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WeWant9

Heisman
Dec 18, 2013
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18,418
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It is hard to believe another regular season has come and gone. This was a roller coaster of a season. Cats finished 25-6, 15-3 for 1st in SEC play. I think, all things considered, I’d give it a B+. Had some good wins and some head scratching losses, but that was the story of college basketball this season.

Up and down, but I still think we are one of the teams who have a good shot to make it to Atlanta.
 
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Jamal Mercer

Heisman
Feb 7, 2008
10,805
23,536
0
B-

I know, I know. I’m being harsh. But you can’t lose some of the games that we lost this year.

Having said that, there were some really great games, exciting come backs, big wins and we beat Louisville.
 
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caneintally

Heisman
Oct 1, 2002
27,455
17,056
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To this point A- or B+ .as we are about what I expected before the season one of the 5 best teams with a shot at a title. I can't hold the USC or AU losses against the team as those were more the faults of the refs then the team itself .
 
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BassProCat

Heisman
Jan 5, 2017
12,140
27,897
81
B-

Won SEC which is awesome but the losses to Evansville and Utah puts a small dent in it.
 
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ruppcat

All-American
Jan 1, 2003
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WeWant9 said:
It is hard to believe another regular season has come and gone. This was a roller coaster of a season. Cats finished 25-6, 15-3 for 1st in SEC play. I think, all things considered, I’d give it a B+. Had some good wins and some head scratching losses, but that was the story of college basketball this season.

Up and down, but I still think we are one of the teams who have a good shot to make it to Atlanta.
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I'd say an A--.

Pros:

Regular season champs
83% conf win %
81% season win %
Beat U6...then ranked #3. But U6's ranking really doesn't matter as long as UK beats them!
Beat Mich St..then ranked #1
Recovered from 18 pt deficit on the road against the gators
8-2 on the road


Cons:
17 pt loss to UT on Senior Night at Rupp
Evansville
Utah
SC
 
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LineSkiCat14

Heisman
Aug 5, 2015
39,031
61,281
113
When you think about EVansville, our laxidaiscal play and the Hagans debacle.. you're tempted to give this team a bad grade.. yet there we are, only 6 losses heading into conference play and one of the hottest teams in the country right now.

I give them a B, at minimum.
 
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ORCAT

Heisman
Jan 6, 2003
24,666
11,955
113
A There was widespread panic on this board earlier in the season and then we end up with a big winning streak and another SEC title by a comfortable margin, even with some negatives going on at the finish. Can't see how it could be anything but an A after all the stuff we had to go through to get there.
 
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Wildcats1st

Heisman
Sep 16, 2017
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28,911
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Incomplete

If I checked the grade book right now we have a C+. Evansville loss is like failing a major exam. UT another major exam both weighted. Lots of As and Bs along the way some Cs (Ohio state, almost losing to ole miss at home., etc) some Ds (USCjr UTah)

Now it’s time for the final exam. Title, A for the course, FF A on the final. Elite 8 B for the final, sweet sixteen a C worse than that a D-F.
 
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MdWIldcat55

Heisman
Dec 9, 2007
21,349
85,438
113
Wildcats1st said:
Incomplete

If I checked the grade book right now we have a C+. Evansville loss is like failing a major exam. UT another major exam both weighted. Lots of As and Bs along the way some Cs (Ohio state, almost losing to ole miss at home., etc) some Ds (USCjr UTah)

Now it’s time for the final exam. Title, A for the course, FF A on the final. Elite 8 B for the final, sweet sixteen a C worse than that a D-F.
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I'm glad no one is grading your reading comprehension, since the thread title clearly said "Grade the regular season." But none of us are under the misapprehension that you are a Kentucky fan anyway. So your grade won't be averaged in with the others.
 
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bbnkat02

Heisman
Nov 14, 2017
47,697
71,056
113
B.

That 8 game stretch moves us solidly out of C range to a very good team.

