The SECt may be worth winning this year
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If we can't win it with the bracket we have, then we don't deserve it at all.
Yeah, Mississippi or Alabama and then South Carolina or Georgia. Not worried at all. The final will be more of a challenge but I think UK will beat Texas A&M by double digits and that is who they playing the final. Just in my opinion
It goes without saying, keeping everyone healthy remains the main objective. *fingers crossed*
this is the first year in a while that I've looked at the SECT as anything more than a nuisance - always nice to see the guys play, of course, but concerned about possible injuries in games that didn't need to be played
I'm with the OP regarding Skal - he plays through three SECT games as he did our last two regular season games, we will have good reason to be very optimistic about a deep run in the NCAAT
I'm with the OP regarding Skal - he plays through three SECT games as he did our last two regular season games, we will have good reason to be very optimistic about a deep run in the NCAAT
Does the committee take Sunday's result into consideration? Some posters say yes others say no. Some clarification would be nice.
Florida making the final would be good for cats and the SEC. It could give cats 2 or 3 more top 50 wins and get gators in tourny.
IIRC the answer is no; in 2011 when UK won the SECT over UF, but still got a lower seed than we should have, the explanation was that the seeds were set before the final SECT game since it was so late.
Which is an absolute joke of a reason.
Have it figured out where we go if we win, where we go if we lose.
Not rocket science.
Lazy, anti UK MFers.
of course it's a joke - always has been. But that's the reason they gave us
Yeah, I mean how hard is to have both scenarios factored in. They did it when Ole Miss won a couple of years ago.
Forget the seeding, forget the "bias" by the committee; that's irrelevant. The tournament is important because it gives us the opportunity to play three games with: a healthy Poythress; a healthy Willis; and (hopefully) a productive Skal.
The game against LSU was the first time all season we've really had all three of those at once, and the results were pretty encouraging. We need to look at this as an opportunity to figure out how to maximize all three of those things and build some serious confidence heading into the real tournament.
The game against LSU was the first time all season we've really had all three of those at once, and the results were pretty encouraging. We need to look at this as an opportunity to figure out how to maximize all three of those things and build some serious confidence heading into the real tournament.
Lol, Cal cares about winning every game we play in. He lets on and some of you fall for it. He just wants the guys to know the "real" prize is the big tournament.
SEC championships add to our list.
SEC championships add to our list.
The SEC just needs to have the final on Saturday so they can't use this is an excuse. I don't know why it would be so hard to start it on Tuesday instead of Wednesday.
Do you not remember the Brandon Knight year? We beat Fla twice in a week, the second one for the SECt win, we got a 4 seed and they got a 2, the selection committee said they don't even consider the SEC tournament finals. Get to the final game and maybe we get bumped up to a 3, but that game doesn't matter.....unless we lose. Stupid selection committee
It's completely ridiculous. As UKfan79 said, we need to move this game up a day for sure.
Nothing about the SEC tournament should affect seedings for us this year regardless of time played. Wins over Alabama, south Carolina, and even Texas am aren't going to make that Big a dent in our resume. Those three games out of thirty four aren't going to propel us to a two seed, nor drop us to a five. We are a 3/4. Even geography is probably more a function of preventing conference rematches.
The SECT is important. Countless fans plan for this all year and make a pilgrimage/spectacle out of it. Making the finals should be the minimum expectation as our reward. It's our party and its what we do.
Winning it also keeps us from having 10 losses when we get bounced in the big tournament. Its only one more loss, but it will keep "ten loss" talk from being regurgitated in countless threads over the next few years.
Winning it also keeps us from having 10 losses when we get bounced in the big tournament. Its only one more loss, but it will keep "ten loss" talk from being regurgitated in countless threads over the next few years.
Problem is Kentucky's seed would already be set before the SEC Tournament game is even played. It's essentially a pointless game from the NCAA Tournament standpoint for teams that are locks to make it.
Winning it could also lead to a better seed for the NCAA. Certainly better than losing it. It always matters to me, but yea I think this year it matters more. Last year we could have lost the first game, and still been a #1. This year each win could help, and I'd sure like to see the Cat's get another shot at A&M on a neutral floor. Well sort of neutral anyway.
Folks, winning the SEC Tournament does not help one's NCAA seed. Kentucky's seed will have already been decided on the day before. The selection committee established such things years ago.
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