@truehawk93 KU doesn’t have to be the best team in the tournament, just the better team on floor 6 times.

@loyolstud88 Blue blood killer is cute, come back when you beat one.

This fanbase across various sites, including some here, are truly living down to some of the most negative stereotypes about KU fans being snobs. I don’t understand the ego and mentality it takes (including some here) to be more happy and gloating about potentially being right about the demise of Bill Self than caring more about having a successful team and program. To those people, all I have to say is fuck off, KU doesn’t need or want you as fans.

@Kcmatt7 Self knows exactly how to coach young guards. They just don’t become finished products right away. Mason and Graham each took until their third years to become elite guards.

Marcus Garrett has signed a free agent deal with the Miami Heat. The last two Jayhawks who played with the Heat won NBA titles (Chalmers and Simien) so maybe Garrett continues that trend.

@kuballin10 said in Puerto Rico!:

@mayjay lol no doubt I’m starting early.

Last year it was Joe should play more or actually year before that and then last year he showed he doesn’t have it.

This year we have the horses and both Morris and Elmarko are better nba prospects for a reason.

Gotta trust Bill

Being a better NBA prospect doesn’t equal being a better college player right now. Dejuan Harris is a better college player than Morris or Jackson right now because he is a much more polished product than either of those two.

There’s also a reason why Yesufu ended up in the wastelands of Pullman, Washington. He’s an undersized 2 with a low BBIQ that’s never met a shot he didn’t like that Self never should’ve offered.

Constructing a championship caliber team isn’t necessarily about the 5 best players, it’s a bit the 5 right players and Harris brings a lot of other tools than scoring to the table. Having a real post threat now means that Harris can focus on his defense and running the show and not worry about having to score like last season. I wouldn’t be shocked if Harris averaged 8-9 assists per game this season with the supporting cast he has.

Good to see Udeh still helping KU win games, lol!

@wissox said in Peterson:

@rcjhdraft I don’t think that’s our recruiting strategy, do you? I mean lets get a 1 year rental because it’ll bring in all the system guys we need? Of course the portal is a game changer too and maybe guys will want to come alongside him next year thinking they’ll all mesh into a championship team. Someone will probably fact check me on this but I don’t think there’s a championship team since Duke in 2015, or maybe Kentucky in 2012 that’s ridden OAD’s to the championship.

A player’s end goal is not playing Kansas (or whatever school they go to), it’s to play in the NBA. Darryn Peterson is a difference maker and him being successful at Kansas and then in the NBA will attract more of the OAD level talent. That in turn will attract a higher caliber role player to fill in around those superstar players so that in years when there isn’t a OAD caliber player on the roster, it’s still a roster loaded with players who have an NBA future.

KU and Beaty need to do everything in their power to keep Tony Hull because as long as he’s at KU, that pipeline KU now has into New Orleans is going to stay open until for KU until Hull is no longer here. Louisiana is just an entirely different culture from the rest of the country and these guys aren’t joking about the family atmosphere having a huge influence on their decisions. I know @wissox and anyone else including myself who have spent a significant portion of time in Louisiana will 100% back up this claim about the loyalty of Louisiana people being accurate and Hull has the loyalty of HS coaches and players all over the New Orleans area specifically.

Landing Tyriek Starks was the beginning. The connection with Hull was made during this recruitment because Starks played at Warren Easton under Hull. Reggie Mitchell then leaves for Arkansas and KU has a need for a new RB coach. Beaty takes a calculated risk by bringing in Hull in an attempt to get some players out of Louisiana. Almost immediately, Hull gets commitments from Mike Lee and Malik Clark (Clark is also from Warren Easton) and then gets Lee to enroll a year early at KU. In his 1st year, Hull also lands Travis Jordan and Takulve Williams both from the New Orleans area as well. In a little over a year on the job, Hull brings in 4 Louisiana players, one of whom gets a chance to play early. Getting players from Louisiana to visit KU is a big enough deal which hiring Hull allowed KU to at least talk to players in Louisiana. Seeing Mike Lee emerge on the scene however is a game changer for KU in Louisiana. Without the success Mike Lee had last year, KU does not land any of the Louisiana recruits that committed yesterday, at least not early like they did. They probably go home and tell their younger teammates about how nice KU is and that keeps the line of communication open with Louisiana prospects for Tony Hull. Lee’s success is a game changer because it shows these kids that they can come in and be successful very early on at KU instead of having to sit and wait behind other 4 and 5 star guys at LSU.

If Daylon Charlot comes in and has early success and if Tyriek Starks wins the QB job, the floodgates will be fully open for KU to talk to any recruit in Louisiana they want to and to have a legitimate chance to sign those players as well.

