Cats are a 1 seed according to Computers

[ThatUKguy]

The computers say Kentucky is a top four team.

https://warrennolan.com/basketball/2020/elochess

The ELO ranking methodology, unlike all the other computer algorithms, is recursive. Meaning it doesn't weight all games equally, Games that are more recent are given greater weight. This is the system that chess players have been using for decades because it makes the most sense.

The reason the NET, BPI, Colley method, et al are flat out wrong is because they assume each game is independent of other games. They treat each game like a dice roll. Recursive algorithms model the dependence between one game and the next. That's why Duke doesn't move in the NET ranking despite losing a game. That game is the same weight as all the others.

The ELO ranking methodology allows us to determine who is the "best team right now" versus "the most deserving based on performance over the whole season".

Relax Cat fans; we're in for another deep run.

 

[Baller Cal]

First post and looks like another “please look at me” Kansas fan. You guys are an embarrassment. You guys can’t even act like you’ve been there.

 

[JordanJ21]

I’m with that top 10, idk if I would give us a 1 seed but definitely earned a 2 to this point. Evansville is 323 though, yikes.

 

[RunninRichie]

nice try HAWKES

 

[Baller Cal]

nice try HAWKES

Notice his little “most deserving” jab. I swear Kansas fans are obsessed with UK and we dont even look at them as a rival, lol. The ones that post here all the time should be banned.

 

[Backer cutter]

You’ve been holding on to this sh.t since 2004? You’re either very busy or very slow. I can’t make up my mind. Gonna have to think about it for about 16 years.

 

[Blueblood410]

One title in 30+ years would make me act like a micropenis loser too.

Hell, your own school acts like a micropenis loser trying to claim Helms titles now to say you have 5 national titles.

 

[Baller Cal]

The computers say Kentucky is a top four team.

https://warrennolan.com/basketball/2020/elochess

The ELO ranking methodology, unlike all the other computer algorithms, is recursive. Meaning it doesn't weight all games equally, Games that are more recent are given greater weight. This is the system that chess players have been using for decades because it makes the most sense.

The reason the NET, BPI, Colley method, et al are flat out wrong is because they assume each game is independent of other games. They treat each game like a dice roll. Recursive algorithms model the dependence between one game and the next. That's why Duke doesn't move in the NET ranking despite losing a game. That game is the same weight as all the others.

The ELO ranking methodology allows us to determine who is the "best team right now" versus "the most deserving based on performance over the whole season".

Relax Cat fans; we're in for another deep run.

Can't wait to see your Kansas Crows choke again. You guys NEVER learn humility. POS fanbase living in the middle of nowhere.

 

[RunninRichie]

Notice his little “most deserving” jab. I swear Kansas fans are obsessed with UK and we dont even look at them as a rival, lol. The ones that post here all the time should be banned.

i’d be mad too if i had a 9-26 record against kentucky and a 0-1 record against them in title games as well as hanging bakery banners oh and Cal is 4-3 against Kantfinish

 

[Baller Cal]

i’d be mad too if i had a 9-26 record against kentucky and a 0-1 record against them in title games as well as hanging bakery banners oh and Cal is 4-3 against Kantfinish

I wonder if the one's that post here know they are embarrassing their entire fanbase? I had nothing against Kansas until the dweebs started obsessing here. I had no idea they were so jealous of UK.

 

[ThatUKguy]

First post and looks like another “please look at me” Kansas fan. You guys are an embarrassment. You guys can’t even act like you’ve been there.

Ummm, no. I just usually don't post. Been following UK for a looooog time.

Don't question my fanhood. Jules Camara called me "dog" once while I was at UK.

