[Strikeout King]

Kevin Scarbinsky of the Birmingham News says the Southeastern Conference "takes care of" Kentucky with its basketball schedule.

Scarbinsky says the Wildcats receive preferential treatment from the league.

Here is an excerpt:

The conference takes care of the Wildcats with its basketball schedule.

As for the Crimson Tide in football, not so much.

It's old news that Alabama football has to play a lot of opponents coming off bye weeks. The new news is that the SEC basketball schedule gives Kentucky more time to prepare for conference games than anyone else in the league, and the latest example came at Alabama's expense.

Last week, Kentucky played Arkansas at home Tuesday night, then had three full days to prepare for its Saturday noon tipoff, also at home, against Alabama.

The Crimson Tide had a slightly different itinerary.

Play Vanderbilt on Thursday night in Coleman Coliseum. Practice Friday in Tuscaloosa from 3-5 p.m. Fly out of Tuscaloosa by charter at 6 p.m. Get to the team hotel in Lexington at 8:30 local time.

Breakfast and film study Saturday at 8 a.m. Leave the team hotel at 10 a.m. Arrive at Rupp Arena a little more than 90 minutes before tipoff. Play one-loss, second-ranked Kentucky at noon local time.

The article adds that both Kevin Stallings and Billy Donovan have publicly complained about the Kentucky schedule this week:

Florida's Billy Donovan and Vanderbilt's Kevin Stallings know it, and they've complained about it in the last two weeks. On Monday, Donovan cited the differences in the Alabama and Kentucky schedules from last week.

"If you're trying to get more teams into the NCAA Tournament, don't put the teams inside your league into a competitive disadvantage," Donovan said. That's not too much to ask, but that's exactly what the SEC schedule did last week to Alabama and will do to the Crimson Tide again next month.




http://www.allkyhoops.com/2012/01/scarbi...-with.html

[Wildcatk23]

There is several occasions where UK plays teams at home the jumps on the road. We play 5 games in 15 days in the sec.

[Axel Foley]

Georgia and LSU do not play the Thursday-Saturday matchup. They are taking care of them, too. :Sad04: :Sad04: :Sad04:

[DSRfan]

I seem to recall a couple of seasons agao when UK had a stretch of 3 straight road games that no one else faced in the SEC sched.

And EVERY year, it seems that UK's final road game is the SEC
team expected to be the strongest.

[4_real]

No other school has represented the SEC as well as UK in the past 3 years. Simple answer, contend and stop complaining and you may get took care of to.

[RunItUpTheGut]

jealous much Scarbinsky?

Or are you just made your last name is that stupid?

I guess the BCS didnt "take care" of you all even though you didnt even win you division.
While i agree you should have went, im not bitching about it.