Kapita will not attend Arkansas

So.... O/U 10 roundball wins this year.

Hahahahahaha

And the fanbase's desire for Mike strikes.

I asked one of Nolan's assistants why we didn't just pay Gregg Marshall his money. He didn't seem to like that question and acted like he didn't know who Mashall was.

My patience with MA is growing thin. From our inability to attack a simple 2-3 zone to lack of recruiting to off the court issues. Seems like it's been one thing after another.

Yeah, I'm sure we'll be elite 8 material this year.

If we make the elite 8 next year I'll donate some money for Mike's extension..



Unless you mean the elite 8 wins all season category.

Who said that? Your patience is wearing thin for a coach whose team has gotten better every year. Makes sense

Anderson has signed talented players, he has signed highly rated players, he has not signed players people lust after who end up at blue blood programs, so his recruiting must suck.

He "whiffed" on players from in state like Archie Goodwin who everyone said was the next thing and led his Kentucky team to the NIT.

There is more to basketball than recruiting, Pel signed several "top" classes (ignoring Anderson has signed more "top" players who have made it to campus). Heath brought in top players as well.

On one hand you can't say his recruiting sucks based on stars giving by the websites out of High School, then say he's doomed because those not talent bums ended up in the NBA.

That in itself is trying to have it both ways. His first class, that was said to have "sucked" turned out to be a pretty damn good class filled with the type of players the program desperately needed at that time both on and off the court.

You also can't blame Mike, personally, for a single off court transgression that has led to the removal of one and likely more players for this upcoming season. To say that is "his" problem would be the same as saying Bert has a major alcohol problem on his team due to the multiple alcohol related incidents his players have had since he has been HC. Or you can directly blame the lack of RB depth due to his recruiting of players who had problems off the field for this season.

Likewise you can't be chicken little about the future and the "must sign" players coming up in the next two recruiting classes from instate while also bitching about not signing a full roster for this season, it isn't football, you do not get a complete depth chart string for every position every recruiting cycle (25 schollys).

Fact is some have been waiting for the "step back" to scream "told you so", every season they have been quick to jump the gun and scream "its over" while progress is still occurring.

The recruiting sites are not a good gauge for making conclusions for you, yes they do a good job at evaluating the talent levels of the top players in the country, but they make these judgements largely at AAU games where the goal is for everyone to show case their skill. What is worse for Arkansas is the instate talent is spread out too far apart or are in different classifications while there not being a large enough pool to see how the talent translates into an organized team, meaning even in HS these kids are still the star and have four guys around them who are told to help him ball out.

Little Rock isn't as bad as this as there have been several teams with D1 players facing teams with other D1 players, but you take one of these guys and put him on a team in NWA, the River Valley, NEA or South Arkansas and you end up with an over hyped misjudgement of skill translating to the next level like Rakestraw, Sanchez, Mickelson, etc recently.

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The recruiting class with Kapita was looking good but now that he didn't qualify, the class was disappointing. No one is touting it as a great recruiting success and shouldn't.

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Several were saying Kapita wasn't talented and would be a "major project".

Now the story line will be wasting time recruiting a player who signed a pro contract.

so CBB has had how many arrest out of how large of a roster? CMA, same question?

How does those arrests effect the seasons? we shall see!

I truly desire CMA to be ultra successful, he has improved each season, and I hope for the next step sooner rather than later. This season will truly suck imho!

Yep, idk how we failed to recruit anyone besides Whitt when we had several seniors and the possibility of both Qualls and Portis leaving early. I understand saving scholarships for Monk but he only needs 1.

Don't get me wrong, I hope he gets it turned around. I don't think he should be fired. But he's brought a lot of scrutiny in the last 6 months.

This season was already going to be tough even before the counterfeit thing. Hopefully he can bring in some talent after this season and have us in contention for a tourney berth next year. I just don't see us making the tourney this year. Hope I'm wrong.