KU checking in on Dotson and Hamilton in NC today per Matt Scott.
BShark
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Trae will play major minutes and I doubt he is afraid of competition. The dynamic of Young and Newman might be a bit rough at first since neither likes playing off the ball but the talent is tremendous.
Great minds think alike. Absolutely the best post player that KU could realistically land (Bagley isn't realistic). Close this kid before the likes of UK/DUKE/AZ poke their noses around.
Yeah he would be a great fit with Self. The kind of kid that sees the floor early with Self. I hope he is the top post priority for 18 but I don't know of course.
Yeah can't really do anything about it when a lower ranked player wants to commit this early. People would have been up in arms if it was KU. Not that Bill isn't afraid to do so when he really likes the player like Markese but still. I hope the staff prioritizes Emmitt Williams. I think he is very obtainable if KU presses there, unlike say Naz Reid or Zion. At this point it's LSU and Florida schools. I understand the temptation of trying to get a top 15 player so hopefully Naz and Zion don't drag out their recruitments.
I'd love for Zion to end up at KU but I just don't see it. Duke and UK in deep, AZ lurking. We are talking about a basketball prodigy like Josh, Porter Jr, Ayton here too.
I can never cheer for Bruce, but I wouldn't be too upset if WVU lost.
He verballed to Minny today.
Yeah we should start hearing even more new names soon would be my guess. I'm interested to see what grad transfers will be available.
Yeah the worst part for Doke is most likely the experience lost by not playing this year. I think if everything else is equal Self snaps back to 3 out 2 in. Getting a back-up center for Doke is extremely important for that happening though. I want ZERO part of Zach Brown though and I would bet the staff feels the same way. Not worth it.
Yeah I get why Self is looking for bodies. It's a weird situation where we might have 5 bigs or we might have only 3 or 4. Gotta take one for sure whether it's a JUCO, grad transfer or HS project. Personally I hope for a player with only 1-2 years left as to not mess with the 2019 class.
I wouldn't be surprised if Coleby left and Self took two post players.
If Huggy is interested I figure he is at least a hard worker.
Yeah he's raw right now.
Minnesota would be my guess.
Oturu is announcing Friday. I can't see it being KU since he hasn't even visited plus I'm not sure if KU would take his commitment at this time with so many top players being on the board that KU is attempting to recruit (even if KU has no chance like Naz Reid).
Speaking of crazy games Okie Lite and KSU both over 50 at HALF in Stillwater.
Sure my only real point was not to expect to much out of a JUCO. KU might need a post body though. There are exceptions where a JUCO player might be pretty good, those would be cases where the player was ranked coming out of HS but had to go JUCO due to grades. Does not appear to be the case here. KU still hasn't offered yet of course so it's hard to say what "interest" means.
@HawkChamp said:
@kjayhawks that loss is looking worse and worse every day. Thanks a lot Loosiers
Replay that game now and I think KU wins.
He was saying the team is really good so people shouldn't be complaining but they are because the team isn't good in the same way that we are accustomed to Self teams being good. That was the gist of it anyway.
Tyrone Appleton!
We have a different definition of major. He was an okay end of the rotation player imo.
It's okay. I was just trying to think of a JUCO player that was a major contributor for KU during Self's tenure.
Matt Scott did a major rework of the 2018 targets page. Worth checking out.
I said under Self. Plus that was KU to JUCO to Zona I was talking about players that were at JUCO then came to KU.
Kinda I suppose.
He is a SO. So he would have 3 years to play 2 if he RS but only 2 years to play regardless.
Oh boy a Juco. Let me list off all the jucos that made an impact under Self: .
I was trying to find old HS recruiting profiles and couldn't.
@Kcmatt7 said:
@BeddieKU23 Would he be a 2 or 3 year guy?
2.
I think they have come to grips with the current status of their basketball program mostly. Football though hoo boy you'd think they were Bama....
Jesse was mushing antis on Soren's show today.
@BeddieKU23 said:
It's certainly possible that could happen with how slow his injury has healed.
If he did it could make KU attractive for any late signing Bigs (Euro's, transfers, de-commits).
I still think Tilmon is one to watch with Illinois 12-7 and likely headed for a 12+ loss season that would put Groce clearly on the hot-seat. Getting any Top 100 big to pair with Preston would really be an ideal situation to end this recruiting cycle.
Tilmon did sign though, so that makes it tougher.
@Hawk8086 said:
@BShark Why is that? Injury? Ability? or Attitude?
Some combination I'm sure. I didn't read much beyond the first few posts about it since it's just speculation.
I could change it again. :panda_face:
ESPiN = North Korea confirmed.
@Crimsonorblue22 said:
I still think we are waiting to break out coleby🙏🤔
Rumours that he will retire from basketball or politely be shown the door after this season swirling on the Phog.
I think Self is personally nervous about the tournament and sometimes that tension spills over to the players. Jmo.
For this particular team not really. Winning in Ames is nice though. If the team wins in Morgantown or Lexington I will be all-in.
Now it all makes sense. Damn Apples forcing Josh to go to KU against his wishes. :scream:
@Crimsonorblue22 said:
@BShark cat left? Or are you really bob?
I just like changing it up from time to time. I miss Bob.
@BeddieKU23 said:
They also jump passing lanes, Morris has always been savvy in this regard. A lot of turnovers were just careless and out of character. One of them games I suppose. Turnovers were the leaky wheel last night. Usually its something else like post defense, FT shooting, we seem to have a bag of bad tricks sometimes
Fortunately ISU doesn't have any post players to exploit our post defense.
I think I'm in between pure negative and sunshine pumper, I think.
ISU was pressuring. They are even smaller than us so they have to. They actually aren't atrocious defensively, if you look at advanced stats. Absolutely need to tighten it up for WVU though.
Unless it was happening at friggin Washburn it would be a big deal. Any P5 school is on tv enough.
I was on CyFan (I know...) reading their thread on Wigginton (imo will be a stud for them for 3-4 years) and well, this post was funny so I had to share.
" Yesterday at 2:15 PM
billy preston is going to be a great ku villain, assuming bill self doesn't kick him out of any of his first 10 practices."
It's no wonder Iowa floods so much.
If he had got some jail time then maybe you distance a little bit but ISU people were probably high fiving him after the incident.
He is probably a huge donor and you would never ban a huge donor.
Yeah Lucas appears to be hurt.
Oh man, top notch thread title +1.
LOL