Who Has The Toughest Schedule?
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Indiana plays...
Vs #1 UNC
@ #5 Kansas
Vs #17 Arizona
#22 Michigan tiwce
#23 Illinois twice..
Of note: @ Xavier, who is just outside Top 25.
Vs #1 UNC
@ #5 Kansas
Vs #17 Arizona
#22 Michigan tiwce
#23 Illinois twice..
Of note: @ Xavier, who is just outside Top 25.
UVA plays...
#1 UNC (x2)
#3 Houston
#5 Baylor (in Vegas)
#7 Duke
Possibly #8 UCLA (in Vegas) or Illinois
@#22 Michigan
@ Miami (receiving votes)
FSU twice (receiving votes)
VT twice (receiving vote)
ND (receiving vote)
Not the hardest schedule in the country but that is a very difficult schedule
#1 UNC (x2)
#3 Houston
#5 Baylor (in Vegas)
#7 Duke
Possibly #8 UCLA (in Vegas) or Illinois
@#22 Michigan
@ Miami (receiving votes)
FSU twice (receiving votes)
VT twice (receiving vote)
ND (receiving vote)
Not the hardest schedule in the country but that is a very difficult schedule
I'll take our schedule any day of the week. Glad to see stiff competition on there and less Poop State. IU will be on our schedule soon enough too so that bodes well for future SOS
They still have plenty of Poop State games: Howard, Duquesne, SC State, North Florida, Bellarmine, and Florida A&M. Most of those teams were in the 250-300 range of the NET rankings at the end of last season. There's no reason to play so many bottom feeders, especially not 3 HBCUs. If you want to play 1 HBCU a year and throw Bellarmine a bone since they are also a Kentucky school, fine, but you need to upgrade the rest of those cupcakes to at least respectable (150 or better) mid-majors. You don't gain anything from beating the shit out of the worst teams in the country. Nobody is getting better playing against a bunch of scrubs and you're missing out on potential opportunities to play legitimate teams that will help to boost your resume. I realize all teams play cupcakes, but Cal seems to schedule the worst of the worst pretty frequently. Schedule a few more quad 2 and 3 games instead of loading up on Quad 4 trash.
They are. Sub 200 NET last year. None of the rest were close to that. Being ahead of ~160 other schools is actually pretty damn impressive for Bellarmine, considering last season was only their 2nd season in D1.
Bellarmine is a very good, solid program.. They won the ASUN Conference tourney last year....21-8 in their 2 seasons in the ASUN...I have very little doubt in time, Scotty will have Bellarmine in the NCAAT.
Cal will continue scheduling a bunch of hbcu's every year. It's something he committed to doing for some reason. Probably thinks it helps with recruiting or his way of paying reparations.
Either way, with Gonzaga and Indiana being added every year it will be an all or nothing type game. Either terrible opponent or must see games.
Either way, with Gonzaga and Indiana being added every year it will be an all or nothing type game. Either terrible opponent or must see games.
I agree. The Florida A&Ms of the schedule need to go. I don't mind helping out Bellarmine.
If UL was better they would help some of the resumes.
I agree
just like Kentucky, Louisville hasn’t won a tournament game in four years. I guess Mack was satisfied with winning against Kentucky the last time we played.
Oops, I was trying to make Mack look bad but unintentionally showed that Kentucky has sucked ass lately also……
Making Mack look bad would be an upgrade for Mack. Unlike UofL, we're going to be just fine this year. You guys carry on the sucking though.
Ours is a murderer’s row. Damn. Hadn’t seen it lined up like that. If we don’t do too hot we’re young. (@IUfanBorden)
cant wait for nearly every game as a barn burner, its what we sign up for as UK fans.
I’m starting to feel a little skeptical about going undefeated.
Stopping at “UK Undefeated Champs 202_!” We have a few years to validate it but we can’t f’ around.
Well maybe for Indiana. But I think GU has proven over the last 20+ years that at the very least they will be a pretty solid team.
Ya murderers row for Kentucky. One thing that is missing in this though are potential matchups in pre season tournaments. GU and Duke play in the PK90 this year and could play each other if they make it to the finals. To get there GU would have to beat either Purdue or West Virginia.
I meant the games will either be one people will want to watch(Kansas, Duke, Michigan, Gonzaga, Indiana) or one nobody cares about( the poop states people talked about).
Even if Indiana continues to suck people will still watch the game.
Texas:
Gonzaga
Creighton
Tennessee
Illinois
Then
Baylor x2
Kansas x2
TCU x2
Texas Tech x2
Then the conference tourney might play 2 more.
About a third of our games vs ranked teams.
Gonzaga
Creighton
Tennessee
Illinois
Then
Baylor x2
Kansas x2
TCU x2
Texas Tech x2
Then the conference tourney might play 2 more.
About a third of our games vs ranked teams.
At least when we kill y'all I'll send flowers, so there is that. 🙂
A lot of the poop state games we schedule have some kind of connection to Cal. Him and the AD, or an assistant or the head coach worked with each other 20 years ago or some bullshit.
I know it's just for stoking some conversation, but no one really knows until the season is done. I do know the last couple of seasons had Bama with the toughest SoS. and last year North Carolina was 2nd. based on Warren Nolan
Ironically enough I just saw this;
Kentucky ranked No. 1 in overall KenPom rankings
Basketball season is quickly approaching.www.aseaofblue.com
Tennessee is ranked 4th. However, UT has all but one starter returning and UK has only one starter returning. I like our chances.😁
Then I guess it's a good thing UK upgraded the other 3 starters they lost.
Wallace > Washington
Reeves/Livingston > Grady
Toppin > Brooks
Livingston, Collins, Fredrick, and Ware first 4 off the bench, imo.
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