UK Fans, Realistic Expectations for Decade 2 of Cal?

[CB3UK]

Meh. All them white boys did a lot of work. About half to be exact, in the 40s and 50s.

Its cool. All them black boys have won the other half of our titles, so you can de-wad your panties snowflake.

 

[kl40504]

I'm curious to see what UK fans expect in the next decade with Calipari. They've been the best tournament program in his first 10 years but I think there's a lot of luck associated with that.

2010: Elite 8 as a 1 Seed: Perform
2011: Final 4 as a 4 Seed: Overperform, should've lost to Princeton in 1st Round or Ohio State in Sweet 16
2012: National Champs as Overall 1 Seed: Overperform
2013: NIT
2014: Championship Game as a 8 Seed: Overperform, could've lost to Wichita State in 2nd Round, Michigan in Elite 8 or Wisconsin in Final 4, insanely lucky
2015: Final 4 as Overall 1 Seed: Perform
2016: 2nd Round as a 4 Seed: Underperform
2017: Elite 8 as a 2 Seed: Overperform
2018: Sweet 16 as a 5 Seed: Overperform
2019: Elite 8 as a 2 Seed: Overperform

Kentucky has vastly overperformed in the NCAAT relative to its resume and seeding by the committee this decade and I don't think that's sustainable.

UK has been seeded below the 2 Line five out of the last 10 years but has still made 4 Final 4s, 7 Elite 8s and 8 Sweet 16s out of 9 tournament appearances; that's ludicrous.

A team which has UK's profile entering the tournament should have just 2 Final 4s, 4 Elite 8s and 6 Sweet 16s which is what I would expect for the Cats from 2020-2029.

Duke and UVA have 4 1 Seeds each for instance and only have 3 Final 4s combined this decade.

I expect Cal to do his best.

 

[IUfanBorden]

Its cool. All them black boys have won the other half of our titles, so you can de-wad your panties snowflake.

Jeff Sheppard(leading scorer), Scott Padgett(3rd leading scorer) and Cameron Mills say hello from 1998...

Also, Rick Robey, Mike Phillips and Kyle Macy send their regards from 1978...Winking

 

[CB3UK]

Jeff Sheppard(leading scorer), Scott Padgett(3rd leading scorer) and Cameron Mills say hello from 1998...

Also, Rick Robey, Mike Phillips and Kyle Macy send their regards from 1978...Winking

lol you dont have to tell me. Cameron and I went to same HS. He was a senior when I was a freshman. Lived a neighborhood over. Played pick up ball v him a few times. I didnt stand a chance. I was a baseball guy.


But my point really was that the race of the players on the teams means absolutely nothing.

To the Carolina fan, y'all didn't create a sham athletics funnel class and lower your standards to make it possible for white players to be eligible, so you'd probably best just keep your mouth shut. UNC has zero room to talk about race politics on the court.

 

[IUfanBorden]

lol you dont have to tell me. Cameron and I went to same HS. He was a senior when I was a freshman. Lived a neighborhood over. Played pick up ball v him a few times. I didnt stand a chance. I was a baseball guy.


But my point really was that the race of the players on the teams means absolutely nothing.

To the Carolina fan, y'all didn't create a sham athletics funnel class and lower your standards to make it possible for white players to be eligible, so you'd probably best just keep your mouth shut. UNC has zero room to talk about race politics on the court.

I know...I was giving some love to my fellow white dude, ballers. For every Sheppard, there's this dude:

 

[CB3UK]

I know...I was giving some love to my fellow white dude, ballers. For every Sheppard, there's this dude:

Honestly, at least here, when I drive through my neighborhood, I only see blacks playing pick up ball. Occasionally one of the white kids is playing with them. When I grew up thats all we did was play basketball. Basketball just doesnt seem to be as widely popular amongst whites as it was 20 or 30 years ago foe young kids. Getting funneled into soccer and other stupid shit like lacrosse or some such. Ugh.


Black folks yall complain about us stealing the blues? We invented basketball. So fair trade, get the **** over it. Deal? I think we both made our respective thing a hell of lot better than what it started out as. You say BB King, I say Led ****ing Zeppelin. I say Pistol Pete, you say Michael ****ing Jordan.

 

[RR30]

I know...I was giving some love to my fellow white dude, ballers. For every Sheppard, there's this dude:

Phillip Seymour Hoffman was incredible. Fvcking heroin.

 

[IUfanBorden]

Phillip Seymour Hoffman was incredible. Fvcking heroin.

Yes he was. Heroin is an epidemic. Now mutherfvckers are putting fentanyl in the shit.

 

[UL_1986]

Jeff Sheppard(leading scorer), Scott Padgett(3rd leading scorer) and Cameron Mills say hello from 1998...

Also, Rick Robey, Mike Phillips and Kyle Macy send their regards from 1978...Winking

Lol Rick Robey, what a chode. I knew his son.

 

[UL_1986]

Phillip Seymour Hoffman was incredible. Fvcking heroin.

Had a chance to meet PSH, in SF just 6 months before his death. Very smart, genuine guy.

 

[Montana81]

Realistic? Probably not as good as this past decade.

I’ll take a title and 2 more final fours. That’s about an average decade for a blue blood program.

 

[829305]

lol you dont have to tell me. Cameron and I went to same HS. He was a senior when I was a freshman. Lived a neighborhood over. Played pick up ball v him a few times. I didnt stand a chance. I was a baseball guy.


But my point really was that the race of the players on the teams means absolutely nothing.

To the Carolina fan, y'all didn't create a sham athletics funnel class and lower your standards to make it possible for white players to be eligible, so you'd probably best just keep your mouth shut. UNC has zero room to talk about race politics on the court.

LOL.