If it's needed, that's not basketball.

Had previously said that there was a lot of buzz that he could test the pro waters, and from good sources.

Talking to those same sources, the plan as of right now is to be at Kentucky. He’s preparing for some upcoming high level events and there’s a possibility he can still test or pursue that route depending on his showing.

I lean towards him being at UK, but still an open discussion.

Hurt in WKU semifinal win over Middle Tn. Anyone hear of the extent of injury? Taken to the hospital.

Obviously, we need revenge over A&M.
UF needs to beat Bama, so we can avenge the loss they gave us at Rupp.
South Carolina should also have revenge on their mind today as Auburn blew them out. Let’s get another crack at South Carolina so we can beat them.

Lot of text, TLDR at the bottom.

Houston, Purdue, UConn all 1 seed locks no matter what

UNCheat, UT, Arizona all 2 seed locks and no lower, one of them is the 4th 1 seed, most likely UNCheat since they are the only decent team in a garbage league and should win their tournament. Arizona is in the same boat, but UNC has a better resume and ACC bias in their favor. If UT wins the SEC, they should get it.

UK, Creighton, Iowa St, Marquette, Duke, Illinois - six teams that will fill the last two #2 and all #3 barring an early conference loss.

Marquette and Creighton should play each other tomorrow night. They are 1-1 on the year. Creighton is 1-1 against UConn, Marquette is 0-2. Marquette has better OOC wins (Illinois & Kansas), Creighton only beat Alabama OOC. You have to think Friday's game is for a 2 seed, especially if the winner beats UConn Saturday

Now there's only one #2 seed left.

Iowa St wins the Big 12 and they get it. That conference is really good and they have the metrics to back them up. Getting to the finals means beating Baylor, so that may be all they need to lock up the last 2. They have 2 good wins, Houston and Kansas; and BYU is currently ranked. Strength of the Big 12 is propping them up big time.

If K State does us a solid and beats ISU today, a 2 seed is definitely in play.

Duke and Illinois have us in the metrics which is odd as both play in bad conferences and have one good win between them.

Duke has won 1 O-N-E ranked game all year (Baylor #14). How they are considered a top team is simply bias. They have bad losses to Arkansas and Georgia Tech, both played opening round games in their conference tournaments.

Illinois has not beat a ranked team N_O_N_E. This is not a top 8 resume what so ever. They also have bad losses to Maryland and Penn State (#12 and #11 in a bad 14 conference league)

Now to us. We are somehow below them both in metrics. Must be the weight of the Wilmington loss. We have wins against UNCheat and Tenn (both top 6 teams). We also have wins against Auburn (#12) and Bama (#19). We have far and away better wins, just 1 worse loss. We have 3 wins that are better than any win the both have.

I don't see how winning the SEC beating Bama or Florida and UT or Auburn doesn't vault us ahead of either of them. If they win their tournaments and don't play UNC or Purdue in the final their shouldn't be a contest.

TLDR:

• All #1 and two #2 seeds are locked.
• Creighton-Marquette winner on Friday gets the third #2
• If Iowa St wins the Big 12 or makes the final beating Baylor, they get the last #2
• UK, Duke, and Illinois are there if Iowa St stumbles. UK should be in the drivers seat due to better wins, but the Wilmingon loss hurts us in metrics.
• Iowa St, UK, Duke, Illinois - who ever wins their conference tournament in that order gets the last 2 seed

Of course this is just my two cents, gets you nothing. Had fun looking it all up last night though.

If they end up winning this game, hopefully this will be deleted. Pure bliss watching them lose any game they play in. I wish we could end up playing them in the first round game this year. Not sure if Lunardi will move them to a 2 seed after this game but in reality, should drop to a 5 if they lose. No way they are a 3 seed.

