chad walkup

@HalfKunta @JonRothstein He wanted too much and Pope offered him what he thought his value was coming from playing in Big 12 to SEC. It’s not for everyone

@JonRothstein What a crazy world we live in. Kentucky loses a key piece to BYU and can't take BYU's best piece.

Sources: Rob Wright is returning to BYU next season.

@RememberThtDude @JonRothstein That’s true. It’s hard not to be exciting playing Big 12 teams. I’m pumped

@JonRothstein This BYU team is going to be insanely fun with him back. Kentucky on the other hand…yikessss

@JonRothstein He’s not built for the SEC. Playing Vermont, Albany, Maine, etc.. Those are more of his level. Wish him the best.

@TJWalkerRadio No reason he shouldn’t. I mean Cam’ron Fletcher was just approved for his 7th year of CBB

fwiw I'd love for Freeman to commit, he'd be a nice piece.

UK’s not getting Wright, and they’re not getting Murauskas either. I badly hope I’m wrong, but the rest of the names on this list just aren’t good enough. But... is there anywhere else to turn? If you can't get the top dogs try to go be great at one thing (shooting, defense.. something). That's how I'd pivot.

@TJWalkerRadio $ball time. Shock the world!

@tiddyboyhoe @tyrese1717 You know the person you’re responding to has nothing to do w/ UK basketball. I don’t think he personally missed out on anyone

@tyrese1717 you're coping because you missed out on wright + you're not getting this dude either lmao

Zoom Diallo > Rob Wright

@MarkPopeBurnerX @tyrese1717 “Sources” Either you’re insanely gullible or you just want to believe stuff like this. Some media advice, if the source isn’t named, it’s made up

@tyrese1717 Not getting him either

@DrewByousBBN I agree with you 100% I kinda feel bad for Pope’s family. You can’t avoid the negativity he’s getting if you’re anywhere on the internet. I wonder how ol Mitch is doing in his new role knowing he completely destroyed his legacy as an AD

I can’t hold back anymore on the state of Kentucky Basketball. It’s April 15th, things can change fast, but as I sit here right now, what in the world has happened? Seriously! We opened yesterday with intel, scooped insiders feeling “really good” about the two visitors. Rob Wright, Tyran Stokes. I dont know how you dont interpret anything that’s happened over the last 24 hours other than these kids, families, agents, circles, whatever, dont like Mark Pope. And the more time they spend with him, the more disinterested they are in KENTUCKY! It’s now been a full calander year. The only player he has signed in highschool, portal, anything, is Mason Williams, a 100+ ranked freshman PG, WHOS DAD IS NOW ON STAFF! This is a disaster of what’s going on in the portal. And I dont think I’m being aggressive or dramatic at all by saying that. AFTER COMING OFF THE GREATEST FRESHMAN CLASS WEVE EVER SEEN IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL, AND KENTUCKY HAD NONE OF THEM! HOW DOES KENTUCKY NOT GET LITERALLY ANY OF THEM? Keep in mind, we’ve just got “out bid” or “same offers” TWICE in the last week from BYU for starting level players WHO MARK POPE LITERALLY GOT HIRED FROM. And regardless of how you want to frame it, that’s not good for Kentucky. They dont have the money for priority targets? Screw the “better allocation of funds” mindset. It’s KENTUCKY. Kentucky had the highest payroll in the sport last year. But they dont this year, why? Probably because we just had it last season, AND IT WAS A DISASTER! Kentucky wasted all of that money on bad players and injured players, and then did nothing with the roster, and everyone couldn’t wait to get out of the program, and nobody other than the HC, and the loyalty of the rest of the staff, dont believe in you or the direction of the program to write the same checks that were written a year ago. A massive check on the table for Tyran Stokes, and yet it seems like HE STILL DOESNT WANT TO COME HERE. It’s just hard for me to fathom or accept in two years this is what KENTUCKY BASKETBALL has currently turned into. You’ve likely pissed off Zoom Diallo and now you have to rebuild that relationship because he visited, and then you left him in the dust to go try and get Rob Wright. That failed, and now you have to make up with him. Donnie Freeman, for all we know, will leave campus after his visit and head to UConn and commit there. I mentioned it in a groupchat I’m in, I said there’s a better chance Kentucky goes 0/4 than 4/4. And look how we sit right now as I type this. This isn’t a JMI issue, stop with that. This is an issue of Mark Pope seemingly can’t relate to these kids. There’s some type of disconnect from kids and this staff in recruiting. Again, in over a year he’s signed one new player into the program, and it’s Mason Williams, whose dad joined the staff. This is literally shaping up to be the exact same scenario as last year. Missed on all of your first options. You’re late to all the second options because you haven’t contacted them or they’re already committed elsewhere. Now we have to settle for the third options. Except there’s no Otega Oweh to come save your butt late in the cycle by pulling his name out of the NBA draft. Okay, now I’ll stop ranting. Kentucky HAS GOT TO do whatever they can to make up with Zoom Diallo, get him committed. Do whatever they can to get Donnie Freeman committed. Keep working, pushing, whatever to get Stokes here. Get some other guys to fill the rest of the roster, and then we’ll see what happens on the court this year. But the way this is shaping up right now, at this current moment, has DISASTER written all over it. #BBN #KentuckyBasketball

