ThroughBlue what you don't understand is that the ACC in basketball is like what you all claimed the SEC is like in football all those years. In the SEC in basketball you can essentially circle 3 - 4 games a year as being "Super Bowl" type games, typically the 2 games against UF and then games against 1 or 2 other decent teams. All of the other teams UK can play at 70-80% and still win easily, just look at your game last night against Vanderbilt and the LSU game.
In the ACC if you play like UK played last night you're going to get upset. With the exception of the bottom 2 - 3 teams any ACC team can beat you on any night. So there is that constant conference grind, you have very few easy games and you can't circle a couple of games each year as "Super Bowl" games.
Since Cal has been at UK he has circled the UofL game as one of his "Super Bowl" games each year because in a lot of years the UofL game is one of the last regular season games his UK team will play before the tournament. Typically 1 team in that SEC-Big 12 challenge and maybe 1 or 2 SEC teams but that's it. For us on the other hand the season is just starting as we know we have a tough 18 game conference grind ahead.
The UofL-UK game is a rivalry game so you can essentially throw out the records, especially being an early season game in December. Our 2013 NC team beat UK by 3 in December, if that game is played in March we win by 15 - 20. I believe the same is true for this year, I feel like we have improved significantly since December while UK has largely stayed the same and that the game would not be as close if it was played now.
Correction... If you played like UK did last night or like UK does on most nights in the ACC you will seriously get blown out. Even the "crappy" teams in the ACC have the ability to tap that ass.
I watched the second half last night and Vandy is god awful. Very nonathletic and UofL would turn them over at will as would any team with a defense. They get flustered so easily and I honestly believe UofL could beat them by 30.UL just beat the cuse by 20.
Vandy is on par with a BCU or NC STATE. If UK is down by 20 to that team.....there is just no argument here anymore.
UK is not good, period. And yes, you only lost to the cards by 3....keep living off of that. its a rivalry. I have no doubt we beat your asses again if we meet. However, you guys probably wont make it out of the second round. You wont get those home cookin refs like you got against Florida.
Tell your pussy cat fans over on cats piss to quit puffing their chest and acting like vandy is some great win and you have turned some stupid corner. Fat Cal cant coach, period.
Vandy has lost to Bucknell, Middle Tennessee state, Butler, Minnesota, Dayton, Alabama (SEC powerhouse),Tennessee, Georgia, Arkansas, Ole Miss, and MISSOURI!!
And you guys are over there saying, "guys we just beat a tourny team"....If thats a freaking ncaa tournament team then God freaking help me. UK fans are clowns.