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Exactly. The only way Reeves appears to be able to transfer is as a graduate. So UNLESS Calipari/UK are doing something to prevent that from happening it’s hard to see how Reeves is being “held hostage”.

The toothless wonders are getting EXACTLY what they deserve. They weren’t satisfied with Tubby ( who was a good coach and a class act) and forced him out. Thought they would be able to easily bring in Billy Donovan, but he had built Florida into a consistent national contender and had no desire to leave Gainesville. They settled on Billy Clyde Gillespie - which was putting a square peg in a round hole. After his firing/resignation (never was fully clear because in his two years Gillespie had NOT signed a contract; was working from a “Memorandum of Understanding”), UK made an even bigger offer to Donovan. And were turned down again. Two other potential candidates - Tom Izzo and Jay Wright - were in the Final Four with Michigan State and Villanova, respectively, Sean Miller was an option, but he left Xavier for Arizona where playing in the PAC 12 was more appealing than the fishbowl of Lexington. And so, after running out of options, UK settled on Calipari - even though he was coming off the Derrick Rose SAT scandal (and many of BBN thought - accurately - he was a slimeball). But Cal had made a connection to William Wesley dating back to his UMASS days, and World Wide Wes delivered big. He signed a great class right off (John Wall, Boogie Cousins, among others) and got all the way to the Elite 8 his first season. And Wildcat fans were hooked. Didn’t matter to them when Eric Bledsoe’s eligibility came into question (his transcript made Derrick Rose look like a Rhodes Scholar). Calipari had made them RELEVANT again, which means EVERYTHING to BBN. If signing their soul to the Devil was required to be a National contender, so be it. And now look. Everything I’ve ever said regarding Calipari - that UK would turn on him once he stopped going to Final Fours - is coming to fruition. They made their Deal with the Devil, and it’s now gone sour. Somewhere, guaranteed, John Higgins is smiling his a$$ off . . .

Trademark? Don’t know for sure. But after 3 straight losses to double-digit seeds - including the arguably WORST loss in the history of the NCAA Tournament - they certainly are monopolizing the term.

At least SOMEBODY gets it.

6 freshmen, 2 sophs who have 96 minutes between them. Train wreck waiting to happen.

Disagree on Izzo. Michigan St has been extremely successful consistently - very few times over his career can you say the Spartans have fielded a “bad” team. Can’t recall a time when Izzo has ever had his program in the disarray Kentucky has been the last 3 years.

And you’re under thinking it. Only have to decide verticality? You REALLY think it’s THAT simple? Oh my dear lord . . .

The problem? UK is made up of 5 freshmen and 2 sophomores who between them have played a total of 96 minutes. Calipari has no experience whatsoever. It’s no coincidence his teams have been underachieving the past 6 years.

Spot on. Fully healthy, Newton can be a devastating defender. He’s not the scorer Calbert was, but his situation is so much like Cheaney’s where he is almost a complete unknown.

He was as high as 43 in Rivals: https://n.rivals.com/content/athletes/jakai-newton-279134?view=pv

Here is an indication of how athletic Newton is: In his 2nd game back, he blocked the dunk attempt of the #1 player in the 2023 class, Isaiah Collier. https://www.si.com/college/indiana/basketball/watch-indiana-basketball-commit-jakai-newton-blocks-isaiah-collier Scoring wise he still has to improve, but a solid-built, athletic 6-3 who has a 6-10 wingspan is likely to find playing time for his defense.

Without question. Jakai isn’t rated higher because of his injury. He’s got elite athleticism and has an extremely high ceiling.

Isn’t Kentucky reaching out to EVERY portal player? They’d be reaching out to Lexington South Middle School if 8th grade kids had the ability to enroll at UK.

Might be your best post ever Stu

Also, if the Cupps connection is true then he should be an asset and not a distraction. He’d be onboard with what Woody is wanting.

Sometimes it’s not just about getting drafted but starting the professional career - whether G League, Europe, etc. Coming back adds no value for him.

Besides losing to double digit seeds . . .

Will this team become the M & Ms?

Tell ‘em jealousy get him nowhere

Do we know if he did graduate?

Devo?

Purdue is a system team. Even without Edey, Painter’s system keeps Purdue consistently in games against more talented teams. But as we learned against Miami, talent - especially long, athletic playmakers - becomes harder to overcome in the NCAA Tournament. When you have a kid like Edey you can negate that to an extent. But had Purdue shown even serviceable play from the guard/wing position they could have won a title, let alone never had the worst loss in NCAA Tournament history. Between Smith, Loyer and Morton you have an extreme lack of athleticism. They’re all solid players, and if the other two -particularly the guard spots - are athletic and long you probably would be ok. Having Smith and Loyer to compliment Morton, however, exposed Purdue badly.

His account has been around awhile, but he really popped up out of nowhere. And he’s obviously in the know - unlike all those so-called “experts”. Pretty funny.