Recruiting Notes
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@rcjhdraft Early leader for Chronister (he wanted to commit on the visit), though he doesn’t have a KU offer at this time. Friend of a friend was the guy that was with the kid on the visit. Handler could be a term used though I’m not sure it fully applies. I’m also not sure he’s a KU level guy right now. Obviously a bit hard to project this far out. I’d like to see him go to a prep school.
I do not know much on Montonati currently but I’m asking around. He’s a top 10 guy so it will be a goat rodeo.
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@BShark Why no offer? Top 30 recruit. It seems you could do worse. 2026 is a ways off though.
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@dylans you in the blizzard warning?
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@Crimsonorblue22 Yes we are. High winds (60mph) and all that fun stuff. I’m glad to be stuck in meetings.
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@dylans said in Recruiting Notes:
@BShark Why no offer? Top 30 recruit. It seems you could do worse. 2026 is a ways off though.
Would think it comes eventually but they want to see more development. Lots of weird stuff that goes on with rankings. Cunliffe was a top 40 guy
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Seen some video, all legs right now, can shoot it from 3 well but does not appear close to the level of athlete KU would pursue at this point. Intersting to see his development.
Don’t think Sam’s issue was ever ability, came from a super athletic family. He just never put it together upstairs
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@BeddieKU23 said in Recruiting Notes:
Seen some video, all legs right now, can shoot it from 3 well but does not appear close to the level of athlete KU would pursue at this point. Intersting to see his development.
Don’t think Sam’s issue was ever ability, came from a super athletic family. He just never put it together upstairs
Cunliffe is definitely athletic but not a good basketball player. First KU related example I could think of with a kid that uh, had his ranking inflated due to $ (happens all the time).
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@BShark Cunlifee was bad. I was thinking more Alex Galindo/ Josh peters. Don’t take a guy too early. Marcus Adams, Chris Johnson or too immature.
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Don’t rule out Derik Queen if Hunter leaves. I tend to think Hunter stays however.
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@BShark Would really like a second year of Hunter. The roster is very thin without him. I assume the portal will be utilized again.
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@dylans said in Recruiting Notes:
@BShark Would really like a second year of Hunter. The roster is very thin without him. I assume the portal will be utilized again.
Yeah Kevin’s ahem
salaryNIL money is available for a premium starter at the 2 spot.Hunter coming back is obviously ideal. You’d have a lot of continuity that way.
We’d be looking at Juan/transfer portal or Darryn Peterson/Furphy/KJ/HD Bench/Reserves:Flory/Marko/Kease/Philon/McDowell/Zach(???) and then 1-2 more roster filler guys depending on if Zach leaves.
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@BShark said in Recruiting Notes:
Don’t rule out Derik Queen if Hunter leaves. I tend to think Hunter stays however.
Lmao still in this because of how bad Maryland and Indiana have been
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@rcjhdraft said in Recruiting Notes:
@BShark said in Recruiting Notes:
Don’t rule out Derik Queen if Hunter leaves. I tend to think Hunter stays however.
Lmao still in this because of how bad Maryland and Indiana have been
If I were a post recruit and was picking between these three, it’s a no brainer. Self will feature a big allll day.
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Will Zach ever see floor?
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Cue I’m not f’ing leaving gif for Hunter. At this point I’d be surprised if he’s not back.
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@FarmerJayhawk said in Recruiting Notes:
Cue I’m not f’ing leaving gif for Hunter. At this point I’d be surprised if he’s not back.
Same.
@approxinfinity Doubt it
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Bill was in to watch Joson Sanon tonight. He had an absolute stud performance 46 points on 9/12 from three.
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He’s good and has gotten better. He’s going to have an adjustment to College similar to Elmarko imo
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So, my bad, the 46 point game was last week. Saw it pop up and assume. Whoops.
He will visit KU for the Houston game, Feb 3rd.
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@BShark said in Recruiting Notes:
So, my bad, the 46 point game was last week. Saw it pop up and assume. Whoops.
He will visit KU for the Houston game, Feb 3rd.
I saw the Indiana guys say they’re kind of out of the recruitment now…we liking our chances?
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@rcjhdraft said in Recruiting Notes:
@BShark said in Recruiting Notes:
So, my bad, the 46 point game was last week. Saw it pop up and assume. Whoops.
