Seeing Mason Williams, do we even need to put a priority on recruiting a PG for next season ?

The Ganner

All-Conference
Nov 21, 2009
468
1,282
93
Depends if he sticks with the next coach or not
Depends on a lot of things. Who is the coach? Who else on the team stays - is Wilkins back? Williams + Wilkins in a second year together is your starting backcourt and you go throw your money at starting forwards. What about Diallo? Looks bad so far but did put up decent numbers in the past. If Williams does what it looks like he can, not sure Diallo would be brought back at his NIL level or that he would want a 6th man type role.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Catastic5

UKWildcats1987

Heisman
Sep 9, 2021
20,889
37,433
113
Regular season hasn't started and we are worrying about what positions for next year. We dont even know who the coach will be next season or other variables like the poster above referenced.

I will say based on two exhibitions, Williams would make sense to be the guy if Pope is back. And thats not a certainty.
 

TFCat11

Heisman
Mar 25, 2019
6,411
11,953
108
I’m investing in Williams and Wilkins if I’m the head coach as interchangeable combo guards, and putting the full court press on a stud 2G, and a serviceable guard or two, depending on how Morton pans out.

Then I’m going all in on the 4 and 5 spot… Feel free to disagree, but I’ve seen enough of Moreno to be the starting 5 next season. One of the phenomena of the NIL era, is it makes some of these guys with talent come back with entitlement and laziness. That’s Moreno for me.
 

Beatle Bum

Heisman
Sep 1, 2002
43,879
66,732
113
He really hasn’t played much PG for UK in this exhibition season. Certainly did not last night. He fits so well at 2G, I think any PG recruit would love to be on the floor with him, assuming what we have seen is just a taste of what is to come.
 

Bigtyrone

All-American
May 21, 2002
10,611
6,329
98
Regular season hasn't started and we are worrying about what positions for next year. We dont even know who the coach will be next season or other variables like the poster above referenced.

I will say based on two exhibitions, Williams would make sense to be the guy if Pope is back. And thats not a certainty.

This is the rafters. Why are you being reasonable?
 

Bigtyrone

All-American
May 21, 2002
10,611
6,329
98
Yes we do, we can never have enough ball handlers and play makers. Have you seen our luck the past 5 years. I’d love to have 3 starting PG caliber players at least.

it is bizarre how many point guards have been injured in two years.

And Williams isn’t a PG, but I was at the Texas game last year. He was just running down the court and all the sudden his foot was broken. How the **** did that even happen?

I wonder if his foot would be healthy if he would have just sat out the rest of the season.
 

*Fox2Monk*

Heisman
Jun 10, 2009
48,440
89,156
113
it is bizarre how many point guards have been injured in two years.

And Williams isn’t a PG, but I was at the Texas game last year. He was just running down the court and all the sudden his foot was broken. How the **** did that even happen?

I wonder if his foot would be healthy if he would have just sat out the rest of the season.
It is bizarre, our luck is crazy bad. I still think Annabelle cursed us when she was shown at Rupp.
 

HolySmokes

Junior
Oct 23, 2026
209
257
63
I mean let's roll with one point guard next year. Seems to be a good strategy. Especially if thay one guard gets injured.

Imagine if we got to play senior Trent Noah at pg next year. I say let's roll with Williams only or recruit a couoe guys with acl tears. Either one.
 

K_TIME

Heisman
Jan 2, 2003
18,470
25,921
113
We’re set with Mason. He’s like Ulis out there.
I tend to agree with this

I want to see the whole season play out But we can’t allow our guards to shoot ad lobbing so much and not get the shots to Milo and Moreno. The offense has to run thru them first
 
KSR

Latest

  1. 01 KSR Women's Basketball KSR's top takeaways from the first Kenny Brooks radio show of 2026-27
  2. 02 KSR Preps KSR's 2026 Kentucky High School Football Top 25 Rankings: Week 10
  3. 03 KSR KSR Show, 10/27: Back in studio with special guest Josh Pate phoning in
  4. 04 KSR Football KSR Today: Will Stein Sends a Message to Kentucky Fans
  5. 05 KSR Football Kentucky is doing things that haven't been done since 1977