Realistically, how far do you have UK in your bracket?
- Thread starter Farsight
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Sweet 16. Anything after that would be amazing but I don’t think we can beat Tennessee 3 times
I have two brackets.
Heart= UK national champs
Head= UK sweet 16.
Heart= UK national champs
Head= UK sweet 16.
Sweet 16
Beating Tennessee 3 times would be really tough. If everyone is healthy and playing well anything can happen.
Beating Tennessee 3 times would be really tough. If everyone is healthy and playing well anything can happen.
UT would have to get to us too. People forget that while UT can keep you from scoring, they do the same to themselves. They are not very good offensively.
Don't sleep on Utah St/UCLA giving Tennessee all they want. And don't sleep on us having a war with TX/IL. If you learned nothing from the last couple of tournaments, nothing is a given. I will be sweating that Troy came all week.
I went with sweet 16 but they will be hard to do. It’s really hard to predict. Nothing is a guarantee in the tournament.
I will be very much relieved if we beat Troy on Friday night. I will be ecstatic if we win our second round game. I will be astounded and probably rendered speechless if we make it into the Elite Eight. If we make it into the Final Four, I'll try to find some high ground and start looking toward the east. The last time a miracle like that happened, three wise men rode in from the east on camels. 
Go 'Cats !
Go 'Cats !
I like our draw. We got UT’s number. Anything can happen in the E8 and beyond.
Elite Eight. I think Tennessee is just a good match up for us and that’s why I have us going a round further than most. And once you’re in the E8 nothing can surprise me, so you can consider this a quasi F4 vote from me.
I’ll be over the moon to go to the Sweet Sixteen.
And if somehow we get to face Houston in the Elite Eight, I will be ecstatic. What a matchup. Our offense versus that defense would be fun to watch. Doubt we could knock them off, but it would be fun to watch them try.
And if somehow we get to face Houston in the Elite Eight, I will be ecstatic. What a matchup. Our offense versus that defense would be fun to watch. Doubt we could knock them off, but it would be fun to watch them try.
I still think Sweet 16 is very realistic. I'm probably going to have us to the Elite 8 in the bracket just to be a bit optimistic.
And I know that it's difficult to beat a team 3 times in one year, but I actually like that TN game. I think we match up well against them where some other teams don't.
And I know that it's difficult to beat a team 3 times in one year, but I actually like that TN game. I think we match up well against them where some other teams don't.
Maybe Tennessee won't be there...
Kentucky's mentality towards Tennessee and the proverbial "it's tough to beat a team three times."
We beat UT handily in Rupp Arena with Butler scoring 6 points in 21 minutes and Andrew Carr (who was really struggling with his back at that time) with two points in a very ineffective 19 minutes. Carr is way better now. Defensively, Butler can prevent Zeigler from running wild and Collin Chandler has guarded Lanier well in both games. We actually match up with them quite well, much better than Bama and Auburn and Florida.
Hope they lose to the 15 and all the UT fans are crying.
I believe a lot of people on here are underestimating Illinois. When healthy, they are very good. Probably a lot more talented than we are . Beating them would be a very good win .
this. Realistically, should we make the second weekend of the tournament, it would have been a good enough season considering everything that happened. Amazing we did as well, if it ends there, if you ask me. Future looks bright.
I do think we can beat Tennessee three times. It helps a lot that our team keeps developing, most recently in terms of defense, so that UT isn’t actually getting three tries to solve one problem.
We’re a whole new problem.
So I am saying Elite Eight. Which is what I said here October 15th. I still think that’s perfectly reasonable, even though I hope for more.
We’re a whole new problem.
So I am saying Elite Eight. Which is what I said here October 15th. I still think that’s perfectly reasonable, even though I hope for more.
I'm picking the round of 32 only because of the injuries and the fact that if Butler goes down again it's probably not going to be a good day and all it could take is one hard foul or falling again on the bad shoulder. With that being said if Butler can stay in the game and we can get some meaningful play from the freshmen then it's the sweet 16 or even the elite 8.
I think our success hinges on Butler’s health.
If he is healthy, we could make the Sweet Sixteen, maybe beyond. If he aggravates his injuries, we might not make it passed the first round.
Really every one of our top 7-8 guys need to stay healthy, if we want a deep run, but Butler is critical. We have seen how tough it is to win without him.
He is the engine that drives us.
If he is healthy, we could make the Sweet Sixteen, maybe beyond. If he aggravates his injuries, we might not make it passed the first round.
Really every one of our top 7-8 guys need to stay healthy, if we want a deep run, but Butler is critical. We have seen how tough it is to win without him.
He is the engine that drives us.
I think the Illinois game could be rough for us, they’ve been up & down all year and the perfect bunch to have an “it” night cause teams do that against us. But I really think beating Tenn a 3rd time would be extremely difficult cause they’re playing pretty good ball right now. Butler being back and playing 30+ mins/game would ease my mind though in the sweet 16 if we can get there.
