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Here is UK's remaining schedule:

December 18 at Houston
December 22 Tennessee Tech
December 29 San Diego
December 31 Florida International
January 5 Louisville
January 12 Vanderbilt
January 15 at Mississippi State
January 19 at Florida
January 22 Tennessee
January 26 South Carolina
February 2 at Georgia
February 6 at Auburn
February 9 Alabama
February 12 Vanderbilt
February 16 at LSU
February 19 Georgia
February 23 Arkansas
February 27 Mississippi
March 2 at Tennessee
March 5 at South Carolina
March 9 Florida

They still have three cupcakes at home this month, so that should be three wins. Houston will be tough, they are 9-1 but haven't played anybody better than VCU (whom they lost to). Louisville has been as much of a disappointment as Kentucky, and that game is in Rupp, so we should have a good shot at that one, too.

As for conference play, I don't see us beating Tennessee or Vanderbilt either time, and we will likely lose to Arkansas, but all the rest of the SEC games look winnable. Fortunately for UK, the conference is really down this year. I think the Cats will get to 8-8 in the league, giving them anywhere from 11-13 more wins, depending on the Louisville and Houston games. Should be enough to grab an NIT bid.