@KySportsRadio another gamble. probably got this guy super cheap in order to have money for Milan which has poor odds. pope has learned nothing from the stokes debacle.
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Kentucky adds their backup big man…needs a waiver to play what will be his 7th year in college basketball
Tyler Thompson@MrsTylerKSR
Kentucky lands Washington transfer center Franck Kepnang! He will require a waiver after battling injuries through his career, but if eligible, brings depth to Kentucky’s frontcourt. on3.com/teams/kentucky…
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@strong2448 @KySportsRadio UK has been the ‘standard’ in college basketball for like 7-8 years over the past 5 decades. That can’t be what guides decision making. That’s fan nonsense
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@KySportsRadio It’s his call for this year. I hope we hang #9 but we can’t have another year where we are not the standard of college basketball. If we’re not I believe Coach Pope himself will step aside for the betterment of Kentucky Basketballs chase for #9. But my Hope is in Coach P.
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I don’t understand not hiring a GM. Pope is basically taking people who already worked at UK and giving them new titles….and then adding an outside analytics guy
It still is missing the key person, the negotiator/Agent connection, that I think has hurt UK
But it’s his call
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@catfan97531 @KySportsRadio I wonder why fans can’t understand a college ‘GM’ is kind of pointless
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@KySportsRadio This ‘GM’ KSR crusade is about the same as ‘modern basketball’. It’s an idea jones has so it must be the way.
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@scastle999 @KySportsRadio college sports is fine. uk sports are dead. do you think michigan, texas, or teams like providence think its dead....no they are super pumped about the season.
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@KySportsRadio College sports is dead, consider a new past time. Portal, NIL and gambling the poison.
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@rgjarrell @KySportsRadio yup....a strategic blunder right from the start that will end the year before it begins.
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@KySportsRadio That’s the problem, UK had 20 mill last year and was told do more with less money this year
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@BBNlocukfan @Random81695451 @KySportsRadio did the same when cal cut them off. every game/loss jones would mention cal by name in a tweet. when it was football....not a word.
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It would be nice if someone associated with Kentucky Basketball would say something to the fans
It can be a Tweet, a pre-recorded video or just a smoke signal…but something to a fanbase desperately wanting something positive, strikes me as a good idea
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@BBNlocukfan @Random81695451 @KySportsRadio KSR just mad and trying to apply pressure to get him on his show.
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@Random81695451 @KySportsRadio he did.. around the same time all the coaches did.. lmao
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@KySportsRadio what is there to really say? "we are excited about the team going into next year". "we love the guys we have". its just nonsense at this point. bold claims, empty promises from a staff that just can not deliver.
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UK Athletics has literally given no statements to the fans since the end of Basketball except giving (and taking away) a $5 million golden parachute to the AD and that same AD calling anyone criticizing it, “Knuckleheads”
Read the room…say something to your Fanbase
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@GregNJ Need to keep the fans engaged and on your side so they keep supporting your businesses…..like a restaurant
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@KySportsRadio The end is near for pope. And roster additions like this only cement that faith. Less than 12 months this will be over.
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@bjk1700 @KySportsRadio Basketball product is the best it has been in 20+ years. Ratings are through the roof. Only reason why folks don't like it is that (a) their team isnt able to compete from a NIL perspective and (b) you personally dont like these kids making money. and neither really matter
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@KySportsRadio If you honestly think college basketball is better now I don’t even know what to say. It’s been ruined and you actually say it’s better.
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NIL is ultimately better for college basketball and the NBA
Jonathan Givony@DraftExpress
The NIL era is flipping the NBA Draft on its head. Only 71 players entered the 2026 NBA Draft, per the NBA. Down from 106 last year and a peak of 363 in 2021. That's the lowest early-entrant total since 2003. College basketball stars are staying in school, overwhelmingly.
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@BRamseyKSR No way he is a backup 5 especially with the guys we’re tracking to play PF
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Kentucky has added Ousmane N’Diaye.
The 6’11” center averaged 10.2 points and 6.7 rebounds per game in the LBA.
High upside backup 5-man.
Jacob Polacheck@PolacheckKSR
Breaking: Kentucky has signed Senegalese forward Ousmane N'Diaye. on3.com/teams/kentucky…
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@KySportsRadio The big question mark when hiring Pope was his ability to recruit. We now know the answer to that. His time at UK will come to an end soon.
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I am a big believer that you don’t judge the Portal process until it’s over.
But Pope has to upgrade the roster significantly in the next couple of weeks
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This is one of the more physical NCAA games I have seen in two decades
The defense is also great…every shot in the paint is contested
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@KySportsRadio when kentucky is on its 5th or 6th coaching change without a final four let alone a championship....i'm sure the environment created by the fans wont get any of the blame.
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Yeah it couldn’t be that since that time, the team has struggled through missing the Tournament, two embarrassing First Round losses, not starting two top 10 picks and a “Ferrari” season ending in mediocrity
It’s gotta be the fans’ fault. 🙄
Thrill Keightley@Cincitucky1
Hearing that both Mark Pope and John Calipari have privately vented that UK’s fanbase has negatively affected recruiting since 2020. Other schools use the fanbase and the negativity against UK and it has cost multiple elite recruits.
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@BRamseyKSR Exactly. 10 plus teams going to the NCAAT is the new normal. Other teams in the conference are able to navigate it. Got to adjust
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This context is important.
That OBVIOUSLY isn’t to say that getting 9th in the SEC is “acceptable” long term or all of the other necessary caveats.
However, it’ll NEVER be like it used to be in the SEC again. We simply aren’t comparing apples-to-apples in terms of competition.
Steven Peake@StevenPeakeKSR
I have been critical of Mark Pope but these numbers are interesting. From 2010 through 2017 UK competed against 11 ranked SEC teams. Pope has competed against 12 in his first two seasons.
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I think the focus needs to be on getting the best players and teaching them what Kentucky is when they get here
Wyatt Huff@Wildcat_wave
Mark Pope: “I think our focus is finding guys that want to be at Kentucky because of what Kentucky is. …We’ll find the guys, there's no play like place like this”
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@Wildcat_wave And yet folks continue to want to blame JMI and Mitch. Pope has no idea what it takes to win at this level
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Mark Pope: “I think our focus is finding guys that want to be at Kentucky because of what Kentucky is. …We’ll find the guys, there's no play like place like this”
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