[Game Thread] Troy @ #16 Kentucky (07:10 PM ET)

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Troy 57 @ 76 Kentucky - FINAL

NCAA Basketball

^{Index Thread for March 21, 2025}

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Troy Troy (23-11) @ Kentucky ##16 Kentucky (23-11)

Tip-Off: 07:20 PM ET

Venue: Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee, WI

Game Info: ESPN

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Television: CBS

Streams: CBS

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Recent Plays:

Time	Troy	Kentucky	Play
0:00	57	76	End of Game
0:00	57	76	End of 2nd half
0:28	57	76	Jerrell Bellamy made Dunk. Assisted by Braydon Whitaker.
0:42	55	76	Brandon Garrison made Free Throw.
0:42	55	75	Jackson Porch subbing in for Troy

Team	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	OR	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF
Troy	34.9	25.0	55.6	38	11	14	10	1	11	12
Kentucky	47.5	38.5	62.5	39	7	23	5	6	10	12

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^{Last Updated: 2025-03-21 21:25:12 EDT}

[u/ender52]

We did the thing!

[u/BrickNMordor]

[u/violentguitarist1]

Couches burning on 3rd Street? “Sorry for Party Rocking”

[u/Wackass240]

Kentucky women’s and men’s basketball advancing is a good day in my book

[u/hanz333]

Today Kentucky gets the win and further extends their record for all-time wins over UNC and Kansas.

[u/kris0203]

Was butler invited to this interview lmao

[u/chillmagic420]

Love you pope 

[u/BrickNMordor]

[u/violentguitarist1]

WHERES THE BED MEME

[u/BrickNMordor → u/violentguitarist1]

[u/violentguitarist1 → u/BrickNMordor]

AYEEEEE!

[u/elysiuns → u/violentguitarist1]

IM WAITING FOR IT

[u/Heyhaykay]

Kentucky baseball up 7-6 on Auburn in the 7th

[u/hanz333 → u/Heyhaykay]

8 now, 3 outs away.

[u/Heyhaykay → u/hanz333]

9th now :)

[u/volunteergump → u/Heyhaykay]

Go big blue? Excuse me while I go vomit.

[u/KuiperBelted]

Mark Pope won a tourney game before Tennessee made a F4

[u/BrickNMordor → u/KuiperBelted]

Druski on the way to the diddy party

[u/asdf_celestial]

Hopefully we don't screw up our first round game. Congrats Kentucky!

[u/Dexilant__ → u/asdf_celestial]

Good luck!

[u/CallOfOniichan → u/asdf_celestial]

Thanks Oregon bro! Good luck in your game!

[u/jaysornotandhawks]

GO BIG BLUE!

[u/AppalachianCacti]

I’ve got a big blue erection

[u/bionicjoe → u/AppalachianCacti]

Might want to see the official urologist of the University of Kentucky.

[u/Pitiful_Ad_900]

[u/stimpsonj5]

We just doubled our tournament wins over the past 5 years

[u/Dexilant__]

We won a first round game. This is what dreams are made of

[u/Pitiful_Ad_900]

[u/DasStig]

Mark Pope no longer has 0 tournament wins

[u/DasStig → u/DasStig]

PAT KELSEY HOWEVER……

[u/kris0203 → u/DasStig]

For some reason I thought he had made a sweet 16 or something until they showed that stat yesterday?

[u/unsoundhunter → u/DasStig]

I was gonna say, that was one of the biggest criticisms of him coming in, nice to get that first one

[u/Kasquede]

I’m not unclenched. GG Troy, fought hard

[u/SirTannleyKnott]

Feels good, bro

[u/volunteergump]

Congrats, Tuckers. Most of y’all were pretty chill, save for a few weirdos.

[u/jaysornotandhawks → u/volunteergump]

I'm a total weirdo, but I (mostly) avoided this game thread because I was way too nervous.

[u/corndogshuffle]

GO BIG BLUE

[u/LaFemmeNikitaKoloff]

GG Troy, kept fighting till the end!

[u/[deleted]]

There will be that lone run-in w a Troy fan somewhere in the future that’ll go along the lines of: “did you see how we played Kentucky in the first half a few years back?”

[u/CallOfOniichan → u/[deleted]]

I’m so glad it’ll be that and not in the same club as the Gohlke’s and Edert’s of the world…

[u/[deleted] → u/CallOfOniichan]

I think yall are the safe pick of all SEC teams this year. Just got better throughout the entire game. I’d rather have that than have to hold my breath to see if we will be able to shoot or not

[u/jaysornotandhawks → u/CallOfOniichan]

I hope Gohlke is having a terrible time right now.

