Transfer Rumblings
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The Billy Eugene DGAF Tour continues apace
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Like Robinson isn’t that good but he is an absolute loose cannon off the bench and that has its appeal
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taps sign again https://x.com/isaac__trotter/status/1785079042611220869?s=46&t=c0LiaNrxev6XfT7LIH8dAQ
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@FarmerJayhawk said in Transfer Rumblings:
Like Robinson isn’t that good but he is an absolute loose cannon off the bench and that has its appeal
Isn’t Robinson from BYU ?-- - or am I thinking of wrong guy ?
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IF we get another commit , must mean Kugel is out for sure then right? - To open the Scholi.
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@jayballer67 Not necessarily, with Philon decommitting we are currently sitting with one 1 open schollie.
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@jayballer67 said in Transfer Rumblings:
@FarmerJayhawk said in Transfer Rumblings:
Like Robinson isn’t that good but he is an absolute loose cannon off the bench and that has its appeal
Isn’t Robinson from BYU ?-- - or am I thinking of wrong guy ?
Yessir
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All business this offseason.
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@PharmacyHawk said in Transfer Rumblings:
@jayballer67 Not necessarily, with Philon decommitting we are currently sitting with one 1 open schollie.
oh ya , that’s right totally forgot about that. — Thanks
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@FarmerJayhawk said in Transfer Rumblings:
@jayballer67 said in Transfer Rumblings:
@FarmerJayhawk said in Transfer Rumblings:
Like Robinson isn’t that good but he is an absolute loose cannon off the bench and that has its appeal
Isn’t Robinson from BYU ?-- - or am I thinking of wrong guy ?
Yessir
Kind of thought so , Thanks. - Decent player
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Oh Billy my goaaaat 
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Could be awhile IF it’s Robinson , as he has enter the NBA draft to. read he is predicted to be drafted. So he has till what May 31st to pull out of the draft if he ends up returning to College.
They are counting on him coming to UK of course, be re-united with Pope.
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@BShark is the mystery wing a real guy? Give me miles Kelly lol
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@rcjhdraft said in Transfer Rumblings:
@BShark is the mystery wing a real guy? Give me miles Kelly lol
I will report the name as soon as I have it.
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@FarmerJayhawk He’s not coming here to come off the bench……
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@BShark That year no doubt Self didn’t have AD but trob and Tyshawn ect were legit.
What I’m saying is he has a top 1-3 roster every single year and we are constantly ranked number 1/2/3 all these years and he’s got 2 titles to show for it. Anyone not think through that?
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@kuballin10 said in Transfer Rumblings:
@BShark That year no doubt Self didn’t have AD but trob and Tyshawn ect were legit.
What I’m saying is he has a top 1-3 roster every single year and we are constantly ranked number 1/2/3 all these years and he’s got 2 titles to show for it. Anyone not think through that?
Tell us how many coaches have won more than 2 national titles all time.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 K, Wooden, Rupp, Roy, Knight, Calhoun. 6.
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@approxinfinity I know the number. But someone else here doesn’t appreciate just how hard it is to win a national title, let alone two or more.
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Looks like 9 have 2, including Self, making him a top 15 all-time coach already, by that metric. (I know you know, but I’ll answer in order to move this conversation forward, because I don’t think the socratic method works for everyone
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@Texas-Hawk-10 It’s difficult in a one a done tourney but Self needs to get more in that 4-5 range
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And standings post 85 expansion: K: 5 Roy, Calhoun: 3 Donovan, Pitino, Hurley, Self: 2
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@kuballin10 said in Transfer Rumblings:
@Texas-Hawk-10 It’s difficult in a one a done tourney but Self needs to get more in that 4-5 range
So he needs to do something that literally only one other coach in the modern era has done to be validated to you? Cool
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@FarmerJayhawk but but but Bill needs to get 4-5 to warrant the oxygen he consumes.
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@kuballin10 said in Transfer Rumblings:
@BShark That year no doubt Self didn’t have AD but trob and Tyshawn ect were legit.
What I’m saying is he has a top 1-3 roster every single year and we are constantly ranked number 1/2/3 all these years and he’s got 2 titles to show for it. Anyone not think through that?
ONE MORE TIME , let me try and slow this down for you so you can understand. - -You say Self has got 2 titles with all these top 1-3 rosters every single year , can throw that right back at you Calipari had all these # 1 ranked- -# 2ranked recruiting classes -even top 5 classes practically EVERY YEAR na dhow many titles does Calipari how many did he have at Kentucky - -You not think through that -holy crap man wake up. Calipari has had better rosters almost every year over Ku according to services and has done nothing with them - - Shows who can Coach better and develop better better classes or not. Dam man
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@dylans said in Transfer Rumblings:
@FarmerJayhawk but but but Bill needs to get 4-5 to warrant the oxygen he consumes.
maybe he can have some of Ballin’s I’m sure he wouldn’t mind sharing with Bill lmao
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I explained to you earlier that the argument of “Self should have more titles” is the smartest way to bash Self. Honestly I commend you for trying to play your best card. However, you don’t understand why Self “only” has two titles. When you come up with an idea, you should analyze the idea and see if facts corraborate it before wholeheartedly believing it.
In other words, the theory that Self’s teams get upset in the tournament because Self chooses to play high-floor/low-ceiling players and thus creates high-floor/low ceiling teams holds absolutely no water. Let us take 2011 as an example. That team went 35-3 and had multiple impressive wins, including against Arizona and Texas, who were both top 10 teams (and both significantly better and more athletic than VCU). So to argue that we did not have the ceiling to beat VCU makes no sense.
