2021 Recruiting
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may have missed this but just curious. Do we have any interest in this kid or not, don’t remember much being said. - -Zach Clemence out of Sunrise in Wichita, 6’9 I think got him ranked as 34th, anybody got anything or is this a BIG nobody from us with no interest what so ever. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@jayballer73 said in 2021 Recruiting:
may have missed this but just curious. Do we have any interest in this kid or not, don’t remember much being said. - -Zach Clemence out of Sunrise in Wichita, 6’9 I think got him ranked as 34th, anybody got anything or is this a BIG nobody from us with no interest what so ever. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
As far as I know KU has major interest.
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Check posts earlier in the thread. Searching for Clemence is the easiest way, stuff comes right up. Right now we don’t really know as much as we otherwise would because of the COVID situation. Guys can’t do visits, coaches can’t either etc
Post targets will become clear eventually.
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@BeddieKU23 said in 2021 Recruiting:
@jayballer73 said in 2021 Recruiting:
may have missed this but just curious. Do we have any interest in this kid or not, don’t remember much being said. - -Zach Clemence out of Sunrise in Wichita, 6’9 I think got him ranked as 34th, anybody got anything or is this a BIG nobody from us with no interest what so ever. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
As far as I know KU has major interest.
ok thanks.- -wonder if the interest is mutual ?
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Rivals had an article 2 weeks ago about Zach and KU. Since Shay wrote it I would gather he doesn’t have anything ground breaking to report there but its behind the Rivals paywall…
To kind of recap with him. KU was there when he won MVP at Hoophall in January. We were also one of the first schools to reach out as was most of the Big-12. He was at Late Night this past year.
Ohio St recently offered and he’s on their board now. They are also recruiting Kendall Brown his teammate as well.
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New offer! I like this kid’s game a lot. Very, very skilled https://247sports.com/Player/Efton-Reid-46055252
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@FarmerJayhawk looks goooood. We have a shot?
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@BShark said in 2021 Recruiting:
@FarmerJayhawk looks goooood. We have a shot?
Too early to say. Need to get him on the phone with Dave and sell him on the twin towers of Virginia
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His evaluation sounded like dave
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@FarmerJayhawk said in 2021 Recruiting:
@BShark said in 2021 Recruiting:
@FarmerJayhawk looks goooood. We have a shot?
Too early to say. Need to get him on the phone with Dave and sell him on the twin towers of Virginia
Just noticed he plays for Team Loaded (same as Frank and Dave). Let’s get it done!
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UNC offered Sallis. That could be a game changer. Also, Reid could reclassify and if he does I’m thinking UVA or Louisville.
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sounds about right
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@BeddieKU23 You know the drill
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Honestly forgot we were targeting Salis. Not a sandbox we can play in.
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@FarmerJayhawk does not look winnable
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@BShark said in 2021 Recruiting:
@FarmerJayhawk does not look winnable
It looks like, as @jayballer73 astutely pointed out in the 22 thread, we’re going after a different type of guy these days. I think Bill saw what he had last year and was like OH. This could be fun.
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@FarmerJayhawk said in 2021 Recruiting:
@BShark said in 2021 Recruiting:
@FarmerJayhawk does not look winnable
It looks like, as @jayballer73 astutely pointed out in the 22 thread, we’re going after a different type of guy these days. I think Bill saw what he had last year and was like OH. This could be fun.
And with OAD all but officially over with the new G League contracts it makes sense. We’ll still get our Bryce Thompson’s and others, but as far as top 10 recruits go I say steer clear. Build the bench and solidify the starting 5 with KC players and the occasional Wichita recruit, as well as adding nationwide ones such as Frank and Devonte (Gethro fitting that mold for next season).
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@Marco said in 2021 Recruiting:
@FarmerJayhawk said in 2021 Recruiting:
@BShark said in 2021 Recruiting:
@FarmerJayhawk does not look winnable
It looks like, as @jayballer73 astutely pointed out in the 22 thread, we’re going after a different type of guy these days. I think Bill saw what he had last year and was like OH. This could be fun.
And with OAD all but officially over with the new G League contracts it makes sense. We’ll still get our Bryce Thompson’s and others, but as far as top 10 recruits go I say steer clear. Build the bench and solidify the starting 5 with KC players and the occasional Wichita recruit, as well as adding nationwide ones such as Frank and Devonte (Gethro fitting that mold for next season).
There’s not enough local talent to keep KU competitive at a national level. KU would have to land every local player to have any chance at being competitive which isn’t going to happen as long as MoKan is the dominant AAU team in the area.
KU lands a local talent every other year on average with varying degrees of success.
KU is a national brand in basketball and with the new rules on players selling themselves, KU needs to market the exposure a potential recruit can get at KU to land top players.
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Looks like we offered Dajuan Harris’s twin bro https://247sports.com/Player/Rahsool-Diggins-46056543/
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@FarmerJayhawk looks solid.
