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KenPom only moved Gonzaga to #2 after that blistering rout

We play ; Zags, dUKe, Bama twice, and Auburn. Those teams are 2,3,4,and 5 in Pomeroy's ratings system this morning. Taking in the fact we play the Vols twice, Florida, A&M, Ole Miss, Texas ... and that's a gauntlet of 11 games vs. ranked teams in a year our conference is stacked. Plus, we get Ohio State and lil brother too. That's a solid schedule any way you cut it.

Our team is talented and capable enough to beat any single one of those teams on any given day. We will surely lose some of them as well, as to be expected. But we're going to win and do so in impressive fashion. I can see this team earning a 3 seed when it's all said and done. This team is going to exceed expectations, for a change ! And maybe they won't, and it's wildly speculative at this point to even go there. But hey, we're fans !

I really am rejuvenated and happy for our program, folks ! What an awesome start to a new era in UK hoops !
 
We play ; Zags, dUKe, Bama twice, and Auburn. Those teams are 2,3,4,and 5 in Pomeroy's ratings system this morning. Taking in the fact we play the Vols twice, Florida, A&M, Ole Miss, Texas ... and that's a gauntlet of 11 games vs. ranked teams in a year our conference is stacked. Plus, we get Ohio State and lil brother too. That's a solid schedule any way you cut it.

Our team is talented and capable enough to beat any single one of those teams on any given day. We will surely lose some of them as well, as to be expected. But we're going to win and do so in impressive fashion. I can see this team earning a 3 seed when it's all said and done. This team is going to exceed expectations, for a change ! And maybe they won't, and it's wildly speculative at this point to even go there. But hey, we're fans !

I really am rejuvenated and happy for our program, folks ! What an awesome start to a new era in UK hoops !
We have plenty of chances for great resume wins this year. Just got to go out and get them. We will definitely drop some games but I like where this team can go.
 
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We play ; Zags, dUKe, Bama twice, and Auburn. Those teams are 2,3,4,and 5 in Pomeroy's ratings system this morning. Taking in the fact we play the Vols twice, Florida, A&M, Ole Miss, Texas ... and that's a gauntlet of 11 games vs. ranked teams in a year our conference is stacked. Plus, we get Ohio State and lil brother too. That's a solid schedule any way you cut it.

Our team is talented and capable enough to beat any single one of those teams on any given day. We will surely lose some of them as well, as to be expected. But we're going to win and do so in impressive fashion. I can see this team earning a 3 seed when it's all said and done. This team is going to exceed expectations, for a change ! And maybe they won't, and it's wildly speculative at this point to even go there. But hey, we're fans !

I really am rejuvenated and happy for our program, folks ! What an awesome start to a new era in UK hoops !
You know what's great again is we will show up to each of those games like we did in the 90's fighting till the end!
 
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Only 15 teams ahead of UK have a better offensive efficiency.
And Im calling bs on that as UK is prolly #1.
 
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Regardless of what we saw last night, it was against Wright State. I fully anticipate we lose 10-12 games this year. Feel free to bash. JMO.

Of course, I so hope I'm wrong, but I think I'm being realistic. Did I say "JMO?" Be easy fellas.
 
Regardless of what we saw last night, it was against Wright State. I fully anticipate we lose 10-12 games this year. Feel free to bash. JMO.

Of course, I so hope I'm wrong, but I think I'm being realistic. Did I say "JMO?" Be easy fellas.
Not at chance. This team checks all the boxes.
Better chance we go 40-0 than lose 10-12.
Plus, we will only get better and better as all these unfamiliar players learn to gel as Pope leads them!
 
Regardless of what we saw last night, it was against Wright State. I fully anticipate we lose 10-12 games this year. Feel free to bash. JMO.

Of course, I so hope I'm wrong, but I think I'm being realistic. Did I say "JMO?" Be easy fellas.
I'm not so sure. Look at the above list of "quality opponents" (putting that in quotations to say that we don't know for sure about some of them yet). Now, we're good enough that we ought to have a good shot to go .500 against that. There are 13, so let's round up and say 7 losses against that group. Maybe drop another in there somewhere. That's only 8. I think that's very fair for this group, and they have a shot at doing better than that even.
 
I'm not so sure. Look at the above list of "quality opponents" (putting that in quotations to say that we don't know for sure about some of them yet). Now, we're good enough that we ought to have a good shot to go .500 against that. There are 13, so let's round up and say 7 losses against that group. Maybe drop another in there somewhere. That's only 8. I think that's very fair for this group, and they have a shot at doing better than that even.
I doubt we'll win the SEC or NCAA so that's two more, which would be 10 losses. That's why I said 10-12.
 
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