UK Basketball 2024-2025: Can It Get Any Worse?

[WVRed]

Couple interesting tidbits:

Kentucky is in on Duke transfer Jeremy Roach, among others.

Kenny Payne is rumored to be on Popes new staff.

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[WVRed]

Cody Fueger coming over from BYU. This one was expected and he is a rising star in coaching supposedly.

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[WVRed]

No Kenny Payne but Orlando Antigua never resigned and is still working for UK.

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[WVRed]

Two. Just picked up a commitment today from a kid committed to BYU who was doing mission work for two years.

Comparing Louisville, Duke and Arkansas though:

Duke is bringing in the no 1 recruiting class which has the next big prospect in Cooper Flagg, among others. They are being projected to be top 2 with UConn next year. Easy call there.

Arkansas is basically going to be Great Value Kentucky in taking all of the players Cal had last year minus Bradshaw who wouldn't have came back to UK anyways.

You pretty much nailed Louisville on the head. Duke and Arkansas aren't in the same boat though as Kentucky or Louisville right now, it's just full on rebuilding.

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I know what I posted about Duke but man half of that team is in the portal.

Oh, and Reed Sheppard is going pro. Happy for him but disappointed that his only season here was wasted.

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[Assembly Hall]

I know what I posted about Duke but man half of that team is in the portal.

Oh, and Reed Sheppard is going pro. Happy for him but disappointed that his only season here was wasted.

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Got to love the 1 and done.

[WVRed]

Got to love the 1 and done.

Don't blame him for not coming back. He isn't going to improve his stock and it's a weak draft. Hoping he lands in San Antonio and gets paired with Wemby.

Btw, forgot to mention, I guess Cal managed to duck going back to Assembly Hall huh?

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[Boston Red]

Kentucky dodged the Kenny Payne bullet.

[cumberlandreds]

Kentucky dodged the Kenny Payne bullet.

I thought he was fine as an assistant. I always felt like probably played the good cop to the players when Cal would be riding them hard. Of course he was a disaster as a head coach.

[cumberlandreds]

Don't blame him for not coming back. He isn't going to improve his stock and it's a weak draft. Hoping he lands in San Antonio and gets paired with Wemby.

Btw, forgot to mention, I guess Cal managed to duck going back to Assembly Hall huh?

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The days of Kentucky matinee idols are over. Ones like Cotton Nash, Kyle Macy and Rex Chapman are relics of the past. I doubt we will ever see a really good player stay more than one year under the current setup. I don't blame Shepard for going pro. He couldn't pass that up.

[Boston Red]

Is the correct term "going pro" anymore? "Going pro-er"?

[cumberlandreds]

Is the correct term "going pro" anymore? "Going pro-er"?

True, more pro is the better term.

[RichRed]

True, more pro is the better term.

“Pro+”

[WVRed]

In other news, Mark Fox (former Georgia coach) and Jason Hart are being named assistants.

Fox and Pope go back to Washington when Fox was an assistant. He most recently was at Georgetown over NIL so hopefully that's his role here.

Hart was recently head coach for G League Ignite and this is being tabbed as a home run hire.

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[WVRed]

Jordan Burks is in the portal. That makes the entire UK roster leaving. Adou Theiro is considering Kentucky but Pitt is more likely.

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[WVRed]

Amari Williams from Drexel commits to Kentucky.

Excellent fit for what Pope wants to do offensively.

Johnell Davis is down to Kentucky and Houston as well.

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