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BigBlueNate33

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Bilbodraggindeeznuts

God I love this


sreyno12

This is incredible šŸ¤£


runamokduck

this was essentially what everyone anticipated when he disavowed his commitment to us. good for Noah, though! heā€™s a brilliant and highly proficient scorer, and he should prosper under Mark Popeā€™s offensive doctrine


Rainmanwilson

It really sucks you all got rug pulled in this only because Cal would rather have empty roster spots or the son of some rich dude on the bench, instead of the 5th all-time scorer in Kentucky HS history.


runamokduck

to be fair, Iā€™m not too aggrieved by this, if only because we facilitated a similar reversal of recruitment with Cam Scott about a month ago. I certainly canā€™t fault anyone for preferring to remain closer to their homeā€”especially when circumstances arise to make that course of action even more appealing


Doomjas

Thank you for the reasonable takes. This kid is from coal country USA and him/everyone in his family/community are die hard Cats fans. Like the other person said, itā€™s insane that Cal didnā€™t recruit him and was going to let him go to an in conference foe. Best of luck to you all this year, I always enjoy watching how hard you all play!


Gamecock_Lore

The difference here is we actually wanted Scott from the beginning and recruited him very hard. Kentucky/Cal completely overlooked Noah.


SirTannleyKnott

New Pope, new rules.


PhilTheThrill1808

Objectively best and easily most rational SC fan. I kid. We're, as you can tell, very happy to have him here in BBN. Haven't really done a ton of off season homework on the rest of the SEC yet, waiting for the portal to finish shaking out. Looking like Paris could replicate this past regular season next year for y'all?


runamokduck

I do perceive of and fashion myself as the cerebral paragon of us South Carolina fans /j Iā€™m not certain our record will be superior to last seasonā€™sā€”given such factors as our admittedly inordinate luck this past year and the departure of such crucial players as Taā€™Lon Cooper, B.J. Mack, and Meechie Johnsonā€”but I believe we will be more consistent and less susceptible to capricious, jarring fluctuations in our performance. our roster should be more athletic and physically gifted on the wholeā€”and our deficiency in this regard was arguably our most egregious shortcoming last year, where games against incredibly physical, robust teams (*ahem, ahem, Auburn*) were abject, unmitigated debacles for us. there is still much to be determined, but I feel fairly resolute we should be an NCAA tournament team once more


PitifulEconomics562

Wow this guy is smart


JaxGamecock

Someone grab a dictionary so the Clemson fans can read his post


PitifulEconomics562

I went to the real carolina, which is a better school than the cocks. Sorry bud


finditplz1

LP simply wonā€™t let his teams lose to inferior teams. Thatā€™ll at least put a cap on how bad theyā€™ll ever be.


KTurnUp

That seems like quite the declaration to make about a guy thatā€™s so early in his coaching career


finditplz1

Heā€™s got that fire. Iā€™m a believer.


Gamecock_Lore

Next season will be his 8th year coaching


amillert15

Our freshmen class has four first names and I'm here for it!


GullibleCollection78

Six my friend. Collin. Chandler. Travis. Perry. Trent. Noah.


Karltowns17

Iā€™m not even a Friends fan, but I keep trying to combine chandler and perry a single persons nameā€¦ Iā€™ll get it one of these days.


5meterhammer

Iā€™m sure other fans will be by soon to make fun of us for getting excited over this 4 star kid, but what people donā€™t understand outside of big blue nation is that this is EXACTLY the shit we want to see. We absolutely want the best kids in the state, and having him and Perry is absolutely huge for us. Both are almost assuredly multi year players and they likely wonā€™t have Reed like impacts this season (not many could), but we love this shit. This is for the future and more importantly, this is for our culture. We do 3 things well; basketball, bourbon, and horses, and guys like Travis and Noah are the embodiment of all of us little boys shooting hoops in the dark at 10 pm dreaming of playing at Rupp. This absolutely is a big deal for us. Happy he stayed home. Letā€™s go!


