Ok so lets see if new recruiting thread
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@jayballer54 Would love to see Williams become a Jayhawk. Nike and his handler make it a tough one. He’d be a great Jayhawk and a great fit in general. He’d absolutely find minutes. Has the kind of energy you just can’t teach.
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McCormack would be a good add. Almost certainly not a OAD, but can be super productive at this level. KU should get an official later on. Williams is a total freak show. 11/10 athlete and motor, and because of his size (maybe 6’7?) he won’t be in a hurry to bolt either.
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McCormack and Williams would be a hell of a post class.
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@FarmerJayhawk you are right on about Williams - - loved this kid for awhile, I got guys I latch too, most here know I’ve been a huge Devon Dotson guy for some time - -I feel the same about Williams like you say he is an absolute freak and has THAT EDGE, wants to destroy the rim, just has this certain game attitude you have to love, would be a really sweet pickup. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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BShark said:
McCormack and Williams would be a hell of a post class. they would make a sweet duo, that’s for sure. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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I was not a top 10 player in basketball so I would not know how difficult is to make this type of decision; I imagine pretty darn difficult. Also, think back when you were 18 years old, how good was your decision making? Mine (and I suspect most of us) was not that good so I will cut the kid a break.
If he decides to go back to WKU, I am sure they will take him back,. In today’s environment you just don’t say no to that kind of a talent.
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jayballer54 said:
Well Read that David McCormack had a great in-official visit to KU , I thought it was an official, now I know he was in thick from what I heard with Duke at one point anyways, he is listed as the # 2 center in the class of 2018 - -but if he took an un-official here the kid must be at least some what interested, spending his own dime, OKlahoma St has the edge according to 247 right now - -but he said he loved the Campus here and the facilities, Article said even though he has none sit up yet wouldn’t be surprised to see him turn around and schedule an official.
Also saw where Emmit Williams listed his top 7: - - LSU , Org , Duke , Mia , KU , USC , & Florida. - -Some don’t feel he will end up here , this is another kid I’ve jumped on board sometime back and feel like we have a legit shot, would love to land him, Time will tell. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
Williams list is all Nike but KU… Nike running his recruitment
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Rankings update at ESPN.
Grimes #13, Dotson up to #26 which is just outside 5 star territory.
Zion #2 behind Barrett.
Others: Langford #5 (way too high after his summer and being cut from Team USA)
Keldon Johnson up to 7, seems high but ESPN is guessing he ends up at Kentucky so they can pump up their class.
Emmitt Williams #20, McCormack up to #33 (probably still a bit under-ranked), Jalen Carey flew up to #34 (going to suck seeing him play somewhere else), Jermaine Harris #85, PF who will visit in Early October.
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They are all performing the UK bump in advance with Keldon.
I can’t see Harris going anywhere but WVU.
This should be a good class for KU.
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@BeddieKU23 No Zion Griffin, hmm
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Also, saw somewhere that Dotson has a scheduled visit this weekend at KU, could we see our first big commit of the year in just a few days from now? I hope so!
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@RockkChalkk Ya he has had his visit scheduled, coming on the 25th, still gonna be interesting as to if he can help us pull Zion with him - -the shoes may be a big lure too seems to be playing out that way. - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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RockkChalkk said:
@BeddieKU23 No Zion Griffin, hmm
They probably still don’t know who he is. A quick search of their database and he’s not even in it.
Will affect his composite score but 247 definitely took notice of him and has him ranked where he should be.
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RockkChalkk said:
Also, saw somewhere that Dotson has a scheduled visit this weekend at KU, could we see our first big commit of the year in just a few days from now? I hope so!
Yeah I think we see him announce pretty soon after the visit
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@BeddieKU23 I’d almost be surprised if he visits anywhere else. More time for him to work on Zion! Who I think is a UK/KU battle right now. Duke seems to have moved to Reddish (lock) and Barrett, who’s pretty open to any school with a check mark.
