Why do we deserve to be ranked higher than Uconn and Arizona?
Kentucky up to #8 in AP
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You are correct, but a young team like Kentucky is much better off feeling disrespected so they constantly feel the need to prove themselves.
Not unless the defense greatly improves. We are like the Iowa teams have been over the last few years. Can lay 100 on you but let's you score 95.We dont play at TN until March 9 and dont play at Ole Miss.
I see the potential for a loooong win streak.
If UK wins at #34 Aggies I see the Cats coasting in the month of Jan. Schedule gets significantly tougher come Feb:
Kentucky Wildcats 2024-25 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule - ESPN
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UK has a legit shot at being 18-2 heading into Feb and riding a 12 gm win streak and ranked #1 while seeing #6 TN come to Rupp.
Tell me Im wrong and by then no telling how good we will be!
These are standings, not rankings.
The loss to UNCW hurts us in the standings.
But we are the same team had we beaten them.
UK is easily a top 4 team in the country.
I say we are the best team in the country.
None of the teams ahead of us in the standings would want to see us in their bracket.
The loss to UNCW hurts us in the standings.
But we are the same team had we beaten them.
UK is easily a top 4 team in the country.
I say we are the best team in the country.
None of the teams ahead of us in the standings would want to see us in their bracket.
Florida sucks. And if we lose that game, so do we.
I’m not saying it will be easy but either this team is built to do special things or they aren’t. And losing to a half ass Florida squad isn’t what contenders do.
FAU with a Quad 1 loss and a Quad 4 loss.
Quad 1 loss to Illinois
Quad 4 loss to Bryant
We have a Quad 1 loss and a Quad 3 loss.
Quad 1 loss to Kansas
Quad 3 to UNCW
Our Quad 1 loss is also better than FAUs and we dont have a Quad 4 loss.
They have an extra good win than we do, but that Quad 4 loss they have is much worse than our Quad 3 loss to UNCW.
Quad 4 loss and both of us with 2 losses doesn't make FAU resume better than ours. They are only ranked above us due to the deep run and good season they had last season.
I got lampooned for my hot take on the SEC before the season began, but I stand on it; the SEC is overrated this season and we should win the league by 3 games
I am not worried about the rankings right now. We are going to get better but the SEC has always gotten up for UK and we will be in some dog fights.
I’m with you. I’ve been saying we will win the SEC since the summer.
And it looks like the SEC is weaker than I thought then.
That is true. It’s the only game they care about until spring football starts.
And we have to play with SEC officials.
#8 is close enough. Being a young team, I want them playing with a little chip on their shoulder, feeling a little disrespected.
The goal is #9 in April, not #1 going into the New Year
The goal is #9 in April, not #1 going into the New Year
Can’t lose to garbage teams at home. We have one good win over UNC and that’s it.
For those whose panties are in a wad over us being ranked #8 today, look at it this way....
It serves as motivation for this young team to keep winning.
That's all we need for these young guys. Let them all keep underestimating this team, let them keep flying under the radar as long as humanly possible, because sooner or later, everyone is going to realize ( provided this team continues winning) that UK is a monstrously good team this year. This gives them a chance to continue proving it on the court.
I've no problem with it.
And seriously, a year ago, without looking, what was the top 8 in the AP poll?
See how that works?
Merry christmas
GBB !
It serves as motivation for this young team to keep winning.
That's all we need for these young guys. Let them all keep underestimating this team, let them keep flying under the radar as long as humanly possible, because sooner or later, everyone is going to realize ( provided this team continues winning) that UK is a monstrously good team this year. This gives them a chance to continue proving it on the court.
I've no problem with it.
And seriously, a year ago, without looking, what was the top 8 in the AP poll?
See how that works?
Merry christmas
GBB !
Easy top 5 if we don't lose to a freaking seahawk in Rupp...
This is true. However, FAU lost at home to….Bryant!
We already know that most likely we drop a game on the road we don’t expect. While it would be nice to have a long win streak let’s just go game by game.We dont play at TN until March 9 and dont play at Ole Miss.
I see the potential for a loooong win streak.
If UK wins at #34 Aggies I see the Cats coasting in the month of Jan. Schedule gets significantly tougher come Feb:
Kentucky Wildcats 2024-25 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule - ESPN
ESPN has the full 2024-25 Kentucky Wildcats Regular Season NCAAM schedule. Includes game times, TV listings and ticket information for all Wildcats games.
UK has a legit shot at being 18-2 heading into Feb and riding a 12 gm win streak and ranked #1 while seeing #6 TN come to Rupp.