The other example you provided was us playing Jamari Traylor, who was just a bench player who came in to relieve Perry Ellis and Landon Lucas. It is hard to see Traylor getting bench minutes as the kind of situation that cripples our ceiling but let’s look at this team anyways. That team went 33-5 and had multiple top-25 wins including 4 top 10 wins. Too low a ceiling to win a title?
No. If you can beat top 10 teams your ceiling is fine.If I were you I would argue that Self does not mentally prepare his teams for the tournament well enough. There is evidence for this, unlike the low-ceiling argument. We have missed open jumpers and free throws at astonishingly high rates in elimination games. Start your arument here, think through what you say, and take it from there.
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Have we confirmed that our Bill Self/Dajuan Harris basher on this board isn’t actually Remy Martin?
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@jayballer67 Everyone knows Cal’s a horrible coach and Bill is a good coach. Doesn’t mean Bill hasn’t underachieved with the rosters he’s had.
When Hurley can match u in two years or Scott Drew of all dudes is 1 title away from tying u that isn’t saying much
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@Texas-Hawk-10 Nah it’s moreso for all the people acting like he’s the goat. He will yet again have the best roster this year and we won’t capitalize in March with a third title. Other coaches maximize top rosters but he seems to struggle with getting them to gel and be ready come tourney time.
If he’s considered the goat coach and in this era then yeah winning only two titles his entire career won’t differentiate him from your boy Hurley
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@focojayhawk Only reason goat isn’t tied with Scott Drew is because he sat his precious pet nutted up and played a real pg…….
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I know we’ve already moved on, in life as well as this thread, but … wasn’t that the game we lost due to the Morii not being able to back up their pre-game shit talking and related antics?
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I’m referring to the VCU tourney game
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@kuballin10 said in Transfer Rumblings:
@Texas-Hawk-10 Nah it’s moreso for all the people acting like he’s the goat. He will yet again have the best roster this year and we won’t capitalize in March with a third title. Other coaches maximize top rosters but he seems to struggle with getting them to gel and be ready come tourney time.
Why do you hate watch KU? You do realize that Bill Self the coach you constantly denigrate is the only constant on the team year to year? Maybe pick a different team if you know they will just fail, it seems to make you miserable and you seem to like to share that misery. Perhaps UConn and Danny Hurley is the apple of your eye. I’m sure they need more fans!
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@HoraceZontal They produced 13 and 20 points but weren’t efficient and let Skeen go off.
Vcu went 12/25 from 3 while we went 2/21……
We never adjusted to Skeen knocking down 3’s or guarding from deep per Self which is usual. Was talking to another coach about how it seems every team always has a career day from deep against us and we both agreed it’s easy to see why due to philosophy
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You really can’t honestly make the Bill squandering top rosters argument in the last several years. In part due to the FBI/NCAA stuff. Sure 2011 and 2016 were bad breaks, it happens.
To win a title you need NBA talent and a bit of luck too.
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@BShark …wait there is luck involved in a single elimination tournament with 68 participants? Nah. Matchups don’t matter, college players are dead consistent. I don’t know why they even bother playing the game the outcome is pre-determined, KenPom nails it every year due to the consistency across the sport.
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JT Toppin is intriguing, but the 4 sounds locked down.
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Ok on Jaxson Robinson, how does a guy go from 68% from the FT line to 91% in one year?
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@benshawks08 said in Transfer Rumblings:
Ok on Jaxson Robinson, how does a guy go from 68% from the FT line to 91% in one year?
Sample size. 68% was on 25 attempts. He is a good shooter.
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@dylans said in Transfer Rumblings:
JT Toppin is intriguing, but the 4 sounds locked down.
I try not to think about it…
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@BShark said in Transfer Rumblings:
@benshawks08 said in Transfer Rumblings:
Ok on Jaxson Robinson, how does a guy go from 68% from the FT line to 91% in one year?
Sample size. 68% was on 25 attempts. He is a good shooter.
Should have dug just a little deeper. Thanks!
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But now I wonder, how do you only shoot 25 free throws in 33 games at 28 minutes a game?
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@benshawks08 (because he’s not that good)
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@FarmerJayhawk said in Transfer Rumblings:
@benshawks08 (because he’s not that good)
Yep. Doesn’t offer much other than shooting. There is a role for him but it’s like 8th, maybe 7th man.
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@dylans Wait why’s it locked down? I thought Bill plays the best players right? No way he’d play a lesser player he’s hof
Edit: yes, I’m being an arse because of earlier in this thread
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@Jhawk69 I’ll dumb it down for you
The wich st loss, the vcu loss and most of Selfs……check what we shot from deep and what the other team shot from deep
It’s a Self dream to go 2/25 from deep and win and I have no clue why he desires that ugly form of basketball as if it elevates his offensive genius.
Why not have legit shooters who run an offensive machine and knock down open shots you scheme up?
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@FarmerJayhawk said in Transfer Rumblings:
@benshawks08 (because he’s not that good)
Dang farmer not high on him huh……didn’t see that one honestly
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Wait, we got another guy on the radar? Jeez, I wasn’t wrong when I said the chaos was just beginning!
Either Self is using his full allotment of schollies, or somebody else is hitting the door.
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@rockchalkjayhawk I think if Bill can loosen the reins on trusting newbies (even if they are jr/sr transfers) then he will be successful.
The portal has allowed him to screw Nike by getting top transfers that aren’t straight out of high school.
He’s got 5-10 years left he needs to get 3-4 more titles so we pass UConn and/or tie with uk as they become the next Indiana or ucla
