Sewdog, you crafted a very well written insightful article. However, it appears after the first two SEC games that every SEC team may be UK's kryptonite along with any school UK will play in the NCAA tournament. UK has dodged losses at Ole Miss and Texas A&M. Neither of these teams was forecasted to give UK a close game. UK was a 23 point favorite over Ole Miss and 13.5 favorite over Texas A&M. UK barely won both games in overtime. UK played Ole Miss at home.
This UK team is loaded with many talented players. However, we do not have (as yet), an uber talented player (ie John Wall, Brandon Knight, DeMarcus Cousins, Anthony Davis etal.) who can take over a close game. Hopefully, one or more of our players will kick it up to another level of performance as the season moves towards March. More importantly, our young players have to quickly learn to appreciate how important it is to take every opponent seriously. This is not like high school where their individual talent, for the most part, was far superior to their opposition. At the major college level the margin of talent difference narrows quite a bit so that on any given night an arguably much more talented team can lose to a team with lesser quality players. As one poster has already commented, the real kryptonite for UK may be UK itself.
This post was edited on 1/12 12:22 PM by Kampus Korner
