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Jun 18, 2024
8:04:50pm

marinact Contributor

Berke was injured last year.

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marinact

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Freshmen in CBB are not always ready to make a major impact

JoeExotic

Jun 18, 7:02pm

This should be stickied from Nov to Apr. We are new to top recruits

Jun 18, 7:05pm

Agreed. It’s actually more common than not that freshmen need time.

TarCoug

Jun 18, 7:06pm

How the coach manages their role & load can make a world of difference, though.

SinkingQuffa

Jun 18, 7:06pm

His number 1 priority get a couple guys in the league this year….

JohnnyC

Jun 18, 7:07pm

nah, priority always needs to be winning each game. we don't want to be what

cwilke1

Jun 18, 7:30pm

Yeah who wants to be like Kentucky basketball.

davidmj10

Jun 18, 10:12pm

in the last 4 seasons, Kentucky has one year with a losing record and one NCAA

cwilke1

Jun 19, 6:37am

Recruits want to get to the Association

TNT

Jun 18, 10:44pm

Both have played against very high level talent, I agree they're arn't a sure

marinact

Jun 18, 7:08pm

Kentucky had the #1 recruiting class last year and got bounced in the first rd.

JoeExotic

Jun 18, 7:21pm

Fortunately Egor’s value is tied up in being a passer

puntersarepeople

Jun 18, 9:12pm

JoeExotic makes a very good point but

theonick

Jun 18, 9:56pm

Good thing we have several players returning from a team that spent most of the

ABCoug

Jun 18, 7:09pm

Absolutely. The returning players are a key reason why I think BYU has a top 20

JoeExotic

Jun 18, 7:22pm

The only reason Kentucky didn’t win in the post season is because they didn’t

Jun 18, 7:23pm

But we had him. So what gives?

MajorZeus

Jun 18, 7:42pm

Which is why it’s nice that we also have some great experience along with the

cougaman

Jun 18, 7:25pm

The experience Egor has gotten with Real Madrid is substantially different than your average HS Senior, even more so tha

CLCougar

Jun 18, 7:36pm

Aday Mara was guy on lottery pick radars before last season

JoeExotic

Jun 18, 7:47pm

same with Berke Buyutuncel who was on draft radars but wasn't good at UCLA

cwilke1

Jun 18, 7:55pm

He wasn't projected nearly as high as Egor I don't think, though. He turned heads in a Euro playoff series.

SinkingQuffa

Jun 18, 8:03pm

Berke was injured last year.

marinact

Jun 18, 8:04pm

but still played in 26 games which was 79% of UCLA's games for the season and

cwilke1

Jun 18, 9:46pm

He wasn’t good because he played hurt and was rarely one hundred percent.

marinact

Jun 18, 9:48pm

i'm skeptical about that, but the same thing could happen to our heralded

cwilke1

Jun 18, 9:59pm

True, we'll see. I've drunk the kool-aid Travis Hansen has dished out about Igor being special

CLCougar

Jun 18, 8:03pm

I’d argue that…

BYU Grounds

Jun 18, 8:22pm

Yes. Give KY some space to get this team to gel. I'm happy w/a competive team

Forzaitalia

Jun 18, 9:15pm

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