Name a random UK player from this century
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Random: Michael Porter (his brother played defensive back for So-Cal!!!!!!)
Under Appreciated: Eric Daniels
Under Appreciated: Eric Daniels
His first game wasn't too bad
Against Iowa maybe?
Thought he was a STEAL from the Junior college circuit
Todd May transferred to Wake Forest at the semester break of his freshman season. It was sort of a big deal regionally at the time. May was at WF for a season or so, maybe got injured, and then transferred to Pikeville from WF. Put up huge numbers at Pikeville.
There was something nagging me that wasn't quite right. Thanks for the correction.
I was among those who didn’t see it coming when May pulled up and left UK. My memory is he had a nice game in Rupp that was nationally televised, that Al McGuire spoke highly of his potential, and maybe even tried to give May a nickname during the broadcast?
I bet Wojo still has nightmares that Wayne Turner stars in.
Michael Bradley. Played on the championship team in ‘98 and averaged 9.8 points his sophomore season. Transferred to Villanova and blew up averaging 20.8 points and 9.8 rebounds his junior season.
Kyle Wiltjer gets surprisingly little mention and I have a weird theory that in a way he signaled the future demise of Cal @ KY. Cal stopped recruiting kids that were less athletic after Wiltjer. Cal demonstrated that he didn’t know how to cover for a less athletic player’s defensive weaknesses with Wiltjer. Cal also showed that he didn’t know how to use a perimeter forward with Wiltjer.
I’ll never forget him. Grandad wasn’t good with names so he always called him orbshits
or polish sausageBig Woo was poorly used. He was never going to be a back to rim center. He wasn’t allowed to play out on the perimeter where he was much more comfortable.
At Wake Forest, May faced challenges that limited his playing time. He did not participate in games during the 1983–84 season due to NCAA transfer rules and left the team in the 1984–85 season . Reports suggest that he suffered a foot injury while at Wake Forest and felt pressured by the coaching staff to return to play before fully recovering, which contributed to his decision to leave .
May concluded his collegiate basketball career at Pikeville College (now the University of Pikeville), where he played during the 1985–86 season . His performance there led to his selection in the 1987 NBA Draft by the San Antonio Spurs in the fourth round .
Half developed Brad calipari and tubby smiths kid can’t remember his name this morning. It’s otero smith or something like that
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I was thinking of Jorts or Stevenson. Both are good picks.
Also liked Marquis Estill. Lots of good names here.
Also liked Marquis Estill. Lots of good names here.
Ohhh good one
He was a one and done with UK before it was fashionable - and was HUGE in our winning the title in 1998
That was the first name that popped into my head too. I always had a soft spot for him because he had some family issues that he was dealing with while at UK. Per ChatGPT, Fitch is currently head men's basketball coach and assistant AD at Central Georgia Tech in Macon. He played professionally for 15 seasons, briefly in the NBA, then in Turkey, Spain, China and Argentina. Good for him.
Kelenna Azubuike is the radio color man for the Golden State Warriors currently. Came across him doing a game on Sirius a while back.
