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Originally Posted by Saul Good
Kentucky actually blew out a team worse than they blew out Kansas. I didn't think that was possible.
Can we just cancel the season and watch Kentucky Blue play Kentucky White for the title?
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Kansas is top 10 in the kenpom rankings and is 5-1 against teams in the top 50 which represents the #8 toughest schedule currently in the RPI.
They lost to Kentucky in the 2nd game of the season with 4 new players after losing 2 of the top 3 picks in the NBA draft. (Kentucky did not have a player picked until 7).
Could Kansas beat Kentucky now? Hard to tell but it would obviously be a much different result and will be different again come the NCAA Tournament.
To compare UCLA to a team like Kansas makes no sense at all.
A better comparison would be a to a team like Missouri. Missouri is currently ranked about 186 in the Sagarin poll. This is much worse than the darkest days of Turner Gill's KU Football teams which many here never thought was possible.
Missouri Basketball is going to have a difficult time beating anyone even in a terrible conference like the SEC. Kentucky could probably play the JV/walk on team and beat Missouri by 50.
It's uncomfortable to watch a program attempt to compete like the Tigers so I have sent my condolences to many of my mizzou friends and most are extremely upset about the state of affairs in Columbia. Patience will help, keep your head up I tell them.