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Originally Posted by Saul Good
WTF?
Kentucky played 3 games against teams currently in the Sweet 16. They won those games by a total of 61 points. If Kansas had won against Wichita State, it would be 4 games by a total of 93 points.
All they did in the regular season was beat Kansas, North Carolina, Louisville, UCLA, Texas, Arkansas, Arkansas, Florida Florida, and Florida. 8 of those 10 games were by double digits. The closest game was 7.
That's not a function of bad competition.
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Florida? You mean 16-17 Florida? UCLA shouldn't have even been in the tournament, nor should Texas. Arkansas is okay, but they're not a top 25 team, either.
The tournament is a crapshoot, so the fact that they beat some teams who are currently still playing doesn't necessarily mean that those teams were really good. It just means they got hot at the right time, kinda like UK did last year.
And I'm not saying that this UK team is bad. It's not. They're really good. But their record is a result of having a relatively weak schedule. They'd have a few more losses if they played in a different conference or scheduled a few tougher non-con opponents. Now, UT and KU were supposed to be good opponents, but clearly weren't. UNC, at the time they played, hadn't really found their rhythm as a team, either.
What I'm getting at is that the UK team hasn't had to face adversity yet. We'll see how they respond when they do. But the reason they're undefeated isn't because they're the greatest team in college basketball in 40 years.