2026 Transfer Portal Chaos/Madness Thread
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@DCHawker said in 2026 Transfer Portal Chaos/Madness Thread:
What does this say about Self and/or KU? He's coming back, but the entire roster with eligibility (and no NBA shot other than possibly Flory) is jumping ship. Most of the UNC roster entered, but that isn't as surprising given the coaching change. Why are other top programs consistently able to get some of their best players to come back???
Nothing because this is the reality of college basketball these days. Most teams will be replacing the majority of their rosters every season now. It sucks, but this is the current era of college basketball.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 majority yes. And honestly a clean house is better than overperforming bench guys sticking around so we dont build around them. However, if other programs are losing 55% of their guys and we are losing 95% thats a significant difference. How many guys are the FF or even E8 teams losing? That should be our comp. When you turn over 95% of your guys on a R32 team it means something entirely different than your turnover rate on a contender.
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Hill is one we cannot let leave campus without a commitment. Very important to lock that one down at a position of need. Took a ginormous leap in his Soph season and this is the type of guard you need. He can also create his own shot which is even more valuable.
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Wow Momcilovic in the portal. This is the one we need! Empty the pockets!
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@BeddieKU23 1000%
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Flory bidunga has committed to Louisville
ROCK CHALK JAYHAWK
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Moms drops bombs. Please this. Wonder if his asking price exceeds Florys
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Probably staying in the draft but will command a big check to land him if he doesn't
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@JAYHAWKFAN214 said in 2026 Transfer Portal Chaos/Madness Thread:
Flory bidunga has committed to Louisville
Will be interesting to see if the amount ever comes out. Heard it was a bidding war between Louisville, Dook and Tech. Rumors are rolling from unreliable sources of 8 million.
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Flory got 5ish
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Reeks of desperation from Kelsey
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I think Illinois and ISU taught us that our strategy should be to go to the portal and Europe and just find guys with the last syllable of vic in their name. I do like the idea of Momvic coming and whole heartedly would endorse his transfer here.
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Sorry if a repeat, but just saw this from Jeff Borzello:
The Iowa State Cyclones had five transfers on campus this weekend; all five committed. Remarkable.
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wow.
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@rockchalkjayhawk said in 2026 Transfer Portal Chaos/Madness Thread:
Sorry if a repeat, but just saw this from Jeff Borzello:
The Iowa State Cyclones had five transfers on campus this weekend; all five committed. Remarkable.
Definitely their approach to the portal. We'd be melting down if KU signed any of those guys other than maybe the guard from Bradley. He is good but very small.
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@rockchalkjayhawk said in 2026 Transfer Portal Chaos/Madness Thread:
The Iowa State Cyclones had five transfers on campus this weekend; all five committed. Remarkable.
Anyone willing (brave enough?) to visit Ames is quite likely to already be 90% interested in ISU anyway.
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@mayjay Did you know that people actually live there? Of their own free will? I couldn't believe it either.
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In all seriousness i stopped in ames when i drove across the country after college. Met some kids at a bar, hung out at their place, played guitar with them, slept on their couch and headed on my way in the morning. Ames is alright in my book.
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@approxinfinity Hey! Same here. Except my stays were in Manhattan and Columbia. 🤭
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@approxinfinity said in 2026 Transfer Portal Chaos/Madness Thread:
In all seriousness i stopped in ames when i drove across the country after college. Met some kids at a bar, hung out at their place, played guitar with them, slept on their couch and headed on my way in the morning. Ames is alright in my book.
Now that @approxinfinity has opened that can of worms ... i'll share my cross country story about Chattanooga, Tennessee.
After my sophomore year at KU (during the Danny era), me and my friends from the East Coast decided to all get summer jobs on the Hilton Head island golf courses and have a fun summer.
I packed up my tiny car, a Triumph Spitfire if that rings a bell to anybody, and headed East. I made it as far as Chattanooga, and my car speedometer and tachometer both hit zero, in the middle of rush hour. Then they instantly went back up to normal. I'm thinking...ok, that's weird. A few miles later, same thing. BAM! both went back to zero, and some smoke started coming out of my hood. This can't be good!
I pulled over as quickly as i could, thankfully near a highway exit, and frantically tossed all my stuff out of the car onto a hillside as my car was engulfed in flames!
This was all pre cell phone days, so i stuck out my thumb and hoped somebody would give me a ride to a pay phone. Soon enough, a young University of Tennessee college kid my age stopped and drove me over to a 7-11 down the hill. I called 911, told em where i was and what was happening, and about 10 seconds later heard and saw sirens above me on the freeway.
Long story short, he was kind enough to see i was screwed in every way possible, so he said f*ck it, come stay with me and my roommates this weekend. We'll hit all the parties we can, get all liquored up and have a good time!
I'll forever be grateful for the kindness shown at the University of Tennessee.
