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Panthur

Heisman
Aug 5, 2008
9,225
12,780
0
What are those big red L's under Duke and Louisville?

Whatever they are I think they look pretty cool.
 

KWilt43atbuzz

All-American
Nov 18, 2012
17,050
6,848
0
Bad news for Haters wishing for a UK loss: UK #1 in both major polls and no other SEC team ranked in top 25.
Rut Ro
 

TriangleUKCat

All-American
Dec 28, 2014
2,911
7,078
0
Originally posted by BlueSince92:
What are those big red L's under Duke and Louisville?

Whatever they are I think they look pretty cool.
Yeah, those things are a good look on some teams for sure. Would be hideous on us though.
 

Panthur

Heisman
Aug 5, 2008
9,225
12,780
0
Originally posted by TriangleUKCat:

Originally posted by BlueSince92:
What are those big red L's under Duke and Louisville?

Whatever they are I think they look pretty cool.
Yeah, those things are a good look on some teams for sure. Would be hideous on us though.
Agreed!
 

Son_Of_Saul

Heisman
Dec 7, 2007
44,442
94,689
113
I'm hoping Duke and Wisconsin win the rest of their conference games so as to lock up #1 seeds.

Don't want to give the committee a chance to screw over Kentucky in their regional.
 

CatEye2010

All-American
Jan 5, 2010
6,188
6,756
73
IU at 23 in both polls. They're baaack! Time to give Clappy an extension.

B1G really down. IU, though, should be challenged in next 5 games. Then some voters that are pro- B1G will have to send up Iowa, or Penn State, or whoever into the Top 25. Meanwhile, Arky loses a game and drops from 19 to 34. in AP.
 

UKWildcats#8

All-American
Jun 25, 2011
30,327
9,338
0
Originally posted by CatEye2010:

IU at 23 in both polls. They're baaack! Time to give Clappy an extension.

B1G really down. IU, though, should be challenged in next 5 games. Then some voters that are pro- B1G will have to send up Iowa, or Penn State, or whoever into the Top 25. Meanwhile, Arky loses a game and drops from 19 to 34. in AP.
Look, I get the woe is SEC nonsense on here, but Arkansas got their asses kicked at home by 14 and lost at mediocre UT. They lost TWICE (both games) this past week.
 

caneintally

Heisman
Oct 1, 2002
27,455
17,056
0
Originally posted by UKWildcats#8:

Originally posted by CatEye2010:

IU at 23 in both polls. They're baaack! Time to give Clappy an extension.

B1G really down. IU, though, should be challenged in next 5 games. Then some voters that are pro- B1G will have to send up Iowa, or Penn State, or whoever into the Top 25. Meanwhile, Arky loses a game and drops from 19 to 34. in AP.
Look, I get the woe is SEC nonsense on here, but Arkansas got their asses kicked at home by 14 and lost at mediocre UT. They lost TWICE (both games) this past week.
Arkansas is where they should be in the coaches poll just outside the top 25 as they don't deserve to be ranked at this time .but UT just isn't medicore . Are they great ? No but they have a pretty decent shot at making the tourney due to the incredibly hard schedule they played OCC and unlike UF they actually won one or two of those games.
 

Seth C

Redshirt
Jan 8, 2003
7,342
31
0
You mean the writer who said it was all about how you performed this week didn't actually reward Kentucky for their amazing performance THIS week and instead kept his vote with Virginia? Shocker.
 
Jan 24, 2005
20,352
11,690
0
Originally posted by Seth C:
You mean the writer who said it was all about how you performed this week didn't actually reward Kentucky for their amazing performance THIS week and instead kept his vote with Virginia? Shocker.
I always found that to be a ridiculous position. UK played two close games and get penalized most likely due to the voters personal bias rather than any personal voting standard.


I love seeing Indiana back in the polls though. I hope they can manage to stick around for a couple weeks. Or however long it takes to iron out the details on Tom Crean's extension.
 

brdmn22

Junior
Apr 21, 2004
788
201
0
Virginia didn't exactly suck this week. Maybe the guy was more impressed with their wins.
 

UKWildcats#8

All-American
Jun 25, 2011
30,327
9,338
0
Originally posted by brdmn22:
Virginia didn't exactly suck this week. Maybe the guy was more impressed with their wins.
How so? What logic could one use there? They were up 3 on BC with 7 minutes to go...a team that is 500 on the year. They were VERY unimpressive, but I guess the writer (like you) just looked at the final score and saw they won by 15.
 

KWilt43atbuzz

All-American
Nov 18, 2012
17,050
6,848
0
Guys UK is #1 and UVA is #2 and both are 17-0.
UK garnered 63 of 65 first places votes, I'm fine with that.
 

