After discussion in another thread, who do you consider to be UK’s biggest rival?
Tennessee and Florida.It has to be UaVel. The more interesting question is who is our biggest SEC rival. Hard to say.
EweTee and it’s not even close.It has to be UaVel. The more interesting question is who is our biggest SEC rival. Hard to say.
Depends on the metric.After discussion in another thread, who do you consider to be UK’s biggest rival?
The fanbaseAfter discussion in another thread, who do you consider to be UK’s biggest rival?
Fond memory of Pitino's early years. First season eligible for post season play. A beautiful Sunday afternoon and UK destroyed bama 80-54 in the SEC Title game. Threes were falling like rain.In terms of the SEC...
1. In the 70's it was UT and Ray Mears (Grunfeld/King). Alabama was a close second and was pretty good in the early 80's as well.
2. LSU had their moments but flamed out after Shaq & Brown.
3. Arkansas was a huge rival in the mid 90's with Nolan and his good teams.
4. Florida has been consistently good and has been arguably the biggest rival during the Calipari era.
Alabama is 3rd in all time win % in the SEC...62%, top 40 nationally.
I guess it's safe to say we've had rivals by committee in the SEC.
Nothing has compared to the IU-UK rivalry of the 70’s for me. That’s what a rivalry is all about. UK-UL , for awhile during Crums best years, after the dream game, were pretty good, not so much anymore. The Pitino-Richardson games were a blast, but didn’t last long enough to be a true rivalry. I would have to say, overall it’s Tennessee. Most probably don’t remember or weren’t born to remember Tennessee heyday of Grunfield and King, but it was an intense rivalry, and older fans still get torn up thinking about it.In BB...IMO...It used to be IU but that went away.
During that time some chucklehead state employee forced UK to play UofL <===. So we're stuck with that mess. I have to admit that was fun for a while but now it's a bit boring.
So...UK's biggest rival? Hard to say.
Those were some brutal games.Nothing has compared to the IU-UK rivalry of the 70’s for me. That’s what a rivalry is all about. UK-UL , for awhile during Crums best years, after the dream game, were pretty good, not so much anymore. The Pitino-Richardson games were a blast, but didn’t last long enough to be a true rivalry. I would have to say, overall it’s Tennessee. Most probably don’t remember or weren’t born to remember Tennessee heyday of Grunfield and King, but it was an intense rivalry, and older fans still get torn up thinking about it.
Have to agree.I think you have to be 60+ to consider IU a rival.
Exactly what I was thinking....it's UK vs the WorldIf you'd have had a choice of every team and every fan base I'd have voted for that one.