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I'll start. Easy answer would be Doke. He's exceeded my expectations so it was tough to pick against him.

Devonte Graham is the most improved Hawk in my mind.

Why? Having to play 36 minutes a game with no backup is not easy. The pressure is on him, he knows it. We are a discombobulated bunch without him on the court. His numbers are up across the board, his scoring production is starting to creep up towards 20 a game, well above that in conference play so far. That's rare company at KU. His PER, 24, is excellent for the burden he has to carry every game. Lately he's been more aggressive getting in the lane averaging 9 FT attempts per game in conference play. This team will go as far as Devonte can take them.

Who ya guys got? Why

Interesting article. I think the proposal (immediate transfer with a certain GPA) is too lax if that's the bar they are setting. A 2.7 or 2.8, that's not setting the bar high at all for kids academically. I'd like to know how many kids are falling above or below this proposed requirement.

I'm actually surprised the NCAA is thinking of opening this can of worms honestly. They look at record transfer numbers as a problem that needs to be fixed. I don't think giving players the ability to transfer immediately fixes the issue. I don't think the NCAA is prepared to deal with the potential issues this could create. Who's going to oversea tampering? Can players transfer mid-season and play at other schools the same season?

Moses just wants to be recruited. For a Top 20ish type player not a lot of teams seem to be that interested in dealing with him. Kid would be good in College if he stuck around for a while and developed which I doubt he'll do

I think highly of izzo.

His team this year is coasting right now. Remember it's all soph and freshman doing the heavy lifting. They have a few upperclassmen that play but they don't decide outcomes of games for them. Point being they are very young, really talented and as always izzo will find a way to get them going again. It is nice to know that a team projected to be one of the title favorites is vulnerable. I actually think KU matches up well vs MSU if they meet in March. This isn't the typical izzo tough squad, it's got guys who are thinking next level

HighEliteMajor said:

I personally love coach Izzo. Humble, high character, great guy. I think everyone would feel comfortable sending their son to play for him.

Agreed!

Anyone see the drama with tech court storming. A fan got too close to a wv player and the player threw a punch. I believe it was Wesley Harris who threw it from the video I just saw on espn. Can imagine he will be disciplined...after Monday though

@cragarhawk

Wait til monday. That should bring a few it's the refs fault

Bruce blames the refs for losing

Bruce will have a book of excuses by the end of his career. K st couldn't ever do better then this dip

Jayballer54 said:

BeddieKU23 said:

Just excited to have a big that can REBOUND

HUGE. - - now though let's hope fans aren't expecting him to come in a be a dominator right off - -lets give the kid a little bit of time to adjust to major College ball right? - BUT ya HUGE. - - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

Nope i expect 20 and 20 in 10 minutes. How's that for pressure!!

Kidds of course

Just excited to have a big that can REBOUND

Tait saying silvio wants to play next year and "take it from there"

This has potential huge implications on rotations, minutes, rebounding

HUGGGGGGE

Wooooo

It's only about silvio anyway. There won't be any updating billy

No update hoping for the morning. No joke

BShark said:

Ignore the fake twitter account guys and gals.

fake twitter is the best

BShark said:

BeddieKU23 said:

BShark said:

I don't even dare bother with football recruiting. Most of the time those players won't even see the field for 1-2 years.

Bite your tongue, sometime in the future (could be a liftetime)KU football hires a great coach and gets in the running for a 5 star player. You'll totally be in it!

KU hiring a great coach might not happen before football becomes irrelevant due to lack of player interest due to CTE.

Burnnnn

BShark said:

I don't even dare bother with football recruiting. Most of the time those players won't even see the field for 1-2 years.

Bite your tongue, sometime in the future (could be a liftetime)KU football hires a great coach and gets in the running for a 5 star player. You'll totally be in it!

at least there's always drinking after the no update. it's friday

With these things I have always felt KU would release a statement rather then the coach getting to announce

BShark said:

BeddieKU23 said:

I feel like we are waiting for a crappy internet link only to listen to a coach talk about his JV team for 45 minutes when its supposed to be a commitment announcement (its totally happened recently) @BShark @Jayballer54 I know you guys now this one!

That was truly awful. Perhaps the worst commit announcement I've watched and most are pretty bad.

The only one that's ever topped that was a 5 star Safety choose FSU recently and took 3 1/2 hours. His entire team went before him (with no prior knowledge anyone else was announcing) and they delayed it 3 times because of a missing microphone

I feel like we are waiting for a crappy internet link only to listen to a coach talk about his JV team for 45 minutes when its supposed to be a commitment announcement (its totally happened recently) @BShark @Jayballer54 I know you guys know this one!

had to take this one from another board in patiently waiting.

Are their hats on the table?

Blown said:

@BeddieKU23 It's 5 pm. I did my job.

+1 for the effort.

@Blown

Thanks that got me through about 6 minutes.

