Jon Rothstein after watching UK practice
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Surprising, I’ve long thought Oweh would start but maybe he’ll be the 6th man?
Yeah, figured it would be between Oweh and Brea for that last starting spot. Just assumed it would be Oweh as we really haven't heard much at all about Brea since he's been limited.
With Cal, I think it was defense consideration (or lack of) that kept Dillingham out of starting rotation. Does pope start the offensive player (Brea) over the defensive player (Oweh) or do he do a Cal and bring the offensive player off the bench?
My guess is that Butler and Oweh become our starting backcourt. Kentucky could have the best bench in college basketball.
Pilgrim follows up pointing out Rothstein had previously picked UK to finish 9th in the SEC.
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Jon Rothstein calls Kentucky an 'NCAA Tournament team' after watching practice
Jon Rothstein previously ranked Kentucky as a middle-of-the-pack team in the SEC. What does he think after watching practice?
“Kentucky looks like an NCAA tournament team in 2025…” Sounds like he was blown away by what he saw.
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Definitely think we will have one of the best bunches of quality depth.
Thats good. Im really high on Carr myself i mean man 6-11 230 PF who is a great shooter. Chandler is getting the rust off so that means were gonna be at least 10 deep. I still think Oweh starts by 9 games in so it will look like this.
PG- Butler/Kriisa/Perry
SG- Oweh/Chandler
W- Robinson/Brea/Noah
F- Carr/Almoror
C- Williams/Garrison
Im sure SG will have lineups with Brea, Kriisa even Perry in there. Lots of different combos coach can put at the 1 thru 3 like Roth said. Gonna be fun. Im gonna say Carr and Robinson lead the team in minutes played/minutes per game pretty easily.
PG- Butler/Kriisa/Perry
SG- Oweh/Chandler
W- Robinson/Brea/Noah
F- Carr/Almoror
C- Williams/Garrison
Im sure SG will have lineups with Brea, Kriisa even Perry in there. Lots of different combos coach can put at the 1 thru 3 like Roth said. Gonna be fun. Im gonna say Carr and Robinson lead the team in minutes played/minutes per game pretty easily.
With realignment, 9th in SEC and an NCAA tournament team are not mutually exclusive predictionsPilgrim follows up pointing out Rothstein had previously picked UK to finish 9th in the SEC.
Jon Rothstein calls Kentucky an 'NCAA Tournament team' after watching practice
Jon Rothstein previously ranked Kentucky as a middle-of-the-pack team in the SEC. What does he think after watching practice?
“Kentucky looks like an NCAA tournament team in 2025".....not the report i was hoping for.
I though he was as optimistic as he could be ,since these guys have never played a competitive game together. There is definite risk factor with 12 guys playing together for first time
I am intrigued by what I heard from Rothstein and by those tweets after he had the opportunity to see them practice in-person. Especially the Carr comparison to Grant Nelson.
I mean, that's pretty generous considering nobody has seen this team play.
What are you hoping for? I mean I know we all want titles, but I think that's a bit unrealistic for the first year here. Only Tubby did that, and that's partially due to not having a lot of player turnover for a previous national runner up. Chemistry is important.
This is a brand new team with a brand new coach. Anything could happen.
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