What KU did yesterday in getting commitments from Jason and Harris (3rd and 4th best players in Louisiana with offers from LSU, Alabama, and basically everybody in the SEC) is something that has definitely caught a lot of people off guard including everyone who follows KU football. We knew Hull would allow KU to talk to some players out of Louisiana, but to actually land commitments from players the caliber of Jason and Harris is something I don’t even think Tony Hull thought was possible at this stage in the game.

Don’t be surprised to see KU land possibly 3, maybe even more recruits out of Louisiana this year. Warren Easton has a couple of 3 star prospects who we know Hull has a relationship with and there’s a DE out of Baton Rouge that KU is the favorite to land.

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@TYOHawk said in Norm Roberts Retires:

@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Norm Roberts Retires:

@dylans said in Norm Roberts Retires:

@BShark Jacque Vaughn is the only person I can think that fits that mold. I’m sure there are others, but I just have a hard time imagining him wanting to go down a level.

Aaron Miles would be the other name that would meet that criteria.

Vaughn is damaged goods in the NBA. Raw deal or not, he’s not likely getting another chance to be an NBA head coach without showing on court success and the only way at this point would be to drop down to the college ranks. There is a little history of NBA coaching flame outs dropping down to the college ranks and being successful so hopefully Vaughn can follow those footsteps.

Same I’d probably hope more for Miles. Definitely wouldn’t consider the HCIW deal either. That’s how you end up with Hubert Davis running your program.

Jon Scheyer was in the same role as well under Coach K and has turned out pretty good to this point for Duke. HCIW isn’t a curse. There’s good examples of it and bad examples of it.

@dylans said in Norm Roberts Retires:

@BShark Jacque Vaughn is the only person I can think that fits that mold. I’m sure there are others, but I just have a hard time imagining him wanting to go down a level.

Aaron Miles would be the other name that would meet that criteria.

Vaughn is damaged goods in the NBA. Raw deal or not, he’s not likely getting another chance to be an NBA head coach without showing on court success and the only way at this point would be to drop down to the college ranks. There is a little history of NBA coaching flame outs dropping down to the college ranks and being successful so hopefully Vaughn can follow those footsteps.

@approxinfinity said in Norm Roberts Retires:

Again, i am not talking about this season.

Things change quickly, and posturing is a thing, we know.

We hang our hats on organizations we believe in, like the Spurs, wishing some things to be uncorrupted, but things fall apart.

Things also come together.

But nothing is static.

So proclamations of absolutes certainties and intolerance for counterpoint seem to be irrational takes.

Hope we can live in the middle.

Its a beautiful place.

If I am projecting and this is in fact a molehill, thats cool.

At this point, I think most people feel very comfortable/confident saying there is a zero percent chance of Bill Self ever being an NBA head coach.

Self isn’t going to coddle stars in the NBA and in San Antonio’s case, if management had to choose between Wemby/Castle and Self in a dispute, it would be much easier to replace Self than Wemby/Castle. Denver just fired Mike Malone less than two seasons removed from winning a championship and Jokic didn’t fight it when he had the influence to keep Malone.

Self’s health is also a big reason. The NBA is a much longer grind than college basketball. 6 months of 3 to 4 games per week, potentially two more months for the playoffs, and a month at the beginning for training camp/preseason.

Lastly, I don’t think anyone in the NBA is interested in Self as a head coach at this point. If Self wanted to continue coaching in some capacity, I could see him taking the Jim Calhoun route of going to a lower level in D2 or D3 where players aren’t going to those schools for NIL deals and Self could focus on teaching and coaching the game.

Norm Roberts has announced his retirement so there’s one assistant spot open.

@FarmerJayhawk said in The portal.:

@Texas-Hawk-10 said in The portal.:

@FarmerJayhawk said in The portal.:

@Texas-Hawk-10 20-21 was the Covid year so it doesn’t count either

So in theory he has 2 more year of eligibility?

I still think just one because he’s played 3 years of D1 ball that count: 20-21 - Covid, doesn’t count 21-22 - JuCo, doesn’t count(?) 22-23: WVU 23-24: WVU 24-25: OSU

So he’d need the JuCo year to not count too. Weird situation.

The JuCo seasons no longer counting towards eligibility is why Diggy is playing at Maryland next season instead of being out of eligibility which should mean Suemnick still has two more seasons of eligibility then.

@FarmerJayhawk said in The portal.:

@Texas-Hawk-10 20-21 was the Covid year so it doesn’t count either

So in theory he has 2 more year of eligibility?

@FarmerJayhawk said in The portal.:

@Texas-Hawk-10 Covid year

I just dug a little, it’s not a Covid year, it’s a JuCo year. I didn’t notice that there was a year missing between his seasons at Robert Morris and West Virginia and it was a year at a JuCo.

A Covid year didn’t make sense because his freshman year was post Covid.

@BShark said in The portal.:

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/pat-suemnick-1.html

How would he have another season? Is he waiting on the 5×5 ruling?

Rylan Griffen is going to be joining Zach Clemence at Texas A&M.

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.