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re: Tide Hoops | Recruiting
Posted by rushball on 4/29/25 at 10:56 pm
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Pardon me but that's horseshite. This roster as is plus Rylan and Bristow as the lone additions is a 7 or 8 seed at best and 50/50 to make it out of the first weekend. Especially with how brutally Nate schedules. And spare me the "I have faith in Oats" speil. So do we all. But being realistic that we've kinda struck out in the portal on our biggest needs so far is just being realistic not having a lack of faith.
not that im discounting the more glaring question marks the roster has but nah, it still has too many high potential guys to make such an assumption. sure you could end up being right but talent wise alone id say its way ahead of the 21-22 team and they ended up as a 6th seed despite below average shooting, rojas's dumbass at center, and shacks horrible iverson impressions. the faith in oats thing isnt just a spell, its a very well established commodity at this point. assuming rylan does join, even he could still have a breakout senior year, levi style. either way i for one wont start worrying anytime soon.
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re: Tide Hoops | Recruiting
Posted by rushball on 4/14/25 at 7:55 pm
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Explains his on and off effort.
granted he did usually look like a chicken running around with his head cut off, but the effort was always there.
re: Tide Hoops | Recruiting
Posted by rushball on 4/13/25 at 4:11 pm
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I think I'm probably the only one who doesn't care at all about him leaving.
London Jemison can slide right into his spot and add the D2 kid.
i know jemison can shoot, plays at a good pace but what about the D and can he fight on the glass some?
re: Tide Hoops | Recruiting
Posted by rushball on 4/13/25 at 4:08 pm
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You have Holloway, but he’s better suited to do what he did this year. Come off the bench, hit some threes, and provide a spark. I don’t think him as the starting point guard and playing 30 minutes a night is a recipe for success in this league
i wouldnt underestimate adens potential. obviously it all depends on what the finished roster pans out to be, but based on what he did this past season in a limited role id say he at the very least has earned an opportunity for a bigger one. his rotational D needs work but on ball wasnt nearly as bad as some would insinuate.
re: Tide Hoops | Recruiting
Posted by rushball on 4/10/25 at 1:16 pm
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He must’ve forgotten Mo won us the game against Grand Canyon. He also saved our butts in the tournament his year hitting two threes to put the game out of reach against st Mary’s. I don’t get why some people are downplaying Mo D to hype up Jarin. It’s honestly no comparison. As mistaken said if we have Mo D in instead of Jarin against Tennessee we easily make another final four. That non box out was a killer.
yep, pretty much the only silver lining to both them being gone now is the jarin bros can finally stop living in a world of petty butthurtness about it. that said i do hope jarin doesnt end up in the sec as i just know that one game out of a dozen where he grows a pair would be against bama.
re: Tide Hoops | Recruiting
Posted by rushball on 4/10/25 at 7:56 am
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I don’t really care what you think. Most of your post on here are very low IQ and don’t show a basic understanding of basketball.
well now i def agree that oats thought jarin was better than mo. thanks for dumbing it down enough for a low iq peasant like me to understand, oh wise one.
re: Tide Hoops | Recruiting
Posted by rushball on 4/9/25 at 11:28 pm
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Sandkhan
Do you think you know more basketball than Nate Oats? Because he started Jarin in about half the games and played him more minutes. So I don’t have to name 2 things he does better. I’ll let the guy making millions of dollars a year who is our best coach ever be the judge. And he already was.
was fully prepared to just ignore such a silly claim as jarin being a bigger loss than mo as from a team and individual perspective it was quite objectively not even a debate worth having, but to then try and use oats's salary and the fact he tried starting him for a bit on the perimeter as a way to justify it is borderline criminal behavior. i mean its fine that youll miss jarin alot and all but dude, oats isnt on your side on this one and no level of jarin glazing will change that. lol
re: Tide Hoops | Recruiting
Posted by rushball on 4/7/25 at 11:55 pm
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Scoring wise I think we’re fine.
Holloway / Wrightsell / Mallette / Philon is ultra elite on the perimeter, the defense there is the rub but the kid from Miami should help on that front.
