Whiff City
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BeddieKU23 said:
jayballer54 said:
Well , not seeing any kind of CB movement or predictions at all after the weekends of visits to Kentucky & Maryland. Sure would think if things went really well like some on their boards are talking we would be seeing something towards them - -something - -anything. - I see nothing to make me think things have shifted in their favor - not even their own people have shown anything. - -things that make you go - -hmmmmmmm. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
I think with both camps they are not letting out information regarding their choices. Both families are being air-tight about their plans (unlike Big Dave where his intel got out) . I think when both pick concrete dates then we can really monitor it. I do agree it is positive that neither has seen anything change since the visits. Hopefully it continues.
Ya , I just have to feel surely if it went as well as some of their posters are trying to come across, one would think you would see SOME KIND of movement I mean it’s been almost a full week since the visits and yet see very little on the recruitment. - -I’m hearing quite a bit that Devon will announce probably next week. - -I’m still riding my boy till the end. - -The fat lady hasn’t even warmed up yet lmao think she is going to sit this one out lol. - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Maryland fan who supposedly has a buddy close to Devon says he’s now a Maryland Lean. Didn’t see that one coming did we
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“Update: I talked to my buddy this morning. This will likely be my last update till Dotson’s commitment. The Dotson family has tightened their circle, with very little information coming out. My buddy believes that they have either reached a decision or have heard about a leaking of information from their circle. For the first time in our communications, he told me he now believes Dotson is a MD lean, however that could very well change. He said that if Dotson had committed this week, he would’ve put money on KU. This recruitment is going down to the wire. I doubt I’ll get any more information until the commitment.”
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Not that we were really worried here but
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BShark said:
Not that we were really worried here but
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was that recent?
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@BeddieKU23 Two days ago on his birthday.
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KU has offered Trendon Watford. He might visit soon.
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BeddieKU23 said:
BShark said:
Not that we were really worried here but
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was that recent?
who is the pic of below? - - Is that Grimes? - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@jayballer54 Chandler Lawson, who we fully expect to be a Hawk.
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Ok , so I have a question. - -let’s play out a worst case Scenario at the 2 spot. - -Lets say we Don’t land Quentin - - OR Romeo , so then what about this guy?
Jules Bernhard # 43 in the Nation, believe I read some where about a week or so ago that he was surposedly going to make a visit to KU - -I think that’s right. I know right now 247 has him 100 % UCLA but what’s up with this kid? - - What do we know about him? - -Is this someone we would want? - -6’6 SG - fill me in any good? - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@jayballer54 Not leaving the west coast unfortunately.
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https://twitter.com/TexasBBallNews/status/915996510264885248
Stud alert. KU has a solid in here too, his older brother was at SMU when Snacks was there.
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Well guys , today is the big day for KU ( jk jk ) as you know. Remember today is the day when we get the official commitment announcement from Zion Williamson saying he has committed to KU (lol ) REMEMBER? - - - if you remember right the 100% rock solid rumor mill has it that Zion secretly verbally committed to KU & Coach Self last weekend at late night and was going to announce his decision today. Now as you know this is from the powerful rumor mill lol , so it HAS TO BE right? - no way would they make this up and run with it.
So I’m so excited about landing Zion probably party all day lol. - - -Uh Oh - -wait seems to be a little conflict of interest - -seems Kentucky rumor mill has it that Zion will visit there ( at least their hoping ) nothing official for their Big Blue Madness and THAT’S when he is going to announce he has committed to Kentucky - - Now I’m confused lol. - That can’t be can it? - Two rumor mills and each telling different versions lol - -Oh the old rumor mill - so trustworthy - -right along there with Scuttlebutt. - - - -I’m telling you I’m stoked - jk jk crazy stuff my friends BUT remember it’s a done deal - -Zion to KU - -rumor mill says soo lmao. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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the rumor mill fell into the rum bottle a little too deep.
anyways today should be a funny/interesting/maddening day when the NCAA releases its penalties to UNC and suspends all operations at Cleveland St instead for the next 20 years.
