2024 Recruiting
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Was watching the 247 weekly Basketball recruiting this Morning and they were saying - -well Eric Bossi was saying not to Count the Jay Hawks out of the Cooper Flagg recruitment just yet, saying he thought it was kinda odd for the other Visits if Cooper was all in on Duke/ Duke lock. Thinks KU will have him on Campus the weekend of Late Night But he will be a Duke for their verson of late night after the KU visit. w
Eric said Coach Self is all in on Flagg and said we have seen what happens when Coach is like that. - -We shall see.
Finkelstein also mentioned that KU was actively looking for another frontliner/big man and was talking about Queen saying don’t count them out there either as Queen is athletic enough he could play with another big.
Talked about how KU might be considered the leade for Jahlil B, but think it’s still wide open
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The Billy Eugene Self Revenge Tour is off to a BLAZING start
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@FarmerJayhawk said in 2024 Recruiting:
The Billy Eugene Self Revenge Tour is off to a BLAZING start
Struggling to remember the last time we had 3 top 15 recruits on campus at once that WASN’T late night.
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Welcome to the best program and best coach in college basketball.
(Note: We all knew this, but now it’s becoming widely accepted in all regions of the country. Plus, Bill Self has been at KU since these kids were born, so they haven’t seen KU lose many games and recently they’ve seen some BIG wins.)
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bill the greatest salesman in the world if he convinces queen to come on with flory already on board. the rationalizations from the other fanbases in the recruitment would be incredible
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Boy our 2024 recruiting really ramping up. – - THREE big time over Laor ay weekend - Bethea - -McNeely - - & Queen. - - -Emanual coming in on the 5th of Sept - - Billy Richmond on October 6th - -& then Cooper Flagg for ate night.
I think Jeremy has a big part in this, think he is really going to help, doing nice work. - As far as possible’s I think we have a very legit shot a Bethea ,- -might be able to snare McNeely - -wouldn’t mind Queen at all, But think that’s a reach with Flory commit. Still have serious doubts about the possibility of Flagg landing here
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“Don’t stop me now” - Bill Self
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@BShark said in 2024 Recruiting:
@FarmerJayhawk said in 2024 Recruiting:
“Don’t stop me now” - Bill Self
Rutgers staff is sweating.
Rutgers, Maryland, Miami, Duke. Rampaaaaaage
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2006 Bill is back. Billy five stars.
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Harper AND Bethea?
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Ha , - -Ha - Ha - -and the plot thickens.- - - Bill rollin. - - that is my guess too , Bethea AND Haper possibly, taking harper right out from under their noses.
Kentucky board jumped on this quick. - Some Kentucky insider something like that I see him there a lot name Trilly Donavon tweeted, Self up to his shit again lol - - People saying GOD no please not Flagg lol
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I know this kid may not be top priority But from what I hear is that Coach could very well be looking for another big to go with Flory - - -Reading see that Emmanual Stephen a Seven Footer is coming in for late night , probably a project but we know how Coach seems to develop Big’s if we lose out on some this would work really good size -excellent rim protector averaged 2.8 last year and averaged 3.8 in the Peach jam with a high of 12 in one game. -have to see how this al turns out. - -Seems like Coach is getting plenty of possibilities
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top 40 guard Austin Swartz is probably committing to Miami. bringing this up since they’re competition for bethea
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@rcjhdraft said in 2024 Recruiting:
top 40 guard Austin Swartz is probably committing to Miami. bringing this up since they’re competition for bethea
Solid info
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No coincidences in recruiting.
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@TYOHawk said in 2024 Recruiting:
@BShark said in 2024 Recruiting:
No coincidences in recruiting.
So what’s going on?
Bethea Lawrence, KS for a year
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@BShark said in 2024 Recruiting:
@TYOHawk said in 2024 Recruiting:
@BShark said in 2024 Recruiting:
No coincidences in recruiting.
So what’s going on?
Bethea Lawrence, KS for a year
Hope you’re right…still worried about Cuse
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@TYOHawk said in 2024 Recruiting:
@BShark said in 2024 Recruiting:
@TYOHawk said in 2024 Recruiting:
@BShark said in 2024 Recruiting:
No coincidences in recruiting.
So what’s going on?
Bethea Lawrence, KS for a year
Hope you’re right…still worried about Cuse
Just don’t understand anything about that. Cuse isn’t winning anything anytime soon. Weird
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Rampaaaaaage
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Nothing is done until the blood dries but KU’s absolutely in the pole position for Bathea
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@BeddieKU23 I would imagine that some hefty NIL dollars were allocated to get the new coach started off okay. But just a hunch on my part.
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Not sure how much it will matter but McNeeley really enjoyed the visit. Queen on the other hand didn’t really seem to enjoy it or mesh with the current/former players.
There is a family member in our corner with McNeeley as well.
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@BShark said in 2024 Recruiting:
Not sure how much it will matter but McNeeley really enjoyed the visit. Queen on the other hand didn’t really seem to enjoy it or mesh with the current/former players.
There is a family member in our corner with McNeeley as well.
