I listen to the college shows on Sirius every morning. Nobody ever mentions Kentucky. They even mention teams like Miss St and Vanderbilt often, but never talk about Kentucky. Hopefully, they'll have to start talking about us.
Nobody is Talking about Kentucky
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It’s a weird phenomenon. Even when we started the season hot with no injuries, we had some buzz but it was also a lot of “they’ll come back to earth…are they really that good or did Duke/Gonzaga etc just blow the game”
Seems like a lot of the media was so bought into the “Fall of UK post Cal” and not wanting us to “win the break up” that they haven’t really acknowledged what Pope through together in 3 weeks…and then held together after losing 4 of his top 7 for chunks of the year and still out 2 of the original top 7.
But they’ll still hype of Dennis Gates and even excuse away and over hype/wave the flag for Arkansas
Seems like a lot of the media was so bought into the “Fall of UK post Cal” and not wanting us to “win the break up” that they haven’t really acknowledged what Pope through together in 3 weeks…and then held together after losing 4 of his top 7 for chunks of the year and still out 2 of the original top 7.
But they’ll still hype of Dennis Gates and even excuse away and over hype/wave the flag for Arkansas
I think it’s fair though. We have lost our second leading scorer for the remainder of the season. Most people recognize that our team is very dangerous but probably doesn’t meet the criteria to win a championship this year. Get to the second weekend and I think reasonable fans will be elated. We also don’t meet the defensive efficiency metric requirement that the last 22 champions have met and analytic-minded people will eliminate us from the conversation there. Let’s enjoy the ride, y’all because sadly there aren’t many games left
Good. Under the radar a bit. Play free and loose. I like it.
That's fine with me, to be honest.
Seemed like every March under Cal, whether UK was a legit threat in March or not, UK was always talked about.
Is nice to fly under the radar this March with no outside expectations.
Seemed like every March under Cal, whether UK was a legit threat in March or not, UK was always talked about.
Is nice to fly under the radar this March with no outside expectations.
Yep...the past couple of years, Cal was puckered so tight going into the tournament that the players picked up on it and puckered too.
Field of 68 has been the only non-UK media to really give this UK team real credit and not just a downplaying lip service after a big win. …and that’s bc they aren’t in the buddies of Cal group
I’d love to see how those metrics compare to how efficient a team was at the end of the season vs the beginning. I’m sure there’s a lot of teams that have gotten infinitely better on defense (top 15 the last 8 games is pretty good for our boys) but perhaps for a lot of teams over the years, that’s not the case. Just inconsistent for the whole year.
I don’t think we are winning a title with this group, but they are playing their best basketball of the year right now. We’ve proven we can beat elite teams without Jax, too. Worst teams have cut down the nets than this group. I can’t wait to see what they’ve got.
I'm glad they're not talking about Kentucky. But then again, I don't listen to those shows, which would suck if I expected them to talk about Kentucky. As far as basketball is concerned, the SEC FINALLY came of age this year in becoming what it always could have been, if every other school finally got their heads out of their football arses.
So let them have their tournament where they revel in the POWER of the SEC this year. And not even have to mention little old Kentucky basketball. They don't want to talk about Kentucky. They've spent the last 100 years talking about Kentucky and basketball, and who else? This year, it gives them another chance to talk about someone else. GOOD.
So I say ... "shhhhhhhhh"
I'll stick with the Big Blue Nation on this one. Let's turn Bridgestone arena BLUE when all the other schools leave because they're not playing anymore and we've snatched up all their seats. Let the Blue Mist descend and shoot lights out and scorched earth policy towards the rest of this bunch of SEC teams this year. OWN THEM LIKE OLD TIMES.
Add to the trophy case. Screw them all. Screw the seeding process after we win another SEC tournament title and they give us a 4 or 5 seed. Screw the Selection Committee (head dog bubba chief amongst them, gee I wonder if UNC*** will even get in this year ?) .... after they put us into a ridiculous region with ridiculous potential pairings.
And I am about ready to just go ahead this year, to finally say SCREW YOU to every other SEC school and their fans.