He will visit KU for the Houston game, Feb 3rd.
I saw the Indiana guys say they’re kind of out of the recruitment now…we liking our chances?
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@BShark said in Recruiting Notes:
@rcjhdraft said in Recruiting Notes:
@BShark said in Recruiting Notes:
So, my bad, the 46 point game was last week. Saw it pop up and assume. Whoops.
He will visit KU for the Houston game, Feb 3rd.
I saw the Indiana guys say they’re kind of out of the recruitment now…we liking our chances?
Interesting…Guess sanon and Peterson is a take the first one
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@rcjhdraft said in Recruiting Notes:
@BShark said in Recruiting Notes:
@rcjhdraft said in Recruiting Notes:
@BShark said in Recruiting Notes:
So, my bad, the 46 point game was last week. Saw it pop up and assume. Whoops.
He will visit KU for the Houston game, Feb 3rd.
I saw the Indiana guys say they’re kind of out of the recruitment now…we liking our chances?
Interesting…Guess sanon and Peterson is a take the first one
You could take both, one in 24 the other in 25. Personally I am off of Bryson Tucker after reading Bossi’s latest comments about him. I am not overly interested in potential 1 year passengers that would rather be in the g league.
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Also Tucker just isn’t that good. Not a 3&D guy but also doesn’t have great ball skills
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@FarmerJayhawk said in Recruiting Notes:
Also Tucker just isn’t that good. Not a 3&D guy but also doesn’t have great ball skills
Think he got his gleague offer tonight, per the streeeets. And I’m with you, he is a bit passive for my liking as well.
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Tucker is not a fit at KU with his skillset. He’s a mid-range warrior with below average ball skills.
Sanon on the other hand is an athlete and scorer and the comps for him at KU are there + the fit. Self might finally be embracing that he’s gotta land these kind of athletes with the changing landscape. You have Philon, Passmore and Flory already. Keep stacking these kind of dudes
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@BeddieKU23 did he ever not embrace having athletes or just not have the luxury for a bit?
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Good point, he was definitely limited the past 5 years or so from getting them in bunches. I’m excited to see what future KU teams look like given the kind of players they are signing and recruiting.
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@BeddieKU23 said in Recruiting Notes:
Good point, he was definitely limited the past 5 years or so from getting them in bunches. I’m excited to see what future KU teams look like given the kind of players they are signing and recruiting.
As long as we retain guys too I’m really happy about it. I’m nowhere close to giving up on Elmarko yet.
Obviously the 22 class already washed out for various reasons. That’s the first class that had me excited again and gave indications that recruiting was back.
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Agree, Elmarko is going to need at least another year which I’m happy about as long as its at KU.
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@BShark said in Recruiting Notes:
@FarmerJayhawk said in Recruiting Notes:
Cue I’m not f’ing leaving gif for Hunter. At this point I’d be surprised if he’s not back.
Same.
@approxinfinity Doubt it
Cat’s out of the bag lol https://x.com/thefieldof68/status/1748450261377421553?s=46&t=c0LiaNrxev6XfT7LIH8dAQ
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@FarmerJayhawk said in Recruiting Notes:
@BShark said in Recruiting Notes:
@FarmerJayhawk said in Recruiting Notes:
Cue I’m not f’ing leaving gif for Hunter. At this point I’d be surprised if he’s not back.
Same.
@approxinfinity Doubt it
Cat’s out of the bag lol https://x.com/thefieldof68/status/1748450261377421553?s=46&t=c0LiaNrxev6XfT7LIH8dAQ
Just wondering how this would effect Flory ? - -5 star ranked 5th or right there in the class, might make he ask for release - -a lot of these kids rated that high impatient, didn’t sign to come sit they want that floor time
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@jayballer67 Would rather have Hunter. If that is the cost so be it. But I’m greedy, I want both.
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@dylans said in Recruiting Notes:
@jayballer67 Would rather have Hunter. If that is the cost so be it. But I’m greedy, I want both.
true but also Flory adds much needed depth that we are lacking this year, ya could be costly
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@dylans said in Recruiting Notes:
@jayballer67 Would rather have Hunter. If that is the cost so be it. But I’m greedy, I want both.
