@BeddieKU23 said in KU Roster for 25-26:
Media people have said he's a handful.
He is quite the character.
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@BeddieKU23 said in KU Roster for 25-26:
Swain on 247 posted that the staff is very high on Council and expects him to be one of their best players. Interesting
Great basketball fit next to DP imo. As you know I wasn't high on Storr but all the signees make sense this time so far
@BeddieKU23 said in The portal.:
Surprised Bama didn't get him but I guess Duke's NIL won out
I wonder if Coward has graduated because Duke has a lot of trouble getting non-grad transfers in (has cost them several portal guys).
So KU has been linked with Desmond Claude. Claude is visiting Florida this week. I'm not a big fan.
Oh brother
@mayjay said in The portal.:
No more walk-ons? Did our coaches age out of having more kids?
HA.
Casualty of recent changes. Everyone will be on scholarship now.
@Texas-Hawk-10 said in The portal.:
@drgnslayr You also don't need a bunch of 40% outside shooters to be successful. Most of the players for next season project as mid 30% which is still good enough that opponents will have to respect and defend that. Florida was 35.5% last season (KU was 35.4%) which was 86th nationally, which was good, but not elite. I know you compared next season's roster to St. John's, but this team as constructed will be better at driving the ball and being able to score. Michigan St. made the Elite 8 shooting 31.1% from 3 which was 317th.
There is a gap in attempts between KU and Florida, but that's just a Bill Self thing.
The last KU title team the major rotation players from three were: 40%, 38%, 26%, 38%, 32%. Not including JCL or Yesufu. Neither big shot threes (1-4 COMBINED). 36% as a team on less attempts than last season.
KU, imo will be good enough from three next year. There are many other areas they need to improve. I'm not worried about three point shooting generally as long as the last impact addition (ideally Williams) is a solid shooter.
@Texas-Hawk-10 If that's what it is sure, but I wonder if Bynum would be okay with that.
@BeddieKU23 Doesn't make much sense to me
@dylans said in Chiefs offseason:
@BShark I didn’t realize the low success rate of linemen returning from a patellar tendon tear (45%). I’m going to say it’s gotten better and the sample size goes back too far, but that’s a sketchy number. Burkholder has checked him out a couple times and cleared him, so that’s encouraging. However there is risk that he never fully recovers like Niang. 😱
It's a very bad injury for sure. Same that Elmarko had...
@dylans said in Chiefs offseason:
Drafting the big uglies - good. Not sexy, but the games are often won or lost in the trenches. I’m completely in the dark about the defensive players selected, but I like the positions filled.
Yep, the most important positions. Big swing on the Ohio State tackle, but I like the risk. top 15 guy in any draft if healthy...
@rockchalkjayhawk said in Chiefs offseason:
A big Hmmm on the Chiefs second and early third round picks.
Positions of need.
@BeddieKU23 4.6 for Darryn and Flory from KU alone...
Staff took their time and I think found good fits. I think they learned a major lesson about trying to have guys play a completely different way than they did the previous season. Watching Illinois games, it's very clear Tre White would translate. Bill will use him in the same ways as Brad and it makes perfect sense. Good IQ and effort player. Won't need to run much for him either, but he is a good cutter.
For people that don't know the full deal with Council... KU actually started watching St Bonaventure games because of Lajae Jones (KU would never tamper) and fell in love with Council instead. Having watched a lot of Bonnie games myself I can see why on both fronts. Jones is a guy that should have better numbers but he will drift through games sometimes and doesn't always assert himself. Council otoh is a certified DOG.
All this said they NEED one more meaningful addition. A guy with some size that can hopefully shoot it a bit.
Yep I have noticed this on other boards as well. I hate ai and it's only going to get worse.
@approxinfinity well Tre White is a guy that started for a better team last year and word around Omaha is Bill promised Dawson he will start.
Best case right now is one more high caliber player while keeping everyone currently on the roster.
Great to hear, the donor area last year really wasn't great.
@BeddieKU23 been Bama is the talk
@approxinfinity said in Vermont/Wisconsin Food Musings:
@BShark https://www.tiktok.com/ ↗@streamonmax/video/7491003613771238699
Honestly I believe this to be generally true. For all the bad things you can point to, there are positive things about living now compared to a hundred+ years ago.
At the risk of bringing up politics when I saw the 90 day pause I placed a large tea order from Fortnum and Mason. I will say if you are a tea drinker (I always have been, I know some prefer coffee) Fortnum tea is truly bucket list stuff and it really isn't badly priced compared to other premium tea options.
@wissox said in Vermont/Wisconsin Food Musings:
@BShark Think I shared before but we're not huge cheese officianados. Every time I've had 'odd' cheese I seem to think I should eat more from authentic small town cheese makers. The raw honey discussion sounded interesting too, maybe we don't know what we're missing!
I didn't know until I tried it for sure.
I also cook a lot and honey is a base in several sauces I like. So I go through a fair bit.
As far as the cheese, I don't think I got anything too odd. Not like some of that crazy french stuff. Mostly just various cheddars, jacks and colby. Really looking forward to having the hickory smoked cheddar on a burger today.
@Jhawk69 said in The portal.:
That one Sam Houston State sharpshooter went to Indiana I think
They call Mark Pope the WHIFF man.
