Crootin Thread III, Wherein Some Players Probably Commit to KU
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@BeddieKU23 Well your right thee. Definetly play into their hands by talking about them so much - - - - they love it. Also agree I think Know just might end up at Mizzou, hate em BUT will have to say if he commits there pretty dam good recruiting class ending up there.
So whz the deal with the Moore kid, can you give me any details? Has there been movement about him maybe being at KU or what? - - Thanks - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Moore is from Chicago. ESPN had him ranked #61, #72 on 247 in the 2016 class. He was originally committed to Memphis then a coaching change happened and he went to Cal. Solid freshman year. From what I’ve read he’s transferring closer to home, his father had a stroke in 2015 and is still recovering so maybe this is a move to be closer to him. Illinois was involved with him first time around and with them having openings I can see him taking a strong look at them.
He’s good enough to play at KU if that’s what ends up happening. Solid freshman numbers with obvious improvements to be made on FG%, turnovers etc, something a sit-out year and natural development could cure. His advanced numbers aren’t great, 13.6 PER and his usage was high for the amount of minutes he played. Cal wasn’t good even with a 1st round pick on their team. He was decent against ranked opponents, struggled some in conference play. I don’t think there was enough talent around him for him to be his best.
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Yeah this isn’t rocket science. Duval is at Duke (likely filming his commitment video) but denies it fervently because he wants to “keep it a secret”. Then it leaks that Moore has popped for KU, but it gets retracted, probably because Moore wants to announce the news himself. Then Allen announces for Nebraska.
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Definitely feels like Knox could end up at Missouri. Honestly, it could be his best option for playing time. Duke is pretty loaded, and UK is stacked with wings and combo forwards.
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@BShark I don’t think UK goes after or lands Baker if they felt good about Knox. At least that would be my guess.
That Mizzou team could be very talented, and yet be a very selfish team with little to no ball movement.
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Matt ScottVerified account @KUTheShiver 2m2 minutes ago
Charlie Moore tells me that he’s not sure where he’s going just yet. #kubball
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Boy what a recruiting year this has been, just seems we have either missed or forgotten or what but a lot of in committed players that went to other schools that we were on at some point or another.
Off the top - - from 247 sports - -# 3 Ayton - -# 4 Sexton- -# 5 Duval- - # 12 T Brown- - # 22 Young- -# 32 C Brown- -# 39 Tilmon- - #40 Waters- - # 122 Gak- - # 125 Wooten- - # 186- -Rufus, these are just off the top
Then weren’t we recruiting Matt Coleman also at some point? - -Some grad transfers - -some transfers - And yes even though not really heavily - -Allen. just frustrating were missing kind of goes to my point from yesterday -are we zeroing in on certain players - -TO MUCH? others getting away I dunno - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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KU never recruited Rafus and it was very brief with Gak.
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@jayballer54 Try to think of it this way, there are only 13 spots on the roster (scholarship spots) and when you subtract returning players, we can really only “win” on recruiting on a handful of players each year due to that alone. Don’t let the “misses” get you down.
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@BeddieKU23 I saw Moore play during his senior year. I didn’t know anyone on the court, but it was very clear right away that he was a very talented kid.
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Well this should come as NO SURPRISE to anyone , but was just on the Duke boards and looks like Trevon Duval is getting ready to formally announce going to Duke. - -Lots of talk they say on twitter about it. Some guy from NBA draft Express saying multiple sources telling him that Duval ready to announce his is committing to Duke. - -No surprise there. - -Hell most have known this for the last month but looks like finally coming to an end. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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What’s the latest on Moore? We sure could use him for in 18/19
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Ok, here is another question. With the very distinct probability of Jontay Porter committing to Mizzery to play with his Brother Michael - -Wouldn’t you think that would have a tendency for Tilmon to kind of look elsewhere? - -Jontay pretty decent player also I could very easily see him and Michael both in the starting line up just curious to see how that might effect Tilmon’s decision.
Going to be kind of interesting also even though not really thinking it will effect us in any way but surposedly Duval close to announcing for Duke - -BUT Mark Smith who is also a heavy Duke is going to announce tomorrow night at 6 - -both PG and heavy Duke see how that works out , - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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I thought Mark Smith was between Illinois and MSU? But what do I know I don’t follow HS kids too closely until they sign with KU. I don’t get invested in a kid that’s not invested in me (with a KU commitment). It saves on a lot of grief.
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@dylans True. Smith is in on Michigan St and a lot seem to think that’s where he will end up. I should of said that Duke had been pushing on him hard lately and they were talking about him making his announcement tomorrow night. - -I don’t think they will lost to much sleep on him if he picks Michigan State and they end up with Duval. - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@jayballer54 The fact that Duke even talked to Mark Smith is not a good sign for them though. As far as landing Duval that is.