Now. We win the Sec Tourney? B+

Make it past the Sweet 16? A-
Final Four? A
And of course if we win it all? A+
 
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docholiday51

Heisman
Oct 19, 2001
22,011
26,718
0
I think grading the regular season needs a bit of context

How much/little did I enjoy the season
Did the team come close to it's true potential
How does UK's season compare with the rest of college basketball

With these criteria in mind I believe it was an A-/B+ season.Assigning only one grade I go with A-
 
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bigsmoothie

All-American
Sep 7, 2004
11,161
8,851
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B++ We won the champions classic game, beat Louisville, won the sec by 3 games. Swept Florida. Win our big 12 challenge game. Evansville was an anomaly. Getting swept in Vegas was disappointing. That kept from giving the an A.
 
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Bluegrassking

All-Conference
Jul 18, 2006
4,050
1,912
0
B+

Inexplicable home losses prevents an A. I'd would still have slid a A- if we didn't choke against Ewetee at home. The come back short handed at Florida saved between half and a full grade but overall winning the SEC by three, lots of quality wins and six losses is very nice regular season so a B- would have been too harsh.
 
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*CatinIL*

Heisman
Jan 2, 2003
24,651
40,237
113


Calm down, calm down...I'm kidding. I figured I had to explain my joke to some people on here. Anyway, I would say a solid B+, maybe an A-
 
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KYFOSSIL

Heisman
Jan 13, 2005
7,941
10,696
62
ruppcat said:
I'd say an A--.

Pros:

Regular season champs
83% conf win %
81% season win %
Beat U6...then ranked #3. But U6's ranking really doesn't matter as long as UK beats them!
Beat Mich St..then ranked #1
Recovered from 18 pt deficit on the road against the gators
8-2 on the road


Cons:
17 pt loss to UT on Senior Night at Rupp
Evansville
Utah
SC
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Didnt lose by anywhere near 17 points to UT
 
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WildMoon

Heisman
Apr 7, 2009
78,693
11,120
0
B+

we started out VERY injured. I think our whole starting line up was "?" early part of the season, which disrupted so much. (if we lost these games fully healthy, i would say C+)

We won SEC, so that's the highest award we can achieve during regular season.

Now starts the post season.
 
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ManitouDan_anon

Heisman
Dec 7, 2006
20,073
32,433
0
B- Great start with wins over MSU and lil Bro . . Lost to 2 crappy teams in Utah and Eville . Lost to Tn on senior night . Now in turmoil with Ashton actin' a fool . Who knows how we will finish up . Could be great , could stink.
 
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Cawood86_rivals

Heisman
Feb 20, 2005
36,711
64,715
0
I might be grading a little hard, but the losses early to bad teams has to be considered if you're grading the regular season. Also, two home losses to bad teams has to be taken into account as well. Now, UK did right the ship and finished really strong considering all the intangibles for the Fla game.

I would give them a B. Yes, I know they won the SEC. WOn 8 straight and some really tough road games, etc.

Now if you're talking seeding for the tourney. I think the case can be made for UK getting a 2 seed. Won SEC. Beat MSU, UofL, Texas Tech. As good a resume as anyone else vying for a 2 seed imo.
 
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$Z71$

All-American
Nov 14, 2002
3,718
6,030
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B+ for me as well, we won lots of big games and only lost to Auburn and Ohio State in a big game. Problem is we lost to Evansville and Tennessee at home and to South Carolina and Utah away and on a neutral court.

That being said we won A lot of games on the road and have the potential to make a run, especially with the landscape of college ball this season.
 
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4UK

All-Conference
Sep 26, 2005
30,388
4,433
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I look at it in two parts.

2019 portion would be a C. Great wins against MSU and UL offset by horrible losses to Evansville and Utah. The rest of the schedule was pretty meh, thus the C.

2020 portion would be an A. Win the SEC by 3 games. Pick up a strong out-of-conference road win against Texas Tech. Win at LSU, and cap it off with an incredible 18-point road comeback at Florida facing really difficult off-the-court issues.

Overall, I'd say a B+/A- giving more weight to the second half of the season, which is really the only fair way to judge a Cal team.
 
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