I think Chandler is progressing nicely

[Catfanlou]

I believe he has real potential and hope he stays with us four years. At first he did look like a deer in the headlights but he has made incredible progress in a short time .
I very much like him on defense . Takes up a lot of space and defends reasonably well.
His offense still shows a bit of uncertainty but at times he is beginning to excel. My guess is from his freshman to sophomore year he will improve more than anyone on the team . He has the ability and talent . He just needs pt and another year of playing in Popes system to fully blossom.

 

[crestcat]

Two yrs away from the game and jumping from hs to college equals a lot of rust and a lot of adjustment. He’s getting there.

 

[Creed Bratton]

You guys know that BUY I mean BYU is going to probably throw a lot of money his way since they have that big NIL budget.

 

[chasingwildcat]

Hopefully he will not return to Utah (tranfer to utah, utah state or byu)

 

[ORCAT]

Hoping his strong connection with Coach Pope keeps him at UK. He has been playing very well lately and showing great improvement. All his time away from the game showed early on. Bright future for this kid, hope it's at UK.

 

[JonathanW]

Need to get his girlfriend to move/transfer to KY. She can try to convert some Kentuckians. I actually went to HS in KY with one.

 

[Catfanlou]

Defensively he reminds me of Tommy Kron. Tall rangey guard who is ready made for a 1/3/1 trap zone . Strong defender, rebounder . Offensively Kron played next to Dampier so he didn’t attempt to score as much as I think Chandler is capable of . Great to see him drive to the rim the other night . My guess is when he gets his three point shot going and defenders have to worry about him driving to the rim as well we will really have something . .
Also I think his height compliments Perry’s lack of it very well. Hopefully they can be starting combo by jr or sr year .

 

[JonathanW]

I know there are more aspects to defense than steals. But he leads the team in Steal rate, with 1 every 12.5 min. Next best is Butler 1 every 14.7min, & Oweh 1 every 18.6min.

 

[chasingwildcat]

Defensively he reminds me of Tommy Kron. Tall rangey guard who is ready made for a 1/3/1 trap zone . Strong defender, rebounder . Offensively Kron played next to Dampier so he didn’t attempt to score as much as I think Chandler is capable of . Great to see him drive to the rim the other night . My guess is when he gets his three point shot going and defenders have to worry about him driving to the rim as well we will really have something . .
Also I think his height compliments Perry’s lack of it very well. Hopefully they can be starting combo by jr or sr year .

We will likely have better point guards than Perry in perry's jr or sr years.

Perry is solid but it is more likely he will develop into a rotation player than a sec level starting pg

 

[CatFanInIlliniLand]

The Stormin’ Mormon

We already have one Mamba.

 

[jwphelps]

I believe he has real potential and hope he stays with us four years. At first he did look like a deer in the headlights but he has made incredible progress in a short time .
I very much like him on defense . Takes up a lot of space and defends reasonably well.
His offense still shows a bit of uncertainty but at times he is beginning to excel. My guess is from his freshman to sophomore year he will improve more than anyone on the team . He has the ability and talent . He just needs pt and another year of playing in Popes system to fully blossom.

I think he is finally getting his feet under him and catching up to the speed of the game.

 

[Kyhoward]

I hope we have Collin back on next year’s team. The freshmen are 4-year players that will greatly benefit our roster for the next 3 years. Each have good basketball skills, great attitudes, and are “team first” kids. With this crazy portal, many players are just looking for the biggest NIL offer so most rosters are going to have turnover each year.

Collin has that “ bounce” and fast twitch, he is a very good athlete. If he returns next year, the rust will be off and we may not recognize his game. He can play 3 positions and is a better than average defensive player now. I know we have some good freshmen coming in next year and Coach Pope and staff will bring in several portal players, However, I think Collin, Trent, Travis and Ortega as returnees are going to be akin to Farmer, Feldhaus, Pelphrey, and Woods (the Unforgetables). Get a superstar like Mashburn (Johnson?) and history might repeat itself.

 

[Catfanlou]

The Stormin’ Mormon

We already have one Mamba.

When he drove to the rim the other day he was like a freight train. Love it .

 

[Aike]

Need to get his girlfriend to move/transfer to KY. She can try to convert some Kentuckians. I actually went to HS in KY with one.

You went to high school with one what?