Cherif to UK

KYFOSSIL · 2026-11-04T15:02:55-0600

UKBB4Ever said:
Year one the team quit several times. And was 10-8 in the SEC. Year one was no better than year 2 as a whole. He just lucked into a few wins. That team didn't play defense or rebound. And it's not Cal's fault.

This is all completely on Pope. This is a nice pick up. But we really haven't had a player problem under Pope. we have had a coaching problem. And an effort problem which is inexcusable. There will inevitably be effort problems this season and conditioning issues. Those are a Mark pope coaching staple.

You would have to be a complete Moron to think year 1 wasnt much better than year two and of course any good win was "luck".

TheResistance · 2026-11-04T15:04:06-0600

Im The Village Idiot · 2026-11-04T15:06:19-0600

He also got Hampton who was a 5 star and top 10 player when we got him....then, he got tanked in the rankings after. Who says they won't do it to Sherif also? I'm excited for this kid but there is no 5* monkey to get off the back here. He already did that before, even if the narrative got changed after we landed Hampton.

The stars beside the name aren't what matters. Production is. And I hope this kid is highly productive. Go Cats!

jeffky · 2026-11-04T15:07:54-0600

Awesome

get em pope good job

jeffky · 2026-11-04T15:13:09-0600

rick64 said:
But but but Pope can’t sign top recruits.

My thoughts exactly Rick

Im The Village Idiot · 2026-11-04T15:26:23-0600

KYFOSSIL said:
You would have to be a complete Moron to think year 1 wasnt much better than year two and of course any good win was "luck".

Bro, that guy isn't even serious. Doesn't even try to be. 100% hate 24/7

ComebackCats98 · 2026-11-04T15:27:38-0600

This a pleasant surprise after work. Hampton and Cherif is a very solid job going out and getting some talented recruits

DKersey · 2026-11-04T15:44:42-0600

mash_24 said:
Only exaggerating a little. This kid could be the next Wembanyana.

Lol, maybe so
Happy to see Aboya paying dividends and also no one seems to know how old he is I wonder if he could be a two-year guy

OliverSimmonsTwinBrother · 2026-11-04T15:45:13-0600

TheResistance said:

This dude was the one that was saying Stokes to UK btw

RunninRichie · 2026-11-04T16:00:12-0600

Im The Village Idiot said:
He also got Hampton who was a 5 star and top 10 player when we got him....then, he got tanked in the rankings after. Who says they won't do it to Sherif also? I'm excited for this kid but there is no 5* monkey to get off the back here. He already did that before, even if the narrative got changed after we landed Hampton.

The stars beside the name aren't what matters. Production is. And I hope this kid is highly productive. Go Cats!

Hampton tanked because poor shooting.

*Fox2Monk* · 2026-11-04T16:03:48-0600

OliverSimmonsTwinBrother said:
Another Pope whi....wait what?

What do we do!? We have never been in this position! Electric costs rise across the country without the winds of another massive whiff!

*Fox2Monk* · 2026-11-04T16:05:03-0600

chroix said:
Bro. All anyone wants is to win. How hard is that to understand?

Crazy. I bet you are really upset that Pope got a good player aren’t you! Liar!

*Fox2Monk* · 2026-11-04T16:11:12-0600

SenseMaker_Cats said:
This was @chroix first post:

“Now he's got the five star camel off his back! LFG!!!”

This was his second post:

“Bro. All anyone wants is to win. How hard is that to understand?”

Then he started to get hammered and called a Duke fan. Some of you overly positive fans (never thought I’d use that term but here we are) confuse the actual trolls, and there are many on here, with posters that are just fed up with where UK basketball is and there’s a big difference.

That crew has been waiting a lot of prospects to talk crap. Let em have it. We all happy. Let’s hope he can snag a couple more.

*Fox2Monk* · 2026-11-04T16:15:18-0600

TheResistance said:

Definitely good to have a big man that can shoot. It kills spacing when a big has to just park in the paint. Allows so many more actions when he can take his defender away from the basket.

*Fox2Monk* · 2026-11-04T16:17:09-0600

peterpiper09 said:
Now it’s time to get Benji reclassified
Kamagate??? Asking too much?

