Khalifa eligible for '25-'26 season...
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I was worried that Khalifa was going to follow Coach Pope to UK last season and be our starting big man. He is just not that good.
It’s kind of telling that Pope didn’t ask him to come and he was their starting big, Right.
Might've been out of shape. He's had a body transformation, so we'll see.
This guy has gotten far too much attention. He's not that good.
You're probably right, but this post guarantees he will have a career high against us, including 5-5 from three.
You’ve got your blue shades on for sure. I hope you are right.
Brown is a likely OAD and McKneely and Conwell are 40+ % from 3. They will spread the floor, let Brown try to get to the rim and kick out for 3 or lob to the bigs.
If we can keep Brown out of the paint, we win. But that’s a big if.
His best attribute is high post passing. He's a defensive liability and moves like he's a 300 lb player who broke a leg and became 400 lbs. I think he's more likely to be put on a poster by Oweh, Williams, Aberdeen, and maybe Johnson (*for JQ as we'll see how rehab goes).
Pope blew his '24 NCAA Tournament game at BYU by continuing to force this guy on the game. It was embarrassing and hurt the team. New BYU coach who obviously knows what he's doing didn't bend over backwards to keep him either. But we're to fear him? Eat a dunk fat kid.
It's not blue-shaded to speak the truth. They have a bunch of portal guys and then maybe one OAD frosh who will be playing on the biggest stage for the first time in his life. We've seen how that goes for about 60% of these supposed OAD guys, especially in early November when they routinely crap the bed early on.
Outside of Conwell, the rest of their guys don't have the tourney experience that guys like Aberdeen and Mo-D have. I'm not saying we're towering over them with elite NBA talent, but we will at minimum have more than they will.
Plus, they will have all the pressure on them. It's a "must-win" for their program in every imaginable way. I'm taking junior-year Lowe over freshman Brown in early November. I'm not sure they'll have a positional advantage at any spot on the floor.
Not only Lowe we probably will see Brown trying to get around Aberdeen and Oweh. Mo-D could help as well on switches. I think we can control the freshman
They don’t look as good when you see their starters in print. UK is much better.
I'm so much more relaxed going into this next season. We're stronger almost everywhere. If we have a slight drop in 3pt % we'll more than make up for it with our defense and rebounding. Pope will use his bench to really pressure the other team while keeping everyone on our side somewhat fresh. In the 2nd half UL will have to keep their best guards in the game in order to stay in striking distance and they'll either start to break down physically or make some poor judgement plays. Likely both. The UL players are talking confident because they know what a raucous crowd it will be but I guarantee the UL coaches know it will be a tall task to beat us.
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