Bill RE: Next Season
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Well I have long thought groce would be out at Illinois so his signing didn’t make much sense.
But I guess one of the assistants was key in getting him so it will all depend on whether that assistant is back next yr regardless of groce’s status. Have to think that guy will get a long look with any new coach based on that fact. A school like Illinois can’t afford to lose a talent like him.
Tilmon is the perfect 4 year big that will be a good college player granted he stays healthy
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Even if Romar is fired Porter JR will end up wherever his dad does and it’s not going to be KU.
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@BShark Has to get hired first. Is it worth sacrificing the lockerroom, future recruiting and an assistant coach for? Experiment failed at UW.
And the new nepotism rule, I believe, means you have to hire the guy as an assistant coach if it is within 2 years of the kid going to the school.
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Someone will hire him. There is a good chance if fired that Romar (and Porter SR) end up in Columbia, MO.
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@BShark Well, if that happens, it is going to be one dysfunctional program. Let’s hope that is what happens.
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It would be very Missouri. They can’t get any worse though, I think…
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Isn’t porters Brother going to reclassify so they can play together? I read where they are homeschooled. Quite the strenuous class schedule.
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Yes.
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If the Porter kid follows his father one more time, the NCAA would be all over that…
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Just like they put the hammer down on USC…
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Are you talking about the OJ Mayo deal? They did get heavily penalized for that. I don’t seem to recall any coach-son deal at USC.
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Why are we talking about Michael Porter?
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Slater and Matt saying KU is a dark horse for MJ Walker.
what that actually means is nothing. Involved but who knows how much. UCLA was the latest pushing for him. I still think its a FSU- Georgia Tech battle here as distance to home wins out.
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and BTW Jerry Meyer still believes Young to KU. says 15 years experience and learning to interpret kids has him combining his intel and gut to that pick… For what its worth
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I meant UNC lol
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@BeddieKU23 said:
Slater and Matt saying KU is a dark horse for MJ Walker.
what that actually means is nothing. Involved but who knows how much. UCLA was the latest pushing for him. I still think its a FSU- Georgia Tech battle here as distance to home wins out.
Weird recruitment for a 5 star.
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Definitely, sometimes these 5-star players don’t want the attention. This one seems to be the case. If he holds out until NBA decisions that’s probably KU’s only hope.
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Ok, that makes more sense. No sanctions yet because UNC has put a full court defense that has tied up the NCAA with legal paperwork. I am guessing that given Coach Williams health, he is not that far away from retirement and the school is hoping for one more NC before he retires and the program goes down the crapper because of the effect of the likely sanctions and the new coaching staff; a cosch like Roy Williams is not easy to replace…not many Bill Selfs around…
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Matt Scott posted a VIP thread about a couple potential spring offers. Derrick Walker and Francesco Badocchi.
Walker is a junkyard daawwwwwwg PF. Scott mentioned he might pop soon but if he waits KU would likely be a player.
Badocchi sounds like a freak athlete that is learning to hoop. KU checked in on him while watching JRE last night.
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Matt went a little overboard on use of freak athlete with Badocchi. Andrew Wiggins is a freak athlete, Badocchi is not.
Honestly we can do better than both but if I was choosing, Walker and red-shirt
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Agree. Walker could be a good 5 year guy like Lucas.
And yeah I assume they are plan Z but we’ve been there before.
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Certainly, Walker’s size alone would be a plus. Investing in a red-shirt these days is risky. Jerry Meyer just CB’s him to St Johns yesterday btw
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Yeah if he commits soon it isn’t KU.
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I imagine this will be the last we hear of him in that case
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Hell of a game for Duval to watch.
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So just waxing a bit here… Preston is likely to be frustrating at times due to his effort, but man, after seeing Josh this year it is likely to make it seem even worse than it normally would be.
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Is it just me? This win seems more satisfying than the win over UK…
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@JayHawkFanToo I thought the UK win was more satisfying. We beat a good team in their building. A blue blood team that competes with us for the hearts and minds of top recruits, the media, and the nation. No doubt this win over Baylor is huge and when we hold B12 trophy #13, we will look back at this one. But I felt that UK victory was one of the best KU wins in recent memory. As much as Baylor is a good team this year, I fully expected to punk Drew in the second half. The foul disparity makes it easy for Fran and like-minded trolls to discredit this win. Nobody in the nation can say we didn’t make a statement beating UK at Rupp.
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I agree. To take Self’s words the Kentucky game was a Showcase event. The Big-12 game was big boy ball.
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@approxinfinity @JayHawkFanToo @BeddieKU23
I think without the UK win, we would have not had the confidence and grit needed to beat Baylor, plus it also gave Baylor reason to seriously doubt our vulnerability under pressure.
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Good point.
I think what was important about the Kentucky win besides erasing the loss in Morgantown was taking the momentum from the win. Self was right, the Kentucky game would have been meaningless if the team didn’t take something from it and use it positively. I think we got a resounding answer to that question. Baylor brought everything they had, was a great overall game!
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anyone know about Chris Smith. looks like he moved from the 2018 class to 2017.
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@BeddieKU23 said:
Couldn’t have played out any better.
