All time wins status now that Pope is UK's HC
- Thread starter Smashcat
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I believe the lead is in good hands with Coach Pope.
Self is the King of regular season dominance. As long as he is at KU it's gonna be tough to stay ahead of them.
With some of the better teams leaving the Big 12 and with the SEC expansion it’s going to be easier for Kansas to get more regular season wins and it will be more difficult for Kentucky to expand the lead. Also, didn’t Kansas have to forfeit some wins a few years ago? And it’s just a 5 game lead now?
Self is due for an eventual decline over the next decade. Pope will outlast and extend.
Thanks to Calipari, North Carolina has gotten uncomfortably close to us as well.
KU is at a peak and Kentucky is in a revolution. I like our longterm prospect though.
When Cal took over as coach we were only 4 games ahead of UNC.
Wait a minute… you’re using facts to disprove an opinion. Is that allowed?
This doesn’t make sense how is it easier for Kansas to rack up wins when you add Arizona and Houston to the conference and even BYU has NIL money that is making them a legit wildcard.
Doesn't seem like they gained on us then.
Kansas on the other hand has been seemingly gaining for decades. I once looked up every coach Sutton to Cal and it hasn't been a great look for going on almost 40 years now.
Doesn’t help the ACC has tanked in quality lately too. It’s them Duke and occasionally UVA or another team that is good occasionally. Meanwhile SEC has gotten much better over the last 5 years.
That’s not a defense of Cal either. That’s just saying we don’t have a weak conference anymore.
The thing people don't like to really admit is if you remove a ten year stretch where we caught lightening in a bottle with Pitino and then Cal this program has not been close to the gold standard over the last 40 years.
Especially in the new conference alignments. The B12 is a glorified mid major now. It’s essentially conference USA rebranded w some old B12 holdovers. Go look at conference affiliation from 20 years ago to now.
Meanwhile, the traditional power brands have all came to the SEC or B10
What? The B12 might be the best conference in basketball right now and is no doubt top 3. They lost Texas and OU but gained Arizona. They have Kansas, Houston, Baylor, Arizona, and might be adding UConn. Iowa St. is also a top program at the moment and BYU looks to be on the rise with their new coach.
Its our birthright
Like I told you guys before, last yr on my birthday KU had about 15 wins taken from them that put UK back on top of the all time wins list.
This yr on my birthday is Big Blue Madness.
Any questions?
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Like I told you guys before, last yr on my birthday KU had about 15 wins taken from them that put UK back on top of the all time wins list.
This yr on my birthday is Big Blue Madness.
Any questions?
Don't forget we were built for March so the regular season didn't matter.
Seems like Cal got his months confused as we won 7 of 8 (mostly in February) and then crapped the bed in March. 2024 and 2022 had a lot of awful similarities. So much potential wasted.
It's ironic the weakest of our last 3 teams is the only one that won a ncaa tourney game. Low bar but still interesting.
Pretty sure Cal wasn't building for either. Certainly wasn't coaching for either.
Didn't some of their wins happen when they played for the bread championship?
Because of the opponent. Providence wasn’t nearly as good as the two powerhouses we lost to in ‘22 and ‘24.