Kamagate would be a massive haul. We weren’t mentioned on his offer sheet last I checked on the announcement of his. Luc M’Bah A Moute is also his legal guardian, just like the Sheriff. Let’s hope Alfred can pull that off as well.

*Fox2Monk* · 2026-11-04T16:18:08-0600

UKCowboys said:
Mason Williams
Ryan Hampton
Alex Wilkins
Kam Williams
Brayden Hawthorne
Cherif Millogo

Still lots of HS recruiting and portal work to do, but that's a nice start

Third year Hawthorne could be really good. I like the base of that roster. I really think Wilkins will be a great player if he learns better shot taking. He is a scorer though.

kyjeff1 · 2026-11-04T16:18:15-0600

UKBB4Ever said:
Year one the team quit several times. And was 10-8 in the SEC. Year one was no better than year 2 as a whole. He just lucked into a few wins. That team didn't play defense or rebound. And it's not Cal's fault.

This is all completely on Pope. This is a nice pick up. But we really haven't had a player problem under Pope. we have had a coaching problem. And an effort problem which is inexcusable. There will inevitably be effort problems this season and conditioning issues. Those are a Mark pope coaching staple.

Seek help!

Anon1730326584 · 2026-11-04T16:21:44-0600

*Fox2Monk* said:
Kamagate would be a massive haul. We weren’t mentioned on his offer sheet last I checked on the announcement of his. Luc M’Bah A’Moute is also his legal guardian, just like the Sheriff. Let’s hope Alford can pull that off as well.

Kaamgate is not reclassifying

kyjeff1 · 2026-11-04T16:23:59-0600

Catastic5 said:
If the team starts quitting games this year, there isn’t much for Pope to do to convince me he’s the right guy. It’s such a major problem in Pope’s ability as a coach that I’d consider it a fatal flaw. It cannot happen this year. But we’ll see how he performs against better competition.

Getting your a$$ kicked doesn’t mean you gave up, it means you got your a$$ kicked. That jackwagon thinks every time we lost = our guys gave up.

Yeah, we got our butts kicked in the sweet 16 and it looked bad, but Lamont Butler doesn’t give up. Carr doesn’t give up, Brea doesn’t throw in the towel, Amari Williams doesn't just quit. Sometimes you're the hammer and sometimes you're the nail.

That team was incredibly thin and beat up. Carr was playing with back spasms and Butler was playing with a tear in his shoulder. No Robinson. Yup, we lost, doesn't mean we quit.

I'd much rather lose to Tennessee in the sweet 16 than to Oakland and Saint Peters in round 1, that's for damn sure.

*Fox2Monk* · 2026-11-04T16:24:52-0600

Anon1730326584 said:
Kaamgate is not reclassifying

Still be nice to get him in the next class.

kyjeff1 · 2026-11-04T16:24:54-0600

Catastic5 said:
Are you serious? The Ohio State game? Alabama in the SEC tournament? Don’t get me started about the Sweet 16 game against Tennessee. And don’t use the injury excuse against Tennessee when we had multiple injuries in both wins against them, including on their own court.

So you think our guys quit?

RunninRichie · 2026-11-04T16:25:56-0600

kyjeff1 said:
So you think our guys quit?

You see the Gonzaga game last year?

Battle_Cat · 2026-11-04T16:27:58-0600

fadkins82476 said:
These kinds of guys are always projects. Too thin to move anyone and thus get moved around a lot. Prone to injury. Dude better have a sweet hook shot.

Maybe watch some film on him before you decide "he better half a sweet hook shot". He wont need one lol.

kyjeff1 · 2026-11-04T16:30:34-0600

RunninRichie said:
You see the Gonzaga game last year?

We're not talking about last year. That team had lockeroom issues, was poorly constructed and somebody did something to wreck the team, I think Pope did a good job keeping the team from totally self destructing, but he owns the record.

But again, we're talking about the Butler/Carr/Brea/Amari/Oweh team. That team didn't quit.

As for the Gonzaga game, I thoroughly enjoyed beating them in their backyard 2 years ago, yes.