Tell me Im wrong and by then no telling how good we will be!
I didn’t care, if we played Tennessee’s schedule and had the same record we wouldn’t be ranked where they are, that’s my issue.
That’s a cool stat but UT hasn’t ever made a final four so I don’t place all that much importance on that. So many stats that say this and that. I bet FAU had never made a final 4 last year a 100 different stats lol. That said I hope we win there anyway!
Zona I can see, lost to a good team in 2OT by 1. UCONN on the other hand should definitely drop. That’s ridiculous. Of course they give them a break with a player out, we don’t get that break.
I always expect that road loss, but this team is harder to beat than the past few because of depth. We can survive a cold shooting night by Reeves or Wagner because Sheppard or Dillingham could go off for 25 at the same time.
I do believe that, just going off recent history that we will lost a game we shouldn’t. A South Carolina, or Georgia. Even our very best teams outside 2015 have lost a game like that.
We are about to begin the conference grind, I’m looking forward to what this team can do
AP hates UK, yet every single preseason under Cal, UK has been a consensus Top 5 pick.
Come on, man. Losing at home to UNC-Wilmington did the Cats no favors.
I mean it's all subjective but I do not think we are the best team in country or even top 4.
We are a very good team that has a chance to grow into that but I don't think we are quite there yet.
Defense really has to improve.
This is the AP., not me.
Arizona is better than UNC. A&M is at least equal to Miami, but most importantly, the Arizona win was this week. That’s what matters.
The AP doesn’t give a crap about quad 3 and 4.
The point spread between our two teams is really close. Maybe we pass them next week.
I agree with you that they are close... most of my posts including reference to opponent records, etc, was in response to the earlier post about the resume of FAU being significantly better than UK...my point is that I, like you, think they are actually pretty close...so close that an argument can be made either way.
Honestly, while they are solid, TN is really the team that probably doesn't belong in the top 10 at this point.
As an IU fan I get it that you don’t know what the AP is that we speak of. When your team is actually ever in the Top 25 get back to us.
I really yawn at the AP poll at this point in the season. Yeah, I guess it makes for something to talk about, and I scratch my head at some of the rankings. That said, I doubt most of the AP voters put more than 5-10 minutes (tops) into their thinking when they submit their ballots. Probably takes more time to click the buttons or drag/drop the teams to their lines than the thinking that goes behind it all.
Great big "meh" to me. But Merry Christmas, BBN!
Great big "meh" to me. But Merry Christmas, BBN!
Because we lost to UNCW at home. We have proven we can beat anybody and lose to anybody. That does not get ranked highly in the polls.
They’re 7 and we’re 8. We both lost to bad teams. Their win was a little bigger than ours and they started ranked higher. Our resumes are basically identical and we’re 1 spot apart.
So you think FAU is a name team that’s overrated like UK? You just said their resumes are identical but earlier said UK was a top 10 team by name only and that’s why I compared FAU’s ranking to them. You seem to be contradicting yourself very badly on this thread lol.
Won’t coast on road.We dont play at TN until March 9 and dont play at Ole Miss.
I see the potential for a loooong win streak.
If UK wins at #34 Aggies I see the Cats coasting in the month of Jan. Schedule gets significantly tougher come Feb:
Kentucky Wildcats 2024-25 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule - ESPN
ESPN has the full 2024-25 Kentucky Wildcats Regular Season NCAAM schedule. Includes game times, TV listings and ticket information for all Wildcats games.
UK has a legit shot at being 18-2 heading into Feb and riding a 12 gm win streak and ranked #1 while seeing #6 TN come to Rupp.
Tell me Im wrong and by then no telling how good we will be!
You asked how I explain FAU. I did that. Now you want to argue the semantics of the fist post? And I didn’t say Kentucky was top 10 in name only. I said if they’re name wasn’t Kentucky, they wouldn’t be ranked in the top 10. And yes, FAU is in the top 10 because of name based off last years final four. No one really knows who the 10 best teams are yet. They haven’t played enough games.
So you didn’t say UK was top 10 in name only but if their name wasn’t UK they wouldn’t be ranked in the top 10? Lmao you just keep contradicting yourself. But rankings this early in the year obviously don’t matter much. But I do find it kinda strange for supposed UK fans to argue this team isn’t top 10 worthy when clearly they are.
I think Pitino has Hurley's number but doesn't have enough horses to beat him. Last year in the tournament his team led at the half as well but couldn't keep it going.
