This is hands down the biggest news today.
BB: 2026-2027 TRANSFER PORTAL
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This is hands down the biggest news today.
Yep Pope out here killing it. Just ask fangirl/jersey chaser, Jack Pilgrim
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That left column is a who's who of players Pope whiffed on
How TF you going to leave college, go to the league, and come back. No way he’s eligible right? This is so stupid. Wade will do anything to win though.
Cause we're getting "Milan"Were we ever?
The NCAA has to shoot this down.
I really don't know what has happened as far as allowing Euro pro's in the college game plus the early entrants that couldn't cut it.
Is the NCAA trying to be a competing pro league with the NBA?
With all the big money NIL offers going around to try to get kids to withdraw from the draft, I wish the NBA would reinstate the straight from HS rule.
That’s really weird since they just got the French guy, Dessert. I didn’t think he would be a backup
Most of their commits need a lot of help to be eligible
LSU building an older and less talented Illinois roster. WW can indeed coach though!
Can we make an agreement to stop posting about how we went after stokes to hard? Old news atp
It’s so odd too, because everyone in the entire United States knew the kid was going to Kansas forever.
But nobody shoots better than Mountain Mamba.
In practice. I went ahead and finished for you
One thought I had was he is really missing out on BBN support and engagement of recruits- which I know can be a bad thing- but if he was a bit more intentional and transparent those recruits would see a spike in follows. Could be a lever he is missing.
Pilgrim is nothing but a fangirl
Not a chance and its going to be the same this year. We have too many guys that ‘could’ come back. Holt would never come here knowing Chandler Lowe and Williams were still on the roster. And it sure seems Pope expected them to all come back. Same with Collins - Jelavic, Dioubate, Williams, Hawthorne.
It’s just too many expected minutes to go around.
Ridiculous, he missed on every recruit he went after. If that is true then he should be yet again fired right now. Sounds like BS to me.
We have like 3 billion in NBA deals. No reason we can fund raise enough to build a state of the art basketball gym right now for practice and stuff.
It is really clear that Pope did not expect Lowe, Jelavic, or MoD back this year. It appears he gave them a number he knew they could beat in the marketplace.
Such great use of money. Bread and circuses. Imagine the true good that could be done with silly amounts put toward athletics
Pope made a mistake with Stokes. He was not a good fit for Mark and that is not a minority opinion. The class was not super strong so maybe he went all in feeling the portal could offer more if he lost Stokes. 
But I am happy the Stokes experiment is not happening at UK. I know he will likely be a star, just think the baggage is too much. I know some people try to say his reputation is unfair, but he handled his decision poorly, IMO, and seems selfish and a bit pouty. Maybe he turns into the LeBron of 2026-27 college basketball and lifts his team to a championship. But, I doubt it.
But I am happy the Stokes experiment is not happening at UK. I know he will likely be a star, just think the baggage is too much. I know some people try to say his reputation is unfair, but he handled his decision poorly, IMO, and seems selfish and a bit pouty. Maybe he turns into the LeBron of 2026-27 college basketball and lifts his team to a championship. But, I doubt it.This is nothing short of stupid. Seriously.
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That was not the impression I got. Maybe for Lowe. It's hard to know with Pope's overly positive personality. Still, the perception is that it's difficult to see where you'd fit in at UK with our roster.
For instance, for 27/28, we can bring nearly our entire team back from this year on paper. So if I'm Rosser, and I hear Pope talking about how amazing N'Diaye is and McBride all year and both have eligibility to return, I would look elsewhere.
Duke would say, Cameron Williams is our starter, and he'll be in the NBA next year so we would like you to come in and replace him. Scheyer has proven he would do that.
Kam Williams and the others may return and may not. Duke can say wherever it likes. It’s not like Duke has not pulled from the portal and filled out its roster. Most kids are smart enough to know that roster turnover is a very real thing these days. And, they saw what I saw. Mo, Lowe and Jeli hit the port quick. Jeli even suggested he would like to return but UK was not evidently going to match OSU.