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ArtBest23
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 Posted: 01/25/16 10:51 pm ::: |
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| Fighting Artichoke wrote: |
| UK1996 wrote: |
| summertime blues wrote: |
Dayton...but they lost Kelly Austria
Northwestern
Tennessee...sigh
Princeton
Florida State
Cal
Kentucky
But seriously, Duke and LSU? Uh-uh. Not in my notebook. I didn't expect much out of either one of them, sadly. Or Penn State. So lets start another thread about teams we've been pleasantly surprised by, somewhere else. |
I'm not sure how Kentucky is a disappointment. We had 4 transfers,3 right before the season began, 1 after. They were ranked 18th in the preseason poll, now they are ranked 12th. |
I agree, UK. Kentucky has not disappointed this season, especially considering their attrition right before the season. |
I didn't think the reasons for being a disappointment were relevant to the question or excused a team from inclusion on the list if they otherwise earned a spot.
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Fighting Artichoke
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| Posted: 01/26/16 9:29 am ::: |
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| ArtBest23 wrote: |
| Fighting Artichoke wrote: |
| UK1996 wrote: |
| summertime blues wrote: |
Dayton...but they lost Kelly Austria
Northwestern
Tennessee...sigh
Princeton
Florida State
Cal
Kentucky
But seriously, Duke and LSU? Uh-uh. Not in my notebook. I didn't expect much out of either one of them, sadly. Or Penn State. So lets start another thread about teams we've been pleasantly surprised by, somewhere else. |
I'm not sure how Kentucky is a disappointment. We had 4 transfers,3 right before the season began, 1 after. They were ranked 18th in the preseason poll, now they are ranked 12th. |
I agree, UK. Kentucky has not disappointed this season, especially considering their attrition right before the season. |
I didn't think the reasons for being a disappointment were relevant to the question or excused a team from inclusion on the list if they otherwise earned a spot. |
The Wildcats have performed well; I can state that without any qualifiers. The attrition just makes the result that much more sweet for Kentucky fans.
The Wildcats were ranked 18/17 in the preseason polls, but now are ranked 12/9. They are rated 12th in Sagarin and 14th in Massey. Thus I think they are outperforming expectations, as UK1996 argued.
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ArtBest23
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| Posted: 01/26/16 9:58 am ::: |
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| Fighting Artichoke wrote: |
| ArtBest23 wrote: |
| Fighting Artichoke wrote: |
| UK1996 wrote: |
| summertime blues wrote: |
Dayton...but they lost Kelly Austria
Northwestern
Tennessee...sigh
Princeton
Florida State
Cal
Kentucky
But seriously, Duke and LSU? Uh-uh. Not in my notebook. I didn't expect much out of either one of them, sadly. Or Penn State. So lets start another thread about teams we've been pleasantly surprised by, somewhere else. |
I'm not sure how Kentucky is a disappointment. We had 4 transfers,3 right before the season began, 1 after. They were ranked 18th in the preseason poll, now they are ranked 12th. |
I agree, UK. Kentucky has not disappointed this season, especially considering their attrition right before the season. |
I didn't think the reasons for being a disappointment were relevant to the question or excused a team from inclusion on the list if they otherwise earned a spot. |
The Wildcats have performed well; I can state that without any qualifiers. The attrition just makes the result that much more sweet for Kentucky fans.
The Wildcats were ranked 18/17 in the preseason polls, but now are ranked 12/9. They are rated 12th in Sagarin and 14th in Massey. Thus I think they are outperforming expectations, as UK1996 argued. |
I'm not disagreeing with you that they don't belong on the "underperforming" list on the merits. Just commenting that the question of whether a team is underperforming is seperate from the question of why they're underperforming. Good example is Cal. There are a number of possible reasons why Cal is underperforming, some under their control, some not. But that doesn't negate that they are indeed underperforming expectations.
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