“Things are trending in right direction for Mark Pope”
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We are eating leftovers at this point.
Cmon dude. Weak. This is a good rotation piece. I don’t think he’s the starting PF
Landing a backup level transfer from the portal. When you've hit bottom, I suppose things have to head in the right direction then.
Weak? lol.
McBride is the No. 49 power forward and the No. 185 overall player in the On3 Transfer Portal Industry Ranking. On3 ranks McBride as the No. 51 power forward and the No. 177 overall player in the transfer portal.
He could / should play an Ansley Almonor roll, in which case we’d be pretty happy to hear the news. Instead, by necessity, he’s going to wind up playing starter minutes, which will be completely unacceptable for a program and coach already on the brink of calamity.
Ok. We are pretty much at the bottom. So trending in the right direction is almost hard not to say at this point.
Exactly. A very good rotation piece. A top 50 PF to play about 12-15mpg.
UK gets the #51 ranked power forward in the portal. UK!
He will play an Almonor type roll. No way will he be the starter. I see Kam the starting PF before this guy. But you do still want guys like this in the 9-10 spot on the roster.
Momcilovic? That’s the only name that will move the needle for me and make me feel like Mark Pope is trending in the right direction. I’d rather have him than Stokes at this point.
Justin McBride. He will sign with UK because all the other schools have their rosters filled out.
James Madison transfer forward Justin McBride arrived at Kentucky for his official visit on Wednesday and his time in Lexington will conclude later today. The 6-foot-7 junior was set to visit Louisville later today, but that trip has now been cancelled, a source told On3.
Sources say things are trending in the right direction for Mark Pope in this recruitment as UK is well-positioned.
If you have access, and say it's about McBride, I'll take your word for it.
Then who do you think is? And please spare me a name that Pope has ZERO chance at.
Pope’s recruiting skills are back. The 185th ranked player in the portal!
Did y'all recruiting gurus checked where players ranked on the 25 Florida team prior to going to florida, or the 23 UConn team before getting to UConn thanks. We have moreno who was top 25 hs, hawthorne top 50 hs last year, Kam, top 50 portal he is loaded with potential and prior injury playing good ball, zoom/wilkins both top 45 portal, well add one or two good players id sey. This guy could be good. Sometimes ratings mean jack.
Same ol pope sucks, his recruiting blows. This guy on campus didn't get injuries half of the season either like freeman. We missed out on wright, freeman and rancik so far. If he lands one to two really good players id say we are pretty good. Hawthorne could be really good. Didn't play last year because of being too skinny.
Same ol pope sucks, his recruiting blows. This guy on campus didn't get injuries half of the season either like freeman. We missed out on wright, freeman and rancik so far. If he lands one to two really good players id say we are pretty good. Hawthorne could be really good. Didn't play last year because of being too skinny.
Same ol uk orthodontist getting high on his own supply. Where was Clayton ranked in portal for iona, what about Antonio reeves? Guys continuously crap on players that wanna come here. Bad fans.
He probably will be. For the standards that Mitch Barnhart decided to set when he hired Mark Pope as the coach, that is what to be expected. It is what it is.
I think he would be a starter. I think he is probably a better fit than Freeman, but obviously our ceiling as a team takes a nose dive.
To put McBride on the bench, we would probably have to get two of these SF/PF types like Momcilovic, Yessoufou, Muurinen, Joksimovic, or Stokes.
I don't see Hawthorne or Williams getting to start off the bat. Also, Kam's father said that he is going to be more of a 2/3 this year.
And because we’re forced to pay him starter money, just like we did for a bunch of role players last season. At this point, does it really matter if it’s Pope, JMI, or both? Kentucky basketball is broken.
Plus I don't think they dona great job of rankings freeman was on a 15 win Syracuse team and managed to miss 12 games a year. Yeah James Madison isnt better but I think he'll be a good back up and play 20 ish minutes. Better three point shooter than freeman for sure
Everybody keeps saying he’s similar to Almonor so it must be good? Didn’t he average like 4 ppg?
This is scraping the bottom of the barrel.
This is scraping the bottom of the barrel.
Thank you for your wisdom
All of this is true. These numbers are reasonable for a backup PF. Let's give it a sec to see if he is indeed the backup or not. If we bring him in to start then yeah we are cooked.
"Things are trending in the right direction for us."
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McBride isnt coming to be a backup. He was the staff's 3rd choice at PF , McBride will be a starter and he's good enough to do so. His only downside is 6'7 , can he defend and score against the tall front court lineups like Florida
I am old school; one that believes you can learn even when not speaking by listening. So I like reading all the comments to see how others feel about whatever the situation may be.
With that, I have no clue on which player is 5* or 3*; I go by what is mostly posted on RR.
Well, that was before the merger. Now it seems RR has much more negative comments than positive ones. Some of that is due to the current state of UK basketball and I get that. I am frustrated myself.
With that said, I used AI to answer me a simple question: Name players ranked outside the top 100 in the transfer portal that went on to be big factors in their teams success. This is what it said.
Chucky Hepburn. UL...#101
Alijah Martin Florida....129
Josh Jefferson Iowa St...131
John Tonge'. Wisconsin ....296
Who is ranking these players? Who is to say they are not wrong based on just these four players?
Seems we have many fans who think they know more than the so called experts. Maybe so but it sure seems you can not take these rankings as being set in stone as for as a players ability.
One thing that is for sure and that is the old RR had many good posters who would post information that was much more centered on fact and not outhouse speculation and opinion.
Maybe we need to wait until all the dust settles before we call it a failure.
With that, I have no clue on which player is 5* or 3*; I go by what is mostly posted on RR.
Well, that was before the merger. Now it seems RR has much more negative comments than positive ones. Some of that is due to the current state of UK basketball and I get that. I am frustrated myself.
With that said, I used AI to answer me a simple question: Name players ranked outside the top 100 in the transfer portal that went on to be big factors in their teams success. This is what it said.
Chucky Hepburn. UL...#101
Alijah Martin Florida....129
Josh Jefferson Iowa St...131
John Tonge'. Wisconsin ....296
Who is ranking these players? Who is to say they are not wrong based on just these four players?
Seems we have many fans who think they know more than the so called experts. Maybe so but it sure seems you can not take these rankings as being set in stone as for as a players ability.
One thing that is for sure and that is the old RR had many good posters who would post information that was much more centered on fact and not outhouse speculation and opinion.
Maybe we need to wait until all the dust settles before we call it a failure.
All of our players are rotational bench pieces.