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@kuballin10 this portal class appears to be almost all offense so we’ll see how it goes. Defense could be there but a work in progress for sure

Kinda cool YouTubeTV put the women’s tournament in multi view

Almost no chance he’s leaving but I would drop a BAG for Kalkbrenner

Another freshmen led team flaming out. Knock me over with a feather

First Elite Eight without a 1 seed. I knew the top was soft but good lord

Bama is not comfortable with everything that went on tonight

@BShark HOT DAMN

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Montezuma’s Revenge!

Doesn't mean I have to like him

@AsadZ oh lord it would be harder to cheer for KU with a Hurley at the helm

It'll get done. Just the public and endowment funds are $200m. I know Goff and Girod are circulating renderings to big donors, and they're getting tweaked based on donor input. I'm guessing that process will be done sometime in the fall and the pictures will get to us plebes. Still hearing it'll be a part of a larger capital campaign. The AFH project is a go, and I bet Hoglund will be in the mix as well.

@BShark and people ask why we have to sometimes be cagey. With great* power comes great responsibility

*incredibly niche insight fueled by years of hanging out with friends in Lawrence establishments talking ball

Looking more into the fit of the Stanford 2, I think Haase used them all wrong, maybe out of necessity. Their most common starting lineup last year had Jones at the 2 and Ingram at the 3. Like what. And their PG was ATROCIOUS. Like a PER below 10 bad. Obviously a lineup that disjointed would keep the numbers down. Surprisingly their offensive output was pretty good. Angel and Jones were very good shooters, and Ingram was a solid utility guy. But holy crap when you start 3 forwards and a center with a bad PG things are going to be ugly. I think better floor spacing and a PG that is actually pretty damn good will unlock a lot of potential in those guys.

If you look just at minutes played last year: Jones (6'7 wing), Ingram (6'8 wing, more like a 4), Michael Jones (6'5, one dimensional shooter), Angel (6'8 wing), O'Connell (6'2 PG), Maxime Reynaud (7'1 C). No wonder they sucked.

Yeah, the portal and the covid year really helped get some age on the roster. It's not even "old" yet IMO. If (and it's a big IF) JD returns in 2024, I'm circling that as the BIG breakout year. That's when most of the talent will be old dudes and you'll have this pretty stellar HS class be able to contribute.

Jones has a <40" vertical so HARD PASS /s

Sometimes dudes can just play ball, measurables be damned.

@ReggieKansas an unranked 3* whose best offer is NMSU? Not really, no.

Hard pass. We're done with 2023 high school.

WHAT A BANGER

KSU fans suck. Let ‘em rot.

@Jethro in regulation absolutely

Izzo put Tang in a clown suit down the stretch

On one hand I'm bummed Joe is leaving because he was a GREAT locker room guy. Very smart, good leader and role model for the youths. Buuuuut at some point it has to match production, which it never did. So best of luck to Joe. Tear the roof of the Mo Valley, my dude.

No gifs, but some hot goss for you @Kcmatt7 🐦 View Tweet?s=46&t=c0LiaNrxev6XfT7LIH8dAQ

The thing that will hurt dook is it's VERY hard to get into dook and be NCAA eligible as a transfer because the university is so strict with transfer credits. Notre Dame currently has the same issues. If you transfer from State School X to dook you'll lose a bunch of credits and ka boom you're ineligible because all the sudden it's your 4th year and you're just a sophomore academically so you can't play.

And no, the admin doesn't bend over backwards to take transfers. High school kids, fine. But that's a much easier thing to start a marginal kid at zero vs changing your whole transfer credit structure to get a transfer athlete eligible.

@benshawks08 I’m slightly exaggerating but it’s not that far off. Every random mid-major guard with a 38%+ shot is a must get lol

Glad the discourse here is better than other sites that shall not be named. Where the extent of “who should we get?” consists of sorting CBB reference by 3 point %.

@jayballer67 just filler

Great win!

@BShark a divorce seems highly likely, yeah

Heard some people speculating about Caleb Love. Not happening. He wants to go pro but will likely end up at Mizzou. WOOF.

I have modest expectations here. It'll be a HUGE jump in competition and freshmen usually have a tough adjustment, especially now. No knock on Adams, it's the 23 class in general.

Not just un-PC, the rules are that a non-coach can’t be one without someone stepping down.

@kuballin10 one that’s like 99% done. The other still has to get down the tracks but looks to get done. A third is maaaaaaybe possible if the right guy becomes available

Cal continues to be a world class tournament choker lol

When the replacements get announced I think most will be pleasantly surprised

To quote Clark Kellogg, they want more linth and strinth at the 5

@kuballin10 it’s one example in the almost 20 years of the OAD era.

Nova had some talented dudes but they all stayed multiple years and played together. That’s how you build it. Jay didn’t really shoot for the can’t miss 5* guys. He got players with traits he could develop. He redshirted a lot of guys too. So I think that makes my point.

@kuballin10 mine was too. All the champs from the last decade+ had experienced guys that knew how to play together. Fit and chemistry are super important. The pattern isn’t hard to deduce there. The team with the most raw talent almost never wins it all.

Relying on OAD talent is a recipe for Tournament disaster. In the portal era it’s better to get guys with experience. Maybe the they aren’t NBA guys exactly but they’ll win you a gazillion games. Even Cal’s title team had experience. Look at the last 15 years, not a lot of freshmen led teams won. You need veterans who know how to play together and have won.

@kuballin10 you might want to tune out until 24-25 then if you want a bunch of run jump athletes starting ¯_(ツ)_/¯. I would actually bet next year’s roster has fewer combine athletes than this one. The skill level should be through the roof but a combine team we are not. Arguably our two best pure athletes (Cuffe and Yes) are probably gone.

@wissox Gradey and Kevin are 100% gone. Cuffe and Cam also out the door. TBD on the others but my guess is Zach and Yesufu are gone as well.

@kuballin10 prepare to be disappointed. Maybe all offseason

@cragarhawk I think the Big 12 was all varying degrees of mediocre. Everyone is pretty flawed.

Penn State 👀

@kuballin10 if he leaves it’ll be on his own accord. Gonna be a long offseason for fans who want a mass exodus.

I think MJ and Bobby stay. NIL is a big deal in these cases. Dropping a level also means a huge drop in income for these guys.

5 months until Missouri State!

Wild only 1 1 might get to the second weekend

@BShark at least 2

@kuballin10 we get another bucket with Bill. Period.