2018 Recruiting Thread
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just a few tidbits. - -read off SB Nation article written by Jeremy Chisenhall , kind of amusing stating that Kentucky might be losing ground on two of their top recruiting targets for 2018: - - Bol Bol , and Romeo Langford.
Talking about a lot of the experts picking different schools more and more Kentucky being mentioned less. Talk is that after Bol , Bol was cut from the U-19 class and Langfords limited playing time. Of Course Romeo was due to the fact of his back strain.
Mentioned how now Arizona, UCLA , & USC are schools mentioned more for Bol. makes sense since he moved to West Coast. Jerry Meyer the National Analyst changing his pick from UK to USC - -again this is coming from Kentucky SB Nation.
As far as Romeo Evan Daniels is saying UK is fading fast in his recruitment - -saying that Indiana - - - Louisville - - And KU are the big three in the mix for him and to keep an eye on them for him. Yes all of the Big Blue Nation fans is all up in arms with this: Screw them if they aren’t with us then they are their enemy - - -If we don’t get these two we may just have the best recruiting class again instead of the best in the past decade etc, etc, etc. gives me some laughs
So I thought and still think Romeo is Louisville, thought so for awhile, what you think? Also Carey says that Syracuse and U Conn are the two that have been working the hardest for him said Self was at yesterdays game BUT he said mainly U Conn and for sure Syracuse. - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@jayballer54 KU, Louisvile and IU.
Wonder what those schools have in common…
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@Kcmatt7 I’m thinkin you know lol - - I don’t. What is it? - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@jayballer54 They all have 3 stripes on their jerseys.
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Wouldn’t you think that the latest news out of Louisville would hurt their chances with all of the recruits considering them?
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@BShark ? No KU offer? Looks like he made a big jump in the rankings. His timeline says he decommited from Arkansas before he committed to Arkansas? But I assume he’s available.
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KU was one of the first schools to reach out to him after he decommitted.
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Perry said he decommitted to be closer to home, his dad is sick?
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Something along those lines. We will see how truthful that ends up being.
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Grimes dropped 41 last night, he looked great. Self was there and he mentioned he’s excited to get on the hawks campus for a visit
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I do think he ends up at KU. Just so many factors in favour of KU and he is being prioritized. I remember some he is interested in UK rumblings but I mean what kid wouldn’t be plus with UK taking Quickley plus Green and Alexander both likely not being OAD, it’d be hard to see Grimes going there. Whereas Grimes starts at KU from day one.
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@BShark I don’t see Grimes starting at KU. His competition would be Charlie Moore at PG who wasn’t a slouch and will have a year in the system. Lagerald Vick will be a senior starting at the 2 and the featured player for Self in 2018. Marcus Garrett will also be in the mix so Crimes would likely be fighting Garrett for the first guard off the bench role and then take over the 2 spot in 2019 after Vick graduates.
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Vick is a wing. Moore, Grimes, Vick. Really good trio there.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 If Vick comes back for his Senior season.- - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@BShark 2018 will be Moore, Vick, Cunliffe/Garrett in the back court. Vick is a 2, he doesn’t have the mass to play the 3. Grimes would have to beat out Garrett and Cunliffe to start which would give KU a pretty small back court.
If KU lands Grimes, he backs up Moore and then slides into the line up in 2019 after Vick graduates and plays alongside Moore and Garrett.
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@jayballer54 Vick will be back. Vest case scenario this year is he’s the 4th option whereas in 2018, he’d likely be the #1 option.
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From a UK slanted article
When he trims his list of schools in the next two weeks, Kansas, Kentucky, Arizona and Texas will definitely make the cut, Grimes said. The Jayhawks are considered heavy favorites and their head coach sat right under the basket for his game Saturday.
“They’re probably the strongest right now. They call me every day, Bill Self is big on me and my mom went to Kansas,” Grimes said. “But she doesn’t put any pressure on me to go there at all, so it’s really my decision. I wouldn’t count anybody out, really, because every school is different, has a different sell, a different pitch. Every school has a good chance of getting me right now.”
Andrew Slater @ASlater247
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️Quentin Grimes dropped 41 today for Basketball U. Will cut list soon, but KU, Texas, Zona & Baylor have stood outSelf watched two players the other day: Grimes and Zion. Self has been at every game of Grimes so far I believe. That says a lot.
Snacks watched Tyrese Maxey and Hunter Dickinson. Roberts watched Lawson, Jeffries and Carey.
Howard and Townsend watched Keldon Johnson. Very good player, but maybe too late to get involved?