For the ridiculously overly dramatic and circus like atmosphere antics, having your mascots rappel down from the rafters, to pump yourselves up so you can rush the court for your win starved fans because you're not good enough to beat anyone and it's damned rare to win, so YOU STILL rush the court when (and that's still a very big IF) you beat Kentucky.
but noone else (unless you're Vandy and you can beat Tennessee when they're number one, I make a singular exception for that)
Forget actually supporting these other SEC schools, if you are a member of BBN, I would say these days. The respect we've tried to give them has finally been disrespected enough. I went to the SEC tournament and helped my fellow UT and Vandy fans to support their teams, and that was when Tennessee won it in 79. They never won anything else since. Now you would think the Vols are some kind of blueblood.
HA !
So they've earned my disrespect now, I've seen enough over the years. All of them. And let me ask this as an open ended question ...
you got some really slimeyball customers as coaches, and they're all very very good coaches in this league, but some real crusty shenanigan types that I wouldn't trust in broad daylight within spitting distance of. They let the Golden situation at Florida end with a whimper because of it strictly being a "title nine " issue and nothing else to look at all the SMOKE that was NO FIRE ? Look at slimy Pearl at Auburn, likely to be coach of the freaking NCAA this year (you know its coming) ... and the SEC is as strong in basketball as any conference in history.....
Is this what we want for a league ?
I know I sure the hell don't. I'm mad as hell and want the other SEC schools for lunch. Big dinnertime is coming up soon. Let's dine like we always have. So let them talk about everyone else. Screw them all.
ooooops.
sorry.
Nah on second thought, I meant every word.
Go Big Blue
*** end Runt's rant #3,709***
So let them have their tournament where they revel in the POWER of the SEC this year. And not even have to mention little old Kentucky basketball. They don't want to talk about Kentucky. They've spent the last 100 years talking about Kentucky and basketball, and who else? This year, it gives them another chance to talk about someone else. GOOD.
So I say ... "shhhhhhhhh"
I'll stick with the Big Blue Nation on this one. Let's turn Bridgestone arena BLUE when all the other schools leave because they're not playing anymore and we've snatched up all their seats. Let the Blue Mist descend and shoot lights out and scorched earth policy towards the rest of this bunch of SEC teams this year. OWN THEM LIKE OLD TIMES.
Add to the trophy case. Screw them all. Screw the seeding process after we win another SEC tournament title and they give us a 4 or 5 seed. Screw the Selection Committee (head dog bubba chief amongst them, gee I wonder if UNC*** will even get in this year ?) .... after they put us into a ridiculous region with ridiculous potential pairings.
And I am about ready to just go ahead this year, to finally say SCREW YOU to every other SEC school and their fans.
For the ridiculously overly dramatic and circus like atmosphere antics, having your mascots rappel down from the rafters, to pump yourselves up so you can rush the court for your win starved fans because you're not good enough to beat anyone and it's damned rare to win, so YOU STILL rush the court when (and that's still a very big IF) you beat Kentucky.
but noone else (unless you're Vandy and you can beat Tennessee when they're number one, I make a singular exception for that)
Forget actually supporting these other SEC schools, if you are a member of BBN, I would say these days. The respect we've tried to give them has finally been disrespected enough. I went to the SEC tournament and helped my fellow UT and Vandy fans to support their teams, and that was when Tennessee won it in 79. They never won anything else since. Now you would think the Vols are some kind of blueblood.
HA !
So they've earned my disrespect now, I've seen enough over the years. All of them. And let me ask this as an open ended question ...
you got some really slimeyball customers as coaches, and they're all very very good coaches in this league, but some real crusty shenanigan types that I wouldn't trust in broad daylight within spitting distance of. They let the Golden situation at Florida end with a whimper because of it strictly being a "title nine " issue and nothing else to look at all the SMOKE that was NO FIRE ? Look at slimy Pearl at Auburn, likely to be coach of the freaking NCAA this year (you know its coming) ... and the SEC is as strong in basketball as any conference in history.....
Is this what we want for a league ?
