Had them on the schedule but caught them early in the Battle 4 Atlantis Tourney in the Bahamas.
Blackshear Decision Today
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Had them on the schedule but caught them early in the Battle 4 Atlantis Tourney in the Bahamas.
I'm pretty worn out on it myself. I just have less and less care for players who can't make up their mind. It's almost July, he has just 1 year of eligibility left, he wants to play in the NBA, and he wants to play for a contender.. this should be a no-brainer of a decision.
Yet here we are, fighting with the Tenn and Fla who have decimated rosters next season and two teams that don't have John Calipari working with you..
I totally understand a kid wanting the right fit.. but it seems these players see a 97 or a 98 at Kentucky and still want more from the staff and the school.. It's a bit of an entitled angle I've been seeing.
If he weren't going to Florida, then staying at VaTech would make the most sense to me...
I hope you are right caneintally... regardless if he comes to UK or not... But I completely disagree that he will be the best center in CBB this season. James Wiseman says no way and I bet he gets drafted before KB along with a few other centers....
1. James Wiseman Memphis
2. Udoka Azubuike Kansas
3. Kaleb Wesson Ohio St.
4. Charles Bassey Western KY
5. Matt Haarms Purdue
Not saying these guys are better but according to the media these guys are just as good if not better!!
I was hoping that since Blackshear was older that he would know more what he wants and make his decision.Seems like he doesn't know what he wants more than a high school senior.Very frustrating.
FLORIDA GATOR
Season Record
- OVERALL20-16
- PCT.556
- CONF9-9
- PCT.500
- STREAKL1
- HOME9-6
- AWAY5-6
- NEUTRAL6-4
KENTUCKY PPG average: 75.8 KENTUCKY opponents PPG average: 64.7 (Take out the duke u drubbing and oh golly...but of course leave it in...it is.) UK 30-7 (15-3) in conference....
Oh, do they really want to get into comparing the strength of schedule???
I am responding to you DR. I don't usually respond to "them" vermin....
How does Tennessee not make sense? Barnes could specifically point to Grant Williams and how he developed him into an NBA first round pick, not unlike what Calipari can point to with Washington. Tennessee also has a massive Williams-sized hole in their starting lineup that we don't currently offer. It's not that he wouldn't start at UK, but more so that Richards, Montgomery, and Sestina are far better than Fulkerson, Burns, Kent, and Plavisc. UT still has Tuner and Bowden in the backcourt while adding James.
I just think Grant Williams has shown that UT is an intriguing place to go for someone in Blackshear's position.
Florida makes sense as well wth a weak player like Bassett pencilled into the starting five with Gak, Stokes, and Payne being the primary frontcourt options, but Mike White can't point to a Grant Williams-like development strategy for how Blackshear would improve in any way within his year like Cal and now Barnes can.
This is your idea of a decimated roster is it??? [eyeroll]
#6 PG Andrew Nembhard 6-5 195 Fr ***** ( Montverde, FL / Aurora, Ontario)
~ Nembhard plays for Canada's U-19 Silver Medal Team. Fr All SEC
# 4 All Time at UF for season assists.
#2 CG Tre Mann 6-4 170 ***** - The Villages, FL (23/50)
CG Ques Glover 6-0 175 Fr *** - Memphis, TN 3A Champ MVP
FG 56%, 3's 44%, FT's 85% - 20 ship offers including Yale
PG Andrew Fava 5-10 171 So W-O (3 sport star in HS - Baltimore, MD)
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#15 SG/PG Noah Locke 6-3 205 Fr **** (64 Natl, Owings Mills, MD)
#44 SG Alex Kiatsky 6-3 170 ** - Tinton Falls, N.J. - 43% 3Pts (396) P-WO
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#12 SF/PF Keyontae Johnson 6-5 227 Fr **** - Norfolk, Va. (62/100)
2018-19 leading rebounder.
#1 SF/SG Scottie Lewis 6-5 184 ***** - Tinton Falls, N.J. (11/50)
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PF/C Dontay Bassett 6-9 237 rsJr **** (18 offers, Oldsmar, FL, Oakland, Cal)
#29 PF/C Isaiah Stokes 6-8 255 So **** (144/250) Bradenton, FL IMG, Memphis, Tn)
#9 PF/C Omar Payne 6-10 225 Fr **** - Montverde, FL - (38/50)
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12 - C Gorjok Gak 6-11 254 rsJr *** (Bradenton,FL / Sydney, Australia)
~ Originally committed to OkSt before coaches abrupt departure, then flipped to UF.
