If you don't think Kentucky will win the NCAA Tournament, get your head examined

[onthewhat]

1. Best point guard in the country.
2. Best big man in the country.
3. Two of the best 5 players overall in the country.
4. Best coach in the country.
5. Best travelling fanbase in the country (turning neutral games to semi-home games).

Pretty easy to see who will win it all.

[FishFace5]

Too Young. Wont happen.
I'll give you they're the most talented team but we all know that doesn't guarantee them anything.
Kansas is battle tested and experienced. I pick Kansas.

[MBENZ]

Too Young. Wont happen.
I'll give you they're the most talented team but we all know that doesn't guarantee them anything.

If you can't make freethrows,you can't win the big dance and they suck at that aspect.

[lakerboy]

Anything can happen in the NCAA tourney.

[Regul8er]

I've become a big UK over the last few years, but I think your out of line here onner!

All of this means NOTHING when your in a tight game down the stretch in the Sweet 16, Elite 8, etc....

When UK has fallen behind this year (S Carolina, Miss St) they have gone into panic mode, and completely gotten away from feeding the post, which is there bread and butter.

I'm not saying UK won't win, because I think they have a good shot, but to say it'll be easy is a pretty ignorant comment.

[MBENZ]

Whoops,sorry,was referring to Kentucky.

[yahoonino]

georgetown will win the big dance

[sportsguy04]

Think this is the year of the Big East.

[WhatAboutMeBitch]

coach can't win the big games
no experience
poor free throw shooting
they will crack under the pressure before they win 6 straight in the tourney

[obamaismyuncle]

Kansas will win it all

[teaserpleaser]

free throw shooting will kill uk

[CapperChic]

UK's youth does cause inconsistency, but they still win. It will be interesting to see how they do in the big dance. They probably have the most raw talent and when they're on top of their game it would be tough for anyone to beat them. They'll probaby get a #1 seed, so they won't see really tough competition until the second weekend. They've improved over the season and Cal still has about one month to get them ready for a championship run. I will say that when they're hitting threes, I don't think that anyone beats them. Jodie Meeks waited until the last day to declare he was remaining in the NBA draft last year. I'm assuming that meant he was close to returning for a senior season. It's scary to think how good this team would have been had he stayed.

[Holtgetsback]

So we got Joe Public on the #1 team and Degenerate Dan on the #2 team ..come on yall.. this isn't the NBA. The tournament is up for the taking. This is College Basketball.

[philswin]

Villanova, Kansas or Kentucky - should be one of those 3 teams

[FishFace5]

Villanova, Kansas or Kentucky - should be one of those 3 teams

Villanova is a fraud. Just got beat by UCONN and ran off their own floor by Georgetown.

[sportsguy04]

Syracuse. That 2-3/3-2 Zone is stingy.

[bruceBRUCEbruce]

4. Best coach in the country.

lol.

Kentucky's looking at probation within 5 years, if the pattern holds.

[MJT1212]

Dude, OTW, glad to see you post this, I just decided I'm picking Kentucky (barring anything crazy pre tourney) to win it all in my brackets yesterday when I watched the replay of the game when the toyed around with Miss. St.. They weren't even worried when they went into O.T..

[FishFace5]

Dude, OTW, glad to see you post this, I just decided I'm picking Kentucky (barring anything crazy pre tourney) to win it all in my brackets yesterday when I watched the replay of the game when the toyed around with Miss. St.. They weren't even worried when they went into O.T..

They were pretty nervous and frantic b4 OT though.
If Miss St didnt totally panic themselves they woulda won. They were up 7 with under 3 minutes left and started running clock!!!!! taking horrible forced shots with the shot clock running down and allowed a 7-0 run.

[Powderguy]

Cousins' 2nd grade attitude will get him a costly technical in the Elite 8 Game against Michigan State (yes, i'm predicting that).

[onthewhat]

I would not look too much into UK road games, yes they were down but it was the road and hard to win on road.

In tourney there are no road games and if UK makes the final four, there will be 30,000 to 40,000 uk fans in Indy as it is 3 hours from campus.

Remember, UK fans outnumbered Uconn fans at MSG on a Weds night in December. MSG is an hour from UConn.

[philswin]

Villanova

Villanova is a fraud. Just got beat by UCONN and ran off their own floor by Georgetown.

Wrong - Villanova beat Georgetown at Home, Lost to them at Georgetown

No team will go undefeated there will always be upsets. This is a team that went to the final four last year and the team returns pretty much intact.They have the experience the talent and play in the toughest conference.

[Regul8er]

Im just saying onner, this team is very young, and has a tendency to panic when they fall in a hole, and feel they need to make up the difference in one possession. It's amazing how different this team looks when ahead by 10 or behind by 5, 6, 7 points, its night and day. Maybe because they haven't faced these situation on many occassions this year? The most talented team in the nation without question in my opinion, but the most talented team doesn't always prevail.

[MartinBlank]

1. Best point guard in the country.
2. Best big man in the country.
3. Two of the best 5 players overall in the country.
4. Best coach in the country.
5. Best travelling fanbase in the country (turning neutral games to semi-home games).

Pretty easy to see who will win it all.

Best coach in the country?

I think in order to be considered THE BEST COACH IN THE COUNTRY---a coach should have won a National Championships AT LEAST ONCE.

Calipari will fold---as he always does.

[Typo]

Best athletes for sure. Don't know that they have the best team, though.

[jjgold]

KU lucky to get to final 4, poorly coached, Wall cannot shoot and still not ready to be a big time player. Wall is not even the best player on Kentucky. Neutral Court anything can happen.

[LT Profits]

Kentucky may not even reach Final Four, they are a vulnerable one seed.

[MartinBlank]

Kentucky may not even reach Final Four, they are a vulnerable one seed.

And this is going to be Calipari's teams year in and year out at Kentucky.

He will fill Kentucky's roster with one/and/dones and they will never be a "team". They will win games, but ultimately they will fail.

[onthewhat]

LT you are nuts, they are only vulnerable in true road games.

They will coast to Indianapolis, then depending on matchups coast to the title. Kansas and Syracuse are the only teams with a chance to beat Kentucky.

[Big Dave's Picks]

Hey JJ are you refering to Kansas or Kentucky b/c Kentucky is UK not KU. Secondly, if you don't think Wall is atleast one of the top 3 players in NCAA and has a real shot at POY award you must not watch too many UK games. Oh and bye the way he jump shot is pretty damn good for a point guard but the assists are what matters at this level.

[kboiler]

The original post is laughable.

Calipari has how many national championships? None.
Wall and Cousins are very talented, but also very young. If they find a very good defensive team that causes turnovers, they will struggle. It happened with Tennessee.

They are very good, I'll give you that, but not the favorite.

[$Burm$]

who cares, y would u even start a thread like this...u just got an opinion and claimin it as a fact...

[balls2wall]

I guess I need my head examined


I don't know who will win it, but I will take the field vs. UK

[Glitch]

kentuckys the front-runners...there are a few excellent teams this year tho.

[DavidWoodley]

not enough experience tourney is wide open though