2020 Recruiting



  • I mean we have Zeke, JRE and Stanley all deciding by the end of November. So I’m glad he is making them the priority.

    I would say that getting a bunch of Juniors in for a game like Nova would be dope. Bring in like 5 together. Definitely make it all about the hype and atmosphere this visit. And then basketball the next one.



  • Kcmatt7 said:

    I mean we have Zeke, JRE and Stanley all deciding by the end of November. So I’m glad he is making them the priority.

    I would say that getting a bunch of Juniors in for a game like Nova would be dope. Bring in like 5 together. Definitely make it all about the hype and atmosphere this visit. And then basketball the next one.

    I agree the current class is more important and you run the risk of planning too far ahead without knowing what you can sell.

    Duke is a bit different from even KU in how they recruit/build their roster. Just pointing out that an elite school such as KU can definitely get younger kids on officials. Definitely could have been the case for Bryce Thompson who’s got ties to the program and visited for Late Night.



  • In a recent article on Rivals Greg Brown said KU is among the 5 schools watching his games the most along with UK, Texas, A&M and UCLA.

    Did UVs to UT and A&M. Not taking recruiting too seriously yet. Focusing on improving as a player. Doesn’t plan to do any JR OVs.

    I really hope KU is in this one. Along with Cade Cunningham and Julian Strawther this kid is one of my absolute favorite players in the loaded 2020 class.



  • BShark said:

    In a recent article on Rivals Greg Brown said KU is among the 5 schools watching his games the most along with UK, Texas, A&M and UCLA.

    Did UVs to UT and A&M. Not taking recruiting too seriously yet. Focusing on improving as a player. Doesn’t plan to do any JR OVs.

    I really hope KU is in this one. Along with Cade Cunningham and Julian Strawther this kid is one of my absolute favorite players in the loaded 2020 class.

    If recent history continues with Baker in the 19 class Brown is basically Shaka’s right?

    I know Brown has had interest in KU for a while but we seem to lose these battles to the home town school.

    Would be a great addition next year, POGO STICKS central



  • KU sent out an offer to 2021 F/C Michael Foster (complete stud, top 5 talent) and 2022 Wing Colin Smith.



  • Well read where w have a 2021 pg from Evansville Indiana going to be un-ofically visiting for the game tonight. - - -Khristian Lander is 5’11 - -& 150 - -pretty dang small but he is going to visit tonight

    Is ranked # 30 in the Nation right now and currently has offers from:

    Illinois – -Indiana - - - Iowa - -& Purdue - - just a little FYI - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY



  • jayballer73 said:

    Well read where w have a 2021 pg from Evansville Indiana going to be un-ofically visiting for the game tonight. - - -Khristian Lander is 5’11 - -& 150 - -pretty dang small but he is going to visit tonight

    Is ranked # 30 in the Nation right now and currently has offers from:

    Illinois – -Indiana - - - Iowa - -& Purdue - - just a little FYI - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

    6’1’’. Big talent. Hard to see Indiana letting him get away but hey he has to be paying his own way for this KU visit and an exhibition no less so surely he has some interest in KU.



  • Visiting with his coach.



  • @jayballer73 We could throw him into a lineup with McBride, Charlie, and Dotson. Garrett could be our center. We’d dub em the Mighty Mites…



  • BShark said:

    jayballer73 said:

    Well read where w have a 2021 pg from Evansville Indiana going to be un-ofically visiting for the game tonight. - - -Khristian Lander is 5’11 - -& 150 - -pretty dang small but he is going to visit tonight

    Is ranked # 30 in the Nation right now and currently has offers from:

    Illinois – -Indiana - - - Iowa - -& Purdue - - just a little FYI - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

    6’1’’. Big talent. Hard to see Indiana letting him get away but hey he has to be paying his own way for this KU visit and an exhibition no less so surely he has some interest in KU.

    ya agree with you at this point. - -He is coming on an un-official , so yep it’s his dime and like you said an exhibition no less. – You would have to think cause of that - he has to have some moderate interest anyways



  • KUSTEVE said:

    @jayballer73 We could throw him into a lineup with McBride, Charlie, and Dotson. Garrett could be our center. We’d dub em the Mighty Mites…

    lmao - - we would kill opponents on the boards lol



  • That lineup would eat Dok alive. He really doens’t know how to play against smaller, quicker players.



  • @dylans maybe a problem against nova



  • @Crimsonorblue22 That’s where Silvio would be nice.



  • @dylans Mac needs some polish



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    Lander at the game.



  • @BShark Take a gander at Lander…



  • KHRISTIAN LANDER@KHRISTIANLANDER 1H BLESSED TO RECEIVE AN OFFER FROM UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS THINK YOU TO BILL SELF AND STAFF



  • Nice. Not surprised, kid can ball.





  • Lately there’s been some concern in Adidas and their programs that Nike has used the trial to get in deeper with some guys. UK and Oregon are shaping up to have monster classes.



