AP poll continues to punish Kentucky for winning
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It's December, who cares!!! Let's talk in March.
Who cares really we win the rest of the december games and we are top 4 . Again doesn't matter though.
Means diddly to me.
UK needs to avoid bad losses, which they have so far, and UK will get plenty of chances to show its worth the rest of the year. The SEC will actually help UK this year, so we shouldn't (though you never know, since they seem to go out of their way to screw UK) have to worry about getting pushed down a line or 2 in seeding because the conference was so weak.
UK needs to avoid bad losses, which they have so far, and UK will get plenty of chances to show its worth the rest of the year. The SEC will actually help UK this year, so we shouldn't (though you never know, since they seem to go out of their way to screw UK) have to worry about getting pushed down a line or 2 in seeding because the conference was so weak.
Meh. We don't have any good wins. I'm perfectly OK with #8 or lower until we rack up some quality wins.
It's not just about winning...except for Kansas the schedule is full of Podunk u's that they should be thumping especially at home.
OP, I'd be more sympathetic with your view if we were beating real competition, instead of sleepwalking through low-mid majors with uninspired performances.
I've seen nothing to make me think we should be any higher than 8 right now. We've only played one genuinely good team (Kansas) and lost that game. You don't earn respect by beating nobodies.
I've seen nothing to make me think we should be any higher than 8 right now. We've only played one genuinely good team (Kansas) and lost that game. You don't earn respect by beating nobodies.
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Not saying #8 is an unfair ranking. Just think it is silly that Kentucky has dropped three spots from their preseason ranking with one lone loss to the #2 team in the country. By 4 points.
Exactly. Rankings mean nothing in real life. How many teams have spent the entire season at #1 (or a big part of the season) and didn't win the title?
This. Rankings before conference play are anecdotal at best.
Crazy seeing two other sec teams in the top 10.
January will really show us what type of team we have: roads games @ Tenn, S Car, WVU + home games vs Tex AM and UF. That's going be a tough month of games.
January will really show us what type of team we have: roads games @ Tenn, S Car, WVU + home games vs Tex AM and UF. That's going be a tough month of games.
If Duke or UNC or KU had the SAME resume and ranking, we would be questioning why they were ranked as high at they are. It is okay to be biased for our team but a little bit or realism doesn't hurt.
If we would have looked stronger in these early games we would not be getting shorted from the voters .. how you look in wins does matter . And it matters even NOW . The NCAA folks can use as an excuse when seeding comes around . And seeding is hugely important .
Did teams ranked behind us beat better quality teams this week? Don’t put Popcorn St after Popcorn St on the schedule.
You're not paying attention to the reason we've dropped. For example, you know why A & M jumped us? Because they beat a Top 10 team. We've not done anything like that yet.
They're not punishing us for winning, instead they're punishing us for not beating anyone who means anything. Our schedule so far has been ridiculously soft. Easy home games against the likes of Fort Wayne, Troy and UIC tell the poll voters nothing.
I love it. I feel we've had too many teams that were hyped too hard and over ranked. With the media today, there's no way these kids don't buy the hype, at least to a degree. I like that we're seemingly sliding in under the radar this year, because I don't care if KENTUCKY KENTUCKY KENTUCKY is the story between December - February... I want Kentucky to be the story in March (and April!)
It would take an outstanding game on our part to beat WSU. Watched them beat Baylor the other night, and they're legit...they, along with A&M, may be the best team I've watched this year.
Its a basketball board. Thats what you do on here. You cared enough to post a dumb comment
What is this “us” stuff troll?
Duke, unc, and kansas would not fall in rankings without losing
As far as the rankings. Meh. Beat VT, UCLA and UL heading into SEC and UK will be just fine. The schedule is exactly what it should be for a team this young.
Duke doesn't fall sometimes even when they lose.
I've seen Duke lose and move up many a time.
Besides the fact the we were ranked higher to begin season, what has the team done?
Rankings don’t mean too much but if I was ranking them I don’t think I’d have us in the top 10.
Rankings don’t mean too much but if I was ranking them I don’t think I’d have us in the top 10.
It's not about whether we can handle it or if it's a big deal. The fact remains you usually don't drop a spot after winning 5 in a row. You think Duke would drop if they beat a bunch of sub-par teams?
I’m ok with this.
It shouldn’t just be wins losses.
Outside of Kansas, these games whether we’d win or not wasn’t a question.
But if you should beat a team by 20 and only win by 10 you should absolutely be dinged for that. Because you’ve underperformed based on your previous ranking.
The same is happening in computer models as well. We are down to 13th now in KP. And it’s simply cause we haven’t beaten teams by how much we should given the two teams ranking.
It’s ok tho. Cause we all know come March we’ll be much better.
It shouldn’t just be wins losses.
Outside of Kansas, these games whether we’d win or not wasn’t a question.
But if you should beat a team by 20 and only win by 10 you should absolutely be dinged for that. Because you’ve underperformed based on your previous ranking.
The same is happening in computer models as well. We are down to 13th now in KP. And it’s simply cause we haven’t beaten teams by how much we should given the two teams ranking.
It’s ok tho. Cause we all know come March we’ll be much better.
As far as would this happen if it was another team like Duke. Maybe. Maybe not.
Human polls are bias.
If u want a better measure of how teams really are look at something more objective.
Human polls are bias.
If u want a better measure of how teams really are look at something more objective.
I agree with this. How we're in the top 10 means there must not be much quality out there.
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