Staff apparently did video visits with Brown and Bates today.
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Mercy Coach Self & Staff REALLY BUSY this week. 5 offers going out since Wednsday. 3 offers to 2021 PG’S & 2 offers to the class of 2022 PF’S
KU offered to as been mentioned Rahsaal Diggins # 8 Pg & # 56 overall out of Wood Point.
Other offers include : DePaul , Miss St , St Joe , Virg Tech , U Conn , Fla , LaSalle , Penn St , Rutgers , Seton Hall , Xavier plus others.
Think might of been mentioned but have also offered this week JD Davidson , # 3 pg and # 19 overall.
Other offers include : Arizona , Alabama , Auburn , Memphis , Miss St , Ol Miss , & UNLV
Then the last PG offered this week is - - Nolan Hickman , other offers include : Oklahoma , Wasahington , Washington St , & Cal Poly. - he is out of East Catholic Washington. - - Staff been really really busy. - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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KU has offered Daimion Collins a 6’8 180 lb PF out of Texas has 16 offers at the moment, - -They are saying Texas may be the team to beat for him. Ranked # 22 in the Nation - Offers include : KU , Arkansas , LSU , USC ,
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Tamar Bates from Piper is transferring to IMG for next year.
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@Woodrow said in 2021 Recruiting:
Tamar Bates from Piper is transferring to IMG for next year.
Welp. We have seen that sandbox play out
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@BeddieKU23 we have landed guys from IMG. Could be a good move.
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I love it for Tamar. Don’t really think it hurts our chances. If it was Sallis I’d be like oh ish
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@BShark said in 2021 Recruiting:
@BeddieKU23 we have landed guys from IMG. Could be a good move.
KU has landed 2 recruits straight out of IMG. Both of them have been issues for KU in regards to eligibility. Jamari Taylor was academically ineligible his first year at KU and Silvio DeSousa’s suspension was originally 2 years and KU’s probably going to end up forfeiting its 2018 Final Four banner because of DeSousa.
Not exactly a great track record of IMG players at KU.
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Kansas just got a commitment from the class of 2021 Zachary clemence out of Sunrise Christian Academy out of Wichita Kansas hes Height is 6’10 205 lbs pf
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RCJH
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Very nice pickup for Bill and the staff. Kid has been on the come up in the rankings. Hopefully this helps with Brown as well, and opens the door for KU at Sunrise.
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@Woodrow said in 2021 Recruiting:
Very nice pickup for Bill and the staff. Kid has been on the come up in the rankings. Hopefully this helps with Brown as well, and opens the door for KU at Sunrise.
It likely will
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@Woodrow said in 2021 Recruiting:
Very nice pickup for Bill and the staff. Kid has been on the come up in the rankings. Hopefully this helps with Brown as well, and opens the door for KU at Sunrise.
He is very skilled and should be around multiple years. Love this commitment. Needed a big badly too.
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WOW. Huge commitment out of left field…Zach has upped his game tremendously in the past year at Sunrise. Think Matthew Hurt in terms of comparison. Can really shoot the ball from the perimeter at his size. Watched Several Sunrise games this past season and came away impressed with his ability.
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Hearing things have improved with KB as well. Great day for crootin.
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@BShark said in 2021 Recruiting:
Hearing things have improved with KB as well. Great day for crootin.
Nice! Grabbing his teammate can’t hurt there either…
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Well that came out of nowhere. Niiiice.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 said in 2021 Recruiting:
@Marco said in 2021 Recruiting:
@FarmerJayhawk said in 2021 Recruiting:
@BShark said in 2021 Recruiting:
@FarmerJayhawk does not look winnable
It looks like, as @jayballer73 astutely pointed out in the 22 thread, we’re going after a different type of guy these days. I think Bill saw what he had last year and was like OH. This could be fun.
And with OAD all but officially over with the new G League contracts it makes sense. We’ll still get our Bryce Thompson’s and others, but as far as top 10 recruits go I say steer clear. Build the bench and solidify the starting 5 with KC players and the occasional Wichita recruit, as well as adding nationwide ones such as Frank and Devonte (Gethro fitting that mold for next season).
There’s not enough local talent to keep KU competitive at a national level. KU would have to land every local player to have any chance at being competitive which isn’t going to happen as long as MoKan is the dominant AAU team in the area.
KU lands a local talent every other year on average with varying degrees of success.
KU is a national brand in basketball and with the new rules on players selling themselves, KU needs to market the exposure a potential recruit can get at KU to land top players.
Why do you say Mokan being the dominant AAU team in KC is a detriment to KU? KU has 3 Mokan players now. Do you know of any high profile players at Mokan now that we are/should be recruiting?
