Was looking at SEC standings on espn.com and noticed that Tennessee has played a whopping TWO ranked teams ALL SEASON in which they are 1-1 in both polls. Kentucky is 4-1 and 5-1 respectively in playing ranked teams in the AP and Coaches polls. Yew-T is unproven, overconfident, and going to get punched in the mouth next Saturday night
Probably true. I expect TN to drop a couple games before the tournament. My hope is likewise that we learn and grow from any losses.
If UT runs the table, you shouldn't be worried, they will have been through some serious battles (UK possibly 3 times, @Auburn and @LSU) .
3 is possible. I don’t see any way we lose 4. I actually think UK and UT tie for the regular season at 16-2.
That would mean you would have to win one of these road games: UK, Auburn or LSU. That's going to be tough.
There is zero comparison to the Keldon Johnson call and the Grant Williams flop. Zero Nada!! One was an obvious flop and the other was an obvious no call. To argue otherwise is ridiculous.
Won’t be easy, but I give us a pretty good chance of winning at least one. Could win two. I’d rank our remaining schedule as:
When UT goes on the road and beats anyone worth a damn then they deserve credit. You try and downplay UK’s wins at Auburn and MSU but those wins alone far outweigh anything UT has done all season.
You’re right. Wins at Auburn and Miss St “far outweigh” neutral court wins over Gonzaga and Louisville.
I know they were beat by a terrible Vandy, right up until the refs bailed them out.
Loaded, very experienced and have shown they can eek out close games. Not many outstanding college teams this year, but they are one of them.
Actually, UK smoked UNC in Chicago right after they beat Gonzaga by quite a bit.
A neutral court win over Louisville you say!? Well, that changes everything. Shut up and go watch Bill Dance .
Overall, UK does have a better collection of wins.
You guys were downplaying the wins against Auburn and MSU. Those wins do far outweigh anything UT has done in conference. UK has a road win against that same UofL team to go along with wins against UNC and Kansas. Yes any objective observer would look at both teams resumes and agree UK’s is far better.
It's tough to know, because we really don't know how good Gonzaga is. They did beat Duke, but that was in a tournament where teams played a string of games in a short amount of time. Duke is not very deep.
UK’s resume would be better, if resumes didn’t include losses. You have better wins. You have worse losses. Overall, our resume is currently better. Everyone who ranks teams for a living agrees.
I hope you get joy from the 3rd Sat in October, as you certainly don’t get it in the whatever Saturday in November Tennessee plays Kentucky.
Can't disagree with that.
When the conference season is played out then there should be no debate about who has the best resume. UT had the benefit of a weaker conference schedule for some reason even though they were expected to be a contender to win the league. If UT can go on the road and beat Auburn, LSU and or UK then they will have earned their high ranking. As of now I think they still have plenty to prove how good they actually are.
This is all relevant for sure. I could counter that a think UT’s defensive efficiency numbers are partially the product of jumping out to large leads and then taking their foot off the gas (see our game vs Arkansas where we were up by 30 at half, and just didn’t play defense in the 2nd half). But your numbers are still concerning if you’re a UT fan. No doubt. We’ll need to play better defense to go deep in the tournament (specifically allowing way too many offensive rebounds to opponents).
I won’t disagree that the meat of our conference schedule is about to begin. We’ve earned where we’re at, but we’ll have to prove we deserve to stay there.
UK has done the same exact thing. Jumped out to an 18 point lead yesterday, MSU got it down to one point twice.
