New 2019 Recruiting
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BShark said:
Well it sounds from the sound of that article , that as long as Hampton gets the proper credits and is eligible - they said they think the elite talent will be Lawrence bound
Also kind of think Tristan may just end up here - he visits on the 28th of this month - -he has already had his visit to Miami and Creighton- -hopefully we can hear something positive for a change ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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BShark said:
Kcmatt7 said:
Hampton is coming. It just has that feel. And I’ll eat my words about Adidas today.
I’m trying to not get excited but it’s hard. I hope this decision is mostly up to RJ.
BOY if we could get Hampton and then somehow manage to pull Tucker away from Auburn we be good
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For all of you “statistic geeks,” I would love to know how many NBA players there are that were NOT ranked in the top 40-75 coming out of HS. Seems like there is a lot of NBA talent that weren’t OAD’s or highly ranked coming out of HS, but I could be wrong. I’m always rooting that the Hawks find some more “diamonds in the rough” like Mason, Graham, etc.
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Hagans, Quickley, Maxey, Whitney, probably Juzang… does Kentucky have room for Hampton?
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KirkIsMyHinrich said:
Hagans, Quickley, Maxey, Whitney, probably Juzang… does Kentucky have room for Hampton?
NOT REALLY
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KirkIsMyHinrich said:
Hagans, Quickley, Maxey, Whitney, probably Juzang… does Kentucky have room for Hampton?
If that happens I’m done watching college basketball. I am. I don’t care if he goes to Memphis. But if he goes to UK I’m done.
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Ok , so Juzang re-classified , to 2019. - - 6ft 6 - SF - -article says can score at all 3 levels.
My question and yes I understand UK offered. - -yet my question seeing as how we ere at like 50/50 in the old CB thing - -with him re classifying - since he has even WITH UK offering - you think there would be a possibility that w could get a official visit from him now?
Virginia - - USC - - UCLA - - Villanova - & KU was on his list of schools before Kentucky. - -Rated as the # 21 prospect in the class of 2020 - -maybe we still would have a shot - -we got and opening for him - -take Vick’s place right?
Chances are he is a wrap to Kentucky now but you would think Coach Self would be on the phone planting a bug in his ear to at least come Visit since he has re-classified. - - I say lay the Hammer down on him now - -lay it down hard - Hey open game - would be funny as hell to yank him away from Kentucky - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Jesus, even the high schools - and I am truly hoping that Hampton reclassifies and that we land him - are in on it. How many of you out there reading this had enough credits to graduate high school after your junior year? Anyone, anyone? Now (whether you did or didn’t aside), what are the odds that these jocks have legitimately stockpiled so many credits? Thank you…
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@Marco I could’ve taken 2 summer school classes (an English course and an elective) and graduated after my jr year. Instead I took mostly college level courses thru the local juco for dual Hs/college credit. I don’t think that’s too unusual.
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dylans said:
@Marco I could’ve taken 2 summer school classes (an English course and an elective) and graduated after my jr year. Instead I took mostly college level courses thru the local juco for dual Hs/college credit. I don’t think that’s too unusual.
HE IS A GOOD KID AND A SMART KID HE HAS GOOD GRADE
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@JAYHAWKFAN214 Lol! Yeah, I’m sure those jocks are really hitting the books.
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@dylans See Jeff run. See Jeff run fast
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Man… If we land Hampton and Enaruna I hope that we might also have a shot at getting Zeus Jackson and Poseidon Williams.
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Marco said:
Jesus, even the high schools - and I am truly hoping that Hampton reclassifies and that we land him - are in on it. How many of you out there reading this had enough credits to graduate high school after your junior year? Anyone, anyone? Now (whether you did or didn’t aside), what are the odds that these jocks have legitimately stockpiled so many credits? Thank you…
Closest I came was having enough at Semester my Senior year. Wasn’t ready to hit the job market yet so I took like 5 out of my 7 hours was physical Education of some sort - none of my buddies was able to grad early so I didn’t want to just sit at the house the afternoon while they were in /school lol
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@JAYHAWKFAN214 agree on the smart kid! His parents are bringing him up the right way!