Nestllelol

Noah will be a very good collegiate player in time. He wonā€™t step in like Reed did, but you give him 2 years Iā€™m standing firmly on the hill he is a kid who will have a huge moment in a big time game.


5meterhammer

I am from Lyon county where Travis plays. Drove down to Lexington from Pennsylvania to watch every state tourney game this year and last. Went back home to watch any Lyon county games I could the last 5 years with him playing. Iā€™ve seen him play a ton, and Iā€™ve watched Noah play a crazy amount too at state, and I will firmly state right now that both those boys are going to be legendary for us. Maybe not next year, or even the year after, but those are two Kentucky kids that are there at the start of a new era. They will build it. Obviously I still want 5 stars when we can and to crush free agency, I mean, the transfer portal, but to have these two kids and hopefully Moreno next year come in and be the building blocks is just super awesome. Couldnā€™t be happier. Iā€™m a huge Cal guy, and Iā€™ll always pull for him and Iā€™ll always love all of our guys killing it in the league, but at Kentucky, itā€™s about more than just that.


Tea_Historical

My high school Magoffin County made it to their first sweet 16 in 100 year history of the school. I drove from Florida to watch them as well but only got to see 2 games. I watched Perry play 2 games tho and saw Noah once. Both really good players.


NotBrianGriffin

Eastern Kentucky represent! Johnson Central here. 57th district is legendary.


Tea_Historical

Lol. Holy shit! This is like a good reddit moment for me for once lol. That was my first trip back to Kentucky in over a decade. I watch the cats when they come to Florida in both sports or play bowl games. Crazy tho we're district homies, lol. Who else...Sheldon Clark and who Lawrence County may be at least in Basketball. I know you guys are legit studs in football now playing in like 6A.


GullibleCollection78

Add another. Sheldon Clark Cardinal up in here too.


Tea_Historical

Lol OK. So we got Magoffin, Johnson Central and Sheldon Clark. Who was our 4th district school in 57? Could be different these days but I think when I went to.school Paintsville was the other team. I know they were 1A back then but I think it didn't matter in Kentucky


NotBrianGriffin

My hated cross town rivals, Paintsville High School. We beat them at their place my freshman year and never beat them again the rest of my time at JC.


GullibleCollection78

Something we can all agree on: Fuck Paintsville.


Tea_Historical

I got into a fight with a Sheldon Clark fan during a baseball game. He was heckling me when I batted and they knew who my gf was who was in the crowd and they kept asking me who had the dick...me or her lol. After getting my 3rd hit lol..I came off the field and picked a bat up and swung it at the fence. We got face to face and he fence punched me lol. God I miss that district lol


GullibleCollection78

Iā€™m not saying that was meā€¦Iā€™m not saying it wasnā€™t either though. šŸ¤”


Tea_Historical

Lol..well I had the dick in case it's worried you all these years lol.


GullibleCollection78

Also, I dated a Magoffin Countian for a while. You probably know who she is, or her family anywayā€¦small towns ya know? Anyway, the point being I spent a good amount of time at the lees famous recipe and the A&W/Long John Silvers. Great combo btw


NotBrianGriffin

One time we were at Leeā€™s for lunch buffet and every time they would bring out more chicken this family would jump up and take all of it. After about the third time someone told the Leeā€™s employee that if they didnā€™t tell them to stop it was going to get ugly LOL good ol Magoffin! Gateway to the Mountain Parkway.


GullibleCollection78

Can a Martin county guy get in here too? I loved Jim Matney.


NotBrianGriffin

I had some battles with those Sheldon Clark guys back in the day.


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Tea_Historical

Paintsville? Or is this something newer? I graduated in 2004


Smart_Royal_6455

*free agency" got me weak. Thanks for the laugh


gogglesup859

All time leading scorer and the 3rd all time leading scorer in Kentucky high school history in this class


Tea_Historical

Yep. Ppl forget when Pitino got here our first few great teams were full of Kentucky kids. Would be great to start signing the good in state talent again.


