Ok, I'm officially done enjoying Cals implosion.

[Crums Bald Spot]

Looks like he could be in the same boat next year.
Fland, Davis, Aidoo, Brazille gone.
Adu probably goes to draft.
DJ 50/50 to draft.
Can't see Z back at Arkansas.
Richmond/ Knox who knows.
The Arkansas '26 season will likely hinge on what Cal can get out of Acuff and Thomas.

Yeah, going to be the Acuff/Thomas show in Fayetteville next season. He's gotta hope Knox and/or Richmond is on the Thiero track and leverage chicken man to buy him a supporting cast.

Thing is, I'm doubt any alpha portal guards/wings will come with ball dominant FR like Acuff and Thomas. Cal is playing those guys a ton and they will get the special Cal treatment. Then you have role players/shooters. They won't be athletic enough in Cal's eyes and he definitely won't use them correctly.

I can see Cal going all in on the FR class, buying a top tier 4 and 5 who are super talented. Then praying he can revive the 2009 formula of getting them to buy in on defense and out-talenting folks in Jan, Feb, March.

 

[Digger-Cat]

One thing to note, I believe this is the last year of the Covid pass that created super seniors, so this upcoming portal class wont have 25 year olds in it and it's not like they do any good under Cal anyway.

 

[SkyPrince1]

Yeah, going to be the Acuff/Thomas show in Fayetteville next season. He's gotta hope Knox and/or Richmond is on the Thiero track and leverage chicken man to buy him a supporting cast.

Thing is, I'm doubt any alpha portal guards/wings will come with ball dominant FR like Acuff and Thomas. Cal is playing those guys a ton and they will get the special Cal treatment. Then you have role players/shooters. They won't be athletic enough in Cal's eyes and he definitely won't use them correctly.

I can see Cal going all in on the FR class, buying a top tier 4 and 5 who are super talented. Then praying he can revive the 2009 formula of getting them to buy in on defense and out-talenting folks in Jan, Feb, March.

I don't there are any top 4 or 5's left in the FR class.
Arkansas is out for Wilson and not seen as a serious player for either Ament or Peat.
After those guys it's a drop off.
Losing Cenac to Houston was a blow.

 

[yoshukai]

"To be fair".... Cow got his championship because AD, TJ and Co. were too good to lose (THEY refused to lose.). Cow even went to stall ball in that game but that team was not losing at that point. Few was correct, he just ran out of time due to that team, not Cow. Cow is on the banner and that is fine and great but he did less with more than any coach imaginable. Yep, FF's are great... Cow's passion had nothing to do with that Championship... Yes Cow assembled that team AND TJ came back because of the lockout, fill in the blanks...

I will always believe if the NBA had a few more lockouts that Cal would have a few more championships. That’s all it took .

 

[yoshukai]

I hope he heads to ESPN and gets out of coaching. He loves to talk. He’s a good guy with a big heart but needs to call it quits on coaching and spend some time enjoying all the money he’s made and his family.

He would be perfect in the role of basketballs version of Lee Corso. Act like a buffoon and put the mascot head on at the end . He can’t speak in complete coherent sentences or analyze what’s happening on the court so that’s about all he could do. “RUN “, “GO” , “REBOUND WITH TWO HANDS” . That’s about all he could add .

 

[yoshukai]

I don't there are any top 4 or 5's left in the FR class.
Arkansas is out for Wilson and not seen as a serious player for either Ament or Peat.
After those guys it's a drop off.
Losing Cenac to Houston was a blow.

Don’t know who it was but Arkansas fans were complaining that they lost a center they were expecting to Georgia Tech yesterday. So they’ve lost Wilson,Cenac, and whoever this guy was as their big man recruits

 

[Digger-Cat]

How any bigtime recruit or portal entry can watch Arkansas and how miseeable the platers are and how archaic the offense is and want to play there, is very confusing to me.

Yeah, bigtime NIL money is great, but if you're good, you can go to a better program and still get bigtime NIL.

 

[KFuqua]

With all of my heart, I hope he is booed more than anyone ever when he comes to Rupp! His attempt to destroy Kentucky basketball has earned that!