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Lol Mitch called him and said "hey bro were gonna be some of the oldest guys on the team and in college ball"

Quality. Composed kid!

@jayballer67 I don't think so? I think we are even now.

Wow.

@Texas-Hawk-10 hey good point! Ty for the reminder.

@Texas-Hawk-10 yeah. We just didn't get to see it play out in the post season, the ultimate testing ground.

OK 2020 doesn't count, as unfair as that is to say. 2016 didn't feel like a good defensive team.

Look at that roster and tell me you think "good defensive team".

@BShark tHeY jUsT dIdNt FeEl GoOd

@drgnslayr agreed. Self hasn't had a good defensive team since 2011-12. He has had good defensive players, and often not one of the most talented 5 offensively, I'm with @justanotherfan along that line of thought. I'm not as worried about a big getting minutes even if he can't shoot than I am a guard. The logical candidate for this honor of the guards is Dajuan, and I think he's a very good passer, which Marcus was not, and so is still offensively gifted even if his shot needs work. I feel like Dajuan makes our offense better, as long as he has enough other players on the floor that can shoot the 3.

I am prepared to be wrong about not worrying about the bigs scoring or spreading the floor. Hopefully they are mobile defenders though (unlike Doke pre transformation against Villanova) and can guard the perimeter so nullify offensive inefficiencies.

To me the biggest questionmark is what we will get out of Jalen and Christian. I think they will defer to the alpha dogs Yesufu Martin and Dave. We need consistency from them. I have a feeling they might struggle a bit to contribute when their roles change to support roles, especially since they aren't plus defenders. If that happens I could see someone taking their minutes.maybe one of them falling out of the rotation.

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I will root hard for 'Juan whether he's a Jayhawk or elsewhere. Great kid; love his vision and intensity. I think he's going to be a stone cold killer by junior year, and I don't want him to leave.

It's going to be Agbaji, let's not over complicate this.

@BShark that was enjoyable. He didn't hit only nylon on any of those shots, the rim just seems big for him.

@drgnslayr the less athletic people tend to be gigantors, ex. Z-Bo

@jayballer67 :hundred_points:

@Crimsonorblue22 there's more than one crazy girl on this planet

How many schollies will we currently have to fill in 2022? What are the chances we don't use 2021 schollies to keep them available for 2022 kids we are trying to lock up? Livingston, Smith Jr?

@wissox I don't. But I remember calling him "Walking Underwear" as a child.

Haha

If someone isnt doing it, there might be a dollar to be made on snappy t-shirts to announce your vaccination status, as a more practical means of virtue signaling than wearing a mask.

Got my second Moderna shot yesterday at 11:30. by bedtime it kicked my ass. Been sleeping all day today.

I.e. Bills annual jaunt to the Hamptons

@Kcmatt7 awesome. He could definitely be a playoff hero if he gets his reps through the season. https://thenatsreport.com/10/15/2020/allnews/michael-a-taylor-the-best-nationals-hitter-in-the-postseason/ ↗

Wow you don't see that often @wissox!

MAT still batting. 262. Respectable. He helping?

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@jayballer67 hard to wish anything but the best for a kid we took a flier on anyway. Hope his one year at KU bball school prepared him well!

@drgnslayr nothing strong coffee can't fix.

@mayjay I don't expect it. I want it. National media positivity is a commodity, and everything is for sale.

I think we should consider all transfers that succeed elsewhere as Jayhawk success stories moving forward. Moving companies early in any career can provide upward mobility. We are lucky we are a destination school with a legacy, a top notch coach, nice facilities, a dedicated fan base and national media attention. Now if that attention could consistently be positive.

Grats Wayne!

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(seeing this a week late. Apologies if it's already in a thread)

Super Christian. Oral Roberts is a Christian school. Makes sense.

@Crimsonorblue22 for a minute I thought you were asking if the bag was half full, like if he was an optimist.

@BeddieKU23 maybe not officially. But you can go check out the campus on your own, I would think.

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@BigBad... Win Case you didn't know that...

A song that makes me feel a lot of things:

https://www.elevenwarriors.com/college-sports/2021/04/122252/ncaa-division-i-council-approves-one-time-transfer-exception-for-all-sports-including-football-and-basketball ↗

I still fondly remember the scrappy Chris Webber, Vladi, Stinky, Bibby, etc Sactown teams circa 2001. (yeah I know Bibby is a dirty word around here, but those teams were good). Too bad they turned into a blackhole since.

I almost don't want to wear my Mason Kings shirt the way they did him dirty.

@justanotherfan good perspective.

I'm not ready to character assassinate Bryce from the quotes in this article. He got injured, he never again saw the season high in minutes / points from the first game. I'm sure the entire season was stressful and he worried about falling out of the rotation. I think he'll do well on a smaller school where he doesn't have to handle some of the concerns that you have at a school like Kansas.

If it's our own transferring, feels like it deserves its own thread. I know we already started discussing in the transfer thread.

Sad to see Bryce go, but hoping there's enough in the portal and it's early still, that we can find a replacement that fits just as well.

Felt like a lot of players got injured during her time here. May not be fair to pin that on her, just saying. She also had a lot of successful guys build up.

Yeah, I think the confusion comes from when you said "think ... " you weren't referring to a likely comp, but rather the most successful person that took each path.

@justanotherfan nice break down! Thank you.

@dylans you're the only crybaby I see here?

This was in context responding to @mayjay 's comment. Perhaps you're unaware of the current push of republican legislation to restrict voting rights in 40 states. The only faux pas here is that this comment belongs in the politics section. This can be asked for nicely instead of coming back to the board with a wild Haymaker.

@BShark hope its a pass on Pinson.

Or review not sure

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