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We play their schedule we’d be ranked too, they play ours and wouldn’t be. What a pointless post.
That's your explanation? Kentucky basketball is unranked and Miami of Ohio is ranked because of the schedule. Miami of Ohio was a team Kentucky would schedule for an easy 40 point win. If they came into Rupp right now they would be ranked higher than us.
Right - except we are UK and they are Miami of Ohio.
Is this Anon 07's offspring
They haven't played a single Power 5 school. They beat 3-17 Air Force from the Mountain West.
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They’re undefeated at 20-0 man. Good for them
At this point, we are what we are. We can roll with the hand we’re dealt or whine about what’s acceptable on a message board.
Our team has an opportunity to be ranked next week. All we gotta do is win 2 tough road games.
If we can get to 16-6, we’re fine. Half the top 25 has 5 losses now. A couple teams have 6.
But muh mythical standards. This is just pissing in your own cereal to have something to be mad about.
At this point, we are what we are. We can roll with the hand we’re dealt or whine about what’s acceptable on a message board.
Our team has an opportunity to be ranked next week. All we gotta do is win 2 tough road games.
If we can get to 16-6, we’re fine. Half the top 25 has 5 losses now. A couple teams have 6.
But muh mythical standards. This is just pissing in your own cereal to have something to be mad about.
You are missing my point. Them being ranked or not is pointless. Of course Kentucky should be ranked but whoever else is ranked when we aren’t doesn’t mean a thing. Hence this wasteful pointless thread that should’ve been deleted as it brings no discussion or value.
If we played them 100 times, we wouldn’t lose one time, so what’s your point here? They have a number beside their name and we don’t?
While we should, I don't know if I would go that far.. how many of these teams did we lose to under Cal? Some in the tournament.If we played them 100 times, we wouldn’t lose one time, so what’s your point here? They have a number beside their name and we don’t?
So what? Who cares about meaningless rankings! UK has bigger things to celebrate, like having coaches and players who connect with their beautiful, very special, fantastically elite inner selves, and how that translates into deep dive analytics that crosses over to their chess games.
This is the last time we played them. Took John Wall heroics to win and we were down 17 in the first half. Sure historically we should be ranked and they shouldn’t but let’s stick to facts and not make things up to fit our narrative.
They are ranked by circumstance alone, not because they are an amazing team. We play them on a neutral floor and we are the betting favorite this year and win 9 times out of 10.
Vandy played a weak *** schedule (much like Nebraska) and both went undefeated in OOC play. Huskers still holding up for now, but Vandy has hit it hard in conference play. Give this team Vandy's schedule this year, we could very well be sitting on only a couple losses (if that) and ranked in the top ten, even with all the injuries.
I'm not saying scheduling is the issue or that we should water it down, just schedule *smarter* - amongst the myriad of changes that needs to happen this offseason.
The real problems at Kentucky?
#1 - The A.D. (Nuff' said)
#2 - Pope is struggling to recruit, that is permanently unacceptable here. We cannot keep him if this continues into next year.
#3 - JMI deal ( I have no doubts this is seriously affecting recruiting )
#4 - Injury situations, especially heading into the season to begin. Again, unacceptable to be accepting injured players in the portal in lieu of getting better players thru recruiting (or the portal) , hoping they can be ready halfway thru a season. That should NEVER happen here. It can't. It's not sustainable, and it's not sustainable for Pope to continue in any way shape or form.
There are other things as well, but if we solve those and get back onto a level ground recruiting, we will be alright.
Right now, if we lose the next two consecutive games, the season will remain on the brink, the program and coach are on the brink, and the A.D. is where the buck stops. win the next two, we still have our backs to the wall. Win one, and the pressure is still there, it's still not looking good.
It's going to take this team an incredible run of wins and a legendary streak to turn anything "around" - I hope they realize they need to give everything they have got and find any way it takes to win. Anything less, and the program is in serious decline and falling quickly into obscurity in this era.
I'm not saying scheduling is the issue or that we should water it down, just schedule *smarter* - amongst the myriad of changes that needs to happen this offseason.
The real problems at Kentucky?
#1 - The A.D. (Nuff' said)
#2 - Pope is struggling to recruit, that is permanently unacceptable here. We cannot keep him if this continues into next year.
#3 - JMI deal ( I have no doubts this is seriously affecting recruiting )
#4 - Injury situations, especially heading into the season to begin. Again, unacceptable to be accepting injured players in the portal in lieu of getting better players thru recruiting (or the portal) , hoping they can be ready halfway thru a season. That should NEVER happen here. It can't. It's not sustainable, and it's not sustainable for Pope to continue in any way shape or form.
There are other things as well, but if we solve those and get back onto a level ground recruiting, we will be alright.
Right now, if we lose the next two consecutive games, the season will remain on the brink, the program and coach are on the brink, and the A.D. is where the buck stops. win the next two, we still have our backs to the wall. Win one, and the pressure is still there, it's still not looking good.
It's going to take this team an incredible run of wins and a legendary streak to turn anything "around" - I hope they realize they need to give everything they have got and find any way it takes to win. Anything less, and the program is in serious decline and falling quickly into obscurity in this era.