I would not care about a single player on this roster leaving

SkyPrince

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AGREED. Coach too. Pope showed that you can put together a team in one year with transfers and it can be pretty good as long as you don't have injuries.

Clear them out i reckon except for the Kentucky boys
There are no 5 th yr seniors available and he had 6 his first year.
 

Cowtown Cat

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There isn't a single player I would be too worried about losing, but I would be worried if we lost them all. I think some continuity is a good thing, even from a disappointing season. In roughly this order, I would like to keep some combination of:

Kam
Chandler
Moreno
Lowe
Hawthorne
Dioubate
Jelavic

Time to let loose BG, and I feel certain Jasper isn't coming back regardless, but if I were coach/GM I wouldn't put much effort in retaining him anyway.

No time for Pope and the staff to mope, they need to get on the phone with agents today.

Edit: I forgot to even mention Noah, which should tell you about how much I rate his importance.
Agreed. Yeah, let JJ go wherever. That kid is AWFUL! He was awful all damn season. Turns the ball over constantly and takes ill advised shots constantly. Can’t drive the ball. Just terrible. Idgaf who his Daddy is.
 

Anon1760284409

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Please name me 1 coach in all of college BB that had 3 starters/key players not play because of injuries that would have a significant better record?
Arkansas
Nick pringle
Karter Knox
Acuff ankle injury in boot 2 weeks ago
Brazille hurt shoulder last game.
But to be fair cal is a much better coach, revruiter, roster manager, making adjustments than pope
 

Cowtown Cat

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Santa Clara?

Canadian Lol GIF
Lmao I see you created you another troll account. Bahahahaha not fooling anyone, clown.
 
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mg721

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Dumbass thread. We have some pieces, but the overall construction, development and use of this roster was very poor by the leader.
 
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Ash Williams

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Please name me 1 coach in all of college BB that had 3 starters/key players not play because of injuries that would have a significant better record?
JQ was not a key player. He barely suited up. Kam Williams did. And we just got boatraced by a team missing their star player.
 
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mg721

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That’s fine. Most of them didn’t even excel in their role though.
They were trying to play a role that was too much for them. Collin Chandler is not a "lead" type player. He is a 6th or 7th man type player. Aberdeen is not a PG. Moreno was forced into minutes he wasn't ready for. Pope and company was dumb enogh to think that JQ would be totally healed and able to play this year. It takes bigs longer to heal fromt eh ACL than most. Oweh was Oweh. Jelivic isn't ready for this level yet either.
 
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JSquad0070

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I say keep Kam and Hawthorn and rebuild completely. Kam should have played way more minutes than Pope gave him with this roster.
 
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They were trying to play a role that was too much for them. Collin Chandler is not a "lead" type player. He is a 6th or 7th man type player. Aberdeen is not a PG. Moreno was forced into minutes he wasn't ready for. Pope and company was dumb enogh to think that JQ would be totally healed and able to play this year. It takes bigs longer to heal fromt eh ACL than most. Oweh was Oweh. Jelivic isn't ready for this level yet either.
That’s fair. I’d take Moreno, Kam, and Chandler back as reserves. My fear is pope tries to run it back with most of the roster
 

Jtf2217

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Want chandler a back as a strictly off ball 2G
Kam can come back
Mo as a energy and toughness guy on a team who is much improved shooting at other positions would be ideal. But other than that peace out. Half the roster isn't good enough to be at UK bench is making loads to.be horrible.
I would be elated if malichai announced he would transfer tomorrow, the absolute worst uncoordinated weakest guy that big I've ever seen.
 

Jimmy James

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Chandler is a guard that can’t dribble, Kam is a scoring wing that can’t score, Moreno is a 7 footer that can’t rebound, Jelavic is a stretch 4 that can’t shoot. I wouldn’t be mad at any of them leaving. Plenty of portal guys would be an upgrade
Reminds me of the 'Island of Misfit Toys'.
 
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Bluetick2100

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Please name 1 coach that would willingly come into a season with only one true PG on roster. Please name 1 that would bank the most NIL on a kid coming off a late season ACL tear.

this roster was touted as 14 deep, 2 injuries shouldn’t have killed it. The problem wasn’t the 2 injuries it was the misevaluation of 10 other guys
Welcome newbie, but your reply never did answer my question. Just distrction.
 

Phil_The_Music2

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Blow it all up.

Go in the portal and find 4 guards that can dribble and shoot, some wings that can defend and provide spacing, and some bigs that can score inside and out.

This roster construction was a total failure. If any of these guys come back they need to be 15 minute per game role players at the very most. If Pope runs it back with Kam-Chandler-Moreno and whoever else as starters we will lose 20 games
And if fans like you have their way, we will never win another national championship again. Because continuity matters and you'll run off every player before we get there. Good job.
 

Old Blue Fart

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Jasper has been shooting off his mouth for a while that he is out of there when the season is over. Hubert Davis possibly being fired has eliminated UNC as the leader for his services.
If what you say is true about JJ, and I have no reason to doubt you, add in how the assistant coach had one foot out the door all season, it is no wonder this season went the way it did.
I would tell my parents that they have their kids for 22 hours a day while I get them for 2 hours. If all they hear is negative crap like, "coach don't know that he is doing, "coach should be playing you more" , crap like this will have players not listening to their coaches but just hearing them.

If true, Pope should have shown him the door long before now.
Without trust, a coach will not succeed
 

rivercatinfl

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There isn't a single player I would be too worried about losing, but I would be worried if we lost them all. I think some continuity is a good thing, even from a disappointing season. In roughly this order, I would like to keep some combination of:

Kam
Chandler
Moreno
Lowe
Hawthorne
Dioubate
Jelavic

Time to let loose BG, and I feel certain Jasper isn't coming back regardless, but if I were coach/GM I wouldn't put much effort in retaining him anyway.

No time for Pope and the staff to mope, they need to get on the phone with agents today.

Edit: I forgot to even mention Noah, which should tell you about how much I rate his importance.
I'd take your top 5 and let the rest find a new home.
 

Supercat67

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Blow it all up.

Go in the portal and find 4 guards that can dribble and shoot, some wings that can defend and provide spacing, and some bigs that can score inside and out.

This roster construction was a total failure. If any of these guys come back they need to be 15 minute per game role players at the very most. If Pope runs it back with Kam-Chandler-Moreno and whoever else as starters we will lose 20 games
I actually think we pretty much start from scratch next year.............terrible.
 

JohnRambo82

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I want as many back as possible. Run them guys and hit the gym. Learn to play team basketball. Work on mechanics of their jump shots. Add some guards that can shoot better and is skilled
 

bnewt5

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Please name me 1 coach in all of college BB that had 3 starters/key players not play because of injuries that would have a significant better record?
Only 1 really
Lowe is the only 1
Kam Only missed a few games
Everyone knew jq was not going to play this year
Even us "coaches" knew that and was widely discussed
Just stupid for Pope to bring him in and water nil $ for no reason