If it all comes together, Sheppard, Quaintance and Edgecombe might end up being one of the better trios we've had in modern UK history. Right up there with Walker, Delk, and Anderson in 1996; Wall, Cousins, and Patterson in 2010; Fox, Monk, and Bam in 2017; and Davis, Jones, and MKG in 2012.
I go back a bit further and I know you are referencing modern history. if I may for the older folks how about:
Ahh…the great ole days.
That’s not even fair because Coury Flurry is worth like 5 players alone.
I don’t think teams recruit the same way in the transfer portal era. I believe Duke would much rather take an Edgecombe commitment and let their current frosh (who are good but not in VJ’s class) make the decision to stay and compete or move on. Same goes for the player, he’s not going to be scared off because of who’s currently on the roster.
It hasn't matterred before. Guys will got to Duke no matter how crowed it is. We've seen it before.
This morning
If he picks Kentucky, he clearly wasn't comfortable with the idea of sharing wing minutes with McCain, Foster, Evans, and Knueppel. All of those guys are five stars. All of them play his position. Edgecombe is a great player, but he's not good enough to NOT be concerned about four other guys who play his position potentially being at Duke next year.
Appreciate it. I still think he ends up at Duke, This just feels like a Duke recruitment, but I hope Cassidy is correct
No offense, as I don't mean this as an insult, but you're rarely optimistic about these types of situations.
None taken, but it’s a cynical world we live in. I’m going off recent Kentucky history. When Kentucky gets somebody it’s dead quiet but the majority of national guys pick uk. This recruitment is following the same pattern of what duke likes to do in recruiting
he has always been that way............hot one day & cold the next
Yeah, offensively we need both Edgecombe and Knox if we want to be another consistently high scoring team next season. Hopefully if we only get one of them we can get a great scorer out of the portal because we need two more really good scorers.
Hopefully it's Kentucky. Getting Z back, leading the SEC in conference wins, and landing an Edgecombe commitment right around the same time that a half-dozen former Wildcats are announced as NBA All-Stars would take this program to a new stratosphere in terms of momentum.
A logjam does favor UK, one would think. Just based on what scouts have said about Edgecombe, and the few times I’ve watched Duke this year—he would start over Foster and McCain if they return.
But he'd have to compete with them for minutes every day. They are both five stars and both will know the Duke system better than Edgecombe. They'll be nipping at his heels all season. Maybe he wants that. Then again, maybe he wants as many minutes as possible, and Kentucky offers that more than Duke.
I am definitely not a Maggard "acolyte". But I don't know how many times it has to be said, but he is once again connected to the staff with Antiqua. So when he is hot and cold, it's based on what he's hearing from him.
zero chance sheppard is here more then 2 years. Q HAS TO BE here 2 years . Most of the rest I bet does happen.
