2024 Portal Madness Thread

Makes sense, the efficiency numbers are off the charts and he will be facing a new level of athletes. He’s going to be a good shooter but yeah I don’t think your expecting 49% next year at that volume again.

BeddieKU23

Swain has mentioned an unnamed player could be in play for the 13th spot. He can’t share it yet but it also may be the name in the other thread. It’s not a “flashy name” but “could help down the line”. Stay tuned.

KU is working to figure out the Kugel situation. Both sides want him here.

They will look for another wing if no Kugel. Will be really hard to find anyone as good as Kugel tho

BShark

@BeddieKU23 said in 2024 Portal Madness Thread:

Swain has mentioned an unnamed player could be in play for the 13th spot. He can’t share it yet but it also may be the name in the other thread. It’s not a “flashy name” but “could help down the line”. Stay tuned.

Always read Transfer Rumblings.

BeddieKU23

@BShark

Yep. Was just recapping for those not paying as close attention and it’s easy to lose the current pulse of things depending on the day

BeddieKU23

Miles Kelly from Georgia Tech in. Ideal wing.

BShark

@BeddieKU23 said in 2024 Portal Madness Thread:

Miles Kelly from Georgia Tech in. Ideal wing.

If KU wasn’t loaded up, I’d say they should take a look there.

BeddieKU23

@BShark

Thinking if Kugel can’t come in you try… good player

BShark

@BeddieKU23 Going to be very hard to find someone close to Kugel that will be okay with being the 7th guy I feel.

jayballer67

Pop-- Iasics ----from Texas Tech , Headed to Creighton – - guess Pops was hurt most of the year last yr but didn’t make public, was in some pain but played through it.- -just got through with surgery to repair something in the hip they had to shave down

jayballer67

Baye Fall to the kittens K State

CasterTroy

@BeddieKU23 said in 2024 Portal Madness Thread:

@BShark

Thinking if Kugel can’t come in you try… good player

Word is the problem with Kugel is KU isn’t accepting 2 of his classes he took at Florida, one would think that this could be remedied with a couple of summer school classes.

BShark

@CasterTroy His dad is the one saying that, and have you seen that guy? I’m not going to question him hahahaha.

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BeddieKU23

@BShark

Looks like he missed leg day

approxinfinity

@BShark Kugel’s dad played football at Mizzou

jayballer67

Wow, hadn’t seen this , might be old news but I just saw kind of caught me off Guard. - Ol Coach Tang just took another hit lol. -Dau - -Dai Ames entered the portal. Surprising as he was one of their few bright spots towards the latter third of the Season. Worked his way in Starting role - -BUT he is now out.

BeddieKU23

New target- Jaxon Robinson from BYU. Some early interest on both sides. Will see where it goes

BeddieKU23

Reminder May 1st is the deadline for transfers to enter, both undergrad and graduate. Will see some trickling in after the deadline (just means they weren’t announced in quick fashion) but at least there’s a finality to the chaos there.

wissox

Coleman Hawkins is a fun player to watch and brings a ton of energy to the game and he’s just entered the portal. The experts here will tell us if he’s needed or not but I’d love to see him in a Jayhawk uniform.

FarmerJayhawk

Arthur Kaluma into the portal #Tangmentum

BShark

@FarmerJayhawk said in 2024 Portal Madness Thread:

Arthur Kaluma into the portal #Tangmentum

#CrazyFaith

Crimsonorblue22

@FarmerJayhawk what took him so long?

BeddieKU23

Portal over 2k entries. Portal Window is closed. Should see a few trickle in here and there. The only guys left will be those withdrawing from the NBA draft by end of month.

