Pope with Norlander. More than 60 mins.

[akaukswoosh]

 

[BillionthUKFan]

Thanks for posting--great interview.

 

[AllBall]

Hawthorne is classifying as a redshirt freshman.

 

[Bungalow Bill]

Just what Norlander said. Pope didn't confirm or deny so I guess we'll have to wait and see.

 

[Snarks]

Hawthorne is classifying as a redshirt freshman.

Seems odd, not really sure the benefit to redshirting.

 

[4Frusciante#]

Seems odd, not really sure the benefit to redshirting.

Players without an NBA future can make millions in college after their freshmen year. Wasting a year for garbage minutes is what doesn't make sense. It's just my opinion, but I think we'll see a lot more redshirting because of NIL since you have a chance to leave college worth millions without ever sniffing the NBA.

 

[Anon1739778738]

Smart move!

 

[gbl97]

A couple surprising stats from 8 weeks of summer practices:
Garrison the best A/TO ratio
Lowe the best 3P FG% (42%)

 

[DKersey]

Lowe 41% from three his freshman year at Pitt. Last year he was forced to put up bad shots since it couldn't find open guys and plus he had a busted finger part of the year on his shooting hand. I expect better numbers at UK

 

[STL_Cat]

Love how Pope started the interview talking about our “brilliant, unbelievable, unparalleled practice facility.” Far cry from Cal crying about it being an outdated facility desperately needing upgrades.

 

[ukfan042]

Great interview! Pope is always so gracious with his time. So ready for the season to start

 

[BassProCat]

A couple surprising stats from 8 weeks of summer practices:
Garrison the best A/TO ratio
Lowe the best 3P FG% (42%)

If Lowe maintains anything close to that thru-out the season we gonna be dangerous.

 

[4Frusciante#]

If Lowe maintains anything close to that thru-out the season we gonna be dangerous.

I doubt he'll be less than upper 30s from 3 point range; nobody that shoots free throws as well as Lowe is a 29% 3 point shooter. We're lucky to have a coach smart enough to know that 29% last year was an aberration.

 

[4Frusciante#]

One more thing about Lowe that just occurred to me. With his combination of speed and passing and dribbling ability, if he had shot 40% from 3 point range last year, he wouldn't be at UK now...he'd be getting ready for his 1st NBA season.