Isaiah Jackson makes SEC All-Freshman Team and All-Defensive Team

[KeithKSR]

Not unexpected today, but who woulda thought that before the season began?

Wasn’t Sarr preseason POY?

[StuBleedsBlue2]

None of us would have thought that it would be so UK light, but the SEC is getting better and better. I think the SEC is right there with the Big 12 this season, just behind the B1G, and I don't think there is a lot of separation. I don't expect that that to change anytime soon.

However, next season will be a return to normalcy. The UK/BBN experience is going to be SO amped up next year and we are really going to see the effect it provides to the program. That's always why it's been a real head-scratcher for me when I hear UK fans make comments like, "all schools are going through it". It normalizes the BBN to every other school. The fan base is the heart and soul of the program, you take that away from the experience and it shouldn't surprise us that there is a negative effect, and that only happens at a very small number of schools and we have seen that in the results.

[StuBleedsBlue2]

Wasn’t Sarr preseason POY?

I thought it was Keyonte Johnson.

Sarr was 2nd team

[KeithKSR]

None of us would have thought that it would be so UK light, but the SEC is getting better and better. I think the SEC is right there with the Big 12 this season, just behind the B1G, and I don't think there is a lot of separation. I don't expect that that to change anytime soon.

I expect the NCAA tourney will show that a lot of teams in the B1G are overrated.

[StuBleedsBlue2]

I expect the NCAA tourney will show that a lot of teams in the B1G are overrated.

I certainly hope so. I lived in B1G territory for 23 years and there are two things that are consistent with fans from every school. They all think they are THE elite conference in football and basketball and they all despise UK. I've softened just a bit since it's not in my face everyday, but I hope they go down in flames.

Oddly enough, of all the fanbases largely represented in and around Chicago that did not have that absolute hatred for UK were Kansas fans. Some did, but many I met actually looked at UK more as a fellow blue blood and reserved their venom for the B1G and Duke/UNC. I won't be returning the lukewarm feelings for them any time soon, but I would rather see other Big 12 schools potentially be the team that breaks out of the championship slump than the B1G.