Our old friend enters portal again
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For those at work like me that cant see the X copy/paste, its Ugo.
It just goes to show you just how POOR the 2023-24 Kentucky front court was.
Onyenso
Bradshaw
Ivisic
All three really can't play at this level. Especially not in the SEC.
There were other flaws, but ultimately, that is why Kentucky didn't win with Antonio Reeves, Reed Sheppard and Rob Dillingham.
Onyenso
Bradshaw
Ivisic
All three really can't play at this level. Especially not in the SEC.
There were other flaws, but ultimately, that is why Kentucky didn't win with Antonio Reeves, Reed Sheppard and Rob Dillingham.
They didn’t win because Cal was the coach
How could Cal 0/3 in finding even one playable frontcourt player
Pope could develop him. Williams made tremendous strides in only one season under Pope.
He built the team, yes.
However, would've been better off just not even bothering with those guys.
Had Tre Mitchell not gotten hurt, that team would've been better off without those three bigs.
And to be fair, NONE of the three developed a year after UK/Cal. Bradshaw and Onyenso, honestly, got worse at their new schools.
Ugonna can come back to the Wildcats as a Walk On.
That's how loaded we are.
That's how loaded we are.
Always liked Ugo and thought he'd be really good at some point in college. That may not happen but at least he got a bag from Kansas State last year.
Our interior defense is what lost the Oakland game.
We could have withstood Goelke's three point barrage if we hadn't let a 6' 6 Trey Townsend dominate us on the inside.
Z could have been decent with good coaching, but the other 2 were just flat bad, especially Onyenso
That team lost because it didn’t believe in defense of any kind.
Ugo is one of those guys who can block shots but cannot protect the rim at all. Very limited offensively too. Showed a lot of promise early in his career but not sure he's developed much
So many guys came and went during Cals time some are just a blur to me. Barely remember him to be honest
We were better before all 3 of them were eligible/healthy, because Cal tried to force minutes for all of them and played big. We should have played Mitchell at the 5 most of the game, Thiero at the 4, and start the 3 guards. One or two of the 7 footers get backup minutes, Edwards backs up 3 and 4, Wagner backs up 1-3 and plays point when he comes in with others shifting over.
If his name was Robert Brown or something similarly “normal” to an American I am certain I wouldn’t remember him at all.
Nothing against the guy, but he just doesn’t seem to be progressing much. He wasn’t much different from year 1 to year 2 for us, and although some of that could theoretically be Cal, he practically disappeared playing for a K-State team that wasn’t exactly loaded this year. He might be better served going to a mid-major at this point.
That KY team was historically bad in defense. legitimately the worst coached team in the history of Kentucky basketball.
We should have scored 90 to 100 on those punks too. D was pathetic but not scoring like we were capable was also an issue.
Usually 2 of reed, dilly, reeves perform well, and we would be fine
However, in that game, only reeves could make goals...
If one of Dilly or reed performed well, this would be a blowout game
Both two tanked in that game
Dilly at least tried hard, reed was scared in that game...
I hate to admit it (almost)….but I totally forgot about that guy. Few, if any, stay around long enough to plant in my memory bank.
21 feet of suck! They each had strengths but not a single one was a full package for a starter level player.
Yeah I bet his value went way down, barely can play. Great shot blocker, so so rebounder, lob threat. That’s his game. Can’t move outside the post really.
The saddest thing is everyone on Planet Earth knew Gohlke would do nothing but shoot 20 3’s and yet Cal wanted to pound the ball inside and go big. He’s the only one who didn’t say, don’t come off the 3 point line, instead stay 5 feet inside the line.
People who can't remember this guy obviously have memory issues. He played here 2 years so he doesn't fit the one and done standard of disdain this board has for former players.
He wasn't good enough here and doesn't look like much has changed. He probably should be at a mid major but I get it's about the money.
He wasn't good enough here and doesn't look like much has changed. He probably should be at a mid major but I get it's about the money.
Cal really screwed up the heads of a lot of players. There are alot of former cal coached cats going through 3 teams
Or not playing your 3 best players together, ya know, the most minutes. That might have been part of the issue.
IMHO, this is a very important point to keep in mind going forward. I don't think we're yet to the point where renting a serviceable big man who could significantly improve throughout a basketball season is a completely unworkable option.
If he’d stayed small the team would have flourished. But he was obstinate and couldn’t stand that the Bennies were right and trashed his career and legacy to try and prove us wrong. He burned it all down to prove himself right and sadly for everyone he was completely wrong.
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