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The reason UK and UL didn't play each other in top sports for decades was the same reason UL would like now to be able to back out of what they demanded when they thought that they were big time - annual home and away series. UL's position has consistently been that it only wants to play UK the they have a decent team, and want to pretend UK doesn't exist during normal UL weak years. Even Lamar Jackson and being highly ranked UL cannot beat UK in football. In basketball, UL has badly underperformed since these two resumed annual play. But it's what UL wanted. Now they have to live with it.
Oops - pretty far off target on the UK-Miami game, like 26 points, plus it was only a high scoring game for Kentucky. Miami was way overmatched.
I think that's right, but I will add this. Whoever wins the defensive battle AND gets one or two major chunk plays or huge defensive takeaways will likely prevail. On paper both teams have strengths and holes, but they play the game on turf, not paper.
That would be anathema to both UF and FSU. Neon does the unexpected; however, I cannot see him doing that.
I've not gone back to review each year of Alabama's run; however, three of those home losses were in early and consecutive years by ultra talented teams. In the last ten years, Alabama has only lost two home games. The Ole Miss loss in 2015 is a slight anomaly, but yeah - beating Bama at home is nearly impossible it would seem.
Most ridiculous histrionic screed I've wasted time reading in quite a while. Hayes should not write while drunk or while under age.
Fact is, Lexington is second to Nashville as the second largest SEC school town, and it's a popular place to visit - lots to do, so even with lots of hotels, there is an even larger demand at times. As far as dorm rooms go, none of the dorms from my era as a student at UK (Haggin Hall for the old timers) remain and what I've seen indicates that students are getting condo-level quality privatized 'dorms' that did not exist 'in the day.' Got to have some reason to accumulate all that student debt!
Advance and survive. UT can win this one but it won't be a walk in the park. As said, win and UT ties its all time NCAA record with making it into the Elite Eight. Make it Thursday night and UT can play for the Final Four, which would be a program first! Represent the SEC, UT!
Great win for the Hogs, too! UT has a chance to easily equal its best ever result in the NCAAs with a win in the next game - to make the Elite Eight. UT has never made it to the Final Four even with some of their best historical teams. This could be the year for them to break through.
I can just imagine Syracuse withPitino going into the Yum Center to blow UL out. LOL.
Calipari has made his disdain for the SEC Tournament clear from the get go. Given that the NCAA Selection committee doesn't take it into account in seeding, Calipari's antipathy for the SEC Tournament is warranted. If the players need more time to heal, so be it, let them sit out the SEC Tournament.
I'm guessing that this entire dustup has been pumped up to attempt to build a case for a non-buyout firing of the coach, using radical "wokeness" hysteria as the current to carry such a plan through to completion. Hence, if the snowflake community riots and wails, he's easily dumped. If they're busy with "other pursuits" them he gets a reprimand with a nasty letter in his jacket for future reference. Tech's error may be timing with the tournaments coming up and other sports controversies in play, this balloon may not get enough lift to take off as hoped.
Sorry Auburn, apologies, I left you out of the lift of SEC teams that have made the Final Four. So that makes 8 SEC teams that have combined for a few dozen Final Fours with zero contributions added by UT. C'mon Vols, step up to the plate, you're a proud program and can do it.
Correction, UK has been to the Final Four about twice as often (17 times) has SC has even been to the NCAA tournament (9 times).
Well, this is incorrect, although I agree with SC's chances as very poor. You may recall that UK made it to not only the Final Four but also the championship game as a #8 seed against UConn just a very few years ago. As UK has been to the Final Four about as often as SC has been invited to the NCAAs, I'd say your odds are not Vegas quality.
It's not strictly a Barnes phenomena - it's a UT men's basketball problem. Barnes is a good coach. But UT has had many good teams and great players over the years, and has won both the regular season and conference tournament championships. But it's as if winning the conference is their only goal. Conversely, UT has a poor all time NCAA performance history. It would be a lot of statistical work to validate it with numbers, but UT seems to be among the most underperforming teams in the NCAA Tournament in spite of some good teams. Specifically, UT has been to the NCAA tournament 24 total times yet in all of those attempts has but a single elite eight and no Final Fours. Even UGA(!), South Carolina(!), Miss St(!)., and LSU have final fours (not counting UF - 5, Arkansas - 6, and UK - 17, with 2, 1, and 8 Nattys respectively). That's 35 total final fours for the SEC with UT adding exactly zero. I think that the Barnes hire for UT was hopefully going to result in a breakthrough but Texas let him go over the same problem.
It's pretty simple really - if you recruit NBA level talent you need to play them. If not - you just complain about the other team's talent.
Actually she's probably smarter than most and going with the historical odds.
I'm a huge Wildcats fan, but planning on the Final Four is a little salty at this point I think.
Who am I to argue with a centenarian Nun? Go Cats.
If that was a fact you'd be making more money than a biomedical Eng. But since it's a homer prediction - well, you know. BTW, how many men's Final Fours, Runners Up, and Championships do the Vols have? Don't bother looking it up - it's zero.
It's only his second year, unlike Fulkerson's 15 years or whatever it was at UT.
He should not have been mentioned in this article. While the overall article makes good points, seeing Carroll's name mentioned with back to backs is inaccurate and is the journalistic equivalent of fingernails on a chalkboard.
No argument, but I would go with Bennett being the most successful (Monday night depending). Maybe not the biggest numbers or greatest skill set. But hard to argue who's most successful.
And make that 13 SEC championships over the last 17 seasons with 5 different SEC teams taking the titles with no end in sight.
I'm actually with you there. While I predict and hope for an easy win, most would prefer high drama and a good underdog showing. All the SEC jealousy will be on TCUs side. My guess is that TCU is brought back down to earth by UGA in spades.
Absolutely. Michigan's arrogance and hubris was a significant factor in their loss. The early 4th down attempt was emblematic of believing that they had the game won before the opening kickoff. By the time Michigan figured out that they were in a real fight they were too far back to catch up. I can't imagine Kirby Smart letting that happen. After all, he's from the Nick Saban school. But it's going to take concentrated effort to keep those Dawgs from drinking that 13+ point line KoolAid.