You're a bigger fan than me, lol. Well done.
I’m sure that’ll be on the minds of the players and coaches. Go Cats!
I really wish it had been Duke...if not at least UNC
Agreed. It’s not a real “sexy” matchup. However, Miami is a very solid team. They’re coming off a F4 berth last season, and an E8 the season prior. Not to mention, Larranaga is a damn good coach. Not quite sure who all they return, but they should be a tough game. I’m happy it’s at Rupp.
Correction, Duke doesn’t want to play us in Rupp.
I get what you're trying to say, but that should be the reason those players go to school like Duke is to play in that kind of games. I think it's almost criminal that UK doesn't play a school like Duke more often. That's a fans type of game. I do understand we have to plày a few cupcakes, though. Kentucky -Duke is a different type of game. One thing I hate about the Champions Classic it opens the season against a Duke or Kansas and that'd be better suited for everyone involved if that game was at least 3-4 games deep in the schedule.
Right. That’s what I meant. They don’t wanna play us at home. Never have.
They did just go to the final four so. Larranaga is a good coach so I like it. Gives us a different look from a team who plays a lot of guards too.
Miami lost basically their whole team, they did however add some high profile guys in the transfer portal. They will be good, and well-coached like always, but Wong is finally gone and he was their engine. Duke is preseason #1/2 with Kansas depending on the ranking.
I really don't give two flips about preseason rankings. Duke may have won the ACC tourney, but we all saw how awful they were at times. Duke will be better this season, but Scheyer is still pretty unproven.
If we land this Croatian guy, is there a team in the country that can match us in talent? I venture to say no, there isn’t. Yes, duke is talented, but not as much as we will be with that signing IMO. KU has a good blend of talent and experience, but we have more than them, too. JMO.
Eh, now there's eligibility issues creeping up. I'm beginning to think this might be Enes 2.0
Speaking my language. I ran the Palestra for a couple of years when I worked in the athletic department at Penn. Amazing place to watch a basketball game and would be a great place to play.
I think Duke will have lottery talent sophomores in Proctor and Filipowski. UK will have lottery talent freshman. Getting Reeves back was huge for UK, no doubt, as it added experience and a shooter. There are rumblings that McCain for Duke is looking like a sure-fire starter and a potential lottery pick too, he was a 5-star but not a top end one.
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While I was stationed at Edgewood Arsenal Maryland, I took a trip to the Palestra for a cbb double header. UK Penn was the second game. The Issel, Pratt, Casey team
Good stuff! They have displays all around the concourse of the greats that have played or coached games there and Rupp is on one of the displays. The AD while I was at Penn (Steve Bilsky) was a guard on that Penn team. Those late 60's early 70's Penn teams were pretty good.
Thank you Smash, I don't have the patience or knowledge to arrange the upcoming schedule as you have..You're a winner.
I don’t think they are dodging UK, I think they are dodging playing UK at Rupp.
Can't argue that at all. Maybe the ACC-SEC challenge will set it up sometime. We know it wont be next year though.
