UK made the top 25 this week and the dastardly media can take a bow.
The Associated Press has not released this week’s media top 25 poll. But I’ve been told that Kentucky has received enough votes to be in the top 25 (probably at No. 23 or No. 24).
That’s a first for this season and surely reflects the Cats’ steadily improving play after opening the season with losses to Virginia Military Institute and North Carolina.
The USA Today coaches’ top 25 poll did not include Kentucky this week. UK finished 28th in the coaches’ balloting. Florida and Utah State finished 26th and 27th in the vote. That means that no SEC teams made the coaches’ top 25.
As for my ballot, I placed Kentucky at No. 17.
Here’s my complete ballot:
1. Duke
2. Connecticut
3. Pittsburgh
4. North Carolina
5. Wake Forest
6. Oklahoma
7. Louisville
8. Xavier
9. Michigan State
10. Texas
11. Marquette
12. Clemson
13. Butler
14. Arizona State
15. Syracuse
16. Minnesota
17. Kentucky
18. Villanova
19. Memphis
20. Illinois
21. Florida
22. Washington
23. West Virginia
24. UCLA
25. Gonzaga
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Jerry-
Minnesota? Really? They have one good win. ONE. They BARELY beat the worst IU team in a century. I don’t mind them being in the top 25, but no way they should be ahead of us.
Kentucky at 17? Must have been those dominating, error-free destructions of Auburn and Alabama huh.
That was top 20 basketball if I ever saw it.
WE JUST NEED TO KEEP RACKING UP THE WINS AND THE RANKINGS WILL TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES. lET’S WIN THE SEC AND GET INVITED TO THE BIG DANCE.
how can teams with 12-6 Georgetown, and 12-7 Notre Dame and losers of 4 straight be ranked in top 20 by AP with 3-6 records in their conference and they are 9th and 10th in their conference – is this an example of Wall Street accounting in action or what…..
Well, I think the Cats should have been in all Polls. But, last night certainly didn’t help the UK cause.
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