I won’t say they are a contender
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Well EJ is going to be one of the best players UK has next season and lotto pick but you are correct RIGHT NOW he is what he is - a deer in head lights MOST of the time. BUT he can still make plays . Richards has been phenomenal in small doses . He blocks shots , plays great D , draws charges , makes that hook he has and brings energy. He has been a big part of the 4 game winning streak for sure. He is consistently getting better and is night and day from what he was last season though not all of it shows up in the box score.
SO you are wrong about Richards he IS a big contributor right now .
They are contenders, a team made up up mostly freshman winning in that environment. They could backslide but they have to be in the discussion now and they are only going to get better and have to have the confidence they need going forward after last night.
And to the OP's point if UK ain't a contender no one is as UK is a 2 seed right now ( or at worst the first 3 seed) . I would rank the top 10
1. UT 2. Michigan 3. UVA 4.Gonzaga 5. Duke 6. UK 7. MSU 8. Texas Tech 9. KU 10. Va Tech
1. UT 2. Michigan 3. UVA 4.Gonzaga 5. Duke 6. UK 7. MSU 8. Texas Tech 9. KU 10. Va Tech
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UT took Bama lightly just like the Cats did. But Alabama plays really hard. Too bad they got the bad beat by A&M.
Mack went off against UK and Petty was Mack on steroids against UT.
Cats improving but little margin for error. Beat MSU.
Duke is struggling at home and on the road to top 20 teams. Michigan just lost. UT nearly lost yesterday. Kansas struggled with WVU. UNC got walloped by a team we throttled.
I would think every team ranked at this point has very little margin for error. Here’s the thing. Our trajectory is going upward. And I don’t think too many teams are improving as rapidly as we are.
LOL that person saying they don't have enough scoring options is one of the dumber things I have ever read on this board. We have more scoring options then any UK team in 5-6 years. Literally we have 6 guys who could drop 25 and no one would be surprised. And Baker and Richards could drop 15 and no one would ( if they got the minutes ) .All 5 of our starters can put points up and we average 81 pts a game.Yes it is a board of opinions.......and your opinions are stupid, crap.....
You’re right, I should’ve clarified. We need guys that are legit scoring options to do their job or continue to do so such as PJ Washington did last night and Hagans at Georgia. As long as PJ and those others continue to do so then yes we are a contender. I’m not going to cloud my judgement based on a road win against Auburn who almost came back and was a hair away from beating us. It was a good road win but The defense needs to improve. And by a contender, I mean an actual favorite to win it all.
Richards is not in the game at crunch time. That is all we need to know. He plays spot minutes to spell PJ or RT, that's it.
I posted last week before these two road wins my optimism was high, but my confidence low. It’s improved. I had a feeling we’d beat Auburn and have multiple guys play well. We did and our first 5 all had strong games. I didn’t predict it though, I’m lousy at predictions and didn’t want to give them the kiss of death.
I know we gave up 53 points and pissed away a 17 point lead in the second half, but I saw a lot of promising things.
Our guard play is just crazy good. Herro, Hagans, and even Quickley, weren’t intimidated at all in that crazy and hostile environment. These three are freshmen.
I also loved that Travis showed he can play against the big boys.
PJ and KJ were also terrific.
Our guard play is just crazy good. Herro, Hagans, and even Quickley, weren’t intimidated at all in that crazy and hostile environment. These three are freshmen.
I also loved that Travis showed he can play against the big boys.
PJ and KJ were also terrific.
Agree with OP. We'll likely face a Auburn team with a full compliment when they roll into Rupp in a couple of weeks. So, we'll know more then. We also need one win versus UTeee and to beat the Gayhawks at Rupp. No more unexpected losses on the road and then I'll say we are a contender.
Definitely getting better but, so is everyone else.
Definitely getting better but, so is everyone else.
Not sure of the requirement but,the definition is:
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- a person or group competing with others to achieve something.
If Jones stays out or gets hurt worse or Zion or Barrett foul out during a tourney game Duke is vulnerable. A good team can beat them regardless. 2015 shows us anything can happen. We can beat anyone besides them IMO.
We don’t match up well with them but against the rest of the field there’s not a team I’d prefer to avoid. We wouldn’t get beat down again by Duke but I dunno if we can get them yet. Maybe if our Defense continues to tighten up.
The good thing is if they are on the opposite side we could make the NC regardless of that.
We don’t match up well with them but against the rest of the field there’s not a team I’d prefer to avoid. We wouldn’t get beat down again by Duke but I dunno if we can get them yet. Maybe if our Defense continues to tighten up.
The good thing is if they are on the opposite side we could make the NC regardless of that.
