Did he say that while sniffing his finger? Dude sniffs his finger the whole time he’s speaking.
Kentucky #6 in ESPN Way Too Early Top 25
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I am hoping Perry, Noah and Chandler won’t play more than mopping minutes. That means we are very good.
Buckle up. Chandler isn’t going to play mop-up minutes. As for the other two, I tend to agree.
Chad Baker-Mazara at Auburn is going to be 26 years old and playing college basketball that is just unbelievable.
Good! I enjoyed making those talking heads eat crow last year! Hope they do it again.
And I'll add this to it; ESPN didn't do duke any favors focusing on flagg and duke 24-7. It has to be distracting, and I believe it got in there heads they were better then anybody else!
A little like 2015 for us! Best thing could've happened in 2015 is we lose 2 games in February.
I know it probably helps recruiting, but it has to eventually get to those freshman's heads.
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By the time the roster is complete, and everything is done, we're sitting on a top 5 team heading into the season, is my guesstimate. I wouldn't mind seeing them continue to fly under the radar and have people underestimate them again, but I don't think they will. They're going to see a monster team that will be hard to handle, any way you slice it.
Coach Pope has done a hellofa job in my book, so far.
ps - on a personal note :
It was great getting to 10,000 posts and finally becoming an All American after all these years here ! I'm happy that I can make this post as #10,000. Always hopeful for the future !
Go Big Blue !
Coach Pope has done a hellofa job in my book, so far.
ps - on a personal note :
It was great getting to 10,000 posts and finally becoming an All American after all these years here ! I'm happy that I can make this post as #10,000. Always hopeful for the future !
Go Big Blue !
Chandler is going to be ready. He's a starter next season.
Rothstein has us #16 - https://fanduel.com/research/jon-ro...ason-edition-rankings-mens-college-basketball
and oddly enough the ESPN ranking didn't take JQ into account but Parrish did and still had them 14th.
I'm surprised that clown even has us ranked. He is a known UK hater and doesn't try to even hide it.
Houston will likely return JoJo Tugler (starter), Milos Uzan (starter), Emmanuel Sharp (starter), Terrence Arceneaux (6th man) and is adding the #2 HS Class ( #5 Chris Cenac, #13 Isiah Harwell, #20 Kingston Flemings) along with Creighton transfer Pop Isaacs (16 ppg)
Give me a UK vs Houston 2026 Title game.
Since you seem to know, would you mind posting the school and their available NIL? It would be informative and, much appreciated.
Borzello with ESPN has dropped UK from 6 to 9 in ESPN's Way Too Early Top 25 that he just updated this morning. He mentions Quaintance could be out a significant time but doesn't even talk about the Croatian Sensation.
Anyone remember last preseason where Florida and Houston were ranked
ESPN is a joke. I NEVER read or watch anything coming out of there except the games themselves. And even then I put it on mute.
Houston was 4 and Florida was 21 in Week 1 of AP poll. Kentucky was 23
They've done well in the portal but I want to see Kelsey lead a team through a conference that has a pulse first. They beat Clemson last season and that's about it. Lost to every good team, feasted on a historically awful ACC which included teams like Stanford because that makes sense, and everyone knew they were going to lose their opening round game in the tournament with five minutes to go in the first half.
They'll be good but let's save that "real deal" tag until they beat a few good teams in a season.
Now this came out yesterday on ESPN BYU and Arkansas is in front of us they have dropped us to 9 now LMFAO!
I’m sure we will keep dropping as teams like Florida add players like Lee.
We were 6th, then added Quaintance and Jelavic and dropped to 9th, while the two you mentioned and others have added players and moved up.
We were 6th, then added Quaintance and Jelavic and dropped to 9th, while the two you mentioned and others have added players and moved up.
CBSSports not feeling us. Last I saw, we weren't in their Top 15.
They still getting credit for that buttercup schedule they had....lol
Lmfao at this team being anywhere below the top 10! I think it’ll end up being a top 3 roster. I think it’s definitely in the top 10 currently. JMO.
I don’t see enough “studs”
Same reason we all looked at some of teams Cal was bringing in and wondering why we were ranked top 10, reputation got the rating.
It kinda does to me, they have some key guys coming back like always and they’re fresh,a class is way better than normal, plus their portal haul. It may not be the flashiest but you know they will get guys that fit their culture. They will be up again all year. Heck at the start of the year people thought this Houston team was done for. They lost 3 early games and then became a title favorite.
Depends on who we get, Oweh returning, and then how everyone plays plus health. On paper we are top 10 for sure with the ability to be top 5 if JQ is healthy and our last signing is impactful.
Some of the teams ranked higher are going to fall after some serious consideration is given.
that said, it's a laughable list from ESPN right now. Not even close to what it should be. The first 2 teams, everyone can agree upon at first blush, but from there on .... lol
that said, it's a laughable list from ESPN right now. Not even close to what it should be. The first 2 teams, everyone can agree upon at first blush, but from there on .... lol
All poles that come out now are just a joke a lot of teams are not even through getting players.
How many years when Cal was here were we ranked number one or number two to start the season? only to falter early due to inexperience. These writers dont learn from experience and only do this to get everyone to read their articles. Most of them have never dribbled a basketball in their lives, and know very little about the real game of basketball. they are gifted at putting sentence's together , and that is it! lets wait until play begins. I like our roster and think we will be competitive with everyone on our schedule. Quintanses (sp?) has a chance to be special.
as for Louisville. it is obvious Pk can coach. But the ACC is really at this point a mid major conference. its like Gonzaga winning their conference now. You have two to three really nice teams and the rest are awful. The SEC and Big Ten due to football money are going to be the dominant football and basketball conferences. The ACC is going to become irrelevant in the Next five years, especially if Florida state and Miami leave.