Matt Jones thinks we have a really good shot at a “kid currently playing in the NCAA Sweet 16”……..
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OA is definitely Obi Agbim but he looks like a 100% Baylor lock according to all the sites
The YL is lendenborg but that isn’t happening he is getting first round draft buzz now
Kerr what ? He was talking about GETTING players from the portal.
Sure. Why would Dent want to play in such a stagnant offense with such a pecker head coach. But what do I know?
Must be a REALLY big Boom coming. Twitter is down.
UK has a 36K enrollment and graduates ~8K/yr. I can’t find record of how many living alumni there are but suffice it to say it’s 350K+ based on yearly graduates. I have no doubt that big number of alumni + giving fans who aren’t alums +UK’s bball heritage there is plenty of NIL money to field good teams.
I want Donovan Dent. He’s probably who I want most. The sweet 16 player is intriguing.
I don’t see how we could sign Smith, Dent, and keep Lewis and Johnson happy. I’d love to try but man that’s a loaded backcourt.
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We start locking up players we are trying to get now and I’ll donate 25 a month.
In theory they should be able too but those pretentious people don’t care about those sports. They would rather buy a Lamborghini or get plastic surgery.But...but...but...some of our fans keep telling me how big city schools/markets like St. John's and UCLA are going to outspend us because they will magically suddenly have fans that care about their basketball program!?!?
This can't be true!
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Agree Khalifa is not a stud. No defense, can’t jump or rebound well, but he can shoot and is a tremendous passer in CMP’s offense. The outside shooting aspect is the 1 missing ingredient that we do not get from Amari or Brandon.
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If I was a billionaire, Kentucky would never lose another player ever and I would live at wildcat lodge lol.
I can see why he would leave, it’s part of being at a school with great players. I’d love to see him stick it out but honestly if we compete for championships he’s most likely gonna have stiff competition every single year. I couldn’t hate if he decides to leave. I hope he would return one day if he is ready to be a contributor before his time is up in college though.
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Wanted us to get Saunders last year and he has improved to really be a go to player for bYU. Doubt that he leaves but UK is a shoo-in if he does.
It’s a really really hard thing for some on here to realize. Just like Bennett Stirtz was never going to not follow McCollum.
I don't think anyone leaves BYU.
They are a really interesting player in the whole Pope-to-UK decision. They honestly might be better off with their new coach, and he's a guy who seems to all the sudden have the GDP of Utah backing him. Of course, this BYU team is mostly Pope's team.. but Kevin Young is a true NBA level coaching mind.. I get the sense that BYU might have found something good big here and I doubt any players leave, unless they've been over recruited.
It’s unlikely it’s Saunders.
But we really don’t know the whole situation. Maybe Saunders had a a better relationship with Pope than with Young? Maybe all of Pope’s stories about UK has peaked his curiosity to the point that he wants to experience it for himself? Who knows the situation? We certainly don’t.
I am looking forward to seeing who this mystery man is. This is the most fun we’ve had this time of year in a long time, between getting back to the Sweet Sixteen and all the Portal talk. Fun times!
Maybe Saunders and wife are coming with Chandlers wife. Maybe they are pals. I'm also expecting LeBron to be deemed eligible. He should have 5 years. Of course he will be nearing 50. Probably a Dukie though. I have no idea what is going to happen but the scuttlebutt is fun while we wait for Friday night.
Their basketball coach is personal friends with the Utah Jazz. They'll have their basketball money.
No, it is the kid from Tulane. Kam Williams. UK has spoke to him.
I took that as players that'll enter the transfer portal – not necessarily guys we'd get. Who knows if he's an insider, though? It's easy to delete tweets when you get something wrong and then claim clairvoyance.
Tulane and the Crown tournament just became must watch tv, 🤣
As we should be. If Bama, UGA, Texas, Ohio State have all the money in the world to throw around as football powerhouses, we should have the same as a basketball powerhouse. (just wish some of that fortune would also translate to our football program as well)
That would make me sad if true, but wondering if there was something more to his not being available to play the last game. probably reading too much into that because some were saying prior he had some type of injury and i do remember seeing him in some pain after a tumble in an earlier game.
I can see that. Obviously he was forced to play the point out of necessity and glad he stepped up when needed, even if out of place. I do also think Chandlers surge of late has eaten into his minutes as well. And Chandler is one of Popes guys, a kid he recruited from the start at BYU, so It's natural for Perry to think that there might be some favoritism there. I wish Perry nothing but the best no matter what he decides to do, but will be sad to see him go.
We didn't have a money problem last year, I concur, but they had to be more judicial with how they spent it considering they were trying to build an entire roster from scratch. We weren't going to play the game of getting into bidding wars for guys like Great Osobor. (Turns out Williams was probably the better of the two anyway)
