@approxinfinity said in Furphy:
@bskeet still has 24 hours right?
Furphy has until 10:59 p.m. Central on May 29 to remove his name from consideration
Ok… Once more, with feeling: Very quiet on decision day.
@approxinfinity said in Furphy:
@bskeet still has 24 hours right?
Furphy has until 10:59 p.m. Central on May 29 to remove his name from consideration
Ok… Once more, with feeling: Very quiet on decision day.
@approxinfinity said in 2024 Portal Madness Thread:
Ridonculous. Can we just call ourselves the SEC and earn SEC money?
If we did, we’d be in the NCAA Baseball Tournament… but no.
@wissox Just remember that what you are seeing on social media is what the algorithm feeds you. It’s selective and personalized. (I don’t see what you see, and you don’t see what I see.)
Content is delivered based on how likely they think it will get you to engage (either strong reinforcement or provocative dissonance.)
Well, whoever on the KU staff who found him – Good job.
@Crimsonorblue22 yeah. I’m not the target audience. My daughter (now 22) liked it.
@FarmerJayhawk said in More follow up on Conference expansion:
@bskeet said in More follow up on Conference expansion:
Also, a reminder that SEC chief Sankey said that the SEC does not plan to add any more member schools in the future on July 24, 2023. Less than one year ago.
He also can’t say it because it would open the league up to antitrust action.
I’m a hard yes to the SEC or Big Ten. The money gap when revenue sharing starts will be so vast that we won’t be able to keep up in basketball, let alone football. That’s 8 figures per year our donors would have to pony up that theirs don’t because the media money pays for it all. The Big 12 is already a second class league and it’s not going to get better.
I know talk is cheap.
I guess my question is when would be the next time that the SEC would likely be looking to expand? Would it hinge on their contract cycles (which I thought were in multi-year blocks?). Or is this something that could happen every year?
Totally agree we need to get to one of the P2 because the chasm is growing and in 10 years there will be distinct tiers if not newly created separate leagues/divisions.
Thank you all. LOL @wissox .
@MR11, if he’s in ROTC, they take that summer btw Soph and Jr for bootcamp/basic training. I’m bummed about that because your advice resonates strongly with me. My internships made all the difference for me and my career. But he wants to serve so strongly. He counters that he’ll be employed (by military) no matter what when he graduates.
Study abroad is something we have also encouraged, and again, ROTC may put a wrinkle in this, but thank you for mentioning! I will be sharing the advice and anecdotes ( @dylans ) from the bucketeers.
Also, a reminder that SEC chief Sankey said that the SEC does not plan to add any more member schools in the future on July 24, 2023. Less than one year ago.
Culturally, that sucks. But for future financial stability, etc, it’s probably a positive. If what he says is true, the expansion would include some other AAU schools (UNC, Virginia, Clemson), so that would be positive.
Honestly, it doesn’t make that much sense when there are other schools that would fit better (like why not Duke if you’re taking UNC?). The concept seems like a reach.
I don’t actually think this leak is a gift for KU. It may actually be a trojan horse. Maybe it’s meant to create some instability. For better or for worse, it will intensify pressure on KU from B12 and possibly externally and that’s a distraction with no immediate benefit.
Meanwhile, Kelce is hosting game shows, joining the cast of American Horror Story and in general keeping out of trouble by elevating his celebrity.
My son will be attending KU as a freshmen next year. He’ll be a fourth generation Jayhawk. He’s accepted in the aerospace engineering program. He’s been fascinated with planes – especially military aircraft – almost since he was able to hold a crayon. He’s also looking at AF ROTC at KU.
If there are any engineering or ROTC alumni here who have tips or suggestions, please let me know! (No one else in the family are eng or ROTC alumni).
If it has to do with academics, I’d be surprised if the result would be any different at Illinois. Kentucky and Arizona may have more academic flexibility.
I think it’s a simple calculus: if you are certain to be drafted in the NBA draft, and likely in the first round, you look at the salary and contract and say, “that looks like a pretty good career opportunity.”
He can always go back and get his degree. But the opportunity to be drafted and become an NBA player – no matter what team it is – is too good to pass up.
I try to imagine if it was in another field, like engineering, or business, etc. If Google/Tesla/Amazon contacted a freshmen engineering student and said "come work for us and we’ll pay you X million for the next 3 years with the opportunity to go up from there… Most would take that.
I expect Furphy to go second half of the first round or first half of the second round unless something magical happens at the combine / tryouts.
Self shutting down McCullar? Man, it seems like we’re living in a reverse-occams-razor world.
The least likely possibility should not be the one to assume is correct.
On the topic of McCullar, he was most certainly more impactful to the program than Furphy. He was here two years. His stats don’t lie.
When he was out of the game, the team struggled. His absence certainly impacted the team.
@rockchalkjayhawk LOL… that’s true… It was a December game (mostly downhill from there), and that probably set expectations too high for a freshmen. (along with the fact that he was the #1 overall recruit that year).
That said, I saw Jacque Vaughn as a freshmen do something similar against Indiana and he did not seem to have the drop in production that Selby had. (I’ve never looked at the stats).