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BShark said:
https://twitter.com/TexasBBallNews/status/915996510264885248
Stud alert. KU has a solid in here too, his older brother was at SMU when Snacks was there.
Smart to be getting ahead of these types
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BeddieKU23 said:
BShark said:
https://twitter.com/TexasBBallNews/status/915996510264885248
Stud alert. KU has a solid in here too, his older brother was at SMU when Snacks was there.
Smart to be getting ahead of these types
He’s already 6’5’’. Maybe he could be our Anthony Davis.
His other decent offers already are LSU, TAMU and Okie Lite.
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BeddieKU23 said:
the rumor mill fell into the rum bottle a little too deep.
anyways today should be a funny/interesting/maddening day when the NCAA releases its penalties to UNC and suspends all operations at Cleveland St instead for the next 20 years.
The rum bottle thing is pretty good lmao. - - -I like that. As far as N. Carolina thing - - I read where the NCAA is not putting out their findings today - -So you and I won’t know sounds like. - Well not today anyways - -wanting to keep it sssshhhhhhhhhhh.
N Carolina should be in a world of Tarheel Doggie doo - -BUT being it’s N Carolina and how they are with the NCAA – God Forbid we punish the Good Ol Boys. I mean damn 5 level infractions. - -Lack of institutional control - - fake classes to help out struggling student athletes so they can remain eligible? - -Come on.
UNC Wilmington -is in a world of crap - -Death penality for sure. (jk JK ) - -just my feeble attempt at humor early
On a serious note though , what do we think they will be handed? - -Me - -I’m thinking nothing severe at all.- - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Don’t know if this was mentioned yet but KU is officially OUT for Jermaine Harris due to the front court being, well, pretty full.
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Harris would have been a bit of a project as a four year player. Good body and athleticism, but very raw skill wise. His hands aren’t great and he doesn’t really shoot it or handle it well. It’s a loss in that we won’t have him around for four years, but he probably was two years away from making an impact at KU regardless.
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@justanotherfan Looks like West Virginia is passing on him, though admittedly I don’t know the full situation there.
Could just be he sees the roster situation there and will pick a smaller school in hopes for earlier pt.
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Looks like this N Carolina thing is ummm ya. -A poster commenting off a locked thread said: - - heard the reason they not disclosing infractions /penalities today , the reason it was pushed back per UNC request, don’t want this to be on the same date of a 4 Billon Capital Campaign announcement. - -hmmmm wonder why lmao. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Ian Steere to NC State as expected.
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BShark said:
@justanotherfan Looks like West Virginia is passing on him, though admittedly I don’t know the full situation there.
Could just be he sees the roster situation there and will pick a smaller school in hopes for earlier pt.
I think because their top incoming PF was ineligble this year and will join them in 2018. Harris always said he was looking for a place to play right away. I don’t think Harris was even in the same stratosphere of talent as De Sousa or McCormack so its a great thing we didn’t have to go back and grease the wheel with him.
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Fits Keats style to a T. Steere is going to be good for them in time.
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Well that’s no surprise with UNC. They have played this one off for years what’s another few days, weeks, months, years at this point… They even let them get another championship while they were waiting.
I don’t expect anything significant to happen which is sad because what happened was definitely significant. I guess we’ll wait a bit longer to see what the big bad wolf has to say. It certainly has bark but no bite
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BeddieKU23 said:
BShark said:
@justanotherfan Looks like West Virginia is passing on him, though admittedly I don’t know the full situation there.
Could just be he sees the roster situation there and will pick a smaller school in hopes for earlier pt.
I think because their top incoming PF was ineligble this year and will join them in 2018. Harris always said he was looking for a place to play right away. I don’t think Harris was even in the same stratosphere of talent as De Sousa or McCormack so its a great thing we didn’t have to go back and grease the wheel with him.
Agree. Would have preferred Steere over him tbh. However earlier when I was talking about them as potential options, I had no idea LB would gift De Sousa to Self.
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I would have taken Steere as well. Would have helped possibly with Dotson as well. We could certainly use another big that could bide his time and develop here. I thought he had + athleticism and some decent understanding of his job in the post.