~ Gak plays for Australia's National Team.
#48 C Jason Jitoboh 6-11 270 Fr *** - (255/300)
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Not Cal, however, not chopped liver either...
Mike White is young, but not without obvious CoY talent....
MWC - CoY
C-USA - CoY
SEC - CoY --- with an Elite-8 in his 2nd season at UF.
In all those many years at UK, with MickyD's out the waazoo on the roster every year, how many NC's has he won so far, and when was the last one?
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I think that's what annoys me most about this one. Much more of an adult decision, he knows the process and what it entails. He's not going to much further away from VaTech if he chooses Kentucky, it's what, 4 hours away?
I remember thinking Mix tapes equated to every player being the next Lebron... like 8 years ago.
You had your 3 best players graduate, another what.. 3 or 4 transfer? It's almost an entirely new team. You got Lewis and a bunch of multi-year recruits. Florida might be a contender, but it won't be next season.
I actually see the holes in Tennessee frontcourt as a positive for UK. Blackshear isn't worrying about starting. He starts on any team in the country so with UK having the best chance at a title that has to be more attractive to him.
As much as I hate Gatorfan coming on here, you cannot denigrate their SOS last season. They play only FIVE non-power conference games last year. Florida will be good this year; if they get Blackshear, they will be VERY good. Better than UK? Maybe not, but they will contend for an SEC title if Kentucky does not play to potential.
I'm in minority here as I think UF is going to be very good. Locke, Nembhard, Lewis, and Johnson are great starting point, and they are well coached. Mike White is a guy who is on rise. See them as a contender. They gave Tennessee and UK tough games, beat LSU 2 times and should've been 3, had a great win over Nevada and ran out of gas against Michigan who shot out of their minds in 2nd Rd.
Think UF is definitely an SEC contender and if they land Blackshear is a Final Four contender.
Strength of schedule or the result? UK's SOS is a lot different (better) with a lot better results... sorry about that, it is...
Florida Gator's;
Season Record
- OVERALL20-16
- PCT.556
- CONF9-9
- PCT.500
- STREAKL1
- HOME9-6
- AWAY5-6
- NEUTRAL6-4
Logically speaking, Blackshear should be down to 2 schools:
If he wants to stay close to home, he should choose UF.
If he wants to improve his NBA stock and make a run at a Final Four/title in his last year of eligibility, it should be UK.
It's a personal choice or a basketball choice. Pretty simple.
Follow your head (UK is the best business decision based on Cal's track record) or your heart (UF is closer to home).
Having UT in the equation is what is perplexing.
It's not closer to home than UF and it's not a better business choice than UK.
Doesn't make sense to me for him to have them on his list.
If he wants to stay close to home, he should choose UF.
If he wants to improve his NBA stock and make a run at a Final Four/title in his last year of eligibility, it should be UK.
It's a personal choice or a basketball choice. Pretty simple.
Follow your head (UK is the best business decision based on Cal's track record) or your heart (UF is closer to home).
Having UT in the equation is what is perplexing.
It's not closer to home than UF and it's not a better business choice than UK.
Doesn't make sense to me for him to have them on his list.
No offense but this is one of the worst posts I have ever seen.
Agreed.
White is just unproven. He doesn't have a FF yet. I think he eventually could get them there, but right now it's a question mark.
General rule for me is to expect a guy to give you what he has always given you until he gives you more.
I don't see UF as a serious FF and national title contender as long as they have a coach that has never been there.
This might be his year, though.
Oh look a GAYtor troll how cute LMAO, No wonder those guys on swamp people shoot them in the head !!
as always bucs bring the fire logic. Only 2 schools allow him to win big time and make the NBA - UF and UK . VT make more sense then UT .
You need to do some reading / study before making those incorrect comments.
UF started 3 Fr last year. The ones that left did so for playing time, and it opened up the ships for Mike's #7 ranked class.
PG Nembhard Soph:
- Averaged 8.0 points, 5.4 assists and 2.9 rebounds while starting in all 36 games and playing a team-high 32.9 minutes per game.
- His 2.6 assist-to-turnover ratio ranked third in the SEC, while his 5.4 assists per game rated fifth and 32.9 minutes ranked seventh.
- His 194 assists marked the No. 4 single season mark in Florida history and No. 2 for a freshman (Nick Calathes, 221, 2007-08).
- Voted to the SEC All Freshman Team.
