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Donovan Dent enters portal

But they haven't said "Dent to UK" which is what YOU said. They simply said "UK has contacted Dent" HUGE difference.

Also, what players did they say was UK bound and didn't happen ? Not recruiting, but stated UK landed them ?
 
I have no idea who we will end up with in the portal.

I’m not sure the guys we got last year were on the tip of anybody’s tongue until moments before they committed.

There are certainly players it will be helpful to our ends to acquire. I’m not about to conflate wishful thinking with certainty. The staff will see things in players that we miss. I did not anticipate Butler and Oweh to be as good as they ended up being offensively, for example.

I’m going to try and not get swept up in the thrills and what ifs inherent within the dreams that lie within uncertainty. I trust the staff and will root like heck for any player on the roster next year.
 
Surely that dude would not post that if Dent was headed to ucla.
A lot of smoke on Kentucky everywhere you look but there has been confirmation it is down to UK and UCLA. My guess is the kid is Cat but it isn’t 100% certain just yet. I’m operating with the assumption he’s ours and waiting on a commitment
 
A lot of smoke on Kentucky everywhere you look but there has been confirmation it is down to UK and UCLA. My guess is the kid is Cat but it isn’t 100% certain just yet. I’m operating with the assumption he’s ours and waiting on a commitment
Can't see the attraction to Cronin over Pope. Like night & day coaching styles.
Sure hope the draw of being from California doesn't win out
 
UCLA isn’t competing for a FF next year.
I agree. I see several problems with UCLA. I don’t even truly know how involved UCLA is but they were at least considered “in contention”. Does that make sense with the “basketball decision” and wanting to win? No, I certainly don’t think so. I’m of the mind, he’s a Cat…too many people saying it not to be true. That said, Caleb Wilson was once a “lock” too so I won’t celebrate until its official.
 
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Folks a verified twitter account just means you pay a few bucks to have a blue check mark by your name. Small price to pay when you have no life and post fake college basketball info for fun.
Wait, are you telling me that the NBA Centel account isn't real news?
 
UCLA isn’t competing for a FF next year.
We know that, but does Dent know that? Cronin is probably putting the hard sell on him, just like he should.

Heck, any team that can nab Dent and a couple other fitting pieces just might be a contender. Dent is good enough to overcome a lot of faults.
 
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If the price is 3 million I don’t see Kentucky doing that. Just being honest. Thats ridiculous for one college player
Listening to Matt this morning, it sounds like we are in better shape with NIL than most.
He said the donors like what they are seeing and many of them were at the 2 games in Milwaukee.
I get the feeling that Pope will get what he needs for funding, within reason.
 
Dent's from the LA area so if they upped the ante another $500K that could be the difference. I don't think they really give a shit about college basketball there, nor do they like Cronin, but it's LA so there's money to be tossed round.
 
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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.
Stanford is the only non Ivy league school that i know of that has strict requirements
i know Notre Dame and North Western did at one time, not sure now
most go by what the conference requirements are which are much lower than what the school may have
 
I agree. I see several problems with UCLA. I don’t even truly know how involved UCLA is but they were at least considered “in contention”. Does that make sense with the “basketball decision” and wanting to win? No, I certainly don’t think so. I’m of the mind, he’s a Cat…too many people saying it not to be true. That said, Caleb Wilson was once a “lock” too so I won’t celebrate until its official.
Apparently Caleb Wilson got a black check from UNC to make it happen. They asked his camp what it would take and they gave them a number they agreed too. Pope still could have outbid them apparently but choose not to so I think that was a smart move seeing who’s available now. I’d love to get a great wing but if that money goes to Dent that’s a win.
 
This why the portal can be both good and bad. Earlier today dent was a cat, now it looks like he ucla bound.
Some of the UK reporters will get ridiculed but this stuff is fluid and can change quickly when money is being thrown around. When the deal didn't get done this afternoon I started to worry a little. Maybe Pope moves quickly onto Dedan Thomas. Wouldn't be a bad fallback at all.
 
Apparently Caleb Wilson got a black check from UNC to make it happen. They asked his camp what it would take and they gave them a number they agreed too. Pope still could have outbid them apparently but choose not to so I think that was a smart move seeing who’s available now. I’d love to get a great wing but if that money goes to Dent that’s a win.
It being a 20 ppg pg and a definite day 1 alpha with defensive ability and outstanding passing —- definitely more valuable in my mind than Wilson. Pay the man
 
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Some of the UK reporters will get ridiculed but this stuff is fluid and can change quickly when money is being thrown around. When the deal didn't get done this afternoon I started to worry a little. Maybe Pope moves quickly onto Dedan Thomas. Wouldn't be a bad fallback at all.
Has he signed with UCLA?
 
Some of the UK reporters will get ridiculed but this stuff is fluid and can change quickly when money is being thrown around. When the deal didn't get done this afternoon I started to worry a little. Maybe Pope moves quickly onto Dedan Thomas. Wouldn't be a bad fallback at all.
He's nowhere near as good as Dent.
 
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