All 3 unbeaten teams left from the mighty SEC (Tenn, Fl and Oklahoma) and they could all very well lose their opening SEC game. Florida vs Kentucky, Arkansas at Tenn and Oklahoma at Alabama.
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The first week of SEC play will give us some insight about league play. Every game will be a dog fight, some of these teams won't stand up to the grind, it will come down to mental toughness.
Pretty much every team in the conference has a gaudy record. I look for a few to come back to Earth now that conference play is starting. I just hope and pray we aren't one of those teams.
Well, since every game has a winner and a loser, there will be just as many losses as wins now that conference play is starting. So losses are about to add up for the conference. It's just a matter of who takes the losses. Hope we're one of the teams with the least. The sec is insane this year
Screw the SEC. They screw UK anytime they get a chance. Other SEC fans never pull for UK once they lose out.
Good. The moment the rest of the SEC is cheering for Kentucky, something has went terribly wrong in the bluegrass. We theoretically should be cheering for the conference while each of its members wish they could be us.
I never cheer for conference strength. Some of our best teams have been in seasons when the SEC was extremely top-heavy and did not have a lot of parity from top to bottom (there were great teams but just not a lot of them): 1993, 1996, 2012, 2015.
It's a myth that the SEC needs to be strong in order for Kentucky to be great. I'd prefer going back to the days when 10 SEC wins could automatically be counted on.
It's a myth that the SEC needs to be strong in order for Kentucky to be great. I'd prefer going back to the days when 10 SEC wins could automatically be counted on.
You say that. But Cal's teams are always good for 1 upset. I'd much rather it be over UT than UK.
But also, this is a solid Ark team. They will probably lose a few they shouldn't, but may also win a few they shouldn't, I'd say finish 8-10 or 9-9, possibly 7-11. They don't shoot it well from outside (big surprise there), but Theiro is playing well as is the FR PG. Big Z in good in a role, but as the former UT center gets healthy he'll be a good C/5 for them.
Cal teams play well in Knoxville. Wouldn’t be shocked with Arkansas win before they lose to a Vandy or something. That’s how it goes with Cal
Count me in this camp as well, a season long grind does no one any favors. It causes NCAAT seedings to be skewed to some degree. I'm not a fan of any team in the SEC except UK. We still have to put up with black outs .white outs, tee shirt day and goof ball fan day where ever we show up. Give me a league with a few crappy teams any day.
Ark is better than we want them to be and it sucks
Probably bc according to UK fans they've never lost fairly in a close game, despite enjoying the same favoritism from the SEC that bama gets in football.
That and the ego of always claiming to be somebodys superbowl, which even bama doesn't have that kind of ego.
But you're so blinded by blue you can't see the forest for the trees and everybody else has to be the problem. Not you, never you.
For the most part, the SEC only gives a damn about football. It's just different.
When you look at the road games UK plays in the SEC and compare the attendance figures to nearly ever other game, the difference is crystal clear.
So that's why there's the "ego" of being everyone's super bowl. The fanbases of the other teams dictate that.
Contrast that with football. Every game is big. Not just Bama.
Florida non conf wins outside north Carolina are very weak .
It’s definitely a weird situation, right? When we’ve been slumping a bit lately in several categories especially shooting. And we looked terrible against Ohio State. And UF has neither been slumping nor looked terrible at all. Also undefeated. BUT our worst loss opponent was stronger than their best win opponent, and least by Kenpom.