Doke was just starting to become effective when the year ended. His FT % hurt him and us big.
There aren’t many players in D1 with his size. He really needs to learn how to dominate in D1 before thinking pro ball. And pro ball doesn’t really play Doke’s low post, back to the basket, game. I just don’t see him leaving now.
BShark said:
I don’t see any way McCormack starts. I also don’t expect Silvio to play at all, unfortunately.
Do you think Silvio will be found ineligible, or he just won’t win PT because other guys are ahead of him?
The Silvio situation is unique. The accusations come from the FBI. And there are many schools and coaches caught up in this. And we don’t know if there are a lot more things to come.
One thing… where are all the Nike busts? Nike makes up what, 85% of the American D1 market?
The Adidas dirt was uncovered first. It should then draw the feds into the entire situation, which is mostly a Nike market.
I am guessing that the feds have some level of communication with the NCAA, including some level of status concerning ongoing investigations.
I don’t think it wise to compare this to the Diallo situation. The national spotlight is on this and the overwhelming message is that college basketball is dirty.
I just don’t see the risk right now of the Big 12 vanishing. Yes… we could eventually lose OU. And losing Texas would be the best thing ever for us because of the Longhorn network and the grotesque spending of the Longhorn AD. They represent a testament that just blowing money doesn’t create success. But they also put a question mark by the Big 12 because why isn’t Texas more dominant?
What would help Kansas and the Big 12 is if Kansas could get back to playing football again. Kansas is truly an eyesore… not only for the conference and for our school… but a national embarrassment! The Big 12 should not house one of the worst D1 programs in the nation! Kansas has to get this fixed.
I hope Bill keeps the concept of a two PG offense. We need two guards that can equally handle the rock.
Everything I hear and read says he is coming back. Even though all indications say he is coming back and he did this to learn what he needed to do over the next 12 months… you just never know what will happen. He is one phone call away from ending his D1 days…
It’s time for new management that really knows sports management. I never felt like Zenger understood enough about sports. I spoke with him many times and the conversations related mostly to business and the real estate developments.
Bringing back football shouldn’t be this impossible. Look at all our positives… mainly… being in a good football conference with rich history.
10 years ago we were in the Orange Bowl and we were one game win away from being National Champions.
Is Bill Self clean? I believe he is, if for no other reason than thinking what recruit would be worth risking his legacy and everything he wants to accomplish moving forward? No recruit!
I think it is easy to look at the Big 12 and imagine “failure.”
But while we focus so much attention on the Big 12, we then don’t focus as much on other power conferences and their problems. I believe they have plenty of issues
A double round robin schedule is crucial… otherwise the conference winner is largely decided by that year’s schedule instead of the best team.
I’m okay with us going to 12 teams as long as we can continue a double round robin. Otherwise… forget it.
I just can’t see us going west. Time zones become a much bigger factor, and it just spreads the Big 12 brand identity too thin.
There is a good reason why Colorado left.