Thursday, January 16, 2020

Kentucky Wildcats Update

I've decided I don't like my team very much after all.

By the way, here's a complete list of all Kentucky games decided by 3 points or less in regulation or in overtime since the beginning of the 2015-16 season (home teams listed first):

12/26/15:  Kentucky 75 - 73 Louisville
01/30/16:  Kansas 90 - 84 Kentucky (Overtime)
02/20/16:  Texas A & M 79 - 77 Kentucky (Overtime)
03/13/16:  Texas A & M 77 - 82 Kentucky (Overtime) (SEC Championship)
12/21/16:  Louisville 73 - 70 Kentucky
01/24/17:  Tennessee 82 - 80 Kentucky
01/31/17:  Kentucky 90 - 81 Georgia (Overtime)
03/19/17:  Kentucky 65 - 62 Wichita St. (NCAA Tournament Second Round)
03/26/17:  N. Carolina 75 - 73 Kentucky (NCAA Tournament Elite Eight)
01/03/18:  Louisiana St. 71 - 74 Kentucky
01/09/18:  Kentucky 74 - 73 Texas A & M
01/20/18:  Kentucky 64 - 66 Florida
01/30/18:  Kentucky 83 - 81 Vanderbilt (Overtime)
02/06/18:  Kentucky 59 - 61 Tennessee
03/22/18:  Kentucky 58 - 61 Kansas St. (NCAA Tournament Sweet 16)
12/08/18:  Seton Hall 84 - 83 Kentucky (Overtime)
01/05/19:  Alabama 77 - 75 Kentucky
01/19/19:  Auburn 80 - 82 Kentucky
02/12/19:  Kentucky 71 - 73 Louisiana St.
03/31/19:  Kentucky 71 - 77 Auburn (Overtime) (NCAA Tournament Elite Eight)
11/12/19:  Kentucky 64 - 67 Evansville
12/18/19:  Utah 69 - 66 Kentucky
12/28/19:  Kentucky 78 - 70 Louisville (Overtime)
01/15/20:  S. Carolina 81 - 78 Kentucky

In these 24 games -- which include UK's last three losses in the NCAA Tournament -- the Cats are 9-15.  In the last 11 games on the list, the Cats are 2-9.  Those games include:

1.  A two-point loss at home to Tennessee
2.  A three-point loss to Kansas State that eliminated UK from the 2018 tournament.
3.  A two-point loss at home to LSU on a goal that should have been disallowed, but which cost UK the 2019 SEC Regular Season title (and potentially a number-one seed).
4.  An overtime loss to Auburn that eliminated UK from the 2019 tournament.

I keep thinking that these close losses will even out at some point.  But they certainly didn't do so last night.



1 comment:

  1. And no, I haven't forgotten these games:

    03/23/14: Wichita St. 76 - 78 Kentucky (NCAA Second Round)
    03/30/14: Michigan 72 - 75 Kentucky (NCAA Elite Eight)
    04/05/14: Wisconsin 73 - 74 Kentucky (NCAA Final Four)

    Maybe we're still making up for those wins. But it's been a long time, and I was hoping we were even by now.

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