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Goingfor9

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Even though the basketball team is having a rough year it’s more common for us to win a national championship and to have a losing record so no it’s not a football school. I mean our football program is good for a while and has losing seasons so I that’s a terrible take and honestly, we need a athletic director that realizes that and gets us back to where we were.
 
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Football school?????????????????????? Ha-ha. Kentucky has notoriously been AT BEST a middle of the road football school. Oh boy we went to a couple minor bowl games because of a 6 and 6 record or beating a few girl schools while losing to the upper tier SEC teams. That's why what is happening in basketball is unacceptable. Kentucky has been and supposed to be the top tier Basketball team and hasn't been for several years now.
 
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Hey, I'm hanging on to this as well. But this argument is becoming more and more fleeting. Our biggest claim really is our winning percentage, in my opinion. It's what says that if we paly in a game, we typically win. But I'm not sure you will find many outside of our fanbase that look at UK basketball in that light. Thank God for Pitino and his "camelot" reference tweets from time to time helping us stay relevant in that regard.


I think Duke, Kansas, maybe even UConn could now claim the most "prestigious" basketball program in the game, all having won titles more recently than UK. Outside of our fanbase, people just don't give a rip about a bunch of wins piled up 50-100 years ago. I hate it, but it's true. I even feel silly arguing with UL fans on their high-horses these days with citing our illustrious past. It's actually kind of pathetic.


We are and have been in a "what have you done for me lately" time period. It's time UK basketball actually did something lately, or our claims to greatness will continue to slip and slip.
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Our status as a "basketball school" is not fleeting. It's more than just stats, its the culture and identity. Even if it was stats, we are still at the top in most pertinent stats. We have won a title with 5 different coaches and that's more than any other program. That's an incredible stat that may never be topped.

Just to note, Indiana just won a football title and they are still a basketball school. That won't change overnight.
 
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Damage_inc said:
Our status as a "basketball school" is not fleeting. It's more than just stats, its the culture and identity. Even if it was stats, we are still at the top in most pertinent stats. We have won a title with 5 different coaches and that's more than any other program. That's an incredible stat that may never be topped.

Just to note, Indiana just won a football title and they are still a basketball school. That won't change overnight.
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Im with you, lets hang on to that while all the other blue bloods pile up titles in the present
 
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Discussing/arguing whether one is a basketball school or football school has built into that debate that somehow the two sports are even close to equal relevance to the public as a whole. The distance between football (the higher relevance one) and men's hoops is about the same as the distance between men's hoops and any other college sport. I mean they are not even close. Net, to me, claiming one is a basketball school means you accept the overall athletic program is mediocre at best and that you enjoy that state of affairs.
 
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Attention everyone knows we are tennis school!
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I thought we were a cheerleading school.

When I was in grad school at UK, I was teaching a Stats class, and in the front row was a blonde cheerleader, very cute/attractive but short girl. But her legs (she wore shorts every day) were like tree trunks of muscle, like she would have no problem snapping your neck while you were down there if you were doing it wrong.
 
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vhcat1970

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JonathanW2 said:
I thought we were a cheerleading school.

When I was in grad school at UK, I was teaching a Stats class, and in the front row was a blonde cheerleader, very cute/attractive but short girl. But her legs (she wore shorts every day) were like tree trunks of muscle, like she would have no problem snapping your neck while you were down there if you were doing it wrong.
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Of course she sat in the front row. She badly needed the A you gave her.
 
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vhcat1970 said:
Discussing/arguing whether one is a basketball school or football school has built into that debate that somehow the two sports are even close to equal relevance to the public as a whole. The distance between football (the higher relevance one) and men's hoops is about the same as the distance between men's hoops and any other college sport. I mean they are not even close. Net, to me, claiming one is a basketball school means you accept the overall athletic program is mediocre at best and that you enjoy that state of affairs.
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I've always said why can't we be great at both? I'm glad there are fans of both sports who feel this way.
 
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