Predicts UK #9.


predictions??

after 2 losses in a row, plummets from #10 to #10

oh and ten loss KU fell from #19 all the way down to #19....

and bonus; ten loss BYU sits at #12

Lol. How much better are his recruits than vandy's? That's how it works right? Even if arky wins this game...lol

13th best class over all last year compared to vandy 13th best in the conference

Purdue loses early. They are Edey and nothing else. They played in an extremely weak big ten. Possible 16-1 upset? I will laugh.

I am no Purdue fan and I think they're overrated, but I am so over Izzo and this State team. He is a grumpy old drama queen this season with a team that has no business being on the bubble. How do they have a NET of 22? I know they don't have any Q3 or Q4 losses, but they are the dictionary definition of mediocrity. 10-10 in the worst Big Ten we've seen in years.

These announcers are fawning all over State and giving the officials undue grief. I am ready to watch the SEC tournament now, thank you.

I've been working on an analytic system this season in my limited spare time. I'm a complete amateur at this as most of you know. The only proof you need is my Kentucky predictions. When I picked them to lose they won, and vice versa. Some of you have said, "Please don't pick Kentucky to win." I was pretty close on the spreads last night, but the totals were off. I had Arkansas 75-72 over Vanderbilt. They won 90-85 in overtime. It was 78-all at the end of regulation. I had Georgia 75-71 over Missouri. They won 64-59.

Today I am going with the following scores: Mississippi State 68 LSU 66; South Carolina 73 Arkansas 70; Texas A&M 73 Ole Miss 71; and Florida 77 Georgia 74.

Wildcat brethren, I am planning on heading down to Nashville on Saturday to watch the game after we kick some Aggie azz Friday night! What are some of the best spots to go that are going to be filled with fellow UK fans to cheer on the Cats with??

"Rocky Flop, you'll never be,
a one-seed in the big tourney.
Suck it, Rocky Flop. WOOOOOO!
Roast in flames, Tennessee.
Roast in flames, Tennessee."

Getting blown out by Cincinnati

2 seed?


GO CATS!!!!
WOOOO!!!!!!

I'll bet they don't drop at all after losing first game in ACC Tournament. Now they will always be pretty good because he has been able to recruit but the dread and fear factor with Coach K gone is not there any longer. He has won nothing so far I wonder if his seat will soon start to get warm ?
Also, congrats to Jai Lucas.

Thought I let the board know transy got beat last night by #1 team from New York who was also undefeated

Interesting scoop from Mike Rutherford and TJ Walker.

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And let’s enjoy this ride together, I gotta admit I felt disconnected from this team a couple months ago with all the loses they had but recently they have shown that they are a much different team. I back Calipari and this team 1000% over these next 4 weeks. Let’s enjoy this March, they have what it takes to do something special. I can’t wait to watch BBN take over Phoenix.

It’s time for 9!

I don’t exactly follow NIL stuff so forgive me if this is already in place or whatever. But I think Kentucky has a unique advantage over all other schools if Cal pursues it. Some all know that Kentucky has more players in the nba than anyone. Cal will make sure we don’t forget that.

Are those guys allowed to donate to the new collective? Because if so, we could live big off of legacy money. I saw somewhere that a really strong college team can be bought for 3-4 mil. If all these guys in the nba that have nothing but great things to say about cal and UK decided to donate a healthy amount then we could have a 5-6 mil payroll. Not to mention that we would still get money from traditional donors as well. This could create a cycle of new money every year.

Come to UK and Cal will get you in the league. Throw some money back down once you get there. Over and over. We would never lose another recruit that we wanted. This would really emphasize the fraternity that is Kentucky basketball. Hearing Julius Randall’s recent interview put this into a different light for me. This dynasty can be bought now.

They seem to be just as bad as SEC officials. In the MSU/Purdue game they seem inconsistent as all get out. Incidental touching is sometimes a foul and then shoulder checks aren't. There's been like 5 offensive fouls already too.

Stuck at the in-laws in Decatur AL. Non sports people and kids everywhere. Looking for a place to escape to and watch. There’s a BWW in town. Not opposed to it, but looking for something a little more original or Cat friendly. Driving to Madison or Huntsville is an option. Any ideas?