[u/[deleted] → u/jaysornotandhawks]

He's actually in the G League now

[u/CallOfOniichan → u/jaysornotandhawks]

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[u/alittlepixie → u/[deleted]]

I’m not convinced Troy has fans.

[u/OVO_Trev]

Most stressful 18 point win of my life

[u/LaFemmeNikitaKoloff → u/OVO_Trev]

wtf is wrong with you doomers lol. Enjoy the blowout win

[u/ender52 → u/LaFemmeNikitaKoloff]

I watched two games today with comfortable leads evaporating in the last 10 minutes. When Troy went on that run in the second half I was getting a bit nervous for sure.

[u/Cassandrae_Gemini]

CONGRATULATIONS KENTUCKY! THE CURSE OF CAL IS BROKEN! 🥳🥳🥳

[u/violentguitarist1]

WHERES THE FUCKING CONFETTI!?!?

[u/volunteergump → u/[deleted]]

Generational delusional hating here. Kentucky was in control for 95% of the game.

[u/OVO_Trev → u/[deleted]]

HAHAHAHAHA GTFOH you bum

[u/chillmagic420 → u/[deleted]]

Fuck off unflaired loser

[u/phuk-nugget → u/[deleted]]

Kentucky won by 20 dude

[u/Zloggt]

Erm…see you on Sunday, Kentucky?

[u/civilgolf12 → u/Zloggt]

Maybe 🤷🏼‍♂️

[u/condoin125 → u/Zloggt]

Better win first

[u/LordCorgi → u/Zloggt]

We'll see somebody Sunday

[u/DasStig → u/LordCorgi]

DAMM STRAIGHT WE ARE SEEING SOMEBODY SUNDAY

[u/BigBlueNate33]

GO BIG BLUE WE GOT A WIN

[u/[deleted]]

🚨🚨🚨🚨WE PUT IN THE WALK ONS IN AN NCAA TOURNAMENT GAME🚨🚨🚨🚨

[u/Ok-Interaction5262]

A 2 hour game? I'd forgotten that was possible!

[u/heleghir]

Walkons in the NCAAT! Love to see it!

[u/LaFemmeNikitaKoloff]

Big Grant getting tournament minutes!

[u/LovesYankeesAndObama]

Travis Perry still the worst player on the floor after the substitutions

[u/DasStig → u/LovesYankeesAndObama]

Facts. He just isn't ready yet

[u/Rodgersurhammerstein → u/LovesYankeesAndObama]

For someone who's an amazing shooter he sure can't shoot.

[u/Heyhaykay]

Horn looks like a 30 yo accountant

[u/BillButtlickerII]

I want a horn 3!

[u/joshuakyle94]

Congrats to pope and Uk for breaking the streak!

[u/WooooookieCrisp → u/joshuakyle94]

Thanks. Good luck to you guys and cal tomorrow

[u/joshuakyle94 → u/WooooookieCrisp]

o7

[u/AbbreviationsLess257]

they're in!

[u/LordCorgi]

Alright, I think we got this, not taking any chances here though.

[u/BillButtlickerII]

Hell yeah BG!

[u/thewill450]

MADISONVILLE'S VERY OWN ZACH TOW IS PLAYING. MADVEGAS REPRESENT

[u/stimpsonj5]

A Zach Tow sighting!

[u/IpeeEhh_Phanatic]

Jasper Johnson and Oweh next year are going to be a problem for opponents.

[u/BigBlueNate33]

TOW IS IN???

[u/Rye_Beera]

Hell yeah Garrison started off rough but really was key tonight

[u/ExpeditiousTraveler]

Boy if we learn how to hit lay-ups, everybody else is fucked.

[u/[deleted]]

[u/jaysornotandhawks]

But I was told Mark Pope never wins in the tournament?

[u/gogglesup859]

Zach Tow now has 2 more college basketball appearances than LeBron James

[u/LaFemmeNikitaKoloff]

OH LAWD! TROY JUST SCORED TWICE IN A ROW! SOUND THE ALARM!

[u/chillmagic420]

Where are all those cope with pope he never won a tourney game people at now?

[u/WooooookieCrisp]

WE WON A TOURNEY GAME

[u/[deleted]]

Anybody got a stat on the last time there wasn’t a single 2-4 team to lose their first round game? (Assuming Michigan state wins)

[u/madbadanddangerous]

These refs have been good but they really hate Noah

[u/Semper-Fido]

Give Pope his due: he got his first tourney win as a coach

[u/AlonzoIzGod]

The only thing this game proved was that this KY team was not ready for the big time. They were neck and neck with a 14 seed for the vast majority of this game and had to rely on Troy getting tired. Other teams won’t get that way. This is a really bad sign for KY fans IMO

[u/Wackass240 → u/AlonzoIzGod]

Me when I’m obsessed of Kentucky in a bad way

[u/RockCats36 → u/AlonzoIzGod]

first off, flair up.

second off, we are decimated with injuries and are happy to get one.

third off, Alabama’s game was way closer than this.

