don't buy into the hype or what I say or what another group of posters say. Look at the #'s how does Kentucky do away from their home court with their great fans?
yeah, they travel well, but this game is in Cornell's backyard and just about anyone that has tickets for this and ISN'T a true blue fan...will be backing Cornell big time....
so how did the numbers look when Kentucky left their hallowed grounds and played a team with similar ratings to cornell... (note that only 3 of these 10 games included a team with a better ranking than cornell)
number in parenthesis is the team's kenpom rating
Cornell is 44 in kenpom's ratings currently
neutral court vs uconn (57) W 68-66
away vs Florida (47) W 89-77
away vs Auburn (98) W 72-67
away vs S. Car (84) L 68-62
away vs Miss st (45) W 81-75 OT
away vs Vandy (36) W 58-56
away vs Tenn (33) L 74-65
neutral vs Bama (61) W 73-67
neutral vs Tenn (33) W 74-45
Neutral vs Miss St(45) W 75-74
8 of the ten games Kentucky failed to beat their opponent by more than 6...even by adjust for the home/away factor in those sec games that were away.... 8.5 is not an impossible number to cover.
just food for thought
yeah, they travel well, but this game is in Cornell's backyard and just about anyone that has tickets for this and ISN'T a true blue fan...will be backing Cornell big time....
so how did the numbers look when Kentucky left their hallowed grounds and played a team with similar ratings to cornell... (note that only 3 of these 10 games included a team with a better ranking than cornell)
number in parenthesis is the team's kenpom rating
Cornell is 44 in kenpom's ratings currently
neutral court vs uconn (57) W 68-66
away vs Florida (47) W 89-77
away vs Auburn (98) W 72-67
away vs S. Car (84) L 68-62
away vs Miss st (45) W 81-75 OT
away vs Vandy (36) W 58-56
away vs Tenn (33) L 74-65
neutral vs Bama (61) W 73-67
neutral vs Tenn (33) W 74-45
Neutral vs Miss St(45) W 75-74
8 of the ten games Kentucky failed to beat their opponent by more than 6...even by adjust for the home/away factor in those sec games that were away.... 8.5 is not an impossible number to cover.
just food for thought