I'm curious how Stokes would fit with Keegan Brown's "team chemistry over individual potential" outlook. Brown must see him as a fit if Pope continues recruiting, but I feel Stokes to be a Kansas lock.
In the current landscape of college basketball, all you can ask is to be a genuine national championship threat annually. In my opinion, Scheyer has done that. Pope, not so much. Calipari, not so much.
People that think playing for Kentucky in 2026 is some kind of privilege confuse me. Gone are the days of school pride and dream schools. College basketball is the beginning of a professional career.
I think Pope is a great guy, but a tremendously mediocre coach. I honestly expect next year's roster construction to be a mess. Hope not and would love to be wrong ... I mean eating crow for days ... but I feel Pope will underwhelm at most facets. He'll run a clean, middle of the road SEC...
For me, producing championships is important periodically. It's the age of parity and NIL. Realistically being in the hunt is where it counts and UK hasn't consistently been in the hunt for a while.
Completely unexpected result to be honest. If you'd told me we folded and lost by 19 points with Acuff running completely f*cking wild, I would've thought, "sounds about right". This team is just unpredictable. Consistency seems erratic. Was Vandy an anomaly?
Creighton is fascinating to me because it feels like absolutely no one pays attention to them, yet they've been a remarkably consistent program, much like St. Mary's under Randy Bennett.
It's unfortunate, but probably a lot of truth to this statement. I wish Perry insane success. I just don't see how it's gonna be in the SEC. I think he will have the occasional "good game", but overall, he seems to be a guy destined for a place like VA Tech after transferring.
Whoever thought the Lakers were gonna run through the rest of the Timberwolves series, or really any series, without a viable center is crazy. Lakers were wise to go for Luka, but their frontcourt is a hot disaster.