Crootin Thread III, Wherein Some Players Probably Commit to KU
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@BShark Holy crap, i’ve been staring at your thread title for a week and I just looked up what Crootin meant on urban dictionary. lol. I whiffed on that one!
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I believe the are are many legal way to provide financial assistance other than using a scholarship.
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@approxinfinity said in Crootin Thread III, Wherein Some Players Probably Commit to KU:
@BShark Holy crap, i’ve been staring at your thread title for a week and I just looked up what Crootin meant on urban dictionary. lol. I whiffed on that one!
Laughing pretty good.
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KU has reached out to MSU decommit Garrison Brooks. Common thought is he will end up at UNC.
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It’s been pretty cool just having guys like Bill Self coming out to my school to meet with me,” Allen said. “All of the coaches are letting me know how much they need me next season and of course that feels good. I’m planning to take a visit to Kansas; I’m not sure when, but that’s the only visit I have planned for now. It’s just part of the game. I was committed, but now I have to figure it out again. I’m not complaining.”
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Another award for juiston
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@BShark - - -I read on the Iowa State board , they were saying he is going to be there this weekend for a visit. - - Where as on your post , he was saying we were the only visit he had planned for now. - -So I’m guessing he must of made that statement before he set his visit with Iowa state right? - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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That was about Thomas Allen, not Juiston.
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Read where we are Visiting Tilmon today & also visiting Quigley? Oh can’t remember his name - -the point guard , also visiting him today. - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@BShark - Ahh, Ok so it was Allen only visit was for here right now? - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Correct KU is seeing Tilmon and Quickley today. I’d be surprised if KU landed another PG from Maryland tbqh…
http://247sports.com/Player/Immanuel-Quickley-85421
There were some reclass rumours with him, so maybe that’s why the staff is checking in today…
@jayballer54 said in Crootin Thread III, Wherein Some Players Probably Commit to KU:
@BShark - Ahh, Ok so it was Allen only visit was for here right now? - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
Yes. Very much reads like he is waiting for a commit-able KU offer.
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@BShark Ok. - - - -So then IF & I’m just asking , but if Josh leaves & SVI stays in the draft or opts to go back home and try NBA later , How many Schol’s would we have? - -One , or Two?
Hoping Two because my thinking is - - if we would still only have One I’d prefer we use it on like Juiston or Tilmon I personally feel between the Two positions we need More help on the inside. What’s your feelings about this?
Hopefully we would have Two - - that way we could possibly land both Big & Small – ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@BShark Another Pg from Maryland? - -who is the one from Maryland? - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Two. Staff wants a post player and a ball handling guard.
@jayballer54 said in Crootin Thread III, Wherein Some Players Probably Commit to KU:
@BShark Another Pg from Maryland? - -who is the one from Maryland? - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
Quickley is from MD. The last guard KU signed from MD…you guessed it…Josh Selby.
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@BShark Well that’s good we would have two thanks for that. Boy I honestly even remember about Selby being from Maryland - - Actually I really tried to forget about Selby lol.
So what do you REALLY think about possibly landing Tilman Actually I think we have a better chance at Juiston don’t you? - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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I think it’s pretty likely that Tilmon will end up at Missouri. Hard to pass on starting…
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Heard coach is visiting Zion tues!
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Thomas Allen Retweeted JayhawkSlantVerified account @JayhawkSlant 5h5 hours ago
#kubball assistant coach Norm Roberts is headed to Raleigh, N.C., to meet with the parents of four-star guard Thomas Allen. 3 replies 27 retweets 127 likes
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Read off an article today Shakur is headed to DePaul for a visit this week. Did NOT commit to Iowa State over the weekend. Iowa State fans disappointed. Then some well of Course he is going to takes his visits, and of course making their comments why come to Kansas and waste away on the bench when he could go there and play valuable minutes.
Other schools being mentioned Oklahoma , Illinois , U Conn , Seton Hall and others. Was mentioned Shakur is very aware of the Lawsons commiting to KU, and said I believe the Hutch Coach saying that this a concern for Shakur, because of his 2 yrs remaining. - - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Matt Says Tilmon will visit KU unless something happens. With Tilmon that could be anything.
Juiston might be here this weekend for a visit…
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Being reported now that Juiston won’t visit KU. Tilmon visit should def happen. Gotta think Juiston ends up at ISU now.