I know I sure the hell don't. I'm mad as hell and want the other SEC schools for lunch. Big dinnertime is coming up soon. Let's dine like we always have. So let them talk about everyone else. Screw them all.
ooooops.
sorry.
Nah on second thought, I meant every word.
Go Big Blue
*** end Runt's rant #3,709***
JimboBBN, I love your enthusiasm but let's be real. What team has cut the nets down that was not as good as our team? I'm curious.
The NCAA tournament writes its own story every year. Last season, no one knew anything about NC State until they went on a run. Win 3 games and we’ll see plenty of Kentucky storylines.
I believe this years Ky team is better than 2014 UConn
The metric in referring to has nothing to do with how you are playing right now though. No team in the last 22 years has won a national title with a sub-44 defensive efficiency rating in KenPom at the start of the tournament. None of that is to say we aren’t playing well or can’t make a run. We could theoretically still enter the tournament with a top 44 defense if we go on an absolute tear in the SEC tournament
I'm surprised a 19th ranked team in 2025 is better than the 2014 National Championship team.
Well, context. That team wasn’t expected to win in 2014 heading into the tournament.
I would also add the 2011 UConn team. 9 losses heading into the tournament playing in a very similar conference to the one we just went through.
Just off the top of my head. Again, I’d be happy with anything further a sweet sixteen. I’m always optimistic this time of the year lol
Those defensive efficiency metrics everyone sites are post tournament. Win a bunch of games vs. good teams and your metrics improve substantially.
I think we are now in the same range as Duke 2015 going into the tournament, off the top of my head.
There are two different metrics. This one is only for metrics as of the first day of entering the NCAA tournament. Follow Bracket Science on YouTube.
It’s just my opinion. I could be wrong. Napier, Boatwright and Daniel’s were the only players they had that I would call “good”. Kenpom metrics say this year team is better as well, however that is skewed by both teams no playing the same teams and schedule. No way to know for sure outside of those two teams playing a 7 game series or something, which is obviously impossible
Duke’s defense on Kenpom was 57 going into the 2015 tournament. This guy is off for some reason.
Worth noting that we could get better or worse over the next week.
Also, to be fair, these are all indicators or guidelines. They aren’t hard and fast rules. Hence stats like 22 out of 26 did this. Or, fairly arbitrary rankings like top 57.
That being said, Kentucky is unlikely to win it all, but that can be said of every individual team.
A few teams are in a better position than us to win it, notably Auburn, Florida, and Duke.
The way we are playing, we have a reasonable chance at a Final Four run. Not great by any stretch, but reasonable.
Personally, I’m hoping to get back to the second weekend so we can enjoy an extra week of hoping and dreaming.
There will almost certainly be land mines in round 2. Hoping we put the hammer down in round 1 for a change.
Get to second round and I’m fine. Get to S16 I’m elated. Anything beyond is gravy
ChatGPT summary of runt's rant:I'm glad they're not talking about Kentucky. But then again, I don't listen to those shows, which would suck if I expected them to talk about Kentucky. As far as basketball is concerned, the SEC FINALLY came of age this year in becoming what it always could have been, if every other school finally got their heads out of their football arses.
So let them have their tournament where they revel in the POWER of the SEC this year. And not even have to mention little old Kentucky basketball. They don't want to talk about Kentucky. They've spent the last 100 years talking about Kentucky and basketball, and who else? This year, it gives them another chance to talk about someone else. GOOD.
So I say ... "shhhhhhhhh"
I'll stick with the Big Blue Nation on this one. Let's turn Bridgestone arena BLUE when all the other schools leave because they're not playing anymore and we've snatched up all their seats. Let the Blue Mist descend and shoot lights out and scorched earth policy towards the rest of this bunch of SEC teams this year. OWN THEM LIKE OLD TIMES.
Add to the trophy case. Screw them all. Screw the seeding process after we win another SEC tournament title and they give us a 4 or 5 seed. Screw the Selection Committee (head dog bubba chief amongst them, gee I wonder if UNC*** will even get in this year ?) .... after they put us into a ridiculous region with ridiculous potential pairings.
