AP now #14

[CatEye2010]

I thought the W at UT should weigh more than the Arkansas loss.

Still, who here would have predicted this in early February!

Go Cats!

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[ukcatz12]

Fact is this is a top 10 team if it's healthy. Maybe even better than that. We've been giving major minutes to freshmen who wouldn't see the floor if the team was at full strength.

Injuries are out of Pope's control. I dont know how anyone could view his first year as anything but a complete success up to this point.

 

[BlueWorldOrder74]

rest of the way
5-5 maybe (20-11)
6-4 hopefully (21-10
4-6 could be (19-12)

Will we be ranked top 25 at seasons end?

 

[Rockfly78]

Before the season, if you tool the games we have won.....

duke
zaga
florida
TAM
Miss st
Tenn

And you put them side by side next to our losses....

Clemson
OH st
Vandy
Arkansas
bama

I bet you one million frog skins that not one single human primate would get the actual results correct. Not even close. We live in wild times

 

[BlueSince92]

Around 15 is exactly where we belong right now with the issues we’re trying to overcome including injuries. No complaints from me.

 

[true blue1]

It's so strange with this team we have won games I thought we would lose and we have lost games I thought we would win.

 

[wardlow]

seems reasonable

 

[Smashcat]

rest of the way
5-5 maybe (20-11)
6-4 hopefully (21-10
4-6 could be (19-12)

Will we be ranked top 25 at seasons end?

We shall see.

 

[G-PIP]

So, we’ve beat 4 of the Top 10 teams – 2 of them on the road or a neutral court. I know we’ve also lost to lesser Power Conference teams. But still those wins seem kind of crazy to me considering some of the limitations UK has, and especially now with the injuries (losing both PGs and your only real PF). If we don’t get healthy pretty quickly (meaning at least Carr and Butler) I’m afraid I’ll have to be satisfied with those earlier wins, because I won’t expect a whole lot of success from here on out.

 

[BGCATFAN2012]

We are who they thought we were...

 

[UKAlum84]

If this team loses to Arkansas, but ends up making a run in the tourney....Im all smiles.

The worst part is not learning, not making changes, and repeating the same mistakes.

 

[FtWorthCat]

I've thought all along this was a Sweet Sixteen type team. If we had stayed healthy, we may have been better than that. Kriisa and Carr are not likely to suddenly get healthy, but hopefully Butler will be back soon. Without Carr being healthy, I doubt we will do much in the post-season.