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I guess what I am getting at is that these kids seem to decide spur of the moment that they want to graduate early and, wallah!, they already have enough credits to do so. See Jeff run. See Jeff run fast. It seems that I remember it all starting - can’t remember it happening before then - with Duke, even before Bagley, but I can’t remember the player right off the top of my head.
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@Marco I’m not sure. I thought maybe he had jumped around (up and back) classes. He’s already 18. But all I can find on his prep career is his 3 years at Little Elm https://www.usab.com/basketball/players/mens/h/hampton-rj.aspx
However, it’s been stated he’s out of Texas HS eligibility, so maybe he played a year elsewhere?
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I would have thought if he had plans to visit now that re-classified he would have already done so. Seems clear his intent is to go to Kentucky. They only have 8 scholarship players so I guess he sees that as a good situation for himself. He’ll be stuck behind Maxey, Quickley, Whitney & Brooks though.
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Can Hampton and Dotson co-exist on the court? Someone needs to be able to shoot on the perimeter…
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BeddieKU23 said:
Can Hampton and Dotson co-exist on the court? Someone needs to be able to shoot on the perimeter…
They’d fit better than Dotson and Garrett…
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If I’m Bill I’m reaching out to Zeke and Josh Green today and making sure they know he’s there for them if and when Miller gets fired
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Kcmatt7 said:
BeddieKU23 said:
Can Hampton and Dotson co-exist on the court? Someone needs to be able to shoot on the perimeter…
They’d fit better than Dotson and Garrett…
And you think he’d play over him? I’d love to believe that would happen but would Self. He love Marcus
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BeddieKU23 said:
Kcmatt7 said:
BeddieKU23 said:
Can Hampton and Dotson co-exist on the court? Someone needs to be able to shoot on the perimeter…
They’d fit better than Dotson and Garrett…
And you think he’d play over him? I’d love to believe that would happen but would Self. He love Marcus
He can love Marcus and Still start Hampton over Marcus. I’m not so sure REALLY if Marcus is the type of kid that gets all caught up in starting . I think he is happy to do just whatever he can to help our team. Marcus could still see a lot of Quality minutes especially when he could Back up Dotson & Hampton and even the Small forward for a few minutes if needed.
I mean I know in the end run it’s all on Coach - - just saying if it was up to Marcus I don’t think it would really matter , just don’t see him as a type of kid that is - -well what’s the words I’m looking for , anyways I’m pretty sure they could work it out with a lot of problems. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Holyfield & Tucker would make bigger impacts then Green/Nnaji. Change my mind
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BeddieKU23 said:
Kcmatt7 said:
BeddieKU23 said:
Can Hampton and Dotson co-exist on the court? Someone needs to be able to shoot on the perimeter…
They’d fit better than Dotson and Garrett…
And you think he’d play over him? I’d love to believe that would happen but would Self. He love Marcus
100%. I’ll have to find who it is, but someone on Twitter that seems somewhat knowledgeable said Self has personally been more involved with RJ than basically any recruit in recent memory. He wants him bad.
Garrett only started 13 of 30 games last season… I don’t know that Self is THAT in live with his game.
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For those of you that follow KU recruiting closely does it seem like this past year there has been almost no coverage of it? There just isn’t a good site that provides any information on updates on any of the recruits that we are after. I just never read anything about who we are visiting how visits went and such. Holyfield visited Monday and I literally haven’t seen one word about it.
The only information I really ever see is from Corey Evans or Eric Bossi and it is usually in their little weekly write ups. Just is a lot different than it used to be.
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@Woodrow new owners of the LJW and the good writers went to the KCStar who hates KU.
