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Last 10 years: UK's recruiting vs final SEC standings

I put together this table showing where UK's class ranking (per 247sports) placed out of the SEC teams and where we finished at the end of each season. Do we realistically think things can get better with the addition of Texas/Oklahoma?



YearUK's class ranking (out of total SEC teams)UK's Final SEC standing
2024#13 (out of 16) 15th out of 16 in SEC
2023#11 (out of 14)4th in East (7th out of 14)
2022#8 (out of 14)4th in East (8th out of 14)
2021#12 (out of 14)2nd in East (4th out of 14)
2020#9 (out of 14)4th in East (9th out of 14)
2019#12 (out of 14)4th in East (8th out of 14)
2018#11 (out of 14)2nd in East (5th out of 14)
2017#12 (out of 14)3rd in East (7th out of 14)
2016#13 (out of 14)4th in East (8th out of 14)
2015#10 (out of 14)5th in East (12th out of 14)

Its Called Discipline

That's the #1 problem with this program. I think they are scared to hurt the big guys feelings as they may hit the transfer portal.

For BEGINNERS. Make you team wear their uniforms the way they should be worn! Jerseys tucked into pants instead of that stupid t shirt showing crap.

It's all about discipline. If you are to scared to make your players do the little stuff right.....like jerseys.....then they know they can do whatever the hell the want

Faith in Pope ...

No one realistically believed this team wouldn't take a loss(es). Our ace in the hole is believing in Pope to teach these guys through this. Nearly all of these players landed at schools that were mid-majors for a variety of reasons. I believe these guys will go through an adjustment period mentally as they convince themselves that they belong at Kentucky ... that they are "good enough" to wear the jersey. Almonor has already stated that "he didn't belong at Kentucky" ... admittedly, I'm not fully aware of the context in which the statement was made. Anyway, I believe there will be a mental component to their adjustments and believing they can complete on the largest stage in college basketball. It will be up to Pope to nurture these guys and teach them to work within the system and believe in themselves and their teammates ... to believe they belong here and win here, which I believe they will do. They will figure it out and they will take losses as they figure it out. Hopefully, by February we will be well on our way and looking hopefully at a successful post-season.
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