USA Today writer Chris Chase has written one of the most ridiculous articles I have ever read.
Actually I am sorry I read it.
But, since we try to put up articles from all walks of life that concern Kentucky Basketball, here it goes.
Mr. Chase thinks Kentucky is too good to win it all.
Since their games, Texas, UNC and Louisville have come back to earth, while only Kansas has stuck around as a legitimate top-five team. Still, those other teams will be highly-seeded come tournament time. So if Kentucky has won games against good, ranked opponents by an average of 16.5 points, why won’t they win the whole thing? Because they’ve yet to face a real challenge from a top team and, no matter how much Calipari tells them that the No. 2 seed they’ll face in the Elite Eight is a tough opponent, a college kid who vividly remembers blowing out Kansas by 32 points is going to have a hard time believing it. That’s the thing about youth: They think they’re invincible.
He continues:
But back to the idea of Kentucky being too good: This is team that, so far, hasn’t had to take a punch from a worthy adversary. There were post-New Year’s hangover overtime games against Mississippi and Texas A&M. And LSU hung with Kentucky, sure, but that was an off-night for the ‘Cats against a team that lost to No. 90 Old Dominion and a horrendous Missouri team (ranked No. 201 in Pomeroy — the worst of any major-conference squad).
And then, of course, he brings up that Kentucky needs a loss.
“Is it better for an undefeated team to lose?” is a constant debate in college basketball and there are compelling arguments for both sides. For this Kentucky team, a loss has to be better. They need to taste defeat. They need to be in a game and know what it feels like to not have everything go their way. Adversity should be welcome and a loss, even to a bad team, would be best for a Wildcats team trying to history. Get a loss in the next three weeks and a title — which should be the ultimate goal — is more likely.
You know, if Kentucky keeps winning, they don’t have to lose.
And you can never be too good.
Ever.
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