Who's declaring/transferring around NCAA 2017?

[VO5 8,272]

2 hours ago, reconmkd said:

Add Briscoe from pUKe today. Man pUKe fans in the office are slamming him for declaring with an agent, say no way he gets drafted, he can't shoot. LMAO!

I couldn't stand him as a player, but I'm sad to see him go. They were worse with him on the floor lol no chance in hell he makes it in the league

[mdn82 25,546]

 
UK has won one title in ten years of the Calipari era, and there has been only one Cal-recruited scholly player (Poythress) that received a UK degree during that time (though I think Hawkins may get one). The team plays in an off-campus arena, and their players stay at a private lodge. They only attract high-end players who have the specific goal of staying for as short a time as possible.
This year they will likely lose Fox, Monk, Willis, Abedayo, Mulder, Briscoe, Humphries, and Hawkins. That's eight of their top nine. If Gabriel goes, their top returning scorer will be Wynard, a Kyle Taber-like player who averaged 0.7 ppg last season.
With a new top eight full of five star players, the polls will undoubtedly make the exact same mistake from so many other years, and rank them way, way, way too high. They will be turnover prone and weak in outside shooting when they play accomplished teams.
They are a failure. 
 

Willis didn't get his? I mean I know he isn't smart enough to spell d-e-g-r-e-e, but I thought he could spell s-i-s-t-e-r during the spelling bee.


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[Stuhoo 82,000]

7 minutes ago, mdn82 said:

Willis didn't get his? I mean I know he isn't smart enough to spell d-e-g-r-e-e, but I thought he could spell s-i-s-t-e-r during the spelling bee.


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Just did a quick interweb search, and I can't find any evidence that either WIllis or Hawkins will get a college degree, though I suppose they might.

 

[Hardwood83 4,775]

34 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

 

UK has won one title in ten years of the Calipari era, and there has been only one Cal-recruited scholly player (Poythress) that received a UK degree during that time (though I think Hawkins may get one). The team plays in an off-campus arena, and their players stay at a private lodge. They only attract high-end players who have the specific goal of staying for as short a time as possible.

This year they will likely lose Fox, Monk, Willis, Abedayo, Mulder, Briscoe, Humphries, and Hawkins. That's eight of their top nine. If Gabriel goes, their top returning scorer will be Wynard, a Kyle Taber-like player who averaged 0.7 ppg last season.

With a new top eight full of five star players, the polls will undoubtedly make the exact same mistake from so many other years, and rank them way, way, way too high. They will be turnover prone and weak in outside shooting when they play accomplished teams.

They are a failure. 

 

No matter their W-L record they are failures BECAUSE they are Kentucky.

[AKHoosier 7,067]

Judging by the UK boards, Cal has already started to wear out his welcome a little bit.

I'm sure they like the success, but their fans are getting tired of so much turnover on the roster after every season.  Now with word that Humphries is likely to pursue professional options instead of return to UK, they'll have a completely green team next season.

I also saw that Sasha Jones or whatever his name is could supposedly transfer as well.  He was a 5* last year.

[Hovadipo 57,020]

Judging by the UK boards, Cal has already started to wear out his welcome a little bit.
I'm sure they like the success, but their fans are getting tired of so much turnover on the roster after every season.  Now with word that Humphries is likely to pursue professional options instead of return to UK, they'll have a completely green team next season.
I also saw that Sasha Jones or whatever his name is could supposedly transfer as well.  He was a 5* last year.

I mean it's not like they're really winning that much anyway. That national title team was great, but other than that...??? They've had some fun players I guess.

[Walking Boot of Doom 18,170]

I mean it's not like they're really winning that much anyway. That national title team was great, but other than that...??? They've had some fun players I guess.

Consistently getting to the Elite Eight and Final Four. But yeah, struggling to get over those hurdles. Kinda hard to really complain though, right? I mean, who's been more successful in the past 10 years?


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[AKHoosier 7,067]

18 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

 

I mean it's not like they're really winning that much anyway. That national title team was great, but other than that...??? They've had some fun players I guess.

 

Yeah I suppose it's all relative.  For some reason they think it's realistic to be in the Final 4 and compete for a national championship every year, so they can't be satisfied with winning the conference and getting to the Elite 8 pretty much every year, Final 4 at least every 3 or 4 years.

I mean, most schools would kill for that, but they just won't allow themselves to be happy.