- An elite shooter who set Florida’s freshman record with 81 made 3-pointers.
- His six games with five or more made 3-pointers also marked the most all-time by a UF freshman.
- Florida’s second-leading scorer as a freshman with 9.4 points per game and ranked fifth in the SEC with 2.3 3-point field goals per game.
- Possesses a 6-foot-8 wingspan and is a dangerous shooter both off the dribble and in catch-and-shoot situations. Also a great press defender.
- Showed tremendous growth throughout the course of his freshman season, moving into the starting lineup for the final 20 games of the season.
- Has 12 double-figure scoring games, six double-figure rebounding games and six games with multiple 3-pointers made.
- Averaged 13.7 points and 10.0 rebounds in the SEC Tournament, helping Florida reach the semifinals.
- One of the top athletes in the 2018 recruiting class, measuring at a 41.5” vertical leap when he arrived in Gainesville.
- Averaged 8.1 points and 6.4 rebounds, appearing in all 36 games with 20 starts.
- Posted four double-doubles, including three in postseason play with two in the SEC Tournament and one in the NCAA Tournament.
- Florida’s leading scorer and rebounder at the SEC Tournament, averaging 13.7 points and 10.0 rebounds over 3 games.
- His 229 rebounds rank 5th for a Florida freshman in program history
- With only 20 starts, he still led the team in season Rbs/Gm.
He has had to deal with not having a healthy true center for the past 2 years, and he still goes 20+ wins and the Rnd of 32 in the dance. The bigs will be healthy and available this year, with three 5 stars in the back court. (Nembhard-Lewis-Mann)
Incoming Fr SF Lewis, CG Mann, and PF/C Payne were higher ranked that the above 3.
Oh BTW, I've been around since Spurrier was our QB and Andy Owens was our B-Ball center...
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20 wins ain’t what it used to be. All teams play over 30 games now. Using 20 wins as a barometer of coaching success is outdated. Remember, he also had 16 losses.
KB has one year so he doesn’t have time to perfect the Williams flop.
Eric Bossi thinks it’s down to UK, UT or Arkansas
https://basketballrecruiting.rivals...scoring-big-offers-blackshear-watch-continues
https://basketballrecruiting.rivals...scoring-big-offers-blackshear-watch-continues
Maybe not OP. They are not stating anything. It is all the hangers on and their posters who are stirring this, seemingly begging for site hits. KB and his Dad don't seem to be the ones causing any commotion. All they are doing is what normal people seem to do. Not sure they are enamored with all the hand-wringing going on. It seems they are not doing anything to capitalize on it except not talking.
C Egbunu 6-11 263 rsSr - chose to not seek a 6th year after blown knee.
C Gak 6-11 254 Jr - had off season knee surgery and never made it back.
PF C.Johnson 6-9 219 - xfer in Dec after 3rd concussion.
PF K.Stone 6-8 254 - blew out knee in Jan, xfer to Miami after the season.
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CG Jalen Hudson dropped from 15.5 pts/gm as a Jr to 6.3 pts/gm as a Sr in his 1st 22 games. Finally got back a little to average 9.3 pts/gm.
SG Ke'Vaughn Allen - Went wildly hit & miss inconsistent as a Sr.
That's some of the reasons that Mike was forced to coach up and start 3 true Fr, and he still made the Rnd of 32. He was named SEC CoY his second season, but imoho, he did a better coaching job his 4th season than he did in his Elite-8 2nd season.
I've read maybe the first two sentences and then ignored the rest.
The facts remain White and the Gators took steps BACKWARDS last year, that you graduated 3 seniors (Allen, Hudson, Hayes) and lost 4.. FOUR.. guys to transfer.
Are you going to try and spin that into a positive? Are we going to pretend that 4 transfers doesn't bring huge red flags with it? That's pretty alarming.. and it also means Florida has a very new, and very inexperienced team next year.
Maybe in 2021.. But a 16-loss team that lost 7 different players, is not all the sudden a contender, or even a great team. Not going to happen for the Gators next year..
By Thursday I expect to hear it's changed to Florida or VT.Either this guy is flipping every single day or the national recruiting guys don't know ****.
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Unlike you, I read your entire post, laughing all the way at your own chosen ignorance. Typical of those with a steel-trap mind, (always firmly closed)... :cool2:
You began that post by saying yourself that you got the info from the Tennessee message board- YOUR exact words ! Also, at the end of your post you mentioned that UT fans thought we had a better roster than Florida's roster woof . That post was part of a thread on the vol message board and only on the vol message board.
