KU Roster for 25-26
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@dylans said in KU Roster for 25-26:
So who are the starters?
Peterson and Flory.
White?
And? The roster looks pretty incomplete at this point. Need another impactful player. Maybe that other transfer will be the 2?
Long way to go.
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Not sure how many here saw this.
https://x.com/derrick__shelby/status/1910146609322610697?s=46
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@BigBad said in KU Roster for 25-26:
Not sure how many here saw this.
https://x.com/derrick__shelby/status/1910146609322610697?s=46
Nice. hope he’s a contributor! From the way back when HS scouting report:
Shelby is one of the better long distance shooters in his class. He makes any man to man defense stretch out against any zone. coaches mainly see his ability to stretch the floor as a key translatable asset.
His career stats from 3pt: 31 and 33 percent in his two years playing college ball.
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He won’t contribute
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Yeah that video doesnt inspire a whole lot of confidence. He is heaving it from low down. Unless he is Steph Curry, I dont really want to rely on someone who has to shoot from his knees against B12 defenders
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Good video of how poorly we continue to guard the perimeter
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@BeddieKU23 that was probably his role on the scout team and they couldn’t even guard him
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@TYOHawk said in KU Roster for 25-26:
@BShark said in KU Roster for 25-26:
He won’t contribute
Jeremy Case part 2
lol locker room cancer too? No coaching invite!jk
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Three big12 teams in the top 6 of these extremely way too early rankings. (Spoiler, none of them are KU). Another 2 teams ranked in the top 15 also not KU who checks in at 19.
A lot of roster left to build, but it needs to be impactful to keep pace.
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Yes. It is very important that we are ranked preseason number 1. That always works out well for us.
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@Jhawk69 Or some may say the Big12 looks pretty stacked at this point and KU has some work to do. But sarcasm is something my 9 year old is tying to master as well. Best of luck! It takes some practice.
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I guess people thought Stokes was a lock for Louisville , I guess though they are saying he doesn’t want to play in the State of Kentucky because of gang problems.-- -Kinda strange but the Kentucky Board ( Rupp Rafters are in agreement that IS the reason- -saying it’s the truth about him really not wanting to play in the State
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@dylans said in KU Roster for 25-26:
Three big12 teams in the top 6 of these extremely way too early rankings. (Spoiler, none of them are KU). Another 2 teams ranked in the top 15 also not KU who checks in at 19.
A lot of roster left to build, but it needs to be impactful to keep pace.
Projecting DP, Flory, Elmarko, White and Dawson as starters, which isn’t going to intimidate anyone. Small line-up. No real shooters. Won’t be able to handle other bigs. Critical that we get 2 more starting caliber players, but pool of ranked ones is dwindling…
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@DCHawker said in KU Roster for 25-26:
@dylans said in KU Roster for 25-26:
Three big12 teams in the top 6 of these extremely way too early rankings. (Spoiler, none of them are KU). Another 2 teams ranked in the top 15 also not KU who checks in at 19.
A lot of roster left to build, but it needs to be impactful to keep pace.
Projecting DP, Flory, Elmarko, White and Dawson as starters, which isn’t going to intimidate anyone. Small line-up. No real shooters. Won’t be able to handle other bigs. Critical that we get 2 more starting caliber players, but pool of ranked ones is dwindling…
0% chance this is the starting lineup
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@Woodrow ESPN is just going by who is on the roster now. But its not worth worrying about until after all the dominos have fallen.
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@Woodrow Zero , for one been hearing if the recruit over Tre White he is out
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@SlimShaddy54 said in KU Roster for 25-26:
@Woodrow Zero , for one been hearing if the recruit over Tre White he is out
Again? lol consistent I guess. To commit and never set foot on campus twice would be hilarious.
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Swain on 247 posted that the staff is very high on Council and expects him to be one of their best players. Interesting
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@BeddieKU23 said in KU Roster for 25-26:
Swain on 247 posted that the staff is very high on Council and expects him to be one of their best players. Interesting
Great basketball fit next to DP imo. As you know I wasn’t high on Storr but all the signees make sense this time so far
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Feels very much like a Frank Mason signing. I don’t expect near that level of play from Council but the recruitment vibes feel similar, i.e. found him while scouting someone else, general public down on signing but staff leaks are all super positive
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An old buddy/recruit has popped up. De-Committed from Washington , former team mate of Darryn’s- --Nick Bundalo has de-committed a poster from Tos asking should we show interest again ?-Short Answer- ----NO! !- - -not only no but HELL NO , RUN BILL— RUN , run as fsat as you can Major head case w sure don’t need that
Biancardi watch for St John’s or Kansas State lol–ya Tang that would be a perfect fit for you-- please take him lol
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@SlimShaddy54 What’s the drama with Niko? Not of the Dallas Mavericks…that that move would irk the people in Dallas was news only to him.
