ThroughBlue I know why you all want to stay in the SEC, it essentially guarantees you as a tournament team every year. If you were in the ACC right now you could easily be on the bubble. In the very least it also guarantees you better seeding which guarantees easier matchups on the first weekend. You'll probably be a 2 or 3 seed in the tournament when in reality UK should be no better than a 4 seed in this tournament. There are definitely at least 12 teams better than UK this year.
Funny how you all are trying to do a pathetic moral victory against us earlier in the year. I thought as a basketball blue blood you were better than that. If you want to go the moral victory route should I remind you that we were a few plays away from beating Cal's NC team in the Final Four in 2012? We were tied in that game with 9 minutes to go and were far closer to beating Cal's best team than UK was of beating us back in December. Or how badly we outplayed Cal's 2014 UK team in the Sweet 16 but essentially choked and let you all throw in a few crazy shots to win. You want to act like all of Cal's victories over UofL have been 30 point blowouts, the reality is out of Cal's 7 wins against UofL at UK only 1 has been more than 8 points. So using your standard we could claim all of those as moral victories and in several of them we were far closer to beating you all then you were of beating us back in December.
That's why I hate you all being in the SEC, it lets you just prepare for the tournament for 2 months while other top teams are battling it out nightly. It gives you all an advantage of getting seeded higher than you all deserve. I dislike Gonzaga for the same reason, Gonzaga will probably get a 1 or 2 seed and they don't deserve either one. I put the SEC on the part with the Big West and other mid-major conferences.
So now that UL just lost to Wake Forest, I think I'm right when I say playing on the road in ANY conference is freaking difficult, especially when you're a big name team. Wake Forest is no better that Vanderbilt, Georgia, UT or South Carolina.
Truth is, UL would lose games on the road in the SEC, tonight is proof of that.
And those of you saying UK would be on the bubble if it were in the ACC, come on now, that's just nonsense. UK would probably have a couple more losses on the road if they were in the ACC, but they wouldn't be bad losses.
Also, as was already stated, UK lost a tough game at Louisville by 3 and they beat UNC on a neutral court. I'm not sure what more you need to see.
I see comments about how Va Tech would three point shoot UK to death, yeah, nobody ever does that to UK (eye roll), it's not like Florida and Vanderbilt didn't just hit a ton of threes in Rupp against UK the last two games right???
You guys always knock the SEC, but you leave out the fact that you played in the CUSA and Metro conferences for a large part of your existence. Those are mid major conferences. Isn't that glass houses talk? Now that you're in the ACC you want to point and laugh? Seems kind of dumb honestly.
But again, UL would lose road games in the SEC, just like UK has and UK would have it's fair share of losses and success in the ACC, just like UL, Duke and UNC has. To think otherwise is foolish.
Also, don't act like UK gets favorable draws in the NCAAT, we get under seeded way more often than not. Went to the title game as an 8 seed a few years ago, should have been a 6 at worst. Got a 4 in 2011, should have been a 2. If UK gets anything worse than a 3 this year it will be wrong, UK has more than earned a 2 or 3.
But again, losing to Wake Forest is no different than losing on the road to Bama, Vandy, Georgia or Tennessee. You're in denial if you say different.
