Ugo in the portal

[3Eye]

Why the hate for Ugo? He played for the Blue and White… low class.

 

[Cats192]

Legend has it, he's going to visit Louisville in the near future.

Get ready to learn "can't rebound for $hit" buddies.

 

[Catfan2226]

I don't hate him, just disappointed actually. Did he even sit down with Pope and discuss if he had a role on the team going forward..nope. not that I know of.
His handlers have given him pathetic advice but at what point will he make decisions for himself.
I wish him the best as he searches for a place to play. Somebody will take him. Eastern, Morehead St, N Kentucky, are probably in need.

 

[AzubuikeandFitch]

Can we offer him 1M, so then Ark offers him 2M.

Make em waste their resources on fake targets lol.

 

[Rideordiewildcat]

Id love to have him back and it’s odd to me that most UK fans don’t. All we hear about is we can’t keep kids but our fan base runs them off before they ever make a decision. Not that I think they read this and make a decision off of it but here we are with a chance to get one back but now we are saying he doesn’t fit Popes style???
How do we really know popes style, I figure Pope will do multiple things and work around his talent.

 

[Fox2monk]

I thought he was determined to go pro with his agent lmfao

 

[Fox2monk]

Why the hate for Ugo? He played for the Blue and White… low class.

Because he wasn’t that great, but acted like he was a pro, and tried to go pro at every opportunity. Here we see a legit player like RJ Davis and Bacot and both them returned for 5 freaking years. Yet our baby deer and all his team mates can’t wait to leave! So why should we love them when they don’t produce?

 

[lazycat75]

I think he shit where he ate

 

[bnewt]

I hear you. I would take Onyenso back, if he really wanted to come back. I don't think that is the case. If we wanted back, all he would need to say is that he's withdrawing from the draft and returning to UK. But that's not what he said. He said he's withdrawing from NBA draft consideration (meaning he had no options there) and entering the portal, which likely means not UK. Regarding Pope's style, I'm referring to the way his teams have played at BYU in the last few years. They shoot the 3 a lot- and their big men handle the ball, pass the ball, and also shoot the three. They are a wide-open, 5-out kind of style. They may post up guys at times, but it is rare for their big men post on the low post. They often set up at the high post and back-cut quite a bit. I just don't see Ugo being a very good fit for any of that.

He did this same crap last year. He just isn't very good right now

 

[ManitouDan]

Rarely do I not want a player back . I was not upset L ware left , he just wasn’t the level of player UK needs to compete for a FF .. same with UGo whose lone talent seems to being tall .. he can go wash windows for all I care

 

[CatsnRoses]

Why the hate for Ugo? He played for the Blue and White… low class.

1. He played badly

2. Played with minimal effort on several occasions. Noticeably so and in very big games, too.

3. Entered the transfer portal after both his seasons here.

I don't hate him. Just never thought he was good enough to play here.

Unfortunately he had a couple of fluky games which duped our dumb coach into thinking he should play way more than he should.

 

[Fancatstik]

not gonna lie, he’s the big I wanted to stay the most

 

[katwest]

Ugo seemed like a good kid, but you could see last year when he was not sure about coming back to Kentucky something was off. He is and has been getting bad advice from his greedy handlers.

 

[Creed Bratton]

Listened to Sunday Morning Sports Talk on WLAP and they had Krysten Peek who is an NBA scout and Anthony White asked her about Ugo's chance of being drafted and she said ZERO!!! Said she hoped he kept his option to return to college open.

I guess he must have failed to show NBA teams his scoring prowess outside the paint!!!

I would have been happy to see his scoring prowess inside the paint. Dude couldn't hit a 2 footer to save his life.

 

[KYFOSSIL]

he was advertised as a shot blocker, but I never saw that in him
way to slow to react. the shot is past him before he jumps to block it

So you missed the 10 block game

 

[NociHTTP]

Because he wasn’t that great but acted like he was a pro and tried to leave and go pro at every opportunity. Here we see a legit player like RJ Davis and Bacot and both them returned for 5 freaking years. Yet our baby deer and all his team mates can’t wait to leave! So why should we love them when they don’t produce?

He is truly not self aware, and would not be a good fit in Pope's system.

 

[Fox2monk]

He is truly not self aware, and would not be a good fit in Pope's system.

I agree there

 

[moses1uk]

Ugo round in circles

You know you aged yourself with this post . Freaking awesome

 

[Elliott Tim]

You know you aged yourself with this post . Freaking awesome

You're assuming.
Many youngsters like oldies.

 

[sluggercatfan]

He's no doubt got handlers and hangers-on giving him crap advise.

When he's done playing basketball they won't care about him at all. Should have stayed put, even our bench warmers are remembered for life here.

Like Z!!!

 

[TankedCat]

I'm sure Cal will reach out, afterall, Ugo was a great fit for UK in Cal's system, so he has to be a great fit for Arkansas and worth every dime he commands from them