Pope gets his 1st visit

[University-6]

 

[DraftCat]

Love it

 

[Sportspm]

College players have agents now?

 

[WildcatNC]

Don't know much about this kid.

 

[berniecarbo]

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4702745/amari-williams

https://drexeldragons.com/news/2024...r-lefty-driesell-defensive-player-of-the-year

 

[UKhoopCat]

Top 20 player in the portal. Seems to be a great fit.

 

[crxohio]

https://drexeldragons.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/amari-williams/10057

 

[travisbickle_rivals252984]

 

[ruppsrunt66]

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4702745/amari-williams

rr

 

[CarolinaCatsFan]

Trying to take rankings out of my mind

Just win, baby

 

[crxohio]

Has gotten to work already. That's wassup! He doesn't shoot ft's well. But he is a tough ball player

 

[crxohio]

Eric daniels

 

[Mr Schwump]

Knows to use the backboard, already ahead of our guys.

 

[crxohio]

Get theiro back. Pope! Him and thiero! Match made in heaven.

 

[JwUKFan11]

Trying to take rankings out of my mind

Just win, baby

Top 20 portal player. I’d like to sprinkle in some highly rated HS recruits as well but we’ll see what happens.

 

[crxohio]

Knows to use the backboard, already ahead of our guys.

Damn Skippy! Most all these 5* never use the backboard. And fail in nba because of it lol

 

[fs-ripcord65]

Don't know much about this kid.

Amari Williams started all 32 of Drexel's games in 2023-24.
Per-game averages:
Minutes: 22.9
Points: 12.2
Rebounds: 7.8
Blocks: 1.8
Assists: 1.9
FG%: 51.7%
3ptFG%: 33.3%
FT%: 65.5%

Go 'Cats ! ! !

 

[crxohio]

We see who the next guy is, if he is lengthy, strong, good touch. We will know the direction MP is taken.

 

[CatPhight_rivals65113]

4 star .9300
#52 in the portal
#11 center in the portal

First Team All-CAA selection…led the CAA in blocked shots (67) and in field-goal percentage (.523)…was 14th in the nation with 2.23 blocks per game…finished second in the league in rebounding (8.8) and tied for 13th in scoring with 13.7 points per game

 

[Skyguyb27]

Has gotten to work already. That's wassup! He doesn't shoot ft's well. But he is a tough ball player

500-1000 a day will change that. Some coaches actually have them do that I hear.

 

[Shaudylo]

7 foot 5 wingspan

 

[crxohio]

We want to be better than Creighton. But we also want to go that style with more strength. Outside of last two meetings. Creighton dominated Hurley/uconn.

 

[CatPhight_rivals65113]

7 foot 5 wingspan

Rim protection

 

[ukfan041]

Pope is already working! Roster spots available and a lot of NLI! LFG

 

[crxohio]

7 foot 5 wingspan

Sounds like defense matters to him.

 

[WildcatNC]

Amari Williams started all 32 of Drexel's games in 2023-24.
Per-game averages:
Minutes: 22.9
Points: 12.2
Rebounds: 7.8
Blocks: 1.8
Assists: 1.9
FG%: 51.7%
3ptFG%: 33.3%
FT%: 65.5%

Go 'Cats ! ! !

Thanks. Other than the FT % that looks very solid.

Something to note is Pope's offenses at BYU don't generate many FTs. Not really a big part of their gameplan like some teams.

 

[EliteBlue]

We want to be better than Creighton. But we also want to go that style with more strength. Outside of last two meetings. Creighton dominated Hurley/uconn.

To be fair, Creighton has been a better program than us saying back to Mintz leaving there to come to UK. They were top 10 all year that season. Even this season, they finished 11th to out 23rd Kenpom

Let that sink in…that’s where we were. Glad we turned the page and excited to build basketball teams and not just Allstar rosters that don’t fit.

 

[gobigbluebell]

That’s what we need, defense.

 

[Fawrules]

Don't know much about this kid.

3x Defensive Player of the Year for his conference.

 

[crxohio]

To be fair, Creighton has been a better program than us saying back to Mintz leaving there to come to UK. They were top 10 all year that season. Even this season, they finished 11th to out 23rd Kenpom

Let that sink in…that’s where we were. Glad we turned the page and excited to build basketball teams and not just Allstar rosters that don’t fit.

Without a doubt. We want to be better than that as well. We are ky, we want to do what these Creighton teams haven't done! Finish it lol

 

[MidseasonTweak]

Awesome!!

 

[BlueRunner11]

Looks like a nice player. And a lefty

 

[BradleyCrawford08_rivals]

Already going to work. Love it!

 

[Bluegrass79]

Cant shoot 3's. A big who can't shoot is worth $2 bucks.
Defense is great but again CANT shoot.


Edit:The 6-foot-10, 265-pound Williams is a three-time Colonial Athletic Association Defensive Player of the Year (2022, 2023, 2024) and was tabbed First Team All-CAA in 2023-24.
Ok I see why we want this guy. 265 pounds. You got to have at least one physical dude in the SEC regardless of whether he can shoot or not

 

[crxohio]

I wouldn't doubt that MP has a timetable today lol. And works until then lol. Cause we don't technically know how much past regime actually worked lol.

 

[Kybluedude]

3x Defensive Player of the Year for his conference.

The kind of player CMP needed and couldn’t get at BYU.

Good to see he has already expanded his recruiting universe.

 

[crxohio]

Cant shoot 3's. A big who can't shoot is worth $2 bucks.
Defense is good but again CANT shoot .
Thats why he is 20

Come on now. The point is he has a P. Conference coming today. And he is already getting interest from a pretty solid rim cleanup guy. That's something we haven't seen since Karl Towns/pj Washington lol. Granted he isn't the best player in the portal. But he don't seem to be a scrub either. The dude got the body and length & strength. And a very nice touch.

 

[mrhotdice]

Leftys cause problems trying to defend.

 

[KentuckyCat420]

Pretty sure he has the highest PER of any transfer in the portal.

 

[Titpwhami2014]

Cant shoot 3's. A big who can't shoot is worth $2 bucks.
Defense is good but again CANT shoot .
Thats why he is 20.
Would not be an option under John Calipari that's for damn sure.
Here comes The Tubby Smith days...

33% for a 6’10 guy? I’ll take that along with his nearly 2 blocks a game.