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I know there is still time but top guys are quickly getting picked up. 11 of the top 25 have committed.
LOL, a bad sign? Like, I don't agree witg Palraetorian cat, so I'm in danger. Ooooooohhhhhh.
Yeah… .no.
I don’t like that, too many more bench guys we could get who fit the SEC better imo.
We could potentially get 6, 25, 28, 29, 35, 62, and 81. Hopefully the dominoes start falling, I'm getting antsy
LOL, no, I'm just not going to argue with someone that has a very clear agenda.
Lol, there really isn't an argument. You made up something that was quickly proven incorrect and you've been spiraling since. Is that a pattern for you?
I usually just look for 3pt shooting percentage and if below 35 percent just move on, but man Brown seems to pop off the screen to me.
Shifty with good vision and it seems teams forced him to drive. I dunno, I kinda like him.
Shifty with good vision and it seems teams forced him to drive. I dunno, I kinda like him.
I'll translate your garbage for you:
"Mark Pope doesn't develop players, never has, so no, Kobe Brea never improved at UK, he just wasn't draft worthy in 2024, because that dang NBA doesn't like players from Dayton".
You're flat out wrong. If you watched the games, you would have seen a completely different player at the end of the year, but keep on looking at numbers that aren't telling you the entire story.
You said Brea did a lot more than shoot 3s. That was your argument. Okay...so.prove it!
Well, we're not going to find it by looking on a spreadsheet.
If you can't watch the games and see it with your own eyes, I can't help you and I'm not the only one saying it, several others in this thread saw the same things I did.
Go back and watch the Illinois game, it is a perfect example of what I'm talking about.
If you're just going to look at stat sheets that show averages throughout the entire season, you are an idiot that doesn't understand what's being said here. You can't look at averages when we're talking about how a player improved at the end of the season. Use your brain.
We're also in on this HS kid.
I mean, it's all over the place. UK seems to be looking at 2-3x as many options as the next team. Volume recruiting is bizarre. It's seriously throw as much against the wall as you can and see what sticks. Versus most of these other top programs, they're looking at 2-4 guys max, very targeted.
I mean, it's all over the place. UK seems to be looking at 2-3x as many options as the next team. Volume recruiting is bizarre. It's seriously throw as much against the wall as you can and see what sticks. Versus most of these other top programs, they're looking at 2-4 guys max, very targeted.
It's going to be disappointing when there is a sudden influx of info about UK making contact with its tier 3 wants, signaling a failure to recruit.
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Oh, so all the box scores are lying when they show he scored 23 on Illinois on 10 or 16 shooting, 3 of 8 from 3 and 6 rebounds?So it's happening, but the stats from those games just didn't capture it?
Oh, gotcha.
Dude, Brea was much more versatile by the end of the season than he was at the beginning. Anyone with any basketball knowledge at all could see that. But you're letting your hatred for Pope blind you, and you're proving more and more that you are an insufferable idiot.
You really think you're cool for posting gif comments don't ya? You're the only one who finds yourself entertaining.So it's happening, but the stats from those games just didn't capture it?
Guys stop wasting your time. It's leadbelly. All you'll get from him is circular logic, idiocy and girlish GIFs and emojis. Ignore him.
I wonder if part of the issue with all these friggin recruits coming in is that none of them have any idea who is landing. They don't see the plan or the vision, but only a rotating carousel of recruits running through the Pope-line.
This is not the way to do it - by being targeted, you make a recruit feel like they are part of a plan, they are wanted, not just a desperation bag in a planless system.
This is not the way to do it - by being targeted, you make a recruit feel like they are part of a plan, they are wanted, not just a desperation bag in a planless system.
Ok, so prove it. This really shouldn't be that hard to do if the data supports it.
You realize you're letting this leadbelly poster control you, right? You've literally created an entire about dedicated to them. #Weird.
Why does it bother you so much? And who am I responsible for entertaining other than myself?
I can't help you if you didn't notice he was a different player, especially after Robinson went down.The Illinois game! Wow!!! That really shows us he is basically Kobe Bryant.
The funny thing is, you're trying to use GIFs to make it seem like you won something, but you are literally arguing that yiu didn't notice a difference in Brea at all. So if anyone is laughing, it's me.
He's going to tell you the same thing I am telling you, go watch the games, if you can't see the difference, you're the problem here. This isn't hard.
You have multiple posters telling you the same thing, you're refusing to listen.
Hey @Praetorian Cat..... here, I saved you the trouble of putting in the effort it takes to click the link.
Seems you're the only one that never noticed that Brea greatly improved.
