Is UK jumping 8 spots in AP from 22 to 14 the Cats biggest single week move ever?

[KWilt43atbuzz]

I sure as hell cant remember a bigger jump.

Anyone?

I think its deserving because of the way the team and especially Ulis and Murray are playing.

 

[RC_Texas]

Part of it was the fact that almost all of the Top 25 top loss one or two games this week, finding a team that won twice this week was hard...

 

[martinsm30]

Part of it was the fact that almost all of the Top 25 top loss one or two games this week, finding a team that won twice this week was hard...

Isn't that the way it is supposed to work UK wins others lose UK goes higher?

 

[KWilt43atbuzz]

I agree to an extent RC. You have to factor in the fact that we blew out UGA by 34 and at USCjr by 27.

That's an avg margin of victory of 30.5 ppg.

 

[Icecoldbrewdoggy]

Even wilder is how fast Texas A & M went from #8 to unranked.

 

[St.PatterSoN-54-]

Big jump. Me likey.

 

[dlh331]

Looking back at the polls it ties for the largest 1 week jump ever:

1974-75 UK jumped from #17 to #9 (Dec 24 to Dec 31)

2002-03 UK jumped from #16 to #8 (Jan 14 to Jan 21)

Darryl

 

[Bluegrass79]

. We could rise to #6 without a loss by the end of the season. 3 polls left. 6 games.

 

[TexKat]

Looking back at the polls it ties for the largest 1 week jump ever:

1974-75 UK jumped from #17 to #9 (Dec 24 to Dec 31)

2002-03 UK jumped from #16 to #8 (Jan 14 to Jan 21)

Darryl

Thanks for the research.

 

[.S&C.]

Duke jumped from number 25 to number 2 after losing to Syracuse and UNC in 2007. But in their defense, they were only 8 point losses.

 

[CharlieT71059]

#14 is where we need to be. I see us moving into the top 10 before regular season is over

 

[KWilt43atbuzz]

Looking back at the polls it ties for the largest 1 week jump ever:

1974-75 UK jumped from #17 to #9 (Dec 24 to Dec 31)

2002-03 UK jumped from #16 to #8 (Jan 14 to Jan 21)

Darryl

Thank you D...your the man. Of course in 75 UK lost to Bruins in Finals and 03 we lost to Marquette in Elite Eight. Not bad showings after the big jumps.

 

[TheDude73]

Duke jumped from number 25 to number 2 after losing to Syracuse and UNC in 2007. But in their defense, they were only 8 point losses.

Hell, they just jumped from somewhere in the 30s to 19 and 20 today after a 1-pt, interesting traveling violation ignored call winning shot against #7 UVA. At their high school gym.

 

[Cat Ballou]

This team has been such a mystery this year. Of our 6 losses, the only two I'm okay with are the one to Kansas and the one to LSU at LSU - although I didn't expect us to be throttled by them.

Getting soundly beat by mediocre teams like UCLA and OSU early in the season is something I didn't expect. The Auburn and Tennessee losses were inexplicable as well.

If we could somehow excise the memory of those 4 games, this team would be in the running for a No. 1 seed and be the team we all though they could be going into the season.

These next two weeks are going to be tough, and will tell us a lot about how far this team has come and how good they really are.

 

[martinsm30]

To me the losses are lessons that the coaching staff and the players have used to learn what they needed to do to become what they are today. We will see over the next two weeks if they will continue to grow from the wins and losses. I believe they will and at tournament time I think this team will be a hard bunch to handle and I wouldn't want to be in UK's bracket.

 

[BoulderCat]

Looking back at the polls it ties for the largest 1 week jump ever:

1974-75 UK jumped from #17 to #9 (Dec 24 to Dec 31)

2002-03 UK jumped from #16 to #8 (Jan 14 to Jan 21)

Darryl

Interesting. I've of thought we'd made a bigger one. Guess it's tough when your a program that's often in the top 8.

Crazy week though. What was it, like only 7 of the top 25 didn't get a loss, 16 of the latter to unranked teams. It's sure shaping up as a season with one very wild NCAA tournament.

 

[RC_Texas]

I agree to an extent RC. You have to factor in the fact that we blew out UGA by 34 and at USCjr by 27.

That's an avg margin of victory of 30.5 ppg.

Keep letting Kenny coach and you guys will be top ten soon...

 

[CatFanInTheBathtub]

Part of it was the fact that almost all of the Top 25 top loss one or two games this week, finding a team that won twice this week was hard...

Thanks for explaining how the poll works. Just please tell me you don't think UK should be outside the top 14 right now.....because it looks like you're saying that we're there by default.

 

[jameslee32]

Dook goes from #30 to #20 in the same poll primarily based on an Allen traveling no-call that led to a last second shot.

 

[martinsm30]

Duke and UNC play Wednesday. Lot of folks like to see them ranked when those games come around.

 

[dave5164]

Jumping 8 spots is due to all the losses in the Top 25 for last week. Some of the teams in the Top 25 even lost twice last week. This year is the most unpredictable year I have seen in Men's NCAA Basketball and especially in the Top 25. In the Top 8 for the #1 and #2 seeds for the NCAA Tourney most have 4 or 5 losses already and most of the Power Conferences top teams will be playing each other in the next 2 weeks. Most teams from #9 to #25 in the Rankings have 5 to 7 losses. There will probably be at the end of year in the Top 25 rankings near double digit losses with how unpredictable this year has been in the NCAA Basketball. If we take care of business like we did vs. South Carolina on the road and continue to play great basketball UK can finish 6-0 or 5-1 to finish the SEC this year. If we can finish at 25-6 and with how the other Top 25 teams have been losing we can climb back up a #2 seed and who knows maybe a #1 seed if we also win the SEC Tourney. That would for sure get us the South Region if we end up at the #2 Seed and playing next door in Louisville and a pack house for Sweet 16 and Elite 8 games. This would gives us a huge advantage to land another spot in the Final Four and will be Coach Cal's Fifth Final Four out of 7 years at UK.

 

[RC_Texas]

Thanks for explaining how the poll works. Just please tell me you don't think UK should be outside the top 14 right now.....because it looks like you're saying that we're there by default.

Kind of, 18 of the top 25 lost at least one game last week

 

[Mike-D]

Big jump. Tommie likey.

I fixed this for you.