Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
UK appears to have remained bad with their new prospects.
The team as a whole played quite well, actually. Washington had a rough game.
The transfers looked fine.
Originally Posted by BigRedChief:
Lately there seems to be a huge gap between the top tier talent that Kentucky lands every year and the results on the court.
When does that became a question of...... has Calipari lost his fastball?
They had a horrendous season last year. 11 times since there’s been a tournament while Cal’s been a HC, they’ve made it to the Elite 8 7 times.
They’ll be fine come March.
For reference, Duke has made it twice since their last title in 2015 to the Elite 8 and has the same number of Final 4 appearances(0). [Reply]
Originally Posted by lawrenceRaider:
I'd much rather have the titles. All time wins is fun, but not nearly as meaningful as 5 more titles.
Yeah.
Like, Michigan has the most regular season wins in college football but Alabama has the most titles.
UCLA has the most titles in basketball, but has only 1 title the past 40 years.
Only program(s) I’d consider trading Kentucky’s success for historically are maybe Kansas and UNC. Duke had some success prior to K, but not nearly the same level as the other blue bloods. [Reply]
I know I've said it before, but won't ever understand why people care about titles they weren't even alive to witness. They make for a nice walk through the arena's history section, I guess.... but, I've seen 3 Kansas NCs in my lifetime, UK's had three in that time, while Duke has like 4 and UNC has 4 or 5.
I certainly wouldn't trade UK's 3 titles for Kansas' 3 in my lifetime, which also comes with the NIT seasons and worse.... and titles in the 40s or something.
I'll keep KU's Helms titles... they're just as meaningless and it's mildly entertaining when they're brought up and they trigger other fans. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bearcat:
I know I've said it before, but won't ever understand why people care about titles they weren't even alive to witness. They make for a nice walk through the arena's history section, I guess.... but, I've seen 3 Kansas NCs in my lifetime, UK's had three in that time, while Duke has like 4 and UNC has 4 or 5.
I certainly wouldn't trade UK's 3 titles for Kansas' 3 in my lifetime, which also comes with the NIT seasons and worse.... and titles in the 40s or something.
I'll keep KU's Helms titles... they're just as meaningless and it's mildly entertaining when they're brought up and they trigger other fans.