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@BeddieKU23 said in KU Roster for 25-26:

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Maybe they can develop him a bit. Has that athleticism we have lacked recently.

Early on maybe you simply tell freak athletes of his size to just try to dunk everything. Consequences and fouls be damned.

Oh, and DP in Lawrence as well

Well how’s about that! Samis Calderon has reported to campus. Didn’t many think that wasn’t gonna happen? Yay.

@rockchalkjayhawk said in The portal.:

@approxinfinity said in The portal.:

Can we get 2 more decent role players? We have 4 open schollies is it? Shouldnt we be waiting on 2 guys instead of 4 at this point, even if they may be impact guys?

Three more to go. 11 onboard so far. 14 total with the penalty this season.

But, that two way football player is part of the roster? Confuses me.

@approxinfinity said in The portal.:

Can we get 2 more decent role players? We have 4 open schollies is it? Shouldnt we be waiting on 2 guys instead of 4 at this point, even if they may be impact guys?

Three more to go. 11 onboard so far. 14 total with the penalty this season.

@mayjay said in The portal.:

Not political…just a question on procedures. Visas for international college students are held up currently as the State Dept reviews social media (hasn’t said for what). Could that be putting a hold on announcing any recruiting efforts?

International recruiting just can’t be working well in this climate. I’d focus more on US players so not to complicate matters. Can’t be easy.

For some perspective. If accurate, sure seems a lot less than what’s been tossed around.

TOP 5 NIL SPENDING THIS OFFSEASON

Per College Sports Network

Indiana — $10.1M

USC — $9.9M

Iowa — $9M

Michigan — $8.9M

Kentucky — $8.8M

I wonder if having DP on the roster is scaring off top transfers?

He’s gonna dominate the ball.

Back to the portal…

Anybody hearing a portal name or two we’re focusing on? i’m not seeing anything.

All in on Jacque!

@approxinfinity said in The portal.:

@rockchalkjayhawk eh. That seems a tad harsh, but ok. I am disappointed he left as well.

When i said greedy Fs, that was a broad statement about the state of college hoops, not so much about Passmore specifically.

@approxinfinity said in The portal.:

@rockchalkjayhawk Pretty sure Passmore instigated the break up.

Either way too bad. I liked his athleticism. He looked very much like a multi-year player. He hadn’t showed us any game yet. It’s not easy being a fan these days. Hard to root for greedy f**ks with no loyalty to the program.

@approxinfinity said in The portal.:

Will there be more opportunity to showcase, NIL money, and growth opportunity for Passmore at Maryland than at KU this year?

Meh, doesn’t matter really. Self clearly cleaned house to part ways with whatever bad vibes remained. Can’t wait to read about last season in somebody’s book in 20 years.

@TYOHawk said in Recruiting Notes:

@kuballin10 said in Recruiting Notes:

KJ’s recovery is ahead of schedule and Bill is hoping that’s his last starter

Dajuan is going the Ziegler route and will try to sue the NCAA soon as well

Please god make it unsuccessful…

@DCHawker said in The portal.:

@rockchalkjayhawk said in The portal.:

@DCHawker said in The portal.:

@rockchalkjayhawk Who are the available gems???

I’m sure somebody in here would fit the bill.

https://247sports.com/season/2025-basketball/transferportaltop/?status=available

Uh - only 5 of the top 150 are uncommitted - Luis, Watkins, and Claude, all of whom would be expensive and who have issues, and two former Jayhawks. Unless there is someone hanging out overseas, we simply don’t have a starting caliber roster right now… DP, Flory, White, Council and Dawson/Jackson? I expect those guys can defend the perimeter and switches, but no length and size. No depth. When Flory gets in foul trouble, which he will, what then? Tiller? Is White really a 4? Who subs at that slot?

As I noted earlier in this thread, while almost everyone else was locking up a starting roster early, we were putting all our eggs in a small, post-tryout basket…

yea, no argument from me. Just hoping Self has a plan.

@BeddieKU23 said in The portal.:

@rockchalkjayhawk

There are some issues behind the scenes that seem to have hit full circle this offseason.

i was hoping with the massive roster purge that we could put the “issues behind the scenes” actually behind us this offseason. Maybe not yet? what now??

@approxinfinity said in The portal.:

@rockchalkjayhawk i think its a lot of things, no binary answer. I would be good with fielding a solid but not spectacular roster with a couple stars. We have had success in the past with lean rosters.

What i dont want is for us to grab guys expected to contribute that repeatedly fall on their face despite getting minutes. So picking prudently for additional role players is still of paramount importance.

Work ethic. Work ethic. Work ethic.

That’s kinda the thing, right? Is Self piecing together a roster of maybe lesser-named players, but players he thinks will fit better and make KU a better team than last year? He didn’t hit it out of the park with the bigger names we had last year.

100% agree we still need multiple players to make this roster work. So until we see the complete roster, i’m just doing my best to keep my head above the fray.

Who knows, maybe he’s got a grand plan we’re not seeing ha

@BeddieKU23 said in The portal.:

@rockchalkjayhawk

All 3 transfers are in line to start.

Flory and DP take up a significant portion of NIL.

We clearly are not a top dog NIL team this year. Proof’s in the pudding with Sarr and Williams among others.

We are short a starter, a backup big at minimum.

IMO this offseason has been frustrating and disappointing.

Yea, sure feels that way. But, we still signed the No. 1-ish recruit, and resigned Flory. I guess my hope is that with a thousand guys still in the portal, somebody should be a fit.