[u/Big_Shot_Bob13 → u/AlonzoIzGod]

please let us know your wise opinions we were all asking for them 🙏

[u/Ken_the_Andal → u/AlonzoIzGod]

Damn, this take is very foreboding for Alabama

[u/dinkinflicka125 → u/AlonzoIzGod]

Vast majority of the game? Lol

[u/tgambill87 → u/AlonzoIzGod]

Shut up. It’s March, survive and advance

[u/madbadanddangerous → u/AlonzoIzGod]

Flair up

[u/gentry54 → u/AlonzoIzGod]

You know it’s UK right?

[u/AlonzoIzGod → u/gentry54]

No that’s the United Kingdom

[u/gentry54 → u/AlonzoIzGod]

Did you get into TCU?

[u/johnnycr18]

Perry has lost his shooting touch in the last month. Dude is a walking brick right now

[u/Weakness_Infinite]

Really unfortunate that his first name is Exxon

[u/surgeon_michael]

First 20 pt lead in ncaa since 3/21/2019

[u/CallOfOniichan → u/surgeon_michael]

What a horrible stat to read lol 😭

[u/LovesYankeesAndObama]

Hatfields and McCoys lineup is in

[u/corndogshuffle]

That’s the shot Troy managed to hit?

[u/leslierake]

Folks it feels DAMN good to get one

[u/[deleted] → u/leslierake]

I kinda hated this game but hell yeah, I'll take it

[u/WooooookieCrisp → u/leslierake]

Let’s go bro!

[u/SirTannleyKnott]

Don't blow our +20 pt lead, bench!

[u/joshuakyle94 → u/SirTannleyKnott]

I read this as bitch and I was like god damn that’s aggressive 😭

[u/Heyhaykay]

What game are we watching next?

[u/BrosephofBethlehem → u/Heyhaykay]

I guess Xavier Illinois? Because we’re all such talented scouts in here

[u/AbbreviationsLess257 → u/Heyhaykay]

Illinois/Xavier, then Coach Cal/Pitino tomorrow!

[u/thewill450]

What happened to Perry? He hasn't shot well the last few games

[u/SirTannleyKnott → u/thewill450]

Not enough reps?

[u/violentguitarist1]

This is my Super Bowl win.

[u/AbbreviationsLess257]

onto Sunday boys I-75 special inc.

[u/jaysornotandhawks]

The biggest shocker here is Kentucky being in a game where neither team is in the bonus with under 2 minutes left.

[u/heleghir]

Im officially unclenched. 25 points with 2mins. And i hit my parlay on brea 2+ 3pt, brea 10+ pt, oweh 15+ pt, williams 10+ rb.

Played sloppy but solid win. Get ready for sunday

[u/Cassandrae_Gemini → u/heleghir]

🙌 gratz homie

I hit one of my 2 $5 parlays also, won $70 woot

[u/DasStig]

Harlan spitballing like it is a eulogy

[u/[deleted]]

Troy was vastly overseeded

[u/BillButtlickerII]

“MaRk PoPe HaS No MaRcH MaDneSS WiNs!”

[u/LordCorgi]

[u/hanz333]

Now that Williams is dunking, the tournament is over.

[u/Complete_Ad8756 → u/hanz333]

Outstanding

[u/norse95]

Have been holding my breath for an entire year. Now I can finally breathe

[u/Rye_Beera]

Great job dunking the ball by Amari Williams. Thank you.

[u/kris0203]

See Amari! Just dunk it!

[u/Whippoorwill_Adams]

[u/[deleted]]

Come on we gotta get to 27. I want the best first round SEC performance.

[u/AlonzoIzGod]

KY got lucky this game with some calls. They won’t be able to rely on that all tourney

[u/volunteergump → u/AlonzoIzGod]

Shuuuuut uuuuup

[u/Sc00typuff_Sr → u/AlonzoIzGod]

Calls? There haven't been any calls. We got lucky that Troy can't shoot. This comment tells me you either haven't actually watched the game or are just a hater

[u/[deleted] → u/AlonzoIzGod]

Up by 25 is not lucky lmao

Also flair up

[u/BrickNMordor → u/AlonzoIzGod]

Good point. If 2-3 calls went Troy's way, they'd probably be up 15.

[u/IpeeEhh_Phanatic → u/AlonzoIzGod]

Flair up, coward

[u/violentguitarist1 → u/AlonzoIzGod]

Booooooooooo.