  • FarmerJayhawk said:

    Lately there’s been some concern in Adidas and their programs that Nike has used the trial to get in deeper with some guys. UK and Oregon are shaping up to have monster classes.

    Not surprised, but barf.



  • If true Nike opened the door for the FBI to drop the hammer. Surely someone slipped up along the way. That’s making the major assumption that the FBI cares about corruption across NCAA basketball and not just smearing ADIDAS.



  • Gross. And we are going to end up signing with them for 12 years.



  • Yeah hopefully Nike gets a bunch of bad pub this spring.



  • BShark said:

    Yeah hopefully Nike gets a bunch of bad pub this spring.

    Wishful thinking right? They will hush it all



  • FarmerJayhawk said:

    Lately there’s been some concern in Adidas and their programs that Nike has used the trial to get in deeper with some guys. UK and Oregon are shaping up to have monster classes.

    if I were Oregon people - -I wouldn’t be thumping that chest to hard yet. - They are FAR from being clear in this mess either



  • jayballer73 said:

    FarmerJayhawk said:

    Lately there’s been some concern in Adidas and their programs that Nike has used the trial to get in deeper with some guys. UK and Oregon are shaping up to have monster classes.

    if I were Oregon people - -I wouldn’t be thumping that chest to hard yet. - They are FAR from being clear in this mess either

    Knight says otherwise. Too big to fail, too big to even damage.



  • Apparently Lander was on campus three days. Visit went pretty well.



  • @BShark 3 days is a long time, must’ve gone well! Dotson’s replacement?



  • dylans said:

    @BShark 3 days is a long time, must’ve gone well! Dotson’s replacement?

    Could be. Bill gave the offer himself directly to Lander.



  • Julian Strawther will take 5 official visits during his Jr year. KU is not one of them and KU wasn’t listed as among the schools recruiting him. KU staff is all in on Ochai it seems or pursuing others



  • BeddieKU23 said:

    Julian Strawther will take 5 official visits during his Jr year. KU is not one of them and KU wasn’t listed as among the schools recruiting him. KU staff is all in on Ochai it seems or pursuing others

    Damn.



  • BShark said:

    BeddieKU23 said:

    Julian Strawther will take 5 official visits during his Jr year. KU is not one of them and KU wasn’t listed as among the schools recruiting him. KU staff is all in on Ochai it seems or pursuing others

    Damn.

    Thought the same. At this point we are not serious with him. Really good player too



  • I was definitely hoping he was a player KU made a push for. Just not in the cards unfortunately.



  • BShark said:

    I was definitely hoping he was a player KU made a push for. Just not in the cards unfortunately.

    Agree he’s one of my favorites in the 2020 class. I don’t see any blue bloods involved which I think is odd so I wonder if the officials are just the benefit of the rules change, get some schools out the way that he may like but when he gets serious others get involved. I just can’t see a player of his caliber going through his recruitment without some bigger programs stepping in.



  • @BeddieKU23

    I would think the 5 official visits he makes in his senior year are more important…unless he is planing to reclassify and come out early



  • @JayHawkFanToo

    Good point. I hope we get back into his recruitment



  • RJ Hampton will be in Lawrence for the Nova game.



  • FarmerJayhawk said:

    RJ Hampton will be in Lawrence for the Nova game.

    Oh baby.



  • @BShark me too!



  • @BShark Isn’t UNC in on him pretty hard? - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY



  • @Crimsonorblue22 - me too! Tix were BIG $$$$!



  • jayballer73 said:

    @BShark Isn’t UNC in on him pretty hard? - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

    No. Duke, Kentucky and Memphis though.



  • The fight for Hampton is going to be a knockdown, drag out war. Duke is probably still the frontrunner but I haven’t heard much since he announced he was staying in 20.



  • Rivals posted that KU is involved with 2020 PF Isiah Cottrell 6’9 prospect ranked #76 by Rivals, #58 247.

    “Kansas has been very active,” said Cottrell. “Wake Forest has been pretty active too and a few others off the top of my head it’s hard to remember them all.”

    Up next, Cottrell hopes to use the rules that allow five official visits to his advantage as he tires to sort it all out.

    “I know there are a few that are being set like Washington and Florida,” said Cottrell. “Kansas, possibly, I only have three more left this year so I want to make sure about visiting. I just want to make sure that I’m making the right decision.”



  • Jaden Springer says KU has been in touch with him among many others. I don’t see us as a major threat with him



  • KU keeps in contact with Josh Christopher as well out of Cali. USC probably a shoe-in but who knows…



  • @BeddieKU23 Cottrell is the kind of big I want.

    As for Springer, IMG? yawn



  • KU prospect Miller from Morgan Park is currently two doors down from me in his moms class room. He’s Illinois’ #1 rated Junior. I’m gonna meet this kid sometime and tell him KU is a great place for someone like him. I already told his mom that.


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