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    Momcilovic vs not

    Durant averaged 11 per game in college. A more apt comparison might be Kyle Wiltjer, though Momcilovic isn't quite that lead footed.
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    Expectations if we land Momcilovic?

    Momcilovic is an interesting player in that he does one really important thing exceptionally well, but his impact might be dependent on the team around him. He's an A+ shooter but his impact in other areas is limited. He thrived on an Iowa State team that had a good big guy in the paint and an...
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    Pope's SRS (performance vs schedule) average for 2 seasons at UK is 20.19

    Thanks, now I have. The 24-25 team was apparently better than the 1978 title team. And Cal's 35-3 first year. And the 92 team that won the SEC tourney and then lost in OT to the defending champ in the Elite 8. And the 2011 FF team. And the 1984 FF team. And the 1966 FF team. And the 2014 FF...
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    Kentucky Basketball Is Bigger Than All of Us...And Matters of Hypocrisy

    Well thought out by the OP, and very close to my line of thinking. I was sick of Cal, and felt like we were watching a version of what happened to guys like Bob Knight, Denny Crum, and John Thompson in the mid to late 90's. They couldn't adjust to how the sport was changing in certain ways and...
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    Pope's SRS (performance vs schedule) average for 2 seasons at UK is 20.19

    And this whole SRS thing leads me to some questions. If it is only evaluating seasons starting with or directly after 1951, how does it rank 2024-2025 in comparison to any of the 13 seasons UK made the FF since then? And how does it compare it to these other years: 53-54, 69-70, 76-77, 85-86...
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    Pope's SRS (performance vs schedule) average for 2 seasons at UK is 20.19

    That both ended with middling SEC finishes, before Saturday of the SEC Tournament, with a complete blowout loss and not complete blowout but never really close loss, and non-competitive losses in the NCAA Tournament. SRS is basically saying "The SEC is so much better now than it ever has...
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    Pope's SRS (performance vs schedule) average for 2 seasons at UK is 20.19

    Except they DID do elite things really quickly when the opportunity arose. Your claim holds up only if you take this SRS thing as the be-all end-all of coaching evaluation. And I'm sorry, I don't. Given UK's resources, Joe B Hall went to the NCAA final in year 3. Rick Pitino went 22-6 and...
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    For you old timers, whatever happened to Ron Mercer ?

    Probably right. The problem for Mercer was that he was a perimeter-oriented player but he didn't really develop perimeter skills beyond that sweet 15-20 foot jumper (and being pretty fearsome running down the court on a fastbreak). He didn't get a lot of rebounds and didn't handle it all that...
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    Victor Wembanyama Bust

    Anthony Davis had a ridiculously fast ascent out of nowhere. He entered his junior year in HS at around 6'3"-6'4". He ended it at 6'9". He played at a tiny charter school in Chicago, and had never played on any kind of major AAU team. In the spring of 2010 (right after Calipari's first year at...
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    Never knew JB Hall passed on Larry Bird because

    Bird never would have made it at UK. He lasted what, a month at IU? He just wasn't designed, especially not at 18, to be part of a huge school with a huge spotlight. He needed some place like Indiana State. I think he did end up becoming good friends with Rick Robey (as opposed to Kent Benson...
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    For you old timers, whatever happened to Ron Mercer ?

    I think things came too easily for him. He was a supreme physical specimen, 6'6", 210, tremendous leaper, tremendous straight-line speed. Not far off Vince Carter, who was in the same HS class (and most rated Mercer ahead of him at that time). Mercer turned into a mid-range guy, because he...
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    Pope's SRS (performance vs schedule) average for 2 seasons at UK is 20.19

    There's a whole lot of apples to oranges going on here (Jim Calhoun spent 14 seasons at Northeastern and Jay Wright 7 at Hofstra, as obvious examples), but beyond that, some things just leap out. Rick Pitino spent 5 seasons at BU, then made the FF his 2nd season at Providence. Nolan Richardson...
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    MO - Kentucky Roster Absolutely Loaded Up…

    He better be right, or his time as a UK coach is going to be very short. Don't approach a top 10 finish and a 1-3 seed? Mark Pope's chair is still on fire. Don't make it to at least Saturday of the SEC Tournament? Mark Pope's chair is still on fire. Don't make it past the first weekend of the...
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    How to bring Kentucky back to prominence

    Oh fold it five times and stick it someplace where the sun doesn't shine. You actually might be right. But no actual fan who is rooting for UK basketball to succeed thinks that your "accept your place and be happy" BS is written in stone. You're a Troll (apparently in DC) posing as a UK fan and...
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    How to bring Kentucky back to prominence

    You keep believing that UK will never have another title contending season. Because you're a Troll_in_DC.
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