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Media people have said he’s a handful.
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@MR11 Frank was I think the all time scoring leader at Petersburg HS, ahead of Moses Malone. I dont think Council is that capable offensively, is he?
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@BeddieKU23 said in KU Roster for 25-26:
Media people have said he’s a handful.
He is quite the character.
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@approxinfinity I would be very surprised if he, or anyone else on the team, were as good a player as Frank Mason. Luckily, despite what the irrational DaJuan haters will tell you, you don’t have to be as good as Frank Mason to be a good player.
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@Jhawk69 said in KU Roster for 25-26:
@approxinfinity I would be very surprised if he, or anyone else on the team, were as good a player as Frank Mason. Luckily, despite what the irrational DaJuan haters will tell you, you don’t have to be as good as Frank Mason to be a good player.
Darryn Peterson very much could be better than POY Frank.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 Its not impossible but I wouldn’t hold my breath on that one. I was just thinking the other day about the fact that Frank is arguably the 3rd best player in Kansas basketball history. We rarely have seasons of that caliber.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 quite possible , complete package
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@Jhawk69 Frank Mason was a baller and my favorite Jayhawk ever, but he did not get to the final 4 in 4 seasons.
He did everything he possibly could with his body and he was an athletic freak, but basketball is a game that favors the tall. Being a prolific 3 point shooter is the great equalizer of course, but Frank was a 30% 3 pt shooter at KU and only hit 40% his senior year.
Steph Curry was a 41% 3 pt shooter on over 9 attempts at Davidson over 3 seasons.
Peterson could be better than Frank. Freshman Kevin Durant was better than Frank. Just cant teach tall.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 He will be good but won’t have the season Flagg just had because of how we run things
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@SlimShaddy54 said in KU Roster for 25-26:
@Texas-Hawk-10 quite possible , complete package
He may be the real deal, but what does that mean? Not very often that single freshmen carry teams to NCAA titles - Carmelo Anthony and Anthony Davis? Each of those had other NBA players on the roster. Hakeem Warwick was on the Syracuse title team with Anthony. Milt Wagner and others with Davis. DP may be the real deal and a complete package, perhaps the best freshman next year, but is he a NBA first team talent? Perhaps. Is there anyone else on the roster who is NBA starter level??? Most NCAA champs have multiple future NBA players - true of KU as well…
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@BeddieKU23 ha that’s funny almost like the first legit 6-3 pg with d1 athleticism is now knocking their socks off because holy heck they’ve been blind at that position for 4 years
So not surprised they get a legit guy in here and “wow they are impressed”
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@kuballin10 has nothing to do with that, if your not impressed with DP then your not to bright- -haven’t been blind at all lmao-- you just never learn to give it a rest do you, your a real piece of work holy crap.
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@DCHawker said in KU Roster for 25-26:
@SlimShaddy54 said in KU Roster for 25-26:
@Texas-Hawk-10 quite possible , complete package
He may be the real deal, but what does that mean? Not very often that single freshmen carry teams to NCAA titles - Carmelo Anthony and Anthony Davis? Each of those had other NBA players on the roster. Hakeem Warwick was on the Syracuse title team with Anthony. Milt Wagner and others with Davis. DP may be the real deal and a complete package, perhaps the best freshman next year, but is he a NBA first team talent? Perhaps. Is there anyone else on the roster who is NBA starter level??? Most NCAA champs have multiple future NBA players - true of KU as well…
Yes, I firmly believe there are already two other future NBA players on KU’s roster for next season not including whoever else Self may bring in. If it’s Darrion Williams, it’ll be 4 future NBA players. I 100% believe both Elmarko and Flory are future NBA players. Maybe not after this upcoming season, but I can see each going to the NBA in 2027 after the 2026-27 season.
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It’s been a slow time. Is it slow for most of D1 right now? Are coaches and ADs spending much of their days fundraising? Are they promoting specific players and asking for funds for these players? If this is the case, are coaches picking players or are the decisions made by those contributing? Maybe we stay slow until the NBA draft?
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@drgnslayr Yeah, the draft is another inflection point. Hopefully something interesting will happen about then.