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yeah the Lawson brothers have eliminated his impact and minutes
Which sucks, I don’t want him at ISU
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@BShark Dam. - -But guess I shouldn’t be surprised with the brothers coming next year. - Still things as far as a Big goes for this year not looking good .Actually kind of a quiet year - -Got to believe Tilmon ends up at Missouri, wish we could of landed a Big. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Don’t underestimate KU with Tilmon. We have a long-standing relationship with him. Getting him in for a visit is the key here. Missouri definitely has more to offer (playing time) but if he thinks Martin is going to develop him he’s straight bat crazy and deserves that situation if he chooses it
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KU will get another big. Can’t say who it will be at this point, but Self will add a post player.
@BeddieKU23 said in Crootin Thread III, Wherein Some Players Probably Commit to KU:
yeah the Lawson brothers have eliminated his impact and minutes
Which sucks, I don’t want him at ISU
While he will help ISU, I still don’t know if they are a tournament team next year. Given the choice I think you take the Lawsons every time.
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If a player thinks he cannot compete with the Lawson Brothers then he has no chance of making it to the NBA and might as well go to place where he will get good education. I like Duval’s “I can play anywhere and with anyone” attitude.
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Exactly. If we hadn’t gone after the Lawson brothers I’m sure Shakur would be visiting this weekend and our chances would be greater. But he see’s a crowded future ahead of him and is going to end up where he can produce now with just the 2 years. Seems like Iowa St has this one in the bag now.
We still need to get ourselves a big that can provide depth and push for minutes. Tilmon has to be option #1 now. Fight for minutes behind Doke now and possibly take his spot playing alongside Dedric in 2018-19.
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“Kansas Assistant Coach Norm Roberts will watch 2017 big man Garrison Brooks on Monday. Brooks, who was released from his LOI to mississippi State, is also being recruited by North Carolina and Iowa State among others.”
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What do we know about this guy?
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If juiston goes to isu he’ll make them a tournament team. Wigginton is really good, too. If Preston gave half the effort juiston does, I’d be pleased. Not seeing that during the games or tapes I’ve seen. I was really hoping to get him, hard working great kid! Seems like a Bill Self kind of player.
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He’s 6’10 and a pretty decent athlete. Gets a lot of his points off dunks/put-backs. Has some rim protection ability with his long arms/athleticism. Has some range on his shot, can make an open 17 footer or 3 with time (takes a while to shoot and come down).
Reminds me a lot of Landen Lucas really although not as bulky as Landen was.
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@BeddieKU23 I have to agree, I really think we need to still find a big for THIS class ew have took a lot of misses on players this year. I know we will be fine but man we have missed on a lot of players this year. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Can’t shoot, perfect Bill Self 4 man.
Jokes aside, if Preston had Juiston’s motor he’d probably not be at KU…@BeddieKU23 said in Crootin Thread III, Wherein Some Players Probably Commit to KU:
He’s 6’10 and a pretty decent athlete. Gets a lot of his points off dunks/put-backs. Has some rim protection ability with his long arms/athleticism. Has some range on his shot, can make an open 17 footer or 3 with time (takes a while to shoot and come down).
Reminds me a lot of Landen Lucas really although not as bulky as Landen was.
Yeah, at this point he’d be a take. I’d say #1 Tilmon, #2 Juiston, #3 Brooks in terms of priority. That’s just my opinion on it.
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Juiston has been really good so far but you have to consider that the competition up to now has been just one level above HS and we really don’t know how well he will do against Division I players. He is the prototype tweener and I see him having a role similar to that of Jamari, a good Division I backup player but not necessarily a game changer or even a starter.
I really like the kid’s motor and attitude which again, reminds me of Jamari, but his potential at this time is largely unknown. If KU can get him and he can perform as well as Jamari did, I would be happy.
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This is a very valid point. Evaluating JUCOs is pretty much a crapshoot.
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@BShark Well if he cancelled his visit - -pretty well tells us we are no longer a factor, so which in turn also tells us doesn’t mater if his competition is just a level higher then high time to move on and work on THE NEXT one. – ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Hmmm, just curious I read where the Coach - -no not Self but assistant was going to watching Garrison Brooks tonight. - - 2017 big man who was granted his release LOI from Mississippi State, just curious if we could get him to visit - -wonder if good ol Malik could put a bug in his ear.
I mean who would be better to visit with him also coming from Mississippi state and now here? - -Could talk to him about the KU system ya know? - -Question is would we want to offer? - - Was thought North Carolina was on him heavy but now people talking maybe not so much. So what you think? - -Is he worth the time or not? - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@JayHawkFanToo yeah MVP of the juco national tourney a lil step up from hs. Jimmy butler says hi.
