2024 Recruiting
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@BeddieKU23 I would imagine that some hefty NIL dollars were allocated to get the new coach started off okay. But just a hunch on my part.
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Not sure how much it will matter but McNeeley really enjoyed the visit. Queen on the other hand didn’t really seem to enjoy it or mesh with the current/former players.
There is a family member in our corner with McNeeley as well.
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@BShark said in 2024 Recruiting:
Not sure how much it will matter but McNeeley really enjoyed the visit. Queen on the other hand didn’t really seem to enjoy it or mesh with the current/former players.
There is a family member in our corner with McNeeley as well.
McNeeley would be nice. Queen is a good player but if we’re taking a second big to flory I’d probably prefer Stephen as I think he’s a good long term investment. Queen is better now but give me the defender to learn behind Flory.
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No malcontents!
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Don’t feel very much traction with Harper. - He did not make a trip like they wanted with the other recruits this weekend. - - He was with his brother & Dad at the Rutgers football game.
They really did it up for him , HELL they even had the BIG commissioner there greeting him , with the Caption the Big didn’t want to lose stars to the Big 12.
They wheeled him up in a golf cart with his father and the whole Stadium went in to a full chant of we want Dylan - - We want Dylan.
I think he is pretty locked in to Rutger’s , his teammate going to play there ACE , - just don’t see him ending up here. We will be fine
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seems like anyone else other than bethea would be a pleasant surprise. And a second big
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I like the strategy Bill is using in this class given how down it is. Get 2/3 high end talents and then you can portal for more needs.
I also see the other big Stephen that’s visiting as an intriguing option as a development piece. Not sure with his recent offers from Baylor/Michigan/Arizona whether he’d be okay being the 2nd big in a class…
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Unless they can contribute day 1 as a freshman, it is hardly worth trying to land high school guys anymore. The portal offers you so much more, and realistically lets you find role players who are actually comfortable being role players.
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@BeddieKU23 said in 2024 Recruiting:
I like the strategy Bill is using in this class given how down it is. Get 2/3 high end talents and then you can portal for more needs.
I also see the other big Stephen that’s visiting as an intriguing option as a development piece. Not sure with his recent offers from Baylor/Michigan/Arizona whether he’d be okay being the 2nd big in a class…
This class is also kind of bad so I’m fine with the strategy they chose. Either elite cream of the crop of talent or a elite late riser like bethea
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Get Bethea…push all the chips in for Flagg. Only two lower prospects I like to see us make a push for are Passmore or Stephen. Other than that use the portal
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@TYOHawk said in 2024 Recruiting:
Get Bethea…push all the chips in for Flagg. Only two lower prospects I like to see us make a push for are Passmore or Stephen. Other than that use the portal
Agree if we can get Bethea , which I think we have a pretty good shot at to go with Flory -then go ahead and take Stephen we be good. - The only thing is Flory and Stephen both 5’s ? not sure that would work
Now if we could somehow convince McNeely to come , he plays a 4 doesn’t he? - get him to go with Flory and Bethea - -I’d take that all day
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Would someone summarize the weekend visits? Or was there no one besides McNeely and Queen?
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@Kcmatt7 said in 2024 Recruiting:
Unless they can contribute day 1 as a freshman, it is hardly worth trying to land high school guys anymore. The portal offers you so much more, and realistically lets you find role players who are actually comfortable being role players.
Agree and as @rcjhdraft mentioned this class is particularly bad so you wouldn’t even really want lower end guys to try and develop.
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Sounds like Harper will visit this fall. I don’t think any of this is real but if he wants to come you roll out the red carpet and see what happens
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Always room or should have room for a 4 year developmental player, Coach does really well in developing - needs to continue.
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Found this interesting. According to Mike Vernon , Vernon states that KU is in the recruitment for Cooper Flagg FOR REAL. Hearin there is genuine belief they’re in this thing, Things are getting Serious.
There is thought that KU is a better fit for Coope Flagg from a Basketball perspective for the PF.
Viewing this Recruitment for Flagg is between KU and Duke, Viewing this recruitment as a toss up right now - -Which I wouldn’t have two weeks ago. - -Bill is NOT PLAYING. making Cooper Flagg his top priority in the class of 2024.
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AS I HAVE BEEN SAYING
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@FarmerJayhawk said in 2024 Recruiting:
AS I HAVE BEEN SAYING
once again Farmer spot on. Duke & Ku at the fifty yard line right now Vernon thinks. - Sounds like KU has made up a lot of round and now it’s - - BILL’S TURN
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Flagg Flory front court was thought to be a duke lock in July
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@TYOHawk In the 247 interview he uses the word “good” often in describing his Kansas visit; he uses the word “great” to describe Miami.
