments. I wouldn’t say 10/10. We can have a bad game and keep Arkansas in it. I say 7/10 times we win.
Yea we do cause Nelly and Aidoo got hurt and can't make a layup. If Nelly and Aidoo averaged there pts per game coming into ARKANSAS we would have 2 losses!!
@@BobbyAndrews-ep6vxWelcome to CAL ruining transfers. Only one he made better was Oscar T. Turned Nelly Davis into a set shooter 😂. Idk why he even came to Arkansas knowing Cal like his freshman’s to have the ball in their hands.
@@danielgalaxy5540 lolllllll
I would believe we could beat Kentucky if I hadn't watched the season up to this point. We have always played them tough, but face it, there is no reason other than just blind Homerism for any kind of hope in a victory.
Cal is a terrible coach lol. Congrats on not making the ncaa
Hahaha! Who are you kidding? The dude can’t coach!
John I can tell by your actions & your tone of voice you literally hate Kentucky an the fans but it's ok I'm not going to set here and hate on you even though I have lots of reasons to do so & I'm not gonna say we're are going to beat you guys anything is possible in this game but I just feel like you're so jealous of us you never have anything nice to say about us and just those little weird faces you make in the heat you have for us and it shows all over your face bro you don't have to say it it shows I'm not predicting Arkansas to beat Kentucky or Kentucky to beat Arkansas like I said anything can happen we're going to see what happened Saturday go cats
You can assume these things but nabors is telling it how it is . Shoot I hate Kentucky bc Arkansas never came to mind til cal came to Arkansas and the everyone talk bad on Arkansas. Kentucky has shown they’re an arrogant fan base
@loganbolt9115 I don't know if we're a arrogant fan base are you guys are just sore losers you really thought you were getting something when you got Coach Cal in a thing of it is you guys can't handle the truth you guys can't handle Kentucky fans telling it like it is we told you guys what you were getting when you got coach calipari and now you're hating on us because you're irrelevant in basketball and in the SEC go big blue
@@loganbolt9115Arkansas fans are the most absurd, smug and arrogant people in the SEC. And I say that as a Razorback fan! Tyson fucked this up by paying for a has been old coach and that is that!
If that’s what you think LOL
THEN YOU WOKE UP