As for the front court I think Sherrell is ready as a 5, you have the two stretch 4 guys in Stevenson and Williamson and then Reid has massive upside. Not really sure what to make of Bowen but he was highly recruited and has a lot of length so that’s a start.
I’m most concerned about replacing Cliff, Nelson and Mo defensively.
Wrightsell will have to be the go to scorer but you don’t just replace a Sears as a focal point. That said Holloway was one of the best offensive players in the conference from an efficiency standpoint and I happen to think Mallette could be a big time player if he comes back healthy so I just don’t see points as an issue next year.
On paper it’s not the 24/25 team but that’s an elite lineup that can play with anyone.
i agree. the offense and depth are there, defense and rebounding are the big questions. i do agree about adens potential, esp if a guy like philon does come back to set him up.
bowen to me seems a guy that could benefit greatly from 20 lbs of muscle to better utilize all that length, esp now that hes in a real power conference. he does that then i could def see the D and reb rate improving but yea, solid potential for sure.
re: Tide Hoops | Recruiting
Posted by rushball on 4/7/25 at 7:44 pm
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Holloway: O: 5.41 / D: 0.02 / T: 5.43
Philon: O: 3.67 / D: 1.35 / T: 5.02
Bethea: O: .9 / D:-1.13 / T: -.23
Wrightsell (LY): O: 3.62 / D: 1.68 / T: 5.2
Mallette (LY); O: 1.41 / D: -.03 / T: 1.38
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Sherrell: O: 2.38 / D: 1.53 / T: 3.9
Stevenson: O: 2.55 / D: 1.55 / 3.6
Reid: O: 1.33 / D: 1.39 / T: 3.32
Williamson: O: .62 / D: .87 / T: 1.49
Bowen: O: .29 / D: 1.08 : T: 1.37
obviously not great on paper but atleast in regards to potential we have arguably more upside guys than anyone right now. just a big question mark at this point, but if anyone knows how to get it right itd be oats so, well see.
re: Tide Hoops | Recruiting
Posted by rushball on 4/7/25 at 7:41 pm
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Not sure about any of the new players, but I definitely wouldn’t want to see a MoD vs. Stevenson or even vs. Reid battle. If his 3 point shooting continues to improve, he could play the 3 for KY and would be a very difficult defender and rebounder at the 3. I think a lot of people don’t remember just how good he was at getting O-boards.
i think a sophomore reid has enough potential to battle it out with him, then make him sweat some on the other end. bowen will need to be money from 3 to keep mo from helping off as much. same with jarin.
re: Tide Hoops | Recruiting
Posted by rushball on 4/7/25 at 7:34 pm
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TideCPA
It makes sense for UK in that they need some gritty dudes to help with that sieve of a defense. It makes zero sense for them from a system standpoint.
words cant describe how much i wish that were even remotely true.
re: Tide Hoops | Recruiting
Posted by rushball on 4/6/25 at 11:04 pm
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Very glad for Juwan. Seems like a good guy and gives it all he has.
couldnt find the clip but will never forget that moment in the locker room he had with herb where he kept trying to give herb dap, then herb just gave him a look and said something like, i just did that fool! shite was hilarious but yea, congrats to gary on a great ending to a great career. as blue collar toughness as it gets.
re: Tide Hoops | Recruiting
Posted by rushball on 4/5/25 at 3:00 pm
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Here’s the thing though…I don’t really know what you want us to do. Every single poster on this board WANTED Mo back. Oats wanted Mo back. He chose to leave for more money or more minutes. Best of luck to him.
In the Nate Oats era we have yet to experience a player transferring out that really cost us anything. JQ, Rylan, and Bradley were all transfers that I was really bummed about and wondered how we’d replace them. And in each of those situations the player ended up in a worse situation and we ended up fine.
So it seems to me that Oats knows the value of the guys on the team and the way to keep us winning seeing as he’s the most successful basketball coach we’ve ever had. I don’t think he’d let the next “herb Jones/Draymond Green” walk out the door.