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FarmerJayhawk said:
@BeddieKU23 I’d almost be surprised if he visits anywhere else. More time for him to work on Zion! Who I think is a UK/KU battle right now. Duke seems to have moved to Reddish (lock) and Barrett, who’s pretty open to any school with a check mark.
I agree, especially if the info that Dotson to KU has been a done deal for weeks now. It’s also important that he didn’t schedule any other visits after KU’s either like the Florida trip that has been mentioned so often. I get the feeling this one is a wrap!
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Yeah Reddish to Duke has been done since forever.
I think your right about Zion.
I think Barrett ends up at Kentucky even though he grew up a Duke fan I see Reddish being in his way as they play the same position
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@BeddieKU23 Me To, remember how this has been my guy for so long? - -Others were more with Grimes, and I said I like Dotson, don’t get me wrong Grimes is a stud too, but I’m just tingly all over lol - - well not really but you know what I mean - -If it comes to pas like I /we are all feeling it will make my day for sure, even more so after I got to watch him in some games.
The kid is fearless seems to me taking it to the hole, and maybe it’s just me but dam he seems like he is quick. - -I would love to get Grimes also Dotson our Pg - -Grimes as a shooting guard and I feel we have a pretty dam good chance of that happening too - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@BeddieKU23 I think Barrett written all over him. - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Yup Dotson is your boy! I’m high on him as well. I’ve been on the Dotson/Grimes duo for a while. That has been my prediction since the spring. We’ll see whether we get both or not.
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From a 247 article
Moses Brown, the No. 2 ranked center in the 2018 class by the 247Sports Composite, appears focused on Louisville, Maryland and Kansas and the No. 2 rated center in the 247Sports Composite has official visits scheduled with the Cardinals and Terps next month.
A five-star center from New York, Brown is scheduled to make his visit official visit to Louisville September 1-2, his coach, Mike McCleary, told InsideTheVille Wednesday.
“I assume since they offered him a visit so early the like him a lot,” McCleary said. “It’s his first visit so I think that means a lot. For him it was difficult to decide who he wanted to visit.”
Brown also has an official visit set with Maryland for Sept. 28.
“Coach Bino (Ranson) has been the most consistent and worked the hardest when it came to recruiting him,” said McCleary. “He’s stayed close to him (Brown) the whole time and I know that meant a lot to Moses.”
“I don’t have a feel which way he’s leaning,” McCleary said. “It’s really up to the visits to figure out which place he fits in best.”
McCleary said he thinks Brown will also set up a visit to Kansas.
“Past that I’m not sure (if he’ll visit other programs),” McCleary said.
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BeddieKU23 said:
FarmerJayhawk said:
@BeddieKU23 I’d almost be surprised if he visits anywhere else. More time for him to work on Zion! Who I think is a UK/KU battle right now. Duke seems to have moved to Reddish (lock) and Barrett, who’s pretty open to any school with a check mark.
I agree, especially if the info that Dotson to KU has been a done deal for weeks now. It’s also important that he didn’t schedule any other visits after KU’s either like the Florida trip that has been mentioned so often. I get the feeling this one is a wrap!
His dad is saying the right things publicly but if the UF visit never happens, that’s great.
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@BeddieKU23 Fingers crossed for both - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Well if we follow the visits for Brown and quotes doesn’t sound like KU has much of a chance here…
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BeddieKU23 said:
Well if he follow the visits for Brown and quotes doesn’t sound like KU has much of a chance here…
Hopefully he visits.
Weird recruitment. I think he was hoping for a UK offer.
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BShark said:
BeddieKU23 said:
Well if he follow the visits for Brown and quotes doesn’t sound like KU has much of a chance here…
Hopefully he visits.
Weird recruitment. I think he was hoping for a UK offer.
From the sounds of it he wanted Duke as well.
I think the media wanted to make him better then he is. He’s got a lot of potential that a College team could untap, the big question mark being how motivated he’ll be to develop and how long he’ll stay.
