OT - Harrison Twins Return to UK
Since we're a basketball school... thought it was worth noting the Harrison twins just announced they are returning. With that, "one and done" UK only lost Young and Randle from that loaded squad.
And somehow we lost more guys early entry to the NBA than UK did.
/Bang head through wall.
The Harrisons join returnees Alex Poythress, Willie Cauley-Stein, Marcus Lee and Dakari Johnson on next season's team. The six players, who could have all left early for the NBA draft, were the No. 3 through No. 8 scorers on the Wildcats. The top two scorers -- both freshmen in Julius Randle and James Young -- declared for the NBA draft.
The Wildcats also will add a stellar recruiting class again in 6-10 Trey Lyles (No. 6 in the ESPN 100), 6-11 Karl Towns Jr. (No. 9), 6-5 Devin Booker (No. 18) and 5-9 Tyler Ulis (No. 25).
LINK.
They will now have 9 Mcdonalds AA's on their team...and hopefully no title to show for it.
I thought for sure this post was about the twins returning to Britain...DANGIT!
...this is what I actually thought. I saw the thread title and was puzzled becuase I hadn't recalled hearing they were raised overseas.
This week has been too long.
Jolly good, what! A fine pair of lads. Cheerio!
Without Randle and Young that's a very different team. But yeah, it's pretty ridiculous that Michigan lost 4 non-senior players this year, and Kentucky lost two.
I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing glue.
Well it's only 2 p.m.
Uhh Lyles and Towns are this year's Randle. They should be ok (and I'm a huge Randle fan).
wonder how much that set calipari back.
I don't know if it's true, but read on a news site earlier that he has 10 top tier recruits still and only has lost 2. That's a loaded roster. Not sure how you keep all the ego in check.
Yet, only one basketball to go around. Let's see how well Calipari can manage all the ego's in that locker room next year. Would love to see a complete meltdown of that team.
He did a pretty good job last year, and has been doing this for years. I'm guessing they'll be OK. And winning goes a long way toward making everyone happy.
how do they have enough room?
Does this mean Kentucky can't sign their whole recruiting class? PLEASE BE TRUE.
Nope. The NCAA will punish Michigan for McGary's malfeasance by giving some of Michigan's scholarship allowance to Kentucky.
They could always drug test. I hear one of their players took one of his roommate's Xanax to fall asleep during finals. LIFETIME BAN!!!
At this point, I respect Cal as a coach.
NCAA sanctions follow the guy wherever he goes. It's only a matter of time before he leaves KY and the NCAA swoops in to prove they have everything under control. Coaches should be held responsible for the actions that take place during their tenur. If they leave coaching, then it should fall on the school. That would stop coaches who were obviously leaving from doing something stupid with no fear of repercussions.
You mean the NCAA? That investigative body? You think Calipari is going to confess?
Love the optimism, but I'm afraid I'm skeptical I'll see it.
Some twins have to do everything together. It's really annoying.
some kind of sick joke of a day? Quick, Devin Funchess blow out your ACL and Gary Harris change your mind and come back to MSU.
So, Coach Cal broke another promise. "I'll get you to the NBA in 1 year."
This guy can't keep his word about anything.
"Didn't want to take a pay cut" comment.
6 minutes too late...
Well played.
They need some more development and refining before they make that jump. I'm assuming the evals didn't come back to great.
Maybe we can be lucky enough to have Spike return after next year and not declare.....
hmmmm, interesting. I really thought that entire starting five would leave. Also, yeah we lost more, but they were sophomores. The twins are freshmen and could likely benefit from one more year in college.
How do they have room for the four guys they are bringing in? Did they have senior scholorship players that graduated? I thought they were coutning on everyone going pro to have enough room for their incoming class.
Apparently they had 12 scholarship guys this year, with Poulson and Hood being seniors, they had spots for 3 freshmen. Randle and Young leaving actually gives them 5 spots open. They could still take another player, though I can't imagine anyone decent going there to be the last guy on the end of the bench.
Poythress will see little playing time like this year he should really transfer where he could get a lot more playing time. Since he is 6'8" 240lbs I wonder who could really use his size? Maybe he should come to Michigan.
Sorry he can't meet the UM academic requirements to play a couple years and leave for the NBA with no degree.
4.0 Business School student who will graduate in three years. Good try though, ignorant fool.
Einstein
nope, i didnt.
I asked my wife to punch me in my newly callused dong to prove it's desensitized given the recent string of direct sledge hammers to the dong. I barely felt a thing.
Couldn't you have just punched it yourself? It's kinda rude to make someone do that.
feel that she is being useful for something. :P
Why?!?!? Why didn't you come to Michigan!!!???? I am happy we got MAAR but Booker would have been more of an impact player. And cleary he wasn't afraid of competition. Dammit.
Yep... I was thinking if Booker reconsidered. Obviously when you commit at UK you assume your spot is open for immediate playing time. Harrison is going to take up 30 min next year.
Wonder how this year's crop of One-and-done hopefulls feels about this. They'll struggle to get playing time
Agree, two and done goes against everything Kentucky stands for!!!
With the twins staying it looks like Michigan is now the lone school with 3 early entries, according to this list.
edit: Just noticed the date of the article. Old list is old.
So be it. Let's see if they enjoy being replaced by Calipari on the depth chart.
Ulis gives them the legitament PG they lacked this year, though.
*meant as response to Lord Grantham.
I thought they were leaving school to return to the United Kingdom, then remembered they were from Texas, then felt stupid, then resumed my overwhelming sadness...