I'm not getting on to you. The message of my post was simple- I believe it is alright to get on rival message boards, as long as you are respectful and understanding of the fact that you are a visitor there. I do try to be respectful of any post I do on another board , which I'm very picky to do to begin with. What not is right is to simply be rude/obnoxious back at me b/c I may see things differently than you. Too many times all I get back in return is vulgarity and namecalling.
Lastly, if it's part of my subscription to be allowed to go to other boards then I'm only taking advantage of what I have rightfully paid for. Agree or disagree?
Well I officially don't know anything so you can stop reading this thread now if you like as this is just my opinion. In reading most of the Blackshear posts it is pretty obvious that nobody has a clue what Blackshear or his family are thinking.
You have a lot of supposed insiders with knowledge saying what they are hearing in regards to which school it is going to be and what day he will decide. A lot of people are giving Blackshear a lot of grief saying he is dragging this out and creating all this drama.
May I remind you that Blackshear and his family haven't said a word. So please quit blaming Blackshear for this. If I were in his shoes I would be taking my time with this decision too and couldn't care less what anyone thought about trying to rush the decision. It is a huge decision for him and may even be a decision that could cost him millions if he doesn't choose correctly.
I hope he comes to Kentucky but if he doesn't I believe it will be because Blackshear wanted to be the man or the center of attention to try and increase his draft stock and I don't think Cal would promise Blackshear that. I think Cal would have told him that at Kentucky Everyone Eats and this is a team. I don't think Cal would run a system to highlight one player over another especially since some of those players already committed to Kentucky and chose to return.
Cal's first priority should be those players and what they want. I think Cal has hinted at this several times when the media has asked him about adding another player. Cal has responded each time that he would if it were the right thing to do for the team and Blackshear.
I really believe that is the situation Cal was faced with and he couldn't promise Blackshear or his family anything and as a result he may choose someone else or at the least caused Blackshear to take a longer look at the other schools he visited and has caused him to have to step back and ask himself what he really wants.
You have a lot of supposed insiders with knowledge saying what they are hearing in regards to which school it is going to be and what day he will decide. A lot of people are giving Blackshear a lot of grief saying he is dragging this out and creating all this drama.
May I remind you that Blackshear and his family haven't said a word. So please quit blaming Blackshear for this. If I were in his shoes I would be taking my time with this decision too and couldn't care less what anyone thought about trying to rush the decision. It is a huge decision for him and may even be a decision that could cost him millions if he doesn't choose correctly.
I hope he comes to Kentucky but if he doesn't I believe it will be because Blackshear wanted to be the man or the center of attention to try and increase his draft stock and I don't think Cal would promise Blackshear that. I think Cal would have told him that at Kentucky Everyone Eats and this is a team. I don't think Cal would run a system to highlight one player over another especially since some of those players already committed to Kentucky and chose to return.
Cal's first priority should be those players and what they want. I think Cal has hinted at this several times when the media has asked him about adding another player. Cal has responded each time that he would if it were the right thing to do for the team and Blackshear.
I really believe that is the situation Cal was faced with and he couldn't promise Blackshear or his family anything and as a result he may choose someone else or at the least caused Blackshear to take a longer look at the other schools he visited and has caused him to have to step back and ask himself what he really wants.
I'm not sure I've seen something more ironic than someone incorrectly using "steel-trap mind", like you just did.
Either way.. Florida just isn't a top team. The majority of the media don't see them as a top25 team.. and for good reasons.. the ones I listed above. 7 players gone, 16 losses last year, and a coach that missed expectations, who might be more of a one-hit wonder.
I sort of agree with other points that his family hasn't really said much (read: anything) so you've got this wild speculation going on.
I've also wondered if they might be waiting until Tennessee can clear up the scholarship issue before he announces. Obviously I hope that isn't the case but it has crossed my mind.
I've also wondered if they might be waiting until Tennessee can clear up the scholarship issue before he announces. Obviously I hope that isn't the case but it has crossed my mind.
Did you take some adderall or something? Chill out bud.
I wasn’t lurking on the Tennessee boards. I clicked on a link from twitter that a UF guy posted and it brought me there.
You can post on whatever message board you want, but we don’t have to take you seriously. There are some who come to this board and are respectful. There’s an Arkansas fan who frequents this board sometimes,I can’t remember his name, but he seems like a cool dude.
You on the other hand, are just coming over here to start something.