So UK called ESPN and tried to get a Louisville ACC game time changed?

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So UK called ESPN and tried to get a Louisville ACC game time changed?



Coach Mack is a little confused about the "best college basket rivalry", other than that, it just shows how slimy the Kentucky program is.


......and we thought South Carolina were CHICKENS!

Awww...

The Kentucky putty tats widdle feelings might get hurt...

(09-30-2020 07:14 AM)XLance Wrote:  So UK called ESPN and tried to get a Louisville ACC game time changed?



Coach Mack is a little confused about the "best college basket rivalry", other than that, it just shows how slimy the Kentucky program is.


......and we thought South Carolina were CHICKENS!

You won’t get an argument with me about the rivalry. I happen to believe Duke / UNC is the best rivalry in college basketball. You should see Kentucky fans faces when I tell them that.

I’m still a Christian Laettner fan. He gave me the best birthday present ever when he hit that shot back in ‘92. In 1995 I went out and bought a UNC shirt to wear to work the next day after y’all beat them in the Final Four.

(09-30-2020 06:03 PM)CardinalJim Wrote:  

(09-30-2020 07:14 AM)XLance Wrote:  So UK called ESPN and tried to get a Louisville ACC game time changed?



Coach Mack is a little confused about the "best college basket rivalry", other than that, it just shows how slimy the Kentucky program is.


......and we thought South Carolina were CHICKENS!

You won’t get an argument with me about the rivalry. I happen to believe Duke / UNC is the best rivalry in college basketball. You should see Kentucky fans faces when I tell them that.

I’m still a Christian Laettner fan. He gave me the best birthday present ever when he hit that shot back in ‘92. In 1995 I went out and bought a UNC shirt to wear to work the next day after y’all beat them in the Final Four.

I bought a UMBC shirt the day after UVA lost in the round of 64 to them, to wear to my poker game that has a bunch of UVA fans at it. They had the last laugh a year later though.

(09-30-2020 06:03 PM)CardinalJim Wrote:  

(09-30-2020 07:14 AM)XLance Wrote:  So UK called ESPN and tried to get a Louisville ACC game time changed?



Coach Mack is a little confused about the "best college basket rivalry", other than that, it just shows how slimy the Kentucky program is.


......and we thought South Carolina were CHICKENS!

You won’t get an argument with me about the rivalry. I happen to believe Duke / UNC is the best rivalry in college basketball. You should see Kentucky fans faces when I tell them that.

I’m still a Christian Laettner fan. He gave me the best birthday present ever when he hit that shot back in ‘92. In 1995 I went out and bought a UNC shirt to wear to work the next day after y’all beat them in the Final Four.

I wonder if UK-UL would be as big as Duke-UNC if Kentucky and Louisville were in the same conference and they played home and home every season like Duke and Carolina did though. Imagine Senior Night in Lexington or Louisville against each other. IMO it's a complete shame the two aren't in the same conference. Too bad Kentucky won't come to the ACC. Imagine Kentucky not only playing Louisville in the ACC but Duke and Carolina every year.

(10-03-2020 05:12 AM)schmolik Wrote:  

(09-30-2020 06:03 PM)CardinalJim Wrote:  

(09-30-2020 07:14 AM)XLance Wrote:  So UK called ESPN and tried to get a Louisville ACC game time changed?



Coach Mack is a little confused about the "best college basket rivalry", other than that, it just shows how slimy the Kentucky program is.


......and we thought South Carolina were CHICKENS!

You won’t get an argument with me about the rivalry. I happen to believe Duke / UNC is the best rivalry in college basketball. You should see Kentucky fans faces when I tell them that.

I’m still a Christian Laettner fan. He gave me the best birthday present ever when he hit that shot back in ‘92. In 1995 I went out and bought a UNC shirt to wear to work the next day after y’all beat them in the Final Four.

I wonder if UK-UL would be as big as Duke-UNC if Kentucky and Louisville were in the same conference and they played home and home every season like Duke and Carolina did though. Imagine Senior Night in Lexington or Louisville against each other. IMO it's a complete shame the two aren't in the same conference. Too bad Kentucky won't come to the ACC. Imagine Kentucky not only playing Louisville in the ACC but Duke and Carolina every year.

With a quick wiki check, I find that Louisville and Kentucky have played a total of 52 times, with Kentucky holding a 37-16 record edge over the Cardinals.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky%E...le_rivalry

Interestingly Carolina and Kentucky have played a total of 40 times, with the Tar Heels holding a 24-16 advantage.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky%E...ll_rivalry

Duke vs. Carolina has been played a total of 252 times with the Tar Heels holding a all time 139-114 advantage.
The schools are only 8 miles apart, separated by 17 stoplights.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina%E...ke_rivalry


Louisville's basketball pedigree has certainly enhanced the ACC's reputation as the best college basketball conference in history. Kentucky playing in the SEC, even though a good basketball conference, has no other conference mate that can match their passion for the game.
Louisville's basketball future is bright in the ACC, while Kentucky like an ageing baseball pitcher, is starting to rely on dirty tricks and throwing junk in an attempt to stay relevant.

Your premise, however, is an interesting one, and should ESPN choose to move either school so that they would end up in the same conference, their rivalry would only be intensified and good for which ever conference they landed in.

The Arkansas-Kentucky games of the 90’s were the best SEC basketball games, probably ever.

(10-03-2020 09:29 AM)esayem Wrote:  The Arkansas-Kentucky games of the 90’s were the best SEC basketball games, probably ever.

Nolan Richardson, and the 40 minutes of.....

Richardson never got the credit he deserved for what he did at Arkansas. JMHO...

Is is really throwing them under the bus if it is all true?

One thing that enhances the UNC-Duke rivalry is that they play 20+ sports plus all the club sports. Those sports may not draw a lot of fans but they get just as intense when they play each other.

Not to get too far off topic but another rivalry I think could be great is Uconn/BC. They both hate each other and are fairly close.