Duval could still end up declaring Duke and playing overseas. Knox was offered $1.4M to play in China. Wouldn’t surprise me to see Duval offered something similar.
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If Jontay decides to reclassify and play with his brother I can see Tilmon having second thoughts. This is one time where nepotism might hurt MU.
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@JayHawkFanToo Jontay Did re-classify. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@jayballer54 I stand corrected - -Could of swore he did re-classify - -BUT not quite yet I guess , went back trough thought I had read where he had, but not yet - -but I think we all have a pretty good feel that he is going to. - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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dylans said:
I thought Mark Smith was between Illinois and MSU? But what do I know I don’t follow HS kids too closely until they sign with KU. I don’t get invested in a kid that’s not invested in me (with a KU commitment). It saves on a lot of grief.
Looks like Illinois is the latest scuttlebutt.
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Well I see Duke offered McCormack and the cb picks rolled in ofc.
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@BShark Probably just guys trying to get big 247 points and move up the leaderboards.
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Seems like Duke has backed off Romeo Langford.
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@BShark I think he ends up at UCLA, Indiana, Louisville or KU. Just a hunch…
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Would love to see him at KU. Didn’t figure him as a realistic option when Duke was heavily involved. Indiana/Louisville/KU def all recruiting him pretty hard.
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Having visions of Langford and Grimes now. MERCY.
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@BShark I’m sure that a man wearing a polo with three stripes approached his momma about all the benefits of going to one of those top tier schools I listed… Probably coincided with the Duke cooling. But was completely random…
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BShark said:
Oh and https://twitter.com/chris_teahan11/status/856890224902909952
Invited walk-on? Connors brother?
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Correct on both accounts my man.
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Charlie Moore to KU, it’s official now.
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@BShark a lot of guys sitting on the bench.
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Our 1st semester sit out team is better than KSU. LOL.
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@BShark depth worries me!
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Not worried about the guards at all. Svi coming back solves it all really. Stellar guard depth and he could play the 4 as needed. If Svi is gone, I think we need a big that is eligible immediately.
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@BShark Did Moore commit to KU? buddy? ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Already in a KU jersey on his twitter profile pic my man.
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@jayballer54 OK, so help me out. - -What exactly is a grant - -in - -aid? - -That is what the Lawson’s and Moore are all on at KU - -is that schlorships? - if not what is the difference?. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@BShark Ya just read the article about him and the Lawson’s coming to KU. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@jayballer54 I wonder with our guard situation - -think we are pretty deep, and with us pretty heavy on Grimes and Dotson bot pretty heavy leans for us at the present if one or the other ends up committing wonder how that will effect Markese? - Is that his name right? - -you think he might back off? - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Markese is all in, and will be handed the keys to the program provided he develops as expected. Also, Moore played AAU with the Jacobs bros.
I’m thinking, maybe KU doesn’t end up with Dotson. I wouldn’t be broken up about that.
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Need based financial aid provided to students. Legal workaround to pay for the kids college expenses when you don’t have scholarships available.
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Is KU now one big away from having all it needs for the upcoming season? I take it that Duval is no longer an option?
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A big or Svi returning imo.
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There was an interesting caveat at the end of that article, it said “barring a waiver from the NCAA, Moore will have to sit out a season.” Is this waiver even a possibility for Moore? Kindof caught me off guard on that one.
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I don’t think he will get it, but he might as well TRY to. His dad had a stroke and he wanted to transfer back somewhere in the midwest to be closer to him.
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I will say this one more time. I think SVI is gone whether he declares for the draft, stays in or not. If he doesn’t draft in the NBA then there are a lot of NBA teams that are telling iffy players to go over sea’s for a season play and then enter the following year. I feel this will be the case for SVI , return home and then declare again next year for the NBA. – Sorry to say but I think if your really honest - -his stock isn’t going to raise that much by coming back for another year at KU. - No matter he is NOT going to be a 1st round pick, so I really believe he will go back home play a year earn a little money and then declare again next season. This will leave us the one available also for Tilmon or another big hopefully. - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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http://247sports.com/Player/Jules-Bernard-85588
Got a KU offer.
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I respectfully disagree. Svi’s patents are both college professors and value education highly and they have indicated in the past that they would like to see him get his college degree. His stock will not get any lower by coming back and he can actually bump it up quite a bit with a good season. He is still very young so, unlike older players, there is no urgency on his part to go to the NBA and he does not have a family or possee to support. My guess is he comes back.
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BShark said:
http://247sports.com/Player/Jules-Bernard-85588
Got a KU offer.
Quoting myself!
KU is pretty much his first BIG offer. UCLA is keeping tabs but hasn’t offered. Looks like an in-home visit will happen and he had very nice things to say about KU in an interview on 247.
