Silvio



  • Silvio cleared to play today vs KSU!



  • @dylans oh yeah!!! Kool aid man breaking thru the wall kind of oh yeah!!!



  • Source?



  • @dylans Dam dude you beat me too it - - hell ya. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG



  • @Jayballer54 Today was the day, who knew? Hell yeah!



  • So any minute was 9:44 am on 1/13/18



  • @mayjay kuhoops twitter



  • http://m.kusports.com/news/2018/jan/13/silvio-de-sousa-cleared-ncaa-will-play-today-vs-k-/

    Well they’re a little slow, but KUsports finally has it posted.



  • So, he had to be cleared yesterday. My guess is that ncaa offices arent really working on a saturday morning? Give squeaky one less thing he could prep for.



  • Bill Self on De Sousa getting the news: “I know it’s a big relief to Silvio, who has been very patient throughout this process."



  • Wooooo



  • HUGGGGGGE



  • @Blown You know, about 15,000 minutes later, or something like that. But here we are.

    Self: "When he’s in there for 'Dok, I don’t have any problems at all,” Self said. “When 'Dok and him are in there together, that would be OK. If he and Mitch are in there together, that would be fine, he can still play the five and Mitch can play the four. So it just probably depends on the situation.”



  • mayjay said:

    Source?

    Heard it on the KU pre-game talk show of 105.9 fm Coach Self was talking about it. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY



  • dylans said:

    @Jayballer54 Today was the day, who knew? Hell yeah!

    you know, there was a poster last night can’t remember where but just makes you wonder if Coach Self didn’t know this last night and just waited to announce not giving old squeaky anytime to prepare if we want to run some Hi/low two bigs at the same time who knows lol. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY



  • Blown said:

    So, he had to be cleared yesterday. My guess is that ncaa offices arent really working on a saturday morning? Give squeaky one less thing he could prep for.

    Exactly. - like a friends and me talked you trying to tell me that the NCAA doesn’t clear Silvio all week but yet is coming in early on a Saturday morning and clear him? – I think not. - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY



  • BeddieKU23 said:

    Wooooo

    DILLY - - DILLY. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY



  • @dylans Really happy for Silvio. Sounds like he worked hard to get here early. Hope they raise the roof when he makes his first appearance!



  • Maybe Self and the NCAA had a deal with all the local news, radio, tv, and fan sites, where they would get a kickback for every click the JH faithful made over those 15,000 minutes HEM counted.



  • BeddieKU23 said:

    HUGGGGGGE

    You know thing about it is - just makes a huge difference just from that depth perspective. - -can’t stress enough the difference between a 8 man rotation and a 9 man rotation - . - He isn’t gonna do a lot today, but even if he just creates a presence - get’s rebounds when he IS in - maybe collect a garbage basket/putback or two. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY





  • Silvio to BP: See? That wasn’t so hard, was it?



  • mayjay said:

    Silvio to BP: See? That wasn’t so hard, was it?

    lol ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY



  • @mayjay ewww, low. Maybe he can ride in his car



  • This has potential huge implications on rotations, minutes, rebounding



  • Asst Howard just talking about how impressive Silvio has been in practice. - - Long Athletic really physical - -goes and gets the ball rebounds.

    Coach Self saying when we get you eligible - just rebound go to the boards. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY



  • BeddieKU23 said:

    This has potential huge implications on rotations, minutes, rebounding Talking about playing De Sousa and Doke at same time - talk about playing Mitch and him together - -Silvio - 5 - -Mitch 4. - gonna be interesting how they work - talk a lot just about how big it is to help depth. - - - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY



  • Tait saying silvio wants to play next year and “take it from there”



  • Just excited to have a big that can REBOUND



  • Self has already said he’d trust Silvio in a close game midway through the second half, not yet in crunch time though so I think we can reasonably expect to see DeSousa play a few minutes today to get his feet wet.



  • Jayballer54 said:

    BeddieKU23 said:

    Wooooo

    DILLY - - DILLY. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

    Send K-State to the pit of misery



  • BeddieKU23 said:

    Tait saying silvio wants to play next year and “take it from there”

    Pretty much what we figured.



  • BeddieKU23 said:

    Just excited to have a big that can REBOUND

    I’m thrilled having a third D1 level scholarship big.



  • BeddieKU23 said:

    Just excited to have a big that can REBOUND

    HUGE. - - now though let’s hope fans aren’t expecting him to come in a be a dominator right off - -lets give the kid a little bit of time to adjust to major College ball right? - BUT ya HUGE. - - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY



  • BShark said:

    BeddieKU23 said:

    Just excited to have a big that can REBOUND

    I’m thrilled having a third D1 level scholarship big.

