The Pitino years were stacked with talent. The 96 team was probably the most talented team in UK history.
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Dude, does Jelli have a highlight video anywhere near that? That kid was a soph and looked really good in those highlights. I like.
I agree with this. We get both of these guys, there will be plenty of playing time and it really solidifies our front court.
Well first hurley championship UConn team, and Floridas last championship team wasn't stacked with talent. You have to get right players and enough players who don't get injured. It comes down to a science. The top 10 portal players some of them I'm not impressed with. I'm no recruiting analyst but I don't see any yaxel in there. The dude from Wisconsin is good as well but he's a guard. Plenty of good guards. Stokes will be good because he's 6'8 and handles balls good and is athletic.
Quit listening to Jeff Goodman
Rancik is way better than those guys, and is a legitimate power conference rotation piece, possibly even a serviceable starter if he develops a bit more. It’s fair to point out that we need more star power and that there doesn’t appear to be much of it on the horizon unless Stokes surprises us, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that anyone we can sign short of that level is a bottom of the barrel scrub.
It makes sense. We don’t seem prepared like other schools. Everyone else locks up guys over the phone. We have zoom calls, meetings, visits, and still whiff. Something is wrong here so I will listen to people who have more connections than me!
This kid is really good. Pope needs to land him today. He is better than Jelavic.
I will say that Rancik is more skilled than Carr, and has a lot more potential. Hopefully he will continue to develop here, if we get him. I wouldnt completely hate the addition.
He is what we all wanted Jelly to be. He will be a 14 and 8 type guy here and stretch the floor. Would bet his 3pt% is 36+ as well.
I have been watching that same amount of time, and just don't see it that way. We got good kids but we didn't yank in multiple top 10 recruits every year
Coach Cal brought in twice as many top 10 recruits as all the other Kentucky Basketball coaches COMBINED. Look it up
I’m not limiting it to top 10. That’s silly. You said only Cal could get who he wanted & that’s not true. Joe B’s entire run was loaded with McD’s AAs & Mr Basketballs. From 93 on, Pitino’s rosters were elite.
The main reason Cal landed so many more is bc his rosters were turnstiles & he had to replace 80% of the team every year. And, for his first 8-10 years here, he was the only coach offering starring roles to multiple FR every year. Every other coach throughout our history retained most of their players & didn’t have 7-10 open spots every year. It’s apples & oranges. Bottom line is we’ve been as talented as anyone in the country for 90% of the time I’ve been watching.
No. Most of those teams had one MM and a lot of 4 stars and a few 3 stars. Don't take my word for it, look it up
And did next to nothing with those recruits. It was criminal the talent he brought to Lexington and then only won 1 NCAA Championship. I don't care if the Cats ever have another NBA player on their roster as long as they win. Cal should have went on a Nick Saban kind of run but did not because all he cared about was the NBA draft.
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We never got highly rated recruits
Maybe one top 15 player every 3 or 4 years
Pitino built rosters out of guys that stayed 4 years and became good
Well you are wrong
We never got highly rated recruits
Maybe one top 15 player every 3 or 4 years
Pitino built rosters out of guys that stayed 4 years and became good
Of players that were seniors
Sure mercer was a high recruit but other than him , delk was the only McDonald's all American on that team
Because we didn't
The NBA was empty of uk for 30 years basically.
He wasn't a top 10 guy out of highschool
He was a very good player but not the top
Different time in basketball
He was a McD All American though. And a Parade All American FIRST team
False and he certainly was McD AA as well as a Parade AA. He was certainly near the top of that class
Sure , in the way jasper Johnson was last year. Or moreno
...you are comparing Jasper Johnson to Antoine Walker? A multi time NBA All Star, NCAA and NBA champ Antoine Walker?
Interesting choice man lol
Stop moving the goal posts Cleatus. There were 4 McD AA on that team. Mercer, Toine, Delk and Wayne Turner. You said only Delk and Mercer.
Don't think he was but could be wrong. If he was that's 5. I think he was pretty unheralded
Well here's a stat for ya that is 100%
From 1996 to 2008 we had 7 . In 13 years
Pitino had probably 7 in his time here
So 14 in 21 years isn't exactly getting the best
All the time
And there were a few years we had 3 and 2
During the last few years of Tubby there was a kid that chose Notre Dame prep school (high school) over us. I can't remember his name at the moment.
Yea but think about this. Jamal Mashburn was not a McDonalds AA but another player in his recruiting class was. Gimel Martinez.
Him & Wilkins are on campus right now, they were posting pics from inside Rupp full uniforms earlier.
I did look it up. I’m not talking top 10 or NBA success. I’m not concerned with how many guys were busts or didn’t live up to their ranking. I’m just listing the guys who were AAs upon entering college, which makes them elite recruits. We didn’t have super in depth rankings in the 80s & early 90s. But, even guys who made 4th team would be considered top 20 recruits. That’s elite, IMO. And, again, we didn’t have so many open roster spots every year & we weren’t promising the world to FR. Regardless, here’s a list of most HS AAs who played at UK between 1980-2000.
Sam Bowie 1978 & 1979 1st team AA (Parade & McD’s)
Derrick Hord 1978 & 1979 1st team AA (Parade), 2nd team AA (McD’s)
Charles Hurt 1979 3rd team AA (Parade)
Dirk Minniefield 1979 2nd team AA (Parade)
Brett Bearup 1980 2nd team AA (Parade & McD’s)
Jim Master 1980 2nd team AA (Parade & McD’s)
Roger Harden 1982 3rd team AA (McD’s)
Kenny Walker 1982 3rd team AA (McD’s)
Winston Bennett 1983 1st team AA (Parade) 3rd team AA (McD’s)
James Blackmon 1983 1st team AA (Parade & McD’s)
Ed Davender 1984 3rd team AA (Parade & McD’s)
Cedrick Jenkins 1984 3rd team AA (McD’s)
Richard Madison 1984 1st team AA (Parade & McD’s)
Irving Thomas 1985 1st team AA (Parade & McD’s)
Rex Chapman 1986 1st team AA (Parade & McD’s)
Derrick Miller 1986 3rd team AA (Parade)
LeRon Ellis 1987 1st team AA (Parade)
Eric Manuel 1986 3rd team AA (McD’s)
Chris Mills 1987 2nd team AA (Parade) 1988 1st team AA (Parade), 2nd team AA (McD’s)
Tony Delk 1992 2nd team AA (Parade), 4th team AA (McD’s)
Walter McCarty 1992 3rd team AA (Parade)
Rodrick Rhodes 1990-1992 AA (Parade), 1992 1st team AA (McD’s)
Antoine Walker 1994 1st team AA (McD’s)
Ron Mercer 1st team AA 1994 & 1995 (Parade), 1995 1st team AA (McD’s)
Wayne Turner 1995 1st team AA (McD’s)
Tayshaun Prince 1998 2nd team AA (Parade & McD’s)
Keith Bogans 1999 1st team AA (Parade & McD’s)
Marvin Stone 1999 1st team AA (Parade), 3rd team AA (McD’s)
Again, idc how their careers played out. Just listing the AAs that were signed. Even if they became busts, they were still HS AAs. Cal had his share who didn’t pan out, too.
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