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Yeah there’s a lack of coverage as well as a lack of connection into the program by those that are paid to do it. If there was a huge market for KU basketball/football recruiting I think you would see it change. Football has to become prominent again though.
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Good points. I hope his investment into RJ pays off. Just going to sit back and see how it goes. These types of recruitments don’t usually pay off for Self. Hopefully that changes with this one
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@BeddieKU23 it will, I just know!
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Woodrow said:
For those of you that follow KU recruiting closely does it seem like this past year there has been almost no coverage of it? There just isn’t a good site that provides any information on updates on any of the recruits that we are after. I just never read anything about who we are visiting how visits went and such. Holyfield visited Monday and I literally haven’t seen one word about it.
The only information I really ever see is from Corey Evans or Eric Bossi and it is usually in their little weekly write ups. Just is a lot different than it used to be.
Matt Scott was the only guy with any real connections but obviously he wasn’t without fault. The guys at 24/7 now are just beat reporters.
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BShark said:
Woodrow said:
For those of you that follow KU recruiting closely does it seem like this past year there has been almost no coverage of it? There just isn’t a good site that provides any information on updates on any of the recruits that we are after. I just never read anything about who we are visiting how visits went and such. Holyfield visited Monday and I literally haven’t seen one word about it.
The only information I really ever see is from Corey Evans or Eric Bossi and it is usually in their little weekly write ups. Just is a lot different than it used to be.
Matt Scott was the only guy with any real connections but obviously he wasn’t without fault. The guys at 24/7 now are just beat reporters.
And even Matt had his faults… I don’t doubt he did his best, but he was often a tease and his CB picks weren’t reliable. He rarely staked his name to a definitive statement.
The problem may very well be that we as a KU collective have not jumped to a single site to generate enough traffic and revenue for a sports site to justify hiring a beat reporter. RR is THE place to talk about UK basketball. DD is pretty good as well from what I see.
We have people on LJW, the Phog, SB Nation, here and I’m sure a few other places. If we combined everyone, it would be as toxic as RR. But we might get a legit reporter… So there is a give and a take to it all.
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That is a good point about merging into one. 247 and Scout did it recently but even that pool of fans was one-sided in size with the Phog having way more. I don’t think many on here would stick around if this place one day merged with the Phog. Nightmare over there and takes away from some of the people that post on there that actually are good.
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Jake Weingarten on Twitter is saying Kyree Walker might reclassify to 2019, with KU and Arkansas being the leaders. Additional comment is that KU now has a chance to land two 5* guards this year. Interesting…
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Gorilla72 said:
Jake Weingarten on Twitter is saying Kyree Walker might reclassify to 2019, with KU and Arkansas being the leaders. Additional comment is that KU now has a chance to land two 5* guards this year. Interesting…
The other is RJ Hampton.
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Kcmatt7 said:
BShark said:
Woodrow said:
For those of you that follow KU recruiting closely does it seem like this past year there has been almost no coverage of it? There just isn’t a good site that provides any information on updates on any of the recruits that we are after. I just never read anything about who we are visiting how visits went and such. Holyfield visited Monday and I literally haven’t seen one word about it.
The only information I really ever see is from Corey Evans or Eric Bossi and it is usually in their little weekly write ups. Just is a lot different than it used to be.
Matt Scott was the only guy with any real connections but obviously he wasn’t without fault. The guys at 24/7 now are just beat reporters.
And even Matt had his faults… I don’t doubt he did his best, but he was often a tease and his CB picks weren’t reliable. He rarely staked his name to a definitive statement.
The problem may very well be that we as a KU collective have not jumped to a single site to generate enough traffic and revenue for a sports site to justify hiring a beat reporter. RR is THE place to talk about UK basketball. DD is pretty good as well from what I see.
We have people on LJW, the Phog, SB Nation, here and I’m sure a few other places. If we combined everyone, it would be as toxic as RR. But we might get a legit reporter… So there is a give and a take to it all.