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@HighEliteMajor I’m right with you on the bit about following Self’s recruiting with a passive outlook. Again and again the guy pulls short or long term rabbits out of the recruiting fold. I now tend to focus more on the intricacies of chemistry, temperament and conduct of team dynamics and untested newcomers. If attitude and determination are there, almost any top 150 recruit can grow into a major contributor over time in the current Jayhawk schematic. The mix of high school talent levels which Self and Co. continue to bring to Lawrence is absolutely astounding. And now the coaching staff appears to be leading Division 1 units in luring talented transfers and early grads…
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I’d like to believe we are getting Grimes but I just can’t put much faith in these kids.
From what we know It looks like KU has a great chance with him and we just need to get him on campus
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@REHawk It helps that Self is a great coach.
@BeddieKU23 After Ayton especially I will never count a player before they are signed. Self has done all he can with Grimes. That doesn’t mean it will work out but the staff is definitely all-in here and putting forth the effort.
Oh and of course he says it’s open. Uncommitted recruits will pretty much always say that. Even up until the day they commit. Not saying he is a lock to KU at all, but he said what he pretty much had to say more or less, especially to a UK reporter.
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“They’re probably the strongest right now. They call me every day, Bill Self is big on me and my mom went to Kansas,” Grimes said.
Mr Grimes needs to learn it’s not Bill Self, it’s Coach Self. Learn to show some respect young man.
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@brooksmd “Bill” certainly would have been too informal, “Self” definitely would have been disrespectful (ask Bobby K), but I think using his full name wasn’t disrespectful in the context of a discussion of his relationship with the school.
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I haven’t followed Grimes. I know you guys have talked about him before. Good kid?
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Really good. Big guard at 6’4 who can both run the offense and play off the ball. Not the crazy elite athlete like Wiggins or Jackson, I would say comparable to Wayne Selden.
He seems like a good kid and has a good motor on the court which I think would help him become a starter as a freshman. He’s one of the top 3 guards in the class IMO
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Quickley sets his official to Kansas for 9-1 to 9-3.
He has visits to Miami and then Kentucky where he Will commit to Calipari after.
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How many OVs can KU give? If it’s a low number this is kinda dumb.
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@BeddieKU23 Your right. - -This is just a kid filling out his officals, taking advantage of paid visits across the Nation - -why not. - - -Everyone pretty well knows he is already gift wrapped for UK - -Quickley himself hasn’t really hid it very well, another reason to set his 3rd and probably last official at Kentucky which is on the 15-17th of Sept, isn’t that right around their Big Blue Madness event?
Hell not that we have a Snowball’s chance in hell of landing either of them BUT between the two we would probably stand a better chance of landing Jahvon Quinerly then we would Quickley, and it looks like a lock now that Quinerly is headed to Arizona - - -what the hell is in the water at Arizona - -Miller is NOT that big of a Coach but yet must recruit really well. WHZ UP WITH THAT? - - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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I don’t know how that works but if your the staff and one of the top point guards wants to visit I imagine its a no brainer to let him visit.
We see it as a waste and Self see’s it as an opportunity…
Anything can happen, even as unlikely as it is with what he’s said about Kentucky being his favorite.
I’m sure Quickley won’t be the only kid to visit this fall where its just a free trip
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Fair point and yeah, lots of free trips. Can’t blame kids for that.
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What’s interesting is this package deal crap Quickley and Williamson are all of a sudden talking about this past weekend. Obviously KU would love both of them and likely KU will land neither of them.
If Quickley was visiting KU, Miami and not UK and wasn’t saying UK was the favorite I’m sure we’d be sitting here feeling pretty good about our chances (like we do with Grimes for example).
Hopefully the staff did a good enough job this week with its targets.
I feel they did well catching all of Grimes games and making it known he is priority #1 at guard.
They dropped the ball on Carey after day 1 (at least from what he said and noticed). Roberts was at some of his other games but it looks like Day-2 is where KU kind of missed out when his other potential landing spots were right there.
Dotson was tracked all week and played really well. He outplayed Quinerly on Thursday. Arizona remains a real thorn in the side. He wants to visit them soon and the way he’s talking about them makes it seem KU is going to lose on him. Florida and Maryland are also involved but it seems like KU has lost its edge to Arizona yet again
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@Texas-Hawk-10 I see Vick as a starter, and our leading scorer. I see him playing the 3 with the big frontline behind him.
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Fuggin Arizona. Just coming in swiping kids. Hopefully they get Quinerly…
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Don’t buy this into the negative comments about Coach Miller, he is a very good coach that has been successful every he has coached. His brother is on his way to be even better.
