Kentucky has the ninth hardest remaining schedule nationally, but eighth toughest in the SEC (Haslam).

[Smashcat]

 

[jwphelps]

Never thought in all these years the SEC would be second to only the NBA.

 

[UKortho]

FWIW, Kenpom has us going 3-6 from here on out

 

[bucsrule8872]

FWIW, Kenpom has us going 3-6 from here on out

Sounds about right.

18-13, 7-11 going into the SEC tourney. With all the Q1 wins we’ve racked up already and playing in the toughest league in the history of college basketball, we should still make the Dance.

Hopefully we finish a little better, though.

If we play like we should, like a desperate team needing wins, we should beat SCAR, Vandy, and LSU plus we have shown we can win on the road, so maybe we get a win at Tex or OU.

This team has to fight. They have to have that “us against the world” mentality. They show up lethargic and they will get eaten alive in our remaining games.

We can’t have anymore halves like we did to start the Ole Miss game.

 

[Creed Bratton]

In the meantime Duke's remaining opponents are 120-86 for a 58% win percentage and an average Net ranking of 78.33. 🤣🤣

 

[Dontworryboutit23]

Sounds about right.

18-13, 7-11 going into the SEC tourney. With all the Q1 wins we’ve racked up already and playing in the toughest league in the history of college basketball, we should still make the Dance.

Hopefully we finish a little better, though.

If we play like we should, like a desperate team needing wins, we should beat SCAR, Vandy, and LSU plus we have shown we can win on the road, so maybe we get a win at Tex or OU.

This team has to fight. They have to have that “us against the world” mentality. They show up lethargic and they will get eaten alive in our remaining games.

We can’t have anymore halves like we did to start the Ole Miss game.

For some reason 19-12 just seems so much better than 18-13. 18-13 just looks like a ugly record for some reason

 

[JonathanW]

13 of the toughest 17 are SEC. That is insane.

 

[bucsrule8872]

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15 of the top 25 are in the SEC. Wow!

 

[WeWant9]

So, do people think this will be the new norm for SEC bball (or go for a few years) or was this a perfect storm type scenario?

 

[Dontworryboutit23]

Just get to 19-12 somehow

 

[Wildcat-in-STL]

FWIW, Kenpom has us going 3-6 from here on out

Kenpom also predicted us to beat Arkansas and Vandy so WTF does that know?

 

[rob_47]

So, do people think this will be the new norm for SEC bball (or go for a few years) or was this a perfect storm type scenario?

I do. Players can meet more money in this league than the other conferences.

 

[chroix]

Title of this thread made me snag an extra eighth.

 

[R.O.T.Muckinfush]

Never thought in all these years the SEC would be second to only the NBA.

Probably more defense played in the SEC than NBA.

 

[Cowtown Cat]

Title of this thread made me snag an extra eighth.

🤣

 

[jwphelps]

Probably more defense played in the SEC than NBA.

That is true.

 

[true blue1]

FWIW, Kenpom has us going 3-6 from here on out

Hopefully we can get Butler back and improve on our defense.

 

[Seth_C]

Probably more defense played in the SEC than NBA.

Well, not by us...

 

[Rideordiewildcat]

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I saw yesterday we are now up to #2 SOS on the year on Nolan NET site.

 

[UKAlum84]

At one point, my thinking was "We'll be lucky to win half our sec games...."

Now its like, "I dunno if we can do it now."

Wonder if Pope could snag players from the sec, that aren't happy with coaching/playing time/etc....?

We've gotten a taste of guys from other conferences, doing some what decent....but its different in the sec.

 

[Butters' Dad]

So, do people think this will be the new norm for SEC bball (or go for a few years) or was this a perfect storm type scenario?

It's the new norm. The SEC is where all the big money is.

 

[FirewithFire]

Every game of the SEC tourney will actually be worth watching this year. Not sure I've ever said that before.