Imagine JRE & Harvey were impressed last night!
The atmosphere was electric for sure.
@kraken said:
anyone know about Chris Smith. looks like he moved from the 2018 class to 2017.
KU is involved. Nice combo forward with a solid stroke. Looks like Slater (reputable guy) crystal ball picked him to KU after he changed classes so it’s possible KU is driving this reclass. UK is interested but he doesn’t have a UK offer yet, while he does have a KU offer.
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He’s a definite want as we head towards spring.
Really good athlete and can shoot from the perimeter.
I also like his ability to possibly be a small 4 in the 4 guard lineup. Not saying next year we would be playing this way again but he’s the type of player that in time would allow Self to explore
He’s young so his best basketball is ahead of him. I think he’s a top 50 type personally.
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New name per Matt Scott: http://247sports.com/Player/Jermaine-Couisnard-46038749
Snacks will be checking him out Thursday.
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@BShark so we still leading for young or not?
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This kid is more a 2/3. Staff definitely needs ANOTHER guard/wing in addition to getting a PG imho.
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@BShark I meant is trae young coming here?
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@Crimsonorblue22 Looks more like a depth move in my eyes. We still have open scholarships. Like 2 or 3 depending on who stays and leaves. And transfers plus an open scholarship kind of hurt us depth wise this season. As we have seen. So I think Bill will try to land a few end of bench guys with athleticism that can become rotation guys in a couple of years.
I would think Trae will come here still. Even if we landed this guy.
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Best case scenario imo is one of Trae/Duval and then Chris Smith on top of that. If the staff strikes out on Young and Duval then Mark Smith becomes a name to watch. Seems up in the air with Trae at this point.
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@Crimsonorblue22 said:
@BShark so we still leading for young or not?
Matt says it’s 50/50 which to me says he doesn’t want to let out what he might know one way or the other due to respect and the relationship that he has with the family. He’s giving tidbits here and there.
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@BeddieKU23 tidbits our way?
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Duval is a done deal to Duke, I see no reason to say otherwise.
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I believe so. I’m sticking with it
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Below is the projected Starting Lineup’s for next year’s Big-12.
At the top are incoming Freshman/Transfers (in green are Top 150 prospects according to recruiting services)
Below is possible additions at this moment. Note Young & Smith are listed for multiple Big-12 teams until decisions are made.
Below that is projected starting 5 and the rest of the projected roster.
You will notice the biggest question for any team going into next year is who will be the starting PG at Kansas. I would love nothing more than to put Trae Young’s name (or Duval) but I’m leaving Duval off the addition list unless some better intel comes out saying KU is really in it.
For other notes of Interest I have the following declaring for the NBA draft:
KU- Josh Jackson, Devonte Graham, Svi Mykhailuik. (obviously the last 2 have been discussed at length. At minimum we can expect they’ll be in the combine.
Texas- Jarrett Allen, Andrew Jones (recent addition to ESPN’s top 30 draft prospects)
Baylor- Jonathan Motley
Oklahoma St- Juwan Evans
I have also removed Tevin Mack from Texas’s roster. Suspended since January and can’t imagine he’ll be back.
I have also kept Carlton Bragg on KU’s roster until we get further clarity on his suspension length. The more games he misses the less likely he’ll be here next season.
On paper it would seem Baylor & West Virginia could be considered the favorites for next season. Iowa St is losing the kitchen sink and Kansas without a PG right now will be a very inexperienced squad possibly going for the consecutive conference championship record with a new starting 5.
Thoughts?
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@BeddieKU23 Wow. That’s some analysis. Agree that on paper (with certain assumptions) Baylor and WVU are up there…but I would put us right there with them. Self has proven that he can deliver late in the recruiting game. But if the above scenario happens with us…and your assumptions are logical, but who knows…we will be unproven.
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@BeddieKU23 Next season the Big XII will legitimately be the toughest conference in basketball.
WVU will be tough.
Baylor starting 5 seniors might be the team to beat.
TTU with 5 seniors will be tough.
TCU with a So. Fisher and bringing in guys that Dixon actually wants and recruited is also scary.
ISU will struggle.
OSU will struggle.
OU will be 10x better next year than this year.
K-State should be just as solid next season. Bubble team.
UT is a guessing game. But based on this season I don’t expect much.
KU is stacked if we can find a PG. 3 top 30 recruits starting. A Jr. Vick. A Jr. Bragg. A Good bench wing in Cunliffe. We just need to find a PG.
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@BeddieKU23 We should have 5 or 6 ranked teams all season next year. And I’d bet that 3 or 4 can crack the top 10.
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Thanks, This will be updated when there’s information to add.
Yes Self has to hit a home-run this spring and everything starts with the PG issue. There will be anywhere from 2-5 open spots depending on departures. That is a lot of open space he can offer to late signee’s/transfers etc.
Ideally KU should get to 12 scholarship players for 17-18 and maybe find another sit-out transfer with as much upside as Newman/Cunliffe. Because looking further down next year Doke, Newman, Vick, Preston will have draft decisions.
What guys sign with KU late and how returning players improve will determine a lot for next year. Newman/Vick/Doke will have to make big jumps