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@rcjhdraft said in 2024 Recruiting:
Flagg Flory front court was thought to be a duke lock in July
Not anymore lol
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Is there any risk of getting some of the guys that Duke/UK usually get that even though it sounds cool and all that to load up with 5 stars that we run into the problem those two programs have in keeping guys for more than a year? If so, I want no part of guys leaving after 1 year. Ask Kentucky fans in particular what they think. Duke has done a little better job of hanging on to them, but not much and their relative lack of success is an indictment on the OAD model.
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Yeah there is that risk but look at this past years KU team for why it doesn’t matter anymore.
7 players left for the Portal, almost 8 before Zach came back. Everything is now 1 and done regardless of star attached to name.
I don’t like it but it’s the current reality…
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@BeddieKU23 Yeah, I guess you’re right but really did we lose anyone that we were absolutely counting on? Adams, McCullar, Harris all returning and then all the new pieces. We’ve got some nice experience coming back.
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@wissox I was really looking forward to watching our twin tower sophomores develop. Zuby and Udeh would’ve been fierce juniors! (No sr season after winning the championship and jumping to the pros a year early) lol
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@dylans I agree, I think they were going to become a great tandem.
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Like Dylans mentioned I was excited for the Udeh, Zuby development. Hunter probably makes us a better team so how can i complain too much? It still makes me mad though.
I’m very interested to see if Hunter lives up to it.
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@BeddieKU23 As much as I can’t stand the guy, he’s going to be a great fit on the team.
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@BeddieKU23 said in 2024 Recruiting:
Like Dylans mentioned I was excited for the Udeh, Zuby development. Hunter probably makes us a better team so how can i complain too much? It still makes me mad though.
I’m very interested to see if Hunter lives up to it.
Wish we could have retained one of them but I get it from the perspective of the kids.
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@rcjhdraft said in 2024 Recruiting:
https://twitter.com/trillydonovan/status/1700942750252745165?s=46&t=n5mmHB4PsLxZPLlDBW__lw
Lovely news.
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@TYOHawk said in 2024 Recruiting:
@rcjhdraft said in 2024 Recruiting:
https://twitter.com/trillydonovan/status/1700942750252745165?s=46&t=n5mmHB4PsLxZPLlDBW__lw
Lovely news.
Stuff is lining up with what I heard. Hopefully we survived the weekend remaining the leader.
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@BShark said in 2024 Recruiting:
@TYOHawk said in 2024 Recruiting:
@rcjhdraft said in 2024 Recruiting:
https://twitter.com/trillydonovan/status/1700942750252745165?s=46&t=n5mmHB4PsLxZPLlDBW__lw
Lovely news.
Stuff is lining up with what I heard. Hopefully we survived the weekend remaining the leader.
I don’t wanna discount Miami at all but I could see him taking that visit to keep the good relationship between Team final and UM.
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Some cuse fan dm’ed trilly and trilly said bethea committed to a school
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Trilly just said it’s over. We’ll see how it goes…would love having on the team. But the portal will be useful and I believe we’ll have one of Morris or Jackson on the team alongside Dajuan.
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@TYOHawk
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I think Miami selling him on playing PG was a big deal.
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So Bethea visits Miami and cancels his future visits, then says he has made a decision. Not super encouraging, but maybe…just maybe….that trip to Miami was a vacation.
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It’s over, staff was informed.
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@BShark miami?
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Vernon saying he committed to Miami on the visit.
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Disappointing for sure. But if we have Juan next year at PG, the position Bethea wants to try and play… well I’m happy we have Juan then.
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Hey congrats to Laranega at least Bethea didnt commit to a ratfaced schmuck [or his vile spawn].
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@approxinfinity said in 2024 Recruiting:
Hey congrats to Laranega at least Bethea didnt commit to a ratfaced schmuck [or his vile spawn].
They tried but he doesn’t want to play with Flagg. Shot volume concerns.
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Unfortunate but the staff is capable of pivoting. Curious who the next options are going to be, doubt Dylan harper comes here lol
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@BShark Is Flagg a silent commit? (Or did I miss something?) Late Night visit scares a recruit away? Seems a bit pessimistic if he actually wanted to be a Jayhawk. I’ll just chop it up to a recruiting loss. No malcontents!
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@dylans said in 2024 Recruiting:
@BShark Is Flagg a silent commit? (Or did I miss something?) Late Night visit scares a recruit away? Seems a bit pessimistic if he actually wanted to be a Jayhawk. I’ll just chop it up to a recruiting loss. No malcontents!
Believed to be a Duke lean. They apparently tried to get involved with Bethea but were turned away because of it.
