Kentucky Sports Radio
[Moderated by Matt Jones]
[Moderated by Matt Jones]
Here is the recap of the “Games of Importance” from the week behind us:
Kentucky (65) beat Ole Miss by 4
Virginia Tech (64) beat Boston College by 19
Houston (63) beat Southern Miss by 28
Wake Forest (62) lost to Maryland by 3
Davidson (61) beat Appalachain St. by 13
Florida (60) beat Georgia by 13
Ohio (59) does not play during week
Oral Roberts (58) beat South Dakota St. by 15
Oregon (57) does not play during week
Rhode Island (56) lost to George Washington by 17
Texas Tech (55) lost to Texas A&M by 44!!!!!
That means the games of note of the past 5 days went 3-6 for the Cats. The Cats have now moved up to 56 in RPI, putting them VERY close to the necessary 40’s for a comfortable RPI. Here are the “Games to Watch For” this weekend:
Kentucky (56) on the road against Tennessee (Sunday)
St. Josephs’s (55) at home against Temple (Sunday)
UAB (54) at home against Tulane
Western Kentucky (53) on the road against Florida Atlantic
Creighton (52) at home against Bradley
Syracuse (51) at home against Pittsburgh
Florida (50) at home against Mississippi St.
Ohio St. (49) on the road against Minnesota
Mississippi (48) at home against Alabama
Stephen F. Austin (47) at home against Texas Arlington
VCU (46) on the road against William & Mary
1. Continuing the recap of the 2007 NCAA Tournament to get you excited for March:
(1) Florida-112 vs. (16) Jackson St.-69
(9) Purdue-72 vs. (8) Arizona-63
(5) Butler-53 vs. (12) Old Dominion-42
(4) Maryland-82 vs. (13) Davidson-70
2. Let’s assume that UK and Vandy finished tied for second in the SEC East, with UK losing to Tennessee and winning their other two games and Vandy sweeping their last 3 games. Emphasis on assuming that last sentence, as no game UK plays is a guarentee and Vandy has fairly difficult stretch left as well. But, if they do finish tied, lots of people have asked what are the tie breakers and who would get the #2 seed. Well, here is the link to the SEC Tournament tiebreakers. But, for the sake of you reading all that crap, here is the deal:
1) Vandy and Kentucky split their season series.
2) Each team would have gone 7-3 against Eastern division opponents.
3) vs. Tennessee: each went 1-1
vs. Florida: each went 1-1
vs. South Carolina: each went 2-0
vs. Georgia: each went 2-0
4) Each team went 5-1 against Western Division opponents
5) vs. Mississippi St.: Kentucky lost, under this scenario Vandy would have won, earning them the tiebreak
So, if you are a Kentucky fan, you badly WANT Vandy to lose any game left on their schedule, but if you had to pick one it would be against Mississippi St. To recap it all, IF Vandy beats Mississippi St., they will have an edge on UK in tiebreakers. Of course, anything can happen these last 3 games for each team. But, that is how the tiebreakers go.
Now, why is this important? One, for the obvious reason that you would have to win 3 games instead of 4 the win the SEC Title. But, also the path is much easier from the #2 seed spot than the #3 seed. If the standings hold steady, the #2 seed would get the winner of Mississippi/Georgia in the quarterfinals, followed by Mississippi St./Florida/Alabama survivor in the semis. But, from the #3 seed spot, you would play LSU in the first round, Arkansas in the quarterfinals, then the Tennessee/Auburn/South Carolina survivor in the semis. As of right now, the #2 seed road is MUCH easier. But, keep in mind that Auburn/Alabama/LSU/Mississippi ALL have 4-8 conference records, so still ALOT to be decided out west.
3. Jody Demling gives you a Top 10 list of in state recruits for 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011. Kentucky has 2008 #2 Darius Miller and 2010 #1 Dakotah Euton wrapped up with 2008 #1 Scotty Hopson, 2009 #1 Jon Hood, and 2010 #2 Chad Jackson all on the radar.
4. You already saw Greg Doyel’s article about Billy Gillispie yesterday, but another cbssportsline.com writer, Gary Parrish, takes his internet space to compare Gillispie to John Travolta. Amazing what some wins does for you image with the media.
5. The baseball Cats won AGAIN yesterday, thrashing Oakland 12-2. Boy, the Athletics really have declined since the Bash Brothers. I guess once Dave Stewart left the pitching staff has been terrible. So far this year UK has won 5 games by scores of 10-1, 10-3, 13-3, 15-5, and 12-2. Thats a 60-14 scoring advantage. It would be good to be able to match Louisville’s World Series berth this year. UK goes for 6-0 against Butler at 4PM.
6. Mark Story compares Bruce Pearl and his style of play and coaching and compares it to the good ol’ days of Rick Pitino roaming the sidelines of Lexington.
7. Top 10 Erin Andrews moments!!! No extra commentary needed.
8. Speaking of Erin Andrews, NASCAR is trying to challenge the Queen of Commentary with their own hot woman. Well played NASCAR!! But, you just can’t beat the Queen.
9. One of the most underated sports movies in history is Blue Chips. Nick Nolte at his best (pre-crack), Shaq at his acting best (pre-Kazzam), Penny Hardaway at his best (pre-Lil Penny), and that white dude that played the Larry Bird figure was also at his best in his only big screen appearance. Anyway, tiricosuave.com has spliced together clips from that movie and Dwayne Wade’s embarassing performance at the All-Star weekend, proving Wade threw the competition.
10. You wanna take a quiz about old-school WWF wrestlers by looking at their toy action figures? Who wouldn’t? Anyway, for all you wrestling fans, here is something to send you back to a better time.
