2024 Portal Madness Thread
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Read there was mutual interest between Ku & Robinson. Robinson did Tweet out that Coach Pope made an effort and came by and seen Robinson at the NBA try outs, Robinson saying he didn’t have to do that , that he wasn’t even his Coach- - -then followed that up with " YET "
Coach Self was also at the NBA tryouts , so there was that, might of just been checking up on Johnny & Kevin, see how things wee going BUT could of been trying to touch base with Robinson also.- - Uk seems to think Robinson is their’s to lose. Who knows-- -Maybe - - Maybe Not.
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I feel pretty confident if Robinson goes back to school it’ll be at KU
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Did we seriously up our NIL cabbage? Is that a difference this year? Is the staff doing a lot more traveling?
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@approxinfinity NIL is definitely part of it. Bill has also been more aggressive identifying and pursuing targets.
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When is the NBA combine over ? - -is it just this week ? – -How long before the deadline for a player to pull out of the draft ?
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@FarmerJayhawk said in 2024 Portal Madness Thread:
@approxinfinity NIL is definitely part of it. Bill has also been more aggressive identifying and pursuing targets.
Bill also isn’t fresh out of the hospital.
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@BShark huge!
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We all watched Robinson come off the bench, play PG in Allen Fieldhouse and make dagger after dagger to beat us. Self was there too I hear
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Trying to keep things in perspective. Would love to see have Robinson join the crew, but yet, also hearing he is doing well in the Draft At this point it was said they believe he will stay in the draft.
Right now thinking 50/50 he withdraws— -we shall see.
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Cincy is a dark horse Big 12 top tier team https://x.com/tiptonedits/status/1791557068425470256?s=46&t=c0LiaNrxev6XfT7LIH8dAQ
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@FarmerJayhawk said in 2024 Portal Madness Thread:
Cincy is a dark horse Big 12 top tier team https://x.com/tiptonedits/status/1791557068425470256?s=46&t=c0LiaNrxev6XfT7LIH8dAQ
Pretty tough to crack the top 4 but they will be solid.
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@FarmerJayhawk said in 2024 Portal Madness Thread:
Cincy is a dark horse Big 12 top tier team https://x.com/tiptonedits/status/1791557068425470256?s=46&t=c0LiaNrxev6XfT7LIH8dAQ
ESPN’s most recent Way Too Early Top 25 currently has 4 Big 12 teams in their top 5 with KU at 1, Houston at 2, Baylor at 4, and ISU at 5. Arizona is 10th and Cincy is 25.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 Wow, if that holds true, what a conference!
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Ridonculous. Can we just call ourselves the SEC and earn SEC money?
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Storr has withdrawn from the NBA draft and is coming to KU.
https://badgerswire.usatoday.com/2024/05/26/wisconsin-badgers-aj-storr-kansas-nba-draft-withdraw/
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@approxinfinity said in 2024 Portal Madness Thread:
Ridonculous. Can we just call ourselves the SEC and earn SEC money?
If we did, we’d be in the NCAA Baseball Tournament… but no.
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So no Furphy. I heard Jaxson Robinson stayed in the draft. Most draft withdrawals are either returning to their school or looking for starter minutes, IMHO.
I wonder what HCBS is planning?
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So uh…Kaden Cooper season?
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Robinson to Kentucky.
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Time to go fishin. Hope the hook is baited.
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Any insiders have any names we should be excited about now? Hard to keep track.
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@Gorilla72 said in 2024 Portal Madness Thread:
So no Furphy. I heard Jaxson Robinson stayed in the draft. Most draft withdrawals are either returning to their school or looking for starter minutes, IMHO.
I wonder what HCBS is planning?
That’s what I read as well last night. Looks like something changed, or a bogus report.
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I’ll say again I think Bill is done , was pretty confident that Robinson would go to Kentucky.-Already had a proven relationship there with his old Coach. - -Let’s roll the bal out and play the guys we got. Still much better
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I think we need to (again) consider the annual @wissox offer…
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I don’t know if we can get another impact player in the rotation but there’s no need to leave an open scholly. You get a body because there’s multiple guys redshirting this year. Injuries will happen. Either get to 12 and take the last scholly to dead the NCAA penalties or load up and kick the can to next year. I’d like to see us hit the international market for someone. Use the momentum of Furphy getting drafted.
