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This Kentucky team is absolutely unreal. I never expected West Virginia to win this game, but they're getting absolutely dump trucked.

Not sure why so many don't include this Kentucky team in with a lot of the other undefeated college basketball powerhouses. This team is so damn deep that the towel boy could probably start for any other college team at this point.

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A third of the way into the Kentucky/West Virginia game and its already over.

In theory any team is beatable, but so far nobody has stepped up and actually done it against Kentucky and it doesn't look like its happening tonight either.

Oh they're beatable, it's just the only 2 that are capable of it are stuck in the same damn bracket. Kentucky is great, but they have a cakewalk to the Elite Eight, West Virginia isn't great to begin with, a product of the Big 12, and plus they decided to talk smack during the week. and gave Kentucky motivation to beat their ass even harder than before. Impressive performance for sure, but it's not as impressive as it may seem. And I don't think this is a particularly solid Mountaineer effort either.

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A third of the way into the Kentucky/West Virginia game and its already over.

In theory any team is beatable, but so far nobody has stepped up and actually done it against Kentucky and it doesn't look like its happening tonight either.

Oh they're beatable, it's just the only 2 that are capable of it are stuck in the same damn bracket. Kentucky is great, but they have a cakewalk to the Elite Eight, West Virginia isn't great to begin with, a product of the Big 12, and plus they decided to talk smack during the week. and gave Kentucky motivation to beat their ass even harder than before. Impressive performance for sure, but it's not as impressive as it may seem. And I don't think this is a particularly solid Mountaineer effort either.

I think the ONLY team that could even keep it close is Wisconsin, and even that feels like a stretch at this point. Arizona is gonna have a whale of a time just getting through Wisconsin (and I don't think they will), let alone Kentucky.

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Took in the game next to some West Virginia grads tonight. By the time the score was 30-10, there was nothing I could say or do without coming off as a complete asshat.

In my 20 years of watching the tourney, I can't remember a Sweet 16 game EVER being as lopsided. This Kentucky team is FOR FXUKING REAL.

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That may have been Greg Marshall's last game at WSU. I think if a school like Texas offered him a job he'd take it, don't see him going to Bama.

Why the :censored: would you leave Wichita State to be second, or possibly third banana at Texas?

This Kentucky team is absolutely unreal. I never expected West Virginia to win this game, but they're getting absolutely dump trucked.

Not sure why so many don't include this Kentucky team in with a lot of the other undefeated college basketball powerhouses. This team is so damn deep that the towel boy could probably start for any other college team at this point.

Something about the Harrison twins getting serious minutes is what holds a lot of people up.

This Kentucky team probably would have lost by now if the caliber of play throughout college basketball wasn't already down.

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That may have been Greg Marshall's last game at WSU. I think if a school like Texas offered him a job he'd take it, don't see him going to Bama.

Why the :censored: would you leave Wichita State to be second, or possibly third banana at Texas?

He'd be a richer banana with a program with a much bigger upside and ceiling than Wichita State could ever dream of.

WSU has reached their peak potential. You can reach much higher peaks at Texas

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A third of the way into the Kentucky/West Virginia game and its already over.

In theory any team is beatable, but so far nobody has stepped up and actually done it against Kentucky and it doesn't look like its happening tonight either.

Oh they're beatable, it's just the only 2 that are capable of it are stuck in the same damn bracket. Kentucky is great, but they have a cakewalk to the Elite Eight, West Virginia isn't great to begin with, a product of the Big 12, and plus they decided to talk smack during the week. and gave Kentucky motivation to beat their ass even harder than before. Impressive performance for sure, but it's not as impressive as it may seem. And I don't think this is a particularly solid Mountaineer effort either.

Its not a particular solid Moutaineer effort because our length, height and defensive presence shut them down. The only team that has a true shot to beat Big Blue Nation this year is a team that is unranked. Coach Cal's teams have always played easy going against non-ranked opponents. But when they have played a team that is ranked, they come out of the gates on fire this year. You can ask Kansas, Texas, UCLA, Loserville, Arkansas, and UNC how Kentucky played them. As far as any ranked team, I believe Duke will give us a good game if we both make it to the championship and I also believe Wisconsin will be a good game as well. But I am sick of everyone saying Kentucky plays in a weak conference when the SEC was a lot stronger this year than people give them credit. In fact, next year, the SEC is going to be tough as hell.

