No no dearest Della, this is the undercard, the blue ones are fighting in the championship round.
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Tennessee, Arkansas, S. Carolina & Kentucky
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My God man, you need to take a shower after all this bullshit.
Jeffy, I watched UK and Kansas this year and maybe it would be the NIT Championship round.
Both have scoreboard on y'all.
I'm guessing because UT made it further in the tournament?
That means nothing when the conversation is H2H.
Sticks tongue out.
Pretty sure we all "got our asses kicked," as you say. 😁
You are terrible boilerzz, you are terrible. But I love you and your post.
That was fantastic.
You are a knucklehead, but you are our knucklehead.
Reading the thread title, the first thing that came to mind is....they have a shit ton of money.
It's how wisely they spend it.
It's how wisely they spend it.
It’s a disaster. We may lose D1 status.
I think you’re underselling it. Arkansas is likely finishing at the bottom of the conference. Cal can’t coach, 1 elite player(coached by cal…lol), and a bunch of guys that can’t shoot at all. He may be on the hot seat.
on paper, Arkansas looks like they could be pretty good, but cal can’t coach and we haven’t recruited anyone that shoot. Plus they’re all role players. It’s an impending disaster,
With a HOF Coach, what's to stop them?
The proper answer should have been “it will clearly be a Cal vs Barnes SEC”.
I can only share so much love without reciprocation.
I know you hate them, but I believe Bama will be this years SEC champs. And I know everything……..so. 🤣
The Vols will grind bama into meal as usual. bama returns no one, cause who would want to come back?
Can you imagine going to the final four and the whole team leaves? They loaded back up though. We will see how it all shakes out.
I'll be curious to know what kind of schedule Cal goes with at Arky. He won't be playing in the Champions classic, and he doesn't like home & homes so what neutral site rivalries will he try to set up? Is Arkansas a big enough draw, even with Cal, to get TV deals and draw in big name schools?
In case you're not joking, I disagree. Cal will lose games he has no business losing, then he will win games that blow your mind. He'll have Arkansas in the middle of the SEC and I say that because the freshmen will be needed to play big minutes and they're all projects. These kids aren't John Wall, Dillingham, Fox, or Monk caliber players.
I think it’s foolish to only go with a 9 man roster, but this is Cal, he doesn't want to bring guys in that are going to steal minutes from his freshmen while they learn the ropes. I wish I was kidding.
How do you know what these freshmen are going to be?
Were you right about all of Kentucky’s freshmen last year? Or any of them?
You mentioned that it could be a disaster and I’m simply adding a bit of levity to the statement. I think we’ll be just fine.
Out of that group, Arkansas will look a lot like Kentucky with Cals coaching, and even with that talented roster there is little experience except for Aidoo and Davis. Don't know much about Blake.
Kentucky will be below Arky, then Tennessee and SC.
Barns is in somewhat of a rebuild and SC is well SC.
Kentucky will be below Arky, then Tennessee and SC.
Barns is in somewhat of a rebuild and SC is well SC.
Because I've lived with it for 15 years, but more importantly, the last 4 years, it's been very consistent. Haven't seen the Zion's, or the Wall's, Fox's, Monk's etc… , but even then, too many of these can't miss talents have turned out to be duds, especially under Cal. BJ Boston, Clarke, Kevin Knox, Khalil Whitney, Justin Edwards, DJ Wagner, Bradshaw etc…
Not to mention, the kids the Cal has in this freshmen class, are rated much lower than what he typically gets. Knox is a project and Boogie Fland is nowhere near Dillingham/Fox/Wall territory, he’s going to look like a freshman, he’s not a can't miss prospect.
Sure, there are some guys that surprised, like Reed Sheppard and to a certain extent, Dillingham, but freshmen these days all seem to have a common issue and that’s defending. They are all wired to play offense, but none of them come in as defensive guys and that’s part of the reason UK was ranked in the triple digits in defensive efficiency last year.
I will be surprised if the freshmen in this class are good enough to make Arkansas any good and since Cal is only reportedly signing 9 guys, those freshmen are going to be counted on to be elite.
Remember, Cal runs a very simplified offense and a very plain jane switching defense that always struggles with ball screens and pick and rolls.
If Cal was truly in it for team accomplishments, he would bring in more upperclassmen to carry the load, but that would mean he would have to bring his new toys in off the bench and there's no way he's doing that. His #1 goal is to get those guys to the draft, it always has been.
I'm not saying it will be a disaster, middle of the SEC is not a disaster, but just keep in mind, this freshmen class he brought in, doesn't have an elite player and even if they were ranked high, you have to be careful, a lot of those rankings are based on potential, basically what they will become sometime down the road.
Justin Edwards was expected to be the #1 pick in the draft, he stunk. DJ Wagner was supposed to be a lottery pick, he was mid, BJ Boston stunk up the place after all the hype, he even hired a camera crew to follow him around, was supposed to be a lottery pick and Khalil Whitney didn’t even make it half the season. Schaedon Sharpe didn’t even play, it was a complete shit show. Cal told the fans to get to the games early to watch him warm up. that was fun.
He's not kidding when he says he's a "players first coach". All coaches look out for their players, but Cal puts individual goals ahead of winning, just keep that in mind.
Thing is, it doesn’t matter how badly these guys suck, Cal will stick with them even if they play losing basketball. He stuck with Edwards, Boston, Whitney, DJ and even Wheeler, no matter what.
Heck, it seemed like Boston was being paid to lose games, Cal didn’t care, he was bound and determined to let Boston play through it. UK went 9-16 that year while better players sat on the bench.
Give me your take on the freshmen and Big Z. Tell me what you think you’re going to get out of those guys?
UK fans got burned out on the one-and-done stuff. We bought into the hype every year and it was great for a while, but the last 4 years was a nightmare.
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Don’t forget the opponent’s inbounds play under their basket. Happened about 2x/game.
And Cal's lack of inbounds plays.
The talent from 09-17 was good enough to hide a lot of his shortcomings, but there's no hiding the fact that he has 1 title with more talent than anyone has ever had in the history of the sport.
Without Quaintance and Somto, this is by far Cal's worst class since his Memphis days. His highest rated recruit is Fland at 20th. He has three 4* recruits and they're all going to be counted on to play big minutes.
I don't see how anyone can think Arkansas has a better roster. I'll take UK's proven seniors over a few 4* high school kids.
If I didn't know better I'd say you aren't particularly fond of Cal.
Where are you getting these rankings? Fland is top 10 and the #1 rated PG in the class. The other two are top 20ish. Only a Kentucky or Duke fan could possibly consider that a low-rated class. Not that the rankings matter anyway.
Every player Calipari has added is a coveted player. Mix of young and old. And he's clearly going to add more.
The truth is the truth, I can't change that. Everyone knows Cal is a poor bench coach, but when that poor bench coach decides to prioritize individual accomplishments and goals, you get results like what we have seen the last 4+ years.
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