McNeeley would be nice. Queen is a good player but if we’re taking a second big to flory I’d probably prefer Stephen as I think he’s a good long term investment. Queen is better now but give me the defender to learn behind Flory.
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No malcontents!
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Don’t feel very much traction with Harper. - He did not make a trip like they wanted with the other recruits this weekend. - - He was with his brother & Dad at the Rutgers football game.
They really did it up for him , HELL they even had the BIG commissioner there greeting him , with the Caption the Big didn’t want to lose stars to the Big 12.
They wheeled him up in a golf cart with his father and the whole Stadium went in to a full chant of we want Dylan - - We want Dylan.
I think he is pretty locked in to Rutger’s , his teammate going to play there ACE , - just don’t see him ending up here. We will be fine
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seems like anyone else other than bethea would be a pleasant surprise. And a second big
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I like the strategy Bill is using in this class given how down it is. Get 2/3 high end talents and then you can portal for more needs.
I also see the other big Stephen that’s visiting as an intriguing option as a development piece. Not sure with his recent offers from Baylor/Michigan/Arizona whether he’d be okay being the 2nd big in a class…
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Unless they can contribute day 1 as a freshman, it is hardly worth trying to land high school guys anymore. The portal offers you so much more, and realistically lets you find role players who are actually comfortable being role players.
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@BeddieKU23 said in 2024 Recruiting:
I like the strategy Bill is using in this class given how down it is. Get 2/3 high end talents and then you can portal for more needs.
I also see the other big Stephen that’s visiting as an intriguing option as a development piece. Not sure with his recent offers from Baylor/Michigan/Arizona whether he’d be okay being the 2nd big in a class…
This class is also kind of bad so I’m fine with the strategy they chose. Either elite cream of the crop of talent or a elite late riser like bethea
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Get Bethea…push all the chips in for Flagg. Only two lower prospects I like to see us make a push for are Passmore or Stephen. Other than that use the portal
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@TYOHawk said in 2024 Recruiting:
Get Bethea…push all the chips in for Flagg. Only two lower prospects I like to see us make a push for are Passmore or Stephen. Other than that use the portal
Agree if we can get Bethea , which I think we have a pretty good shot at to go with Flory -then go ahead and take Stephen we be good. - The only thing is Flory and Stephen both 5’s ? not sure that would work
Now if we could somehow convince McNeely to come , he plays a 4 doesn’t he? - get him to go with Flory and Bethea - -I’d take that all day
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Would someone summarize the weekend visits? Or was there no one besides McNeely and Queen?
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@Kcmatt7 said in 2024 Recruiting:
Unless they can contribute day 1 as a freshman, it is hardly worth trying to land high school guys anymore. The portal offers you so much more, and realistically lets you find role players who are actually comfortable being role players.
Agree and as @rcjhdraft mentioned this class is particularly bad so you wouldn’t even really want lower end guys to try and develop.
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Sounds like Harper will visit this fall. I don’t think any of this is real but if he wants to come you roll out the red carpet and see what happens
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Always room or should have room for a 4 year developmental player, Coach does really well in developing - needs to continue.
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Found this interesting. According to Mike Vernon , Vernon states that KU is in the recruitment for Cooper Flagg FOR REAL. Hearin there is genuine belief they’re in this thing, Things are getting Serious.
There is thought that KU is a better fit for Coope Flagg from a Basketball perspective for the PF.
Viewing this Recruitment for Flagg is between KU and Duke, Viewing this recruitment as a toss up right now - -Which I wouldn’t have two weeks ago. - -Bill is NOT PLAYING. making Cooper Flagg his top priority in the class of 2024.
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AS I HAVE BEEN SAYING
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@FarmerJayhawk said in 2024 Recruiting:
AS I HAVE BEEN SAYING
once again Farmer spot on. Duke & Ku at the fifty yard line right now Vernon thinks. - Sounds like KU has made up a lot of round and now it’s - - BILL’S TURN
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Flagg Flory front court was thought to be a duke lock in July
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@TYOHawk In the 247 interview he uses the word “good” often in describing his Kansas visit; he uses the word “great” to describe Miami.
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@rcjhdraft said in 2024 Recruiting:
Flagg Flory front court was thought to be a duke lock in July
Not anymore lol
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Is there any risk of getting some of the guys that Duke/UK usually get that even though it sounds cool and all that to load up with 5 stars that we run into the problem those two programs have in keeping guys for more than a year? If so, I want no part of guys leaving after 1 year. Ask Kentucky fans in particular what they think. Duke has done a little better job of hanging on to them, but not much and their relative lack of success is an indictment on the OAD model.
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Yeah there is that risk but look at this past years KU team for why it doesn’t matter anymore.
7 players left for the Portal, almost 8 before Zach came back. Everything is now 1 and done regardless of star attached to name.
I don’t like it but it’s the current reality…
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@BeddieKU23 Yeah, I guess you’re right but really did we lose anyone that we were absolutely counting on? Adams, McCullar, Harris all returning and then all the new pieces. We’ve got some nice experience coming back.