The bottom line folks, this is a special team. Think about it for a minute. These are 18-20 year old kids that share the ball and play as team is this day in age when everyone is about ME. Coach Cal is special at changing the mentality of his players to play for the name on the front of the jersey instead of the back. The best thing about this team for me is not even on the basketball court. It is the work they do off the court by mentoring the youth in Lexington and throughout the state of Kentucky. When Coach Cal first started coaching at Kentucky, every year during the Christmas break, he would take the player to Samaritan's Feet events and either give unfortunate kids shoes and wash their feet as a way of teaching them to make their life about everyone and not just them. This year in the Bahamas, they washed the feet of several kids in the area and that was when I knew this team was going to be special.

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Not sure why so many don't include this Kentucky team in with a lot of the other undefeated college basketball powerhouses. This team is so damn deep that the towel boy could probably start for any other college team at this point.

I guess it's because people don't like the current approach of NCAA basketball players, openly trying to go one-and-done to the NBA without getting the full, four-year collegiate experience.

They hate Calipari because, once again, he'll be dammed to win college basketball games if it means sacrificing ethics and the truthful character of his players/students, all for benefit towards Kentucky's basketball program; the truth is that Cal is the best at handling the much, bigger problem of one-and-dones throughout all of college basketball. The 1976 Indiana team gets gushed for being a true, collegiate team, whereas this 2015 Kentucky team gets billed as the worst example of today's one-year, NCAA basketball player.

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A third of the way into the Kentucky/West Virginia game and its already over.

In theory any team is beatable, but so far nobody has stepped up and actually done it against Kentucky and it doesn't look like its happening tonight either.

Oh they're beatable, it's just the only 2 that are capable of it are stuck in the same damn bracket. Kentucky is great, but they have a cakewalk to the Elite Eight, West Virginia isn't great to begin with, a product of the Big 12, and plus they decided to talk smack during the week. and gave Kentucky motivation to beat their ass even harder than before. Impressive performance for sure, but it's not as impressive as it may seem. And I don't think this is a particularly solid Mountaineer effort either.
I think the ONLY team that could even keep it close is Wisconsin, and even that feels like a stretch at this point. Arizona is gonna have a whale of a time just getting through Wisconsin (and I don't think they will), let alone Kentucky.

If I was going to pick a team to beat Kentucky, I think the team they have coming up in Notre Dame gives them their toughest potential matchup.

The only way your beating this Kentucky team is to shoot the lights out of the building. Anyone that says there's a team out there that can out strategize Kentucky, or present an unfavorable matchup through play style is fooling themselves. There isn't a single team out there that could beat Kentucky more then 3 times out of 10.

What Notre Dame can do though and they've done it before is just get white hot from three point range. If that happens, things could get interesting.

The downside to that is you can also go ice cold and you could just as well see a repeat of the West Virginia game if Notre Dame comes out flat footed.

I don't see how this Kentucky team loses any other way. Wisconsin played well last night, but that effort against Kentucky would have gotten them run of the gym. A transition game like the one they played against UNC is suicide against Kentucky and to beat Kentucky I think you are going to have to beat them in the full court, which they can't do. Notre Dame at least has a chance in that regard and they looked pretty good against Wichita State.

I don't dispute that Kentucky is a far better team then Notre Dame. But Notre Dame has beaten teams far better then them simply by out shooting them before.

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Not sure why so many don't include this Kentucky team in with a lot of the other undefeated college basketball powerhouses. This team is so damn deep that the towel boy could probably start for any other college team at this point.

I guess it's because people don't like the current approach of NCAA basketball players, openly trying to go one-and-done to the NBA without getting the full, four-year collegiate experience.

They hate Calipari because, once again, he'll be dammed to win college basketball games if it means sacrificing ethics and the truthful character of his players/students, all for benefit towards Kentucky's basketball program; the truth is that Cal is the best at handling the much, bigger problem of one-and-dones throughout all of college basketball. The 1976 Indiana team gets gushed for being a true, collegiate team, whereas this 2015 Kentucky team gets billed as the worst example of today's one-year, NCAA basketball player.

