Should Flagg go what superlative UK player hurt most leaving without a title?
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I’m waiting for a translation on this thread.
For me, it’s Oscar Tshiebwe. I can’t express how much I loved having him as a Wildcat.
Also, Cliff Hawkins/Erik Daniel’s/Chuck Hayes/Keith Bogans/Gerald Fitch
The correct answer is Jamal Mashburn.
Fox because that team was totally screwed by the refs.
For me it is Jamal Mashburn. No player in my lifetime did more for the program than the Monster Mash.
Sam Bowie comes to mind.
Have to add the Twins and WCS (along with Kat and others). To get that close in year 1, and then to be better in year 2, and still not be ablr to get it done.. that was a killer.
The most disappointing loss ever for me was the ‘92 team not getting to the FF.
So that whole team but specifically Pelphrey, Feldhaus, Farmer, Woods and Mashburn.
Those guys not only stayed and restored the program they left everything they had on the floor.
I’m not over that loss 33 years later.
So that whole team but specifically Pelphrey, Feldhaus, Farmer, Woods and Mashburn.
Those guys not only stayed and restored the program they left everything they had on the floor.
I’m not over that loss 33 years later.
Having unraveled what was being asked in the thread title, I say Flagg comes back to Duke to get that title. They’ll probably pay him $3M or more to come back. And he’s still so young.
What UK player was hurt most leaving without a title? I’ll pick KAT since Cal blew that teams chances of winning it all by sticking with stall ball the last 5 minutes.
What UK player was hurt most leaving without a title? I’ll pick KAT since Cal blew that teams chances of winning it all by sticking with stall ball the last 5 minutes.
Wall was that generations Mashburn IMO. Made UK basketball cool again every time I see Mazzula talking I get angry still.
I don't believe Flagg will come back. Even if he does, there is NO guarantee Duke will win the NC. Their chance was this year.
I will say KAT too. If that team wins, 40-0, it's considered the greatest team in history. But instead, it still makes me sick to my stomach.
that would be the dumbest money move ever. He will make sooooo much more than 3 mil being the number 1 pick and we aren't even talking about an injury risk playing another year of college and not having a NBA contract to fall on.
I always loved Tayshawn Prince. I think was the 2001-2002 season when he blasted UNC in their house. That team was good and TP was a very consistent piece. One of the few California guys to do really well at UK.
He did win a championship with the Pistons though!!
He did win a championship with the Pistons though!!
Bottom line, it ain’t easy winning a championship.
Man I’m the same way. People always ask me who I hate most between UL, Duke, and TN. I always say WVU because of that guy
I’m gonna go with Jodie Meeks, because I feel like Walls , Cousins, year the only thing we were missing was a knock down shooter ? No way West Virginia knocks us out if Jodie is on team !
Yeah, reading my own words this was really clunky phrasing.
My awkward point was if Flagg should leave it’s going to rip the heart outta Duke fans. So I was pondering the UK equivalent. And now that I’ve seen the replies can I change my answer to Mashburn
My grandson is a Duke fan ( I'm working on him) and he says it's rumored Flagg said he was coming back if they didn't win the title.
To me, he'd be crazy to give up a number one pick slot in the draft but I guess you never know.
To me, he'd be crazy to give up a number one pick slot in the draft but I guess you never know.
See my prior post on this. Sorry for the confusion from my awkwardly worded mess of a thread.
Comma's are your friend.
Chuck Hayes. That loss to Mich St in the Elite 8 was as much of a heartbreaker as ANY other loss because of how much I wanted Chuck to win one.
Yes. Kenny Walker hurt for me too. Suspect Dan Issel for some of the older generation.
If he returns with the boozers coming in and the acc sucking. Well they could try to make a run at an u defeated season. Flagg is a young 18 and you don’t want to see him in college another year.
I was murdered by this apostrophe.
Probably a lot of the Tubby era players for me. Guys like Tayshaun, Bogans, Hayes, Hawkins, Fitch, Daniels, Estill, etc. They played their hearts out on some really good teams for a whole 3-4 years back before the one and done/portal era, but we could just never quite get over the hump in the tournament.
Mashburn
Laettner should have been kicked out of the game. Instead he gets legendary status. Travesty of justice was committed against that UK team.
Laettner should have been kicked out of the game. Instead he gets legendary status. Travesty of justice was committed against that UK team.
My sentiments exactly. Mash helped speed up the turnaround under Pitino.
I think he meant a player leaving early for the draft without winning a title....so I think you meant to type Mashburn.
Agree with Kenny Walker (and Bowie) not winning a title hurt. Edit: I just noticed that you had typed yes to a Mashburn post before the Kenny Walker thing. Sorry. We're in 100% agreement. lol
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Well the rumor in HS when they were in the same class was the Boozers didn’t want to play with Flagg. No clue if that was true or not but something to look out for if Flagg did return(doubt he does)