I don’t think this is all about money, I’d bet anything right now Kentucky will get their offer up enough so it doesn’t matter at this point.
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Well, I don't think that question is framed correctly for the present circumstances. I would be willing to bet that Kentucky has a larger NIL pool, especially given Indiana's situation right now with a new coach and being down for a while. But Kentucky has spent most of its money and has a loaded roster, whereas Indiana hasn't really spent anything. So the real question is whether Kentucky has enough NIL left to match a crazy Indiana offer given that Indiana may technically have more money "left." Of course, that could screw Indiana later. Also, there are optics to this too, in terms of not giving certain players on your team way more than others, so I am sure Pope is trying to walk that line.
Plus they have a lot of spots to fill, they have plenty of money no doubt but there aren’t enough impact guys left to make them a Big 10 contender in my honest opinion. They probably will go all out for a starting 5 but they need a bench too. They need at least 8 more players at this point.
I know nothing, but I’ve never truly felt confident we land him for a variety of reasons. Hope I’m wrong.
Careful there KA…..you’re trying to interject logic here. We can’t even have a whiff of that running amuck through this thread😉
I feel pretty good. I usually am not that confident, but it feels like the tea leaves are reading UK right now pretty solidly.
If this guy doesn't commit to UK, it would move close to the top of the list for recruits/transfers that we thought we had in the bag that ended up committing elsewhere.
If Wilkerson were all about the money, he would've taken the trip to Auburn to see how much he might get. I think he has seen what he wanted to see and knows where he will be going. And I highly doubt that is Indiana.
I hear ya. We missed out on alot of players in the 10’s. Wiggins to poindexter to Quincy miller etc etc etc, but all we can do is try and hammer it home.
All signs seem to point to him committing to us though, and we can’t help but believe he’s coming here. First he stays well past the visit itself, that seems odd if he’s not going to atleast focus on us. Second, he canceled his trip to Auburn. You don’t do that if something hasn’t fundamentally shifted. Third, he’s following uk players and pages on Twitter now. And fourth, we’ve at least come close to the money IU is offering or he would not still be in Kentucky. Something has shifted and the momentum is with us.
DeVries will be the leader of that team, he will get his shots, and plenty of them. To act like Wilkerson will go to IU and run the show, is simply NOT true. He did not follow his dad to be second fiddle.
Well I know DeVries had a zoom call with notable ex players etc from IU. Said visits will ramp up. Had 6 visits already lined up with Wilkerson starting Friday. One thing that came out of that zoom was money won’t be a problem. IU has big donors but it’s the depth of donors that’s important here. IU will be allocating 6 million from the media profit share for men’s basketball. They already had 7 million in NIL before DeVries was hired. That lines up with the 12 million floating around. Not sure what UK has.
Well the profit share is not signed yet, so they will not be using any of that.
Not really. Cook inc, is the big one. Cuban can’t as he still owns part of the mavericks. Good luck fellas. Now we wait. Sounds like everything is nailed down just needs to choose.
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Yeah…that can only be good. Whole incoming team following him would typically mean they expect him to be a cat.
Sure, they could have just hit it off on the visit…they could easily unfollow if he doesn’t commit…but I’d bet it’s bc they know he’s coming
My initial questions about how much us and Indiana were offering was in response to you spouting rumors as fact. Only when I asked how much did you say nobody knows.
I'm not angry, but you are a Dukey.
In today's recruiting world I am not confident until a player commits/signs. I agree it
appears we are in a good position but if we don't get a commitment by the weekend
confidence will take a hit. The more this drags out the less likely it becomes.
Three of our transfers seemed to come out of thin air and with a quick trigger(JQ, the Ala kid and
the Euro kid) This one is already different in both ways.
Who says they are paying Tucker much, if even at all? They paid his dad, which comes out of a different budget. They could have just added Tucker’s salary in with his dad’s and then dad gives it to Tucker. He shouldn’t cost them anything out of their NIL budget, if they were smart about it.
In his/my defense we both said “Rumors”. I don’t know if it’s a compression problem or what.
LOL, you can't be serious. This is not like a dad giving his 15 year old an allowance. Contracts and what not. If he plays for free, I kinda think that would maybe draw a few red flags, or even a highly discounted rate would. Come on man .
IU may not be relevant or good but they have a top 2 alumni base(depending on year) with lots of billionaires. My family(sibling married up) is one of them. IU has a bad credit score. They are going to have to buy points to get guys. Just the way it is.
Talent wasn’t the problem. Roster construction and a bad coach was. Two top 15 portal guards and the #1 big isn’t talent?
Yeah that’s not what’s happening. Tucker is getting NIL. Not sure how much. Sorry. I’m getting spammy. See y’all later.
Agreed, people seem to forget we hung around T5-T10 for a good chunk of the season up until the injury bus rolled into town. Praying for a healthy season next year because we’ve seen what pope can do when he has a full lineup.
BWO you been doing such a bangup job being mostly the emcee for this one.
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