These are my expectations, as well.
This is a reasonable goal.
I believe the talent improves in the next couple of years with incoming freshman and portal talent. This year is an anomaly with the fact that there was nothing on the table to build on. Plus, there are almost always days/games like this over the years even for our better teams. We will still get better. A week and a half to work on it before the next game.
I said last spring after the roster was complete that I expected about 10 losses and at least 1 ncaa tournament win . I’ll stick with that but ….. I really underestimated how good the SEC was going to be.
I agree. Just get to the tournament and win a game or two. 9-9 in the SEC should do it. That would be a success for this year and the talent we have.
He's really INTO the X/O's, the deep science (or whatever you call it) of basketball, but it's one of his guys who teaches the X/O's, IIRC.
Anything past the first round is an improvement from the last couple or so years. Go past that and it is gravy and a successful year imo.
Lol. When has Mark Stoops EVER played two teams the caliber of Duke and Gonzaga in his OOC games??
That's a realistic expectation and would be a good season. A Sweet 16 is all I expected before the season. We're better than I thought we'd be but we have a lot to work on.
If we go 9 and 9 in SEC we will be out performing our talent level. I read we would win all our SEC games at home. I hope we win 5 of our 9 home SEC games. Beating Auburn even without Broome would still be a pipe dream. We just do not have the talent this year to compete for SEC title. Pope will need a couple of years to build his roster. I think he will but to expect him to compete with a roster tied together with baling twine in a very very short time is just unfair to Coach Pope. If this was year three then expectations would be warranted. It will be year three before Coach Pope can or should be judged. He is a good man, a good coach but not a miracle worker.
Agree. Afterall, 8 months ago we had no players or coach.
I'm prepared for the possibility of going .500 in conference, which may still be good enough for a 6 or 7 seed. I would love to make the second weekend of the NCAA tournament. I can't express how much I miss those 5 days between the 2nd round win and the Sweet Sixteen.
I would hardly call playing Duke,Gonzaga,2 ACC teams and big 10 team in the first 12 games a " Stoops" level non conference schedule,you are an *** and your agenda is obvious.
Actually it wasn't 1 game, the team had been trending this way going back to the Duke game. Yes they won both the Gonzaga and Duke game, but the scouting report over last 6-7 games is Kentucky has been playing mediocre and it's easy to see.
They're still learning and growing. Im not gonna get down on them because of one game. That's shortsighted at best. Any one who paid attention this offseason knew these games were coming. Then some of you act surprised when it does.
It’s not been just one game. It’s just most of the teams we’ve played are bad enough it didn’t matter.