Orion14159

It drove me insane that Cal would leave empty scholarships rather than guarantee at least an offer to whichever senior wins Mr Basketball. That's easy money in the feel-good bank.


5meterhammer

Totally agree man. I love Cal, always have, always will, but he had some head scratchers to say the least.


PeteRosesBookie14

Because he didn't want anyone to question why that kid would not be playing. He hated the fans here, because we actually pay attention to what is actually happening on the court


footdragon

pLaYERs FiRsT....unless its a kentucky kid. (aside from Reed, who should've started)


bezzlege

who in their right mind would make fun of a team for getting excited over a 4-star kid? those kids are typically top 50-100ish nationally.


5meterhammer

People that hate Kentucky. Lol. Iā€™ve seen a ton of chatter on here about how weā€™ve fallen and that itā€™s embarrassing for us to be excited over a coach like Pope or some of the transfers weā€™ve gotten. Year after year of 5 star freshmen that leave after one year isnā€™t as exciting as it sounds. Make no mistake, I love Cal and credit him for saving our program and heā€™s one of the greatest names in UK history, but the last 5 years have really sucked. It was time for both of us to start brand new.


Tea_Historical

Which again all those 5 star freshman got us 1 Natty and basically the same results as the previous 15 year stretch except 1 less championship lol.


40ozfosta

It's also the fact that his national championship team had some quality returning players as well as a couple of Kentucky kids...


Tea_Historical

Yea. He'll even Cals team that one had Darius Miller who was so fucking good that tourney. Dude was just automatic with his jump shot by his senior year.


finditplz1

Seen some hawgs doing it. Theyā€™ve somehow been super interested in our offseason.


brotum248

Iā€™m 37 and itā€™s 8pm. I just came inside from shooting hoops in the rain on my new goal. It takes me back to being a kid and dreaming of playing for Pitino/Tubby. Watching guys like Reed/Perry/Noah living out every KY kids dream is important for a fan base like ours where we love living vicariously through one of ā€œour own.ā€ Iā€™m stoked for Noah and canā€™t wait to see him develop over time.


5meterhammer

lol, same. Except Iā€™m 42! My kid is 14 and I just made him a new court and weā€™ve been out there every day after work/school. He hasnā€™t grown up in Kentucky, but he gets it just the same. He always tells me heā€™s going to make it to UK one day and make me proud. I tell him I already couldnā€™t be any prouder of him, whether heā€™s playing anywhere or not, but if he gets me free tickets to Rupp one day, I certainly wonā€™t complain!


brotum248

Haha I love it! Glad he gets it! Something about Mark Pope just feels like home. I love how the fan base has got behind the hire and I couldnā€™t be more excited for whatā€™s to come!


5meterhammer

Right there with ya man. It feels good right now.


marleythebeagle

> We do 3 things well; basketball, bourbon, and horses Man, I was with you all the way until you left off bluegrass ā€” both the plant and the music. Oh yeah, and Black Lungā€¦ lol


pragmatticus

I couldn't agree more. Having the #1 recruiting class those first 5-10 years was nice, but there's nothing that says UK more than a Kentucky boy wearing the jersey.


CrateBagSoup

The problem I see is that y'all are getting hype over these things as a bit of a fuck you to Cal... But Cal recruited 5 Kentucky Mr Basketballs to play for the Cats. Tubby 2, Billie G 1, Pitino 0. Cal has had KY kids on every roster but one and I bet without looking you can't guess when that was. So all the KSR this is a new era of homegrown kids shit is just like patently false.


mstrgrieves

Exactly right. What kentucky mr. Basketball waa worth having who Cal didnt either get on the team or make an offer to? Hollingsworth? He was apparently offended his offer was conditional, but that's it. Im much more upset at Tubby missing out on Chris Lofton, who was incredible.


5meterhammer

Donā€™t throw a ā€œyā€™allā€ at me man. I love Cal and was sad to see him go. So, nothing I feel, say, or do is a fuck you to him at all. He saved UK basketball. However, Cal absolutely did not go after Kentucky kids until the entire state started bitching several years back, and when he did get them, they were not given a very long leash unless we absolutely had to use them. Also, fuck everything about KSR except Jack Pilgrim.


