I definitely think they will be pretty good defensively, we have some pieces it will just take time to become a good unit together. I’m happy to hear the offense looks that good because I was more worried about that. I bet after last year it will be better.
Remember 24% of that is going to Uncle Sam so about a year of that plan comes off the top.
I'm agree with you 100%. So what if the government says I have mental problems; it's nothing cure don't drugs.
That is what I would like to know. One guy they have not talked about much is Almonor. And of course Brea hasn't practiced much so maybe his injury wasn't expected? Just speculation though. Pretty much said the offense will not be an issue for winning the title. Said when we are hot on some nights there will be some blowouts and when we have an off night will still have to out score people, kind of like last year I suspect. But we should be able to wear a few people down with our depth. One writer said we had two 'elite' point guards in Butler and Kriisa.
Kentucky has an all star team full of talent, size, shooters and experience. Yet many of you seem gun shy to accept that we are going to be elite; I can only guess the reason is the biased media’s hesitance to say we are. But remember, they all hate us because its UKs birthright to be the Kings of College Basketball.
Define "All-star" because outside of Jaxson Robinson, I don't see any.
I’m hoping Almonor is really good here. He seems like the kind of player at a small school who always kills it in March. I loved his defense honestly from the tape I watched. He’s really smart about his positioning. He can shoot the ball as well. I don’t expect him to be all SEC but a solid 20MPG guy who can guard the post and stretch the floor on offense.
Lets put it like this, one doesn't have to score 20 ppg to be labeled an all star in college basketball.
I'm fairly sure Noah ended up #3 all time.
That's even better.
Don't scold me.
Bro.
Ehh, optimism is linked to longer lifespans. I say carry on OP. At this rate he may live to see a few more seasons than the rest of us miserable bastards. And maybe those are the seasons where we'll actually be as good as he thinks, and then who got the last laugh?
I'm down. Once you realize you only have 3 or 4 hundred rounds of golf left in your life, you appreciate them more.
I may be overly optimistic, but I’m betting that Herroes is on target with his forecast.
That's fun though.
Championships take all the stars aligning. Seldom even, does the best team win it all in this format. We'll be solid and lets just see where the chips fall. I wouldn't expect any specific team to win it all but there will be several to emerge that can. Hope we're one of them but even not, the job Pope has done so far is impressive to even be in the discussion of a possible March run. We'll see. I don't think we'll suck but there's a long way from that to a 9th.
No coach. No assistants. A bunch of soft 5-star players that never played together before didn't stop this board from thinking every new season was going to yield #9. So, why the conservative view on things now?
You probably didn't see DJ sucking as badly as he did last season.
I can't go so far as to say we're the team to beat, but I do believe we'll be in the hunt and that's all I can ask