    Me too my friend - just huge if nothing else from a depth standpoint right now - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY



  • And yeah no way the NCAA is working on Saturday morning. KU simply waited to put this out.



  • Jayballer54 said:

    BeddieKU23 said:

    Just excited to have a big that can REBOUND

    HUGE. - - now though let’s hope fans aren’t expecting him to come in a be a dominator right off - -lets give the kid a little bit of time to adjust to major College ball right? - BUT ya HUGE. - - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

    Nope i expect 20 and 20 in 10 minutes. How’s that for pressure!!

    Kidds of course



  • I’d be thrilled with 10-15 minutes where he is a net positive on the court. Being able to give our guards a few more breathers will add up.



  • BShark said:

    And yeah no way the NCAA is working on Saturday morning. KU simply waited to put this out.

    Couldn’t agree more. - -I really feel Coach might of known last night. - Like you said umm they have all week and can’t or won’t clear Silvio but yet they are going in to the office early on a Saturday to clear him? - -I don’t think so - doesn’t matter, in the end - he is CLEARED - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY



  • BeddieKU23 said:

    Jayballer54 said:

    BeddieKU23 said:

    Just excited to have a big that can REBOUND

    HUGE. - - now though let’s hope fans aren’t expecting him to come in a be a dominator right off - -lets give the kid a little bit of time to adjust to major College ball right? - BUT ya HUGE. - - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

    Nope i expect 20 and 20 in 10 minutes. How’s that for pressure!!

    Kidds of course

    LMAO - - now you stop that lol - - you silly. - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY



  • Really huge day for us fans - - for the team - especially for depth purposes - -I feel bad for Billy, some fans have been pretty hard on him - -but he is still a kid - you know he hurts today Seeing Silvio cleared and him still sidelined

    Got to be a hard day for Billy - happy for Silvio - but yet. - I know maybe in the wrong but we still need to try and find compassion, he is still a kid we all made mistakes - -It’s just to bad I just don’t think we gonna get to see our boy play for us at all. just sad, let’s keep it civil for the kid, no reason to feast on him it is what it is

    Now looking at the brighter side - - -HELL YA Bring it Silvio - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY



  • Ok my prediction. De Sousa makes his grand entrance I say at the first opportunity of the under 12 minute time out, That’s what I say - so let it be written - - so let it be done lol. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY



  • Well one thing I think we will see, I think our free throw shooting will go up with Silvio now available more fluid around the rim - -attacks the rim going to be sweet maybe - hopefully 3 pt attempts will go down some - -more balanced. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY



  • Waiting paid off…ok, one free and one to go…there is hope for Billy. Maybe some public pressure pushed the ncaa to make a decision on at least one of the players. Why do I feel like a KU hostage was freed in order to cut a deal? Billy may be that one hostage that just doesn’t get freed from the mean officials investigating his case. I just don’t understand WHY all the work was submitted from KU, and the ncaa simply can’t review the information and RULE. All we want is a ruling. Hell any ruling would be better than this unfair, undue influence. Either suspend him indefinitely, or FREE Billy Preston. Silvio’s case should’ve taken longer because of his foreign origins. Billy had several weeks and all the paperwork needed to resolve this case in a sufficient fashion. He also has served enough suspension already.

    Hang in there Billy this too shall pass, sooner or later.



  • Silvio is a long way off from helping us



  • Crimsonorblue22 said:

    Silvio is a long way off from helping us

    Agree. I’d like to see more than 4 minutes but that won’t happen against WVU.

    He played as much as Mitch today, heh.



  • Welcome to the big time, Silvio; 4 minutes, 1 TO, 1 PF. Don’t despair, it will get better and the Jayhawk Nation is behind you.



  • Silvio wasn’t great, but he was productive and didn’t hurt KU in his few minutes. He looked like he belonged which is something to build on for him. He’ll only get better the more he practices and plays in games and should be able to give KU a solid 8-10 minutes by the end of the year.



  • Crimsonorblue22 said:

    Silvio is a long way off from helping us

    What exactly were you expecting exactly? - -he only played four minutes and we ALL knew or should of known he wasn’t going to show much today, pretty hard to make any kind of observation out of a 4 minute stint his first time out. - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY



  • Silvio looked as raw as we all expected but man is this exciting. It gives this young man plenty of time to get acclimated and become comfortable. 10 games from now he may start to be a factor with his rebounding and ability to alter shots. Man he is muscular, too. He will be enormous next season after a year of proper diet and lifting. Hawks!


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