according to Louie he would have fit in nicely to the best backcourt next year in America

According to Sir Kerr…

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Do you think we finish this great portal/freshman class with one more BOOM? I really want Pierre but that's just being greedy I guess...

What’s his name?

I can’t remember. Starts with a J. Got the cheap ass poor avatar like he ain’t know how to copy/paste.

Tag him. This thread is for him. Just wanted him to get some attention.

All love.

Have a good night!!!

I won the RR bracket challenge, much more prestigious!
Now where’s my one year subscription to the jelly of the month club? lol

Exhale: neither a “pro” or “anti” Pope post.

It seems that almost all the guys Pope has gotten from the portal the last two years have been secured quickly, at least from when we as fans hear about the interest. I can’t recall hearing about someone and it dragging on too long. That’s why I am skeptical about Alvaro. I don’t think Pope wastes much time. He likes a guy, he locks him down, or fails to and moves on.

I also wonder how serious Pope is about all these guys we’re linked to. This may really befuddle our “insiders” like Travis. Take a guy like Quaintance. Pope may feign interest to drive the price up. It would be smart strategy to an extent. Only risk is lowering brand reputation, but $ is probably what matters. So, take it from competitors pool. Puts the insiders in a tough spot to report accurate info.

I was shocked....It's JQ

Can you say upside?

But the excitement and interest in UK football and basketball is gone for me. All I read and hear about is NIL and Huge amounts of money for players. I can't get excited about who we are offering to pay life changing money too to play COLLEGE basketball or football. The real excitement is gone now. I really don't understand how all of this works - I say that because how do you keep team harmony and unity when you pay one guy $3 million dollars and another $50,000 and expect everyone to be happy and content. How do you build a team when everyone bolts after the season for more money? Professional sports has and never will be my thing. I loved my college alma mater teams - but thats not who they are any more. They are paid professional athletes who are playing for the highest bidder and as I said leave after the season. That's not college sports - it is pure professional sports now.

With this info I know that UK will never have a championship football team again - the biggest reason will be money. Its professional and we will not have the money. We may compete in basketball - but without a level playing field - I doubt we will win another championship. It's going to be the John Wooden UCLA era all over again. Wouldn't surprise me to see Duke win 6 of the next 10 NCAA Basketball championships because of money. Is that fun for everyone else?

The bottom line for me is this - I will watch the games on TV. I will go to some football games because it is a time to enjoy time with my college friendships. But I'm not going to get really upset when we lose - because I know that the game was not played with players who wanted to represent our University - but with players who wanted to only make money. I don't blame the players - it is capitalism - but it's something that I am not going to waste money on myself!

However, ..............I will still say................ Go Big Blue!

Every season except for his first at Utah Valley and BYU Pope played 10 players more than 10 minutes per game.

It will be interesting to see who the 3 players are that get spot minutes.

If we end up with JQ, I don't know where we fit in another rotation player. Maybe try to secure an unknown / foreign 3 and D player to develop next year?

Please don't use this thread to attack any current players. Thanks.

I know, I know, we don't even know who the last 2-4 players will be.
This is formatted better in Excel, but formatting doesn't carry over in cut/paste. And I can't figure out how to insert an image from my laptop on here.
And I do not expect us to score 98/gm, Probably will be more like 88-90. There are several guys I'd like to give more minutes too. And of course, depending on how many and who those last spots go to, will affect the minutes for others too.

Ho hum

Great length, Tenacious defender, capable shooter. Someone who can come off the bench and still log major minutes.