And still 1 championship. I know I am going to be called a troll or UL fan for starting this thread, but I am honestly wanting an honest discussion about this.
In the draft thread last night, someone brought up the idea that we had so many high draft picks, we should have a better tournament record. Someone responded that last year we lost on a last second shot to the ultimate tournament winner, and "who has a better record than Cal since he's been at Kentucky?" We lost to the ultimate tournament winner because they beat us. If we would have beat them, we would have been the ultimate tournament winner. We have gone deep, but lost except for 2012.
I agree that we have a better record than anyone since Cal has been here overall. But, both Duke and UConn have won two championships to our one and we have had much better players, at least as far as the draft and NBA are concerned, than they have had. The dichotomy of the number of lottery picks and championships surely deserves a conversation.
In the draft thread last night, someone brought up the idea that we had so many high draft picks, we should have a better tournament record. Someone responded that last year we lost on a last second shot to the ultimate tournament winner, and "who has a better record than Cal since he's been at Kentucky?" We lost to the ultimate tournament winner because they beat us. If we would have beat them, we would have been the ultimate tournament winner. We have gone deep, but lost except for 2012.
I agree that we have a better record than anyone since Cal has been here overall. But, both Duke and UConn have won two championships to our one and we have had much better players, at least as far as the draft and NBA are concerned, than they have had. The dichotomy of the number of lottery picks and championships surely deserves a conversation.