Rank Pope's 3rd Year Recruting Class

Grade Pope's 3rd Year Recruiting Class

  • A

    Votes: 52 25.0%
  • B

    Votes: 92 44.2%
  • C

    Votes: 46 22.1%
  • D

    Votes: 13 6.3%
  • F

    Votes: 5 2.4%

  • Total voters
    208

NoJuice

Sophomore
May 27, 2026
173
179
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Wilkins recruited by Nate Oats. Diallo by Tommy Lloyd. Milan by everyone. So mediocre. 😆 we have seen your bias. But I love how hard you work it. You stick to your schtick. Credit for that.
Also I don't have a schtick...I reply and say how I feel way to fast to be coming up with a schtick..I simply state my opinion.
 
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Wayne Dougan

All-Conference
Aug 11, 2025
391
1,176
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What is wild is that we lost by 19 points in the NCAAT to a team that couldn't afford to keep a great player that we just signed. College basketball is so whacked out. I don't suppose it will ever be the same. I will watch it, but I don't enjoy it as much ...
If they pass the law that's is currently in the senate, players will only be able to transfer once without sitting a year. That will make a huge difference.
 
Jul 6, 2025
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Since we got Milan I think we are done with our recruiting class for his 3rd year. I'd be surprised if anyone else comes.

Consider the whole roster, including incoming and returnees.

Did the Milan commit increase his grade? Or kept the same for you? Let me know.

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Ill go B. His first was by far the best. This one will offensively be good but struggle rebounding and defending on the wing.

Last year's was by far the worst. It was made up of good individual players that in no way fit together nor fit what Pope wanted to do, plus had injury history. Was just awful.
 
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While our PG was hurt, I don't believe for a second that JQ was really injured. That son of a ***** was fine to play. He's a f'ing thief.

I think he was legitimately sidelined early but after he returned he was physically fine.

My main complaint with signing him for undoubtedly significant money was we knew at best we were getting half a season. We also knew his dad was the sort that would pull the very stunt he pulled.
 

Farsight Clone

All-American
Aug 30, 2025
2,886
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Also I don't have a schtick...I reply and say how I feel way to fast to be coming up with a schtick..I simply state my opinion.
That guy is a massive troll and is probably 1 of 40 monday nitro accounts. If you don't feed the trolls, they starve and when they starve they wither and go away.
 

Beatle Bum

Heisman
Sep 1, 2002
42,419
64,583
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That guy is a massive troll and is probably 1 of 40 monday nitro accounts. If you don't feed the trolls, they starve and when they starve they wither and go away.
Nice. You are responding to and aligning with a guy who was booted for being a troll. ROFL!! I think we found your old dirty sock!!
 
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wholelott

Redshirt
Aug 26, 2025
15
12
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I hope you are not overrating the guy from Iowa State. Yes he can shoot, but he can't rebound, and doesn't guard anyone. He is strictly a perimmater player, who just stands outside and shoots. I hope we have other players willing to do the dirty work, because he will not.
 
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UKCowboys

All-American
Oct 14, 2019
4,455
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What the hell does the budget have to do with the quality of our team?
Answer....not a damn thing. We didn't even spend the most in NIL this year. If "We are Kentucky", then we should be near the top in dollars spent
 

wholelott

Redshirt
Aug 26, 2025
15
12
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B. Mom and two solid guards is big. Stokes deal was a mess and some other whiffs but in the end the roster is solid.
You better be glad we didn't get stokes. Waiting on him was a mistake, and we missed out on other excellent players waiting on him. He is a problem and a cancer to a team. This even goes back to his high school days. Why do you think he went to 4 different high schools ?
 

UKCowboys

All-American
Oct 14, 2019
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I hope you are not overrating the guy from Iowa State. Yes he can shoot, but he can't rebound, and doesn't guard anyone. He is strictly a perimmater player, who just stands outside and shoots. I hope we have other players willing to do the dirty work, because he will not.
LMAO, denial my guy. Momcilovic is a great player fella, not Steve Kerr standing around doing nothing
 

wholelott

Redshirt
Aug 26, 2025
15
12
0
B+ for Portal
F for HS.
not trying to sound dramatic, but I think this Milan pick-up may have saved a season.
Dude is an A+ 3pt shooter on a Big 12 team that finished 3rd.
THIS WAS MONSTEROUS!
Shoot, that is all he does. Are other players going to be jealous of doing the dirty work, while he just stands outside and shoots. He may turn into a beast and rebound like a mad man, and get down and dirty on defense. He did not do those things at Iowa State, and I doubt he does them here. I hope I am wrong, but unless he shows me he is willing to do those other things, I will stick to my guns.
 