HoneyMoon155 · 2026-11-04T16:34:03-0600

kyjeff1 said:
We're not talking about last year. That team had lockeroom issues, was poorly constructed and somebody did something to wreck the team, I think Pope did a good job keeping the team from totally self destructing, but he owns the record.

But again, we're talking about the Butler/Carr/Brea/Amari/Oweh team. That team didn't quit.

As for the Gonzaga game, I thoroughly enjoyed beating them in their backyard 2 years ago, yes.

Ohio State

HoneyMoon155 · 2026-11-04T16:39:21-0600

kyjeff1 said:
We're not talking about last year. That team had lockeroom issues, was poorly constructed and somebody did something to wreck the team, I think Pope did a good job keeping the team from totally self destructing, but he owns the record.

But again, we're talking about the Butler/Carr/Brea/Amari/Oweh team. That team didn't quit.

As for the Gonzaga game, I thoroughly enjoyed beating them in their backyard 2 years ago, yes.

Crazy you prop up pope when he did a terrible job last year, blame it all on the players.

WilmoreCat · 2026-11-04T16:40:01-0600

kyjeff1 said:
So you think our guys quit?

It seemed like they did in the Iowa St game.

Anon668007 · 2026-11-04T16:52:44-0600

Lameguy · 2026-11-04T16:59:01-0600

kyjeff1 said:
We're not talking about last year. That team had lockeroom issues, was poorly constructed and somebody did something to wreck the team, I think Pope did a good job keeping the team from totally self destructing, but he owns the record.

But again, we're talking about the Butler/Carr/Brea/Amari/Oweh team. That team didn't quit.

As for the Gonzaga game, I thoroughly enjoyed beating them in their backyard 2 years ago, yes.

DA, MoD, JJ and BG. You can’t tell me that there wasn’t something going on behind the scene with these guys. Not sure where OO was in all this but he definitely quit in a few games.

tls · 2026-11-04T17:16:27-0600

If this kid continues to rise in the rankings, I see no scenario where MP is let go after this year, no matter how the season turns out

RunninRichie · 2026-11-04T17:17:48-0600

tls said:
If this kid continues to rise in the rankings, I see no scenario where MP is let go after this year, no matter how the season turns out

Fire Pope and keep the assistant coach Pope hired to get him, pretty simple.

HolySmokes · 2026-11-04T17:29:19-0600

Couple recruits. Couple returns. Can hit the portal with more focus on needs now.

HipTer · 2026-11-04T17:39:32-0600

Snarks said:
Helps we hired his coach as an assistant!

I haven’t read all the posts, so maybe somebody already raised this point. But I can’t find any evidence that Aboya ever coached Millogo. Is it possible that things got confused due to the fact that Aboya is apparently friends with Millogo’s former coach and legal guardian Luc Mbah a Moute?

HoneyMoon155 · 2026-11-04T17:44:18-0600

tls said:
If this kid continues to rise in the rankings, I see no scenario where MP is let go after this year, no matter how the season turns out

Doesn’t matter what recruits he signs if he can’t produce on the floor this season

BluWildcatz · 2026-11-04T17:52:07-0600

tls said:
If this kid continues to rise in the rankings, I see no scenario where MP is let go after this year, no matter how the season turns out

I don't even think Pope would agree with that.

Omega_X · 2026-11-04T18:19:11-0600

yoshukai said:
Doesn’t matter. Pitino hired Maglores mentor and I’m glad about it.

Rick had proven he could recruit without hiring mentors or family members. Pope hasn’t.

yoshukai · 2026-11-04T18:23:15-0600

Omega_X said:
Rick had proven he could recruit without hiring mentors or family members. Pope hasn’t.

This good news is really hurting you isn’t it,lol .

ScWildcat3 · 2026-11-04T18:34:46-0600

It’s head coaches job to hire good assistants that can recruit.

MaysviileKY · 2026-11-04T18:39:00-0600

Need to have this guy work with Strack to learn that step back jumper!

OliverSimmonsTwinBrother · 2026-11-04T18:40:15-0600

*Fox2Monk* said:
What do we do!? We have never been in this position! Electric costs rise across the country without the winds of another massive whiff!

Im scared. This is one of the signs of Revelations per my meemaw

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