Kentucky up to 17 in both AP and Coaches Polls

[CatEye2010]

About right; now keep winning and move into Top 10.

Go Cats!

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[Boyd94]

I find it funny how Florida has won 8 of 9 and still not ranked whereas Texas Tech has lost 5 out of their last 9 and TCU has lost 4 out of 9 are both ranked.

 

[RondoBaller21]

I find it funny how Florida has won 8 of 9 and still not ranked whereas Texas Tech has lost 5 out of their last 9 and TCU has lost 4 out of 9 are both ranked.

Florida is ranked in AP.

 

[MidseasonTweak]

17 sounds good to me for now, win both this week and with some help, we could surge again.

 

[WeWant9]

We took our lumps, but there are still opportunities to finish strong.

 

[$Z71$]

I find it funny how Florida has won 8 of 9 and still not ranked whereas Texas Tech has lost 5 out of their last 9 and TCU has lost 4 out of 9 are both ranked.

Florida is ranked this week.

 

[caneintally]

if we beat Bama ( which is BY FAR THE HARDEST game left as we will win against UT ) then we will be around 10-12 next week. Honestly we are in good shape for a 3 seed if we only lose 1 more time . 2 seed would almost need to win out .

 

[WeWant9]

6 SEC teams ranked. Whoever wins the league, will have gone through a meat grinder.

 

[Boyd94]

Florida is ranked in AP.

Sorry. Was looking at the coaches poll.

 

[UKWildcats1987]

6 SEC teams ranked. Whoever wins the league, will have gone through a meat grinder.

Yet no consideration for the last 1 seed.

Why?

Arizona plays n a high school conference.

 

[Boyd94]

Yet no consideration for the last 1 seed.

Why?

Arizona plays n a high school conference.

The ACC is a kids league and yet North Carolina and Duke are benefitting from it.

 

[WeWant9]

Yet no consideration for the last 1 seed.

Why?

Arizona plays n a high school conference.

I got nothing for you on that one. SEC doesn’t get the benefit like other conferences. I feel like I’ve watched the B10 beat up on each other with no real drops for losses for years, must be nice.

 

[irishcat1965]

As crappy as this year has been for the most part, the Auburn win opens the door to really position themselves well.

 

[Dontworryboutit23]

This week is huge. Win both of these games this week and it opens up a lot for Kentucky

 

[TankedCat]

given where the program was after the Gonzaga loss, I'm good with 17th.

 

[BC_Wader]

What could've been. With defense like the last two games all season we'd only have probably 1-2 losses. It is what it is but I'm liking where we're at right now. Looking more like a complete team. The Auburn game has me excited for March.

 

[TheDude73]

I got nothing for you on that one. SEC doesn’t get the benefit like other conferences. I feel like I’ve watched the B10 beat up on each other with no real drops for losses for years, must be nice.

Around late January there was an article on my phone news feed about something saying "has the B12 learned to game the seeding system?" I badly wanted to read it, but it was a paid article (I don't pay for my news).

I would garner it's to do with these teams / conferences figuring out the NET and then scheduling to essentially manipulate the rankings. Not sure how that can be done, but maybe I can find that article.

 

[OmahaCats]

Yet no consideration for the last 1 seed.

Why?

Arizona plays n a high school conference.

1 seed? Zero chance

 

[ukcatz12]

Because it's more fun to be optimistic and it does legitimately look like the defense turned the corner the last two games:

UConn last year in this same week's AP poll was #18 (20-7)

 

[RMorris33]

 

[BC_Wader]

The highest is 13th. Sounds about right. The SEC doesn't get enough credit I feel. This league is a buzzsaw and has been for a while. I think it's the best league in the country.

 

[CatOfDaVille]

Great visual.

Two things I noticed. 1) the amount of Duke love for the top 5 is way too high, and 2) I love the two salty IU writers still ranking UK in the 20s.

 

[bthaunert]

BTW, how good of a coach is Kelvin Sampson. Rarely mentioned when talking about the best coaches in college basketball. If he could have just stayed off the damn telephone when he wasn't supposed to be on it, I think his career, and potentially Indiana basketball, would look completely different.

