Kentucky is kicking some major butt in recruiting

[Alasippi]

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Since hiring Callipari they've signed four "five stars" and two "four stars"...

That's way off the charts.

Either he's an incredible recruiter or an invitation to the NCAA Probation Convention is in the mail.

Time will tell.

sip

[bmcklv]

Kentucky with basketball is like Bama with football. You may keep em down for awhile, but when the (perceived) right coach comes along, the school/coach combo pretty much recruits itself.

Remember we went from (nobody wants to play for/coach at Alabama because Bama is yesterday's news). The Saban hire shut one side of the reporter's mouths and two consecutive #1 recruiting classes closed the other side.

Callipari is doing the same for UK Basketball.

[GrandBayTider]

Callipari + World Wide Wes = Priceless.

Well actually there is a price, it just has a lot of zeros. The thing is Wes is not a booster, he has no association with a school so it is a big gray area with the NCAA. It is hard to investigate someone who happens to be friends with a player but has no association with a school and no direct ties to point at with the institution. Why couldn't they advise the kid?

[BEATtutorsee]

	Quote:	bmcklv
	Kentucky with basketball is like Bama with football. You may keep em down for awhile, but when the (perceived) right coach comes along, the school/coach combo pretty much recruits itself. Remember we went from (nobody wants to play for/coach at Alabama because Bama is yesterday's news). The Saban hire shut one side of the reporter's mouths and two consecutive #1 recruiting classes closed the other side. Callipari is doing the same for UK Basketball.

Yep. Calipari will have UK humming on all cylinders within a couple of years IMHO. I'm just glad we now have a coach who'll be able to put a squad on the court capable of competing with them.

[rizolltizide]

I would have expected nothing less.

[peteswell4]

Last time I looked they have four 5 stars and two 4 stars. That is crazy. I read Bledsoe qualified too. Also, Patterson is returning. Is Meeks coming back? If so, and a couple of the freshman play to their potential, I think they could compete for a championship this year. Of course, it could end up like a few years ago when Rondo, Crawford, and Morris were all 5 star freshman who all underacheived. The difference this year is they have Calipari. Hopefully, Grant will have us at the top of the west most years so we can have some good meaningful games with UK. I think UK being good is good for the SEC.

[TIDE-HSV]

I just found out recently how "managed" kids are qualified. They never take the ACT early. They take it late in the game, and there aren't any earlier scores to raise a red flag. Whoever takes the test is guaranteed to return a decent score. On core GPA, all the usual summer school, correspondence, and even dirtier tricks are used. Unless the kid is an absolute dunce (maybe even if he is), a high enough ACT will carry, unless the classwork is abysmally low. To be fair, there are kids who are lackadaisical in the classroom, but have the ability to ace standardized tests. (Hey, wait, that's me!)

[Alasippi]

	Quote:	peteswell4
	Last time I looked they have four 5 stars and two 4 stars. That is crazy. I read Bledsoe qualified too. Also, Patterson is returning. Is Meeks coming back? If so, and a couple of the freshman play to their potential, I think they could compete for a championship this year. Of course, it could end up like a few years ago when Rondo, Crawford, and Morris were all 5 star freshman who all underacheived. The difference this year is they have Calipari. Hopefully, Grant will have us at the top of the west most years so we can have some good meaningful games with UK. I think UK being good is good for the SEC.

The only question Callipari has to answer is "Can his style of basketball win in the SEC?" The run and gun offense and high octane defense worked pretty well for Memphis in Conference USA where they were basically the only major college team. But they never could make it through the dance.

Maintaining that up up tempo pace game after game in the SEC is going to be difficult to say the least. And as good as these players are that he's recruiting, they're not very "physical" types.When you're getting bumped, bruised and banged around it makes it difficult to go all out for 40 minutes. We'll see. It'll definitely be interesting.

I think Callipari is good for the conference from a publicity angle as well. Dick Vitale will be drooling all over the television screen talking about Kentucky and the SEC next year.

[CrimsonEyeshade]

Sip,

I don't think Cal's style is any more manic than Pearl's. Uptempo, sure. But his approach, dare I say, bears this similarity to CNS: Get the best talent.

[BamainBoston]

I can't help but want Kentucky to be successful. They are the Alabama of basketball, after all.

[GrandBayTider]

	Quote:	TIDE-HSV
	I just found out recently how "managed" kids are qualified. They never take the ACT early. They take it late in the game, and there aren't any earlier scores to raise a red flag. Whoever takes the test is guaranteed to return a decent score. On core GPA, all the usual summer school, correspondence, and even dirtier tricks are used. Unless the kid is an absolute dunce (maybe even if he is), a high enough ACT will carry, unless the classwork is abysmally low. To be fair, there are kids who are lackadaisical in the classroom, but have the ability to ace standardized tests. (Hey, wait, that's me!)

Hmm, have you been talking to people in Memphis again?

[Ldlane]

Best team money can buy!

[bamahippie]

	Quote:	GrandBayTider
	Hmm, have you been talking to people in Memphis again?

No kiddin'. I read the news, before I read the news. On Derrick Rose, that is. His handler had his own rap song "The Wild Wild Wes."