Langford
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Agbaji has come on so strong over the last 18 months, I don’t know that he needs to redshirt. His development curve has ramped up so quickly that I am not sure where to put him right now. A year ago, I wouldn’t have even picked him to be an All Metro level player (not first team, anyway). He ended up being POY. Agbaji has absolutely exploded in the last year. He was probably only a three star player before. He’s a good four star now, and trending upward.
I don’t know if he will be a four year guy, or if his improvement will continue at this rate, but Agbaji could help next season’s team, particularly if Langford doesn’t join because Agbaji can shoot a bit.
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Picked up another CB pick for Langford from a Duke insider.
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His progression reminds me of Vick’s. Garrett saw a big jump in his Sr year as well so that’s another good comp. I’d rather see him compete and not shirt if he has a clear path to contributing.
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@BShark The flood gates are going to open up I think.
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@Kcmatt7 I’m fairly confident he is headed to Lawrence.
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@justanotherfan At this point. I don’t think Bill goes that route. Either you are good enough to compete or you will get recruited over and pushed out. Dog eat dog.
It isn’t a graceful way of constructing a roster, but it has times where it is effective.
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Well we just picked up another CB for Romeo - -by Jeff Ermann from the Maryland insider - - - gaining ground we are now like Vanderbilt 40% - -Indiana 35% and then us 25 % -in the past few days we have went from 11% - -to 16% - -to 21% and now like 25% - I’m wondering if something hasn’t leaked
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Langford’s said the decision would come after these All-Star games. The last one is the 13th. He wants to announce at his HS gym, so it would be Monday at the earliest. But I would bet that it will take a day or two to put everything together with ESPN and the HS. So I would bet 4/18 at the earliest. He won’t take or have any more visits either which I think bodes well.
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kcb2009
@kyle_byard 14m 14 minutes ago
More Replying to @BSpeaks_24 @FloHoops and 2 others He canceled his visit to IU right after Newman and Vick declared. That’s no coincidence
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@Statmachine - -ya I was curious - last I knew he was still going to visit IU for a final time. - -The thing is and it’s just a thing I can’t even remember who but the way they put it out was - -If Romeo on his commitment announcement had it like somewhere in a public setting where a lot of people could come then things for KU/Vandy might be better - -BUT with him saying it was probably going to be in his High School gym - just gives me a feel it’s NOT KU - -more like Indiana being the one with him announcing in the hometown gym -staying home - - hope not.- – ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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Statmachine said:
kcb2009
@kyle_byard 14m 14 minutes ago
More Replying to @BSpeaks_24 @FloHoops and 2 others He canceled his visit to IU right after Newman and Vick declared. That’s no coincidence
IU isn’t the competition. There are people saying Vanderbilt is the choice. We will see.
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I do believe he will pick KU.
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Was told today to expect an announcement the first week of May and it’ll be KU. Not 100% sure of its reliability since the family has said late April, but we’ll see!
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jayballer73 said:
Well we just picked up another CB for Romeo - -by Jeff Ermann from the Maryland insider - - - gaining ground we are now like Vanderbilt 40% - -Indiana 35% and then us 25 % -in the past few days we have went from 11% - -to 16% - -to 21% and now like 25% - I’m wondering if something hasn’t leaked
Haha…oh it’s leaking big time. The word is out. The “bird is the word” for Langford.
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Read off a Romeo Interview he stated: - - That he was sticking to his three schools , Romeo said he was glad that Louisville had hired a new Coach but it was a little to late for him now.
Romeo’s dad said that 10 schools had contacted them in the last month to see if they would be allowed to recruit Romeo on this late date , Tim Langford Romeo’s dad said Romeo is so laid back and his dad was trying to maintain and he was so excited to see Romeo at the next level - couldn’t wait to make his decision. - Romeo still says it will be after the all star game in Oregon - -which is on the 13th of the month - -Signing period runs from April 11th through May 16th.
As I troll through the boards which by one on here thinks that’s just the ultimate no no as he said real KU fans don’t do that took me to the shed over it - BUT I’m the rebel - so umm ya I’ll continue to do so lmao - -as I get some pretty good tidbits - -anyways on the Hoosier.com - seems more and more of their fans are now starting to think yes- -Romeo will end up at KU - -hope it all ends well.
Oh just one little non related Romeo note. – Read also from a Gary Bedore story that Penny wants to hire Larry to be an assistant at Memphis, would be very interesting - -hope all turns out well for Larry – - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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@jayballer73 Larry coached Penny in the NBA, so there is a natural bond between them. Brown could be the gravitas that the Memphis coaching staff needs. You could have him as a non-recruiting coach, so he won’t land you on probation.
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Penny is an unproven at the college level having coached only at middle school level and his hiring was based solely on his legacy status. I understand there is talk about hiring Larry Brown to bring gravitas to the program but I will guess most ADs would balk at that given Brown’s history and more importantly, Brown who has medical issues and will be 78 years old, might not be up to the daily grind and probably enjoys more visiting the various programs whose coaches are friends.
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@JayHawkFanToo I’m sure if he was named as part of the coaching staff, he would probably get a title of “director of bb operations” or something, and be able to do as much as he could hold up to. Or, he might be there to simply help construct their offense/defense strategies. Maybe he isn’t a coach game to game per se, as much as an architect laying out the blue prints for Penny to get him going the right way.
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@JayHawkFanToo penny, I believe was the coach at Memphis east, winning 3 state championships.
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KUSTEVE said:
@JayHawkFanToo I’m sure if he was named as part of the coaching staff, he would probably get a title of “director of bb operations” or something, and be able to do as much as he could hold up to. Or, he might be there to simply help construct their offense/defense strategies. Maybe he isn’t a coach game to game per se, as much as an architect laying out the blue prints for Penny to get him going the right way.
