It looks like UK has reached out to Rylan Grffen from Kansas and Dan Skillings Jr. from Cincinnati. Looks like Gates is gonna go in a different direction so it makes sense to look at other options.

Rylan Griffen- Kansas (former Bama transfer) 6'6 190lbs junior - 6.3 PPG, 2.1 RPG, 1.4 APG, 37.2% FG, 33.6% 3PT, 67.5% FT - #54 overall transfer at 247

Dan Skillings Jr- Cincinnati 6'5 210lbs junior - 9.2 PPG, 3.8 RPG, 1.5 APG, 44.0% FG, 29.9% 3PT

Skillings kinda feels like a poor man's version of Otega. Im not really sure he fits what we still need at UK.

I do like the idea of Rylan Griffen. He took a BIG step back going from Bama to Kansas. His stats his sophomore year at Bama were good: 11.2 PPG, 3.4 RPG, 1.9 APG, 39.2% FG, 39.2% 3PT and 81% FT. With him coming off a bad year at Kansas you would think you can get him at a nice NIL discount. If Pope can get him close to his sophomore Bama play then thats a HUGE win in my opinion.

@Travis Graf - whats your thoughts on these 2?

Yeah!!

Was he made a promise to be showcased this year ?

Do the CATS have a general manager?

DJ Hunter from Lex gets things started as QB of the future.

@Butters' Dad You said we had no money, that you weren't a troll and just wanted to talk UK basketball but all you talked about was how there was no NIL for UK basketball.

You aren't in any of the threads anymore, What happened?

"Kentucky presented us with a very detailed plan for how they plan on bringing Jayden back with the trainers and how they want to use him once he's healthy," Haminn Quaintance said. "The way that they use their big men as offensive hubs, he really fits into that system. Jayden didn't want to go somewhere where he'd just be a screener. Coach Pope made him feel really good. They went really deep on the analytics, going into things most coaches don't even think of."

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Man .... reading that last sentence feels so good. This type of thing is why I feel everyone around here hammering CMP about his portal recruiting needs to realize .... there's a different dude driving the bus now. He has a plan and knows what he's doing .... and he's smarter than anyone else around here. Let him cook.

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That last 90 seconds by Houston was something,.

Might as well get this started.

Among the intriguing matchups tonight, I am interested to see how Florida's offense executes against the Houston defense on pick and roll.

Duke modified their offense, to quickly roll the player setting a screen, or faking a screen, in order to avoid the Houston traps on pick and roll ... which I thought was effective for Duke ... be interesting to see what the Gators do.