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Nice job, Cal: UK not in the top 10 schools with most wins against ranked programs

Just another embarrassing statistic, nothing to see here folks. I'm sure Bass, JC and Dubya will be here soon to explain this one away.

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Things are bad, but may get a lot worse.
 
This is dumb. You go by percentage but even then we're ranked #10.

Plus the B12 schools play around 10 games a year against ranked opponents. Iowa St. 106 games with a 39% winning percentage winning 42. If UK played that many games with their subpar 51% record they'd have just above 53 wins, placing them in a tie for 4th

All this chart shows is how weak the SEC has been over the past 10 years (since 2012). It's why UK has only 81 games versus ranked opponents.

UK 81 games, 41-40, 50.6%

1. KU - 115 games, 74- 41, 64.4%
2. DUKE - 88 games, 57-31 64.8%
3. MICH ST. 104 games, 56-48 53.9%
4. NOVA - 83 games, 53-30, 63.9 %
5. BAYLOR - 106, 54-52, 50.9 %
6. UNC - 103, 49-54, 47.6 %
7. MICH- 100, 48-52, 48%
8. WISC - 97, 47-50, 48.5%
9. OU - 105, 43-62, 41%
10. IOWA ST. - 106, 42-64, 39.6%


For context the second best team is UT who played 66 games against ranked opponents in this span going 26-40.

Shoot if you ignore KU and UK the average ranked teams played by conference would be around 100 for the B12 and 50 for the SEC. If that doesn't show weakness idk what does.
If the SEC is so weak, how do you explain Kentucky’s 11-22 record in our last 33 games against ranked teams?
 
Exactly. It is both, so stop making excuses.
What I said wasn't an excuse though. The post in question wasn't being reviewed fairly. A better argument would be to use the past 5 years where we've fallen off a cliff.

Using the past 10 and the fact the SEC is weak means even if UK played well they'd be nowhere near the top of the list.

You also have 4 teams on that list who are sub .500 against ranked opponents. UK is 51% over the same span. That's a fact one needs to point out.

You have to look at things in their entire context.

We've played poorly enough the past few years that taking stuff out of context to further prove that fact is pointless and dishonest.
 
All we have to do is be .500 in those 33 games, instead of .333, and we’re firmly inside this list. We aren’t on this list because we are on a downward spiral over the last seven years. Spin it however you want, but the SEC isn’t to blame for where we are as a program right now.
 
All we have to do is be .500 in those 33 games, instead of .333, and we’re firmly inside this list. We aren’t on this list because we are on a downward spiral over the last seven years. Spin it however you want, but the SEC isn’t to blame for where we are as a program right now.
You're correct, that would be a handful of wins. Percentage wise we're higher than of those teams on the list. It's about context.

Some of those teams are even under 40% but because they play in the B12 they've had more opportunities to play ranked opponents.

I agree we've been running downhill. This year was great until SP which completely negated anything we accomplished up to that point.

I'm just hoping things turn around.
 
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begok has other, more important, priorities than wins at UK.

nba draftees, social activism, kneeling, bloating his ego--

begok will NEVER again reach a ncaaT final four at UK.

26-4 first 3 seasons against ranked teams. 86.7% wins
41-37 last 10 seasons against ranked teams. 52.6% wins

The "TREND" is obvious, and pathetic.

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The trend is that he had a lot of key experience those first 3 years along with some outstanding recruits.
 
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This graphic kind of blows away the falsehood of Kansas always having a cakewalk in the B12 and their schedule in general. Them being at the top by almost 20 more than the 2nd highest is very impressive.
Still contend that they get the most favorable whistle I’ve ever seen but yes that is pretty amazing they have played that many and won so many.
 
The top team in that list also is a bunch of cheaters and got their worse loss at home in the common era. Duke also plays in an extremely top sided conference.
 
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