Why take the best rebounder ever in UK history and move him from the paint? It is obvious we need to surround him with shooters but this years' roster is potentially less shooters than last year. 2009-2010 Kentucky Basketball Roster - Walters Wildcat World. So we need the SF, SG and PG spots to hit 3's.Īs far as Oscar.I have a feeling we're going to let him shoot more face up jumpers to 3pt shots.and that ain't going to help us win games. I just don't see him being a guy that will knock down 3-5 threes a game next year out of nowhere. Toppin was at 40% from 3pt last year.but he hit a whopping 4 of 10 for the year. Your last comment on Toppin is Oscar is sort of unrealistic to borderline cool aid drinking. Livingston could be a lot like Hopkins in his first year and play lower minutes.I just have a bad feeling Cal is going to force him into the lineup at the SF.Ģ. I just have my doubts that is going to be true. Your point on who gets the SF minutes is the key to seeing how this team pans out.if Reeves is really that good, beats out Livingston and can a bit more all around than Grady while being nearly as good a shooter.then we're on to something. How can we be better (than the team that looked to be top 2-3)? I think the only way is for Toppin to make a big leap forward, or Collins to make a huge-huge leap forward.Ĭlick to expand.1. IF HEALTHY (!!!), Fredrick may not be better than Mintz, but he can give us exactly what we need.Īnd Reeves appears capable to give us as much as Grady did. I think Wallace can be close to as good as a healthy Tyty, and much better than a 80-90% Tyty that we saw the last month. I think we can get more from Toppin & Collins, than we got from Brooks and Toppin. The concern is what if we aren't as good, OR if we have even close to as many injuries. Honestly if we are as good as we were last year when at our best, I think we will all be happy. I don't think we have gotten better than last year.
Last year was not thin, but we had an over-abundance of injuries, and when them all coming at the same position(s) it reduced our ability to adjust with the depth of Hopkins and Collins. With Kentucky’s roster having the makeup of a preseason top-five team, one should expect the Wildcats to get back to their successful tournament ways this March.Click to expand.11 was super thin. The numbers don’t lie, but after two straight disappointing Marches, he has to make a run this season to stay on top and sustain the level of excellence. That is a lot of success for a coach that has said he doesn’t care about the SEC Tournament.Ĭalipari has mentioned it before and will say in the future, that his teams are built for March. In the same period, Duke has earned five ACC titles, and North Carolina captured just one. With that said and excluding Gonzaga, Kentucky is tied for the most conference tournament championships (6) with Kansas. To start, we are not going to consider the Gonzaga Bulldogs as a part of this conversation due to the weakness of the West Coast Conference. In the same span, the Duke Blue Devils and North Carolina Tar Heels are close behind, winning 30 and 29 respectively. Most NCAA Tournament Wins and Final Foursĭespite not winning an NCAA tournament game since 2019, the Wildcats are still tied with the Kansas Jayhawks for most NCAA tournament wins, with 31, and have the most Final Fours, with four, since 2010. Note, that these numbers are prior to the 2022 NCAA tournament, but that still only drops Kentucky to an 8.93, which would put them in second, just slightly below Butler. This is a much higher number when compared to Duke’s -0.26, Kansas’ -5.61, and North Carolina’s 1.82, which showcases just how much those programs have underperformed compared to expectations over the years. Using a system where Wittry went back to 1985 and averaged the number of wins by seed line, Kentucky has a dominant differential of +11.3. Wins-Expected Wins DifferentialĪndy Wittry wrote an article for the NCAA, where he analyzed every Division 1 men’s basketball program and their performance in the NCAA tournament since 2010. Depending on the metrics you look at, the Kentucky Wildcats have been more successful than any other program in the country when it comes to March. With that being said, let’s look at a more positive perspective. After enduring the worst season in program history in 2020-21, followed by the worst postseason loss in program history this past season, the amount of pessimism surrounding the program has grown.
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