re: #tAuburnBasketball Thread

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UK had their best offensive game of the year and only won by 2pts against an AU team that played around their average. 

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It was also our first loss at home. It was a marquee game and Kentucky showed up..

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This UK team is going 10-8, maybe 11-7 in SEC play. 

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Well, so far they are 4-1..

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They are nothing like the old SEC dominating Cal teams 

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The SEC has improved since then with the influx of better coaches. Also, those rare classes with 4 of the top 5 players in a class committing to one school isn't the norm and not sustainable over a period of time. That's what made those few classes so great.

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UK is not recruiting near the pace that they used to. We've been over this, there is a massive dropoff from a top 5-10 ranked 5* to a 15-25 ranked 5* 

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You're right, we have been over this.. and your definition of massive dropoff are players like Shai Alexander, who was ranked 30th in his class, played one season, drafted in the first round and a starter as a rookie in the NBA right now. Kentucky has had SIX PLAYERS in the last TWO classes play one season and in the NBA right now. Tyler Herro was the 37th ranked player by 247 this past class and Kentucky's worst recruit by recruiting standards in a decade. How'd he look Saturday? Kentucky is still Kentucky in recruiting and on the floor. They still have a team full of five stars.

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If you think I'm spewing nonsense

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I don't think it is nonsense, just debatable.. they still have Calipari and they're still Kentucky.

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they actively talk about UK not recruiting at the level they used to 

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It's an interesting conversation. Those type of historic classes aren't sustainable and basketball blue bloods share those recruits most years, so it ebbs and flows.. How many Fab 5 classes did Michigan have? Kentucky still recruits really well.. should I share their most recent classes?

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Well, so far they are 4-1..

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Their 3 other wins are vs UGA, TAMU and Vandy who are currently a combined 2-13 in SEC play

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They still have a team full of five stars.

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Not all 5* are ready to play like 5 stars and/or be relied upon as FR. My point is that UK mostly has guys that fill the "developmental" 5* while lacking their traditional veteran(s) to offset the inconsistencies


UK looks to be scary good next year assuming they don't have unusual fringe draft departure candidates, but they simply are not built to be consistently good this season hence 10-8 / 11-7


It is the same reason the went 10-8 last year

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Tyler Herro was the 37th ranked player by 247 this past class and Kentucky's worst recruit by recruiting standards in a decade. How'd he look Saturday?

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You probably don't want to use the kid whose poor, inconsistent play already played a huge part in 2 of their losses

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Kentucky still recruits really well.

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They do, but UK traditionally won every recruiting battle with only the rare loss to a blue blood / unique situation


UK now has shown cracks in recruiting that are only amplified when you consider they are for the first time returning depth/starters in the Cal era

We're splitting hairs at this point..

I asked how did Tyler Herro look Saturday.. And you say he played a part in a loss or two, to Duke no less..

I said Kentucky is 4-1 in SEC play.. And you say because they've played no one besides just beating us at home, even though they've also beaten teams like North Carolina at neutral sites.

The truth is in the middle. Mandela Effect

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The SEC has improved since then with the influx of better coaches. Also, those rare classes with 4 of the top 5 players in a class committing to one school isn't the norm and not sustainable over a period of time. That's what made those few classes so great.

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Right. Kentucky barely beat Auburn without Wiley. That’s where they are and where we are.

Gameday

We are on the road though.

Record after post: 1-0

I feel good about tonight. I think they team wants to rebound hard after UK, and this is our return to Columbia after Mac's injury last season. I think that game still stings to the team.

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He played like shite vs Seton Hall and Bama He is a shooter who was 32% 3FG before the AU game. He had one good game in a disappointing season

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Its too early to tell on Herro. He is a freshman and most play up and down their first year. I remember Heron being up and down his freshman year.

You could tell he simply was feeling it in our game, and the confidence simply grew. Next game he may go 0-5.
HE was guarded I think by Harper, who I felt didn't do a very good job on him. We shut down Hagans, who was their best guard, but you have to play the other players hard too, since they are all good.

I missed most of the beginning. How the heck are we at 8 fouls in under 5 minutes?

Great defensive fundamentals by this great coach Pearl lmao