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Trae Johnson will be the clear leader on this team by end of December and a SEC freshman of the year type of player his size and shooting are hard to guard, I really wanted him at my school
I see Tre Johnson at the SG position and Mark at the 3. It won’t really matter on the court but i can’t see Tre not being a ball handler beside Pope. Texas also does their training in practice by position and Tre has been with Chendall Weaver the whole time
My Problem with Texas is can they share the ball? Who’s gonna be the number 1 option? It could be Mark, Pope, Johnson, Kaluma. Arkansas had the same problem last year but I do expect Texas to be better.
I think they’ll share the ball better than expected. Gotta remember Pope, Mark, and Kaluma are all coming from teams that weren’t all that good or consistent and they had to be that main focal point. Now that there’s guys who can score equally with them and take some of that weight off each other, it’ll make them much harder to play against and plan for. Last year Texas couldn’t create shots to save their lives because we were so one dimensional and you only had to plan for Abmas and Disu and they were never consistent. This is definitely an upgrade from last years team by a long shot in my opinion
Your lineups are right except Otega over Brea and Kirrisa over Butler I say Butler Koby Jaxson Carr and Williams this gives you defense and shooting In starting lineup and backups the main one is Amari starting and playing 23-25 minutes a game I mean I like Garrison ABs maybe his 15 foot jumper is better than Amari but that’s it Amari is better than Garrison In every way as of right now I know Garrison scored 20 and 21 against BYU and Baylor but watch Drexel vs Villanova Amari is a force he will be the best shot blocker in the SEC great offensive rebounder which fits perfectly in this offense with all the threes that will be shot and Amari makes amazing passes not just for a big he’s just amazing passer
So it sounds like KSU has a good back court but the front court is too loaded? I know I always complain when I have too many beers in the fridge. At least they acknowledge how superior the Big 12 is by picking us 6-11 in league. Coleman Hawkins sour grapes?😂 Good show regardless. 👍
I agree and pushback on this as well, why do we need to expand it, because football is taking over thanks to SEC and Big 10? The current format is perfect in my opinion and probably (assuming here) a lot of others as well. This would just give room for schools that were not that good/barely make the cut, thats what the NIT is there for.
Kevin Young has been on the job 8 weeks, with the first two of those weeks part-time as he was still coaching the Suns in the playoffs (ok, that's didn't go so well, but thankfully it meant Coach was able to get to BYU full-time quicker). What Coach Young has accomplished in just a few weeks is crazy. Just remarkable. He put together a great coaching staff, retained a core of really good players (several of whom had entered the transfer portal) and then went and recruited a couple terrific transfers and also grabbed BYU's greatest freshmen recruiting class ever. All in eight weeks. From scratch. With Coach Pope at Kentucky trying to gut the roster. On April 12, we BYU fans were feeling pretty low. We had just gone through a very successful first year in the Big12, and had a great core of players returning for '24-'25. Then, out of nowhere, a chain of events happen that lands Pope at Kentucky. Disaster. We all knew we'd be taking a big step back and have to rebuild while navigating our way through the Big12. Awful situation. And then Kevin Young happened. And now we sit just 8 weeks later with a great roster, a great coaching staff, and an unreal level of excitement around the program. The Marriott Center has always been a great venue, but we might have trouble keeping the roof on the place this coming season.
Your right and I’m happy for BYU and as a Kentucky fan I would have loved Richie but at the same time Coach Pope really only went after him and Jaxson and he got Jaxson a guy who had offers from Kansas and probably would have been a second round draft pick not only that he got Jaxson after he didn’t start him most the year to come to a team who has let’s be honest more talent than the BYU team did last year so for BYU best player to follow him says a lot especially after not starting him almost all year and idk what you heard but outside of Richie you could argue he went after Khalifa but he never went on a visit and he didn’t call Noah who I really like, I’m not dogging Cal and BYU fans shouldn’t dog Mark Pope I’m happy for BYU fans but he’s right if Pope was still there he would have started to bring on better talent with NIL and the big 12 change recruiting to the big 12 is way different than the WAAC, also Coach didn’t call Hall he was never going to get an offer just be happy for your coach and your program don’t worry about your old coach I mean Kentucky fans are most definitely now thinking about BYU , you guys should look at your team and future instead of talking about your past and I say the same thing to dumb Kentucky fans who talk smack about Cal, I hope you beat Kansas every time you guys play
@@johnnystivers6788In hind sight, it was a win-win for BYU and Pope to have things play out the way they have thus far. Happy for Pope. Be fun to see a matchup between BYU and UK in the Final Four in the near future. Here's to hoping anyway.
Remember that Tim Fanning was Kanon's coach at Overtime Elite. Kevin Young added Fanning as an assistant coach, and at that point, Kanon asks out of his NLI and is allowed to re-open his commitment. Knowing his history with Coach Fanning, and the timing of this story, it's not a big surprise he landed at BYU
To L with Kentucky! You can guess and project but you cannot know a man's heart! My nephew just played for PK in Charleston and he says, "Coach Kelce WILL NOT BE STOPPED!"
"I don't say this to drag Kansas State..." ---continues to drag KState through the mud for 10 minutes. And, you are right. There is a huge difference between Kansas and Kansas State. Like North Carolina, and other basketball "bluebloods" their football programs have been pretty much invisible for the past 60 years.
Interesting that they don’t know why everyone left all while being a few points and TOs away from the 2-3 seed in the Conf tourney while not playing great. Talent and Tang are going to be dangerous.
This Schade is appropriately named….an expert at throwing it. Keep in mind a top 10 coach at ksu, an elite 8 team 2 years ago, a big NIL deal and other ksu studs from the portal. What’s so hard to figure out?? Put him at the 3 and watch the opponent match up issues pile up!
Give Hawkins some credit! I’ll bet he had the K-State card in his pocket when he chose to leave the draft. Should be a good fit for Coleman and the Cats.
KState beat ISU, KU and Baylor with a meh roster 🤷♂️. 6-11 is where they were last year with a meh roster. When Tang rebuilt, they were E8. KState was 2nd with Kyeonte and Marques.
"Jerome Tang has done some awesome stuff with transfer point guards in the past with Nowell and Tylor Perry last year..." Markquis Nowell was already at K-State when Tang arrived. He was the point guard there the previous season under Bruce Weber
These guys have zero idea of what they're talking about. You act like K-State is not a good program. They were just in the elite 8 2 years ago. Last year they missed the NCAA tourney due to their best player getting removed from the team at the start of the season. For these guys to act like Illinois is superior to K-State as a program is laughable. Historically and recent success is extremely similar.
Tang was COY, too, and did not have any NBA guys on that roster (G-league * 2). In his 2nd year, he learned quickly their recruiting was not enough. This year, they focused on better skill and experience.
They can do a quick search search and see it has some pretty good tradition and is one of the top long term programs in the country. Compare the numbers to Illinois and all but the Bluebloods and get back to me on “Nice” program. Had to build football facilities for 20 years first. Look out for both teams cowboys!
