Cats
A couple interesting notes about those UK Wildcats (and no Tubbybashing included):
- An unimpressive win yesterday. Surprise Surprise. Tubby's teams have never been know to blow people out. BUT yesterday-Saturday- was a day that saw numerous top teams go down to upsets: #1 UCLA, #5 Duke, #7 Arizona, & #8 Alabama all take losses, while the Cats take the solid-but-unspectacular win on the road. It sure-as-hell is better than a loss.
- The RPI index was published the other day, showing the Cats in the top-10 at #7. For those who are unfortunately not blessed with the need to cover college basketball, the RPI is a computerized poll that measures strength of schedule, and is a leading indicator for NCAA tourney spots. The better the record against the tougher the competition, the better the seed. UK has barely, if ever, been found in the top-25 this season. As I stated in a previous entry, they have 3 losses, but 2 of three were against #1 UCLA and #3 UNC, as well as top-10 Memphis. This difficult schedule, as well as defeating long-time rivals like UL and IU, are reflected in the RPI. Their future success will hinge on their performance against good SEC teams this season like Florida, Tennessee, and LSU. The SEC is NOT just a football conference this season (or last with champion Florida and FinalFour LSU).
- On the topic of RPI, poor UL is listed #111, and for that they're 9-5 with no wins against real teams. Poor Ricky P.
- Yet again on the topic of the RPI, while the Cats have reasonable losses against top-shelf team, they also have no wins against good teams. The highest-rated RPI team that they've defeated is IU, at #42. They've also "taken down" teams ranked #226 and #245. I thought they were actually D-II teams or something like that.
- I hope Chris G. reads this, b/c I really don't like his Cards since turncoat started coaching there. The young men don't, but Mr. "Success is a Choice" deserves all the injuries and grief that he gets these days.
- On the topic of the Cards, I think it's hilarious that the women's program is getting MUCH more press right now than the men's. The Lady Cards are ranked #13, with their only loss coming in 2OT in Providence. I don't care one bit about women's basketball, but isn't it grand that the CJ has to cover it b/c Ricky P.'s troops suck so bad? One of the columnists today, Eric Crawford, even did his column today on the Lady Cards' star. Call me sexist, but who gives a crap? I know no one cares about Floyd Landis, but I'll be damned if I begin to care about Angel McCoughtry.
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