Kentucky Women's Basketball Navigates Elite Ranking and Key Injury

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"kentucky is up to number six in the ap poll highest ranking since 2014 highest ranking of the kenny brooks era now i don't have to sit here and read off the entire ap poll just to get to kentucky right so we got yukon at one i think they'll stay at number one until they lose right defending national champions they played a few ranked teams and they beat them by like 30 so until yukon loses if they lose i think they'll just be stuck there at number one you got texas at number two south carolina at three ucla at four oklahoma at five and then we've got us kentucky at six vanderbilt at seven vandy shout out vandy number seven maryland who kentucky lost to back in november is at number eight they took a close loss to illinois recently michigan at nine and then louisville who kentucky beat by double digits on the road in november is at number 10 so that's the ap top 10 of course kentucky sitting there at number six now oklahoma we'll talk about them later ranked number five one spot ahead of kentucky comes to memorial on sunday so that'll be quite the game you have number five versus number six there um and of course like i said kentucky all the way up there at number six so what happens when you beat lsu on the road right that's what happens when you get a win like that"

The host highlights Kentucky's significant rise in the AP poll, reaching their highest ranking since 2014. This achievement is directly attributed to their recent road victory against LSU, demonstrating the impact of key wins on national perception. The host emphasizes the competitive landscape by listing the top 10 teams, underscoring Kentucky's current strong position.

"i saw this other metric it's called wab wins above bubble and i've never heard of that but i heard of that like the other day was the first time i ever heard of that and i already think it is a much more useful metric than the net um i believe kentucky was fifth in that and basically what the wab is i mean the wins above bubble right i guess it's when you take you know let's take kentucky's schedule and the games they've played and the wins and losses they have i guess that ranking the way i understand it and the way i mean that's what it's called i think it's like if you take the average bubble team right ncaa tournament bubble team and they played your schedule that's how many wins they would be above the bubble or something like that but regardless i think it sounds more useful to me than the net which i mean clearly lsu at five seems a little flawed like i said you know it's just again you beat a team you know a few days ago at their place and you're still ranked below them michigan six kentucky seven michigan state and number eight tcu nine oklahoma at 10 so you know i don't want to buy into the net rankings too much but they're important right like that's what people are looking at when they go to net do stuff so i guess it is what it is"

The host introduces and questions the validity of the NET rankings, specifically noting LSU's high ranking despite a recent loss. They then present "Wins Above Bubble" (WAB) as a potentially more insightful metric, suggesting Kentucky's strong performance within this system. This comparison implies a critique of traditional ranking systems and a search for more accurate performance indicators.

"i remember um i was listening to kenny brooks' radio show last night and we're going to talk about that a little bit more here in a second where he was talking about tony and you can see the video uh the women's team put out this video on social media and it's this choose your character thing and it's all the different reactions after tony morgan's game winning shot and you know kenny brooks jumps in you know what looks like like four feet in the air uh pumping his fist uh you get the bench the managers the crowd everybody cheering and then you look at tony and she's just like this blank face you know hits the hits the game winner and is i don't know if she's like trying to put on the face or if it was her natural reaction but coolest cucumber like tony morgan just just stone cold not even you know getting super hyped about her own game winning shot but talking about the radio show a little bit more"

The host describes Tony Morgan's composed reaction to her game-winning shot, contrasting it with the exuberant celebrations of her teammates and coach. This observation highlights Morgan's "cool as a cucumber" demeanor, suggesting a remarkable level of composure under pressure. The host uses this anecdote to illustrate a key characteristic of the player, drawing from insights shared on Kenny Brooks' radio show.

"missouri was a quad three win i believe missouri and like even like central michigan i think marshall as well are all kind of close to moving up or down a quad line so those are teams for us to keep an eye on as well kentucky is now a two seed in the espn bracketology that's the highest kentucky's been you know slotted uh in the projected field under kenny brooks um and we've seen it with the men this morning and of course i went and looked at the women's bracketology look over here like is this not like the ugliest like what are we doing over here like i miss the old design of the espn bracketology where it was the simple white screen and your normal like lettering and design with the green and red arrows or whatever and then there's this horse crap like then there's that so as you see kentucky is a two seed projected to play uh 15 seed fairleigh dickinson in the first round and then you have seven seed stanford 10 seed oregon there i did i clicked expand on kentucky just to see what it brought up and it brought up this little seed projection history thing basically if you can't see it and you're just listening on podcast kentucky has steadily risen in the uh projected seeding of course now sitting at 15 and one and two and oh in the sec so i think it's just something to keep an eye on"

The host discusses Kentucky's projected seeding as a two-seed in the ESPN bracketology, noting it as the highest under coach Kenny Brooks. They also express a strong dislike for the current ESPN bracketology design, preferring an older, simpler interface. This section emphasizes Kentucky's strong position in the projected NCAA tournament field while also offering a personal critique of the visual presentation of the bracket.

"i mean if she touched michaela williams it was like this it was like a fingertip touch maybe um captain kirk saying that that lsu game was the best women's game they have seen since iowa lsu and the national championship um with kaylin clark and angel reese yeah that was at that i mean that was a great game that was genuinely i mean i had national people writing me that's a lot