The stars aligned perfectly right now. It's November and were already bringing in a national caliber team next year on top of what already looks to be a promising season.
1 bad game, out of 5 this year, 5 next year. I won't count the 1st round of the tourney, because we know that UK won't be losing there, but the next 5, anything can happen.
UK is going to have a chance at a national title pretty much every year that Cal stays. UK will, in fact, be favored to win titles in many of those years (like last year). But being the favorite in a 6 game single elimination tournament usually still puts your chances of winning it below 50%. I count nothing until it actually
happens.