Make it make sense

[Myotis]

Even more frustrating Antoine Walker sat the entire 2nd half

I have always felt that Pitino deliberately threw that game so that the Cats would not go into the NCAAT feeling absolutely invulnerable.. They were, after all, on a 27 game winning streak of which only two opponents had come within 12 points and over half (16) had been beaten by 20+.

 

[Cats192]

UT missing Ziegler and Milicic beat UF by 20. UF is beating the doors off Auburn.

Anarchy? No. Just college basketball.

 

[Dontworryboutit23]

It's pretty condescending that you think 21 and 22-year-olds are kids. That goes for 18 and 19 year olds as well. People in that age category saved the world twice from Germany. I'm sure they'd be insulted if they heard somebody like you calling them children.

What he is also ignoring is that once money has become involved they are pros now. But I am shocked that stout beer would ignore key aspects to try and virtue signal on here.

 

[Dontworryboutit23]

I don’t know about creepy but living and dying with it doesn’t seem prudent.

I don’t think it’s living and dying with it. There’s just a couple on here that think they are way smarter and more important than they are, and are very easy to get going.

 

[TeoJ]

The SEC has had an historic dominating season of any conference in the history of college basketball, arguably. No conference in history has had from top to bottom, the most impressive performance on court so far this year.

It would stand to reason the SEC could get one or more teams into the Final Four, and the highest seeded SEC teams will presumably be a one seed. The SEC may have 2 or even 3 number one seeds in the NCAA tournament. The conference will send many teams to the tournament and they will be seeded well.

Unless the SEC collectively falls flat and chokes, one would presume to think the conference will send at least one team to the final four. So for the season, it's been awesome watching SEC hoops !

Duke will get their #1 overall seed. Cooper Flagg mania ! Upsets and surprises will ensue with March Madness. Try to position yourself as well as you can to prepare for it. ultra level playing field in the new NIL and portal era

as other posters have said : It's all about the matchups... and the other good observations about the conference are valid as well.

Auburn to me seems clearly a cut above everyone. But they can be beaten. Alabama looks strong again this year.

Houston & Iowa State look as good as anyone else too. Tom Izzo is a MASTER. My hat's tipped for him. Same for Pitino. Amazing. Of those, one or more I can see making a Final Four run. Yes, St. John's could make a fairy tale run. And it won't be such a fairy tale to me, if it were to happen. That's march madness.

SAME FOR KENTUCKY. I love our team. LOVE our direction, we still make the joint hop with action when we come to the game! When we're in town ? Let's rock! Bring it on !

BBN ..... I call upon the BLUE MIST ! and watch it descend ! And KNOW it still does !

Same now as it ever has been as far as I am concerned.... with an ULTRA level playing field, ncaa tournament storyline twists, and a new era of NIL and the portal .... it's as wide open as your pocketbook and imagination can take you.

I don't know where it ends this season for us, but it might end up epic great. I'm just happy to see us still commanding the respect and getting the best shots from our opponents. It's been great for me. It's going to be a GODSEND to watch Kentucky under Pope here on out, compared to what we had suffered with Cal, imho.

but otherwise, I can't try to make much more sense.

tl;dr version :

SEC is historically great
Duke & Cooper Flagg ... he was only seventeen !
March Madness ultra level playing field
all about the matchups
UK getting a great year in such trying circumstances - truly overcoming many things

Go Big Blue !

PS - Pope still Coach of the Year for me. He just uplifts me

Dang,when dies the book come out?

 

[deputy assistant]

UF, Aub, Bama are all 3 legit F4 teams.

UK and UT are capable of a F4 run but probably a slight step below as they can beat anyone but are more susceptible to a bad matchup type game in an earlier round

I wouldn't call UK a favorite to make the Final Four, but I wouldn't be surprised if they did. I never count UK out unless they are so bad they are going to the NIT... which is rare. I say this as a non-UK fan.

 

[maysvilleky]

I think the NCAAT is all going to come down to matchups and officiating. If a team like A&M is allowed to absolutely mug players, they could very well get to a final 4.

I know I’m biased, but I think UK is going to get matched with teams that aren’t necessarily big, but will have ultra quick guards and slashers!

 

[Bleedin Blue in Ohio]

I think Florida is the best team in the SEC. On a neutral court they will be hard to beat. March is about guard play and Florida has that covered. They have scorers, and they are a very good rebounding team.

 

[runt#69]

I think Florida is the best team in the SEC. On a neutral court they will be hard to beat. March is about guard play and Florida has that covered. They have scorers, and they are a very good rebounding team.

My current favorite to make the final four from the SEC : Florida

I think the rest of the country will not sleep on the SEC this season and give all SEC teams their best shot. Florida has three guards and supporting cast that match them up well with anyone from what I've seen.

It'll all be down to the individual matchups

But just watch the selection committee somehow get st johns on our side of the bracket in the same region. I won't be shocked to see Duke 1, st johns and Kentucky in the east with them.

Bring it on. Bring it all on. Just get as healthy as we can first !

Go Big Blue! 💙