The House of Blue

I dont think a kid of his stature is cared of not getting playing time he is gonna play where ever he goes.

next years lineup how i see it
pg harrison
sg harison
sf wiggins
pf lee
c johnson
bench
young
wiltjer
willis
polson
hood

i think everyone goes pro except wiltjer...noel will be a top 3 pick goodwin and cauley top 20 picks possibly top 10 depending how they play down the stretch...poythress and harrow late first round picks and harrow may slide to early second round

That lineup is pretty much spot on with the one I had in mind. The only 1 that may be different is Wiggins, although he is the 1 that I hope we get but Randle or Gordon may pop earlier than Wiggins and that would probably mean Wiggins goes elsewhere but it wouldnt be impossible for WIggins to pop for the Cats also but IMO highly doubtful. Gordon IMO may choose to stay out west and I havent seen or heard much about the UK coaching staff burning down the airways going out to see Gordon but he still has KY in his final 3 and after all Cal is Cal after all.

Twhit,Randle cannot play the 5 spot and he doesnt want to..He is a forward at 6'8 and 235 lbs...He cannot guard the likes of Dieng and Plumlee and the Maryland center or Indiana center..Need I go on? He has stated that he does not want to play any center at all..We need a guy that is a true center and that will command the opposing defenses to guard him.We need Randle and Johnson, or another center that can play..

Time for John Hood to graduate after the season and Cal can have another scholly, and take Polson off scholly if there is a crunch..

I think that UK could play w/o the traditional center and after all we have Lee that could always play the 5 spot. Cal could build a team around Randle w/o using Randle as the center and man that would be a fast up and down team with size and length and everything else that would be needed to win #9 with an all freshman lineup.

Not really worried about a crunch as such but a crunch could happen if certain people came back...or maybe an almost crunch..We could and should take 8 guys this year..Wiltjer will be back and probably Harrow..so that is 10..WCS probably wont but you never know..If he does that is 11. Cal doesnt want 11 good players on scholly is my guess,due to playing time issues..I would like to see the recruits be: Harrisons,Young,Willis,Lee,Randle,Wiggins,Johnson and Gordon if possible..Too much top talent and probably wont happen..What if Poythress comes back? Lots of possibilites..I would surely like to see better quality depth..These next 2 years will be fun and interesting.

Losing Beckham,Mays,Noel,Goodwin and probably Poythress

I doubt Harrow will be back or Poy or even WCS. Just don't see it happening as much as I'd love to see it happen. Wiltjer will probably be the only guy back.

By the way you were right about Randle. I forgot about his adamance on not playing the 5 spot. So we will likely need a true 5 like Johnson I just don't know whether he fits the DDM. I guess we'll run a version of the DDM like we've ran the past 4 years anyway. Unless behind closed doors Cal has convinced Randle to play the 5 which I find unlikely. I do however believe he could guard just about any 5 in college basketball. You forget that Zeller, Plumlee, Len and all the other bigs you mentioned will be gone to the NBA. Dieng might be the only one left and he's not much of an offensive threat. Randle goes 6'9 250 and will only get bigger and stronger. I realize its a moot point if he refuses to play that spot although I feel like with foul trouble he'll be asked to guard bigger players at one point or another. I doubt we get all 3 of Randle, Gordon and Wiggins. I could see Randle/Gordon or Randle/Wiggins but not all 3. Its gonna be interesting to see how it shakes out. I'm not worried at all and thats what I meant to convey in my last post. We're gonna have a hell of a team as it sits right now. People don't realize how good James Young and Marcus Lee really are. You just add Johnson to that and keep Wiltjer and you've got a hell of a team because the Harrisons are straight ballers. Complete all around players.

A scholly crunch is not something to worry about. Polson can always go off scholly. But Hood can stay. We could use his leadership. He's been through a lot and was helping this years team before his recent absence due to sickness. I just wouldn't count on anybody but Wiltjer staying and I also wouldn't count on signing all those players you mentioned. JMO anyway.

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Sorry if mine post ended up VIP. It probably happened by default since I mainly use the mobile site.

I dont think he will transfer either but it is an option for him. He does need to work hard on the defensive end of the court and if he does improve you are right he will get his chance to earn a check in the NBA b/c he does, like you said has the offensive ability already although if he would also work on his inside game it would make him even more valuable.