 

[RunninRichie]

I wonder if the one's that post here know they are embarrassing their entire fanbase? I had nothing against Kansas until the dweebs started obsessing here. I had no idea they were so jealous of UK.

they’re jealous because of the alltime wins thing they want that more than anything it’s all they’ve got to claim blue blood status they’re also jealous that at one point kansas and kentucky were 4-2 in titles kentucky at 4 and kansas at 2 kansas fans for sure thought that with rupp gone they would pass us and win titles for years to come and we’d be dead then 1978 happened then the 80s happened kansas for sure thought with ole roy they’d catch us because we were killed off by the ncaa then 1996 and 1998 happened and then in the 2000s they thought we’d die too with tubby and BCG coaching us then 2012 happened but at least naismith coached there

 

[Baller Cal]

Ummm, no. I just usually don't post. Been following UK for a looooog time.

Don't question my fanhood. Jules Camara called me "dog" once while I was at UK.

Give us a break, Kansas Crow fan. Sadly, you're most likely one of the a-holes that posts here regularly. You're embarrassing your fanbase.

 

[RunninRichie]

Give us a break, Kansas Crow fan. Sadly, you're most likely one of the a-holes that posts here regularly. You're embarrassing your fanbase.

their entire fanbase is like that they accuse uk of cheating and say when we vacate wins we’ll slip into #3 in wins while they have 20 years of cheating well documented

 

[Baller Cal]

they’re jealous because of the alltime wins thing they want that more than anything it’s all they’ve got to claim blue blood status they’re also jealous that at one point kansas and kentucky were 4-3 in titles kentucky at 4 and kansas at 3 kansas fans for sure thought that with rupp gone they would pass us and win titles for years to come and we’d be dead then 1978 happened then the 80s happened kansas for sure thought with ole roy they’d catch us because we were killed off by the ncaa then 1996 and 1998 happened and then in the 2000s they thought we’d die too with tubby and BCG coaching us then 2012 happened but at least naismith coached there

Good points. What a sad life it would have to be as a Kansas Crow fan knowing you'll never surpass UK in wins or titles in your lifetime. Hence the little brother thing they have going on.

 

[RunninRichie]

Good points. What a sad life it would have to be as a Kansas Crow fan knowing you'll never surpass UK in wins or titles in your lifetime. Hence the little brother thing they have going on.

4 and 2* in titles

 

[Baller Cal]

their entire fanbase is like that they accuse uk of cheating and say when we vacate wins we’ll slip into #3 in wins while they have 20 years of cheating well documented

Another good point. I was at a dog park a few years ago with my UK hat on and a total stranger about 50 yards from me started yelling "boooo". I asked him what the problem was and he said "you're a UK fan". I told him to get a life, lol.

 

[ThatUKguy]

Give us a break, Kansas Crow fan. Sadly, you're most likely one of the a-holes that posts here regularly. You're embarrassing your fanbase.

I can recall Marc Maggard Taco bell stories. That's how long I've been around. I just don't post.

 

[Ugoff]

 

[Baller Cal]

I can recall Marc Maggard Taco bell stories. That's how long I've been around. I just don't post.

Good luck convincing ANYONE here that you're a UK fan. The Kansas Crows are a joke.

 

[RunninRichie]

Another good point. I was at a dog park a few years ago with my UK hat on and a total stranger about 50 yards from me started yelling "boooo". I asked him what the problem was and he said "you're a UK fan". I told him to get a life, lol.

another point is that kansas could’ve been kentucky at one point but they couldn’t get it done in the 40s and 50s just like the can’t get it done now think about all the great players and coaches that have came from kansas like Wilt freaking Chamberlain and Roy Williams, Larry Brown etc and yet villanova has tied them for titles and kansas has been a program since 1898 and villanova has only had a basketball program since 1920

 

[ThatUKguy]

Before this thread got hi-jacked by Kansas fans, what about my original point that according to ELO ranking methodology, UK is #4 in the nation. That seems important. Maybe we are really that good and the computers are right.

 

[Baller Cal]

another point is that kansas could’ve been kentucky at one point but they couldn’t get it done in the 40s and 50s just like the can’t get it done now think about all the great players and coaches that have came from kansas like Wilt freaking Chamberlain and Roy Williams, Larry Brown etc and yet villanova has tied them for titles and kansas has been a program since 1898 and villanova has only had a basketball program since 1920

I shudder at the thought of being stuck in life as a Kansas fan. I mean what a crappy draw, lol.