I think, following Cal’s usual MO, he will want one more PF, unless he thinks the Freshman PF he got can play SEC ball right off the bat.
He's a good player no doubt but the questions on his ability to dominate as a freshman in the SEC was brought up lots of times while we were in the hunt. I also don't think he is a big impact player as a freshman. Very few freshman typically are in my opinion.
If anybody can get a little weight on him it's Tennessee. If nothing else they will have him a lot stronger. Their strength and conditioning coach/program is amongst the best in the nation. It's definitely one thing I wish Kentucky would improve on.
I just think there were crystal ball picks but that changes as the dollars change
I hear ya. People see a lot of things that don't pan out this time of year. We've seen that here this portal season for sure. Hopefully some of that lands their way, too.
he will be in portal next season because barns won't play him untill he learns how to play defence and he needs to gain 20 pounds.he can all those freshman he wonts.we got grown ass men.
Sh't man, Ament probably in the pros next year. The last couple of years Barnes has been allowing for one top scorer that might lack the defense the rest of the team plays.
They are getting Rice along with Gillespie? That’s 2/3 of Maryland’s awesome backcourt. Anyone who thinks UT is just gonna disappear as long as Barnes is there hasn’t been paying much attention to our league the last 8 years or so.
Same was said about Wagner a week ago, I think he maintained his college eligibility for a reason but we’ll see
So in the last two tourneys we’ve lost in the EE to a Purdue team that made the finals, and in the EE to the eventual national champion. Not making the FF sucks but I can’t be disappointed in who we lost to. I do think Barnes has learned.
Nope….he is projected to commit to UT, but there is nothing official.
You and I must have been watching two different players.
Funny as **** to me that if DJ were at UK and under Calipari this past season, he would be announcing his entry into the draft.
I stand by my statement. He’s not a number 1 guy or at least hasn’t shown the ability to be that guy as of yet. Too many mistakes too often.
Because Cal would have the next Derrick Rose, John Wall, Tyrese Maxey, SGA, Fox, Bledsoe, coming in.
You where saying ? Acuff and Meleek Thomas sure did look the part last night.
I would say Knox is 75% back to Arkansas. CBS, ESPN, and The Athletic do not even have him on draft boards. He is a year away. Comes back next year, shows improvement, makes the jump, and get himself in the 1st round. Arkansas will pay him like a 2nd round pick anyway with no risk.
He didn’t commit yet. Something it’s happening at Duke. Ament supposed to go there. It will be interesting if the hedge funds guys will double down and keep investing in Duke big time this year again. Who knows, with volatility on the stock market , many “investors “ had to honor calls….and probably was hard to digest losing to a team that you beat last year , when you spent 30 millions and handpicked the players and subs, the locations of NCAA games and referees…
Wow they sure made it seem official the last few days
You’d think with the way this thread has hung around for a couple days with the misleading title still remaining.
If he does not go to UT, he will go to Duke. I think we are out.
Well Fland was out most of the year and their worse stretch was with him . You can’t always predict freshman but Acuff is expected to be better than Fland .
Freeman from LMU turned down Tennessee and committed to Auburn today.
Talk about aging in dog years.....
They will be long, athletic, and can defend. I’m mean Calipari thrives with those teams. I hope schools figure out zoning them works but nobody really tired it except Kansas when they made their comeback.
They won't be as good as last year. That gainey, midget Z, mashack or whatever, Lanier, milicic they lose their whole team and I doubt they replace to that level. TN is/was a product of a few years building.
He’s going to be on some All-American lists, too.
Yep like teams with money to spend are just going to count on him coming. You got to approach it like your not going to have him.
That's my question. It says that TN is still the front runner but Kentucky is not out of the mix.
