@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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I assume Peterson has the biggest piece of the NIL pie and I’m guessing Elmarko’s NIL deal is over $1 million considered his projections out of high school and what he would’ve gotten at the time as a projected OAD.

@BeddieKU23 said in The portal.:

Quintance to Kentucky. Rumor is 3 million… Yikes

UK also landed Dioubate from Bama who would have been nice at the 4 spot…

UK so far is king of the portal on paper it looks

Quaintance is coming off a torn ACL in late February. Best case scenario is he’s ready for the opening of camp in October, worst case is he’s out through non-conference play. UK is gambling a bit there with his health.

@Jhawk69 said in The portal.:

Ian Jackson from UNC in. Would love to land him.

St. John’s most likely.

UConnjust absolutely destroyed South Carolina by 23 to win their 12th national title and first since 2016. I really wouldn’t have guessed this was their first title in 10 years. Paige Bueckers has been so much fun to watch over her career and will now be going to Dallas in the WNBA draft on the 14th.

@BShark said in Transfer Rumblings:

@rockchalkjayhawk said in Transfer Rumblings:

@BShark said in Transfer Rumblings:

RJ Luis

Is that a wing and a prayer or a bit or reality?

KU is actively recruiting him and has the money to get it done. We will see.

Everything I’ve seen with RJ Luis is UConn or Miami if he comes back to college.

@BShark said in Transfer Rumblings:

@kuballin10 said in Transfer Rumblings:

DP, Flory, Tre and Dawson plus hopefully a still athletic Elmarko……so far looking good!

Dawson is a pitbull. Total dog. Shows up on tape too. Shit talker.

I think a back-up big, another 3/4 type wing (has to be starter good) and one more decent guard. Then filler probably.

We now sit with:

Guards: Dawson, Jackson, McDowell, Peterson, Shelby

Wings: Calderon, White

Bigs: Bidunga, Tiller

As of right now, I would assume the rotation players are next season are: Bidunga, Dawson, Jackson, Peterson, Tiller (dependingon his recovery), and White. That would leave 2-3 rotation spots open and I generally agree there needs to be starting caliber 4, a back up 3/4 player, and back up PG should be the priorities and 3 filler players.

@BShark said in The portal.:

@kjayhawks said in The portal.:

I keep hearing about Nigel Peck to Kansas haha that could be funny

It’s on the table. Him and Kyan Evans are options for another handler/shooter.

Big issue with Pack is the same as Dawson and that’s health. Both a pretty injury prone players.

State Department ruling on South Sudan could impact basketball players. The US is revoking the visas of all South Sudan passport holders. One of the most prominent names that could be affected by this and potentially face deportation is Duke center Khaman Maluach whose family fled South Sudan during the Civil War over there amd grew up in Uganda. Malachi is expected to be a top 10 pick in this year’s NBA draft so this is something worth keeping an eye on.

Whatever personal feelings you may have towards Duke, it sucks to potentially see a kid like this be denied his dreams because of that Oompa-Loompa in the White House.

@dylans If Flory’s guardian is seeking more money, how is that accomplished if there’s no real threat of Flory leaving Kansas? College sports is a cutthroat industry, even before is was legal to pay players, especially when it comes to recruits/players from Africa because of their guardians. In a lot of cases, including Flory’s, kids from Africa have guardians living here in the States looking to make as much money as possible to exploit these kids that don’t actually care about what’s best for the kid, just about how he money they can make off of that kid (see Cheick Diallo and Silvio DeSousa).

I would just about guarantee if the decision was solely Flory’s, he would choose either Kansas or Indiana and Auburn wouldn’t be in the picture right now like they currently are.

@approxinfinity said in Transfer Rumblings:

@Texas-Hawk-10 yeah that just hasnt been the type of coach Self has ever been. If that happens it will be the best coaching job Self has ever done.

And the way Self is going after players in the portal this offseason shows Self is learning and adapting because he isn’t just targeting the best players, he’s targeting fit. Jayden Dawson and Tre White’s strengths as offensive players match what Self wants to do as did Josh Dix who is the other name we know for sure Self aggressively pursued.