BOOTCAMP STARTS TODAY!
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@Kcmatt7 I realize it was 2 different issues, but Cliff still practiced. Didn’t b Mac and Mari have to sit out practice for a semester too?
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And Selby had times when he had to sit out practice – that was more on par with Cliff as it was an impermissible benefits issue. That caused me to question him practicing last year. I recall when I looked into comparing that to Selby, Self had said at some point that the NCAA ok’d Selby practicing. I wonder if that was the case with Cliff, that the NCAA ok’d him practicing?
Did I say I was excited to see how Mick does this season? Interesting to see.
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@Crimsonorblue22 But boot camp isn’t part of official practice is it? Late nite marks the official start of practice. So wouldn’t boot camp be similar to playing in pick-up games for the guys? Not official but your butt better be there. I don’t know, that’s why I’m asking.
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Any organized activity that involves the coaching staff is considered “official.”
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@JayHawkFanToo Ok, but I was under the impression there could be no official practice until a certain date. That was why not many years ago at the stroke of midnight during Late Night the team played their first coached practice game. Just call me confused by old age.
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@brooksmd Any time the coaching staff is involved, it’s an official team activity guided by the NCAA rules. Cheick Diallo has not yet been ruled eligible by the NCAA and therefore cannot particpate in any NCAA sanctioned activities. Diallo was allowed to help out for the WUG in Lawrence because that was sanctioned by another body other than the NCAA.
Cliff was entirely a separate issue. He was NEVER deemed ineligible and Bill Self could’ve played him in games had he chosen to. Cliff was practicing because practicing wasn’t rubbing it in the NCAA’s face that they couldn’t prove anything like playing him in games would have done.
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@brooksmd good question! Maybe 'cause coach is there and directing it?
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http://www2.kusports.com/news/2015/sep/21/svi-now-stronger-more-vocal-ku/
“I weigh 207. Last year I was 190,” Mykhailiuk said of an 17-pound increase in just one year on a college campus. “I’ve gotten more physical, more strong. I can go inside a little bit easier, get body contact, have more contact.”
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Another story about how Svi spent his summer.
http://www.kansascity.com/sports/college/big-12/university-of-kansas/article36056688.html
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Mason calls Mykhailiuk the kind of player who will put up “unlimited shots throughout the night.” KU players are welcome to use their practice facility, which sits adjacent to Allen Fieldhouse, late into the night. Mykhailiuk is the kind of player who will test the limits of that late-night policy.
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/sports/college/big-12/university-of-kansas/article36056688.html#storylink=cpy
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I just finished talking to Svi on FB! He is a pretty cool cat! He said he is 6 foot 8 inches in shoes… I didn’t want to bother him to much or he might block me lol!
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Cool. In all the recent photos I have seen, Svi seem to be the one player that is as tall as advertised.
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@JayHawkFanToo In all honesty I didn’t think he would respond to my text. Diallo has responded to my texts too but I dare not ask about his eligibility?
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@Statmachine you’re right don’t ask.
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Frank and boot camp.
http://www2.kusports.com/news/2015/sep/22/even-mason-finds-boot-camp-grind/
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@Statmachine Very cool that you got to converse with Svi and Diallo on social media!
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@Lulufulu I thought so too! Its mostly small talk. I don’t want them to unfriend me on fb… They do post new pics and selfies from time to time that are not on any other social media.
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@Lulufulu Graham and Lucas added me on their FB accounts today! Graham is a good apple and very polite! He must have checked out my profile before he added me to his friends list because he IM me and thanked me for my service and all that I have done for our country! I exchanged IM’s for a min or two and told him “Now that you guys have won a gold medal its time to go after that NCAA Championship!”
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@Statmachine Too Cool!
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boot camp complete!
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My memory is about as reliable as a British sports car…
But didn’t we have real military drill instructors run boot camp a few years ago? Or something with the military? And it helped our team concept, leadership and execution?
Would be nice to continue that situation…
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I see no Brannen Greene in that photo.
Svi does look more solid, as does Graham. Vick always looks taller than 6-5 in pictures. I don’t know if its the angle or what, but he looks more like 6-6 or better.
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@justanotherfan I’ve seen him on campus a couple of times and I think he looks more like 6-3.5-6-4. Definitely not 6-5. But that’s about as reliable as asking the cashier who just got robbed how tall the burglar was.
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@drgnslayr we had a military drill instructor in last year for boot camp. I like the idea, but maybe HCBS pulls a Calipari and pumps them up this year instead of breaking them down. We have a ton of upperclassmen that have been mentally broken down the last few years. It’s now the time to build them up and get the most out of them.
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@drgnslayr I believe that was for a week last year because KU didn’t have a leader and Self was trying to make a leader emerge, and the drill instructor said Graham was the one who was deemed the best leader but nobody was really a great leader.
@justanotherfan Greene and Diallo did not participate in boot camp. Diallo because of his eligibility, and Self had Greene on a different regimen for boot camp because of his hip so Greene wasn’t a full participant this year.
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…and the rings came in today. Here’s Devonte’s. His quote is Bling Bling!
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