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wholelott

Redshirt
Aug 26, 2025
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Easily an A. You have to include Moreno. Half the board said if he left it would be because he didn't like playing for Pope, you cant have it both ways.
If they would not have waited on Stokes, they could have gotten Thiam. Then just how good would have we been inside with Moreno, and Thiam ?
 

DudahUK

Heisman
Jul 23, 2020
7,641
11,997
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I gave him a C at best. Only player I’ve heard of before the portal was Milan I believe. Would have been a D or F without him.
 
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TheApostleSaulSmith

All-Conference
Mar 30, 2026
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Ridiculous argument. He has a team capable of winning a championship. You are just stuck trying to justify your months of Pope can't recruit bullcrap posts to admit he had a good class
I gotta be honest.
I think you are a bad person.
I have been nothing but nice to you. Literally never said a negative word about you on here and defended you several times. You didn't deserve it. You're really no better than Nitro. I think you are a coward and a phony. Man up.

I wish more people on here had the mentality of Megablue or Village Idiot. Those guys just want to talk ball. But most of you just frankly are not serious people worth engaging with.

Anyone who is critical of Pope, you immediately attack them personally. He hasn't earned that type of undying loyalty. It makes you look awful. Like a rube. Like a simpleton.

I hope you work on yourself and get past that. I'll be praying for you.

I've had about all I can stand of this place.
 

UKCowboys

All-American
Oct 14, 2019
4,455
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I gotta be honest.
I think you are a bad person.
I have been nothing but nice to you. Literally never said a negative word about you on here and defended you several times. You didn't deserve it. You're really no better than Nitro. I think you are a coward and a phony. Man up.

I wish more people on here had the mentality of Megablue or Village Idiot. Those guys just want to talk ball. But most of you just frankly are not serious people worth engaging with.

Anyone who is critical of Pope, you immediately attack them personally. He hasn't earned that type of undying loyalty. It makes you look awful. Like a rube. Like a simpleton.

I hope you work on yourself and get past that. I'll be praying for you.

I've had about all I can stand of this place.
Man, I am simply going to quote your own post...
"Defended you on here several times"...."You didn't deserve it"....so if you are honest in your own quote, you know I get bombed every time I say something that is not an attack, but just a positive statement about Pope. If I caught you in the crossfire of that, then certainly, my bad. But you then proceeded to say I was as bad as nitro, a phoney, a rube and a simpleton, a bad person...I didn't curse at you, accuse you of slurping Popes *****, etc, etc like I get, so I wonder how ready you would be to give crap back if you caught a third of the mess I catch for simply hoping a guy I wanted fired has a good season for the benefit of UK Basketball. So spare me your attacks and block me and enjoy your life dude
 

The Ganner

Senior
Nov 21, 2009
340
922
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I gotta be honest.
I think you are a bad person.
I have been nothing but nice to you. Literally never said a negative word about you on here and defended you several times. You didn't deserve it. You're really no better than Nitro. I think you are a coward and a phony. Man up.

I wish more people on here had the mentality of Megablue or Village Idiot. Those guys just want to talk ball. But most of you just frankly are not serious people worth engaging with.

Anyone who is critical of Pope, you immediately attack them personally. He hasn't earned that type of undying loyalty. It makes you look awful. Like a rube. Like a simpleton.

I hope you work on yourself and get past that. I'll be praying for you.

I've had about all I can stand of this place.
He's an emotionally unstable jerk.
 
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The Ganner

Senior
Nov 21, 2009
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And you are a 20 handle troll
Last time you blew up on me over the mildest of criticism you told me you were putting me on ignore. Check my account bro, it's 17 years old. Paranoia, along with emotional instability, are signs of mental disorders. You might want to go talk to somebody.
 