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Kentucky’s not-so-secret weapon could be the key to winning in March. And he’s evolving
By Ben RobertsMarch 12, 2025 6:00 AM
Koby Brea has shown more offensive versatility in recent weeks. Anyone paying attention to Kentucky basketball has noticed it — the sight of Brea driving toward the basket more often, finding an open teammate or finishing the play himself with a crafty move near the rim.
The fifth-year college player has also stepped up his game on the defensive end. His increased intensity on that side of the ball has coincided directly with UK’s team gains defensively, no coincidence as these Cats head into tournament time as more capable stoppers than they have been for much of the season.
But as much as Brea has improved in those areas — and as excited as Mark Pope and the Wildcats’ coaching staff must be by those strides — there remains one aspect of his game that will always stand out above all others.
Brea can flat out shoot the basketball. And the latest reminder of that came on the final day of the regular season Saturday, when Kentucky’s offense was sputtering early and needed a spark.
The Cats missed seven of their first eight shots — and 10 of their first 12 — and had scored just seven points near the midway point of the first half at Missouri when Brea got the ball on the perimeter. The Tigers’ Mark Mitchell — a 6-foot-9 player — was standing right in front of Brea, but the UK guard let his first 3-point attempt of the game fly anyway. It went in, kick-starting a run in which the previously ice-cold Cats made 11 of 17 shots to close the half, going 5-for-7 from long range in that stretch.
Brea had 11 points in the flurry. His second 3-pointer — also contested — came from one step in front of the Missouri logo at halfcourt. His third came toward the end of the half, the 6-7 guard matched up near the top of the key with Trent Pierce, a 6-10 defender. Brea danced around with a dizzying array of dribble moves — he went between his legs with the ball six times during this sequence — before getting Pierce to bite on what looked like a drive attempt and then stepping back to nail another deep ball.
“You don’t want to be on an island with Koby Brea,” said ESPN analyst Dane Bradshaw. “You know he’s gonna shoot the 3. He knows he’s gonna shoot the 3. And you still can’t stop it.”
Brea is more than just a 3-point threat — he’s shown his ability beyond scoring from the perimeter over these last few weeks — but he can still shoot the lights out from deep, and that’s the kind of player that can win a team a game or two (or more) this time of year.
For all of his individual improvement leading up to the most important time on the college basketball calendar, Brea still has that special skill that few possess. And his teammates know they’ll be sharing the court with a guy who’s always a flick of the wrist away from igniting a run, even when it looks like an offensive possession might be going nowhere.
“He’s been amazing for us all year,” Andrew Carr said after the 91-83 win over Missouri. “You know, he’s super consistent for us. Every single day, he’s ready to work and try and get better. And you see that out there on the court. And definitely, it’s great when you’re through an offense, and then you just see Koby dancing at the top. And sometimes you’re tempted to just start running back on defense.”
Carr laughed at that thought. So did Pope, who looked over at Brea, and he couldn’t help but laugh, too.
“Probably shouldn’t do that, necessarily,” Carr acknowledged. “But we’re always tempted to. So it’s a credit to him and how hard he’s worked. But he’s been that for us all year.”
Pope reached out and grabbed Brea on the shoulder. The UK player turned toward Carr.
“I appreciate that, bro,” Brea told his teammate.
Koby Brea is shooting 44.0% from 3-point range entering postseason play. Ryan C. Hermens [email protected]
The evolution of Koby Brea
Bradshaw was correct that no defender wants to be on an island with Brea, but his assertion that all involved know the veteran player is going to let one go from 3-point range wasn’t quite right.Brea’s offensive attack has evolved over the past few weeks. It’s surely part of the reason all those dribble moves resulted in enough daylight to knock down that third 3-pointer Saturday, and it was apparent the very next trip down the floor, when Mizzou put Jacob Crews on Brea.
This time, Brea was blanketed by Crews about 30 feet from the basket. He took the defender down to the block, spun and then hit a fadeaway jumper. That shot gave UK a 10-point lead and forced a Missouri timeout.
A few weeks ago, Brea might not have attempted such a maneuver, no matter how hot he felt offensively at that moment. But as UK’s injuries in the backcourt piled up and more and more opposing coaches concentrated on keeping Brea off the perimeter, a change was needed.
“I know that I’m being run off the (3-point) line a lot, and obviously all the attention goes to my shooting,” he said recently. “Everybody wants to make sure I don’t get shots. But I feel I have counters to that. So just getting some paint touches — and trying to get a bucket for myself or for my teammates — I know that’s something I can do"…… .
The article continues on, click the link.
The whole article talks about his 3s except for the very end where it talks about 1 fadeaway jumper inside the 3pt line.Hey @Praetorian Cat..... here, I saved you the trouble of putting in the effort it takes to click the link.
Seems you're the only one that never noticed that Brea greatly improved.