 

[mcwildcats04]

Great visual.

Two things I noticed. 1) the amount of Duke love for the top 5 is way too high, and 2) I love the two salty IU writers still ranking UK in the 20s.

The worst are the Illinois writers. One has us ranked at 25 and another (Scott Richey) doesn't even have us ranked. What a bunch of clowns. There's also a Baylor writer (Brice Cherry) that doesn't even have us ranked.

 

[CatEye2010]

The worst are the Illinois writers. One has us ranked at 25 and another (Scott Richey) doesn't even have us ranked. What a bunch of clowns. There's also a Baylor writer (Brice Cherry) that doesn't even have us ranked.

Or the other Illinois writer leaving us completely out.

 

[mcwildcats04]

Or the other Illinois writer leaving us completely out.

Yeah that one and the Baylor one. Where would we be if we removed those clowns' voting privileges?

 

[Aike]

if we beat Bama ( which is BY FAR THE HARDEST game left as we will win against UT ) then we will be around 10-12 next week. Honestly we are in good shape for a 3 seed if we only lose 1 more time . 2 seed would almost need to win out .

At UT is a much harder game than home against Bama. It would even be harder on a neutral court. We can’t afford to blow any more home games.

 

[Blueaz]

and yet we go from 21 to 22 in NET

 

[MidseasonTweak]

6 SEC teams ranked. Whoever wins the league, will have gone through a meat grinder.

Iron sharpens iron. The SEC will have some battle-hardened teams going into March.

 

[JimBR]

The worst are the Illinois writers. One has us ranked at 25 and another (Scott Richey) doesn't even have us ranked. What a bunch of clowns. There's also a Baylor writer (Brice Cherry) that doesn't even have us ranked.

Still butt hurt over AD?

 

[BelfryKYCatFanatic]

Not one UK affiliate on that list, but UNC and Duke have 5... WTH?

 

[Smashcat]

keep winning and move into Top 10.

Sounds like a plan.

 

[Dontworryboutit23]

Who has Duke beaten that’s good besides Baylor. ESPN said they have 5 quad 1 wins but besides Baylor I can’t see anyway they have that many

 

[$Z71$]

The Wake Forest, VT

Who has Duke beaten that’s good besides Baylor. ESPN said they have 5 quad 1 wins but besides Baylor I can’t see anyway they have that many

Wake Forest, VT, Pitt, NC state, and Clemson on the road are all considered Quad 1 wins. I made a post yesterday about all the cheap Quad 1 wins some of these conferences have especially Big East. Big East has teams that are 13-12 on the season who are considered Quad 1 wins. Its a flawed system.

 

[L.O.D.]

Win out an win SECT we are a 2 seed and maybe a bottom 1 seed with a little help. I think we're a likely 4 seed as we lose 2 more ......in UCONN region. Because they will screw us somehow

 

[jameslee32]

and yet we go from 21 to 22 in NET

Saw that. Just win baby!

 

[HenryMuto]

Auburn lost moves down just 1 spot

Kansas lost by 100 and moves down just 3 spots

 

[WildcatNC]

If we can close super strong a 2 seed is in play. It's been a bloodbath for ranked teams this year. There will be some more losses in the latter half of the top 10. Will take some luck and help though.

3 seed is very attainable if we finish strong. Get that SEC bye and a 3 seed. That's a damn good outcome considering the last few weeks.

Just want to avoid the 1 seeds until the E8 and we have as good a shot as any.

 

[Fox2monk]

17 sounds good to me for now, win both this week and with some help, we could surge again.

100 if we beat Bama we better move up. They are like 5th in the NET too.

 

[Fox2monk]

Who has Duke beaten that’s good besides Baylor. ESPN said they have 5 quad 1 wins but besides Baylor I can’t see anyway they have that many

Have you seen some of these quad 1 wins out there some teams are like 14-10. Hell Ohio State was a quad 1 opportunity for Indiana last week.