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UKCowboys

All-American
Oct 14, 2019
4,455
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Last time you blew up on me over the mildest of criticism you told me you were putting me on ignore. Check my account bro, it's 17 years old. Paranoia, along with emotional instability, are signs of mental disorders. You might want to go talk to somebody.
I did not tell you I was putting you on ignore, I told you to ignore me. You have 330 posts in your 17 years, so roughly 20 per year, all insults. Troll
 

MidseasonTweak

Heisman
Mar 1, 2020
10,323
17,724
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I chose A but meant B with Momcilovic doing some heavy lifting. I will say this is likely Pope's best group in his three years though
 

The Ganner

Senior
Nov 21, 2009
340
922
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I did not tell you I was putting you on ignore, I told you to ignore me. You have 330 posts in your 17 years, so roughly 20 per year, all insults. Troll
My bad, you only told me to **** off after I said you're way too hung up on your feuds with other posters. It was another interaction I remembered you blowing up on someone and then telling them you were ignoring them. You do love to lose your top quick though and call everyone else a troll. I truly can't imagine the existence of someone who's this much of a hair trigger all day every day. What is it like to be you? What is like to be someone unfortunate to be subjected to you every day?

BTW genius, 3 boards got merged into one and my many thousands of post history didn't get carried over.
 
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UKCowboys

All-American
Oct 14, 2019
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My bad, you only told me to **** off after I said you're way too hung up on your feuds with other posters. It was another interaction I remembered you blowing up on someone and then telling them you were ignoring them. You do love to lose your top quick though and call everyone else a troll. I truly can't imagine the existence of someone who's this much of a hair trigger all day every day. What is it like to be you? What is like to be someone unfortunate to be subjected to you every day?

BTW genius, 3 boards got merged into one and my many thousands of post history didn't get carried over.
I dont have a hair trigger. You leading off with as you put it, a mild insult or criticism, is usually after someone has called me a Pope slumped or asked me how his **** taste. So maybe keep your comments about my interactions with other posters to yourself and if you treat me with respect ill try and do the same with you. But if you lead off with an insult, then yeah, I am giving it back
 

Noledynasty2490

All-American
Jul 31, 2022
4,420
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B or B-
 

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YankeeCpt_rivals378522

All-Conference
May 7, 2009
2,012
1,108
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I wasnt really going to war.... I know I have seen him play, but dont remember him specifically.
My only words were based on the fact he was hitting 3pts at 48% and doing it in a major conf.
is he worth 7.5 mil?
that is nuckin futs.
I hope he turns out to be a good investment... I just cant get pass the NIL $ amount.
 

YankeeCpt_rivals378522

All-Conference
May 7, 2009
2,012
1,108
113
if Pope could recruit and develop you probably wouldnt have to pay them so much..
I would be curious to know how much the Arkansas players are making....
 

RunninRichie

Heisman
Sep 5, 2019
29,015
69,927
113
This thread is the perfect litmus to show if you are a pessimist or not.

This is objectively a highly rated recruiting class, so if you are giving a grade of C or below, you are a pessimist. No way around it, don't excuse it and say you are a realist. You are a pessimist.
LOL
 

The Ganner

Senior
Nov 21, 2009
340
922
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I dont have a hair trigger. You leading off with as you put it, a mild insult or criticism, is usually after someone has called me a Pope slumped or asked me how his **** taste. So maybe keep your comments about my interactions with other posters to yourself and if you treat me with respect ill try and do the same with you. But if you lead off with an insult, then yeah, I am giving it back

You're in many threads blowing up on people, and often are the one instigating. And dude, "you focus too much on your feuds" is not something a reasonable person should take as an insult, let alone one that leads you to jump straight to telling someone to **** off. That's not "giving it back," that's pretty extreme escalation. Looking back, I regret jumping to insulting you in response after that. That was emotional instability on my part. So I apologize for that. And for calling you a jerk here. I have no reason to feud with you, and if my reason for commenting at people over this is dislike of the endless feuds, I shouldn't be a hypocrite and participate in them myself. So I'm not gonna call you out anymore. I see you in other threads with reasonable things to say about UK ball, and that's what we're all here for. Let's turn down the temperature.