Robinson is the better player right now but kugel has more potential. Kugel needs coach who is gonna let him play. I would take kugel and hope you unlock his potential because is there. Lanier and Robinson are still the first options though
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Historically, it is common for the same folks around Middlesboro to be UT football fans and UK basketball fans. In Harlan County, there is a greater percentage of UK football fans (Freddie Maggard is a local hero). On the basketball side, I have never met a UT fan from Harlan--UK all the way.
South Carolina’s coach said he’d be a major contributor next season for them.
So, with that being said, if we can get this kid, he’d be a great pickup for Pope!
Hard for me to believe!? I hope becomes a Cat. GO CATS!!
Guess I got unlucky or something. lol. I’m sure there’s very few of them. Had a guy in high school that wore a damn Duke hat and shirt about every day. That kid wasn’t real popular! Haha.
Middlesboro has so many people that come through the tunnel from TN to shop, I don't know if you can really gauge how many people that live in Middlesboro is actually a UT tan. The mall and Walmart parking lot is full of TN license plates. Might be locals going for the cheap tags in TN too, but I think it requires an address now. Definitely a lot of orange in the town. It's really the only place I go like that. I never see a UT hat when I'm in Harlan. It's a Middlesboro thing .
Yeah he’s a really good player. We may have a need for a couple different kind of player though. I mean we need that scorer that can go get the last second bucket, get fouled or whatever and someone like Robinson, if there’s anyone like that of course. lol. I still would like to add that good power player who can rebound and get putbacks and play tough inside defense as well. A lot to ask for I suppose. Hey he’s a good player and wouldn’t be mad about him.
Plus Dickie Parsons. He was a contributor on the '58 National Championship team as a freshmen, was an all-american baseball player and assistant basketball coach. GO CATS!!
I had a couple stragglers at my HS In Jeffersonville. 50% UK fans, 25% IU fans, 20% UfoL fans and 5% Duke/UNC posers. Even in Southern Indiana/Louisville area UK has a majority.
Hope he becomes a cat but have not heard anything about him coming to Ky.
Just watched his state tourney tape over on KSR. The polar opposite of the typical Cal wings that were "long" and "athletic", but who had this nagging weakness of not being particularly good shooters. This guy has a sturdy almost thick build and won't be mistaken for a skywalker, but he's crafty and tough and has a quick release....and I guarantee he'll be a better outside shooter than either Edwards, Thierro or Burks.
Im convinced hes just done developing players. Too old doesnt care anymore just wants to be the nba gateway for as long as he can
I’d bet $100 to a handshake that he’s a cat. I won’t pretend to have “sources” but living in the area, it’s quite clear what is going to happen here.
247 has a crystal ball pick to Kentucky
Under Pope...it will be Earned not given/promised!
Final game on 3 hours rest and playing 3 games in 24 hours, while being triple teamed in the Championship I assume.
Get your Brad Calipari tattoo’s now boys! Pope will be handing them out in practice lol.
WOOOOOOAH! That's awesome.
If he chooses UK, I'm sure we will get accused of tampering in some capacity. lol
If he chooses UK, I'm sure we will get accused of tampering in some capacity. lol
This could be a better version of Anthony Epps and Cameron Mills joining UK after facing each other in the state championship.
My daughter attends Lincoln Memorial University, so we are in Middlesboro quite a bit. Really the folks on the TN side of the mountain really have no options for shopping or food for the most part unless they go into Middlesboro. It’s not a metropolis but it’s a lot more than Harrogate.
Get this kid to UK and then get him on the "Knees over toes" guy workout program. That dude can put several inches on a vertical and really improve the first step. This kid could hit that workout hard for 2 years and be a stud by his jr year.
Seems like every championship UK has had a Kentuckian playing a key role.
From my lifetime.
78 Macy, Lee, and Givens
96 Epps and Anderson
98 Padgett and Mills
12 Miller
I believe these are correct from before my time.
48 Jones and Beard
49 Jones and Beard
51 Ramsey and Hagan
58 Basically the whole team.
Will either Perry or Noah if he comes here play key roles on a title team? Might be a year to soon for that to happen. I'll be crossing my fingers though. Sheppard would have been the perfect Kentuckian to get back and help lead us to the promised land. Unfortunately, he was to good to soon. Even with a coach trying to hold him back.
Hard for me to imagine that a star high school player from the home county of U.K. Legend Wah Wah Jones would want to play anywhere other than for the 'Cats.
Macy was born & played HS basketball in Indiana & went to Purdue for a year before transferring to UK. Otherwise, you make a pretty good point.
Remember ages ago got transferred with my job to Harlan. I rented a place in Loyall from Noah's grandfather, Perky Bryant, who played football for the Cats. Remember at Perky's house locking my keys in the car and Perky called the cops to come open it for me. Perky was a super nice guy. Who would have ever thought 50 years later or ever how long I would be hyped over his grandson getting to play basketball for the Cats. Remember Baxter being between Loyall and Harlan. Thankfully the people there accepted me because I was 'from Kentucky' and 'one of them.'
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Kyle Macy was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana and played at Peru High school in Peru, Indiana.
Also on the 78 team
Dwayne Casey and Fred Cowan were from Ky
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You are right. There is not very much between Middlesboro and Tazewell TN. It's a shorter trip from Harrogate to Middlesboro, than from Harrogate to Tazewell..