11. Shaq-Suns Update: Pheonix moved to 2-3 with Shaq, getting slammed by 17 to the Hornets. It’s still early in this experiment, but the Suns have played 4 of the best teams in the league(Lakers, Celtics, Pistons, and Hornets) and went 1-3. Not a good start. The problem has been (as I said) that they were a poor defensive team and gave up their best defensive player. Average opponents PPG with Shaq: 111.2 PPG (HORRIBLE!!!).
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February 29th, 2008 at 10:54 am
I like blue chips but it drives me crazy that they try to fit every stereotype and every ncaa scandal into 90 minutes
February 29th, 2008 at 11:13 am
Intern-Just when I thought your posts couldnt get any dumber, you go and post this….and totally redeem yourself…Good mix of hot women, important rpi and SEC tourn. info, and cap it off with, an always entertaining, WWF action figure trivia…Good work
February 29th, 2008 at 11:14 am
I love bluechips, but I have to think that the 6th man is probably more underrated!!! Travis Ford should have definitely won an oscar for best supporting actor, for him to have the ability to not only dunk, but to make it look like someone had picked him up and carried him to the hoop, that was a scene I will never forget! Oh yeah to add to that, I hear he does all of his stunts! This movie truly solidifies Travis Ford as an “UNFORGETTABLE”!
February 29th, 2008 at 11:35 am
2) classic!! thanks
February 29th, 2008 at 11:46 am
Thanks for giving recognition to the BatCats - They are an excellent team and may set some UK baseball records.
February 29th, 2008 at 11:52 am
for the record, Blue Chips is my favorite sports movie. More than Rudy. More than Hoosiers. Call me crazy.
It really makes you love the great parts of college ball and hate the dark parts of it; it makes you sympathize with the plights of the coaches and the players we adore.
And any movie that has Knight, Pitino, Shaq, Penny, et al., is BOUND to be great.
anyone notice that Matt Painter is actually in that movie pre-stardom? haha
February 29th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Another pick to click. Take it for what it’s worth but it certainly put my mind to ease. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYYiyYFGWbg Thanks to aseaofblue.com for the link.
February 29th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Story is an idiot. What has Pearl ever won???
February 29th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Matt Nover from IU circa Bob Knight is the Larry Bird wannabe
February 29th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
that NASCAR chick is MUCH HOTTER than erin andrews. motorboat anyone?
February 29th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Okay, I don’t understand the logic behind the tiebreaker scenario.
You say that under the scenario that we lose Sunday but win the other two, and Vandy wins out, we would both be tied in every category record-wise, including both 5-1 against the West. So the logic that they beat Mississippi State while we didn’t earns them the tiebreaker confuses me. Yes, we lost to Mississippi State, but Vandy is also 5-1, wouldn’t that also mean that they lost to some other team that we beat, thus solving nothing? Or is it that way because Mississippi State is the top team in the West? That would be the only way that makes sense.
February 29th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
11. I think it is b/c miss. st. is the next best team, it goes down in order. We have the same overall east record, and the same record against all east teams, then we have the same west record, so the next team would be Miss. ST. Hope this clears it up a little bit.
February 29th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
if we had the same record vs. miss st. the tie braker would then go to who had the best record against the #2 team in the west, which I believe is still Arkansas, and then so on and so on.
February 29th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
11) It is because MSU is the top team. They take your overall record against the
west and if it’s still tied then they compare both teams records against the team
in first place, then second place, then third and so on. Since UK got beat by MSU
and this theory relies on Vandy beating MSU, that would give Vandy the nod.
February 29th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
tiebreakers for a two-team tie:
1. head-to-head
2. division record (10 games)
3. record vs. No. 1 team in division proceeding through the No. 6 team if necessary
4. non-division record (6 games)
5. record vs. No. 1 team in the opposite division proceeding through the No. 6 team if necessary
6. coin flip by the Commissioner.
As stated, it would go to the fifth tiebreak and the loss to Miss State would put them in the 3 seed.
February 29th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Few thoughts on this topic
1) Vandy has 3 tough games left. If UK beats UT I bet we end up #1 in the
SEC. If UK losses to UT and wins the next two I still think we will end
up 2nd in the SEC
2) I don’t care what anyone says. Miller is the #1 Kentucky boy this year.
If anyone has seen both Scotty and Miller both play a lot this year, you
would have to agree. Miller is taller, shots better, stronger, better defense,
better passer, and better bball IQ.
Hopson has the better potential and upside but not because Miller doesn’t but
bc Miller already plays at a high all-around level.
The only thing I think Hopson has on Miller is athletic ability but it isn’t
like Miller doesn’t have good athletic ability, it is just that Hopson has a
little more.
I hope we get Hopson. Hopson, Miller, Liggins would be a very good class
3) It kills me that the media is still saying UK is a bubble team. If UK
wins just one more of the last 3 games, we are in IMO. That still gives
us a better SEC record than Tubby had last year. We would have beaten
2 ranked teams, that is 2 more than Tubby had last year.
Yet nobody was talking about UK being on the bubble last year. We are
having a better season this year and I think we are in
February 29th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
I just read on a blog at ESPN.com that JLo may be on his way out as backup
for the Giants.
February 29th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
16 I agree, but I think we had a few beads of sweat last year. At least over the seeding. This years team has the media favorite “bad losses” to G Webb and SD. If we replaced those with two SEC wins it’d be different.
by the way we’re in the top 35 in recieving votes so a few more wins and hey… especially Sunday.
She is killin Erin Andrews. But I’m not an EA fan.
February 29th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
To save every one else the work, her name is Nicole Manske. http://www.nicolemanske.com