there needs to be a criminal investigation into the voters integrity because this UK team is a head taller than the rest of the country.
If Kentucky isnt AP preseason number one
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There are some other good teams out there this year.
I'd rather not be #1 anyways...
I want to be Number 1 at the end of the season.
I don’t know how you could not have us in the top 3, but there are3 teams with a reasonable case for #1.
UK, Kansas, & who? Gonzaga?
I would not consider Duke a preseason #1 candidate. Not enough depth. Freshman often make silly fouls...injury or foul trouble & Duke is done.
I care notta about being #1 pre season or during season. Just cut some nets baybee
I prefer to be number one all day every day all year each year AND CRUSH EVERYONE INTO SUBMISSION WHERE THEY DROP THIER PROGRAM TO FCS AND CRY!!!! But I digress.
It just doesn't matter, it just doesn't matter,...
If Kentucky isn’t preseason Number 1, I doubt I’ll even bother watching a game.
I disagree on Duke. So you have a good freshman class with no moving parts to go with it. I could see someone saying top 5 but the only reason anyone would logically vote Duke #1 is because its Duke & Coach K. No one else in the same circumstances would be a preseason #1 when you have a Kansas or UK roster or the talent & experience of a Gonzaga. Take the Duke goggles off & think logically.
Maybe the FBI will make this a priority. They seem to be involved in things on this level now.
Can we really be sure kwilt isn’t a troll whose agenda is to make UK fans look like a bunch of blue shaded buffoons?
Can we?
Can we?
In all seriousness, I'd rather not be preseason #1 usually just because of the unnecessary pressure; however, this group may embrace those expectations & that preessure.
Think about this way, UK is UK. Whether we are preseason #1 or #6 we still have a target on us because we're UK. We'll continue to be everyone's superbowl.
Think about this way, UK is UK. Whether we are preseason #1 or #6 we still have a target on us because we're UK. We'll continue to be everyone's superbowl.
They'll put UK #1, KU #2 and duke #3. They will want it that way because they know what's coming on 11/6.
Ratings will be really good, but if they have #1 UK V #3 duke, they know even non college basketball fans will tune in.
But I don't see any way they pit dukevsny higher that #3 and even tgat is a stretch. UK or KU will get that top spot.
Ratings will be really good, but if they have #1 UK V #3 duke, they know even non college basketball fans will tune in.
But I don't see any way they pit dukevsny higher that #3 and even tgat is a stretch. UK or KU will get that top spot.
Yeah but making a foul and them calling it on them are two different things. Remember we're talking about Duke. Lol
Who really cares where we are at the beginning of the year. It’s the end of the year that counts.
Not being #1 to start this season will not upset me or break my heart. Not being #1 when the final whistle is blown in April will.
I hope they put Duke at #1 and that we beat them by 20 on Nov. 6th.
If we had Duke’s roster, they would rank us first or second, then drop us to ninth with our first loss. Maybe out of the poll with our second.
Depth can be overrated. Our 2012 title team really only had 6 great players who played (7th man was freshman Wiltjer and 8th man was Eloy Vargas). Didn't matter, as we had the best top 6 in the country and avoided injuries.
Our 2011 Final Four team literally played 6 guys, half being freshmen.
Arguably the deepest team in UK history failed to even reach the title game in 2015.
I wouldn't count Duke out based on "lack of depth".
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Maybe the added pressure to start is a good thing. This team will most likely lose a few games, it's going to happen. Let them work with the #1 ranking into SEC play, where one or two of the stronger SEC teams smack us around on the road.
Being #1 will go a long way to ensuring a top seed. If they keep losses to a minimum, we'll stay at the top.
Being #1 will go a long way to ensuring a top seed. If they keep losses to a minimum, we'll stay at the top.
I don’t disagree with your sentiment, but we weren’t national runner-up in 2011, and Vargas played spot minutes every game in 2011. Very thin roster though, especially without Enes.
Yeah, you're right. Just Final Four in 2011. Runner-up 2014. Had a lapse there.
Point remains. 2011 team made it as far as 2015 team with a lot thinner roster. They had no depth and didn't have the top-end starpower of this Duke team.
We've been preseason number 1 with questionable depth before. The star power outweighs the depth.
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