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@drgnslayr There’s 3 dates to keep an eye on. The first should be coming up within the next week and that’s when NBA Combine invites go out. Most players that have declared for the draft that don’t receive an invite and haven’t already committed to a school will withdraw from the draft and focus on their transfer destination.
The second date is May 18 which is the last day of the NBA Combine. Players that received an invite will still start withdrawing shortly after that if they don’t like their feedback in regards to where their draft stock is.
The last day to watch is June 15 which is the deadline to withdraw from the NBA Draft.
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@drgnslayr said in KU Roster for 25-26:
It’s been a slow time. Is it slow for most of D1 right now? Are coaches and ADs spending much of their days fundraising? Are they promoting specific players and asking for funds for these players? If this is the case, are coaches picking players or are the decisions made by those contributing? Maybe we stay slow until the NBA draft?
I think the draft is a huge part of the whole thing. Need to wait for that to see more dominos fall.
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@SlimShaddy54 Sorry for the confusion my comment was regarding Council per the comment above about the staff really impressed with him
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@Kcmatt7 said in KU Roster for 25-26:
@drgnslayr said in KU Roster for 25-26:
It’s been a slow time. Is it slow for most of D1 right now? Are coaches and ADs spending much of their days fundraising? Are they promoting specific players and asking for funds for these players? If this is the case, are coaches picking players or are the decisions made by those contributing? Maybe we stay slow until the NBA draft?
I think the draft is a huge part of the whole thing. Need to wait for that to see more dominos fall.
FYI, June 15 is the deadline to withdraw from the NBA draft. So, maybe some movement around then?
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Can anyone comment on my fundraising questions?
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From what I’ve seen I know Self went around asking for more NIL $ and perhaps maybe we can infer that led to retaining Bidunga and getting White/Dawson/Council as well. I believe Self may have asked for more recently given their interest in Williams from Texas Tech and it looks like we have the funds to be competitive for what he’s asking or match it, if he pulls out of the draft. All speculation, but that seems to be the prevalent theme I see posted around right now. Depending on what domino falls there, they may have to try and shake the tree again for the backup big and 13th guy but who knows. This is where having a GM might have already been impactful to have in place.
I think some of the slowness now rests on the Settlement case & the Draft fallout. Nobody has cash laying around except a few perhaps until colleges can access and distribute those funds. I can imagine a lot of teams’ investments are tied to that going through. I’m sure most teams are hoping things settle, asking prices for some of these guys still in the portal are more realistic and then KU can finish the portal class strong. I can’t imagine navigating this bologna. Nothing amateur about it anymore
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I’m uninformed on most of the NIL topic. Seems to me, the players who settled their NIL deals early this spring will probably be the big benefactors and the late players may be bought for a bargain and schools scrap to get late funds together. I’m thinking that creates a clash with those players in the draft process. And if those players exist later on should benefit by going to teams with talent for a late March run. I’m thinking Self’s recent portal failures where he jumped too quickly will now be a huge advantage as he sits patiently. This year we are changing our bumper sticker from “load the wagons” to “hold on, Hoss!”
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It’s certainly possible there could be less money for the available players that are left in the portal. I think the top end guys like Williams, PJ Haggerty, RJ Luis are going to get what they want if they play in college next year due to their talent and value they would provide at their next school. I think guys who entered late or have held out for whatever reason and are not top end valued guys will likely have to settle for whatever they can get. Perhaps there’s a good chunk that think once the house settlement money goes through you might see another wave of signees. You might even see kids who signed already for whatever price, try to renegotiate or drive the price up more by threatening to leave or enter the portal again and try and get more suitors. There’s just no end to what may happen with young kids and agents trying to cash in on this.
I think it’s been confirmed Self chose a different approach this cycle- vetting players better, not getting into bidding wars for guys that had unreasonable asks or were only money chasing. It still remains to be seen how good this trio + whoever else may join later is going to be but we do hope this approach/this year leads to better results. I can’t imagine they ever want to repeat what they went through with Storr again. Still surprised they didn’t see the writing on the wall there…
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@BeddieKU23 Yup. That’s why I think there needs to be some guard rails installed. Hopefully soon.
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I heavily advise KU to hire me as a GM. I’m a people person with vast sales experience. I’ll go out there and find all those private NIL deals for our players that will not impact their school NIL cap. Every day we go without a GM we are missing out!
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Couldn’t find a great thread to post this…an Elmarko workout update.