Flory committed knowing Hunter is considering coming back. Non-issue because the KU coaches are honest in recruiting sometimes to their detriment. There are some publicly documented cases of that even.
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Flory is the perfect third big next year. He’s not really a NBA prospect IMO so it would do him a world of good to sit behind KJ and Hunt for a year. And like @BShark said, he knows what the deal is. I think Cliff is a good comp for Flory and Cliff was not a starting caliber player as a frosh
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@FarmerJayhawk Cliff was going to be so good. Dang family.
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@dylans yep. You could see the light coming on late. He would’ve been awesome as a sophomore.
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Looks as if the Sanon recruitment is going to be NIL driven. I see he has set a visit to Georgia. Supposedly KU will get one as well in February, they are working on dates. This is an interesting one.
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@FarmerJayhawk said in Recruiting Notes:
Flory is the perfect third big next year. He’s not really a NBA prospect IMO so it would do him a world of good to sit behind KJ and Hunt for a year. And like @BShark said, he knows what the deal is. I think Cliff is a good comp for Flory and Cliff was not a starting caliber player as a frosh
Disagree on Flory’s nba prospects. That kid has pro defensive rim runner written all over him.
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@TYOHawk said in Recruiting Notes:
@FarmerJayhawk said in Recruiting Notes:
Flory is the perfect third big next year. He’s not really a NBA prospect IMO so it would do him a world of good to sit behind KJ and Hunt for a year. And like @BShark said, he knows what the deal is. I think Cliff is a good comp for Flory and Cliff was not a starting caliber player as a frosh
Disagree on Flory’s nba prospects. That kid has pro defensive rim runner written all over him.
I’m cheering for him but a 6’8 center without much skill would be pretty unusual
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So who would we rather have ? - - Peterson Or Sonon ? - -how heavy are we in on these guys , are we in the mix ? -is Sonon a re-class ?
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Peterson
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Adidas said Peterson is worth the money
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@BeddieKU23 said in Recruiting Notes:
Peterson
Trilly said it’s done on his discord fwiw, just a matter of 24 or 25.
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If I’m seeing things right, reading things right , sounds like we might be in a good spot with Peterson, just a matter of 24/25. – Would be a GREAT class if he was 24. From what I’m seeing fits in really well with what Coach Self stated. He was responding to the updated rankings, talking about how guys can be over rated/under valued.
In the latest updated rankings , Flory went from # 8 - -to # 10 player.- Philon went from # 27 - -to # 30- — &Passmore stayed at 48. Coach said that was a good class and these guys were good fits but here is where I connect with what I see about pretty much done just 24/25. Coach finished up by saying 24 was a good class but just doesn’t think we are done, and followed up saying can’t be done – -hmmmm sounds good.
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I saw that too. Hopefully it stays that way. Watched a recent game of his and yeah adding him to your 24 class really makes you dream. No complaints if he stays in 25 and comes through as a headliner there. Very exciting prospect.
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@BeddieKU23 said in Recruiting Notes:
I saw that too. Hopefully it stays that way. Watched a recent game of his and yeah adding him to your 24 class really makes you dream. No complaints if he stays in 25 and comes through as a headliner there. Very exciting prospect.
If he commits & re-classify’s -monster class hope things work out
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Assuming Peterson/Sanon stay in '25, are there any other SF/wings we are looking at for next year? Will be down Kevin for sure and Furph is looking like a good bet to go pro this year if he keeps putting up numbers like last night.
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McDs results are in. Kinda as expected Flory is the only one for KU. Asked around and sounds like Philon would have had a shot if he wasn’t playing at Link. Playing there is probably good for him long term but they have two guys that just chuck away. Kease had no shot basically. Coaching friend said he’s basically a slightly less athletic Benny Mac. I’ll take that!
@MR11 said in Recruiting Notes:
Assuming Peterson/Sanon stay in '25, are there any other SF/wings we are looking at for next year? Will be down Kevin for sure and Furph is looking like a good bet to go pro this year if he keeps putting up numbers like last night.
Sanon is a lock to reclass but honestly I am not sure I want him. I’d think we need to portal in a 2/3 type. Not worried about Furphy leaving…yet… Depends on if he projects in the lottery.
