Andy Katz's Power 37. Vandy moves ahead of Kentucky
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We're definitely not the #17 team in the land (top 25 this week would be a nice reward though) and our present résumé's nowhere near Kentucky. No idea what criteria Katz is using, maybe momentum?
I mean they have beaten 2 top 15 teams in the past week.
We're about where I thought we'd be, but got there a lot differently than I would've suspected.
The biggest concern for the rest of the season, it seems to me, is the health and physical condition of our team.
We definitely need all hands on deck ...
GO CATS !!
The biggest concern for the rest of the season, it seems to me, is the health and physical condition of our team.
We definitely need all hands on deck ...
GO CATS !!
Yes, but until they beat someone of relevance on the road ill continue to see them as a one trick pony. That floor of theirs, which shouldn't even be legal, gives them a huge home court advantage.
I think Katz probably knows what we do.. in that this team is sort of riding on fumes. Our resume to date might make us a the 17th team in the nation.. but roster at present construction and health is not 25 IMO.. honestly, it might be closer to the 50's than it is to 25.
Injured Butler, Amari Williams, Oweh, Chandler, Garrison, Almonar, Perry, Noah.. That's a mid major roster IMO, or a low P5 school at best.
Injured Butler, Amari Williams, Oweh, Chandler, Garrison, Almonar, Perry, Noah.. That's a mid major roster IMO, or a low P5 school at best.
That's going to be hard with Dennis Gates in the mix unless Mizzou crashes. (They weren't as bad as their record last year, because their statistical "luck" was terrible, but they were still awfully bad.)
I can make a case that Gates and Byington should be in the top 5 nationally, maybe the top 2, given where Stackhouse left our program. Also a first-year coach should get a little credit since it wasn't his mess.
The home loss is what will ultimately hurt. Hopefully no others. Most of the SEC teams at home will be tough to beat which is why losing away to a very good Vandy team was not the disaster people were making. If we played Vandy at home with Carr I am confident we would have won. So, it is more about balance.
UK #12 in AP. Vandy at #24.
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I think Vandy is 5-3 away from Memorial Gym, pretty good, not great. Lost at Mizzou in a 1 pt game late, lost at Bama and lost in the finals of the Charleston classic in a game we played horribly to Drake (who is 18-2).
We beat Nevada, at Virginia Tech, TCU in Dallas and at LSU. The TCU and LSU wins were good wins. We’ve also beaten UTjr and UK so the resume isn’t horrible sitting at 16-4.
I think we were fool's gold in the beginning. When teams determined how to play us, it was obvious we are somewhat one-dimensional. No consistent low post threat. We're still going to win a game or two we aren't supposed to win. And lose another we should've won.
What really worries me, is that this is a team that I 100% can see losing 1st round.. even if we somehow got a 4 or 3-seed.. I can see them getting punked by a 14-seed 13-seed.
We're going to lose some more games for sure, so I think we're gonna wind up in the 5-8 range. But what I really want to see is if we can just make it to the 2nd weekend. That would really kind of set the tone for going forward. If Pope can get a Sweet16, that's a success for me in his 1st year.
As a sign of how bonkers the SEC is, I think at LSU is our third Q1 win, so any road win except maybe SC would be Q1 at the moment.
Disrespectful and shows his lack of intelligence. On the road without Carr. I think we trounce them at Rupp. They're good, but not better than us.Ouch.
It’s all about how you’re playing right now, hard to argue.
I’ll drop by after y’all beat us in Rupp too.
Full disclosure, I didn’t post much about hoops for a while because our program was so bad I couldn’t stomach talking hoops.
As I said, you haven't won a game of relevance on the road.
Vanderbilt plays tough as nails, that coach has done a phenomenal job turning that program around immediately in a better than average SEC. He takes away the other teams strengths, with two 7 footers UK should have destroyed VU inside...but nope it was a non factor.
Vandy should be ahead. They are way more disciplined on offense, they set picks and screens, do cuts, move the ball.
This team used to do that earlier in the year, but stopped doing it and looks like they stopped even caring.
And forget 50-50 balls or rebounding. This team wants none of that.
We have to hope Tennessee gives us wide open Looks to get a shot off or we’re beat by 25.
This team used to do that earlier in the year, but stopped doing it and looks like they stopped even caring.
And forget 50-50 balls or rebounding. This team wants none of that.
We have to hope Tennessee gives us wide open Looks to get a shot off or we’re beat by 25.
A healthy and fit Carr at Vandy, 25 and 11 and we win by 10.
This. We are a legit 8-15 type team when healthy.
This current version of us….maybe 20-35
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