1. UT
2. Duke
3. Virginia
4. Zags
5. UK
Surprised Michigan St dropped to 9 after that good loss at home to IU
2. Duke
3. Virginia
4. Zags
5. UK
Surprised Michigan St dropped to 9 after that good loss at home to IU
Cats #5 in AP poll
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I’ll take it. Of course, if we lose one game, we’ll drop about 10 spots.
This sets up a compelling narrative for our meeting(s) with U.T. Hopefully we at least split those two games and don't have to have SEC Tourney performance determine our seeding fate (b/c we all know how that works out for us.) 
Michigan got absolutely waxed by Iowa and only dropped 2 spots. Had that been us we’d be 12 or 13 this week
stupid espn. iu is going to the tournament guys. [roll]
Two losses in a row only drops them 4 spots. We lost 3 games this season and have dropped a total of 23 spots after those 3 losses.
https://www.collegebasketball.ap.org/poll
For anyone that wants to take a gander at the poll.
Go Cats!!
For anyone that wants to take a gander at the poll.
Go Cats!!
I’ll take 5 if we keep winning cause Virginia or Duke is going to lose soon!
Once we beat #1 UT this concern about being #4 will be obsolete.
Michigan State lost their key star, Langford, for the rest of the season. They won't be anywhere near as good, so they will eventually drop further. Michigan seems to be getting the respect because of only 2 losses but again the UK78 view is that home losses should be weighted to count more against a team's record. So, losing to Indiana should have counted more since it was at home.
I agree, especially when you critically evaluate the Zags' resume. Relatively weak schedule will expose them in March, but they'll continue to get the benefit of the doubt until the 2nd round.
Interesting set up heading into February.
ACC winner probably grabs a 1, runner up a 2. Same for us in the SEC. Assuming no other big upsets between those four.
If we can sweep UT, I’m guessing we get the 1 in the South with UVA as our 2.
ACC winner probably grabs a 1, runner up a 2. Same for us in the SEC. Assuming no other big upsets between those four.
If we can sweep UT, I’m guessing we get the 1 in the South with UVA as our 2.
Yep. Back to the bubble for us if we lose one. Can’t afford to stumble now.
UK/UT game should be a top 5 matchup....will be a huge game.
Speaking of that they were showing Dukes next few games and the win percentage on ESPN. I was shocked that they had Duke as a 71% chance of winning at Virginia and only 67% chance of winning at Louisville.
I understand you said "If".....still, that's a tall order. #1 team in the country, only one loss all year - to beat them not only at home but also at their place, not sure how realistic that is. Hope so!
This sets up a compelling narrative for our meeting(s) with U.T. Hopefully we at least split those two games and don't have to have SEC Tourney performance determine our seeding fate (b/c we all know how that works out for us.)
Years past it didn’t matter who won the championship because it was played on Sunday afternoon. The committee members already made their selections. The Cats got screwed many times after winning it.
TV likes top 5 match ups. They can hype it up. If it hadn't been for this, I'm not sure UK would be in the top 5 yet.
I'll take that. UVA will never make it to the EE. They can only win one way. Either way, I think we beat UVA.
Beats the hell-fire out of 6th.
The Cats just need to keep winning. The seeding will take care of itself. I don’t see the bias considering that UK lost to Alabama and Seton Hall (who continues to lose games). Those are negative losses.
Just keep getting better and playing with great effort and they will be in great standing when it counts.
Just keep getting better and playing with great effort and they will be in great standing when it counts.
Setting aside my own media-bias-PTSD, I actually agree with you here. We are the highest ranked 3 loss team, so we don't really have much to complain about here.
UVA is solid and will be playing with a chip on their shoulder. Basically the same team last year with uninjured future NBA player in Hunter. Jerome and Guy are a solid high IQ backcourt, Hunter a beast on the wing and Salt is solid in the post. Bennett has them playing at a real high level, think they will beat pUKe. Would be a great Elite Eight matchup that is for sure. if we were to play today 50/50...come March we got them.
Be very interesting if it comes down to two SEC teams and two ACC teams as number ones. Crazy to think that with SEC and ACC tourneys that a possibLe 4th game played between 2 teams can happen twice...has that happened before? Has it ever even happened once?
Exactly. They are the new Gonzaga. Until they prove they can win in March, nobody should take them seriously. Gonzaga got over that hump a couple of years ago. Villanova got over that hump with a vengeance before that.
Is this the year that UVA actually does something in the tournament?
18-3 with two losses by a combined 3 points. The media can no longer run and hide from our momentum.