Our bracket will include : Duke, St Johns, Louisville and BYU... just something to talk about

UKWildcats1987

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Dukes gonna have alabama or UT as it's 2. I doubt we are the 3. You are probably right about st johns as our 2. They are overrated though.
 
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I hope so. I like that extra spice. But the whole selection committee sets up matchups. Does it really happen that often? We played Indiana. That was 9 years ago.
 
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ImTheVillageIdiot

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I hope so. I like that extra spice. But the whole selection committee sets up matchups. Does it really happen that often? We played Indiana. That was 9 years ago.
It really doesn’t happen often. It’s one of those things where the fan presuppositions override the data. Then when it happens rarely, confirmation bias reminds the person that it always happens.
 
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The committee will have to do a lot of shuffling to keep the top 4 SEC teams in different regions while also trying to follow guidance that if the same conference teams played 2 times this season they can't meet until the Sweet 16 and if they played 3 times they can't meet until the Elite 8.
 

EliteBlue

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Dukes gonna have alabama or UT as it's 2. I doubt we are the 3. You are probably right about st johns as our 2. They are overrated though.
I’d love a St.Johns matchup as our 2 compared to who else could be our 2s. Give me SJ or Michigan State all day for a shot at an E8
 

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We should worry about winning the first game. Something we have only done once this decade.
Eh. I'm not playing the first game. I can worry about a multitude of things. Portal. Recruiting. Playing Pitino. Our next coach after Pope retires. I'll be ready Thursday or Friday.

ETA. Is also like to see UCSD vs UCLA. Richard Pitino and New Mexico with St John's. Alabama State against either Auburn or Alabama
 
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Blue till I die

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If we are a 3 seed the only options for our 2 seed would be Mich St and St Johns (the other 2 seeds are SEC teams)


Personally I would love an opportunity to play St Johns, that would be a great storyline
 
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If we are a 3 seed the only options for our 2 seed would be Mich St and St Johns (the other 2 seeds are SEC teams)


Personally I would love an opportunity to play St Johns, that would be a great storyline

Yep. It seems like the most likely scenario for UK is some combo with Auburn/Florida as the 1 and MSU/St Johns as the 2.

Probably either in the South or West.
 

UKWildcats1987

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Yep. It seems like the most likely scenario for UK is some combo with Auburn/Florida as the 1 and MSU/St Johns as the 2.

Probably either in the South or West.

St johns doesn't deserve a 2 seed. They remind me of Gonzaga getting higher serfs all those years solely due to gaudy overall record. They will get one but it isn't deserved IMO.
 
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All the talk about the committee making our bracket path full of “stories “ is ridiculous every year.
You can probably come up with a story about our connection to half the teams playing in it.

And the thing also is stories tend to be locally related and based on the bracket rules and keep conference teams apart you are always more likely to see certain teams over other teams.

All the times we’ve seen UL in the tournament wasn’t because Pitino was coaching and they wanted a “story”. All the times we’ve faced WVU. Same thing.

When you actually look at the bracket rules you quickly begin to realize why these things tend to happen.

But I’ve learned people will believe what they want.
 

Wildcats1st

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Our bracket
3 UK vs 14 robert Morris

11 play in vandy vs IU vs 6 BYU

MSU the 2 seed


That’s an elite 8 path but really we will end up with St. John’s in s16 which would be awful on so many levels/
 

Blue till I die

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I think it would be awesome, I would love to play Pitino in the Sweet 16


It would be an awesome build up, unless you're afraid
 

bbnkat02

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I think it would be awesome, I would love to play Pitino in the Sweet 16


It would be an awesome build up, unless you're afraid
I don't mind playing Pitino. Just don't want to have to play Cal. I think that would be a lot of pressure on Pope and this fanbase.
 

IbnSaran

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I will be happy if we even get to the sweet 16. I somehow forgot about Arkansas, we will definitely have to play them. They will make them our 6 or 11.
 

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Louisville should get Arkansas in their pod with Kenny Payne


Kentucky b should get St Johns in their pod with Pitino
 

HenryMuto

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If Xavier makes it they will in Dayton as 11 seed I sure hope we are not that 3 seed that ruin my day