Yep in 2014 plenty of "experts" were picking them to repeat but we all know who stopped that lol. In 2015 they made the EE but that was helped by being in a region with upsets.
Brian Bowen to...Louisville?
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Give us all a break from your delusional thinking/obvious trolling.
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Isiah Briscoe was a 5 star (10th ranked) guard
Donovan Mitchell was a 4 star (31st ranked) guard
The 2015 rankings had many misses. Out of the top 20, :
1 Skal Labissiere
5 Cheick Diallo
6 Diamond Stone
8 Malik Newman
10 Isaiah Briscoe
13 Antonio Blakeney
14 Derryck Thornton
15 Stephen Zimmerman
16 Chase Jeter
20 Jalen Brunson
I disagree. It isn't a coincidence that outside of that period of time they cheated, Pimptino has been below average at UL. One final four. That's it. He has been Tubby Smith Jr. at UL except for those few years.
You can still only play 5 players at a time. It helps with depth, but only marginally.
The last "no-name" team to when the championship was either Marquette, Villanova or Florida, depending on you classify the power-house basketball schools. Other than that, you have to go back to 1966 and Western Texas.
While I believe it does matter, somewhat, where a player goes, has anyone looked at the particular rankings of the players coming from high school and the likelihood of them being drafted.
No doubt there's a correlation between the rankings of players coming out of high school and what players end up getting drafted.
I'm with you on this, there isn't 19 teams better. They should be top 5 to start the season with what they return from a very good team. They lose one really good player and another ok player but they add a pure scorer and the natural developedmwnt of the retuning players and he Fr to Soph jump of King should be at the level that Mitchell's jump was
Jalen Brunson wasn't a miss. His NBA stock was never high and he wasn't projected to be a One or even two, three and done. He's lived up and even surpassed what has been expected of him. Zimmerman got drafted around what he was projected to go as well imo. Everyone else seems to fit though
I think many look at rankings and think "well you were ranked that high so you should be a OAD" but that's not the case. All rankings year to year isn't equal. You have to look at pro projections over rankings. A guy can be a top 10 player but scouts know that the player isn't ranked that high when it comes to their draft potential. Tyus Jones fits in that catatgory but he ended up playing so well that he raised his draft potential. He fits in the catatgory of "leave while you're stock is high due to you're physical limitations/original draft stock"
You'll see some guys ranked low 20 who has a higher draft stock due to how tall, athletic they are, Nick Richards fits in that catatgory
You'll see some guys ranked low 20 who has a higher draft stock due to how tall, athletic they are, Nick Richards fits in that catatgory
VJ, you better play your brains out every second or you will have another wasted year. Pitino especially could care less about your 5 star status now that he has 4 of you at your position. Maybe you are the reason he got Bowen??? Questioning his coaching not good.
I'm sorry but a team with Mahmoud and Spaulding starting on the front court and nothing proven backing them up is a pretender not a contender. I'm sure UofL will be ranked top 10 preseason but that's the case almost every year with them. They're highly overrated to start every season and since their non conference schedule includes about 15 games at the Yum so they rack up a bunch of meaningless wins to stay ranked. Last year was a perfect example and they even fooled the selection committee into giving them a 2 seed that proved to be undeserved.
Agreed. They lost their best player and they weren't really that good last year. They had some good wins, but lost 9 games, including 4 of their last 7.
Well He isn't paid to hire hookers or give his mistress an abortion...Sorry, I mean health insurance...but he did that too, you do realize that?
The transfer is Sutton 6-5, and Pitino loves him. Says he is their most aggressive player. He also likes 6-7 Nwora. So basically 4 guys that the 3 is their natural position. Cannot see Spalding, Williams and Thomas not sharing the 4. IF Bowen is eligible, at least one will be left behind.
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Which is exactly what Pitino, and all of the anti-UK recruiters are telling kids. Fact is, Cal's undeniable success at getting players to the league, regardless of his methods, is too hard to argue against, which is why he keeps landing the top players. Man, it must burn up the competition...
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I find humor in the definition of success. Or maybe it is simply relative to your personal situation.
This is a very strange case. I was in the car listening to the sports shows on Friday when this was really a hot issue and nobody was talking about it. I was at a family gathering on Saturday, where a lot of UL fans were in attendance, and none of them were talking about it, and didn't even seem interested in it. This is a huge get for them, and it's not getting much of a reaction.
Really. The guy who was a first ballot hall of famer in his mid 50s - and you can only say that about a very few, elite college coaches - can't coach. Sheesh.The resident moron shows his face.![[roll]](http://l.yimg.com/j/assets/img/emoticons/classic/roll.r191677.gif "roll [roll]")
Not best coach but up there........and if he would have stayed at uk maybe at least one more national championship. But I like Cal better, better to the players and places them high in NBA draft . Kids really want to be at UK that come.
Since bowen is now a tard he's suddenly the nation's best shooter?
http://www.scout.com/college/louisv...ns-best-shooter-5-star-mcdonalds-all-american
http://www.scout.com/college/louisv...ns-best-shooter-5-star-mcdonalds-all-american
Love those Intruders. Worked on 'em when I was a Marine back in the 80s.