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Isn’t this article misleading? At the US Junior mini camp the squid will actually have a captive audience to recruit filled with top players, several UK prospects/targets, and muck like coach rate face, an unfair advantage.
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An unfair Nike UK advantage. Also in that article is a video of him discussing Bol Bol.
Now isn’t it universal that coaches can’t talk about recruits until they are signed? Why is he allowed to speak openly about a player he doesn’t have the right to talk about at this point in time… I’ll never understand the rules
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Kind of a brilliant move for him to take the reins of that team, honestly. I don’t think it’ll make much difference with the guys we’re after. UK is getting some buzz with Grimes, but I don’t think it’s real at all. Zion may end up there, but that depends on who stays and who goes from UK at the end of the season too. He won’t go to UK with Vanderbilt and Washington still there IMO.
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Jermaine Harris to URI.
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Vanderbilt injured his foot and he will be out for at least 3 months and his chances of being OAD likely diminished. Kyrie Irving was injured most of his only season at Duke and did not hurt him at all and was the first pick of the draft, he was a much better prospect than Vanderbilt though.
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BeddieKU23 said:
An unfair Nike UK advantage. Also in that article is a video of him discussing Bol Bol.
Now isn’t it universal that coaches can’t talk about recruits until they are signed? Why is he allowed to speak openly about a player he doesn’t have the right to talk about at this point in time… I’ll never understand the rules
As a troll of the UK board - one of the threads was Bol’s mother wants answers. - -I guess they wanting to know why Bol Bol was cut from a team that Cal was Coaching this past summer, - -Guess it hurt his feelings.
Bol is suppose to be going to UK for a visit - -mom wants answers - said she was a little upset Bol got cut too. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Well FWIW I reckon - -read off the Phog that Eric Bossi predicted today that we get Grimes & Langford. - -He is from the Rivals isn’t he? - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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They also predicted wrong for Keldon Johnson, so tifwiw.
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Well here ya go. This ought to give you some chuckle on a Friday kind of slow with our targets so - -something to tickle ya maybe.
As I was trolling UK board a UK poster said in regards to the UK/KU recruiting of Zion this HAS to be " THE STATEMENT " of the century. - He said: Self at KU is a good Coach - -KU is a good basketball team - -BUT - -there is the infamous BUT - - Zion is in the elite group of kids that would rather play a style of play that allows for you - - -WAIT - - -WAIT - --WAIT FOR IT - - -WAIT - - OK - -WAIT - -zion would rather play a style of ball that allows you to - here we go - - GET UP AND DOWN THE FLOOR. - - – OMFG - - really ? - -seriously? - -somebody PLEASE help me , lol - -place clear this up for me - -Am I that dis-connected? I guess I’ve been hitting the pipe to long - -I could of swore KU like to umm GET UP AND DOWN THE FLOOR - -I could of swore we like to get out and run when we can. - -HELP explain this statement. - -My damn ribs hurt - -statement of the century lmao.
Then another poster way more logical - makes sense to me. - doesn’t necessarily mea Zion landing here but he brings out very good points about UK landing Zion. - He said: – -Zion is going into the spring on his recruitment. Poster said he didn’t love UK position anymore. - -His reason as to why? - Was UK’S recent push for O’Neal and Bol despite getting 1-2 big wings plus 1-2 bigs back next year, should tell you something. - -Makes sense to me - valid point. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Whaaaaa? - -No Zion comit to KU yet today? - - -that can’t be right. - he secretly committed last Saturday - -rumor mill SAID so - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@jayballer54 why would Zion commit today?
This is Rivals prediction.
Schools involved: Clemson, Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, UCLA
The latest: After postponing his Kentucky visit, Williamson took his first official to Kansas last weekend. He’s been to Clemson and South Carolina unofficially this fall and still has set visits for Duke and UCLA.
Predictions: Eric Bossi- Kentucky; Corey Evans- Kentucky; Dan McDonald- Duke; Krysten Peek- Kentucky
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3genhawk said:
@jayballer54 why would Zion commit today?