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Kentucky’s not-so-secret weapon could be the key to winning in March. And he’s evolving
By Ben Roberts
March 12, 2025 6:00 AM
Koby Brea has shown more offensive versatility in recent weeks. Anyone paying attention to Kentucky basketball has noticed it — the sight of Brea driving toward the basket more often, finding an open teammate or finishing the play himself with a crafty move near the rim.
The fifth-year college player has also stepped up his game on the defensive end. His increased intensity on that side of the ball has coincided directly with UK’s team gains defensively, no coincidence as these Cats head into tournament time as more capable stoppers than they have been for much of the season.
But as much as Brea has improved in those areas — and as excited as Mark Pope and the Wildcats’ coaching staff must be by those strides — there remains one aspect of his game that will always stand out above all others.
Brea can flat out shoot the basketball. And the latest reminder of that came on the final day of the regular season Saturday, when Kentucky’s offense was sputtering early and needed a spark.
The Cats missed seven of their first eight shots — and 10 of their first 12 — and had scored just seven points near the midway point of the first half at Missouri when Brea got the ball on the perimeter. The Tigers’ Mark Mitchell — a 6-foot-9 player — was standing right in front of Brea, but the UK guard let his first 3-point attempt of the game fly anyway. It went in, kick-starting a run in which the previously ice-cold Cats made 11 of 17 shots to close the half, going 5-for-7 from long range in that stretch.
Brea had 11 points in the flurry. His second 3-pointer — also contested — came from one step in front of the Missouri logo at halfcourt. His third came toward the end of the half, the 6-7 guard matched up near the top of the key with Trent Pierce, a 6-10 defender. Brea danced around with a dizzying array of dribble moves — he went between his legs with the ball six times during this sequence — before getting Pierce to bite on what looked like a drive attempt and then stepping back to nail another deep ball.
“You don’t want to be on an island with Koby Brea,” said ESPN analyst Dane Bradshaw. “You know he’s gonna shoot the 3. He knows he’s gonna shoot the 3. And you still can’t stop it.”
Brea is more than just a 3-point threat — he’s shown his ability beyond scoring from the perimeter over these last few weeks — but he can still shoot the lights out from deep, and that’s the kind of player that can win a team a game or two (or more) this time of year.
For all of his individual improvement leading up to the most important time on the college basketball calendar, Brea still has that special skill that few possess. And his teammates know they’ll be sharing the court with a guy who’s always a flick of the wrist away from igniting a run, even when it looks like an offensive possession might be going nowhere.
“He’s been amazing for us all year,” Andrew Carr said after the 91-83 win over Missouri. “You know, he’s super consistent for us. Every single day, he’s ready to work and try and get better. And you see that out there on the court. And definitely, it’s great when you’re through an offense, and then you just see Koby dancing at the top. And sometimes you’re tempted to just start running back on defense.”
Carr laughed at that thought. So did Pope, who looked over at Brea, and he couldn’t help but laugh, too.
“Probably shouldn’t do that, necessarily,” Carr acknowledged. “But we’re always tempted to. So it’s a credit to him and how hard he’s worked. But he’s been that for us all year.”
Pope reached out and grabbed Brea on the shoulder. The UK player turned toward Carr.
“I appreciate that, bro,” Brea told his teammate.
Koby Brea is shooting 44.0% from 3-point range entering postseason play. Ryan C. Hermens [email protected]
The evolution of Koby Brea
Bradshaw was correct that no defender wants to be on an island with Brea, but his assertion that all involved know the veteran player is going to let one go from 3-point range wasn’t quite right.
Brea’s offensive attack has evolved over the past few weeks. It’s surely part of the reason all those dribble moves resulted in enough daylight to knock down that third 3-pointer Saturday, and it was apparent the very next trip down the floor, when Mizzou put Jacob Crews on Brea.
This time, Brea was blanketed by Crews about 30 feet from the basket. He took the defender down to the block, spun and then hit a fadeaway jumper. That shot gave UK a 10-point lead and forced a Missouri timeout.
A few weeks ago, Brea might not have attempted such a maneuver, no matter how hot he felt offensively at that moment. But as UK’s injuries in the backcourt piled up and more and more opposing coaches concentrated on keeping Brea off the perimeter, a change was needed.
“I know that I’m being run off the (3-point) line a lot, and obviously all the attention goes to my shooting,” he said recently. “Everybody wants to make sure I don’t get shots. But I feel I have counters to that. So just getting some paint touches — and trying to get a bucket for myself or for my teammates — I know that’s something I can do"…… .
The article continues on, click the link.
You're making my own point for me!
The whole article is about him shooting 3s and this is supposed to prove he is more than just a 3pt shooter?
Serious question. Are you mentally retarded?The whole article is about him shooting 3s and this is supposed to prove he is more than just a 3pt shooter?