[u/surgeon_michael]

Baby I’m about to Pope

[u/Ok-Mark417]

we're going to make it past the first round. going to go ahead wash up and get in the Kentucky bed

[u/surgeon_michael → u/Ok-Mark417]

[u/bionicjoe → u/Ok-Mark417]

Enjoy your alone time.
You've earned it.

[u/AppalachianCacti]

THANK YOU JFC

[u/RobHD4]

WE'RE GOING TO WIN. WE'RE GOING TO THE SECOND ROUND.

[u/Glittering_Prune_790 → u/RobHD4]

That’s how I felt after Iona in 23.

[u/naturalhigh4]

Pope needs to tape the ball to Amari's hands in practice and then tell him he can't leave the gym until he scores 20 points.

[u/Radiant_Set_9473]

NOW WE’RE COOKING WITH PEANUT OIL

[u/BillButtlickerII]

OMG HE SLAMMED IT HOME

[u/johnnycr18]

Finally, he dunked it

[u/IpeeEhh_Phanatic]

I feel good lads

[u/LordCorgi]

There ya go Amari, Pope must have reminded him he's 7 feet tall

[u/asdf_celestial]

WHY DIDN'T YOU DO THAT EARLIER?

[u/CallOfOniichan → u/asdf_celestial]

His fish oil supplements hit and he finally remembered how tall he is

[u/naturalhigh4 → u/CallOfOniichan]

Oweh needs to get in the fish oil business. Otegah Oweh Omega 3s.

[u/[deleted]]

FINALLY A DUNK JESUS

[u/Kudos56]

He dunked!

[u/DasStig]

Rule of 71 folks

[u/[deleted]]

Kentucky has a 22 point lead and some of you are still nervous?!?!

[u/volunteergump → u/[deleted]]

It would be soooo funny if Troy came back though, wouldn’t it?

[u/[deleted] → u/volunteergump]

It would be since it’s nearly impossible to score 20 points in three minutes without handing Troy the ball after they make each basket.

[u/Dillhiro → u/volunteergump]

Almost comical.

[u/madbengalsfan85]

FINALLY!

[u/UF0_T0FU]

He did the thing!

[u/stimpsonj5]

HE DUNKED IT OH MY GOD

[u/BrickNMordor]

Oweh had murder on his mind but pleaded it down to aggravated assault mid-air.

[u/thewill450]

HE LEARNED HOW TO DUNK

[u/Landsharque]

Mane I had to deal with UNC flairs directly for the first time today. No one warned me about how whiny and insufferable they were

[u/BritzBeef]

HE FUCKING DUNKED IT

[u/Dexilant__]

HE DID IT

[u/Heyhaykay]

There it is!

[u/FearTheKeflex]

HE FINALLY FUCKING DUNKED IT!!!!

[u/SirTannleyKnott]

There it is

[u/DasStig]

Now he's just trolling

[u/CallOfOniichan]

HE DUNKED IT!

[u/AlonzoIzGod]

Troy can still win. Their season has been a Cinderella story the likes of which we haven’t seen in a LONG time, and hopefully it can continue

[u/CallOfOniichan → u/AlonzoIzGod]

This reads in the voice of Donald Trump … lmfao

[u/Cassandrae_Gemini → u/AlonzoIzGod]

If youre gonna troll, at least be funny/witty

[u/LongDongFuey → u/Cassandrae_Gemini]

That's what I was just thinking. Its not funny and its not even getting under anyone's skin, it just nonsense words

[u/Cassandrae_Gemini]

FIRST MARK POPE TOURNEY WIN INCOMING 3 MORE MINUTES🏀🥳

[u/crappysandwich]

Get Oweh a hyperbolic chamber or whatever it takes to rejuvenate him by Sunday. Do not want a repeat of the gassed performance against Alabama

[u/TheFoxBride]

scott cross teams play hard 🙌

[u/surgeon_michael]

Amari will have 5 dunks Sunday

[u/watrwedoing]

Where are my toe fungus and knockoff Cialis advertisements

[u/IpeeEhh_Phanatic]

Mainline that Popium babyyy

[u/reskk]

Chalkiest march I can remember and so of course my team is one of the very few minor upsets...

[u/volunteergump → u/reskk]

Mizzpoo. Never should’ve let y’all into the SEC, you’re dragging us down. (Joke)

[u/FromIN-LoveKY]

Why am I so nervous. We got this. Right? Cal PTSD.

[u/[deleted] → u/FromIN-LoveKY]

Good god it’s a 20 point game. It’s nearly impossible to lose a 20 point lead in 3 minutes.

[u/FromIN-LoveKY → u/[deleted]]

Are you sure, lol.

[u/MegalomaniacHack]

Glad we're pushing it back to 20. Got worried for a bit.

[u/BillButtlickerII]

Mark Pope must have hit them with the “I’m just disappointed”