It’s been a few days since I’ve been here and I can not — I mean really… CAN NOT —believe that there was a thread defending Josh Selby and suggesting he was an asset to the team. That’s some amazing revisionist history
There’s plenty of precedent for Self starting more experienced players and finishing with someone else. Russ Rob comes to mind but I think there have been others through the years.
@approxinfinity said in You know it's a big day:
@dylans the team sucked and furphy was a bright spot. Your criticism could be said about wiggins and embiid as well, had they not gone on to nba success. Maybe his success contributed in part to the guys we pulled this offseason, as he is proof that a player can come in and in one season improve their stock dramatically.
I’m glad we had Furphy and he made the season much more watchable for me.
Amen. The kid hit critical 3s and ran the floor like a gazelle. He had some pretty explosive dunks.
I shudder to think of last season without Furphy, considering how things played out: Morris out, Elmarko struggles, Kevin gets hurt, etc.
Seriously, I’m not sure we make the tournament last year without Furphy.
Aw, shucks.
He would have been great as a sophomore. What a pickup though in, what was it, July? Just amazing. Hope he does well in the league.
@kjayhawks I like it. I’m thinking Avengers: Endgame.
@nuleafjhawk said in Portal/transfer , now THIS would P - - - me off if true.:
@bskeet the theater of High Sarcasm.
Lol. Well said.
What theater are you going to that has cheap concessions???
Just curious why Acuff would feel the need to post that to the whole world if things were buttoned up. Smells like a counter-offer is on the table.
I’m wondering if he’s asking for more than any freshman has ever been given… leaving the staff to contemplate the implications of putting so much stock in an unproven player (at this level).
It’s one thing to put a high 6-figure package together for a transfer whose performance has been validated with stats against at least Div1 or even P1 competition… Seems harder to make the case for a player out of high school, no matter how high you (or others) are on the guy.
Grady or Wiggins (worth it) + Selby or Alexander (not) = risk.
@Texas-Hawk-10 said in 2024 Portal Madness Thread:
@rockchalkjayhawk said in 2024 Portal Madness Thread:
Ugh.
The NCAA will no longer limit the amount of times that athletes can transfer schools. Previously, athletes were allowed to transfer one time and play immediately, but they had to sit out a full year if they transferred schools a second time without a waiver. The two transfer windows are still in place with the new ruling, and players can’t transfer schools in the middle of the year and play for their new school in the same season.
The caveat to the unlimited transfer rule is players must be in good academic standing in order to not sit out after that first transfer.
Actually, that’s a reasonable rule because it treats the student-athlete like their peer students. A student in good standing can transfer to another school without any penalty. If the athlete is taking their student status seriously, they should have the ability to move from school to school like other students.
It certainly has implications for the game. But I have a feeling that the frenzy we are going through currently will settle down a bit in the coming years as the basketball community comes to better understand the positives and negatives that come with transferring.
Right now, it’s a big unknown so there’s unbridled experimentation.
Brea would be the chef’s kiss on a great recruiting effort (assuming no defections).
@Texas-Hawk-10 Wow. I had not heard that. Loss for basketball.
Sweet.
Add Brea and Griffin for 24 and make a legitimate push for B12 championship and final four. Could be a super team, coached by the master.
Team is starting to take shape.
Brea would be an amazing addition from the portal. But would that impact Acuff? Or vice versa?
Am I the only one that heard Hurley drop hints in the post-game interview that he was leaving (going to Kentucky)?
@dylans He did, but to his defense, he got hammered more than most guys and rarely got a call.
That said, the game has certainly evolved and the amount of contact allowed seems to be higher than ever.
So he probably was thinking “hey, that was a foul” and it probably was… last year. Not this year.
There have been quite a few games in the tourney where I’ve been stunned with the physicality. I guess it’s time for players and fans like me to adjust.
The pool of teams I will root for is getting very thin and the pool of teams I actively root against is swelling. UGH.
My bracket is so busted after the last two days.
Man, NC State and KU are like antonyms this year. While we are crashing the last 8 games of the season, they’ve won 5 straight in the ACC tourney and 2 more in the NCAA Tourney.
Talk about peaking at the end of the season. It’s like 1983 all over again.
What happened to the lineman who had the most penalties in the league? Can’t recall his name, even though they called out his name enough on all those flags.
@Gorilla72 But when we get passed the second round, we win the National Championship. So today’s game was for all the marbles.
I will be absolutely shocked if Iowa State loses to Washington State. Frankly, I expected them to blow WSU out. That is not happening unless ISU pulls a KU second half.
@AsadZ said in Other bball games:
KU Women came from behind and won in OT.
Big Win for KU Women.
The board now shifts to focus on a Lady Jayhawks’ dream run… They will have to be the giant-killers on Monday.
in short, we shot exceptionally well in the first half and exceptionally poorly in the second half.
Gonzaga shot consistently well throughout the game.
Shame on our defense. But even with great D, not sure we could win given our abysmal shooting.
@kjayhawks said in Zigging the Zags:
@bskeet wish we could get a steak like that going
We’ve got the record streak for consecutive tourney appearances. A different but equally valid metric for excellence.
Glad we won one game. In the tourney.
First half had my hopes up.
Second half was an embarrassment. But Gonzaga has their Sweet 16 streak alive.