The thing that most people don't realize is that Kentucky fans hate the one-and-done, heck, even Coach Cal has said repeatedly that he hates the rule. But this current team is not succeed-and-proceed players. Now granted, several may leave for the NBA, including two freshman, maybe three. But unlike the rest of Coach Cal's teams (besides the 2010) squad this team is actually full of older players.

Rotation Players - Grade - Speculation on Leaving:

  1. Willie Cauley-Stein - Junior - NBA 1st Round Pick
  2. Karl-Anthony Towns - Freshman - NBA 1st Round Pick
  3. Devin Booker - Freshman - NBA 1st Round Pick
  4. Andrew Harrison - Sophomore - Will Return
  5. Aaron Harrison - Sophomore - Will Return
  6. Alex Poythress - Junior - Will Return
  7. Dakari Johnson - Sophomore - Will Return
  8. Marcus Lee - Sophomore - Will Return
  9. Tyler Ulis - Freshman - Will Return
  10. Trey Lyles - Freshman - May Leave
  11. Dominique Hawkins - Sophomore - Will Return

4 - Freshman

6 - Sophomores

2 - Juniors

3 - Seniors (Practice Squad)

For me personally, the one-and-done rule ruins college basketball. With the it is now, all the legendary records will stand as there will not be anyone around long enough. I would love to see someone break Dan Issel's all-time scoring record at Kentucky, heck the closest man to him in the last 20 years was Tony Delk (5th place) and he will probably hold that spot for decades to come, unless this rule is changed. I am just hoping that newly proposed rule to allow the players an extra six weeks to make a decision based of recommendations from the NBA combine goes through. That way, these kids will have extra time to make a decision and it will benefit the university in the long run.

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I don't have a problem with one and done because the NCAA is a vile institution and they hold talented basketball players hostage for a year. Imagine being really awesome at trading stocks at a young age, but instead of heading to Merrill Lynch after high school (or whenever), you have to manage some school's portfolio for a year for free.

I liked it better when players could skip the college farce altogether. If you're good enough to be drafted, you should be able to be drafted. And if you flame out, there's always Europe, B-level leagues, or applying for a degree then. Not sure why anyone should have to risk their careers in their chosen profession for free, when they get none of the financial benefit they work so hard to contribute too.

And I say this after having just spend $400 on second/third round tickets to the NCAA (and I got in early! That was $400 for two seats a year ago; walk-up tickets started at $200/session by the time teams were announced). Food was expensive, shirts were expensive, and that's to say nothing of television broadcasting rights. I'm a jerk for having contributed to a corrupt system.

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Also, I'm in second place in my money bracket, with a good chance of winning up to $75! So there's that.

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I don't have a problem with one and done because the NCAA is a vile institution and they hold talented basketball players hostage for a year. Imagine being really awesome at trading stocks at a young age, but instead of heading to Merrill Lynch after high school (or whenever), you have to manage some school's portfolio for a year for free...

The NCAA is terrible, but one and done is an NBA rule, not an NCAA rule. The NBA requires players be a year out of high school before they can enter the draft, similar to how the NFL requires players be three years out of high school. It is a dumb rule, but it's not the NCAA's dumb rule. I don't know if it would be better to up it to two years, drop it entirely, or something far more creative and far better that I am not going to think of right now, but it's the NBA who needs to fix it.

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I'd prefer the NBA to go the baseball route (at least, what I believe is still the baseball route): either you can be drafted right out of high school or you go play college ball for three years. I think the NBA is now better equipped to judging ready-for-play talent than they were 10-15 years ago.

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I'd prefer the NBA to go the baseball route (at least, what I believe is still the baseball route): either you can be drafted right out of high school or you go play college ball for three years. I think the NBA is now better equipped to judging ready-for-play talent than they were 10-15 years ago.

I have loved this idea from the first time I heard it. However, I wonder if anything could be done to prevent someone from going overseas to circumvent the NCAA requirement. A player could go to Europe for a year and then be eligible for the NBA draft the following year.

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