AP now #14

[CatEye2010]

I thought the W at UT should weigh more than the Arkansas loss.

Still, who here would have predicted this in early February!

Go Cats!

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[ukcatz12]

Fact is this is a top 10 team if it's healthy. Maybe even better than that. We've been giving major minutes to freshmen who wouldn't see the floor if the team was at full strength.

Injuries are out of Pope's control. I dont know how anyone could view his first year as anything but a complete success up to this point.

 

[BlueWorldOrder74]

rest of the way
5-5 maybe (20-11)
6-4 hopefully (21-10
4-6 could be (19-12)

Will we be ranked top 25 at seasons end?

 

[Rockfly78]

Before the season, if you tool the games we have won.....

duke
zaga
florida
TAM
Miss st
Tenn

And you put them side by side next to our losses....

Clemson
OH st
Vandy
Arkansas
bama

I bet you one million frog skins that not one single human primate would get the actual results correct. Not even close. We live in wild times

 

[Panthur]

Around 15 is exactly where we belong right now with the issues we’re trying to overcome including injuries. No complaints from me.

 

[true-blue1]

It's so strange with this team we have won games I thought we would lose and we have lost games I thought we would win.

 

[wardlow]

seems reasonable

 

[akaukswoosh]

rest of the way
5-5 maybe (20-11)
6-4 hopefully (21-10
4-6 could be (19-12)

Will we be ranked top 25 at seasons end?

We shall see.

 

[G-PIP]

So, we’ve beat 4 of the Top 10 teams – 2 of them on the road or a neutral court. I know we’ve also lost to lesser Power Conference teams. But still those wins seem kind of crazy to me considering some of the limitations UK has, and especially now with the injuries (losing both PGs and your only real PF). If we don’t get healthy pretty quickly (meaning at least Carr and Butler) I’m afraid I’ll have to be satisfied with those earlier wins, because I won’t expect a whole lot of success from here on out.

 

[BGCATFAN2012]

We are who they thought we were...

 

[UKAlum84]

If this team loses to Arkansas, but ends up making a run in the tourney....Im all smiles.

The worst part is not learning, not making changes, and repeating the same mistakes.

 

[FtWorthCat]

I've thought all along this was a Sweet Sixteen type team. If we had stayed healthy, we may have been better than that. Kriisa and Carr are not likely to suddenly get healthy, but hopefully Butler will be back soon. Without Carr being healthy, I doubt we will do much in the post-season.

 

[HenryMuto]

If this team loses to Arkansas, but ends up making a run in the tourney....Im all smiles.

The worst part is not learning, not making changes, and repeating the same mistakes.

Kind of like Ohio State losing in football to Michigan and then winning it all.

 

[HenryMuto]

So Tennessee losing to Kentucky at home then beats Florida at home and moves up from 8 to 4
Houston loses at home to Texas Tech and wins at West Virginia and moves up from 6 to 5
Texas Tech moved up from 22 to 13 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JFC this stuff makes no sense

 

[HenryMuto]

Big miss it looks like Kentucky could been ranked super high with a win vs Arky.

Man that sucks.

 

[*Fox2Monk*]

rest of the way
5-5 maybe (20-11)
6-4 hopefully (21-10
4-6 could be (19-12)

Will we be ranked top 25 at seasons end?

Depends if we get a butler back or not honestly.

 

[bereback]

I don't mind us dropping, but I mind that Tennessee moved way up and Florida didn't drop but a spot. The bias against Kentucky is mind boggling

 

[CondorCat]

Missouri moved up 5 spots after convincing wins over Ole Miss and @ Miss State last week. They're at Tennessee Wednesday.

 

[Hopmix]

How Kentucky drops 2 and UT moves up 4 when they lost to Kentucky at home shows just how bad that loss to Arky was.

 

[elijahpep]

rest of the way
5-5 maybe (20-11)
6-4 hopefully (21-10
4-6 could be (19-12)

Will we be ranked top 25 at seasons end?

I'm hoping 7-3, with losses to TN, Alabama, and Auburn.

But, the way it's been going, we will probably win those 3 games but lose at least 4 others.

 

[TuckyFan]

It’s also the trend. UK can’t string any wins together and UT definitely not having that problem.

 

[darkshadesofblue]

I don't mind us dropping, but I mind that Tennessee moved way up and Florida didn't drop but a spot. The bias against Kentucky is mind boggling

Too many bad losses. I’ll take 14 right now considering how we looked Saturday night

 

[katkraze]

march is all that matters - need a 3-4 seed

 

[TheDude73]

march is all that matters - need a 3-4 seed

Well we can't get to March with a 3-4 seed if we can't win the vast majority of the rest of our games.

Honestly we can't lose more than 1-2 more before the SECT. I'd love to make a run in the SECT and then go into the NCAAT a solid 3.