For a stark contrast look at the Maryland 24/7 forum, it’s huge.
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BeddieKU23 said:
That is a good point about merging into one. 247 and Scout did it recently but even that pool of fans was one-sided in size with the Phog having way more. I don’t think many on here would stick around if this place one day merged with the Phog. Nightmare over there and takes away from some of the people that post on there that actually are good.
Basically 90% of this board would not last on the Phog. I agree.
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Gorilla72 said:
Jake Weingarten on Twitter is saying Kyree Walker might reclassify to 2019, with KU and Arkansas being the leaders. Additional comment is that KU now has a chance to land two 5* guards this year. Interesting…
Interesting…
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BShark said:
Gorilla72 said:
Jake Weingarten on Twitter is saying Kyree Walker might reclassify to 2019, with KU and Arkansas being the leaders. Additional comment is that KU now has a chance to land two 5* guards this year. Interesting…
The other is RJ Hampton.
I’d be ok with this. He looks like a multi-year guy to me though. I don’t know what he thinks he is, but he’s a little rough around the edges.
Great size. College ready physique. Decent athlete. Plays with a physicality. Handles are roughhhh. Pretty good finisher. Not shooting .400 from 3, but better shooter than JJ. Goes after rebounds.
Looks to me like a modern day 4 man not really a wing.
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Kcmatt7 said:
BeddieKU23 said:
That is a good point about merging into one. 247 and Scout did it recently but even that pool of fans was one-sided in size with the Phog having way more. I don’t think many on here would stick around if this place one day merged with the Phog. Nightmare over there and takes away from some of the people that post on there that actually are good.
Basically 90% of this board would not last on the Phog. I agree.
Phog was around before this place. I chose here for a reason. Thanks @approxinfinity !
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Walker is a lot like Tucker honestly. Big, physical wings with very good athleticism who can really stroke it. Last year Walker shot 47% from 3 and 77% from the line in HS ball. Dude can play, and is a great fit at the 3 for us. But yeah, he and Tucker can’t play together since that would leave only Dotson on the ball.
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@FarmerJayhawk Exactly what this program needs a lot of. Athletic guys who can shoot.
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Going to be tough to beat out Arkansas but I’d take Walker in a second.
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BShark said:
Going to be tough to beat out Arkansas but I’d take Walker in a second.
Same. No guarantee he’s a one and done either.
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I don’t think reclassing is done for 2019 yet by a long shot. You’d be dumb to be in that 2021 draft if you can be in the 2020 draft instead. I wonder how many more guys are able to do it. Just going down the ESPN 60 list:
- Mobley
- Hampton
- Johnson
- Brown
- Barnes
- Boston
- Todd
- Cunningham
- Christopher
- Suggs
- Walker
- Roach
- Brakefield
- Dante
- Juzang
- Williams
- Cooper
Yea I’m done. Like 90% of the top guys are old enough. I expect several more names to start popping up.
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dylans said:
Kcmatt7 said:
BeddieKU23 said:
That is a good point about merging into one. 247 and Scout did it recently but even that pool of fans was one-sided in size with the Phog having way more. I don’t think many on here would stick around if this place one day merged with the Phog. Nightmare over there and takes away from some of the people that post on there that actually are good.
Basically 90% of this board would not last on the Phog. I agree.
Phog was around before this place. I chose here for a reason. Thanks @approxinfinity !
Tell the good ones to come on over!
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Yes! Thanks, @approxinfinity! I’m not sure there are any good ones left over there, though…
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@BeddieKU23 Mr. Hampton (yes, he is already pro - being paid) will be going to KU.
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@BeddieKU23 Dotson will not be coming back. The starting line-up for next season will be Dok, De Sousa, Agbaji, Hampton and Tucker - McCormick, Holyfield, Enaruna, McBride and Braun coming off the bench.
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@Marco source? Gut?
