Quote Originally Posted by Fishin is life View Post
Noel won't ever be CLOSE to the player Davis was...I kept up with his HS and AAU stats and I'm still not that impressed with Noel....Is he big, yes....Can he jump, yes....Can he score, NOPE....His stat lines were 4pts, 12 boards, 8 blocks or 8pts, 18 boards, 12 blocks....UK's squad isn't that good this year....Unless Cal can pull another rabbit out of the hat like he did with the Brandon Knight team, it will probably be a struggle this year, especially early with games against Maryland, Duke, Baylor, and UL....I see atleast 2 and possibly all 4 of those games being L's...I don't see a true scorer on this team like they've had the past few years...By the end of the year Noel isn't the best player on the team, and isn't a top 5 draft pick...Poythress will be the team MVP this year
Steven you are a sensible knowledgable basketball fan. I've got buttloads of my UK friends screaming Nerlins is just as good as Davis in my ear. You are the first UK fan I have heard say that he will be good but not an instant supertstar. Last years team was nothing shy of awesome. It was the greatest collection of college basketball talent I have seen in a very very long time. In fact it's a top three that I think I've ever seen. Yes I'm a diehard Card fan, but I try to call it like I see it and UK was off the chart last year. They had experience with the young guns, this years team has only Wilchir, (spelling) with alot of experience. They will be very young and I agree with you, they will struggle at times. Could very well be a huge factor in March though...