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@mayjay Not this year. After reading the posts this year I guess Bill Self can’t coach so why would I want to play for him?
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@wissox apparently Bill is recruiting players that dont play any defense so that part sounds like a good fit?
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@Woodrow Has been known for a while but Vernon and the discord has to make that subscription feel worth it so he drops nuggets like “ku’s got a real chance….its KU and uk” ect to make you feel “cool” and “in the know”
In reality Robinson was never coming here….i said this even when we were initially starting to connect with him
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@rockchalkjayhawk Kaluma is the guy who if Bill wasn’t so loyal to Kj at the 4 we’d have a legit shot….
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@approxinfinity Bill’s gonna have this team metrically better both offensively and defensively than last year……
Squad is top 5 roster this year….better deliver!
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Does the narrative that Bill refuses to play anyone but KJ at the 4 due to sheer stubborn loyalty just come from last season when there were literally no other options? Or is there inside info I’m missing?
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@Jhawk69 KJ was rumored to be the only option last year because he threatened to transfer if competition was brought in. (Ingram) Don’t know if it’s true, but that could definitely paint a guy in a different light.
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Give Coach credit , still trying to load the Wagon. - -Read an article from Swain he put out about half hour ago , saying Bill was still looking for one more player for the 24/25 roster.
Out of the top 200 players who entered the portal , only 17 remain uncommitted. Bill looking for a player that can fit the role. Says they have been talking to some guys.
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Our old Buddy , Joe Yesufu , transferring to West Virginia
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Well K/State got a nice player. Seven footer , Ugonna Onyenso --transferring in from Portal from Kentucky. He is going to be decent when all said an done
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Well K/State got another good transfer through the Portal - - from Illinois, now you can agree with this or not- - -doesn’t matter to me BUT Tang has gathered a pretty solid group of players and I think they will be a player in the League this year unless Tang just can’t Coach a lick.
You figure the kid from Michigan —The kid from Kentucky pretty elite rim protector/decent rebounder - then Hawkins plus others - -they are going to be solid Now we can just blow it off , continue to ignore it saying oh it’s K/State or////w can acknowledge this and relaize not going to be anybody’s punk and STILL kick their ass.
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@jayballer67 - It appears 3 of their best 5 players are centers. How do they all of them on the floor at once? I suppose one could play the “4” but Big12 caliber 4’s are generally pretty fast. It will be interesting to see what Tang does with these guys when the conference season rolls around.
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@Gorilla72 saw some KSU types mention playing Hawkins at the 3. Which… lolz please do especially when we play
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Not worried about KSU one bit. Top 40-ish roster, SHOULD make the tournament.
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@BShark Tang will mess it up to many big dogs in the same pound. Don’t see it working
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@Gorilla72 said in 2024 Portal Madness Thread:
@jayballer67 - It appears 3 of their best 5 players are centers. How do they all of them on the floor at once? I suppose one could play the “4” but Big12 caliber 4’s are generally pretty fast. It will be interesting to see what Tang does with these guys when the conference season rolls around.
Hawkins says they don’t want him playin the 5 - - -he will be the 4, neve wanted to play the 5
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@kjayhawks said in 2024 Portal Madness Thread:
@BShark Tang will mess it up to many big dogs in the same pound. Don’t see it working
@kjayhawks said in 2024 Portal Madness Thread:
@BShark Tang will mess it up to many big dogs in the same pound. Don’t see it working
lol, hell we gonna go that route they could always say the same thing about us. -to many big dogs in the pound. , and I tell you what people keep on thinking about not being worried about K/ State one bit- - ya you just keep right on thinking that, that’s the kind of attitude that gonna get your ass bit lmao. - -Man people sometimes just can’t accept the fact that others can have solid teams too -that’swhere the good Crimson & Blue blinders come into play - -that’s laughable , not talking about you necessarily but they know who they are- -time to wake up
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@jayballer67 I would worry if it was the teams attitude, the fans don’t determine any outcome unless they donate piles of NIL cash.
