@BarryHumph44369@BallerBluegrass We haven’t done that since 2019…this team
Sure as shit isn’t doing better than some of past teams. I think the Pope experiment is over after this year hopefully
If MP signs Milan, Kentucky becomes a Final Four contender instantly.
He was the nation’s top 3-point shooter (49%) last season who can give us elite floor spacing, ridiculous length, and reliable long-distance scoring in a motion offense.
@vol_equalizer Probably need to make it to the final four. If you need to know what a final four banner looks like come to rupp, they cover the rafters there. They look a little different than tournament appearance banners
USA Today’s top 25 greatest basketball players of all-time:
1) Michael Jordan
2) LeBron James
3) Kobe Bryant
4) Stephen Curry
5) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
6) Magic Johnson
7) Larry Bird
8) Bill Russell
9) Wilt Chamberlain
10) Shaquille O’Neal
11) Tim Duncan
12) Kevin Durant
13) Allen Iverson
14) Oscar Robertson
15) Elgin Baylor
16) Jerry West
17) Julius Erving
18) Moses Malone
19) Kevin Garnett
20) Charles Barkley
21) Karl Malone
22) David Robinson
23) Isiah Thomas
24) John Havlicek
25) George Mikan
Fun fact
The University of Kentucky has NEVER beaten the University of Tennessee in the NCAA tournament.
The Vols have a 100% win percentage against them
Most one sided rivalry of all time 🍊🍊
@Hoopss Dude seriously. She wouldn’t make the team
At southern Jackson state on the men’s team. She’s amazing women’s player. You obviously have no clue the type of athlete you have to be just to play any type of college ball let alone pro.
I truly believe at 6’4 190-195lb and with her athleticism. That Aja Wilson could play shooting guard in the NBA .. I am not saying that she is going to Dominate but a cool 12-15pts with 3-4ast.
@SenWarren You do realize he’s not liquid. Isn’t like he has cash just laying around. That’s he’s value. Also quit acting like you’re poor or something. How many millions have you made on back door deals and insider tips. Pay your share too
Jeff Bezos has $222 billion.
If he paid my wealth tax this year, we could fund insulin in America for everyone who needs it plus free school lunch for every kid in Texas—and have plenty of money left over.
And Bezos would still have $215 billion dollars to spare.
@game7__ She couldn’t beat the last player on morehead state’s bench. You don’t realize how elite of an athlete you have to be to even compete at low D-1. So saying she could even score on an nba level talent player…laughable.
Sports fans can't agree on much anymore.
But everyone is seemingly in agreement on this:
Audi Crooks could legitimately beat some NBA players in a game of 1 on 1.
She could easily beat at least 4 players on the Washington Wizards right now.
And she's about to become the biggest basketball star on the planet.
Here's why.
Crooks just entered the transfer portal. One year of eligibility left. Every program in America is going to fight over her.
The numbers this season: 25.8 points per game. 64.9% from the field. Second in the nation in scoring. She scored 47 against Indiana. 43 against Valparaiso. 41 against Kansas. 41 against Kansas State. She was the only player in the country with multiple 40-point games this season.
Kevin Garnett watched her highlights and called it "old-school fundamentals mixed with new-age dominance."
But here's the part most people don't know.
Audi Crooks is from Algona, Iowa. Population 5,274. Her dad Jimmie was a 6-foot-8 basketball player who earned all-conference honors in high school and played in college. Her mom Michelle was one of the all-time leading scorers at Bishop Garrigan High School. They both wore number 55.
Jimmie died on August 14, 2021. He was 55 years old. Audi was 16.
She has worn number 55 at every level since. She has a tattoo on her right arm: the word "Pops," a halo, angel wings, and a Bible verse, Proverbs 3:6. Before every game, she prays and talks to her father. She says he has the best seat in the house.
In high school, she scored 2,733 career points. She averaged 32.9 points on 75.2% shooting as a senior. She scored 49 points in the state championship game. Back-to-back state titles. She went viral playing AAU ball and earned the nickname "Lady Shaq."
The full story of how a kid from a town of 5,000 in Iowa became the most dominant force in college basketball, and why every blue blood in the country is about to fight over her, is here:
itsgame7.com/nba/audi-crook…
Then she got to Iowa State.
As a freshman, in her very first NCAA tournament game, Iowa State trailed Maryland by 20 points. Crooks scored 40 points on 18-of-20 shooting. Ninety percent from the field. Iowa State came back and won 93-86. She joined Bill Walton as the only player in NCAA Tournament history to score 40 or more on 90% shooting.
She was 19 years old.
Since she was 13, she has been body-shamed and criticized by people who have never come close to doing anything half as impressive as what she does on a basketball court every night.
Her response: "Being strong is something that I'm proud of. Being big is something that I'm proud of."
She doesn't argue. She doesn't fire back. She just scores 47 on you and walks off.
Iowa State's season ended with a first-round NCAA tournament loss to Syracuse. She scored 37 in the loss. Her teammates entered the portal. The program fell apart. And now, she's available.
UConn. South Carolina. LSU. Whoever lands Audi Crooks becomes an instant national championship favorite.
She's 21 years old. She's from a town most people have never heard of. She carries her father's number on her back and his name on her arm. And she plays basketball like someone dropped a 1990s center into the modern game.
One year left. The biggest transfer in women's basketball history. And she's just getting started.