For KU I’d take McCormack over him because he’s really improved a ton in the last year and David will come into College ready physically to hold up in the post. The work Oak Hill’s coach has done with him is a big reason he’s now pushing the upper echelon of 4 star status.
Regardless I hope Moses visits as well. never hurts to get a top big on campus in a class that has limited options in the post.
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Well and the trend just keeps rolling. Which is a good thing for us I hope. - -Saw where we just picked up another CB for Zion Williamson about an hour ago a guy named Ted Hyman now takes us to 43% to Kentucky 29% keep your fingers crossed guys, maybe Zion will be the latest of the mega studs to come follow Wiggs, & Jackson would be great. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Just some more information tidbits. Really funny UK board starting to panic some now about Williamson, and of course coming out with the shots: - - - Why ANYONE would choose KU over UK, and then you have this - - -poster says if Williamson chooses to come to KU over UK he needs his head examined, and another poster responded - more like check mama’s bank account instead of his head. Of course saying we will be fine talking about there is other players Cal wants more or their are better, you gotta love it. - -Paranoia starting to sit in.
Also mentioned this made me have to go check and yes turned out they were right, and yes I like all others know or most should know, but anyways Quickley has cut his list to three Schools Kentucky - - -KU - - & Miami. - -again I’m not that naïve but just throwing this out for conversation IF - -IF - -IF Quickley chose KU and there has also been a lot of talk about Williamson and Quickly wanting to play together, but IF he chose , we all know that NO way all three end up here Quickley - - Grimes - - Dotson, so question is would we rather take Grimes/Dotson dual and Quickley not commit here? I say YES I will take the combo of Grimes?Dotson and then - -I feel we have as good of shot landing Williamson with Dotson as we would with Quickley and Williamson which is probably happening anyways Quickley goes to Kentucky, I’ll take my chances with Dotson pulling Williamson, although Quickley was seen wearing an Adidas shirt.
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Boy just full of it today guys. read about McCormack’s visit to KU: - he said It’s a great environment , and that he really enjoyed myself there, KU told him that KU was probably going to be losing their top 6 players , saying Preston would be gone, Graham would be gone, McCormack said he hadn’t set any officials yet and doesn’t know how many he was going to take.
He said even though he hadn’t set up any visits that there is a lot about KU that appeals to him. " History " - -McCormack said it’s literally the history of Basketball, with James Naismith the creator of Basketball, that KU has had the 1st great Basketball coach at Ku.
Saying KU has a legendary program, KU has done well at developing players at his position, KU is a winning program, Getting to play Allen Fieldhouse, and KU winning 13 straight Big 12 titles that produces pro’s.
McCormack says that KU - - Duke - -Xavier - -G’Town - -UCLA - -NC State - -Georgia Tech - -& Texas are the schools recruiting him the hardest.
Asked what he was looking for in a School he said he relationship with the Coach, Being able to play through mistakes, and being able to develop his game, He says conditioning and Development is important as well as his major, he wants to major in Communications or Journalism, he wants to go into sports broadcasting.
He said History also plays into it as far as the Coach being a good Coach and how the School develops players. Guys the more I’m starting to see, I think this could shape up to be a pretty good year for us if things play out right. - -Sounds like this kid is pretty smart kid, knows his stuff, knows what he wants. - Sounds like he is really interested. He says he has no timetable for his commitment but does want to cut his list, hoping to do so soon. I think our chances may be better then some think - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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2018 Big Silvio de Sousa is on a visit to KU now. Haven’t heard KU linked with him much, though we did offer him in May. He’s going to be a really, really good college big. Huge frame and a great athlete.
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@FarmerJayhawk Fascinating. I’ve not really seen him mentioned with KU either and he is believed to be a Maryland lean. So, he is visiting with Dotson then? That can’t be bad for KU…
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Does Maryland have room for him if they take Moses Brown? Food for thought.
