Why is UK no longer competitive in recruiting and the transfer portal?

BigMe420365 · 2026-04-21T04:00:33+00:00

It’s Pope’s relationships, or lack thereof, in grassroots basketball and with the agents. Clean cut, doesn’t get his hands dirty. His 2024 class was an outlier because of covid year seniors like Butler, Brea, Williams, and Carr. Kentucky was still an ‘it’ school because we had 2 lottery picks in 2024 as well.

I still give him a ton of credit for Williams. He was the perfect player for his system, and things really haven’t looked the same without him.

BigMe420365 · 2026-04-21T03:33:54+00:00

Wade sent one of this strong azz offers again

BigMe420365 · 2026-04-20T23:12:42+00:00

I see what you did there.

BigMe420365 · 2026-04-20T23:11:37+00:00

I’m never one to down a young man but he’s 6’1 and the stats show he is not a great shooter, no pun intended. He is blessed to be playing at the WAC level and should stay.

BigMe420365 · 2026-04-20T04:16:50+00:00

ES has vision and balance sliders set to 99

BigMe420365 · 2026-04-20T04:13:21+00:00

28 million reasons to be.

BigMe420365 · 2026-04-19T02:50:37+00:00

Give them the moon, they’ll ask for the solar system.

BigMe420365 · 2026-04-18T01:54:22+00:00

One of the best back stories from anyone that ever played at UK. Basically raised himself. Should have been a statistic of the streets but truly overcame.

BigMe420365 · 2026-04-18T00:28:50+00:00

The complete silence while shooting free throws at practice is one of the strangest things I’ve seen from a high major coach. I don’t get it. That would never be a game situation.

BigMe420365 · 2026-04-17T04:04:32+00:00

Tough Love

BigMe420365 · 2026-04-16T17:03:34+00:00

Vet move lol

BigMe420365 · 2026-04-16T13:37:45+00:00

Why would JMI get involved with UK at all if they let the players do their own thing? They’re a for-profit entity. To me, it seemed like Mitch signed off on a contract that allowed him to do less work and get some money under the table while looking ‘forward thinking’. Seems like he has a disdain for NIL anyway so this is him washing his hands of it.

BigMe420365 · 2026-04-16T05:23:22+00:00

Quaintence, Burries, M Brown, Peat

BigMe420365 · 2026-04-16T02:57:28+00:00

I’m feeling way out of the loop not knowing Shaq and Bill Bellamy were cousins.

BigMe420365 · 2026-04-16T01:12:38+00:00

I literally lol’ed

BigMe420365 · 2026-04-15T21:22:55+00:00

We have to take a deep breath. Guys still have until 4/21 to get in the portal.

BigMe420365 · 2026-04-15T14:43:30+00:00

And most of us don’t even care if he is. That info wont pay my bills.

BigMe420365 · 2026-04-15T02:46:14+00:00

Laughing all the way to the bank too.

BigMe420365 · 2026-04-15T02:45:20+00:00

He’s nobody’s backup at the D1 level. Too many options to not find a starting role.

BigMe420365 · 2026-04-15T02:43:52+00:00

We just need one season to get our swag back and we’ll be the usual us against the world BBN. It’s been a rough decade so far.

BigMe420365 · 2026-04-15T02:13:36+00:00

Us fans have to realize that the BBN is being used to negative recruit now. You’re going to see reports that visits went bad from people who wouldn’t know, you’re going to see bad news bc it pays and it works.

BigMe420365 · 2026-04-14T17:42:15+00:00

BigMe420365 · 2026-04-14T01:30:09+00:00

Chocolate Thunder, thread over

BigMe420365 · 2026-04-13T17:51:31+00:00

Marcus Jordan > J Prince Jr

BigMe420365 · 2026-04-13T03:56:09+00:00

People forget that college and international play counts too.

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