Biggest Recruiting Busts

[BookofMormon]

UK has a third of em'.

 

[Cleatortoises]

But I heard we had to sign 5 stars or else.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Also known as "Ellen Calipari's Brownie Brigade."

 

[CELTICAT]

Gotta be a better way of saying “busted in college”

also odd that BJ Boston didn’t make the list.

 

[UKBB4Ever]

I wouldn’t call JV a bust. He was hurt.
Might as well put JQ on there if JV was a bust.

 

[TarHeelInCharlotte]

Who is this twitter account and why should anyone care about his opinion?

 

[Anon1773686487]

But I heard we had to sign 5 stars or else.

Popes first year some of the top ranked portal guys were "johnell davis" "oumar ballo" and guys like that

there are misses everywhere

 

[PooPooPeePeePoo]

Harry Giles would have been a stud if he had any sort of legs after injuries. Out of all our guys the biggest surprise of a bust to me would be Edward’s or Montgomery. Montgomery was so skilled idk why he sucked so bad. He was athletic too.

 

[*Fox2Monk*]

I’d take off JV but the others look good, that was Cal’s issue. He lost the elite guys and took the top 25 guys with potential that were light weight and had little skills.

 

[MegaBlue05]

I’d take off JV but the others look good, that was Cal’s issue. He lost the elite guys and took the top 25 guys with potential that were light weight and had little skills.

We were usually awesome if Cal got 3 guys out of the top 10. When Duke started taking those from him, we went with that second tier and had a lot of running and jumping for days, but limited shooting a lot of those years after 2017.

My biggest issue with Cal’s recruiting late tenure was he seemed focused more on rankings than fit, and prioritized athleticism over basketball skills. “Positionless” basketball where everyone is a 6”6-6”9 bricklayer didn’t work when you ran into a veteran team that was skilled and almost as athletically talented.

 

[*Fox2Monk*]

We were usually awesome if Cal got 3 guys out of the top 10. When Duke started taking those from him, we went with that second tier and had a lot of running and jumping for days, but limited shooting a lot of those years after 2017.

My biggest issue with Cal’s recruiting late tenure was he seemed focused more on rankings than fit, and prioritized athleticism over basketball skills. “Positionless” basketball where everyone is a 6”6-6”9 bricklayer didn’t work when you ran into a veteran team that was skilled and almost as athletically talented.

Exactly what happened. Instead of getting Randle types, we got Montgomery types.

 

[robman181]

That’s a horrible list.

 

[HolySmokes]

I wouldn’t call JV a bust. He was hurt.
Might as well put JQ on there if JV was a bust.

Right. How's he a bust? He was injured. And then went on to have a good career in the pros after he heal3d up. Still going strong. I wish I could be a bust making millions.

 

[LongliveWildcatDon]

They let Cal off light on this one. A few more could have been added and Skal should have been #1.

 

[chroix]

We were usually awesome if Cal got 3 guys out of the top 10. When Duke started taking those from him, we went with that second tier and had a lot of running and jumping for days, but limited shooting a lot of those years after 2017.

My biggest issue with Cal’s recruiting late tenure was he seemed focused more on rankings than fit, and prioritized athleticism over basketball skills. “Positionless” basketball where everyone is a 6”6-6”9 bricklayer didn’t work when you ran into a veteran team that was skilled and almost as athletically talented.

Positionless was such a crock of ****. SOB got fat and lazy.

 

[Bleedin Blue in Ohio]

The entire 2020 recruiting class. That will always be the only UK team I actually grown to dislike. Then the last class of Wagner, Bradshaw, and Edwards were almost as bad if not for Sheppard and Dillingham. Although, not starting Sheppard and Dillingham became a joke that stopped being funny vs Oakland.

 

[Smeegs]

Who is this twitter account and why should anyone care about his opinion?

Exactly. This is just the opinion of some dude with a twitter account using some cherry picked methodology. So who cares?

It’s silly the way posters here present such tweets as if they’re established fact.

 

[Snarks]

That list makes no sense.

 

[Bleedin Blue in Ohio]

Justin Edwards has to hold the record for getting his shot blocked by the rim the most in a season by a Division 1 player.

 

[Eagles_Ball_69]

We were usually awesome if Cal got 3 guys out of the top 10. When Duke started taking those from him, we went with that second tier and had a lot of running and jumping for days, but limited shooting a lot of those years after 2017.

My biggest issue with Cal’s recruiting late tenure was he seemed focused more on rankings than fit, and prioritized athleticism over basketball skills. “Positionless” basketball where everyone is a 6”6-6”9 bricklayer didn’t work when you ran into a veteran team that was skilled and almost as athletically talented.

Spot on.

 

[Eagles_Ball_69]

Positionless was such a crock of ****. SOB got fat and lazy.

Couldn't agree more...and it made me really sad. It was such a fun ride.

I think the Knicks hiring WWW had as much of an effect on Cal getting players as anything. Once that connection was disrupted, Cal quit getting basically anyone that he wanted. And he never got another angle. He was resting on his laurels, and that didn't turn out so well.

 

[Eagles_Ball_69]

Justin Edwards has to hold the record for getting his shot blocked by the rim the most in a season by a Division 1 player.

Damnedest thing I think I've ever seen in all my time as a UK fan. It was uncanny.

 

[Cats_2010]

Why do I not remember Damion Collins? What year did he play? Says over 5 seasons and I don’t remember that name at all. As someone else stated how does BJ Boston not appear on here. EJ Montgomery contributed more to UK than he did and also wasn’t as highly touted.

 

[Cats_2010]

Edit: Collins that transferred to LSU?