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BShark said:
Fuggin Arizona. Just coming in swiping kids. Hopefully they get Quinerly…
They are now the West Coast version of Kentucky.
It’s clear they have passed KU in the pecking order for getting recruits. Unless UCLA and Oregon keep up with the recruits there really is no competition for them for West Kids etc. KU isn’t landing Cali talent consistently but we keep trying from time to time so its not like KU is threatening them for people in their backyard
From Dotson’s interview it seems Arizona is going to take one of Quinerly and Dotson… They want to run the 2 PG offense and he seems to be interested in that.
While Dotson isn’t getting the national love or attention from KU fans that some get losing on him will sting because KU has recruited him as long as anyone. I think KU hurt themselves with Dotson after taking Charlie Moore IMO. The message was come here and run point from day-1. He could still run point but with Moore… The same message is more or less being put on Grimes. If the staff continues to show Grimes as the #1 target then we might lose Dotson to Zona or Florida/Maryland.
I’ve been thinking this could be a “who will commit first type deal” and whoever holds out could look elsewhere.
So then the question I have is who’s better and more important if the likely situation is KU only signs 1 of Grimes/Dotson?
Dotson is likely a multi year starter and you can run with a Moore/Dotson combo for years.
Grimes could be a OAD or 2 and Done which would put recruiting his position in 2019 (where KU has multiple in’s back on the priority).
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Well that didn’t take long, Reggie Perry is off the board to Miss St. Ben Howland sells a pipedream again. 2 days after saying he wanted to take his time this around with his recruiting he’s off the board again. The mind of these kids is LOL
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@BeddieKU23 If I’m not mistaking isn’t the Perry kid the kid that de-committed from Arkansas? - -Stating he wanted to closer to home to his sick father?
If this is the kid I was thinking of then I’m not surprised it didn’t take him long at all. - -They listed the schools that was in on him Before he committed to Arkansas I think it was Georgia, Mississippi St & another. - -I hadn’t really given him much of any kind of thought of all about considering us. - - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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BeddieKU23 said:
Well that didn’t take long, Reggie Perry is off the board to Miss St. Ben Howland sells a pipedream again. 2 days after saying he wanted to take his time this around with his recruiting he’s off the board again. The mind of these kids is LOL
Yeah…rofl…
Howland was probably recruiting him while committed.
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@BeddieKU23 I Think Dotson WAS sold on KU for sure at one point. Could be like you say after Moore committed had an influence, as seems about that time we started losing ground. As far as Arizona and him I think Jahvon I believe anyone who Arizona REALLY wants, which still leaves Dotson BUT having said that I do believe more likely then not we have lost him - -can’t really say to who my latest feeling is chances are good he ends up in Maryland.
Then like you say it comes down to who is the more talented. - -Me I’ve always liked Dotson from day one, but doesn’t necessarily mean he is better then Grimes. Actually feels Grimes is the better of the two - -Dotson was just my pick, don’t think you can go wrong with either that’s for sure. Sooo my landing spots are - - - -Quinerly to Arizona, - – -Dotson to Maryland - - -And we land grimes. Watch that be just the complete opposite when it happens lol, that’s why I’m not in the recruiting business lol. - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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I’d love to see Grimes and Dotson as Jayhawks but that doesn’t seem super likely.
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jayballer54 said:
@BeddieKU23 If I’m not mistaking isn’t the Perry kid the kid that de-committed from Arkansas? - -Stating he wanted to closer to home to his sick father?
If this is the kid I was thinking of then I’m not surprised it didn’t take him long at all. - -They listed the schools that was in on him Before he committed to Arkansas I think it was Georgia, Mississippi St & another. - -I hadn’t really given him much of any kind of thought of all about considering us. - - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
Yeah, he did mention KU as one of the schools that first contacted him after he went public. Other than that he did say he de-committed for his father but then also said he rushed his decision first time around so if you can believe anything its just that the mind of these kids changes with the breeze of the wind.
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jayballer54 said:
@BeddieKU23 I Think Dotson WAS sold on KU for sure at one point. Could be like you say after Moore committed had an influence, as seems about that time we started losing ground. As far as Arizona and him I think Jahvon I believe anyone who Arizona REALLY wants, which still leaves Dotson BUT having said that I do believe more likely then not we have lost him - -can’t really say to who my latest feeling is chances are good he ends up in Maryland.
