Bluegrassrivals

1
Florida (46)
27-2
1,606
1
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Last Week: @ Vanderbilt W 57-54, vs LSU W 79-61
This Week: @ South Carolina Mar 4, vs. Kentucky Mar 8

2
Wichita State (14)
31-0
1,555
2
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Last Week: @ Bradley W 69-49, vs Missouri State W 68-45
This Week: No Games Scheduled

3
Arizona (5)
27-2
1,514
3
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Last Week: vs California W 87-59, vs Stanford W 79-66
This Week: @ Oregon State Mar 5, @ Oregon Mar 8

4
Duke
23-6
1,364
6

2


Last Week: vs Virginia Tech W 66-48
This Week: @ Wake Forest Mar 5, vs. North Carolina Mar 8

5
Virginia
25-5
1,304
12

7


Last Week: vs Miami (FL) W 65-40, vs Syracuse W 75-56
This Week: @ Maryland Mar 9

6
Villanova
26-3
1,292
8

2


Last Week: vs Butler W 67-48, vs Marquette W 73-56
This Week: @ Xavier Mar 6, vs. Georgetown Mar 8

7
Syracuse
26-3
1,240
4

3


Last Week: @ Maryland W 57-55, @ Virginia L 75-56
This Week: vs. Georgia Tech Mar 4, @ Florida State Mar 9

8
Kansas
22-7
1,200
5

3


Last Week: vs Oklahoma W 83-75, @ Oklahoma State L 72-65
This Week: vs. Texas Tech Mar 5, @ West Virginia Mar 8

9
Wisconsin
24-5
1,075
14

5


Last Week: vs Indiana W 69-58, @ Penn State W 71-66
This Week: vs. Purdue Mar 5, @ Nebraska Mar 9

10
San Diego State
25-3
995
13

3


Last Week: vs San Jose State W 90-64, @ Fresno State W 82-67
This Week: @ UNLV Mar 5, vs. New Mexico Mar 8

11
Louisville
24-5
959
7

4


Last Week: vs Temple W 88-66, @ Memphis L 72-66
This Week: @ Southern Methodist Mar 5, vs. Connecticut Mar 8

12
Michigan
21-7
899
16

4


Last Week: @ Purdue W 77-76, vs Minnesota W 66-56
This Week: @ Illinois Mar 4, vs. Indiana Mar 8

13
Creighton
23-5
892
9

4


Last Week: @ Xavier L 75-69
This Week: @ Georgetown Mar 4, vs. Providence Mar 8

14
North Carolina
22-7
755
19

5


Last Week: @ NC State W 85-84, @ Virginia Tech W 60-56
This Week: vs. Notre Dame Mar 3, @ Duke Mar 8

15
Cincinnati
24-5
737
11

4


Last Week: @ Connecticut L 51-45
This Week: vs. Memphis Mar 6, @ Rutgers Mar 8

16
Iowa State
22-6
613
15

1


Last Week: vs West Virginia W 83-66, @ Kansas State L 80-73
This Week: @ Baylor Mar 4, vs. Oklahoma State Mar 8

17
Saint Louis
25-4
539
10

7


Last Week: vs Duquesne L 71-64, @ VCU L 67-56
This Week: vs. Dayton Mar 5, @ Massachusetts Mar 9

18
Southern Methodist
23-6
427
23

5


Last Week: vs UCF W 70-55
This Week: vs. Louisville Mar 5, @ Memphis Mar 8

19
Connecticut
23-6
423
NR

7


Last Week: @ South Florida W 61-56, vs Cincinnati W 51-45
This Week: vs. Rutgers Mar 5, @ Louisville Mar 8

20
Memphis
22-7
364
21

1


Last Week: @ Houston L 77-68, vs Louisville W 72-66
This Week: @ Cincinnati Mar 6, vs. Southern Methodist Mar 8

21
New Mexico
23-5
338
25

4


Last Week: vs Utah State W 67-58, @ Nevada W 72-58
This Week: vs. Air Force Mar 5, @ San Diego State Mar 8

22
Michigan State
22-7
322
18

4


Last Week: vs Illinois L 53-46
This Week: vs. Iowa Mar 6, @ Ohio State Mar 9

23
Oklahoma
21-8
183
NR

3


Last Week: @ Kansas L 83-75, vs Texas W 77-65
This Week: vs. West Virginia Mar 5, @ TCU Mar 8