The last report I seen was that Larry Brown turned the opportunity down
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I watched a really good movie on Netflix titled, Amateur. A really good movie about a kid in 8th grade that gets caught up in the crazy world of young bball. In the end he takes control. It’s a really good movie and must see.
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Doesn’t really mean crap but it’s fun time with Romeo watch so mentioning that he retweeted this: https://twitter.com/bturner23/status/982846750850461696
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If he gets any type of official position with Memphis, he would not be able to visit with Coach Self, Calipari or Yankovich which I believe he enjoys and he would also bring a great deal of scrutiny and attention from the NCAA which the program would not like. I think the talk is just wishful thinking.
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has anyone seen alternate channel for the game Romeo is in? - -looks like this dam softball game is going to run way over
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@jayballer73 Try ESPN news
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I get why KU and Duke quit recruiting him but man, Emmitt Williams is a dawgggggggg.
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Ya, well the commentators make a person wonder. - They say it’s just going to come down where it’s going to be the best fit for Romeo. They talk about it’s been Indiana Crazy on Romeo - like with Damon Bailey 0 0and that Vanderbilt and Indiana had been considered the favorites but how you couldn’t ignore a team with the Coach like Self.
They did say however with Grimes in the fold - -Dotson - - Moore and such if that might play into account wondering if Romeo would be able to come in and play like he wanted to be able to play. - They don’t make it sound encouraging as I’d like - -MAYBE he does end up in Indiana , the way they insinuate with coming out and saying - sounds like they just don’t think it would be a fit for Romeo & KU
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@jayballer73 The commentators don’t know their butt from their face. They said Duke was in the mix for EJ Montgomery when Duke quit recruiting him a few days ago.
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Rock Chalk Jayhawk.
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@BShark didn’t even have room for Kansas on their chart
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Romeo Langford said:
Rock Chalk Jayhawk.
Nice.
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Slater CB’d Langford to Indiana FYI…
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@BeddieKU23 I wonder if there is any misdirection going on.
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@BShark - -misdirection? - -how so?
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@jayballer73 Remember when the Dotson camp had someone leak to Maryland that Maryland is the pick? That kind of misdirection.
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All the CB picks are from las year and pretty dated except 4 that are this month. Of the more recent 4 picks 3 are KU and 1 is Indiana.
I am not sure if the writers are just lazy and do not update their picks or believe their original pick are still correct. It could be a little plausible deniability in case the prospect picks someone else they can claim the selection was old and not updated. I wish CB would require them to re-select or confirm if the prediction is more than 3 months old.
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@JayHawkFanToo When a recruit starts coming to an end I know they try to get people with old ass picks to get on and change them if needed. Doesn’t always happen though.
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@BShark umm kind of slow I’m sorry buddy. So you mean that maybe someone in his camp has leaked that he is going to Indiana? - - I’m sorry kind of slow today lol
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@jayballer73 I don’t know anything about the Indiana side of things.
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@JayHawkFanToo Very True cause there are periods where you will see no movement for months - thing is people tend to think well there isn’t any change looks like this guy - -that guy still solid with whoever , when actually might not be the case. Unless you have one of these guys make a NEW prediction the CB is going to remain the same. - Like you say it’s a matter I feel that sometimes these guys just get a little lazy. - -Although with Slater picking Indiana has me a little concerned - he usually is pretty spot on
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At this point, I don’t think anyone knows anything. There are some educated guesses out there, but the family isn’t talking.
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@FarmerJayhawk You could very well be right. Fingers crossed for KU.
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@BShark Vandy seems to be fading. Part of the appeal was EJ possibly going, and with that off the table, there’s significantly less talent. Could all be a smokescreen and people grasping at straws though.
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Romeo’s explanation for what he likes about Kansas is a huge turnoff. Let me puke for a moment. With Vick and Malik gone, I guess we have a need. But this is the kind of OAD crap I’d rather just say go somewhere else. Just completely more interested in guys that want to play for Kansas. I know, outrageous thoughts.
“(KU coach) Bill Self’s resume speaks for itself,” Langford said, as quoted by Flohoops.com. “His success with big guards … he’s good (with) people like Andrew Wiggins, Kelly Oubre. He got them better, sent them to the league. He knows what it takes to get to the league, so that’s what I like about Kansas."
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I hate it when anyone going to college tries to honestly express how he hopes it will help him in a career.
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Yeah, he’s majoring in basketball for a year. Self and co know the score here. The alternative is less talent. The sweet spot is recruiting NBA level players and having them stay 3 years like Wright and Roy.
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Wright to the 76ers!?! Let’s start wild rumors to destabilize the ‘nova machine bwahahaha.
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mayjay said:
I hate it when anyone going to college tries to honestly express how he hopes it will help him in a career.
Lol yeah I was excepting him to talk about Kansas’ top-ranked African-American studies program and the incredible job market for kids with those degrees. And how basketball was just a tool to help him reach his academic goals.
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@mayjay Of course, the honesty is not the issue. The truth of the matter is the issue. I love it when our team gets used for a season. When the focus of the player is not KU basketball, or what he can accomplish here, but rather inward, on himself. And using KU as an 8 month stepping stone. But hey, who cares, right?
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@HighEliteMajor I would say his ambition to be developed by HCBS into a high caliber pro-worthy guard absolutely explains what he hopes to accomplish at KU.
But, wah wah, he isn’t waving pom poms and genuflecting to KU tradition in his several sentences that you have decided define him as a possible KU player.
