alt.sports.college.sec.kentucky

On Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:02:59 -0500, Derek wrote:

>Big Blue Fan wrote:
>> On Wed, 03 Oct 2007 11:51:08 -0500, Derek wrote:
>>
>>> Big Blue Fan wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 03 Oct 2007 07:44:53 -0700, GRIGS1970@ wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Oct 1, 2:53 pm, Derek wrote:
>>>>>> Crash wrote:
>>>>>>> Interview with OTS on the Big Ten Network website:
>>>>>>> /news/ ?LIST_ID=22&STORY_ID=3365
>>>>>>> "MD: What type of style of play do you want your teams playing offensively
>>>>>>> and defensively? What type of identity?
>>>>>>> TS: We want to be an up-tempo team, always want to take the first open shot
>>>>>>> and want to force as many turnovers as we can."
>>>>>>> Do you think that when OTS says "up-tempo" he means shooting the ball with
>>>>>>> five seconds left on the shot clock instead of three?
>>>>>> Aw, crap. Up-tempo my eye teeth. Then again, maybe compared to a snail...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And the pain continues...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "MD: Compare the style of play in the SEC to the Big Ten. Will the
>>>>>> "transition from conferences force you to change your coaching style?
>>>>>> "
>>>>>> "TS: I hope I don't because it's been pretty successful. I think the Big
>>>>>> "Ten has had the reputation of being a very physical conference and the
>>>>>> "SEC has been a conference people have considered more athletic.
>>>>>> "
>>>>>> "But I've competed against the Big Ten schools and we've had our head
>>>>>> "handed to us at Kentucky and we've also won some games.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> MODESTLY successful, maybe. Being responsible for the end of much
>>>>>> heralded and beloved traditions is not "success."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And can anyone site the stats, off hand, of how UK did against Big Ten
>>>>>> schools over the last 10 years?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I had hopes when Minnesota signed Coach Smith. Granted, I've not seen
>>>>>> evidence of his coaching there, but my hopes are fading fast.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Derek
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bigamy is carrying respectability to a criminal extreme.
>>>>> Tubby was 8-2 against the Hoosiers. He was either 3-3 or 2-3 against
>>>>> Michigan St. IIRC. UK played Wisconsin in the NCAA and beat
>>>>> them...game where Bogans was hurt. I'm thinking we beat Purdue at
>>>>> least once in Tubby's tenure, with no losses. Was the win over the
>>>>> Gophers in the NCAA in '97 or '98? There was an infamous loss to Penn
>>>>> State at Rupp.
>>>>>
>>>>> Pretty sure the Cats won around 70% of our games against the Big Ten
>>>>> during the Smith era, due mainly to our dominance of Indiana.
>>>> The Gophers win was in '97.
>>>>
>>>> BBF
>>>>
>>>> Number 8 in '08!!!
>>> Actually, it "wasn't", if you follow my drift.
>>
>> Ha ha. Ok, I'll rephrase that, UK's Final Four win over the Gophers
>> was in '97.
>
>Well, yeah, that's more accurate, but still "wrong" as NCAA vacated the
>Gophers' appearance that year due to academic misconduct under then
>coach Clem Haskins.

But in reality, the game was played and UK won. The NCAA cannot erase
that fact. I hate the "vacated" status the NCAA uses on those games,
it doesn't make sense. You can't replay the games that those
"vacated" teams won, with the other team that "should" have been
there. So, IMO, the "vacated" label is nonsense.

BBF

Number 8 in '08!!!