With all of the 18% talk, I can't believe there hasn't been a poll on BGP yet. Who is UK's biggest rival in basketball?

^ This will be a landslide...maybe we should rephrase it to...check those that are considered rivals of UK.

This is not even close,whether they played them every year or every five years. Just check their message boards at any given time of the day. It is DUKE. Florida is coming on as a distant second.

^ Check UK's or Duke's..because the latter would, you would likely not find mention of UK

No 18% here Scibe, I chose Louisville and would also consider Florida, Tennessee and Indiana before Duke. Who is this guy "Duke" ? I can think of the dog on the Busch's baked beans commercials (maybe the dog is coach K ) and maybe that was the nickname for John Wayne but he was way too admired and manly to be the Duke Blue Devils. :lol:

 

Seriously, imo U.L. is U.K.'s main rival then you go to conference with Florida and Tennessee. Indiana is also a long time traditional rival. Duke is extremely disliked and always will be but when we play them it is usually in the NCAA...........Then it is a rival but I couldn't list them as one of the main rival games. Imo you have to play people on a regular basis for it to be considered a rival.

^ Check UK's or Duke's..because the latter would, you would likely not find mention of UK

That's what makes it so enjoyable.

Louisville with Florida in second.

It was Duke, but the way UK is falling off before long it will be Eastern Kentucky.

Louisville with Florida in second.

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It was Duke, but the way UK is falling off before long it will be Eastern Kentucky.

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That's what makes it so enjoyable.

No, that's what makes it insane to even mention. Why would you consider someone a rival if they don't consider you the same???

I think it's UL, but could be Florida before long...

Depending on how you look at it. If you go by rivalries as far as seeing each other quite often then its either Louisville or Florida. UL the in state rivalry, UF the in conference rivalry. But if your looking at signifigance of games between two schools then ultimately UK has played more important and legendary games against Duke than they have anyone. Its a quiet rivalry that don't get hyped as much, but when you take into consideration 92' UK/Duke, 98' UK/Duke, then the 2000??? Jimmy V' game between UK/Duke, what three UL, UF, or IU games even come close? Legendary games is what makes a real good rivalry, Duke and UK has just that. To further my assumption, if UK gets beat out, a majority of Cat fans will still silently wish all well to the Cards'. However, you name me one true Kentucky fan that doesn't hate Duke, or one true Duke fan that doesn't hate Kentucky, then I'll hand you someone who is truely not a fan. The two hate each other, but due to not seeing each other as often as others, they are not considered to be as big of a rivalry.

It was Duke, but the way UK is falling off before long it will be Eastern Kentucky.

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I almost put EKU in the poll!

 

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It was Duke, but the way UK is falling off before long it will be Eastern Kentucky.

 

:lol: True. True.