BShark said:

BeddieKU23 said:

BShark said:

I wasn't sure where to put this but so many midseason transfers now. More than I can remember. Blake Harris has left Missouri for NC State.

I was going to get around to posting that. Still think he would have been nice to have backing up Devonte this season. However having Dotson and Grimes next season more then makes up for it

Harris, unlike Moore would potentially impact recruiting. And really I don't think our guards are an issue at all, though Newman has been mostly disappointing relative to what was expected, fair or not.

I agree Harris could have impacted recruiting. Whatever the case Self whiffed hard on evaluating who'd be a point guard on this team with Graham. With his comments recently about Newman he almost sounds stunned how bad he's played after all that he flashed to the staff in his off-year. Whatever the case we will find out whether Newman is a new man or not real soon

Jayballer54 said:

BeddieKU23 said:

You know there's no update coming guys. Well maybe just to say there's nothing to update

HEY ! ! ! ! - -I thought I told you to stop that lol. - - you sure know how to rain on someone's parade - -there is going to be news any minute now - - - -any minute I say. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

any Friday now too

Kcmatt7 said:

@BeddieKU23 Thats what I meant by all parties. The money is too good for coaches. There is always another program willing to take a player. It is just a nightmare.

Yes the money part is actually the problem.

@BShark

And every school in North Carolina. He wanted to stay in state and his last remaining good options were BC and Ben Howland. Yeah

Kcmatt7 said:

I just couldn't imagine being a coach in today's game. Not a lot of loyalty, from any party. And too many opportunities for players that they really do have the upper-hand.

Even less loyalty with coaches unless you are an elite coach at an elite school

You know there's no update coming guys. Well maybe just to say there's nothing to update

BShark said:

Kcmatt7 said:

@BShark Nebraska is losing a sophomore big man.

Glad we don't have to be in the market this year.

One of the best posts of the year!

BShark said:

I wasn't sure where to put this but so many midseason transfers now. More than I can remember. Blake Harris has left Missouri for NC State.

I was going to get around to posting that. Still think he would have been nice to have backing up Devonte this season. However having Dotson and Grimes next season more then makes up for it

BShark said:

@BeddieKU23 Yeah he can definitely shoot it. I'd love to see him end up at KU.

I wonder if that was always part of the equation with Jairus. If it was, then it really makes sense why he ended up at BC.

Looks like that (brother) became more of a thing late in the game. Hamilton really didn't progress last summer in AAU and a lot of bigger schools backed off. Good spot for him IMO.

Jayballer54 said:

BeddieKU23 said:

@Blown

What else you got, that isn't gonna get us to 5 pm

Boy look at you today lo - -you just feisty as hell , just being a little stir stick lol - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

Things are heating up, first we heard today, tomorrow, today is tomorrow, tomorrow is today. Now we have 5 pm. ohh the horror

But now I need more. What you got?

Jayballer54 said:

BeddieKU23 said:

5:01, no update

lmao - - - now you stop that. -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

You know its coming

One time target Jarius Hamilton ended up at BC along with his brother who's transferring in. 2 for 1 deal

Kcmatt7 said:

@Blown Hopefully Stanford keeps playing well too.

Got a couple players back. Still short 1 but they seem to be going in the right direction with more perimeter depth

Who's got that play hard chart ready for saturday??

out 4-6 weeks with the injury. ouccchhh

@Blown

What else you got, that isn't gonna get us to 5 pm

@JayHawkFanToo

You never know. That would sure put a sour end to this saga

Tait also said his gut feeling is a ruling on only 1 and his guess is Silvio

5:01, no update

BShark said:

BeddieKU23 said:

@BShark

Not surprised he's ahead of the younger Lawson. Must be having a big season

Has Chandler not been having a great season? I haven't been paying too much attention.

Just observing both of them I can see why Williamson is getting some attention. He can really shoot it. I just think Chandler lacks the skill that his brothers have. Don't get me wrong there is plenty of potential with him but he just screams athlete at this stage. Williamson has one really good skill already.

@BShark

Not surprised he's ahead of the younger Lawson. Must be having a big season

@JayHawkFanToo

It could happen though I don't think that's likely. I don't remember if Self has commented on that scenario or if its been asked.

Self would be extremely disappointed in him if he did given what seems like a considerable amount of resources thrown his way in this situation. Imagine a NBA team inquiring about Billy (to Self) after he hypothetically left the team. Not sure the Preston's want to burn that bridge..

JayHawkFanToo said:

@BeddieKU23

Wouldn’t that open a slippery slope? Let’s recruit the parents and as long as the kid has plausible deniability he is gold...

As I understand, he has to sit one year because he transferred and he will eligible around this time next year.

I should have clarified I think he should be able to play next season, not just half of one. He's already sat a year and his circumstances could make him a candidate for an appeal to get that other semester back.