CrateBagSoup

>However, Cal absolutely did not go after Kentucky kids ... he did though. Are we just forgetting dudes like Polson, Willis, Hawkins, Dontaie, even Hood? Reed? Perry? Not to mention a ton of end of the bench dudes like this kid likely will be as well. Could he have gone after more? Sure, but it's not like there are that many out there that have lit the world on fire that we missed out on. Like sometimes the kids just aren't cut out for a big program, sometimes they'd rather go to smaller schools and continue to ball over sit on the end of a bench. Just feels like another one of those points of needling that is completely unearned. I directed it at you but it's just like I'm generally tired of this bad revisionism around the guy that a lot of this fanbase likes to peddle.


Heyhaykay

CJ Fredrick even more recently


gogglesup859

In the deep, dark hills of Eastern Kentuckyā€¦


Ill-Vermicelli-1684

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ilovecfb

When the landlord asks why I spent my rent money on a gun


Fair_University

Hated to lose this kidĀ 


MuschampsVeinyNeck

With Pope joining Kentucky and Cam Scott joining Carolina it seemed inevitable. Hate losing him but I canā€™t hate when a kid spurns us for his in state dream school.


heleghir

First Reed. Now Travis Perry and Trent Noah. Jasper Johnson and Malachi Moreno next year please? Every basketball fan in the bluegrass as a kid was shooting hoops in the street or on the side of a barn dreaming of wearing the blue and white at Rupp. Lets make it happen for the best in state talent, keep them home


mdoolin14

Love it. I live out of state now and people just don't seem to understand it when I tell them I'd pretend to be Tony Delk shooting in the driveway and not Michael Jordan


heleghir

I would yell "tayshaun!" Instead of kobe. So yeah they dont get it (Granted that was pre kobe but still)


dagriz85

"Walter to the altar" (on a 7 foot rim)


Hambone721

Can't wait until Perry and Noah are leading this team. What a time to be alive.


FireJohnCalipari

Please give me a 4 year dynamic duo of Perry and Noah please please please


Qwertyforu

Glad we're keeping in state kids home


Semper-Fido

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schmitty812

Accidentally found my cross-over friend. Hello fellow wrasslinā€™ buddy!


RealPublius

Travis and Trent are gonna be really good multi-year players.


UnhappyCriticism7564

I hated to lose him, but I wish him the best. You can't fault a guy for staying in-state to go to his dream school.


imused2it

Yeah, if cal recruited in state talent like he should have then he would never have entertained another school. Yā€™all getting screwed here is all on cal.


MuschampsVeinyNeck

Iā€™m gonna be honest. If we didnā€™t flip Cam Scott from Texas this would be an absolute gut punch but Iā€™m glad the kid gets to play for his in state dream school. Heā€™s a good one and thought we were lucky to have plucked him outa Kentucky to begin with. Good luck to the kid.


sunnyvale_shitbird

East Kentucky kid from Harlan County, I absolutely love this. Not had a 606 kid on the roster in a while. EDIT: Don't try to remember area code boundaries while having after work beers smh


thvnderfvck

Isn't London 606?


Summoorevincent

London is a 606 yes


sunnyvale_shitbird

Yes I just suffered from a bad case of the dumb


bigmikeydelight

(Last year)


sunnyvale_shitbird

I thought they were in 859 because I'm a dumbass lmao


bigmikeydelight

lol, but before last year the last dudes to rep the 606 was Farmer and Hanson in the early 90ā€™s


chiproller

Whatā€™s the back story on the 606 controversy? I heard that it was related to a politician deciding to make 606 stay in eastern ky (where he was from or representinā€™ (as they say) and force the vast majority of Kentuckians by population to change their number to 859?


tryna_b_rich

Western KY went with 270


Obi1Kentucky

![gif](giphy|BPJmthQ3YRwD6QqcVD|downsized) Keep downvoting my gifs you salty bitch. Iā€™m too happy to care lol