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I would guess KU will offer Brooks if Tilmon picks MIZ.
Oh and MS reporting that KU is pretty much OUT of the Juiston recruitment.
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@BShark selfs choice?
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Too crowded for Juiston. He wants minutes.
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@BShark so Juistons decision?
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I said the “competition” is one step above HS level an I stand by that comment. Sure, there are some very good players in JuCo but most of the better players (with exemptions, of course), if they are any good they are playing in one of the NCAA higher Division and not necessarily JuCo. Just because there is a few quality players in JuCo does not mean the overall competition level is high.
Again, you can pick an exception to any group, but just because Jimmy Butler, arguably the most successful JuCo player ever and one who played only one year at JuCo, made it to Marquette and the NBA does not mean the level of JuCo play is high or that every decent JuCo player will make it at the next level.
Again, I did not say that he is not a good player, simply an unproven one, and a player I would not mind playing for KU.
BTW, Marquel Combs says Hi.
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I’d say probably some of both. Self took the Lawsons after all.
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Probably not as much of a recruiting embargo as it sometimes seems.
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@Dylans – -Doesn’t that kind of surprise you Ol Roy is not on there? - - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Some more intel on Garrison Brooks.
Iowa St and SMU are involved more then KU is at this point. Who knows how much Monday’s visit changed things.
Here is why Brooks got out of his LOI.
***His Dad signed his LOI and apparently isn’t his legal guardian. His Dad is on the Mississippi staff but it sounds like the kid didn’t really want to go there. His mother didn’t sign the LOI.
Crazy parents!!
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@dylans I mean I see the top two Nike schools with 44 top 100 kids and the top two Adidas schools with 29. I would be curious to see Nike vs Adidas going 3 deep. And the average ranking of the recruits landed by each school. That tells the real story. If you grab a kid ranked 99th, should that really count. And, many times KU has grabbed a guy, Mitch for example, and he starts outside of the top 100 but then has a jump in the rankings just after KU gets involved. What a coincidence… I’m sure it is the same for U.K and Duke, but Mitch didn’t have his ratings jump when just Arizona was in the mix. When KU took notice he flew up recruiting boards.
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Yeah, Mitch counts, but Mason and Graham don’t? Kinda funny. Of course if you use 247, Mason and Graham were both top 100 at the time of commitment.
Guessing transfers don’t count either, but KU just recently has got Newman, Cunliffe and the Lawsons. Four more top 100 type talents.
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@Kcmatt7 You see two Nike schools. I see two schools that it doesn’t matter if they are affiliated with Converse. Kentucky and Duke will get recruits as long as they have the two top recruiting coaches. Calipari pulled monster classes to Memphis, of course he’s going to be able to recruit even better to UK.Coach K while loathed by some (me) is better respected than he deserves and he has quiet the credentials.
North Carolina schools UCLA, and Kentucky are the easiest schools to recruit to due to geography. Kansas has very little going for it in terms of geography. Proximity to Chicago is all. 1/2 the country away from either coast. Bill is an awesome recruiter.
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We complain about how we somehow don’t get top recruits – an imaginary embargo. The numbers don’t lie, though. We have the 4th most top 100 guys? That’s free trade.
Is it surprising that a few teams might have more than us?
That said, the think what skews UK a bit is the number of one and dones – meaning they rotate in multiple top 100s more often than we do. They might have 3-4 top 100s leave, and then replace them again (just more turnover, really).
Poor choices, poor circumstances (you name the reason) have been the only issue – and it’s all related to big men. Forget blame, Cliff, Diallo, Bragg. Pretty much all wastes of time and effort. Three top 100 guys that contributed very little in the end vs. what was reasonably anticipated.
Recruiting is not our problem. It really isn’t. We are in the game. The big guys we’ve landed – early/late – haven’t worked out. It might be the OAD thing. The focus on the crème (like Cliff and Diallo).
I still believe, and have always believed, the anti-OAD formula is the best approach. Josh Jackson was an unequivocal success on the court.
However, off the court, he created major distractions. This distraction element is not unique to OADs. But in our case, it was an OAD. However, it was not the normal OAD drama I had regularly referred to. JJ was the anti-OAD drama guy.
I can assure everyone, and every KU fan everywhere, that Kansas – with Bill Self as coach – can win a national title without one OAD. Without the pursuit of one year guys.
If you think that Bill Self is a better coach that Roy Williams, as many KU fans do, well, Roy just did it and has done it without OADs.