Violent Cuts

All-Conference
Jun 22, 2001
26,917
2,046
0
Originally posted by caneintally:

Originally posted by UKWildcats#8:

Originally posted by CatEye2010:

IU at 23 in both polls. They're baaack! Time to give Clappy an extension.

B1G really down. IU, though, should be challenged in next 5 games. Then some voters that are pro- B1G will have to send up Iowa, or Penn State, or whoever into the Top 25. Meanwhile, Arky loses a game and drops from 19 to 34. in AP.
Look, I get the woe is SEC nonsense on here, but Arkansas got their asses kicked at home by 14 and lost at mediocre UT. They lost TWICE (both games) this past week.
Arkansas is where they should be in the coaches poll just outside the top 25 as they don't deserve to be ranked at this time .but UT just isn't medicore . Are they great ? No but they have a pretty decent shot at making the tourney due to the incredibly hard schedule they played OCC and unlike UF they actually won one or two of those games.
Butler is Tennessee's only decent OOC win. Their overall SOS isn't "incredibly hard" either. They're going to be on the bubble just like every other non UK SEC team.
 

.S&C.

All-American
Jul 8, 2014
45,292
6,422
0
Cane, that is why I said tennessee is a sleeper to win the SECT a few weeks back. People should not sleep on UT. they have guys who can win, and a good coach.

The sec is fine. Next year and the year after we should have 3-7 ranked teams depending.
 

rickscot

Junior
Feb 20, 2005
1,576
226
0
If Virginia loses this week, then Gonzaga or Duke will get those other first place votes. Haters gonna hate and we cannot stop that.
 

JohnBlue

Heisman
Jul 22, 2003
188,376
14,335
0
How is louisville still in the top ten? They don't have a good win all season and have lost every challenge.
 

CELTICAT

Heisman
May 21, 2002
18,899
17,550
113
Originally posted by Son_Of_Saul:

I'm hoping Duke and Wisconsin win the rest of their conference games so as to lock up #1 seeds.

Don't want to give the committee a chance to screw over Kentucky in their regional.
Maybe it's hubris, but I'm not worried about who this team plays or what round it's in.
 

KWilt43atbuzz

All-American
Nov 18, 2012
17,050
6,848
0
Originally posted by CELTICAT:
Originally posted by Son_Of_Saul:

I'm hoping Duke and Wisconsin win the rest of their conference games so as to lock up #1 seeds.

Don't want to give the committee a chance to screw over Kentucky in their regional.
Maybe it's hubris, but I'm not worried about who this team plays or what round it's in.
I agree with the lone exception of a healthy and rolling Tx team.
 
Dec 12, 2007
68,157
14,860
0
We have 7 wins of 30 or more (4 of them over 40), they have 2. We also have better wins.

We could be the only undefeated team and someone would still find a reason to vote for somebody else.
 

Blueaz

Heisman
Jul 7, 2009
28,062
30,212
113
Originally posted by SilentsAreGolden:
We have 7 wins of 30 or more (4 of them over 40), they have 2. We also have better wins.

We could be the only undefeated team and someone would still find a reason to vote for somebody else.
this
 

Seth C

Redshirt
Jan 8, 2003
7,342
31
0
Originally posted by brdmn22:
Virginia didn't exactly suck this week. Maybe the guy was more impressed with their wins.
Cool. Maybe he should write another story about it.
 
Jan 24, 2005
20,352
11,690
0
Originally posted by JohnBlue_:
How is louisville still in the top ten? They don't have a good win all season and have lost every challenge.
Excellent question. It looks like UofL's best win on the season was against IU who just barely managed to sneak into the polls. OSU is 3-3 in the Big Ten and Minnesota is 1-5. Other than that they have wins against Clemson (2-3 ACC), Wake Forrest (1-4) and VaTech (0-4)


Up to this point their blind resume is absolutely terrible.
 

Bkocats

Heisman
Jan 2, 2011
80,809
69,633
67
Originally posted by Blueaz:

Originally posted by SilentsAreGolden:
We have 7 wins of 30 or more (4 of them over 40), they have 2. We also have better wins.

We could be the only undefeated team and someone would still find a reason to vote for somebody else.
this
and that's fine, because you can bet your bottom dollar that Cal uses it
 

bigbluelou

All-American
Apr 13, 2011
9,274
5,560
0
So Wisconsin wins its only game by 15 and drops 3 spots. Utah and KU both get sh*t stomped and move up 1 and 3 respectively. Okay.