[Walking Boot of Doom 18,170]

Yeah I suppose it's all relative.  For some reason they think it's realistic to be in the Final 4 and compete for a national championship every year, so they can't be satisfied with winning the conference and getting to the Elite 8 pretty much every year, Final 4 at least every 3 or 4 years.
I mean, most schools would kill for that, but they just won't allow themselves to be happy.

To be fair, I bet the Indiana fanbase would start grumbling if we only won the title once in ten years with those teams lol.


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[mdn82 25,546]

To be fair, I bet the Indiana fanbase would start grumbling if we only won the title once in ten years with those teams lol.


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We would start complaining with lesser teams. Hell we would say we would be happy with those results until it happened.


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[Hovadipo 57,020]

Consistently getting to the Elite Eight and Final Four. But yeah, struggling to get over those hurdles. Kinda hard to really complain though, right? I mean, who's been more successful in the past 10 years?


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I'd kill for their results for sure. But when you couple how they're doing it (not necessarily cheating, but the constant turnover in the program) with the crazy amount of talent that's been there, it's kind of been lame. It's a weird situation.

[reconmkd 4,498]

The media talked about how insatiable our fan base was when we called for FCTC to be ousted, but living in southern Indiana and working in looserville, I can tell you that pUKe fans are truly unsatisfiable. Honestly I think they can marry their 2nd cousins for christs sake, what more do they want their sisters too!


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[Hoosierfan2017 22,063]

I would get kind of annoyed having a completely new roster to root for every year. It's harder to feel connected to a school when the players always leave after a semester and a half. Part of what I like about the college game is seeing players grow up and improve throughout their careers.


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[Brass Cannon 24,942]

3 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

 

UK has won one title in ten years of the Calipari era, and there has been only one Cal-recruited scholly player (Poythress) that received a UK degree during that time (though I think Hawkins may get one). The team plays in an off-campus arena, and their players stay at a private lodge. They only attract high-end players who have the specific goal of staying for as short a time as possible.

This year they will likely lose Fox, Monk, Willis, Abedayo, Mulder, Briscoe, Humphries, and Hawkins. That's eight of their top nine. If Gabriel goes, their top returning scorer will be Wynard, a Kyle Taber-like player who averaged 0.7 ppg last season.

With a new top eight full of five star players, the polls will undoubtedly make the exact same mistake from so many other years, and rank them way, way, way too high. They will be turnover prone and weak in outside shooting when they play accomplished teams.

They are a failure. 

 

Yep had it not been for the NBA lockout they wouldn't have even won the title they did win. 

[schoosier 3,521]

6 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

 

UK has won one title in ten years of the Calipari era, and there has been only one Cal-recruited scholly player (Poythress) that received a UK degree during that time (though I think Hawkins may get one). The team plays in an off-campus arena, and their players stay at a private lodge. They only attract high-end players who have the specific goal of staying for as short a time as possible.

This year they will likely lose Fox, Monk, Willis, Abedayo, Mulder, Briscoe, Humphries, and Hawkins. That's eight of their top nine. If Gabriel goes, their top returning scorer will be Wynard, a Kyle Taber-like player who averaged 0.7 ppg last season.

With a new top eight full of five star players, the polls will undoubtedly make the exact same mistake from so many other years, and rank them way, way, way too high. They will be turnover prone and weak in outside shooting when they play accomplished teams.

They are a failure. 

 

Excellent analysis & spot on. I wasn't aware of the lack of degrees and even UKfans can't like this.

[LIHoosier 26,685]

7 hours ago, mdn82 said:

Willis didn't get his? I mean I know he isn't smart enough to spell d-e-g-r-e-e, but I thought he could spell s-i-s-t-e-r during the spelling bee.


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S y z t i r. Trophee pleeze. 

2015 was an anomaly cuz the expected one and done's underperformed and had to eat humble pie and stay around.

[Baltimore Hoosier 986]

When you live and die by the 5*, you better hope the freshman are as advertised...

[Jam 278]

Being a Kentucky fan is like cheering for laundry.

[Hardwood83 4,775]

1 hour ago, Jam said:

Being a Kentucky fan is like cheering for laundry.

I'd cheer for rectal cancer before I cheered for that laundry.

My sincere apologies to rectal cancer for the association with Kentucky.

[Hovadipo 57,020]

This is nbadraft.net.

Notice... no OG or Bryant.


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Draft Express still has OG going 15 and Tom going 39. Givony is the best in the business.