Next recruit up
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I’ve heard though, that Self really likes athletic 6’7’’ power forwards. Heard he will play them over 5 stars… Just a rumour though.
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I’d take him if he looks at the KU offer seriously.
With Hamilton, I don’t know how anyone can claim that will be the case this early. His coach is a die-hard KU fan and he’ll run for a team that Frank Mason was on. I do think our chances with him are much better then being adverstised
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KU also had no chance at Doke according to Ryan soooooooo. And I get it, things change and he is just passing on info. But that’s the point, things change. KU can at the very least offer and position themselves to be involved.
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Exactly, our KU insiders have been wrong way too much lately to take much from them in their claims. The Grimes stuff I can believe
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I recall our “failure” to land Doke. I was never convinced and felt we had him all along.
But to be fair to the recruit people, sometimes players do change their minds at the last second.
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The thing about Doke is FSU essentially BROUGHT HIM OVER FROM AFRICA with the help of Nike iirc. So it was believed that he would show loyalty to if not FSU then at least Nike on some level. Getting him was pretty impressive, but of course Norm was the lead assistant on Doke. Never doubt Norm.
No doubt Cal is already working on spinning this. He wouldn’t have been injured if he picked UK.
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Speaking of Norm I believe he is running point on 7 foot BEAST Moses Brown.
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Would not get that excited but Norm is a great recruiter so we’ll see
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I think we know Grimes and Dotson are priority targets (hell Dotson visited KU this year, his jr year) but outside of those two, I think it’s a waiting game to see who KU is really in on.
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Agreed!
I will add I think we’ve seen enough of how KU recruits lately that we will chase some guys we probably have no point in chasing (Zion etc) because they are elites of their positions etc. It seems like we could be possibly all over the place recruiting bigs besides maybe the one known in Williams. Will be interesting to see if they shadow Gordon at all. I don’t know a tremendous amount about the 18 class outside the top kids we’ve mentioned already.
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Sounds like some people have seen Juiston play and are impressed with him. The constant things I see being posted about him, High-Level rebounder, not a jump shooter, high character kid, good vision and can lead the fast break. Video seems to support all that as well
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Sounds like a Bill Self dream. I found a couple twitter accounts that tweet about Hutch CC games. One tweet said a player for an opposing team was daring him to shoot wide open from 15 feet, so I’d guess his range is less than that.
@BeddieKU23 said:
Agreed!
I will add I think we’ve seen enough of how KU recruits lately that we will chase some guys we probably have no point in chasing (Zion etc) because they are elites of their positions etc. It seems like we could be possibly all over the place recruiting bigs besides maybe the one known in Williams. Will be interesting to see if they shadow Gordon at all. I don’t know a tremendous amount about the 18 class outside the top kids we’ve mentioned already.
Sadly I agree.
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@BeddieKU23 and… he has a story
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Pays tribute to his brother who was senselessly shot and killed after every made bucket. Would love to see Juiston end up at KU. Extremely high character.
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@BShark ku fans would love him
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ISU fans already getting upset. Some do have a point though that KU might be trying to recruit him too late if he’s a high character kid and values relationships. Others are just getting butt hurt over KU finally noticing his talent.
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On the other hand he hasn’t committed yet despite having good offers. Might have been waiting for a big time program. I can understand why they are mad though, it sucks getting punked on a recruitment if that ends up happening.
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Interesting to me that Self wants the kid from HCC with Doke, Bragg, Lightfoot and Coleby returning I’m not sure he gets a ton of minutes.
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@kjayhawks should have gone to a game!
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KU will be going back out to see Juiston in game action. Soon.
@kjayhawks said:
Interesting to me that Self wants the kid from HCC with Doke, Bragg, Lightfoot and Coleby returning I’m not sure he gets a ton of minutes.
Not to mention probably Preston as well. However he’s probably better than Coleby and Mitch. Mitch pretty clearly wasn’t ready for post banging in the B12. It honestly wouldn’t kill Mitch to take a RS next year (provided he is okay with it). From what I understand he is being potentially recruited to be the 4th post player most likely next year. In any case he is an interesting player that offers abilities that our other post players don’t really have as much. He is a very good passer and ball handler. A nice Baylor zone killer in the high post.
Total minutes next year probably wouldn’t be high though like you say. The year after though, the post looks to be likely pretty barren so it would be a nice situation to have a SR w/ a year in the program going into 2018-19.
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@BShark good rebounder!
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I hope we land him, high character kids don’t grow on tree’s. This team is losing a lot of leaders and experience. Who’s going to lead the post guys night in and night out? I don’t see any natural leaders on this team if Devonte leaves. Surprising KU was this late to the party, Shakur has been known for a while but maybe the timing will be just right to hopefully get him on the team.
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@Crimsonorblue22 ya, just read the article. - -Sounds like pretty good rebounder, - -looking at pic looks like pretty cut, great build, scores rebounds. - -we could use additional guy who could score some for us at the 5, make defenses respect us even a little more, both inside and out. - - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Self also watched De’Quon Lake last night. Lake visited Iowa St this week for their Senior Night.
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@BeddieKU23 said:
Self also watched De’Quon Lake last night. Lake visited Iowa St this week for their Senior Night.
He sure got around yesterday.
@BeddieKU23 said:
I hope we land him, high character kids don’t grow on tree’s. This team is losing a lot of leaders and experience. Who’s going to lead the post guys night in and night out? I don’t see any natural leaders on this team if Devonte leaves. Surprising KU was this late to the party, Shakur has been known for a while but maybe the timing will be just right to hopefully get him on the team.
Could be a really key piece for the team after next year.
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ISU running down the Hutch today. Things are heating up.
