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Aaron torres "multiple sources think kentucky may be on top for nate ament " but

Johnson scored 9 of the 32 at the free throw line. It took him a whopping 26 shots to get the other 23. Not sure that is worthy of the "on our heads" taunt. In any event, UK had that game won but with no experienced floor general they blew it at the end. With Lamont Butler, they win it going away and Tre Johnson is likely the next in a long line of ballyhooed burger boys who fail to make the NCAA tournament in their single college season.
Look man, he LEADS THE SEC IN SCORING AVG!!!! THE SEC!!! So now go ahead and tell me how Tre Johnson isn’t any good now of that he had some sort of trouble scoring 32pts on us??? I mean cmon man, I’m as UK BLUE as anyone here but you can’t just say that everyone else besides UK guys aren’t good? Tre Johnson would absolutely lead our team in scoring this year as well so please don’t tell me that recruiting elite high schoolers doesn’t matter. That’s just goofy.
 
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UK would be top 5 next year if they added Green and Ament this Spring.

Oweh, Ament, Johnson, and Green give you four all-SEC level players.

I still think we would need someone like Jamichael Stillwell from Milwaukee as well. A solid shooter and elite rebounder from a mid major to play the 4. He could cover the 5 if Garrison can’t handle it.
 
Look man, he LEADS THE SEC IN SCORING AVG!!!! THE SEC!!! So now go ahead and tell me how Tre Johnson isn’t any good now of that he had some sort of trouble scoring 32pts on us??? I mean cmon man, I’m as UK BLUE as anyone here but you can’t just say that everyone else besides UK guys aren’t good? Tre Johnson would absolutely lead our team in scoring this year as well so please don’t tell me that recruiting elite high schoolers doesn’t matter. That’s just goofy.
Is Ament a clone of Tre Johnson? How do you know Ament isnt more like Brandon Boston and contact in the SEC will make him shrivel ? Also UL is 1 game, if we lose it one freaking year at UL next year , so freaking what?

Ament isnt coming to UK anyways, and any talk about him positive to UK is probably encouraged by UL or Duke so they get a huge recruiting win over us and people like you melt down.

I dont want UL to ever have a better year than us but if they do, its not the end of the world. heck UL getting Ament might be the best thing possible because it might drive our boosters and mitch barnhart to actually stepping up and doing things that need to be done behind the scenes
 
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I have two friends that are die hard UL fans. Both graduated from UK, so that is just weird as hell in the first place. I don’t even understand that, but whatever. Towards the end of the Texas game they both texted me “Hook ‘em Horns!” It was so stupid man. I replied to both with a screen shot of the score for game we beat them. They didn’t respond. How can these guys even survive in the world?
My life-long best friend is also a Louisville fan, and we've never let it come close to being a thing. We rib each other sometimes, but it's nothing serious. I would have his back a hundred times over many UK fans I know.
 
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Is Ament a clone of Tre Johnson? How do you know Ament isnt more like Brandon Boston and contact in the SEC will make him shrivel ? Also UL is 1 game, if we lose it one freaking year at UL next year , so freaking what?

Ament isnt coming to UK anyways, and any talk about him positive to UK is probably encouraged by UL or Duke so they get a huge recruiting win over us and people like you melt down.

I dont want UL to ever have a better year than us but if they do, its not the end of the world. heck UL getting Ament might be the best thing possible because it might drive our boosters and mitch barnhart to actually stepping up and doing things that need to be done behind the scenes
Yeah if you don’t think it’s important to keep our feet on UL’s neck, we will never see eye to eyeon this. I live in Louisville and work at KTP (ford) and these asshats are insufferable!!! It’ll ALWAYS be a huge deal to me for us to keep pounding UL!!!
 
I still think we would need someone like Jamichael Stillwell from Milwaukee as well. A solid shooter and elite rebounder from a mid major to play the 4. He could cover the 5 if Garrison can’t handle it.
Stillwell is one I would love from the portal. There are already 4 or 5 others that I would be very happy to get from the portal for the PF spot, and that's just based on my guess that they're likely to enter the portal due to not being able to pass up NIL opportunities (although one or two might still be potential late 1st round draft picks).
 
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My life-long best friend is also a Louisville fan, and we've never let it come close to being a thing. We rib each other sometimes, but it's nothing serious. I would have his back a hundred times over many UK fans I know.
My best friend is a huge UNC fan. We don’t talk trash, mainly because he can’t take it. He’s in hell right now.
 
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Yeah if you don’t think it’s important to keep our feet on UL’s neck, we will never see eye to eyeon this. I live in Louisville and work at KTP (ford) and these asshats are insufferable!!! It’ll ALWAYS be a huge deal to me for us to keep pounding UL!!!
You dont think we can beat UL with proven portal players mixed in with our recruiting class? you that scared of Brown and Ament? Are you going to demand Pope be fired if he loses 1 game against UL or something?
 
No need to knock Tre Johnson—it’s pointless. If he had passed up those shots to his Texas teammates, they probably would've lost already. In other words, Johnson had to take a lot of tough, star-player shots and absorb a ton of possessions just to keep them in it. If those shots went to his teammates instead, Texas might’ve ended up scoring 10 fewer points. His talent is undeniable. Put him in a better system—like under Pope—and with better teammates, he could be an efficient scorer while also handling those tough shots that other guys on UK wouldn’t even be able to create.

I would be very happy to have this level of freshman in our roster.
Mark Pope's mantra since he arrived at UK is to "win banners". Players like Tre Johnson don't sign with the likes of Texas to win anything. He went there because Rodney Terry promised a perpetual green light to gun away. All he cares about is to "showcase his skills" for the NBA just like John Calipari's constant parade of five stars who got embarrassed in the NCAA tournament year after year by teams like Oakland and St. Peter's with rosters full of guys who play hard, smart, together and have zero pro prospects.

Pope will land a five star freshman from time to time because he works hard at what he does and Kentucky is Kentucky, but only if the recruit is a high character guy who fits his system and will be a good teammate. Personally, that's the way I want it. We are on the right track.
 
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