The Drake team has D2 blood running through its veins. Their coach, McCollum, won four D2 NC's in 15 years at Northwest Missouri State. Stirtz followed McCollum to Drake, as did 3 other players (a total four of McCollum's starters from NWMSU). Good to see the overlooked perform well.
He looks athletic but against D2 players to recruit him he has to be a cant miss player. Anyone recruited to UK either by free ride or NIL cany have a learninh curve or a history of injuries of anykind.
I like the idea of taking a chance on a top D2 kid for the 11-13 spots. You are not getting a top Portal player to fill one of those spots.
He seems to be a good kid. My daughter has tutored him in math occasionally.
Not this year. Honestly has to show he can perform against tougher competition. Needs to work on his ball handling and honestly he’s closer to 6’6” than 6’8”.
Was a hesitant 3 pt shooter. Really didn’t take many on a team that shot a lot. He shot 25/54 from 3.
He definitely can player better defense. But wasn’t consistent with it. Same with rebounding. He had some big rebounding games this year (19, 16, 15 etc).
Yeah after the 3rd game of the year I was talking with the SID and we agreed this would be his only year in D2.
He definitely has the athleticism to rebound and play defense. If his effort is there, he could be really good at both. These highlights usually only show shots made though.
This kid is my number one want. I know we will get a PG but guys this size with those skills are not as plentiful.
Cal probably sitting at home watch LHOTP and waiting on Pope to offer guys then go behind him and offer more to try and get them.
From the highlights he definitely has the potential.
We have to remember, however, that there are going to be a ton of really good options in the portal beyond even those already expected. And I figure many are going to explore the NBA draft before committing anywhere. And the guy the NBA considers the best prospect is very likely not the guy who will be the best college player for UK next season. Once the Tournament is over for UK (hopefully in April) Pope and the guys might not get any decent sleep for a month or two.
Why do you say that?
Was told within the last two nights he already has an offer from another P4 program and heard the dollar amount. LMU money guys were willing to match that offer.
You think this is the first the staff has “ officially “ reached out too. Maybe officially yes but all the back channeling going on I guarantee you they have a long list of top priority candidates. We will get a lot of booms pretty quick once the season is over!
Exactly Pope isn’t going to go out and recruit just any old recruit for the sake of recruiting. Pope understands the assignment!