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@BShark I hope we get him, mainly because Self wants him for a reason.
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Andre Rafus to TCU provided they can get him to campus. Though it is TCU, so maybe they just get him there anyway and give him the old Jamari/Ben style academic red shirt.
Despite listing KU, KU never offered. However it’s still a commitment for the B12, so I figured I’d post it.
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Stretch 4 with some size… 4 of the 5 recruits Dixon has coming in are PF/C’s
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I was worried for a second that KU might get interested but once Self was scouring JUCOs, that fear subsided.
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I wonder if KU would have been interested had his grades been in order or whatever it is that has kept teams away. All the film I’ve seen of him looked pretty good, hes got great size for a stretch 4 and can really shoot the 3. I don’t think he was an immediate contributor but we could have gone after much worse IMO. I have a feeling a few years from now he’ll be playing KU and have a game against us where we ask ourselves why we never returned the interest…
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That guy named Jeff on ESPN reporting something on Zion…
Jeff Goodman said “sources” tell him Duke, KU, South Carolina in the lead for Zion. With UK in there also.
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Not gonna let myself get worked up about Zion. If he ends up in Lawrence for a year, then I’ll have a party. Have we beat Duke head to head for a recruit in recent memory? Duke wants Zion big time.
@BeddieKU23 said:
I wonder if KU would have been interested had his grades been in order or whatever it is that has kept teams away. All the film I’ve seen of him looked pretty good, hes got great size for a stretch 4 and can really shoot the 3. I don’t think he was an immediate contributor but we could have gone after much worse IMO. I have a feeling a few years from now he’ll be playing KU and have a game against us where we ask ourselves why we never returned the interest…
Grades were probably part of it. He might even be a bigger risk than Preston (and with much less talent).
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Zion is a beast. It would be great to have him at KU; Duke has the snobbery factor going for them and Kentucky the NBA pipeline but we have beaten UK before. I am not sure if KU has gone after the same prospects although Duval would certainly be one.
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Recently against UK: Oubre, Bragg and Vick. Can’t recall if they offered Cheick or not.
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Diallo, Udoka, Wiggins…
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Seems like Bill has won his fair share against U.K., Duke less so.
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@JayHawkFanToo Zion plays for adidas
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UK wasn’t really in it for Doke. We did beat FSU (who brought him over) and Roy though. I totally spaced on Wiggs though, Cal wanted him bad.
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What ESPN doesn’t know could fill a library. Example: they mentioned that KU could clinch the outright Big12 title today…
I’m all for beating Cal heads up and Self has done it a bit lately. However the truth is important. You can’t trust what ESPN and Rivals list for interest and offers. KU did not beat UK for Doke’s services. UK saw him a couple times as a JR, he never visited and UK signed two post commitments before he announced. It was a UNC/FSU/KU decision.
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My point was that U.K. offered the same as KU and he ended up with the good guys. I’ll take it…
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Miege beat Eudora tonight. Congrats to JRE, who guarded Mitch Ballock most of the night.
Not too often there is a Kansas HS hoops game with multiple D1 players, so pretty cool.
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@BShark how did they do? I listened to Mac vs Buhler. Mac will probably play bm
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Can’t find a box score yet. Ballock had 17, but JRE really made him work for it. Eudora turned the game into a slog. Think UNI.
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@BShark @Crimsonorblue22 BM is far and away the best highschool team in the state this year. They came in to Mac and destroyed them, which seldom happens.
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@kjayhawks killed Buhler in state fb too
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I ran across this article concerning Marcus Garrett. The fact he has played in a very deliberate offensive system bodes well for his near term future at KU, imho:
Skyline was able to set the pace in a 33-29 victory against Klein Forest, and it paid off as the Raiders booked a trip to the UIL Class 6A state tournament at the Alamodome next week in San Antonio. No. 3-ranked Skyline (34-1) and top-ranked and previously undefeated Klein Forest (34-1) entered Saturday’s 6A Region II title game with conflicting styles. During its 34-game unbeaten streak, Klein Forest ran teams out of the gym. The Golden Eagles push the pace, are up and running after a change of possession, and rarely does a possession last longer than 15 seconds without a shot. Entering Saturday, Klein Forest was averaging 64 points per game and the season-low scoring output was 57. Skyline turns stalling into an art form. Each possession is slowly walked up the floor, and point guard Marcus Garrett conducts an offense where the Raiders work the ball upward of two minutes before taking a shot. It visibly frustrated Klein Forest, which had won 30 of its 34 games by double digits. “The game plan was not to let them get up and down,” Garrett said. “We knew if we went up and down with them they might beat us. So we knew we were going to slow it down, and that got to them.” It was most obvious in the game’s final minute, when Skyline broke a 29-29 tie. After forcing a turnover with 56.8 seconds remaining, Skyline held possession for 40 seconds before calling a timeout with 18 seconds remaining. After an inbounds pass to Garrett, who was double-teamed, Jase Townsend got open and scored the game-winning basket with 8.4 seconds left on the clock. “I knew I had to make a play,” Townsend said. “I hadn’t been shooting well, so it was time to make a play.” Klein Forest panicked on the inbounds pass, turned the ball over, and Sammy Brooks added an insurance layup right before the buzzer. Garrett finished with a game-high 13 points, and Townsend added 11 for Skyline. Cedrick Alley led Klein Forest with 12 points. WATCH final 18 seconds as Jase Townsend layup gives Skyline the lead, Sammy Brooks follow shot ices 33-29 win vs Klein Forest @SportsDayHS pic.twitter.com/E9EDvVF2eV — Greg Riddle (@DMNGregRiddle) March 4, 2017