24
Iowa
20-9
94
20

4


Last Week: @ Minnesota L 95-89, @ Indiana L 93-86, vs Purdue W 83-76
This Week: @ Michigan State Mar 6, vs. Illinois Mar 8

25
Kentucky
21-8
92
17

8


Last Week: vs Arkansas L 71-67, @ South Carolina L 72-67
This Week: vs. Alabama Mar 4, @ Florida Mar 8



Others receiving votes: Texas 70, Virginia Commonwealth 58, UCLA 45, Stephen F. Austin 38, Gonzaga 38, Kansas State 19, Saint Joseph's 19, Ohio State 17, Green Bay 13, Harvard 7, Massachusetts 5, Arizona State 5, Pittsburgh 2, Colorado 2, Xavier 2, North Carolina Central 1, Southern Miss 1, Oklahoma State 1
GGGGGGGGGGGGGG OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO C A T S

UK is lucky to be in top 25, but is it just me or does it always look like UK drops in the polls muck more than other teams do? It seems UK always drops 5-8 places in the polls while other teams lose and only drop 1-2 spots. I try to look at it without the blue tinted glasses, but just seems UK goes down the poll a lot faster with loses and up a lot slower with wins than the rest of the teams.

sstack Wrote:UK is lucky to be in top 25, but is it just me or does it always look like UK drops in the polls muck more than other teams do? It seems UK always drops 5-8 places in the polls while other teams lose and only drop 1-2 spots. I try to look at it without the blue tinted glasses, but just seems UK goes down the poll a lot faster with loses and up a lot slower with wins than the rest of the teams.

Agree, but we are lucky to still be 25

sstack Wrote:UK is lucky to be in top 25, but is it just me or does it always look like UK drops in the polls muck more than other teams do? It seems UK always drops 5-8 places in the polls while other teams lose and only drop 1-2 spots. I try to look at it without the blue tinted glasses, but just seems UK goes down the poll a lot faster with loses and up a lot slower with wins than the rest of the teams.

I don't think we saw big drops after the losses to Michigan State. But Baylor is the 43rd ranked team in the nation, dropping down after that loss to #10 was definitely appropriate. They stated between 10-15 after losses to North Carolina and even held their position between 15-17 with losses to Florida (not necessarily a bad loss) then BAD losses to #63 LSU and two losses to #53 Arkansas.

UK was ranked #17 when they lost by five to the #173rd ranked South Carolina. I guess I would ask whether they even deserve to be ranked at all?

Kentucky's wins are nothing impressive. Their three marquee wins are against teams ranked no higher than #30 in the RPI:

#30 Louisville
#47 Tennessee
#40 Missouri

Thats it!

There next highest win after that is #55 Boise St, and #59 Belmont and then a win against LSU! After they their next highest ranked team the beat is #82 Cleveland St.

It does not help that the SEC is a miserable basketball conference, thus I would still contend that UK is LUCKY to be ranked at all, and probably should have been out of the Top 25 for several weeks!

Syracues loses 4/5, will we see them take a big drop in the polls or will they stay in top 10? Duke has another lose, will they stay in top 5-10? Cincinnati has had several loses (nice win against Memphis), how much do they drop? Just seems these teams stay up in the polls regardless of loses. And do not give me the loses are to good teams. Witchata state remains at the top and the did not play any good teams, very little rhyme of reason to the poll this year IMO.

UK is out of the top 25 after this weekend!

Stardust Wrote:I don't think we saw big drops after the losses to Michigan State. But Baylor is the 43rd ranked team in the nation, dropping down after that loss to #10 was definitely appropriate. They stated between 10-15 after losses to North Carolina and even held their position between 15-17 with losses to Florida (not necessarily a bad loss) then BAD losses to #63 LSU and two losses to #53 Arkansas.

UK was ranked #17 when they lost by five to the #173rd ranked South Carolina. I guess I would ask whether they even deserve to be ranked at all?

Kentucky's wins are nothing impressive. Their three marquee wins are against teams ranked no higher than #30 in the RPI:

#30 Louisville
#47 Tennessee
#40 Missouri

Thats it!

There next highest win after that is #55 Boise St, and #59 Belmont and then a win against LSU! After they their next highest ranked team the beat is #82 Cleveland St.

It does not help that the SEC is a miserable basketball conference, thus I would still contend that UK is LUCKY to be ranked at all, and probably should have been out of the Top 25 for several weeks!

Days later and still crickets. Stardust must be correct?

:popcorn: