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Tucker says next few days are going to be ''very, very eventful"

So out of HS, you saw Shai and Herro being absolute 1st round one-and-dones? You're most definitely a liar if you say you did, a downright liar. It's a joke to say players don't improve at UK, total joke and it eliminates any credibility you have on this board.

You don't have to like Cal to say that players develop in his program. That doesn't mean ALL players develop, but come on, just ignorantly biased to try to say otherwise.

Juzang, Matthews, Wiltjer, etc - none of those players left Kentucky and were drafted. Not a single player that has transferred from UK has been drafted.
but the ones that left did improve in college under a new coach & a system
did I say that I predicted Herro & Shai as 1st round picks? no i dd not, so who is the liar
you are a complete idiot. put words in somebody else's post, not mine
all you ccc overs are the same.....anything to defend you hero despite the realization that the program is floundering
 
"numerous guys every year"
I assume this is transfers, and not guys leaving for the NBA.
Hmm. Let's see.
2010: none
2011: none
2012: none
2013: Wiltjer (6th in mpg)
2014: none
2015: none
2016: Lee (5th in mpg), & Matthews (8th in mpg)
2017: Humphries (9th in mpg, not really transfer, but not try NBA either)
2018: SKJ (9th in mpg)
2019: Green (6th in mpg)
2020: Whitney (8th in mpg, but didn't transfer), Juzang (8th in mpg, homesick like most Cali players)
2021: Askew (3rd i mpg, & much of BBN not want him), Fletcher (11th in mpg)
2022: Hopkins (10th in mpg), Allen (11th in mpg)
2023: Wheeler (4th in mpg, much of BBN not want him), Fredrick (7th in mpg), Ware (8th in mpg), Collins (9th in mpg, but extenuating personal circumstances), TBD (Oscar, CL, Reeves)

1 transfer after his first 6 seasons at UK; then 5 in the next 4 years. So that was not "numerous" or even multiple.
But in the past 4 years there have been 10+, which would classify as multiple or numerous; but those 4 years are also when the Transfer Portal opened up.
Might want to recheck your list........
 
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You need to take your head out of the sand and realize this happens at every program. This is not back in the 60's when the coach was the end-all/be-all for everything basketball. The past generation of player requires a different approach instead of making demands of the players.
I don’t buy this at all. It’s true that the Bob Knight drill sergeant approach to coaching where coaches get a pass for just yelling profanities in players’ faces non-stop is falling out of favor, and that’s honestly not a bad thing in my opinion. Some of the things that are rumored to be happening here with players and their “handlers” allegedly dictating what position they’ll play, who else can be recruited for the team, and in one high profile case whether they even bother playing at all before entering the draft are absolutely not going on at every program, much less to the extent they do here. Cal taking his “players first” mantra too far almost certainly played a role in creating that problem.
 
We're potentially going to be in position where we have to take guys much worse than wheeler. I reference wheeler because he was a nice player for most programs but never going to be the guy for us. Had we not been desperate, we wouldve never taken him imo
 
true, we don't know for sure who has been contacted seriously. I would think that any of these guys that are coming from lesser know schools would at least visit UK if invited. The 2 guys that UT signed were ogiginally mentioned with interest from UK, but later that never materialized. Both of those guys would have helped. The transfer from Oregon and would up at IU would have been interested as well as the big guy from Utah Valley. But for whatever reason, UK never showed the interest to either. So that tells me that ccc promised the strating job & major minutes to Ugo, and that is why he returned. All 4 of these examples would have helped UK greatly.
And he doesn't want anyone who could challenge the 5 for starting position or minutes. JMO
 
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Common Cal cult (Just the crazy ones. Not the rational fans and good guys on the board.) quotes:

“Cowpuri we wuv u”

“We gunna pertect ya and insult and ruin erry thread on da board fer ya.”

“ Goin’ to stalk and harass ppl in errythang just fer ya Cow!!!!”

“Cowpuriiiii fer lyfe!!!!!”
 
"numerous guys every year"
I assume this is transfers, and not guys leaving for the NBA.
Hmm. Let's see.
2010: none
2011: none
2012: none
2013: Wiltjer (6th in mpg)
2014: none
2015: none
2016: Lee (5th in mpg), & Matthews (8th in mpg)
2017: Humphries (9th in mpg, not really transfer, but not try NBA either)
2018: SKJ (9th in mpg)
2019: Green (6th in mpg)
2020: Whitney (8th in mpg, but didn't transfer), Juzang (8th in mpg, homesick like most Cali players)
2021: Askew (3rd i mpg, & much of BBN not want him), Fletcher (11th in mpg)
2022: Hopkins (10th in mpg), Allen (11th in mpg)
2023: Wheeler (4th in mpg, much of BBN not want him), Fredrick (7th in mpg), Ware (8th in mpg), Collins (9th in mpg, but extenuating personal circumstances), TBD (Oscar, CL, Reeves)

1 transfer after his first 6 seasons at UK; then 5 in the next 4 years. So that was not "numerous" or even multiple.
But in the past 4 years there have been 10+, which would classify as multiple or numerous; but those 4 years are also when the Transfer Portal opened up.
Didn't Stacey Poole transfer in the first year or two?
 
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That's the problem.They didn't get a chance to prepare last season so basically we will have 7 freshmen learning on the job.
Yeah well there were threads about playing Thiero all last year that were attacked by pumpers. Now we have to rely on him after Cal refused to give him valuable time last year.

But whatever Cal couldn’t play him “He wasn’t ready.”
 
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Right. Taken UK to the top of the basketball world. Number 1 class coming in yet some hang on the word of this clown tucker that know less than any 10th grader in Ky.

But whine now. There will be time to jump back on the band wagon if you can catch it. UK is moving on while the haters here just wallow in their pity.
How many times have we had the #1 recruiting class but went nowhere, mainly due to bad roster structure. Expect the same.
 
2013 had its best player go down. Probably nothing more than a sweet 16 team at best anyways but you don't lose all the starters from the national title team and business as usual.
That season was a free pass season if ever ... after winning the title and losing everyone, I think even UK fans understood ... it was just the NIT reality that really hurt. Had UK made the tourney as a 8/9/10 seed and lost early, it's just a footnote.

And yes, it was the #1 class (some suggested UCLA was #1 because they had the #1 and #3 overall players in Muhammad and Kyle Anderson) but it was a very weak recruiting class. Shabazz Muhammad was the #1 player, followed by Noel. Recall it was the Anthony Bennett year. UK's class had Noel (2), Poythress (8), Goodwin (14), and WCS (40). As we all know, Poythress was not really a top 10 talent ... good college player, not elite, not capable of leading a team as a freshman the way many other top 10 Cal recruits were.
 
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you think ccc is actually going to give this guy any authority to change "his" system?
not a chance. this arrogant used car salesman will tie this guys hands behind his back.
It will be the same sad offense that has been around for the last 10 years

Exactly, I was saying the same thing two years ago when all the pumpers kept telling us that Antigua was going to come back and somehow magically override and undo all of the things Caliprairie is doing to degrade the program! LMAO.
 
Right. Taken UK to the top of the basketball world. Number 1 class coming in yet some hang on the word of this clown tucker that know less than any 10th grader in Ky.

But whine now. There will be time to jump back on the band wagon if you can catch it. UK is moving on while the haters here just wallow in their pity.
How many years ago has it been since Kentucky was at the top of college basketball? I don’t need anyone to tell me we’re struggling because I watch the games. You think because Cal signed the #1 recruiting class we’re going to be great.
 
That season was a free pass season if ever ... after winning the title and losing everyone, I think even UK fans understood ... it was just the NIT reality that really hurt. Had UK made the tourney as a 8/9/10 seed and lost early, it's just a footnote.

And yes, it was the #1 class (some suggested UCLA was #1 because they had the #1 and #3 overall players in Muhammad and Kyle Anderson) but it was a very weak recruiting class. Shabazz Muhammad was the #1 player, followed by Noel. Recall it was the Anthony Bennett year. UK's class had Noel (2), Poythress (8), Goodwin (14), and WCS (40). As we all know, Poythress was not really a top 10 talent ... good college player, not elite, not capable of leading a team as a freshman the way many other top 10 Cal recruits were.

I still maintain UK earned the first 4 appearance. Ncaa went with the mid majors instead though. It would have been a bad loss without noel though
 
How many years ago has it been since Kentucky was at the top of college basketball? I don’t need anyone to tell me we’re struggling because I watch the games. You think because Cal signed the #1 recruiting class we’re going to be great.
Honestly 2017. We had some good teams 2018-2020, but all of them had periods of struggle and all lost to at least 1 terrible team they shouldn’t have.

2018 loses to South Carolina
2019 losses to Seton Hall and Bama
2020 losses to Evansville, Utah, and South Carolina
 
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Common Cal cult (Just the crazy ones. Not the rational fans and good guys on the board.) quotes:

“Cowpuri we wuv u”

“We gunna pertect ya and insult and ruin erry thread on da board fer ya.”

“ Goin’ to stalk and harass ppl in errythang just fer ya Cow!!!!”

“Cowpuriiiii fer lyfe!!!!!”
How on earth do you stalk an alias?
 
Maybe Fatso knows he’s finally finished after next season. He’s going to get as many of these freshmen drafted that he can and leave UK in the worst shape possible.

With the transfer portal and Fatso getting the boot after next season, I’ll take it!
Not happening. Got any money to bet on this one?
 
Do you ever get tired of spewing total fiction? I love your optimism, but damn, man.....literally NONE of your predictions have come true! If you were a little more spaced out I'd swear that you and SmoothasButter were one and the same.
Better listen
 
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