I mean. Well it's not worth saying it anymore. Certain guys out there get to do little and play a lot of minutes
BeddieKU23
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Good shit juan
Well it's time to see what they are made of
Our backcourt outside mayo has not scored.
Let em shot 55% that's why
Don't let him get the ball
Consistent at least
Predictable
Another dumb pass
Wow!
Boom mayo!
Complete horsecrap
What a terrible bailout call
Turn around and dunk it good grief
At least they are playing hard.
Stop it self
Flory kowabunga
Mayooooo
Need to play smart and capitalize on them having 3 freshman in the game
Adams afraid to literally anything with the ball
There ya go Juan you just took your team out
Rylans shot left the building
Haha that was awful
Ain't winning with that defense
Let's go!!!!!!!
If Creighton hadn't lost Pops after the KU game to that hip injury they would probably be a Top 5 seed. They dominated us
I'm in
Game 1 at 12:15 is a good one, Creighton vs Louisville
Regardless of how this year has gone, today is always one of the best days of the entire year. The only thing that will make it better is a KU victory!
Happy Tournament Day all
While we are down the Indiana Roster Rabbit-Hole, man look at Mackenzie Mgbako's stats through two years, another player that almost was a Jayhawk initially.
His stats are almost identical from freshman to soph year & I'm not sure I've ever seen anything like it. 3pt fg%, FT%, rebounds, assists, blocks, steals, turnovers and ppg are almost identical its scary. Minutes per game, FG%, Field Goals attempted per game, fouls per game saw very slight changes. It's like he repeated the year exactly. How's that for consistency..
I'm also wondering about him too but man his shooting splits are awful, 37% from the field, 15% from 3. Must have gotten injured as well since didn't play from mid-February on. Still lots of room to improve but you'd ideally need to get him on the cheap which was not the case during his HS recruitment.
It's kind of interesting but teams that play in the first 4 have done pretty well in subsequent rounds, especially the 1st game. I do wonder if getting that win and playing to survive gives them a bit of a competitive advantage facing teams.
To answer your question, it would certainly validate including them in the tournament at face value. They won a game so I'm sure many UNC fans feel vindicated. I have a close friend who's a big tarheel fan who didn't think they deserved to be in the tournament and still didn't after last night.
I think I'll retract what I said about fit with Reneau. Don't know why he went 12% from 3 this year after shooting 33% from 3 as a soph including a couple makes against KU that year. He is bigger, is skilled on offense and boards good enough. He'd take a lot of pressure off Flory in the post. I know we have familiarity with him from High School. If we are not going to get a shooter at the 4, I want someone with more size, more offensive skill and rebounding ability then we got from KJ. Renau is going to check all 3 of those boxes.
Definitely not a fit for what we need
We need bigs outside Flory and with Tiller having surgery and being out even longer now I think it's smart that they are trying to have at least 4-5 guys in the room. We shall see if that happens.
I agree Griffen is worth kicking the tires on if he will stay however about a few weeks ago it was expected he was leaving.
Jackson being a player after the year off and anything from Mari after the same would be great.
There's just so much unknown about next yr, it will be the most uncertainty we have faced in 20 plus years by far
I agree it's not as much fun with how it is now. There are coaches out there having success with lateral transfers and obviously some that are not. I would say Self has seen a mixed bag so far. Hunter, Mayo, McCullar could be seen as individual successes but hasn't led to the most successful team seasons. UConn had 3 important transfers on their squad last year during their title run and two of them were on the team during the 22-23 title as well for context of it being successful.
All the 1 Seeds in the tournament have transfers driving their success. Perhaps Duke is the only one of the 4 where it's not as big of an impact with their star freshman. Sion James is still an important factor for them, and they get great rotation play from Gillis and Brown (when healthy). Houston- Cryer, Uzan, Wilson; Florida- Clayton, Richard, Martin; Auburn- Broome, Baker-Mazara, Kelly, Jones.
The common theme with many of them is they transferred into their current school with multiple years to play. I think that's a key thing to potentially look at with the portal. Do you really want a 1-year rental or do you go after guys that you can develop for a couple years. Of all the names listed above, 4 are 1-year guys and 2 of them are from Duke alone. Several came from mid-majors that had multiple years like (Broome- NPOY candidate) & Florida's top 2 scorers.
I would stay away from the 1-year rentals as foundational parts of a team unless you have no choice. There's a bunch of talent entering the portal already that are young and can be developed at a school like KU. Personally, would like to see us fill the open spots with young talent that can be developed to become the foundation of future years.
@BShark said in The portal.:
@BeddieKU23 said in The portal.:
Valpo freshman All Wright, yes that's his name. Very talented kid. I would definitely go after him
Keep a close eye on the other Valpo transfer Cooper Schwieger. From Overland Park and Bill wants to add a lot of bigs.
Seems like one we should be in on, KS kid. 2 years left with big production. Rebounding and rim protection there too
Will mention UNLV guard transfer Dedan Thomas, talented but rumored to have a destination already (Houston).
Nevada Jr big 6'10 Nick Davidson available. Avg 15 ppg, 6.5 boards, shot 37% from 3 (46/124) & avg nearly 3 assists per game. Haven't looked at film but decent advanced stats on him. Had nine 20 + point games this season
Didn't even factor him in tbh. Before he got re-injured he was impactful and looking back not having him most of the year really hurt them. If they could get 5-10 minutes out of him Thursday that would be great matching up with Arkansas guards.
@dylans said in The portal.:
I’d be fine with very few transfers and gutting it out for a bit forming a team that is cohesive and grows together. But that’s not going to happen - no instant gratification.
If everyone returned that could and both HS kids make it in, you still need 3 more players to fill the roster. I think realistically they are going to add 5-6 players this offseason whether transfer or HS
I think he wants to run 4 bigs with Peterson. double high low.
I would take Thiam from UCF as well
I would not be upset at getting some mid-major guys and seeing what happens. Of course you need to find the right fits but look across so many teams that have mid-major guys that transferred up and the success they are having. Do they come hungrier to prove themselves with the step up? There's got to be a way for KU to figure this out.
Wyoming transfer Obi Agbim fits the bill. However wouldn't be surprised if Texas Tech had the inside track here.
Quimari Peterson from ETSU, So Con POY shot 42% from 3 avg 19 per game. Indiana native.
Milos Illic from Loyola Md
Valpo freshman All Wright, yes that's his name. Very talented kid. I would definitely go after him
Well we didn't have 14 teams to have in the field until this year but I get your point regarding the numbers.
Texas and Oklahoma in with 6-12 conference records is criminal.
At this point there is no doubt certain teams and conferences have the power to influence results when it comes to an Invitational.
@rockchalkjayhawk said in Third 2025 basketball season:
For those wondering: Zeke has played in the NCAAs a few times now i think.
Hoping that means he'll be at least somewhat comfortable and be home field Zeke.
Hoping he channels that energy
Could argue the previous besottment was with the Big-12 for several years. It was still really strong this year, just not the bees knees for the media to drive up and down
Glad the start time on Thursday was ideal, 7pm EST. Can't even lie was expecting a 10pm start like we were getting lately
@dylans said in Bracketology:
I can’t recall a KU team going 7-8 down the stretch before. My confidence is at an all time low for the tournament. Usually when KU doesn’t have a good team they hustle and give it their all. This squad has never come together and the effort is uneven. Last chance to figure it out. LFG
I'm encouraged there are no injury concerns to the rotation, so we have a full team for once. No excuses for this bunch on Thursday. We'll probably know early in the game if they play with a sense of urgency or the same will repeat.