This is Rivals prediction.
Schools involved: Clemson, Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, UCLA
The latest: After postponing his Kentucky visit, Williamson took his first official to Kansas last weekend. He’s been to Clemson and South Carolina unofficially this fall and still has set visits for Duke and UCLA.
Predictions: Eric Bossi- Kentucky; Corey Evans- Kentucky; Dan McDonald- Duke; Krysten Peek- Kentucky
No wasn’t being serious at all here. - -I/we fully knew that he wasn’t committing today. I was poking fun of a rumorthat had came out saying that Zion had secretly verbally Committed to Coach Self last Saturday when he was on his official visit to KU, and that he was going to announce his commit today that’s all just messin that’s all.
He has not re-scheduled any visit with Kentucky at this point, In reality I don’t feel we end up with Zion- -but again was just killing time as these rumor mills get wild lol. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Feel we will have our answer on Devon this coming week one way or another - -good or bad. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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I’m betting on Maryland being the pick.
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BShark said:
I’m betting on Maryland being the pick.
Ya? - -and you know me -I’m riding my horse till the end of the race - -from day one. The fat lady is not even close to being in the building yet. - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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BShark said:
I’m betting on Maryland being the pick.
I am not. Sticking with KU until I hear differently.
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BShark said:
I’m betting on Maryland being the pick.
I think he is smarter than that.
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BShark said:
I’m betting on Maryland being the pick.
I hate to agree but it just seems that’s the way this will end up. Maybe its just the pessimist in me with regards to recruiting. They have certainly thrown everyone off guard with how this recruitment has gone since the summer.
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@BeddieKU23 I mean, someone in his camp has to be anti-KU right? This recruitment was too weird for that not to be the case.
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I will add whatever Ayala decides to do this week has some possibly important implications. Ayala visited Maryland the same weekend as Dotson and Keldon Johnson and reportedly will decide this week as well. Ayala has been viewed as a strong Maryland lean but obviously they want the bigger fish in Dotson so he’s been viewed as more of the backup plan. Ayala went and visited Oregon over the weekend. Whoever his pick is would likely tell us where Dotson is going.
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Ayala announcing for MD before Dotson announces would be kind of hilarious.
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BShark said:
@BeddieKU23 I mean, someone in his camp has to be anti-KU right? This recruitment was too weird for that not to be the case.
Probably his mother. Of course I’m assuming but what mother wants her child so far from home in an unfamiliar area. I doubt it was the father seems how he has been pretty high on KU with each visit. I could be wrong though.
There’s a lot of ways to look at this.
He visited Maryland out of respect to the coaches and his friend Aaron Wiggins. Take advantage of the visits, see what they had to offer with fit etc. It’s closer to home and his friend is obviously holding some sway here.
How could he look at their depth chart and be excited about competing for PG minutes with Cowan. Keldon Johnson looks like he’s a Terp as well which puts even more doubt in where his minutes are. Huerter will be Jr as well who handles some PG responsibilities. They also have Morsell who will play this year and most likely split some time at both guard positions.
At this point each school has competition. If he doesn’t feel Vick is leaving and Grimes is a lock for KU then we really can’t convince him otherwise that he’d beat out Charlie Moore. As a blueblood school this is on Self to close the deal.
The one thing that keeps me confident at all is KU is locked in on Dotson and Grimes only. There is no one else. That is unlike most years where Self likes someone more then others but keeps recruiting that position with other targets. We are not seeing that this year. We’ve mentioned Ayo and Carey as examples of that & others.
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Just as Maryland was asked to provide a realistic depth chart I’m sure KU was asked to do the same.
Known returners - Moore, Garrett
High probability of entering the draft- Newman
Probably will test the draft process- Vick
Leaving due to graduation- Graham
Best Case Scenario KU returns 4 of its 5 rotation guards.
Worst Case Scenario KU returns 2 of its 5 rotation guards.
Middle of the Road Scenario KU returns 3 of its 5 rotation guards.
I’m sure this is a big debate among the Dotson’s…