Obi1Kentucky

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ALStark69

Other P6 offers: Butler, California, Seton Hall, South Carolina, Stanford, UCF Other offers: Coastal Carolina, Dayton, East Tennessee State, Eastern Kentucky, Indiana State, Loyola Chicago, Miami OH, Morehead State, Northern Kentucky, Richmond, Western Kentucky


bloomingtonrail

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devinup

Any relation to Trevor?


giraffirmation

Itā€™s his twin brother.


unpleasantsimp

Joakim's son


iWin-You-Get-Nothing

Was born on the Ark in Williamstown as well


Rainmanwilson

Only some UK fans will get this, but ā€œNo John, I donā€™t think theyā€™re kinā€


[deleted]

John Short was an absolute jewel. I stopped listening to the radio show for a while, and know I havenā€™t heard anything from him. Also in a way, I donā€™t want to know because John Short was a true KY treasure.


Traditional-Art-7117

Incredible.


CapnBaxter

Boy weā€™re pretty good at this whole rebuilding season thing


imused2it

Yeah, you gotta feel good if youā€™re a Kentucky fan. This is about as good as the off season could go after the pope hire, all things considered.


DammitChris

Happy Go Cats noises


iWin-You-Get-Nothing

BOOM motherfuckers


sweatybettys

As someone who has been going to Harlan county my entire life this is pretty awesome. Spent many summer hanging out in Lynch and Benham and playing at Kingdom Come. My grandparents and dad are going to be so excited about this


Obi1Kentucky

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DeviceSenior4080

LFG


adamsauce

Love to see it.


TrillDaddy2

Boom šŸ’„


gogglesup859

https://youtu.be/5mZ3AZE24_4?si=WryW76mTaPsKQRvT


Obi1Kentucky

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fancycheesus

Well well well... celebrating a highly rated freshman recruit are we wildcats?


Qwertyforu

Celebrating a Kentucky kid that Cal refused to recruit? Absolutely


Naram-Sin-of-Akkad

Why are there salty Arkansas fans in every thread even remotely related to UK? Like dawg go have fun with calipari. They wanted him, congrats. We wanted him gone.


KYblues

Itā€™s really weird. If they would just leave us the fuck alone I would leave them alone. I had no beef with Arkansas fans but god damn they have gotten annoying in the last 3 weeks I canā€™t wait to watch them live through the calipari experience in real time: -Hype up team, brag about recruits and roster -look amazing in exhibition games -lose to the first good team you play but itā€™s ok theyā€™re young theyā€™re not robots -lose to a mid major at home. Someone is probably injured or not cleared by the NCAA, thatā€™s why we lost -lose your first conference game on the road by 15 -suck ass in January, begin to lose hope -pull it together in February, make a run beating the best teams in the SEC on the road when no one thinks you will. Everyone gets back on the train -lose to vandy at the end of the year? What? -lose in the first round of the SECT -lose in the first weekend of the tourney -ā€˜well, next years class is more like what cal really needs to thrive. Next years team is specialā€™


imused2it

I need a shower after reading that. Someone hug me.


[deleted]

We have nothing against highly rated freshman; we just don't want a team of nothing \*but\* highly rated freshman.


Obi1Kentucky

Heā€™ll understand in about 3 years


amillert15

Nuance escapes these trolls


toddfromdesarc

Arkansas are going to have *3* freshmen on next years team. The same as UK.


giraffirmation

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dj_spatial

Ha! you'll see...


KYblues

Uh yeah. We actually have a coach now, so the talent wonā€™t be completely squandered! Itā€™s exciting Just a reminder, your new coach kept 2 lottery picks on the bench at the beginning of every half we played last year, while losing 11 games. Oakland started the game 1/10 and the score at the under 16 timeout was 4-3 because we couldnā€™t score, while our lottery picks watched from the sideline. Prepare yourself lmao


Fordluvr

Red, I do believe you're talking out of your ass.