UK basketball recruiting

[mhall]

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...

[Whitebass]

The team that is scaring me more than this years UK team is the Team they'll have next year...Man I been reading that they just might get that Lee kid from California as well....Talk about a Top 10 loaded class next year if they do land him.......Heard the kid has a official visit at Cal this week also, so his decision might just come this week as well.....

[Fishin is life]

Next years team could be scary good, mostly because I look for a few guys to come back this year to go with the freshman talent...Marcus Lee from California probably won't wind up a Cat, although he wants to...He has made it public that he wants to go to KY but he hasn't been offered a scholarship....Juluis Randle is the one you better watch out for coming to UK, as he's made it public that he wanted to play with the Harrison twins in college...He's from Plano,TX and the Harrisons are from Fort Bend, TX and they've played against each other a lot in high school....But talent is just that, talent...It doesn't mean instant success....The teams you see playing in the Final 4 are the teams that have put it together and are playing as a team, not individual talent...When I think about this I think about the Duke teams of the past few years, who haven't been the most talented guys, but Coach K has a nack for getting them to play together

Mark, I bleed blue, but I've got enough sense to know whats what...I'll go ahead and say it now that UL beats UK this year, and I hope I'm wrong...Louisvilles stacked, and Siva makes that team go...I'm gonna say a sweet 16 run is all the Cats have in them, Elite 8 at best...Cards make it to the final 4, and then anything can happen because there aren't dominant teams anymore with the 1 and dones...IU will be good, but not as good as they're expected to be.....Zoellers a beast, but they'll be out around the same time the Cats are

[mhall]

Did you guys know that technically Nerlins Noel still is not eligible to play yet. They are looking at some games in which he received money and a few trips in how they were paid for. Now many believe this is nothing but a dog and pony show and will go away soon and I don't personally think anything will come of this.

What I do find interesting is how the university is keeping this on the down low. I heard it on Lachlan McClains show the other night. He went on to say that this should go away very soon. Just thought I would throw that one out there.

[Fishin is life]

Yet again I stand corrected....Today #15 Marcus Lee commits to UK...This is getting out of control...#'s 2,3,5, and 15 are now commited to UK for 2013...Hope this commit doesn't sway the thinkings of #1 Julius Randle....Is there such a thing as too much talent at one school?

[stoner]

Did you guys know that technically Nerlins Noel still is not eligible to play yet. They are looking at some games in which he received money and a few trips in how they were paid for. Now many believe this is nothing but a dog and pony show and will go away soon and I don't personally think anything will come of this.

What I do find interesting is how the university is keeping this on the down low. I heard it on Lachlan McClains show the other night. He went on to say that this should go away very soon. Just thought I would throw that one out there.

It appears he's cleared now.

[mhall]

It appears he's cleared now.

Yep...as everyone expected..