The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, of UK

The Good- There isn't much good to talk about with this team.  I think the best thing that can be said about UK basketball for 2012-2013 is that this season is almost over.  Here is the good though, and it is really good.  We are about to receive the greatest recruiting class ever.  We have the #4, #5, #10, #13, #18, players in the 2013 class.  That is an entire starting 5 of the best players in the country.  3 or 4 of those could go straight to the NBA if allowed.  Also, these players are much more like last years class, than this years class.  They are high character, winners.  They are program builders, especially the Harrison twins.  They are mentally and physically tough, something this team lacked almost across the board.  This class will also have the best back court for UK since probably 96, probably better than Wall/Bledsoe.  That makes a huge difference.  Also, if that wasn't enough, UK very well could get the #2 player to commit on Wednesday (Julius Randle)!    That will then make it, #2, #4, #5, #10, #13, #18!  Unbelievable. All of this is not counting Derek Willis from KY and probably the kid from Madison Central.  Also, Stein, Goodwin and Proythress could very well come back next year.  We are going to be deeper than ever before.  Next year is going to be ridiculous, but that is 8 months away.  Right now we must swallow this dose of humble pie.

Also, spring football starts today, this is very exciting for once (honestly).

The Bad- This entire team is the bad. I predicted at the start of the year that this team would lose 10-12 games, the final record was 21-11.  I said the reason this team would struggle is because of weak guard play.  At least 6 of UK's losses were totally inexcusable. They were simply outworked.  I thought we would struggle because of the weak guard play, I didn't realize the entire team would struggle because of a lack of will.  Now, in UK's defense (if there is one), they lost 94% of their scoring last year, AND UK lost their best player mid year to an ACL tear.  Most teams would not overcome that.  Despite all of that, all we had to do was beat a .500 team to get in the NCAA tournament, and we couldn't do that.  We didn't deserve an NCCA bid. We can't complain, we cant cry about it, we have no one to blame but ourselves.  This is the gamble of always recruiting the best players in the country.  1) They need to be tough.  Up until this year, this hasn't been a problem.  2) Sometimes, it just doesn't work.  This team had no MKG on the team.  This is as bad as it gets, next year will be different.

The Ugly- This is a nightmare scenario for UK fans.  It looks like UofL is the best team in the bracket, Duke, Kansas and IU are the next best.  It could not have lined up worse for #BBN.  I do wish those teams the best, and I hope UofL wins it.  This is their best chance, if it doesn't happen now, it might not ever happen with Pitino.  I see a possible scenario that matches NCAA football of recent, Bama-AU-Bama- Bama.  We shall see. Only thing for sure is that we won it last year.  Regardless, UK fans should duck and cover for the next 3 weeks, its going to be ugly.