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For Real, Just who are Kentucky's Conference Rivals?
Posted on 3/1/15 at 3:17 pm
Posted on 3/1/15 at 3:17 pm
I know everybody wants to be KY's rival, just like they do Alabama in football. But does Kentucky really have a conference rival anymore? In the old days they did. Not sure anymore.
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Posted on 3/1/15 at 3:17 pm to morriscat2
quote:what?
I know everybody wants to be KY's rival, just like they do Alabama in football.
Posted on 3/1/15 at 3:19 pm to morriscat2
Despite Florida being down this season, they're UK's rival of at least the last decade or so.
The rivalry with Tennessee really emerged again under Pearl and I think Tyndall will revive it as well.
The rivalry with Tennessee really emerged again under Pearl and I think Tyndall will revive it as well.
Posted on 3/1/15 at 3:19 pm to morriscat2
They don't have one, but we've beaten them 67 times, more than any other team.
Posted on 3/1/15 at 3:22 pm to morriscat2
Closest thing to a rival in the SEC has to be Florida. However, Kentucky does have pretty good OOC rivalries are with Louisville, North Carolina, Indiana and Duke. I think they have plenty of good rivalries.
Posted on 3/1/15 at 3:23 pm to morriscat2
Florida would be the closest right now. Tennessee and Arky spent some time there as well.
Posted on 3/1/15 at 3:26 pm to Bench McElroy
Yea. Kind of the product of the SEC being so bad, historically, at basketball outside of Kentucky
Posted on 3/1/15 at 3:26 pm to morriscat2
Auburn scored the second most points vs them this season in BB so they have a good argument in that sport.
Posted on 3/1/15 at 3:28 pm to morriscat2
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For Real, Just who are Kentucky's Conference Rivals?
It's hard for me to say that there is one. No one else in the SEC comes close to Kentucky, and just about everyone else is football first.
Posted on 3/1/15 at 3:32 pm to RockyMtnTigerWDE
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Auburn scored the second most points vs them this season in BB so they have a good argument in that sport.
And we are the only other basketball school in the conference
Posted on 3/1/15 at 3:33 pm to BowlJackson
Ahem
Posted on 3/1/15 at 3:33 pm to morriscat2
I don't think they've ever had one.
Posted on 3/1/15 at 3:34 pm to BowlJackson
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And we are the only other basketball school in the conference
Isn't Vanderbilt a basketball school or did they switch to baseball full-time?
This post was edited on 3/1/15 at 3:35 pm
Posted on 3/1/15 at 3:35 pm to Korin
Scholarship and roster size limits?
About the only one I can think of
About the only one I can think of
This post was edited on 3/1/15 at 3:36 pm
Posted on 3/1/15 at 3:37 pm to morriscat2
It's probably different programs during different era
LSU in the 80s and early 90s
Florida since 2000
otherwise, the NCAA might be their biggest threat
LSU in the 80s and early 90s
Florida since 2000
otherwise, the NCAA might be their biggest threat
Posted on 3/1/15 at 3:53 pm to TheCheshireHog
Vandy is an Academic school, with a solid baseball program
Posted on 3/1/15 at 4:01 pm to morriscat2
Florida is easily our conference rival as of right now. They had a down year this year but Billy Donovan's time there as well as many of our games against each other over the last decade or so easily give them the nod. Tennessee has fallen off since Pearl leaving. Arkansas has had a good run against us lately but they just haven't been very successful. If they can capitalize on this season and continue it going forward, we can revisit Kentucky/Arkansas rivalry that was very heated years and years ago.
Posted on 3/1/15 at 4:16 pm to morriscat2
Probably LSU since LSU handed them their worst loss ever at Rupp Arena.
Posted on 3/1/15 at 4:22 pm to morriscat2
You're all our rivals. All of you.
Posted on 3/1/15 at 4:28 pm to morriscat2
The hottest conference rivalry UK has ever had was with Tennessee when Ray Mears was the coach at UT. It was white hot. Second hottest rivalry was with LSU under Dale Brown. It was more fun than anything, though. I really liked Dale Brown.
The most intense rivalry UK has ever had was out of conference. Indiana under Bob Knight and UK under Joe B. Hall was a bitter battle every year. I doubt it could ever be equaled.
The most intense rivalry UK has ever had was out of conference. Indiana under Bob Knight and UK under Joe B. Hall was a bitter battle every year. I doubt it could ever be equaled.
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