That and injuries at PG. We had a decent thing going with Ty and Wheeler until both got banged up at LSU.
Jon Rothstein picks Kentucky basketball to finish 4th in the SEC
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I do think this team is going to get beat a lot, especially on the road in the SEC. This league is extremely physical and every team we run into will have developed juniors and seniors that are very physical.
It’s going to take this team a long time to come together and by the tine that happens, we're going to have a lot of losses piled up, which will ensure a lower seed in the NCAAT.
It’s a pretty sad state of affairs when we're picked outside the top 10 in the national rankings and 4th in our own league… .a league we used to own.
Cal had Tyty, he decided to use Wheeler.
He had Maxey, he decided to go with Hagans.
Cal decided Wheeler was the right choice for last years team.
Cal brought Devin Askew to UK to start at pg… .Devin Askew.
The problem has been the guy yelling "GOOOOO".
Yeah you can blame them. What does that have to do with this year? Why doesn’t it apply to Texas A&M? They made 1 NCAA tournament the last 4 years and won zero games.
Tbf on Askew no one knew until we saw his play and he didn't have other options (that's still on Cal though)
What's even worse was Chris Beard after seeing Askew play thinking he was still great. THAT is mind blowing.
Nothing Askew did in HS should have made Cal think he was UK good.
Not only that, but Cal had him reclass to come here and run point because he struck out with every other top pg he recruited.
Honestly, he should have tried harder to get Hagans back, but that goes against the culture he created at UK.
I see no reason to doubt JR's prediction. The SEC is going to be VERY tough this year. The top 5 teams are all interchangeable at this point. But, the Cats have a lot of new parts that will need to prove they can play with the more veteran SEC teams IMO. I think 4th is about right this early on.
I think we will struggle a bit in conference.
6-7 losses in conference. Probably good for third or fourth in the league.
6-7 losses in conference. Probably good for third or fourth in the league.
You’re right. It’s probably a conspiracy. That’s the logical answer. Good job for seeing it.
It is impossible to predict how good a team actually is now, since there is so much roster turnover now.
But also, we have done nothing to make people think we will be better. Lots of talent, but mostly freshman dominated. I don't blame him for picking us there.
But also, we have done nothing to make people think we will be better. Lots of talent, but mostly freshman dominated. I don't blame him for picking us there.
Come March, we will not have the 4th best team in the SEC. Might drop a few before then, and yea, might finish 4th, but I only care where we finish at the end of the tournament. There is no better collection of talent on any team in the SEC, and maybe only a couple teams in the country have a comparable amount of talent. All comes down to can Cal coach them. If this team has any offense at all, we win 9.
I didn’t say it was a conspiracy I said you can blame them for their awful takes. Saying you can’t blame after the last couple of years when Texas A&M was worse but is still ranked ahead of us is silly.
Oh well if that’s your position then I will retain mine. We’ve been hot trash the last several seasons when compared to UK’s standard and that has culminated in diminished expectations.
People are starting to realize it doesn’t matter who we have on our roster. Hell, we returned the NPOY last season and still couldn’t win more than one game in March. One game with the former NPOY. If it was any other team you’d be dogging us too.
