UK should have been closer to preseason #1 than preseason #25

[HerrosHeroes]

And I told you all this from the start.
Now this team and myself have been vindicated after spotting #6 Duke double digits on a neutered court and still ended up exorcizing the Devils!

Listen, UK went out and cherry picked 9 stud upperclassman and they are basically 9 mercenaries on a mission to win #9 for Kentucky.

The AP pollsters were either not hip with the pay for play times or they were just hating.

Probably a little bit of both!
GBB!!!

 

[the nail at the foul line]

Ok

 

[PikeCat15]

Why are you the way that you are?

 

[dckala2]

If the cats can sweep out November they’ll probably be top 12ish, so 3 seed.

December’s record will dictate the seed line as the SEC might devour itself once conference play begins. I’m not expecting a one seed but a 2 or 3 would really benefit the team obviously.

 

[stuway]

Dude who cares, we have tourney at the end...just get to the dance. I swear you have to purposely try and make UK fans look dumb. I don't believe anyone in real life can be this over the top and ridiculous.

Oh and the vikings ain't winning the SB dude. Idk you are just something else man.

 

[WildmanWilson]

They were a hodgepodge of players thrown together by a brand new coach. Why would anyone think they were going to be a top five team out of the gate? All preseason rankings are garbage anyway. Let’s be patient and watch these guys come together and earn their spot.

 

[JFCats22]

 

[HerrosHeroes]

Why are you the way that you are?

Isnt it grand?

 

[HerrosHeroes]

They were a hodgepodge of players thrown together by a brand new coach. Why would anyone think they were going to be a top five team out of the gate? All preseason rankings are garbage anyway. Let’s be patient and watch these guys come together and earn their spot.

Because they were a hodge podge of upperclassman studs with a HC that won at #7 Kansas with “BYU” and also beat 3 other ranked teams last yr.

Listen, this isnt rocket science here; just good ole fashioned common sense.

 

[HerrosHeroes]

Its not the same thing. It has very hard to recognize subtleties that only the astute can recognize. Get with the program or hit the road -Homer.

 

[DraftCat]

I think putting any team inside the top 10-15 with a bunch of transfers & new coach is a little silly myself.

I'm fine with where they started. It's fun to see them climb higher.

 

[-BBH-]

Why are you the way that you are?

I do not know but I like your avatar.

 

[Catfan in Tn.]

Isnt it grand?

No.

 

[the nail at the foul line]

Your all time prediction was in 2021 that if Kentucky beat Mississippi State they were going to win the national championship. That was really special. It was so special that you could spend the next 5 years getting every game correct and still would not remove the egg from your face from that.

 

[Wildcats1st]

Dude who cares, we have tourney at the end...just get to the dance. I swear you have to purposely try and make UK fans look dumb. I don't believe anyone in real life can be this over the top and ridiculous.

Oh and the vikings ain't winning the SB dude. Idk you are just something else man.

This game will help big time with ncaa seeding.

 

[JonathanW]

This is what I've been saying on this board, well not #1, but about #10. And so many on this board kept saying no we aren't that talented, no we have no returning players, no we have a coach that's never won anything.

To summarize the reasons I kept saying why we should be ranked higher:
- every team is rebuilding in this era, I doubt you can find more than 5 of the top 25 teams who return half of their top 8 from last year, many like Duke return only 1-3 guys. And Robinson is a returning player to Pope.
- Garrison, Carr, Oweh, Robinson, Kriisa ALL were key players at P5 schools, 4 of them coming from the #1 conference last year
- Butler was a key player on a national runner-up, he even hit the game winning shot in the semi-final game
- Brea was the #1 (qualified) 3pt shooter in the nation last year
- Pope did not win big, but he won, he won more than what had been or should be done at those schools