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TFCat11

Heisman
Mar 25, 2019
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The only one of those 4 with a F4 chance is Duke, and I think their road ends by the E8, if not before. Arkansas has the goods, but I’m in the same boat with them, E8 ceiling.

With that said, UK ain’t sniffing anything beyond a S16 during the Pope era, which should be over after next season, so the woke fans can get their participation trophy 3rd year that they have been crying about.
 

Cats_2010

Heisman
Jan 8, 2010
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There really is only a few teams that I don’t want to see in the final four and only one that I do want to see (but that ain’t happening).
 

FurdTurgason

All-Conference
Jan 9, 2009
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It won't be the end of the world. We survived UNC and Louisville in 2005 after Tubby choked away the game to Michigan State.

Arkansas has the team and is battle tested. Not a fan but it almost seems more likely than not that they make a deep run.

St. john's hasn't lost in six weeks.
 
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MdWIldcat55

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Dec 9, 2007
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If the over/under on how many of those four things will happen was ONE, I'd take the under, all day long.
 
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Eh Cal and Rick definitely have good teams this season but I wouldn't really put either in the convo for final four. Could they? Sure but I dunno.

Arkansas sitting at 17th in Kenpom
St Johns 21st.

They seem more like Sweet 16 teams to me that Final Four teams.
 
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Vek96

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Cal and Rick have a great chance to make the Final Four. Imagine a Final Four with Cal, Rick, Duke and Kansas.
No they don’t. I’ll bet you a grand that neither make the Final Four this season. My reason? Kentucky beat both.
 
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Anony Moose

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No they don’t. I’ll bet you a grand that neither make the Final Four this season. My reason? Kentucky beat both.
I'll bet you 1 million dollars that's not the Final 4

we have already beaten cal and rick btw. OP is weird
Lol, didn't we beat the eventual NC last year as well another F4 team?

Beating teams in the regular season means squat in the post season.
 

Vek96

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Lol, didn't we beat the eventual NC last year as well another F4 team?

Beating teams in the regular season means squat in the post season.
I’m just grasping for anything to be positive about.
 

Anon1768287303

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Cal and Rick have a great chance to make the Final Four. Imagine a Final Four with Cal, Rick, Duke and Kansas.
How bout this, Rick I would be fine with as long as it's not with Louisville. Cal, it just doesn't matter. Fact is, Cal's last years here, he was a dead horse. No matter how much you take the whip to him, he wasn't gonna budge. Just stopped caring, and by extension stopped coaching, and refused to innovate with the times. He recruited at a high level just so he could keep former players moving into the pros. He wasn't winning anything here again.
Once he moved on, he had something to prove again, so his tired rear-end started trying again. The job he's doing at Arkansas would have in no way translated to him doing the same here... EVER again. So why should anyone care? IMHO.
 

Seth_C

All-American
Mar 12, 2017
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When and if we lose I stop watching and don't pay any attention at all, so I really don't give a ****.
 

KYFOSSIL

Heisman
Jan 13, 2005
7,775
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Acuff is the kind of player that could drag his team to a Final Four. Cal is at his best when he has a dude like Acuff, so I could see it honestly.
He couldn't drag his team passed the cats at home
Kentucky fans just need to check their expectations. give pope until at least 2046. then at age 70+ he'll have it figured out
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