Not to get on my soapbox, but this was the "slippery slope" so to speak that ended up killing college sports. Respect to the few programs that actually keep there standards for all students.
Donovan Dent enters portal
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Whatever. I say this as someone with 3 degrees from UK -- I don't want to hear any BS about academic standards for athletes. If they can make the minimum needed for admission, stick them in some sociology program or other area where the standards are low for every student.
Thats a good question, Duke is the only school that doesn't have to worry about players that are concerned about playing time. There is always more all Americans waiting to get in line if someone gets cold feet, must be a good problem to have. Most other schools have to deal with players concerned about playing time and who else they are recruiting that play the same position.
He gives up 116.1 pts per 100 defensive possessions, in the Summit League...
This is basketball, not some southern frat where everyone has some made up bougie name like Kayden. Consider me highly suspicious of a guy named "Treysen Eaglestaff".
NOPE!
NOPE!
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That is the whole point though, many of them could not meet the minimum needed for admission which is why the athletes have a lower standard in the first place. In one sentence you say you don't want to hear about standards and then in your very next sentence you say as long as they meet this standard....
Dedan Thomas is having a zoom meeting with UK today.
So we got Dent and Thomas locked in for zooms…hopefully we get a commitment soon after.
^I'd be thrilled with either. Dent looks quicker and more explosive to my eye, but probably considerably more expensive too. And since we're essentially in a salary cap era it might not be a bad thing to use the extra money elsewhere if we ended up with Thomas. Either would be home runs though.
Give me Dent and the bucket from Sam Houston. We would be lethal in the back court. Kid is being labeled the next Chaz Lanier. Lamar Wilkerson is 6-5 210 pounds (same size as Oweh).
20.5 ppg / 45% 3FG on 7.7 per game taken / 51% of 2FG on 7.3 taken per game. 82% free throw shooter. ALL shooting stats are elite.
4 rebounds per game / 2.1 assist / 1.1 steals.
Scored at least double digits in every game.
Some game results from 3
3/4 , 5/12, 6/10, 4/5, 4/8, 8/13, 4/6, 5/7, 4/8, 6/9, 5/6, 5/9, 7/10. Was 109/245 overall in 32 games. That works out to 3.4 MAKES per game.
20.5 ppg / 45% 3FG on 7.7 per game taken / 51% of 2FG on 7.3 taken per game. 82% free throw shooter. ALL shooting stats are elite.
4 rebounds per game / 2.1 assist / 1.1 steals.
Scored at least double digits in every game.
Some game results from 3
3/4 , 5/12, 6/10, 4/5, 4/8, 8/13, 4/6, 5/7, 4/8, 6/9, 5/6, 5/9, 7/10. Was 109/245 overall in 32 games. That works out to 3.4 MAKES per game.
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Let's do a joint call with both of them and get them locked up together. Start the team bonding early.
Dent and Wilkerson would be a combined 41 ppg average from last year. Throw in Oweh at the 3, you have a very talented 1-3. Would need some size at the 4/5 spots, but todays college basketball having 6-3 / 6-4 / 6-5 is not real small.
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If UK lands Dent, they're an instant top 3 team and Final Four contender.
That would give UK two potential first-team All-Americans in Dent and Oweh. Plus, UK already has one of the better complimentary pieces in the nation in Jasper Johnson. If that kid is UK's fourth option next year, we're going to be very, very good.
Yeah I’m not to fond on the bidding wars but I think this might be the time and those boosters need to back Pope on this one.
Just need another big or two to go with BG.
Maybe the Davidson kid from Nevada.
G Dent
G Johnson
G Oweh
F Davidson
F Garrison
That’s a capable starting five. Backed up with Chandler, Lewis, Moreno, Noah, and Perry. Might want to add another wing or two and another big man or two to provide a little more depth. That would be a top notch roster, IMHO.
There's some pro-UK smoke concerning Dent this morning I think....
From what I’m seeing on X …I’m leaning that way too
Yep. At some point here, you gotta make a statement to the basketball world that we aren’t just back…we are on top.
After what Pope has accomplished this szn with the injuries …I think this should be a no brainer decision for the boosters
Pope did say several weeks ago that he wanted 'two superstars' from the portal. Those two guys fit that wish.
One of the verified portal accounts is saying UCLA but apparently Trilly thinks its UK. Maybe UCLA came in last minute and dropped a huge bag. Who knows.
I’m not trying to get ahead of myself but I think we got dent everybody
I am with you on this, get Dent and Gawth and fill in the rest with the best players that UK can get. I hope that when all is said and done UK has the higjest ranked portal class.
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That’s fake apparently
So everybody's got "bags" but UK?
I'm not buying it.
If graf and sisk are saying it looks like uk along with trilly then you have to think we’re in real damn good spot
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