The opposing theory is that Kansas is losing its luster. That’s hard to stomach after decades of success.

@DCHawker said in The portal.:

@rockchalkjayhawk Who are the available gems???

I’m sure somebody in here would fit the bill.

https://247sports.com/season/2025-basketball/transferportaltop/?status=available

Web writing gets sadder by the day…

Darrion Williams, a former star for the Texas Tech Red Raiders, had reportedly narrowed down the search for his next program to the Kansas State Jayhawks and the NC State Wolfpack. Apparently, Self’s sales pitch wasn’t good enough to bring Williams to Lawrence.

@BeddieKU23 said in The portal.:

Starting to look like we have a reality hitting that’s uncomfortable

I mean, we signed three guys right out of the gate. That was positive. They seem like good contributors, but maybe not superstars. Who knows how much KU spent. DP and Flory I assume were high dollar.

We don’t really know how Self views them. Starters? Bench guys?

Think about some of the teams we lost to last season. Probably not rosters of well known names with big NIL salaries.

My point? Not really worried. Gems still available.

Dame Sarr and Darrion Williams bad news on the same day! Hosed.

We short on cash?

I’m gonna take some joy from the Vaughn coaching news as long as i can.

Eff

Hope they got some other guys in the pipeline.

awesome! An all-time great back in da house.

@approxinfinity said in The portal.:

@rockchalkjayhawk before my time. Was he a fan fave?

I was referring to Mccullar and Arterio Morris

Just having a little fun, youngin.

I knew the guys you were thinking about

Luke was a coulda, woulda, shoulda fan fav.

@approxinfinity said in The portal.:

Im a fan of Texas Tech transfers. Not Texas transfers (i realize theyre gone).

Luke Axtell?

Wow. that was fast!

KU have a real shot at Williams?

I realize it’s happened before, but I personally don’t care to have other Big 12 conference guys on the roster. weird.

@dylans said in TV shows:

@rockchalkjayhawk it is unbelievable, ridiculous fun. Zero consequences for murder in Montana it appears.

ZERO!!!

It’s kind of fun at the start of each show to predict who will be getting shot, stabbed or tossed over a cliff.

No kidding!

Jeez, scary. Just saw a post about Jarred Shaw, who played a season at Okie State in 2010??

Faces execution for shipping in marijuana edibles from Thailand to Indonesia.

https://nypost.com/2025/05/16/world-news/former-us-college-basketball-star-jarred-shaw-faces-death-penalty-for-alleged-drug-smuggling-in-indonesia/

Ha. I’m on season 3 of Yellowstone now.

This show is outright crazy. Some sort of epic tragedy in every episode! Cowboy soap opera.

Looks like Dame Sarr is on the Duke campus today. https://x.com/tiptonedits/status/1924473421586379115

@approxinfinity said in The portal.:

So Dame Sarr coming to KU is contingent upon Coward not going pro right? When do we anticipate knowing whether Coward will go to Duke or NBA?

I think the deadline to withdraw is June 15? So, other month of potential agony.

Only three spots left on the roster! Local guard signed today out of high school. Not sure if he’s a point or combo guard. Any of you KC area fans get to watch him play? I used to go to Oak Park Mall way back in the day…that still around?

Corbin Allen – Oak Park High School.

Hmm, looks like we just signed a high school kid from KC for this season.

Couldn’t find a great thread to post this…an Elmarko workout update.

https://x.com/KUHoops/status/1923045879910449643?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1923045879910449643|twgr^c2892d7aa27ea94668ae3f61f5cf1d8c9550b7db|twcon^s1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthroughthephog.com%2Fbeyond-phog-gives-kansas-fans-ainside-look-at-elmarko-jackson-s-daily-life

@TYOHawk said in The portal.:

He doesn’t make sense to me for this roster.

Jeez. Picky. He makes sense on ANY roster.

I’d be totally down with Boogie on the roster. exciting player.

@Jhawk69 said in The portal.:

@rockchalkjayhawk The only way he would do that is if KU found another million dollars. If any of you are billionaires maybe you could even things up

Good gravy. Another mil? Wow. Let me look in the couch cushions. brb.

Let’s just hope that Dame Sarr will give Duke the same back and forth he’s given to KU, and flop back to us!

@TYOHawk said in The portal.:

Was pissed and then realized we got Darryn Peterson and Flory. I’m riding with my guys

Yea, I’m sure somebody else will pop up. The hard part is waiting!

Ha. Totally thought this was referring to the torture of losing Sarr!

@BShark said in The portal.:

Sounds like Duke.

Recruiting in this era is like twice as excruciating.

@approxinfinity said in The portal.:

It will be good to be on the “mostly complete” side of roster construction after this one

Four more to go!

Bring on a competent big, please.

@MR11 said in The portal.:

@Kcmatt7 End of season rotation, I would agree with you. Early in the season, I would put Sarr in the 2nd group for competing for the 2 open starting spots.

Yea, we’re going to need a second ball handler in the lineup. Scouting reports say Sarr is a little sloppy with the ball

I see some reporting that Sarr has committed to KU! Hope it’s true.

@BeddieKU23 said in The portal.:

Wouldn’t count on Sarr. Moving on

Frown face emoji…

Who else are we targeting?

@approxinfinity said in Smarter Bots Are Coming:

@rockchalkjayhawk Titus Welliver thought he had a friend…

He’s scary!