UK really took a tumble in the ranking metrics after OSU loss.

[G-PIP]

EvanMiya dropped UK from No. 9 in their rankings down to No. 18.

Gary Parish downgraded UK from No. 4 to No. 9.

DRatings moved UK all the way down to No. 25.

Both Haslametrics and KenPom completely removed UK from their Top-25.

Finally, the NET rankings have dropped UK from No. 9 to No. 17.

 

[B.B.H.]

Very fair. It isn’t just the loss, it is the margin and the quality of opponent. It is also the lack of margins in wins. Still possible to move back up some but I don’t think defensive issues are entirely fixable, some of them are but not all of them.

 

[BlueWorldOrder74]

Not surprising. Our defense is going to be a major concern over conference play.

 

[BradleyCrawford08]

Not surprised. Have one more true “get right” game against Brown, then conference play. Hopefully this team learns from the mistakes of the Ohio State game and get ready for what is in store for them, because the SEC is going to be a slugfest.

 

[TTTblue24]

Since we are shooting like 7% from 3 over the last few games, we better learn to defend the next 10 days and try to keep people under 70 for league play.

 

[It'saDoneDeal]

Damn, it's almost like all of that shit doesn't really mean anything in terms of predicting wins and losses.

How many of those metrics predicted us to lose against OSU by 20? Bueller?

Great resource to explain something after the fact though. 🧑‍🦯

 

[CrazyCat74]

Hopefully it's a wake up call for the players..

Can't sleep walk through entire halves or full games and expect to beat decent teams especially when they have film on your weaknesses.

 

[ORCAT]

Believe we were ranked too high anyway. Two good come from behind wins for sure against good teams but we have appeared sluggish lately. Hope we get back to shooting the ball better (not just 3's but bunnies too) or we're in for a very rough time in conference. This ain't your grandad's OR SEC this year, it's going to be tough finding wins if we aren't playing very well on both ends.

 

[H00SIER-Cat]

@Aike 's model is all I care about

 

[rick64]

Have to hope OSU ends up having a good year so that loss doesn't hurt quite as much.

 

[Chief Paducah]

I said this in the game thread with OSU, I needed this loss as badly as the team did because my expectations were getting to be through the roof. I am back down to where I was to begin the season. We are a fringe top 25 team with warts. I am not mad about it. It's a first-year coach with a brand new, quickly assembled roster. I had always felt this could be a tough year. It was the price we paid for a new path forward. Just the surprise wins against Duke and the Zags put my head in the clouds. Now I am back to reality.

 

[Smashcat]

UK #11 from Katz

 

[Smashcat]

Believe we were ranked too high anyway. Two good come from behind wins for sure against good teams but we have appeared sluggish lately.

Ditto.

 

[WeWant9]

Getting blown out by a bad team tends to do that. I hope the team stews on this for the week+ break and gets pissed heading into league play.

 

[TheBlueMist]

Don't worry about the rankings. We were overrated at 4 and will find our footing again with wins over Brown and Florida. I believe UK will end the season in the top 15 and get a 3-4 seed. That's not bad considering Pope put this roster together in the spring from what was still available in the portal.

 

[83Cat]

Believe we were ranked too high anyway. Two good come from behind wins for sure against good teams but we have appeared sluggish lately. Hope we get back to shooting the ball better (not just 3's but bunnies too) or we're in for a very rough time in conference. This ain't your grandad's OR SEC this year, it's going to be tough finding wins if we aren't playing very well on both ends.

The missed lay-ups are the killer and too many fancy behind the back no look passes that are great for style points on ESPN, but end up taking our own guys by surprise, AND Brea HAS to learn how to get open.

 

[Disappointed Cat]

Not surprising. Our defense is going to be a major concern over conference play.

Agree, defense has been a major concern all season, but all of the JV teams we played could not take advantage of the weakness. However, you can expect every SEC team to copy the OSU game plan.