If you could pick one basketball season KY could have won it all which would it be?
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1984. I really thought all season long that UK was the best team in the country.
Bingo. Also, let’s not forget the FT stat of: UK - 9-17, AZ - 34-41. Just an incredible, eye popping stat. Unreal.
This. AZ also scored ALL TEN of their OT points from……the FT line. Lmao rigged.
1966 for me . I dated in the same sorority house as Kron and Danpier . Knew them well and it really really hurt for months after that lose
damn flue .
damn flue .
It took way too long until someone said 2015. I mean if we want to title in 2015 or 40-0. Recruiting Probably never drops off cal probably stays hungry. But back to recruiting the most important I mean cal would’ve had his pick up players for four or five years. Losing that season in the final four set the stage for cals exit. He never seemed hungry again after after that.. even the 2017 team was missing a major component at the power forward position. And if we had won it all in 2015 cal would’ve had a stacked class in 2017. 2018. 2019. Since then, since that loss, we haven’t been back to the final four and to be honest I feel like a lot of of our fans love the ride, but we took it so high that not winning at all was painful. I think we realize we want titles no matter what. UK isn’t a laboratory to try and go undefeated. NCAA basketball especially now as demanding as it’s become physically winning your entire season winning your conference tournament and winning the NCAA tournament you you have to be some kind of seriously dominant Deep team. ThAt 2015 team almost did it I don’t see another team like that coming down the pipe in the NCAA with all this NIL I mean that roster will probably cost $50 million today.
97 team I was pretty young (like 6 ) but I remember watching bits and pieces would be cool to have the 3 peat for history.
However the answer here is 2015 undefeated
However the answer here is 2015 undefeated
2015 - Undefeated. And the last team to do it, NOT Indiana as someone mentioned before me.
1966 - For obvious reasons.
1975 - Dang. One more for the Cats, one less for UCLA.
1984
And here's a rare one.....
1977 - Lost to UNC in the Elite 8. I see no one in that year's Final Four that could have beaten the Cats. And of course, we know what happened the next year!!!
1966 - For obvious reasons.
1975 - Dang. One more for the Cats, one less for UCLA.
1984
And here's a rare one.....
1977 - Lost to UNC in the Elite 8. I see no one in that year's Final Four that could have beaten the Cats. And of course, we know what happened the next year!!!
This is the correct answer. It would bring us to 9 and drop UCLA to 10.
They never mentioned all white Duke team we beat to get there either.
2015. 40 and 0. Takes a title from Duke.
2015 would be more memorable nationally to analysts and casual fans and future recruits as well than some of the other choices.
2015 would be more memorable nationally to analysts and casual fans and future recruits as well than some of the other choices.
1975, 2015, also Wall's team.
Mine
1984 Bowie Turpin and a freshman Skywalker.... had beat runner up Houston in regular season
Totally freak game knocked them out in FF
Mine
1984 Bowie Turpin and a freshman Skywalker.... had beat runner up Houston in regular season
Totally freak game knocked them out in FF
I believe the ‘95 team would have kept them from their last on if they’d gotten by UNC.
Yep! Had UCLA beat that season in the Wooden Classic, basically a road game. Got an absolutely HORRIBLE foul call under a second to go. Man I was LIVID!
The answer is 2015. However, my personal choice would have been 2003. My last year at UK and that team was a lot of fun.
My five in order
2015(40-0)
1997( could have had the 3 peat)
1975 ( Wooden/UCLA
1966( TX Western and all that )
1993 (Mash)
2015(40-0)
1997( could have had the 3 peat)
1975 ( Wooden/UCLA
1966( TX Western and all that )
1993 (Mash)
2014 for me as well. I know others may disagree but I always felt that year broke Cal. He never seemed to recover his swag.
If 1997 could have kept Rick here, I’d go with that one. Definitely agree with the argument for 1975 though.
I wasn’t alive in 1975, but I love rewatching that team. I love Kevin Grevey’s game.
I wasn’t alive in 1975, but I love rewatching that team. I love Kevin Grevey’s game.
2013 so we wouldn't have to hear about how that stupid, non-existent banner should be hung back up.
Man, we were stacked in 1984. 1 crappy game killed us. Huge disappointment for us that year.
Came within a missed free throw of playing louisville for the title. A missed free throw by a guy (Howard I believe) that hadn't missed one all year. the uclans were lucky to win that game.
Kentucky had the best team that year. Puke won it, unfortunately. One poor shooting game against WVU cost us. Can you imagine Scheyer trying to guard Wall?
It didn’t. That’s just bias confirmation.
We had the best team in ‘17. We had a FF contender in ‘19, ‘20(won the SEC by 3 games), ‘22 and ‘24.
That’s not a broken coach.
We didn’t get to play in ‘20. We got upset in ‘22 and ‘24.
UK was on top of the college basketball world.
It was time for Cal to move on. But there was no reason to hire this dud we have now.
bracketmatrix.com/matrix_2017.html
We were ~6th best team going into the NCAA tournament purely going by seeding. Villanova, Kansas, Gonzaga, North Carolina, and Duke all were considered as good or better than us. It was a very good team but we have forgotten some of their struggles. It was the 2nd best 2 seed going into the tournament. They were a true title contender but not “the best team in ‘17.”
Yes we did. They were the third best 2 seed that year.
bracketmatrix.com/matrix_2019.html
Yes this is true. It was a very, very weak SEC. This was a 4-seed team most likely, maybe 3 going into the tournament.
bracketmatrix.com/matrix_2020.html
We have somewhat immortalized them, ignoring much-needed context. We remember them ending strong, but that’s actually not true when you go back and look at it.
The most underrated Calipari team. They failed in the postseason (both SECT and NCAAT) but people forget they were a wagon pre-injuries. They were nearly a 1-seed, but the top 2 seed.
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Lowest ranked 3-seed. Not bad, but not great either.
bracketmatrix.com/matrix_2024.html
I think you’re right to a point. Even in early Calipari years at Kentucky, he had regularly disappointed in the regular season. I actually tracked preseason AP rankings to final AP rankings and Calipari only outperformed preseason expectations 20% of the time. I’m not anti-Cal but truth is the truth.
I’m not sure about that. I think we were solidly behind Duke and Villanova from 2016 to the end of the Cal era.
2014-15, Poythress avoids getting hurt. We were a good team after that, but a dominant team with Poythress. Look at results before and after and numbers of dudes he guarded, which was best 2 thru 4 on the opponents