KU is still pursuing Jaxon Robinson & Jordan Ivy-Curry currently. Small committed to West Virginia so he wasn’t interested in winning. Still think we’ll push hard for a wing until they know on Kugel. The 13th spot could go to someone developmental or just a practice body.

wissox

Newly found video of the transfer portal in action.

https://x.com/gunsnrosesgirl3/status/1787495586486259904

BeddieKU23

247 final transfer rankings

#4 AJ Storr

#25 Zeke Mayo

#39 Rylan Griffen

#113 Riley Kugel

BShark

@BeddieKU23 said in 2024 Portal Madness Thread:

247 final transfer rankings

#4 AJ Storr

#25 Zeke Mayo

#39 Rylan Griffen

#113 Riley Kugel

Funny to see the differences. Evan Miya barely has Storr in the top 100.

BeddieKU23

@BShark

Assuming Miya’s are more analytically driven?

BShark

@BeddieKU23 said in 2024 Portal Madness Thread:

@BShark

Assuming Miya’s are more analytically driven?

Yeah, but man some of it does not make sense.

https://twitter.com/EvanMiya/status/1787584611918451099

I’d be shocked if Louisville or Missouri are any good next year.

jayballer67

Hearing that Ku has made contact with Wooga Poplar - -from Miami. - - saying more or less if which its happening Furphy not Coming back , and the possibility of Kugel not showing up --Wooga might be talking to with those two Scholi’s of being open

BeddieKU23

@jayballer67

Swain hasn’t mentioned that as of now. Don’t think we can land someone like him. He was a starter at Miami and is most likely looking for a starting spot somewhere.

jayballer67

@BeddieKU23 said in 2024 Portal Madness Thread:

@jayballer67

Swain hasn’t mentioned that as of now. Don’t think we can land someone like him. He was a starter at Miami and is most likely looking for a starting spot somewhere.

ya , can’t remember where I seen that , but it was mentioned that KU had contacted him. Not sure if it was more of just a hey , or if they were like we have a Scholi

BShark

@BeddieKU23 said in 2024 Portal Madness Thread:

@jayballer67

Swain hasn’t mentioned that as of now. Don’t think we can land someone like him. He was a starter at Miami and is most likely looking for a starting spot somewhere.

Nova/KY for Mista Poplar I think.

BeddieKU23

@BShark

Nova makes a lot of sense but I wouldn’t want to play for that coach. Shocked they haven’t tried to upgrade

HoraceZontal

I’m not sure what thread this should be in, perhaps a Cal-specific thread. I was sickened by it so of course wanted to share my nausea with all of you. From ESPN: ““You may think I’m crazy, but I told my staff I only want to have eight or nine guys,” Calipari told Robinson, who is now executive director of the National Association of Basketball Coaches. "They’re leaving anyway, and why would I develop a kid for someone else? Why would I do that?””

BShark

@BeddieKU23 said in 2024 Portal Madness Thread:

@BShark

Nova makes a lot of sense but I wouldn’t want to play for that coach. Shocked they haven’t tried to upgrade

Arkansas and St Johns in there as well now. Kid will be getting paid.

jayballer67

Something I’ve wondered about. So Calipari leaves for Arkansas and Arkansas fans automatically feel they are going to be these Big time contenders/players for the National Championship.

But you have this : - Calipari is same Coach as he was at Kentucky. He has quite a few of the same players that played for him while he was at Kentucky, now transfer to Arkansas So Arkansas now has the Same Coach that was at Kentucky and couldn’t gt squat done in the post Season and the same players that played for him at Kentucky that couldn’t get it done. - -Hmmm , what the hell am I missing ?

Was there some miracle that happened overnight, get some super power magic dust sprinkled over their heads since they moved to Arkansas? -Same Coach , Same players , Same result.

dylans

@jayballer67 What did Arkansas have before he arrived? Why shouldn’t they be excited about the upgrade? Change is exciting and full of possibilities. I have a hard time wanting to bash a fanbase that hasn’t had success since the early 90s for being excited about the top available coach coming there.

Cal can recruit. If he gets good assistant coaches (that can coach) they will do well. Only entitled fans like Kentucky, Duke, KU etc expect a title every year or bust. Some fan bases can enjoy winning the conference or even just having regular season success after such a long drought.