New Starting Lineup

BigBlueBubba · 2026-11-12T13:00:14-0600

After the Kansas blowout a lot of guys got exposed. After three games what is your starting lineup?

I'll go with

Zoom
Wilkins
Hawthorne
Momcilovic
Moreno

N'diaye is athletic but not skilled. He needs to sub for Moreno at the 5 since Kepnang is almost useless. I would move Momcilovic to the power forward position since he's not able to drive and beat no one off the dribble. Use Kam to backup Hawthorne and let Williams Sub for both Zoom and Wilkins.

HRPopeNstuff · 2026-11-12T13:53:45-0600

BigBlueBubba said:
After the Kansas blowout a lot of guys got exposed. After three games what is your starting lineup?

I'll go with

Zoom
Wilkins
Hawthorne
Momcilovic
Moreno

N'diaye is athletic but not skilled. He needs to sub for Moreno at the 5 since Kepnang is almost useless. I would move Momcilovic to the power forward position since he's not able to drive and beat no one off the dribble. Use Kam to backup Hawthorne and let Williams Sub for both Zoom and Wilkins.

Feels like we are just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.

theBlues · 2026-11-12T13:57:31-0600

BigBlueBubba said:
After the Kansas blowout a lot of guys got exposed. After three games what is your starting lineup?

I'll go with

Zoom
Wilkins
Hawthorne
Momcilovic
Moreno

N'diaye is athletic but not skilled. He needs to sub for Moreno at the 5 since Kepnang is almost useless. I would move Momcilovic to the power forward position since he's not able to drive and beat no one off the dribble. Use Kam to backup Hawthorne and let Williams Sub for both Zoom and Wilkins.

Since Zoom and Wilkins combined for 1 assist and 7 turnovers against Kansas I think the point guard question should be over-I'd start Mason instead of Hawthorne but he's the only one that gets off the bench except for McBride or Ousmane backing up Moreno(I agree about Kepnang, just too broken down to move well enough).

FLBBNFAN · 2026-11-12T13:58:15-0600

HRPopeNstuff said:
Feels like we are just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.

True but all we got is time on our hands to analyze and see if the train can get back on the tracks. Probably not like you said but what else can we do?

CELTICAT · 2026-11-12T13:59:45-0600

Wilkins can sit until he figures out how to take care of the ball and set up his teammates.

we don’t have a serviceable power forward on this team.

FLBBNFAN · 2026-11-12T14:00:02-0600

HRPopeNstuff said:
Feels like we are just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.

Need to make sure Williams gets plenty of minutes because he seems like our best bet for assists. Not sure Moreno leading us in assists is great for us.

OliverSimmonsTwinBrother · 2026-11-12T14:02:50-0600

Zoom
Williams
Momcilovic
Noah
Moreno

That will be our best chance at finishing 8th or 9th in conference

Cattorney · 2026-11-12T14:04:26-0600

FLBBNFAN said:
True but all we got is time on our hands to analyze and see if the train can get back on the tracks. Probably not like you said but what else can we do?

Buddy, this train has done gone off the tracks, hit a nuclear plant, burned everyone alive and left only remnants. Time to let it go!

BigBlueBubba · 2026-11-12T14:07:19-0600

theBlues said:
Since Zoom and Wilkins combined for 1 assist and 7 turnovers against Kansas I think the point guard question should be over-I'd start Mason instead of Hawthorne but he's the only one that gets off the bench except for McBride or Ousmane backing up Moreno(I agree about Kepnang, just too broken down to move well enough).

I like that lineup also. Matt Jones said our guards were to short to play but the three but Wilkins and Zoom are both listed as 6'6.

FLBBNFAN · 2026-11-12T14:09:37-0600

Cattorney said:
Buddy, this train has done gone off the tracks, hit a nuclear plant, burned everyone alive and left only remnants. Time to let it go!

I agree 100% that the train has left the station and it's done. Just hard to surrender on November 12th lol.

Cattorney · 2026-11-12T14:15:27-0600

FLBBNFAN said:
I agree 100% that the train has left the station and it's done. Just hard to surrender on November 12th lol.

It's not when you're honest with yourselves. We surrendered when we allowed the hire of Pope. Instead, fans packed into Rupp and the surrounding area to relive the 90s for a Sunday afternoon and convinced themselves this was actually a good thing. Some of us knew then!

RunninRichie · 2026-11-12T14:18:38-0600

Doesn’t matter. This is a mid major roster. Brutal beat downs incoming.

BigBlueBubba · 2026-11-12T14:19:50-0600

Cattorney said:
It's not when you're honest with yourselves. We surrendered when we allowed the hire of Pope. Instead, fans packed into Rupp and the surrounding area to relive the 90s for a Sunday afternoon and convinced themselves this was actually a good thing. Some of us knew then!

I think ever UK fan's mouth dropped when we heard Pope was hired as coach but at that point you just had to cross your fingers and hope for the best.

Reggie Noble · 2026-11-12T14:26:18-0600

BigBlueBubba said:
I like that lineup also. Matt Jones said our guards were to short to play but the three but Wilkins and Zoom are both listed as 6'6.

I heard that too. I listen to Matt for insider info he might have but he doesn't know much about sports.

Cattorney · 2026-11-12T14:28:33-0600

BigBlueBubba said:
I think ever UK fan's mouth dropped when we heard Pope was hired as coach but at that point you just had to cross your fingers and hope for the best.

No, you didn't. Fans chose to do that.

If you go back and read, many hear were pumping him up then because he learned from the all mighty Pitino who was so good he got fired for cheating. And he was an offensive genius who really understand the modern approach.

UKWildcats1987 · 2026-11-12T14:28:49-0600

Doesn't matter what anyone here thinks. Pope is stubborn and also the coach so gonna start who he wants.

BigBlueBubba · 2026-11-12T14:33:19-0600

Cattorney said:
No, you didn't. Fans chose to do that.

If you go back and read, many hear were pumping him up then because he learned from the all mighty Pitino who was so good he got fired for cheating. And he was an offensive genius who really understand the modern approach.

Sounds like you were wishing for Pope not to succeed. I certainly wasn't a fan of the hire but I sure wasn't going to root against the team because of it. FWIW Pope's first team was entertaining and likeable.

loublue22_rivals308424 · 2026-11-12T14:40:57-0600

deck chairs

KentuckyCats1984 · 2026-11-12T14:44:55-0600

Does it matter? His first sub pattern will be so horrific we will be down 12 pts by the under 12 timeout against anyone good

Cattorney · 2026-11-12T14:49:30-0600

BigBlueBubba said:
Sounds like you were wishing for Pope not to succeed. I certainly wasn't a fan of the hire but I sure wasn't going to root against the team because of it. FWIW Pope's first team was entertaining and likeable.

Knowing he wasn't going to succeed based on ample evidence was rooting for him not to succeed? That's some interesting logic, or lack thereof.

No, they really weren't. They were basically a reincarnation of South Carolina a year before. They, too, had a team of experienced transfers that looked top level in the non-conference portion and quickly were surpassed as more talented but less experienced teams caught up in conference play.

Were they as bad as last year and this years teams? No! But they still weren't what certain people on here like to rewrite them as.

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