@AsadZ said in Vermont/Wisconsin Food Musings:
I ordered some raw honey from VT, absolutely delicious.
I can't go back to processed honey.
Just had some Meister cheese straight from Muscoda Wisconsin. I think this might be cheese heaven @wissox
Rylan visiting Kentucky
@Kcmatt7 said in The portal.:
@drgnslayr said in The portal.:
For the first time I now watched tape on Council. Thought I was watching TT. It doesn't appear that he can finish with his left hand. His jump shot is like TTs first 3 years... shuffling his feet and not establishing his lower body form. TT went to shooters camp before his senior year and started to correct his form. To me, he looks like a 6th man candidate. Maybe his defense can earn him more PT.
Very much agree. Feels like a guy who comes off the bench but stays on the floor.
Yeah Bill is going to love him I feel.
Oh and this info comes from the best possible place. I won't have access this directly very often. :)
@Kcmatt7 so first of all Bill made a lot of minute and role promises to guys last off season that didn't end up happening. The talk to Rakease and his people this off-season was that while they would love to have him back they are in win now mode with Bill being near the end of his career. Kease was told that he would be battling with Jamari for 9th or 10th man if their portal plans came to fruition.
@dylans Self did like him and I think his interest is telling as well. Heck of an athlete for sure. Still a young kid and Self's substitution patterns did him no favors. I felt this way when Zuby left as well. He is one the staff would have taken back but with our plan and commits so far I understand his decision.
Rakease visited Miami and will now visit Tennessee. Working on one to Auburn as well. I think of all the guys that left this will be the one that ages badly for us...
@FarmerJayhawk said in The portal.:
@DCHawker that’s why I added the disclaimer. We’re not done adding.
They have the #1 player in the 2026 class (who could potentially reclassify) visiting :rolling_on_the_floor_laughing:
The rumor about how much Zach Clemence got is WILD.
850k...
@TYOHawk said in The portal.:
I’ve seen KU make it happen for a football player I grew up with. I have no doubt they could make things work with Tyran.
Light work
Bill Self baaaang
Just getting out in front of this one, to land Xzayvier Brown you have to hire his dad. Sounds like OU is the favorite for that atm.
@Jhawk69 said in The portal.:
As for Coward, looks like he is injury prone. I have no problem with taking a flyer on him but I hope he is not a projected starter
He played every single game his first two years of college basketball. He is coming off a serious injury that he should be recovered from.
@kuballin10 said in The portal.:
Better be - dudes a stud….
Council, Coward and an athletic backup big
Reload and let DP handle the ball at point every possession
Not the portal but kind of like the portal for the back-up big potentially...
Paul Mbiya will visit. 20 years old, from Africa currently playing in France. Declared for the draft but is not really good enough for that. Very large human being at 6'11'' 260. 7'8'' wingspan...
Zach Clemence to Texas A&M
Higher level than I would have guessed.
KU will be making a run at Cedric Coward as well it sounds like.
@Kcmatt7 said in The portal.:
@BShark said in The portal.:
Also just a gut feeling but I still think Council is a fair bit more likely than Lee.
Honestly Lee is a great add if you can get him as a bench role, in that microwave role. Like when he’s in the game give him the ball and let him cook.
Otherwise I think it’s a bad fit.
Yeah I can't envision him going anywhere to come off the bench but I agree.
Also just a gut feeling but I still think Council is a fair bit more likely than Lee.
@approxinfinity said in The portal.:
@BShark my assumption is that shoe co money is very much driving the bus, when it comes to sweetening deals, a bit above the table and a lot below.
I guess my question would be “whats stopping it from working like that?”
Just seems to not matter after highschool. For example Flory signed an under armor deal while coming back to an Adidas school. The main pursuer Auburn, will be a Nike school as of June.
So these kids will take shoe money and money from the schools. Pretty good gig right now.
ETA: Funniest thing might be Flagg signing with New Balance after Nike invested so much into him.
@approxinfinity Doesn't really work that way in the portal per se.
@approxinfinity said in The portal.:
Wow, yes please
This team could very much be the “not 2024-2025 Jayhawks”
Also, the url for that youtube video ends in KU. I will take that as a sign.
KU is actually out on Ewin and Phillips imo.
Arkansas is the heavy favorite for Ewin.
@Kcmatt7 said in The portal.:
@BShark said in The portal.:
Kansas is also recruiting Jamir Watkins, per source @TYOHawk @BeddieKU23
Brick laying defensive juggernaut team incoming?
This appears to be the vision.
@FarmerJayhawk said in The portal.:
Couldn’t ask for a better weekend for visitors. LFK is positively gorgeous today
Elite vibes.
@Woodrow said in The portal.:
@BShark said in The portal.:
@TYOHawk said in The portal.:
@BShark said in The portal.:
Talk of a second visitor this weekend as well....
Please be a big or a wing
Haven't got the name yet. Swain on it too...
Still no word on this other possible visitor ?
I would guess that Swain or Vern will be the first to get it.
@TYOHawk said in The portal.:
@BShark said in The portal.:
Talk of a second visitor this weekend as well....
Please be a big or a wing
Haven't got the name yet. Swain on it too...