Then like you say it comes down to who is the more talented. - -Me I’ve always liked Dotson from day one, but doesn’t necessarily mean he is better then Grimes. Actually feels Grimes is the better of the two - -Dotson was just my pick, don’t think you can go wrong with either that’s for sure. Sooo my landing spots are - - - -Quinerly to Arizona, - – -Dotson to Maryland - - -And we land grimes. Watch that be just the complete opposite when it happens lol, that’s why I’m not in the recruiting business lol. - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
I think Maryland is 4th in Dotson’s recruitment even though his AAU teammate Wiggins and friend Smith is signed to them. They have gotten into this late with Arizona and I think he wants to end up at a bigger school then Maryland. Maryland had some buzz for a few years but that has fallen off with kids going to the draft. Florida is clearly a program back on the rise and using their most recent tournament run as momentum on the recruiting trail.
I think Florida has done just as good building a relationship with him and they are closer to home then KU/Zona would be and looking over their roster they have a clear need for an elite point guard.
I think this is a KU/Zona/Florida battle. If Grimes and Quinerly both decide before Dotson, look for him to be a Gator.
I’m worried that Dotson’s talk of visiting Arizona will end his recruitment as I’m sure Miller was aware that Dotson outplayed Quinerly (who has already visited Arizona and could also visit KU in the fall). If that has any impact on how much they press for Dotson we’ve all seen the pipe-dream Sean Miller is selling lately and that kind of momentum on the recruiting trail can be infectious to kids. I’d hope Dotson takes all his officials and KU presses for either his 1st or last visit.
I’ve been pretty adamant that taking Charlie Moore would have its drawbacks to recruiting the PG position. We looked positioned to land multiple elite guard options before we took Charlie and with how kids look for the school that will offer them immediate playing time with little competition its unlikely that KU is going to convince Grimes and Dotson that playing with Charlie Moore is the best option for them.
If we did somehow land both I’d give major props to Bill Self for effectively convincing them that would work despite what’s changed, it would be how Duke/Kentucky and now how Arizona are recruiting kids without any concern of depth chart. I don’t think KU has been on that level in recent recruiting cycles especially hearing from recruits how they view KU’s depth chart as a deciding factor in their decision and overall the schools KU has been losing recruits to lately. Josh Jackson was one recent outlier but he’s was the #1 player and every coach in America is opening the red sea for that kind of talent.
I think Grimes is the better talent now but its unlikely he will be in College long enough to make the impact Dotson could make on a program. I think Dotson is that Point Guard a team builds around for 3-4 years but has limited upside for the NBA.
For KU its who pairs better with Moore and the wings we’ll likely have back. When Grimes plays like he did this past week he’s every part of the elite player he’s been touted to be and I think that separates himself from Dotson. They are different players and there are advantages to both.
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You know what’s sad?
When you have to go to the Duke page to get any KU recruiting updates!
This cannot be the best 247 can get to do KU recruiting.
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@BeddieKU23 I am having a senior moment: has a presumed OAD point guard won an NCAA title? If not, could this be why HCBS has seemingly eschewed some opportunities in elite PG recruits by taking Moore?
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@BeddieKU23 Matt sucks and is a bit of an asshat. Not a surprise to me he can’t get any good info and clearly doesn’t have a good source deep enough inside the program to hear any chatter.
He can’t even take criticism on 247 without getting all upset. Not worth the money at this point. I’ll probably drop my subscription soon unless they get someone else to partner with Matt.
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mayjay said:
@BeddieKU23 I am having a senior moment: has a presumed OAD point guard won an NCAA title? If not, could this be why HCBS has seemingly eschewed some opportunities in elite PG recruits by taking Moore?
I think it was more that Self just whiffed pretty hard on two PGs in the last class (Sexton and Young*) that the staff put the full court press on to commit. So he didn’t want to potentially get left in the lurch if he had some other tough misses. Self, like the rest of us, knows Newman is likely going pro after this year. So getting Moore on board gives the team a guard in his third season removed from HS, instead of likely having to start multiple FR or multiple players that have more of a wing skillset.
*I’m not even counting Duval.
Overall, I think it was a good move but time will tell.
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It might be time for 247 to move on and look elsewhere…
Why is it that KU can’t have a good hoops insider? Matt Scott and Shay? MEH. I used to defend MS but I really can’t anymore. He had to be goaded into posting info for his paying customers. Compare to Duke, UK, AZ sites etc… where there are regular articles…
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- Tyus Jones - National Champion
- Marquis Teague - National Champion
- Derek Rose - NC Runner up
- Brandon Knight - Final Four
- Mike Conley - NC Runner up