We all liked Mo. We’ll be fine without him.
ugh, im not telling you to do anything. just simply responded to yet another poster who tried to downplay mo's contributions for us and proclaim to me how he has no potential.
yes please, esp at this point moving on would be great as harping on it is just bumming me out even more.
we dont what oats thoughts are on it yet though i do certainly agree that with him running the ship we should be fine regardless.
re: Tide Hoops | Recruiting
Posted by rushball on 4/5/25 at 2:25 pm
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It would likely be that those numbers are skewed due to limited minutes. Efficiency doesn’t always reflect accurately when you are playing in small spurts..also against their bench.
sure to some degree but a plus 11 is insane, esp when getting limited minutes. how many guys have you ever seen do that kind of thing, esp with the hardest sos in the country? then when you look at the times where he did get real minutes the numbers were usually off the charts.
re: Tide Hoops | Recruiting
Posted by rushball on 4/5/25 at 1:52 pm
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CrimsonTider98
Mo was a solid role player. If he was as good as a lot of people on this board think CNO wouldn’t have lost him. Don’t act like we lost the next Herb Jones when we really lost the next Juwan Gary.
i would ask you to explain how the only guy on the team with +11 bpm and negative 100 defensive net rating is lacking in potential but im pretty sure your answer would be something akin to how youre the next mrs. cleo, or some shite. the problem is your types just arent willing to see.....lol
re: Tide Hoops | Recruiting
Posted by rushball on 4/4/25 at 11:30 pm
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The amount of people who think Mo D was the next Herb is mind blowing. Herb was the best defender in program history, SEC player of the year, essentially our starting PG as a senior. Mo was a solid bench player. I’m a fan and understand why fans loved him but let’s relax. It’s not that big of a loss.
not that it even matters at this point, but pretty sure im the only one whos said he has that kind of potential. there were multiple posts by me and others explaining how analytically off the charts he was, and as i already said my personal favorite one being mo's bcp rating being far higher than herbs the year he won sec poy, despite limited minutes. so yes, atleast in regards to what mo did this past season it is undeniably a very bad loss.
just move on and keep having faith in oats to do his thing. bowen seems alright, and if reid and jarin do stay then hopefully they can improve enough next season to make up for it.
re: Tide Hoops | Recruiting
Posted by rushball on 4/4/25 at 6:42 pm
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From an efficiency standpoint he was one of our best players.
yep, truly heartbreaking to lose him. not the kind of guy that can be replaced, atleast on the surface of things. unlike some here i will always appreciate just how much value he truly gave us every game and will hope to death he doesnt stay in the sec. that would be very not good. congrats on the bag mo.
re: Tide Hoops | Recruiting
Posted by rushball on 4/3/25 at 9:22 pm
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If all else fails, just make shite up and pretend I said it.
Like, I told you, I'm not going to try to explain things to you that you'll refuse to see. I don't care if you understand. If you think Mo is going to explode and be Herb 2.0, then great. You're going to be disappointed. He's a solid role player, and I like him. His efficiency will go down, not up, if he gets more minutes.
I'm not going to argue with you.
Bookmark this.
yes, you made up several inacurate assumptions about me and mo, including what you just did by assuming ill ''refuse to see'' again for some odd reason. i guess its all people like you can do to cope and no, i truly dont care to argue with you so next time i state the obvious about mo it would be great if you dont go out of your way to trash what was quite objectively one of the most productive players on the team without atleast giving a reason as to why.
here is your direct quote from 2/27/25. youre welcome.
Jarin will be a starter here next year, assuming he doesn't leave for the NBA.[/quote]
re: Tide Hoops | Recruiting
Posted by rushball on 4/3/25 at 7:05 pm
ha is what it is man. truthfully im just glad to see theres bama fans who care at all.
re: Tide Hoops | Recruiting
Posted by rushball on 4/3/25 at 3:45 pm
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Ironical
coming from a guy who called mo a one trick pony with no skill or potential then refused to explain why but also not too long ago found it rational to proclaim jarin as still an nba guy this season despite having what most would say, a frustrating one at the very least. ironic indeed.
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