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@FarmerJayhawk He’s got Bill Self big written all over him. 6’8 in shoes with a 6’10 wingspan. Doesn’t remind us of anyone in particular at all…
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@BShark I’m not sure if it’s an official or not. I think they probably can take them both, but would be very un-Maryland like to get two top 30 big men. Him visiting KU before Maryland is a good sign though.
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Seems like it’s an official visit. Also even if he doesn’t come to KU, this was great just for what it’s doing to the Maryland 247 board right now.
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@BShark this is true. I think KU broke their fans with Josh Jackson and Billy Preston.
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Lol @bshark poor turgeon.
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@approxinfinity Love that little guy. he was a GREAT player for KU.
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@BShark That link doesn’t open without signing up. Thumbnail sketch of what it says about Turg?
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Jalen Hoard to Wake Forest
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Good for Danny. Really good pickup.
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@wissox Just Maryland fans melting down about De Sousa even visiting KU.
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@BShark The Turtles are shell shocked.
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Sounds like Self hosted Dotson and De Souza at his home at some point yesterday. Haven’t heard many other details of the visit yet though.
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RockkChalkk said:
Sounds like Self hosted Dotson and De Souza at his home at some point yesterday. Haven’t heard many other details of the visit yet though.
Yep, Zags put this out there.
Linky: https://twitter.com/AdamZagoria/status/901639958510919680
Dotson is still in Lawrence on a visit that started Friday so it’s probably going quite well. Felt like a confirmation visit going in to hopefully that’s the case and he commits to KU w/o taking another visit.
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Ok, so now I have questions. This Silvio De Souza has kind of caught me by surprise as I’m sure has many others. So ya I know probably not that big of deal, no reason to try and make more out of it then what it is right? - - Understand, BUT I still have questions , or thoughts. Did Dotson talk him into coming along? Some say this is an official - -some say it’s an un official . Question is did Coach get sneaky, slide this one in under the microscope? Coming out of left field? - -Hadn’t really heard much talk about him, didn’t think we were anywhere in the picture on his recruitment - - or ARE we?
So what do we really know about him? - Well we know he is like # 31? - off 247 site - -listed as a 6’9 power forward - - -thing is like I said Just haven’t heard hardly any scuttlebutt concerning him. - - So don’t trip about his visit? - -OR is this a kid we should start paying more attention too? - -What’s his game like? - - Who has anyone heard who his school’s of interest are-? - -Again just haven’t heard much if anything at all ads far as we go anyways - - yet if you look at the Schools of interest off 247 it list the ever so popular warmer warm status and it shows ONLY KU & Maryland as the two teams of that kind of interest. - -So if we truly aren’t on his radar and serious consideration then why is Maryland having baby cows about us ?
Ok having said that let’s play the what if game once again - -What if we land Zion Williamson as a Small forward - - -Land Silvio De Souza as a Power Forward- - - -Quinton Grimes to play a shooting guard - - & Devon Dotson to run the point, if that came to play I would have to say that would be a pretty dam good recruiting season - -So fill me in whz up with this visit? - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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De Sousa’s recruitment is very, very quiet so it’s not a surprise this didn’t leak beforehand. There are two factors working for Maryland here. First is the IMG/Under Armour connection. Second is his close relationship with Terp freshman Bruno Fernando. Both are Angolan and would love to play together. De Sousa is a physical specimen. Large frame, and great athlete. T-Rob isn’t a bad comp at the same age. What I don’t know is how much KU is actually in it. Like I said, this is a very quiet recruitment and not a lot is going to get out.
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Interesting visit. De Sousa was a bit higher in the rankings earlier this year but from what I saw and read he didn’t have the greatest summer. He’s still a talent that any program would be happy to have but wonder if he plateau’d a bit in his development because he was a 5 star prospect for a long time.
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I’m going to need for you to sign on the dotted line, sir. Enough teasing- I need some commits.
