Looking towards making a quick decision with Baylor gaining a lot of traction
Byrd Update on KSR+
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he was a junior last szn
How can a coach at a high level school like UK be this bad at recruiting? It's really bizarre.
He was a redshirt junior. According to every article I’ve seen, he’ll be a grad transfer.
Miles Byrd enters transfer portal as graduate student
The Miles Byrd era is over at San Diego State. Byrd announced on social media that he will be entering the transfer portal.
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I anticipate lots of ZOOM meetings. It’s going to be a long portal SZN.
If he goes to Baylor I could see Tounde Yessoufou entering
If he goes to Baylor I could see Tounde Yessoufou entering kind of same player but Byrd the better defender obviously.
Not real long only open for 2 weeks and those will be moving fast.
Long for the portal season lol. I hope we nail our actual priorities. We shall see.
We better and Tuesday will be wild
I'll cope and talk myself into thinking this means we got Stokes or Juke Harris locked up...
Pope gets who HE wants not us, he will close the deal on the players he wants this week, sit back and behold.
It might be a painful two weeks filled with fake updates from fake Twitter sources and Trilly Donovan predictions. Seemed like Byrd was an early priority.
Pope gets his 5th selection of who he wants. He feasts on the leftovers.
Thought this kid would end up in Lex but not looking that way, it’s going to be an interesting 2 wks for sure. I know we are going to whiff some but can’t whiff on everyone like last year.
This season is sink or swim for Pope. They'll be a new AD when next season ends. If it's someone from outside the UK family, and I'd be shocked if it isn't, they're going to want their man coaching the team.
How every portal season goes “Stud, heavy lean towards UK” then Pope has zoom meeting. “X school is now favorite for stud player.”
I would love to hear Pope on a Zoom call with Fox sitting on his lap:
He either can’t relate to kids the way that the players are accustomed to playing AAU and High School and they don’t feel like they can talk to him.
Maybe he is Tom Crean creepy, but Creen did kiss his way to some good recruits. (Cheerleader, Always Mr. Positive)
Does he talk about the players development, does he watch tape of the kid before calling him, does he ask about his grades, his education options at UK. Or just a straight out pleading for the player to come to UK and get a lot of money. No talking about development but more smoke and mirrors on this offense that could be good if we had the right players.
Maybe that could be another TV series for UK:
Just like the season, a few highs, bad lows and not achieving the goal. UK Portal Zoom Calls 2026 that way we understand what is happening.
i get he is highly rated in the portal. but is he really a good fit for the stuff pope wants to do? love his defense and intangibles but his last 3 years at SDSU:
- 40% FG, 30% 3FG
- 38% FG, 30% 3FG
- 38% FG, 31% 3FG
That’s the problem, he said he got who he wanted last year, of course he was actually talking about the players that actually said yes to him. He missed on a lot of good players last year.
Byrd, Harris, Bidunga, Johnson, Vaaks
Need a couple of these for sure
Need a couple of these for sure
It's almost like he isn't being recruited by anyone to be a big time scorer. Defensive guy that isn't bad on offense.
Doesn’t that mean you have two weeks to enter? But you can commit whenever, no?
Tend to agree here. Any highly ranked player in the portal is probably getting 3M.
Next year’s roster has at least 2 but no more than 4 guys that’ll approach or exceed that 3M number. Do you want Byrd to be one of those guys? I could see arguments for and against, largely dependent on whether you think Pope will go on a whiffing spree elsewhere
Correct. It’ll be like NFL FA with a lot of commitments very quickly since many guys have made their upcoming free agency well known.
A lot of dominoes impacting each other and musical chairs that’ll be played.
It’s called getting a job you’re not qualified for
It's easier if you prepare your mind to expect disappointment. That way, on the off chance that Pope does something good, it's a pleasant surprise.
I believe so. It was like 30-45 day window so at least now you will know who’s in or out versus dragging it along.
I have no idea hopefully McLean and Williams can help with whatever disconnect there may be
12 and 14 losses with those guys
On a brighter note, I believe Pope has some help wanted adds posted in the LH!
There's really no "good" information as far as who we're targeting at this point.
You can't outwardly say you're targeting anyone before the portal opens. It's tampering. Everyone's doing it. No one can admit it. I know KSR has posted "Kentucky expected to be interested..." But there won't be any real/great information until the portal opens on April 7th.
So, yeah, maybe we're making Byrd a big priority and he hates Mark Pope.
Maybe he wants way more NIL than he's worth.
Maybe Pope has a bigger fish lined up.
Maybe Kentucky was never that interested.
You guys can do what you like. I'm 100% not going to get worked up over portal "news" before the portal even opens.
You can't outwardly say you're targeting anyone before the portal opens. It's tampering. Everyone's doing it. No one can admit it. I know KSR has posted "Kentucky expected to be interested..." But there won't be any real/great information until the portal opens on April 7th.
So, yeah, maybe we're making Byrd a big priority and he hates Mark Pope.
Maybe he wants way more NIL than he's worth.
Maybe Pope has a bigger fish lined up.
Maybe Kentucky was never that interested.
You guys can do what you like. I'm 100% not going to get worked up over portal "news" before the portal even opens.
