Can’t wait for these covid seniors to finally be done

KJ played the best game he could possibly played and we lost because the guard group is horrible

@jayballer67 I mean it’s a fact dajuan isn’t very athletic. Doesn’t take away from the fact that he knows and plays his role

Never speak of this game again

@approxinfinity IMO I always believed athleticism manifested itself via a combination of explosion, jumping ability and speed and dajuan has never really showcased that(always plays slow and doesn’t finish great near the rim). His gifts manifest themselves via finding the open man and playing good defense. With all the scorers that we’ve gotten this offseason he just needs to keep hitting the open man.

need that revenue can’t afford to be left in the dust with the big 12

Not taking much from the game other than Passmore and dajuan looked good and KJ looked like KJ, aka non spacing forward who’s a bad fit with the star pieces on the roster

@wissox said in Peterson:

That’s all well and good, but when he doesn’t lead us to a national championship and bolts for big bucks I’ll just yawn. Maybe it will be fun but I’d much rather know the next Jalen Wilson or Devonte Graham of TRob was coming! Maybe they are coming too.

This program desperately needs Peterson. We’ve been stuck with senior holdovers for the last 2 seasons and they’ve been incredibly underwhelming. Peterson has the potential to be the best guard in college basketball and the best guard in the nba, and he’ll probably be the face of the program in the NBA since Embiid is cycling out his career. You need upper echelon talent to survive

@wissox said in Peterson:

Embiid, Wiggins left college with a 2nd round exit in the tourney, of course Joel was hurt, but we lost a lot of games that year with them. Josh Jackson played on a more complete team with us I think and we made it to the sweet 16.

TBH honest I don’t care if he’s the face of the program for the next decade in the NBA. Does nothing for us.

The only way I’ll really be impressed if the young man is good enough to lead us to a championship. Maybe he is. Can Self build around him well enough? IDK.

yeah man I totally disagree. Him being successful in the program is huge for future recruits and for public perception. Coaches can point to him as a success story for going to kansas, like how they’ve used Embiid for all of the bigs recruiting for the last 10 years. Guys like Jalen Wilson and CB are totally fine NBA players but they aren’t needle movers like darryn might be.

Flory and Passmore we’re going to see lobs for days next season

@BShark said in Recruiting Notes:

@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Recruiting Notes:

Also, just browsing through several 2026 NBA mock draft projections, I saw 4 different KU players show up, and potentially a 5th depending on what happens with Sarr.

We all know Peterson is OAD and in the mix to be the #1 pick in 2026. I did see Dame Sarr as top 20 pick, and also saw Flory, Tre White, and Bryson Tiller as second round picks in the various mock drafts out there. I did not see Darrion Williams on any 2026 mock draft which means most draft guys think he’ll stay in because I saw quite few names that have declared this year being projected as 2026 picks.

This year, KU has zero players invited to the combine. First time in quite awhile and very fitting…

Matches the on court product

Adidas bag man please. We would have two future top 5 picks with stokes and DP

Hopefully Bill realizes that him with DP is a better base than any new hire coming in fresh

I will say Scheyer basically cleared out the entire duke roster outside of proctor and that totally paid off. But I have very little faith in bill to build a coherent roster at the moment.

@SlimShaddy54 said in The portal.:

@Texas-Hawk-10 OK shows my knowledge of teams but who is Josh Dix ?-- What School ?- -is he a Big or Guard or what ?- -Thanks

Guard/Wing that played 3 years at Iowa. Great shooter, seems like a passable defender. Would be a nice fit next to DP to space the floor

@kjayhawks He was so awful. Starting a point guard who can’t reliably shoot a pull-up off of a screen is brutal for the offense

@kjayhawks said in NCAA Tournament Discussion:

@rcjhdraft said in NCAA Tournament Discussion:

@kjayhawks said in NCAA Tournament Discussion:

@rcjhdraft pretty much is the consensus on X no heart, no energy, no loyalty and no athleticism in regards to our team this season

Somehow this game has made me even more mad about this season. I have zero love for any of the seniors

Ya I’m pissed because of our seniors couldn’t make a simple pass we are playing right now. Prob don’t win without KJ but still Juan, Hunter and Zeke have turned the ball over repeatedly with the game on the line. That’s unacceptable for guys with their experience level.

Just unreal that we watched 4 seasons of a guy who can’t penetrate the paint and by the end of his career, could barely defend point of attack(the one thing he was supposed to be good at)

@kjayhawks said in NCAA Tournament Discussion:

@rcjhdraft pretty much is the consensus on X no heart, no energy, no loyalty and no athleticism in regards to our team this season

Somehow this game has made me even more mad about this season. I have zero love for any of the seniors

It’s embarrassing how much more athletic these teams are compared to this year’s squad

@kjayhawks said in NCAA Tournament Discussion:

@rcjhdraft said in NCAA Tournament Discussion:

These seniors blew a very possible sweet 16 path

Right on paper we are much better shooting team than Arkansas and we match up well with St John’s who doesn’t guard the line well.

It was a very generous path, especially considering the likely sweet 16 matchup would’ve been Tech who’s beatable. But of course the team had to let the fanbase down one last time