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Expectations if we land Momcilovic?

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BleedBlue747 said:
I'm locked in at .500 in the SEC. I hope I get proved wrong in a positive way. On paper, the SEC looks better this year and Kentucky is about the same or worse. I predict a repeat of last year.
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Without Momcilovic, we are no worse than 6th in the SEC. With him, we are right there with #s 2-4.

The SEC is not better this year than last. There are 4 teams that are really good (roster-wise), but then a big drop off to mostly 7-8 seeds to bubble teams, then another big drop off to under .500 teams.

(4) Top 10: Texas, UF, Tenn, and Arkansas

(5) Below .500: UGA, MSU, Okla, Ole Miss, USC, Vandy too w/o Tanner

Wild cards in the middle range are A&M (Haggerty & G-Lg Warren guy), Mizzou (are Crowe/Bryant stars?), and LSU (obviously)
 
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Bleedin Blue in Ohio said:
Expectations are for UK to be a top 10 type team. To compete for SEC regular season and tournament championships. To always be a threat in the NCAA tournament. Cal did not get that done his last 4 to 5 years and so far, Pope has fallen short. Mostly due to injury but his record is his record and if he cannot meet those expectations then UK needs to look elsewhere. I think a 3rd season is fair but results matter and this is a telling season.

I am excited about the guard on next year's team. I think this is the best set of starting guards since the 2019 season. If Moreno comes back and they can add a shooter like Mom this team on paper has the ability to reach the level of expectation at UK. Now the team and the Coach of that team has to achieve that level.
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Even with all the injuries in 24-25 Kentucky did still finish the season #12 in the AP poll.
 
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PoopooPeePee said:
He gave his opinion yet you’re the one going on a tangent, crying about crying. You’re the one sounding entitled. Especially since you suck off anyone who bashes Pope or even questions him. What a loser.
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Telling spoiled children to stop whining does not equal whining. Your wording is rude but makes no sense. No surprise from the troll with the most childish name on the forum.
 
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Anon267536 said:
So I assume you think the players we had last year are better than this year?

youd take Denzel Aberdeen over Alex Wilkins?
lemme hit whatever your puffing
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Personally, I’d say the jury is still out on that. I don’t think Aberdeen is a star, and we probably overextended him a bit hoping for him to be a #1 or #2 option this past year. He has been a steady contributor in the SEC for the past couple of years though.

Wilkins has enough physical tools that his best case scenario may have a higher ceiling, but we don’t actually know what he can do night in and night out in a power conference yet. The tournament performance against UConn was good, but he also had several stinkers against SoCon competition throughout the year. I’m not penciling him in as a difference maker at this level just yet.
 
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paulcalhoun_rivals397471 said:
Even with all the injuries in 24-25 Kentucky did still finish the season #12 in the AP poll.
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I really hate that people do not give proper context about that 2025 team. There are many posters such as TriCountyCat who will go to their grave defending lies about that team just to push an agenda.

That was a good team. Yes, they had a few blowout losses. But they also performed well enough that most of BBN was ready to jump down the throats of national media members for underrating us in the preseason the following offseason. There was a reason for that and it wasn’t just the roster — it was that year one exceeded expectations.
 
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