The fact Kentucky's lost four of its last seven games is most assuredly causing panic in Bluegrass territory today. That's as much a legitimate concern as it is the DNA nature of Big Blue Nation. Arguments can be and have already been assembled that UK's not even the second-best team in the SEC anymore; Florida and Alabama have pulled away from the pack in the middling major conference. But the Wildcats, despite having a 19-8 and 7-6 mark in the SEC, are still ranked ninth by Ken Pomeroy's equations. It is 19th according to Sagarin.

Walter Cornett, of Glendale, Kentucky, is the owner and operator of Walter's Wildcat World. He founded WildcatWorld.com in 1998 making it one of the oldest Kentucky basketball fan sites in operation today.