@PopeNeeds2Go @WildcatUKx Wright is not the PG we need. Let him go to BYU and play in the Big 12. We need a SEC pg. He ain’t it. I promise you

@WildcatUKx What’s the update on wright?

Per Jamie Shaw Colorado PF Sebastian Rancik will be visiting Kentucky today and tomorrow #BBN

@BigBlueDispatch @LockedOnUK Who cares. You’re giving this kid way too much credit. Playing in the Big 12 is slightly different than the SEC. Good for him for getting paid but there are better PGs in the Portal. 1 specifically. BYU will lose in the 1st rd again. There’s no new news on this dude

@LockedOnUK We reported the same findings this morning from a BYU source. Does not look good for #BBN x.com/bigbluedispatc…

Another turn in the Rob Wright saga Travis Branham says that he now believes BYU is now the favorite, and will get Wright back.

@DallasLBrowning @LockedOnUK Spot on. You make too much sense for a majority of the fanbase to understand

@LockedOnUK All the recruitment stuff is just agent spin. Pretty obvious that they use UK to get more money. Our fanbase doesn't help in this regard. Some "insider" who doesn't know anything runs a negative story about us losing ground, the fanbase panics, and the agent smiles to the bank.

@Hdom2223Hunter @DanielC27886713 @wildcatwoody001 Exactly. I would even dare to say he’s actually a bit more accurate than most.

@DanielC27886713 @wildcatwoody001 that is literally every “insider”

I’m telling you, I don’t know who this guy is, he’s usually pretty spot on

@AintNoSeatsPod What’s a “Drake music video”?

Absolutely wild Pope and Kentucky can’t secure Tyran Stokes. Nike is doing everything it can to help yet he still just doesn’t want to be in Lexington. Calipari would have had this locked up 6 months ago and Stokes would have been in a Drake music video on UK’s campus by now.

@chrisisFTW @BBN4_L @argo_matth99387 They really don’t. Everything always starts w/ 1 persons opinion and spreads. Do you really think anyone at UK or the recruits and their families are telling these “insiders” anything? The fact they don’t is what makes them start rumors b/c they need to be tweeting something

@BBN4_L @argo_matth99387 National media outlets was just Goodman though. These people have no idea what’s actually happening in real-time

If Pope loses out Wright which I expect to be announced soon whether it’s the case or not, someone with relevance within the program must talk to him seriously, this is his do or die season, and we will have mid major transfers leading it.

@BigBlueSmiley79 Long shot, but maybe he has got them to agree that everyone will announce on same day. Once they do, then Stokes. Then it would prove that all these “insiders” are just clickbait

Look, I don't know what the hell is going on with these visits....but this is Kentucky. You have money, resources, and students putting signs on a house to get recruits to come here. Something doesn't feel right at all. I love Pope to death, but man....😮‍💨

@citi_boi71631 @GoodmanHoops @TheFieldOf68 He’s probably already got his Uber scheduled for pickup in Conn.

@GoodmanHoops @TheFieldOf68 We’ll see you Friday brotha. Enjoy some free southern meals.

Syracuse transfer Donnie Freeman is currently in Lexington for a visit to Kentucky, source told @TheFieldOf68. He just landed at the airport.

@jake21384 @GoodmanHoops @TheFieldOf68 More like threw shit at the ceiling fan to make sure you get the whole room and not just the bed

@GoodmanHoops @TheFieldOf68 How did we crap the bed with Wright?

@CrimsonCoverage @GoodmanHoops @TheFieldOf68 You know you can’t pay players anything for unofficial visits? Its a NCAA violation (yes, they still have those) I figured you would since you do “coverage”

@GoodmanHoops @TheFieldOf68 Paying transfers to visit 🤦🏽‍♂️

@TyranStokesBBN @jacetheukfan You know Cody’s calling Mark constantly asking if he can tweet yet

@jacetheukfan I need a boom badly 🫩

Donnie is on campus let’s lock em down

@KentuckyHQ Kam is probably gassed up. He’s about to be big dog on campus. 35 minutes and the green light

If Pope keeps whiffing, our lineup is about to be: Travis Perry Trent Noah Kam Potter Moreno