BB: 2027 Recruiting
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I like the excitement of recruiting also. But first and foremost I want UK to win championships. Projected draft pick positions for high school kids don’t equate to the best CBB players. Unless one defines “best” as draft position rather than efficiency, net positive production, and biggest impact on winning.
I think it’s still necessary to bring in good projectable freshmen. Freshmen can make really good backups, play important minutes, and develop at the same time. A freshman in the starting lineup can obviously work, and they all deserve the same chance to compete for a starting position as the other guys. But if 3 freshmen truly deserve to start then your team isn’t likely a title contender.
Looking like the rookie class next year might be 4-6 guys and they all pretty damn good
man kentucky been on recently. Pope was right about wanting to get 20/20
Would love to snag them both. Pierre is legit, plays with very good control at such a young age.
Agree. Unfortunately there are folks who ALL they care about is recruiting rankings, and following said recruits throughout their NBA career.
You know, I suppose that all of us UK basketball fans that post here like to follow recruiting to a degree. But it does seem like there is a group of UK fans who consciously or unconsciously view high school recruiting on par with winning games as far as their enjoyment goes. Of course, CBB is a form of entertainment and every fan has a right to enjoy whatever aspect of CBB they want, and to whatever degree they want.
I do like watching potential players and trying to gauge how impactful they might be in CBB, especially in a year 2 or 3. But I don’t care about the recruiting service rankings of high school kids or whether or not some kid is considered to be a future lottery pick in the NBA draft, because I don’t view those things as too relevant to whether a player can help UK win a championship - particularly when most of the “5-star” prospects don’t stay at a college long enough to be better options than a lot of upperclassmen who may never play in the NBA.
Now if we go back to a time before OAD & NIL, when most players stayed for multiple years and you could therefore stack recruiting classes, recruiting rankings (which are largely attempts to predict future upside) arguably had much more relevance to a program chasing titles.
Against 6th graders?
Same can be said aboht popes formula, loading up with seniors with no upside to their game wont get you anywhere
We’re really going to have to be picky and choosy next year
Transfer portal heavy HOPEFULLY. The next two-three years of recruiting is supposed to be very average to lower.
It generally will need to be a mix.
You need some retention, you have to get some high school talent for upside potential, and then fill in the weak spots left with the portal.
If they really are going to limit transfers then I don't think the portal can be relied on as much as we have been trying to.
The horses just won't be in the stable at similar numbers and the price should rise too.
Not if several key players get injured. It would have been nice to see what the 2025 team could have achieved at full strength.
Highlights are always highlights, but some highlights are better than others. He looks very talented.
That makes sense but entering to portal to get the lay of the land may also make sense. If Kansas and UNC have roster space, I could see some portal activity.