2024 Portal Madness Thread
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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.
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Arthur Kaluma into the portal #Tangmentum
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@FarmerJayhawk said in 2024 Portal Madness Thread:
Arthur Kaluma into the portal #Tangmentum
#CrazyFaith
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@FarmerJayhawk what took him so long?
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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.
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Newly found video of the transfer portal in action.
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247 final transfer rankings
#4 AJ Storr
#25 Zeke Mayo
#39 Rylan Griffen
#113 Riley Kugel
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@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.
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Assuming Miya’s are more analytically driven?
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@BeddieKU23 said in 2024 Portal Madness Thread:
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.
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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
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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.
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@BeddieKU23 said in 2024 Portal Madness Thread:
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
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@BeddieKU23 said in 2024 Portal Madness Thread:
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.
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Nova makes a lot of sense but I wouldn’t want to play for that coach. Shocked they haven’t tried to upgrade
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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?””
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@BeddieKU23 said in 2024 Portal Madness Thread:
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.
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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.
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@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.
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@dylans said in 2024 Portal Madness Thread:
@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.
I hope Arkansas whips Kentucky this year. It would be hilarious.
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@dylans Arkansas is a top 20 program all time by most metrics so this isn’t some scrub program that Cal is building from the ground up. 6 Final Four’s, the 1994 national title, two Elite 8’s in the past 4 seasons. They also have multiple billionaire donors who are heavily invested in the athletics department so Cal won’t be lacking for resources. Arkansas is a place you can win big at and I’d love see that become a regional rivalry for KU because their campus is only 4 hours from Lawrence.
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@dylans said in 2024 Portal Madness Thread:
@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.
If he didn’t get it done with these players at Kentucky , what makes you think just because it’s a different College the results will be any different, he couldn’t make it happen in Kentucky, he ain’t getting it done in Arkansas with the same players
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Nobody saying Cal can’t recruit hell he has a top class every year or top five, BUT the guy can’t Coach that’s not fiction - -that’s FACT for the amount of talent the guy has had year after year after year and tell me again how any Championships has he won ?
It’s not going to just automatically change just because he is now at Arkansas- still can’t Coach, He didn’t do it at Memphis , couldn’t do it at Kentucky, regular Season wins isn’t what it;s about it’s the post Season.- - Admin - - Fan base don’t go out and say cool let’s see how many wins we can get in the regular Season.- It’s all about Post Season - let’s just win 6 - the last six that’s what it boils down too Championships.–Ya can Recruit - -yippee Why you think they wanted him out at Kentucky? - He left before they fired him
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@jayballer67 One more championship than Arkansas has had in that time period. They should be excited.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 Arky also won in 1993 when the president of the US was from there.
…not fixed.- wow Cal has a better resume in the last 15 years than Arkansas has for the last 30.
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@dylans said in 2024 Portal Madness Thread:
@Texas-Hawk-10 Arky also won in 1993 when the president of the US was from there.
…not fixed.- wow Cal has a better resume in the last 15 years than Arkansas has for the last 30.
I’m not claiming that Arkansas is on the level that Kentucky is, just this isn’t Calipari taking over a historic bottom feeding program to rebuild the way Scott Drew had to at Baylor. Arkansas is generally considered a top 20 program all time and is accustomed to having a successful basketball program.
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@dylans said in 2024 Portal Madness Thread:
@jayballer67 One more championship than Arkansas has had in that time period. They should be excited.
Aint got nothing against Arkansas and ya let them be excited just like EVERY OTHRE TEAM that’s what it’s all about. One more championship is a lot in a game of chance/crap shoot in Basketball. look at all the teams that NEVER get to that game. All I got to say with Calipari thee —Good luck lol
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I loved it when Ole Roy Dadgummit turned Nolan Richardsons 40 minutes of hell against him and gave them hell for the last 20 minutes in the elite 16. Everyone was singing the hog kids praises and the announcers were eating it up as they raced up and down the court to a nice lead. But they got tired and we didn’t. Their large kid, Oliver Miller I think was his name, fell on the court and just laid there on his stomach not talking to anyone for what felt like 5 minutes. He wasn’t hurt, he was gassed and really not much of a high character guy either and so he lay there taking a nap.
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So Kugel is interested in K ? State & Mississippi St now —OK
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Ex Washington state player Joseph yesufu ex Kansas player has transfer to west Virginia
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Read there was mutual interest between Ku & Robinson. Robinson did Tweet out that Coach Pope made an effort and came by and seen Robinson at the NBA try outs, Robinson saying he didn’t have to do that , that he wasn’t even his Coach- - -then followed that up with " YET "
Coach Self was also at the NBA tryouts , so there was that, might of just been checking up on Johnny & Kevin, see how things wee going BUT could of been trying to touch base with Robinson also.- - Uk seems to think Robinson is their’s to lose. Who knows-- -Maybe - - Maybe Not.
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I feel pretty confident if Robinson goes back to school it’ll be at KU
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Did we seriously up our NIL cabbage? Is that a difference this year? Is the staff doing a lot more traveling?
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@approxinfinity NIL is definitely part of it. Bill has also been more aggressive identifying and pursuing targets.
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When is the NBA combine over ? - -is it just this week ? – -How long before the deadline for a player to pull out of the draft ?
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@FarmerJayhawk said in 2024 Portal Madness Thread:
@approxinfinity NIL is definitely part of it. Bill has also been more aggressive identifying and pursuing targets.
Bill also isn’t fresh out of the hospital.
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@BShark huge!
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We all watched Robinson come off the bench, play PG in Allen Fieldhouse and make dagger after dagger to beat us. Self was there too I hear
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Trying to keep things in perspective. Would love to see have Robinson join the crew, but yet, also hearing he is doing well in the Draft At this point it was said they believe he will stay in the draft.
Right now thinking 50/50 he withdraws— -we shall see.
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Cincy is a dark horse Big 12 top tier team https://x.com/tiptonedits/status/1791557068425470256?s=46&t=c0LiaNrxev6XfT7LIH8dAQ
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@FarmerJayhawk said in 2024 Portal Madness Thread:
Cincy is a dark horse Big 12 top tier team https://x.com/tiptonedits/status/1791557068425470256?s=46&t=c0LiaNrxev6XfT7LIH8dAQ
Pretty tough to crack the top 4 but they will be solid.
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@FarmerJayhawk said in 2024 Portal Madness Thread:
Cincy is a dark horse Big 12 top tier team https://x.com/tiptonedits/status/1791557068425470256?s=46&t=c0LiaNrxev6XfT7LIH8dAQ
ESPN’s most recent Way Too Early Top 25 currently has 4 Big 12 teams in their top 5 with KU at 1, Houston at 2, Baylor at 4, and ISU at 5. Arizona is 10th and Cincy is 25.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 Wow, if that holds true, what a conference!
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Ridonculous. Can we just call ourselves the SEC and earn SEC money?
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Storr has withdrawn from the NBA draft and is coming to KU.
https://badgerswire.usatoday.com/2024/05/26/wisconsin-badgers-aj-storr-kansas-nba-draft-withdraw/
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@approxinfinity said in 2024 Portal Madness Thread:
Ridonculous. Can we just call ourselves the SEC and earn SEC money?
If we did, we’d be in the NCAA Baseball Tournament… but no.
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So no Furphy. I heard Jaxson Robinson stayed in the draft. Most draft withdrawals are either returning to their school or looking for starter minutes, IMHO.
I wonder what HCBS is planning?
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So uh…Kaden Cooper season?
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Robinson to Kentucky.
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Time to go fishin. Hope the hook is baited.
