I am one who hates the undefeated talk but looking at the remainder of the schedule, who beats us? I just don't see anyone. Also, going into the tourney undefeated scares me. So who beats us?
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If we lose, it's going to be something like an at ___________ at 2:00PM on a Saturday, when the team isn't into it and the opponent gets up and plays like mad. Otherwise, it'd have to be a tournament team that catches us on a bad day. Just looking at the schedule though, you really can't look at any game and say, "Yeah, that might be the one." Our dominance combined with poor conference competition makes it quite possible to run the table up to the tournament. -
the Cats would have lost today if Louisville hadn't had just a horrible shooting spell....the defense was great, but poor shooting was a huge contributor. This team has weaknesses. Inconsistent outside shooting, remarkably bad spells of free throw shooting....some of the players have a tendency to pout if things aren't going their way. Throw in typical freshman foul ups and the fact that many of these kids have yet to be in an environment like Vanderbilt or UT....or Arkansas or Florida, not to mention ANY team in the conference that HAS TO BEAT YOU to either get into the tourney or save the job of their head coach.....
yeah...this crew can be beat. By anyone on a given night. If everyone plays to their potential, that would be a tall hill to climb.
It can happen. I still think it will. At least twice.Comment
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The only team that beats KY is KY.Comment
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Any away game in which the home team is playing out of their mind.
Hitting 10 3's.
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I'm no homer, by any means, so these are my unbiased feelings. In my opinion if UK loses, it will be in the NCAA tourney. I don't believe they will lose then. I honestly think they'll go undefeated and win it all.Philippians 4:11-4:13Comment
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I agree. The Cats have a very good chance to run the table. My opinion is that is because with nine great players there is almost no chance for the team to have an off night. One or two players might have a bad game but there's no way all nine are going to have a bad night at the same time. Witness the UL game. We had one player that had a terrible night (Andrew), a bad enough night for us to lose if we had not had a more-than-capable sub. That holds true for every position - there's al;ways someone there to pick up the slack. Barring injuries to key players, especially the two point guards, UK could make history.
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It worries me that the SEC is so crappy. We could breeze through conference play and get stunned in the NCAA against the first good team we play.Comment
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No, the defense is too good. Only a handful of teams can beat them IMO.
There hasn't been a game in question yet. Texas was probably the closest and even in that one I didn't really think Texas had a shot to win. That's unheard of 13 games into a season.
I agree with Downes above that it's likely going to be a game like South Carolina in '10. A game that nobody really sees coming.
Not sure how I feel about going into the tournament undefeated. I generally think there's a major difference between one loss and no losses. If you go into the NCAA Tournament undefeated then you're chasing history. I think at some point this team will start to feel it and begin rolling teams up. Before then though there may be a couple of lethargic outings when they get bored, and that's when they have a chance of losing.Comment
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UConn won it out of the American last year. This conference has no Louisville like that league did, but I think through the middle it would have to be pretty similar.
And as bad as the SEC looked early in the year it has righted itself a little. It's certainly not that much different than it always is, and we've had great postseason runs before.
The league has some dogs at the bottom and a lot of sameness in the middle. Florida isn't as strong as they normally are but still dangerous. Arkansas is dangerous.
That's about how it's been for the past 20 years.Comment
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That's pretty much what I think too. Probably a bad team that they just overlook and that team will have a hot day. UK does have one tough road trip to LSU and Florida in early Feb. They play those two in a four day period. Both are decent teams that could win on any given day. Also Arkansas at home could give them a really tough game. Arkansas is quick enough to give UK a lot of problems. But its at Rupp and UK will probably find a way to win it.
The pressure is really going to start to build now. Everyone is going to be asking the undefeated question. Its going to be interesting to see how everyone handles its.Kentucky fan since 1971.Comment
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Let's be honest here. UofL got a bunch of not good but GREAT looks yesterday and just plain missed them. I was shocked at how many wide open shots they missed. Late, Aaron and Booker both committed the Cardinal sin and fouled three point shooters. The primary reason for those fouls was not being where they needed to be on defense. If UK plays that poorly on perimeter D at the FL, Texas A&M or USC away games where the other team hits those shots, it could be a very very long day.Comment
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