After tonight UK stands at 13-3 overall and 2-1 in the SEC. We now have 4 wins against teams ranked 14th or better at the time we played them
and the win today was arguably one of our toughest 4 road games. These 4 wins are as good as the top 4 wins of anybody in the country.
Our losses:
Our first loss at Clemson was the first true road game and was against a good team. UK played relatively poorly by the standards they had set
going into that game and lost a close one. I believe UK would win if we played there again.
The second loss against Ohio State seemed to be an anomaly; it was the only game of the year when the entire team just seemed mentally
prepared to play. They were obviously distracted off the court and I believe they had come to believe their press clippings and thought the
game would be an easy game...just like most of us. It's a situation I don't believe will be repeated this year and I think UK would win if they
played again.
The last loss wasn't long ago; I'm sure a few of you remember. You know, that game where the refs rigged it? Some have tried to say it wasn't
enough to decide the game but I differ. If they get 6 points they should not and we don't get 6 we should have gotten that's the 12 point difference
right there. But that's not the end of the influence of that kind of officiating; you know seeing what was being done to them had to frustrate them
and they might have begun to play better if not for that frustration(I know they played poorly). Pope and fans made the appropriate noise and I don't
think we'll see officiating that obviously biased again this year. If we played Georgia there again I think UK would win.
We'll likely be ranked somewhere between 11-15 next week and I think the team is probably a little better than that.
Overall I'd give UK a solid A on the season so far and I like my team.
and the win today was arguably one of our toughest 4 road games. These 4 wins are as good as the top 4 wins of anybody in the country.
Our losses:
Our first loss at Clemson was the first true road game and was against a good team. UK played relatively poorly by the standards they had set
going into that game and lost a close one. I believe UK would win if we played there again.
The second loss against Ohio State seemed to be an anomaly; it was the only game of the year when the entire team just seemed mentally
prepared to play. They were obviously distracted off the court and I believe they had come to believe their press clippings and thought the
game would be an easy game...just like most of us. It's a situation I don't believe will be repeated this year and I think UK would win if they
played again.
The last loss wasn't long ago; I'm sure a few of you remember. You know, that game where the refs rigged it? Some have tried to say it wasn't
enough to decide the game but I differ. If they get 6 points they should not and we don't get 6 we should have gotten that's the 12 point difference
right there. But that's not the end of the influence of that kind of officiating; you know seeing what was being done to them had to frustrate them
and they might have begun to play better if not for that frustration(I know they played poorly). Pope and fans made the appropriate noise and I don't
think we'll see officiating that obviously biased again this year. If we played Georgia there again I think UK would win.
We'll likely be ranked somewhere between 11-15 next week and I think the team is probably a little better than that.
Overall I'd give UK a solid A on the season so far and I like my team.
