2026-2027 Roster discussion thread

[TrueblueCATfan]

When is Stokes going to announce

[EKYCat]

I'm still baffled they lost out on not only Freeman, but Rancik to Florida State of all places. Rancik would've been the perfect fit, with added value because; Pope needed to show Stokes the roster is coming together, and show him he wouldn't be called on to play PF....

Couldn't even do that right, he's essentially giving Stokes the green light to go to Kansas. Unbelievable.

I bet Stokes goes to Oregon.

[UKHoops01]

A Kansas fan said this tonight and a crazy amount of people propped his post:

"I'd rather have Yessoufou and another really good player than Stokes"

I'd like to have Yessoufou AND Stokes! Wilkins can be primary combo guard off the bench spelling both Diallo and Yessoufou and maybe we can somehow land a Power Forward, if Mark Pope ever figures out how to recruit one.

[UKHoops01]

Hope we add a couple more guys. I really don’t see McBride being our starting 4. If he is, it will be a long, long season.

Same for Kam at the 3. I'm nowhere near as high on him as some in our fan base are. Good bench piece/backup forward, but if he's a starter a bit of the wind will be sucked out from under my sails.

[UKHoops01]

UKHoops01 How you love that roster projection my boy?

You really don't want to know.

Really.

[Pobilly]

Hope we add a couple more guys. I really don’t see McBride being our starting 4. If he is, it will be a long, long season.

Agreed. Maybe Fla Coach leaves, that lets their guys enter the portal for a 30 day window after their coach leaves. Maybe we can get one of their bigs. Maybe it will snow in July in Kentucky. Who knows.

[bucsrule8872]

Diallo / Wilkins / M Williams
Wilkins / Morton
Kam Williams/ Hawthorne / Noah
McBride / Kam Williams / Noah
Moreno / Dynes / Potter

Let's roll, baby. Big things on the horizon for Kentucky basketball.

Hope we add a couple more guys. I really don’t see McBride being our starting 4. If he is, it will be a long, long season.

[Rondo#9]

UKHoops01 How you love that roster projection my boy?

[Rondo#9]

Diallo / Wilkins / M Williams
Wilkins / Morton
Kam Williams/ Hawthorne / Noah
McBride / Kam Williams / Noah
Moreno / Dynes / Potter

Let's roll, baby. Big things on the horizon for Kentucky basketball.

[Helix]

I remember during my hockey days the whole team going to all you can eat buffets and putting in work. One guy even brought his own bag and pulled out some orange chicken on the bus ride after haha

Minnesotan here. Never play, but you had me a hockey :-)

[Tomcats1990]

Pope signs Hawthorne’s little brother a high school PG. Maybe Pope is going 4 guards and a C this season.

[UKHoops01]

Hey Wichita state and Arkansas State wanted him. No seriously he is a practice player. If we get one or both of the guys visiting tomorrow we will have 4 available spots left. We have 9 right now. 3 that are starters, 1 (Kam) that will probably start now but needs to work to get much better this coming year and then if in a pinch Noah or Hawthorne, not that Hawthorne but the other Hawthorne. We need 2 big time guys 1 at PF and 1 shooter.

Yikes. This is sounding like one of Tubby's final rosters or a BCG roster, minus Patterson and Meeks.

Actually, you could add prime Patterson and Meeks to this year's upcoming roster and I think the results would be about the same as they were with BCG!

[Pobilly]

It almost seems like Pope is in full desperation mode now to simply fill out a roster, after waiting oh so patiently for certain priority guys to sign.

Hey Wichita state and Arkansas State wanted him. No seriously he is a practice player. If we get one or both of the guys visiting tomorrow we will have 4 available spots left. We have 9 right now. 3 that are starters, 1 (Kam) that will probably start now but needs to work to get much better this coming year and then if in a pinch Noah or Hawthorne, not that Hawthorne but the other Hawthorne. We need 2 big time guys 1 at PF and 1 shooter.

[UKHoops01]

COllege basketball does not have walkons any longer. He is one of 15 players. The 15 could be partial scholarship or full scholarship.

It almost seems like Pope is in full desperation mode now to simply fill out a roster, after waiting oh so patiently for certain priority guys to sign.

[WeWant9]

COllege basketball does not have walkons any longer. He is one of 15 players. The 15 could be partial scholarship or full scholarship.

Gotcha, hard to keep up at times with these rules