And I am about ready to just go ahead this year, to finally say SCREW YOU to every other SEC school and their fans.
For the ridiculously overly dramatic and circus like atmosphere antics, having your mascots rappel down from the rafters, to pump yourselves up so you can rush the court for your win starved fans because you're not good enough to beat anyone and it's damned rare to win, so YOU STILL rush the court when (and that's still a very big IF) you beat Kentucky.
but noone else (unless you're Vandy and you can beat Tennessee when they're number one, I make a singular exception for that)
Forget actually supporting these other SEC schools, if you are a member of BBN, I would say these days. The respect we've tried to give them has finally been disrespected enough. I went to the SEC tournament and helped my fellow UT and Vandy fans to support their teams, and that was when Tennessee won it in 79. They never won anything else since. Now you would think the Vols are some kind of blueblood.
HA !
So they've earned my disrespect now, I've seen enough over the years. All of them. And let me ask this as an open ended question ...
you got some really slimeyball customers as coaches, and they're all very very good coaches in this league, but some real crusty shenanigan types that I wouldn't trust in broad daylight within spitting distance of. They let the Golden situation at Florida end with a whimper because of it strictly being a "title nine " issue and nothing else to look at all the SMOKE that was NO FIRE ? Look at slimy Pearl at Auburn, likely to be coach of the freaking NCAA this year (you know its coming) ... and the SEC is as strong in basketball as any conference in history.....
Is this what we want for a league ?
I know I sure the hell don't. I'm mad as hell and want the other SEC schools for lunch. Big dinnertime is coming up soon. Let's dine like we always have. So let them talk about everyone else. Screw them all.
ooooops.
sorry.
Nah on second thought, I meant every word.
Go Big Blue
*** end Runt's rant #3,709***
The speaker expresses frustration with the SEC basketball scene, particularly regarding Kentucky's lack of attention this year. They feel that other schools have been disrespectful and unworthy of Kentucky's respect, citing excessive celebrations for rare wins against Kentucky and questionable coaching behavior within the SEC. Despite this, the speaker remains loyal to the Big Blue Nation (Kentucky), asserting that they will continue to dominate and claim titles, regardless of the unfair treatment or seeding they receive. Speaker criticizes the SEC's current atmosphere and wants Kentucky to rise above the drama and disrespect from other schools.
I think UK will be a sleeper depending on brackets to win 2 to 3 games.
I dont think most national analysts feel we have enough high end talent to make a final four this season, especially with JR out. All you can do is play the games and see thoigh.
I dont think most national analysts feel we have enough high end talent to make a final four this season, especially with JR out. All you can do is play the games and see thoigh.
matchups will be vital in determining our run. I think we have the talent to win multiple games, but could also lose in round one. I think a sweet sixteen is very possible. I would not be shocked if we make a run to FF with right matchups.
ChatGPT summary of runt's rant:
I'm glad I'm "being assertive" here, for rant #3,709 (I've already done 3,710 too, but who's keeping count ?)
At least it didn't identify me as a "Blue Hair Basketball Bennie" ... I also got that working in my favor here. Maybe we can get the AI to do the TV broadcast instead of ...
oh waitaminute.
that's another rant
couldn't say it better myself.
I'm glad I'm "being assertive" here, for rant #3,709 (I've already done 3,710 too, but who's keeping count ?)
At least it didn't identify me as a "Blue Hair Basketball Bennie" ... I also got that working in my favor here. Maybe we can get the AI to do the TV broadcast instead of ...
oh waitaminute.
that's another rant
Oweh second team All-SEC ..... anyone else from Kentucky on the All-SEC list at all ?
NOPE.
nada
*crickets*
total horseshit. But you know, it's about to be expected this year. It would have to be right? If the SEC is so great ?
Let's go out there and win this SEC tournament shindig and show them who the best coach and team is.
NOPE.
nada
*crickets*
total horseshit. But you know, it's about to be expected this year. It would have to be right? If the SEC is so great ?
Let's go out there and win this SEC tournament shindig and show them who the best coach and team is.
