It is the preoccupation with shooting the three and the idea that he is a perfect comp to Knect. And he may be just those things, but I am hearing what you are saying. Robinson very well could fit our roster better. And I think some are hoping for both. I'm not sure that is realistic but reality is getting adjusted all the time now days.
Achor, Lanier and Robinson, call it a class and start working. Also while we’re going we need to continue to talk to the guy from Morehead and let him know this is going to be one of the best Kentucky teams who are going to compete for a title. Let’s go. I really like the kid from Florida St as well but we’re running out of spots. Haha. Man I love Kentucky being Kentucky again. I’d love to know the guys (Great Players), we’ve had to turn down for whatever reason. Going to be some tough day for this group come practice time. Haha.
The days of promises and not recruiting over others are done. This is a , you will have a fresh start and a couple months to earn everything you get. Hard work is the number one win from now on I believe. What’s your thoughts about it? I really believe Pope is going to stick with that and it doesn’t matter who you are you’re going to earn it. That’s how it should be anyway. Just my opinion of course.
A less proven Garrison esque guy. Some people thought highly of him as a prospect. Stylistically from his highlight video it would be a fit.
You never know, there are many players who pop off after not so good years
I’m pretty sure they would be happy with 18-20 a game. If not who cares some are seniors. Butler will for sure play, he’s a winner. They will be paid the same no matter what. Some of these dudes are committing to schools with no chance to play like Big Z.
Robinson and a guy like the UCLA player are what it’s gonna be. Maybe Chaz Lanier or Jaylen wells tell you they want to come, you take them but those 2 are extreme long shots
I can dig it. Decent shot blocker, 3pt shot looks nice (stats say otherwise), active hands on defense leading to steals, and an assist machine. Basically Aly Khalifa with more intensity and athleticism.
Lanier hasn’t committed anywhere. Tennesse is the favorite, Maryland and Kentucky are getting noise. But he is Tennessees to lose
Yeah hard to say. Lanier played in EKU's conference last year, clearly not the same level of competition. Ja Morant played at Murray State ... and he turned out pretty good.
Fwiw, here are the stats for the 95-96 Pitino team. He went 9 and 10 deep. No team was in better condition than we were. Jeff Shepherd played 12.8 minutes per game and he was a Jr on that team! Jeff Shepherd! I really do look for Pope's teams to look a lot like what we saw from those teams. Younger people really should spend some time watching some (poor quality) videos of Pitino's teams and Popes BYU teams. I think you'll see how similar they are pretty quickly but with far less talent.
| Rk | Player | G | GS | MP | FG | FGA | FG% | 2P | 2PA | 2P% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tony Delk | 36 | 36 | 26.3 | 6.4 | 12.9 | .494 | 3.8 | 7.1 | .535 | 2.6 | 5.8 | .443 | 2.4 | 3.1 | .800 | 4.2 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 17.8 | ||
| 2 | Antoine Walker | 36 | 35 | 27.0 | 6.3 | 13.7 | .463 | 6.1 | 12.3 | .493 | 0.3 | 1.3 | .188 | 2.3 | 3.6 | .631 | 8.4 | 2.9 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 15.2 | ||
| 3 | Walter McCarty | 36 | 32 | 24.7 | 4.2 | 7.8 | .543 | 3.4 | 6.1 | .564 | 0.8 | 1.7 | .467 | 2.1 | 2.9 | .721 | 5.7 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 11.3 | ||
| 4 | Derek Anderson | 36 | 24 | 19.4 | 3.3 | 6.4 | .509 | 2.6 | 4.8 | .550 | 0.6 | 1.6 | .390 | 2.2 | 2.8 | .784 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 9.4 | ||
| 5 | Ron Mercer | 36 | 13 | 18.8 | 3.0 | 6.5 | .457 | 2.3 | 4.6 | .506 | 0.6 | 1.9 | .338 | 1.4 | 1.8 | .785 | 2.9 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 8.0 | ||
| 6 | Mark Pope | 36 | 6 | 20.3 | 2.6 | 5.4 | .482 | 2.2 | 4.2 | .520 | 0.4 | 1.3 | .356 | 2.0 | 2.9 | .683 | 5.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 7.6 | ||
| 7 | Anthony Epps | 36 | 24 | 22.5 | 1.9 | 4.5 | .429 | 0.8 | 1.6 | .466 | 1.2 | 2.9 | .410 | 1.6 | 2.0 | .817 | 3.1 | 4.9 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 6.7 | ||
| 8 | Jeff Sheppard | 34 | 1 | 12.8 | 1.9 | 3.7 | .520 | 1.3 | 2.4 | .531 | 0.6 | 1.3 | .500 | 1.1 | 1.7 | .621 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 5.5 | ||
| 9 | Wayne Turner | 35 | 8 | 13.1 | 1.9 | 3.5 | .533 | 1.8 | 3.4 | .542 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .250 | 0.7 | 1.1 | .625 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 10 | Jared Prickett | 5 | 0 | 10.2 | 1.2 | 2.4 | .500 | 1.2 | 2.2 | .545 | 0.0 | 0.2 | .000 | 1.0 | 1.4 | .714 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 3.4 | ||
| 11 | Allen Edwards | 35 | 1 | 9.3 | 1.1 | 2.3 | .463 | 0.9 | 1.6 | .526 | 0.2 | 0.7 | .304 | 1.0 | 1.3 | .739 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 3.3 | ||
| 12 | Nazr Mohammed | 16 | 0 | 5.5 | 0.8 | 1.8 | .448 | 0.8 | 1.8 | .448 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.5 | .458 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 2.3 | |||
| 13 | Oliver Simmons | 21 | 0 | 4.8 | 0.6 | 1.3 | .481 | 0.6 | 1.2 | .462 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.000 | 0.5 | 0.9 | .556 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.8 | ||
| 14 | Cameron Mills | 7 | 0 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | .400 | 0.3 | 0.6 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.000 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.9 | ||
| 15 | Jason Lathrem | 4 | 0 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.5 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.3 | .000 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.000 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
The crazy thing about the ‘getting guys to the NBA’ philosophy is that they will get there regardless if good enough! I’d argue that winning at tournament time when all eyes are on your team is the best showcase prior to the combines.
Today I was thinking about Lanier, and imagined what it would be like for Pope to say to him "kid, you want to be a villain and gain notoriety for it? Come to UK and let's whoop some Rocky Top. Not sure how that would go over
HELL YES TO BOTH!!!!!!
Don't sleep on 2012. 38 wins. Beat classic UK rivals to win the title. Indiana, Louisville, Kansas.
I mean just look at the players that didn’t get clock!!! That team was absolutely stacked.
Not sleeping on them but 1996 would run them. Too old.
I’m sorry I love 2012 but 1996 would beat them easily by wearing them out!
Mine is 2017. Fox monk and bam as fun a trio as we have ever had
It would be a close game. I think 2015 vs 1996 would be a barn burner. Both 10 deep. 2015's defense vs 1996's offense.
Mine will always be 2015. Talk about de-moralizing the enemy. 83-34 normally.
Monk is one of my all time favs …that team was electric
Remember those 3's he hit against UNC? Dude was triple teamed and hit it. If that fat ass missed that jumper, that shot goes down in UK history.
Stupid luke maye had to ruin everything
Thank Derek Willis for that.
Remember it like it was yesterday.
I'm taking AD and Jones over McCarty, Pope, Prickett, and Walker. MKG vs Anderson and Mercer would decide the game.
