Ranking conferences in the NCAA is about as accurate a practice as playing darts underwater. How someone can explain away all the fuss of the “Big” East while their national tourney record looks like the Devil’s Baby Doll beats the beast out of me. In actuality, it is the SEC that has the highest tournament [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Conference Rankings: Ignorant Endeavors
Posted: 19th February 2009 by jared powell in College basketball6
THEY'RE TRYING TO HELP – GET THE HINT
Posted: 19th February 2009 by seth stogsdill in UncategorizedTags: Tennessee, UK basketball, Vanderbilt
“They” would be the other teams in contention for the SEC East title. South Carolina lost to Mississippi State last night. That was probably to be expected. Tennessee lost to Ole Miss last night. That was not to be expected. Now there’s a four-way tie. I think Tennessee has the advantage because they’ve lost one [...]
HATED VANDY COMMODORES
Posted: 17th February 2009 by seth stogsdill in UncategorizedTags: UK basketball, Vanderbilt
For good luck’s sake, let’s do this. SHAN(E) FOSTER Pop quiz: What’s the best thing about playing Vanderbilt this season? If you said “Not having to worry about how many threes Shan(e) Foster will bank in from the elbow,” you’re right. I could have done Foster a lot worse. I could have linked his NBA [...]
Whenever there’s a performance as transcendent as the one we saw from Jodie Meeks yesterday in Fayetteville, I like to open the column with a song lyric, usually from one of the greatest artists in music history. Today, we’ll go with Cinderella. They fit the category, or else you’re no friend of mine. “Don’t know [...]
Doing a “hate” column on Arkansas is tough. I respect the Arkansas program more than any other team in the SEC. I loved the games in the 90s. The games at Fayetteville were so big that CBS would put them on Super Bowl Sunday, and they’d be a bigger game than the Super Bowl because [...]
YES.
Posted: 11th February 2009 by seth stogsdill in UncategorizedTags: Florida Gators, UK basketball
When you watch a game as crazy as last night’s Florida game, no doubt you take a ride on the most dangerous of emotional thrill rides. Personally, I felt like Dale Brown during the second half of the Mardi Gras Miracle, only my night had a happy ending. Consider the circumstances surrounding the game. * [...]
THE TIME IS NOW
Posted: 10th February 2009 by seth stogsdill in UncategorizedTags: Florida Gators, UK basketball
We here at UKWC love us some hyperbole, so try this one on for size. Tonight’s game will determine how the rest of the season goes. I haven’t been worried about how the season will finish out yet because even though the last three games have been so terrible, the Wildcats still control their own [...]
YES, I AM A GATOR HATER
Posted: 8th February 2009 by seth stogsdill in UncategorizedTags: Florida Gators, UK basketball
There are a lot of reasons why Kentucky has lost the last three games. They’ve lost their defensive intensity, teams are really starting to defend Patterson and Meeks well, and to show off my history degree, there seems to be a general feeling of malaise surrounding the team. But there are more reasons than that, [...]
BACK WITH A QUICK UPDATE
Posted: 6th February 2009 by seth stogsdill in UncategorizedTags: UK basketball
I’m not dead. Isn’t that terrific? My power went out at halftime of the Ole Miss game. It came back on that Friday, but I still haven’t had cable or internet during that time. I blame myself for this three-game losing streak because I haven’t been able to watch the games. This also means I [...]
Welcome to recruiting success, Mr. Brooks.
Posted: 6th February 2009 by Kenny Colston in Kentucky Football, Morgan Newton, Rich Brooks, Ryan Mossakowski, SEC football, UK footballTags: Kentucky Football, Morgan Newton, Rich Brooks, Ryan Mossakowski, UK football
A quick look at UK football head coach Rich Brooks’ 2009 recruiting class would provide much joy for many UK fans, with high-profile out-of-state recruits and in-state stars lining up to play for the Cats next fall. A closer look would ease fears about potential depth problems at many different positions in 2009 — running [...]