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@hawkfan01 said in 2021 Recruiting:
@Texas-Hawk-10 said in 2021 Recruiting:
@Marco said in 2021 Recruiting:
@FarmerJayhawk said in 2021 Recruiting:
@BShark said in 2021 Recruiting:
@FarmerJayhawk does not look winnable
It looks like, as @jayballer73 astutely pointed out in the 22 thread, we’re going after a different type of guy these days. I think Bill saw what he had last year and was like OH. This could be fun.
And with OAD all but officially over with the new G League contracts it makes sense. We’ll still get our Bryce Thompson’s and others, but as far as top 10 recruits go I say steer clear. Build the bench and solidify the starting 5 with KC players and the occasional Wichita recruit, as well as adding nationwide ones such as Frank and Devonte (Gethro fitting that mold for next season).
There’s not enough local talent to keep KU competitive at a national level. KU would have to land every local player to have any chance at being competitive which isn’t going to happen as long as MoKan is the dominant AAU team in the area.
KU lands a local talent every other year on average with varying degrees of success.
KU is a national brand in basketball and with the new rules on players selling themselves, KU needs to market the exposure a potential recruit can get at KU to land top players.
Why do you say Mokan being the dominant AAU team in KC is a detriment to KU? KU has 3 Mokan players now. Do you know of any high profile players at Mokan now that we are/should be recruiting?
Kennedy Chandler, but we can’t play in that sandbox and his focus is on swooosh.
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@hawkfan01 said in 2021 Recruiting:
@Texas-Hawk-10 said in 2021 Recruiting:
@Marco said in 2021 Recruiting:
@FarmerJayhawk said in 2021 Recruiting:
@BShark said in 2021 Recruiting:
@FarmerJayhawk does not look winnable
It looks like, as @jayballer73 astutely pointed out in the 22 thread, we’re going after a different type of guy these days. I think Bill saw what he had last year and was like OH. This could be fun.
And with OAD all but officially over with the new G League contracts it makes sense. We’ll still get our Bryce Thompson’s and others, but as far as top 10 recruits go I say steer clear. Build the bench and solidify the starting 5 with KC players and the occasional Wichita recruit, as well as adding nationwide ones such as Frank and Devonte (Gethro fitting that mold for next season).
There’s not enough local talent to keep KU competitive at a national level. KU would have to land every local player to have any chance at being competitive which isn’t going to happen as long as MoKan is the dominant AAU team in the area.
KU lands a local talent every other year on average with varying degrees of success.
KU is a national brand in basketball and with the new rules on players selling themselves, KU needs to market the exposure a potential recruit can get at KU to land top players.
Why do you say Mokan being the dominant AAU team in KC is a detriment to KU? KU has 3 Mokan players now. Do you know of any high profile players at Mokan now that we are/should be recruiting?
MoKan is a top Nike AAU program and they tend to funnel their top prospects to Nike programs. The general lack of interest from their elite recruits in KU is evidence of that. Trae Young is their only elite recruit that’s ever seriously considered coming to KU and he still ended up at Oklahoma. KU generally recruits MoKan’s top prospects, interest has generally not been reciprocated because MoKan is a top Nike AAU program and KU is not a Nike school.
Ochai Agbaji was the first MoKan player to ever commit to KU. None of the 3 players KU has landed were highly regarded. Harris who was barely a top 100 player is the highest rated of those players.
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Bates, Sallis, Brown, Clemence. Call it a class. Add a big if an additional spot comes open.
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@FarmerJayhawk said in 2021 Recruiting:
Bates, Sallis, Brown, Clemence. Call it a class. Add a big if an additional spot comes open.
lol, I guess if your going to dream - - you might as well dream big. - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@JAYHAWKFAN214 said in 2021 Recruiting:
Kansas just got a commitment from the class of 2021 Zachary clemence out of Sunrise Christian Academy out of Wichita Kansas hes Height is 6’10 205 lbs pf
SWEEEEEEET ! ! ! = =good to see - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@BeddieKU23 said in 2021 Recruiting:
WOW. Huge commitment out of left field…Zach has upped his game tremendously in the past year at Sunrise. Think Matthew Hurt in terms of comparison. Can really shoot the ball from the perimeter at his size. Watched Several Sunrise games this past season and came away impressed with his ability.
Well that sounds really good to me. - -Things had been really dead for us , now if like people have been saying if this helps us even more with Brown , will be huge. Love it when we can get a big man that can stroke the ball. - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Relaying some info here from a friend at Sunrise. Zach is a tireless worker, in the gym all the time doing shooting drills.
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@BShark said in 2021 Recruiting:
Zach Clemence wants to play in the big 12. Hope it’s for the good guys.
Spoiler: it is.
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@BShark finally good news!
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@Crimsonorblue22 love some of the quotes there. Sounds like Zach was at KU games when he was 10 or 11 years old.
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In lol news, we did not make eventual Duke player Pat Baldwin JR’s top 10. I believe the entire top 10 is Nike, so, yeah.
