All those C-USA tournament championships and regular season championships, except for one, came after the best teams in the conference left for the Big East.

anyways, i agree that KU and UK are at the top next year, with UNC right behind them, and MSU and Nova right behind the heels.

this will be a very telling season to how good of a coach Cal is. as it has been well documented, he can recruit like none other, but…

this is his first stint at a major program that has high expectations, for winning. will he be able to handle those?

He will not be able to win a million conference games in a row just because his players are so much better than everybody else’s like it was at memphis. The athletes, programs and coaches in the SEC will challenge him more than ever.

also keep in mind how young this team is and how freshman usually play. there will be times next year that UK could beat NBA teams, and times they will look bad. can Cal get them to be consistent and not turn the ball over?

he can prove to the nation he belongs in that elite group of coaches next year, or he could end up looking like a great recruiter, bad bench coach. we shall see.

im pumped for next season already! should be alot of fun if UK and KU get to play in march… or april

Rock Chalk!

I was trying (for once lol) to be more level and put my UK bias aside

Obviously I hope that we have a tremendous season…..BEEN WAITING FOR IT!

Regarding the leadership – I am HOPING that Meeks will have the confidence to be just that, a leader. He has proven he can score, he just needs to bring it all together. I think his relationship difficulties with Gillispie was part of the problem, but we’ll find out. Patterson should be vocal this year, at least I am hopeful. They will have to be because the freshman will need guidance. Talent is great but there needs to be more than just that.

Thanks fella

P

Pitino shouldn’t be as high as I mentioned previously.

My main point still stands…

Cal was among the Top 3 recruiters in the nation…FOR MEMPHIS…

Have you been to Memphis’ campus or the town itself?

The campus is a dump and so is the town…the brightspots are the Tigers’ facilities and the FedEx Forum…

Now he’s at UK…

There’s no real Pro team in KY…and b/c of that we have the best fans in the nation plus the best facilities and a downtown that is by no means a metropolis but it sure isn’t a dump like Memphis.

If Cal could get guys to Memphis he’ll have no trouble getting them to come to UK.

As for everyone doubting Coach Cal’s x’s and o’s abilities…

Please see Bill Self’s Jayhawks’ performances against Bucknell and Bradley…once he got some more time in at KU…he’s done quite alright.

AND PLEASE DON”T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT — GETTING HIS OWN RECRUITS IN— Losing to those Mid-majors falls on the coach when you’re the 3 or 4 seed.

And no way Pitino is recruiting better than Self, Wright or Matta. His top recruit for 09 was #42. He’s had 2 top 40 recruits in 5 years. Rarely does Self, Roy or Matta even have to take guys out of the top 40.