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Honestly - Where Does UK BB Fit?

I think we can be a top 10 NIL basketball team. We need our Athletic Director to understand we are a basketball school first and foremost. I love Kentucky football but I’m sorry they should eat after Kentucky basketball. You make sure the Kentucky basketball team has every resource they possibly need. Once that’s accomplished and then you fund the other teams. There should be no expense spared for the basketball team. This might be an unpopular opinion but it’s how I feel about it.

I agree 100%, Stoops is just not the answer and with a decently talented team they were horrific last year, believe UK should go back to the basics, UK BB, first and foremost.
 
I don't know what rock you've been under son, here, just some of the places I've been over the past few years, nowhere even f'ing close... In no particular order, I'm sure I could come with others:
Texas
Texas A&M
Duke
UNC
GT
UF
UGA
AU
AL
OK
OSU
Michigan
Michigan St
UCONN
Syracuse
Baylor
FSU
Purdue
Miami
USC
UCLA
False.
 
The system has changed radically in the last few years, I'm not sure UK has the resources nor the environment to compete at the absolute upper elite level, given today's climate. I believe Pope is awesome, his energy, passion and care for his players are second to none, I'm just not sure in this construct can the program compete to where it needs to be. Today it's all about maximum exposure, media, and the biggest one, money, just not overly confident UK is in the top 10 when it comes to these type of resources, I'm going to say, we're not, IMO.
So who are the teams of your top 10.....

1. I am sure Duke is in the list with all the top end Fr still flocking there
2. THen who?

Is Florida, Houston, ahead of UK....I would certainly hope not
Is UConn due to Hurley (and when he goes to east coast NBA job....what comes of them?)
Do we really think football schools like Auburn/Bama are head of UK Bball now?

I am questioning Pope still a bit but to argue UK doesn't have resources but Tennessee, Florida, Auburn does....feels wrong to me.
 
Really, sincerely, not panicking, just asking the question of where things are headed, not as much do with UK as it is the changing landscape.
More to do with the need for fresh blood and a forward thinker in the athletic department. UK has the resources for bball, not sure about football but could do alot better there too.
 
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The system has changed radically in the last few years, I'm not sure UK has the resources nor the environment to compete at the absolute upper elite level, given today's climate. I believe Pope is awesome, his energy, passion and care for his players are second to none, I'm just not sure in this construct can the program compete to where it needs to be. Today it's all about maximum exposure, media, and the biggest one, money, just not overly confident UK is in the top 10 when it comes to these type of resources, I'm going to say, we're not, IMO.
My guess you are not a UK fan or you need to just go support UofL or someone else, because you seem to be really ignorant when it comes to basketball.
 
So who are the teams of your top 10.....

1. I am sure Duke is in the list with all the top end Fr still flocking there
2. THen who?

Is Florida, Houston, ahead of UK....I would certainly hope not
Is UConn due to Hurley (and when he goes to east coast NBA job....what comes of them?)
Do we really think football schools like Auburn/Bama are head of UK Bball now?

I am questioning Pope still a bit but to argue UK doesn't have resources but Tennessee, Florida, Auburn does....feels wrong to me.
14 of the 16 team in the SEC were proven to have more larger overall sports budgets than UK, someone posted on here last night, within this thread.
 
I’m not sure how you can look at 3 of the 4 final four teams and not think that is how Pope is trying to build a team/program. People posted the HS/portal rankings for the Florida team, it wasn’t filled with highly sought after guys.

I do think Cal did a number to the brand of UK his last 5 or so years. But that shouldn’t be put on Pope, and I think he did a solid job in year 1. Obviously Pope needs to continue on an upward path, but I’m failing to see how UK is so far behind others. I do know UK hasn’t won anything of much worth lately, but that is more due to the laziness of the previous regime. Even then, it’s not like UK fell off a cliff and died.
 
14 of the 16 team in the SEC were proven to have more larger overall sports budgets than UK, someone posted on here last night, within this thread.
Well that is all good but they are going to way spend on football as portion of their pie vs. UK. And UK has 20k arena, way bigger fanbase, NIL support outside of TV revenue, etc....

Unless this is Mitch getting in the way with this stuff.....I just can't see Auburn spending more $$$ on BBall than UK, same for Bama, Ole Miss, UGA, Texas AM, etc....
 
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