Yeah I get they were against ranked teams but other teams lose and are penalized. Doesn't matter who they played. I just don't get the KU love at this time. They have good upside but right now they don't deserve their ranking.
 

TheDude73

Heisman
Jan 7, 2006
23,926
23,083
113
Virginia could lose and UK won't ever be unanimous. There will always be one voter that will find any reason to not put UK #1. My guess is the sole AP voter that had Duke #1 until they lost is the same one that now has UVA there. When UVA loses, he'll vote Gonzaga #1.
 

Kats23

All-American
Nov 21, 2007
8,683
5,913
63
Originally posted by CatEye2010:

IU at 23 in both polls. They're baaack! Time to give Clappy an extension.

B1G really down. IU, though, should be challenged in next 5 games. Then some voters that are pro- B1G will have to send up Iowa, or Penn State, or whoever into the Top 25. Meanwhile, Arky loses a game and drops from 19 to 34. in AP.
What time is the banner hanging ceremony and ceremonial net cutting?
This post was edited on 1/19 5:04 PM by kats23
 

TheDude73

Heisman
Jan 7, 2006
23,926
23,083
113
Originally posted by JohnBlue_:
How is louisville still in the top ten? They don't have a good win all season and have lost every challenge.
Easy - ACC bias. Voters will keep them there because it bolsters the ACC-is-best hype, and it allows their favorites (Duke, UNC, UVA, etc) to "beat" a top 10 team and look even more impressive.
 

Seth C

Redshirt
Jan 8, 2003
7,342
31
0
Originally posted by The_Answer1313:
We have 63 of 65 first place votes

If two guys want feel UVA is the better team or has looked more impressive, so be it lol
To be clear, I absolutely don't care who anyone votes for. That is, until one of them writes an article on ESPN to brag and justify his reasoning for NOT voting for Kentucky. At that point I expect him to follow the rules he himself publicly set.

No, scratch that. I know better. I know he will follow whatever rules he can come up with to not vote for Kentucky, no matter how much of a hypocrite it makes him. But I'll call him out for his childish behavior.
 

ukmonty

Redshirt
Jan 13, 2007
2,364
7
0
Originally posted by bigbluelou:
So Wisconsin wins its only game by 15 and drops 3 spots. Utah and KU both get sh*t stomped and move up 1 and 3 respectively. Okay.

Yeah I get they were against ranked teams but other teams lose and are penalized. Doesn't matter who they played. I just don't get the KU love at this time. They have good upside but right now they don't deserve their ranking.
Not sure where you saw that. Looking at the AP poll linked by the OP, Wisconsin went up a spot, while KU and Utah dropped 2 and 4 spots, respectively. In the Coaches poll, Wisconsin again went up 1, while Utah dropped 3 and KU dropped 4.
 
Mar 23, 2007
12,053
3,107
0
I hope both programs go undefeated until the national chsmpionship game. Lots of controversy. Lots of interest. The most watched chsmpionship game in history. Then I hope UK beats them by 30. My life would be complete!!
 

GymRat96

Redshirt
Apr 13, 2009
4,145
1
0
Originally posted by kats23:
Originally posted by CatEye2010:

IU at 23 in both polls. They're baaack! Time to give Clappy an extension.

B1G really down. IU, though, should be challenged in next 5 games. Then some voters that are pro- B1G will have to send up Iowa, or Penn State, or whoever into the Top 25. Meanwhile, Arky loses a game and drops from 19 to 34. in AP.
What time is the banner hanging ceremony and ceremonial net cutting?
This post was edited on 1/19 5:04 PM by kats23
Thursday. They also have little individual participation trophies to hand out.
 

Gary4UK

All-American
Jun 20, 2004
27,816
6,385
0
Originally posted by KWilt43atbuzz:
Bad news for Haters wishing for a UK loss: UK #1 in both major polls and no other SEC team ranked in top 25.
Rut Ro
Kansas fan.......
 

UKWildcats#8

All-American
Jun 25, 2011
30,327
9,338
0
Originally posted by Kampus Korner:
I hope both programs go undefeated until the national chsmpionship game. Lots of controversy. Lots of interest. The most watched chsmpionship game in history. Then I hope UK beats them by 30. My life would be complete!!
Virginia probably won't even make the Final Four...and they sure as hell are not going undefeated in the regular season.
 

Gary4UK

All-American
Jun 20, 2004
27,816
6,385
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Originally posted by Son_Of_Saul:

I'm hoping Duke and Wisconsin win the rest of their conference games so as to lock up #1 seeds.

Don't want to give the committee a chance to screw over Kentucky in their regional.
Illinois fan.......