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I hate this idea. I want nothing to do with them. Find another team. UMKC for all I care.

KUSTEVE said:

@FarmerJayhawk Baloney. We’ll agree to disagree. If the NCAA had tried to claim that a felon ( the Adidas rep ) was not actually working on behalf of Adidas but was a “booster” for KU, they would’ve been laughed off the national stage. Furthermore, the NCAA had all the salient facts for almost a year, yet they didn’t decide anything at all until after we had declared Silvio “ineligible”. If they had all this ammo that your ego is telling you they had, why did they wait until after that? The reason is simple…according to the FBI investigation, we were the victims of a fraud…which is why the only way we could be penalized is if we both declared Silvio ineligible, and that the Adidas rep was not actually a rep, but actually a booster. Now, the NCAA could nail us to the wall, which they did. I don’t want to keep going back and forth with you, since you aren’t even considering what I’m saying. Like I said…we’ll agree to disagree.

You’re right. I’m not considering it because it’s not accurate. The NCAA has a definition of a booster (https://www.ncaa.org/sites/default/files/Booster Guidelines with definitions.pdf if you’re interested) and they could determine with or without KU’s cooperation (see Self’s texts to Gassnola) that Gassnola was a. known to KU and b. influenced and/or facilitated Silvio coming to KU. In which case KU’s cooperation is completely irrelevant. KU had to declare Silvio ineligible in order for him to play this year. Full stop.

An enforcement investigation is a different matter from the NCAA’s point of view than an eligibility investigation. Hence Silvio was free and clear last year, not this year, and KU is probably ok since they explicitly did NOT admit Gassnola was a booster for the purposes of an enforcement matter, just the eligibility review, which are conducted by totally different people. If you’re saying KU should’ve just cut Silvio loose when they found out something could possibly be amiss that’s one thing.

KU also was not aware of the shady stuff with Silvio’s guardian when he was cleared last year. Otherwise the NCAA would’ve never cleared him. I for one want an AD that goes to bat for its student-athletes, especially when the NCAA is obviously so far from reality. If they want to vacate half our last season for playing a player the NCAA and we determined was eligible, fine. They’d better be prepared to vacate half of teams seasons going back to John MF’ing Wooden.

A word to the wise, don’t read the NY Post.

Staff visiting again today. Go lock him up!

Reading Keegan was your first mistake.

Doke said in the Star he’d probably be back without a first round guarantee. I like that a lot.

RJ Hampton will be in Lawrence for the Nova game.

BShark said:

The offense being stale is Self’s fault. He recruited players that can’t shoot and players to force the two big system again, when none of the bigs can shoot. It’s a losing effort in modern basketball.

We’re undefeated starting two bigs.

@jayballer73

Nothing is leaking. People are seeing things where there’s nothing, just to fill the information void.

Ohhh yes. It very much appears that way. Everyone cool with adding a 5* wing too? We have a good shot at landing one.

As an aside, how great would it have been to get Mitchell Robinson? He had a decent chance at getting eligible after Braxton Beverly.

I just think he’s a crappy writer who’s long past his prime. I like Tait and Bedore a lot better. I know I’m in the minority, but not a fan of Newell either. Sometimes he comes off as thinking he knows the game better than anyone else, and doesn’t always use analytics correctly.

BShark said:

Not sure adding Silvio objectively changes much. Would be nice though.

It changes a bunch. Silvio is our second best rebounder and second most skilled big. He’s a good FT shooter who will be a really good 5 man at end of game situations. I really don’t want to have to depend on Mitch and Dave for big minutes.

Sounds like Hurt to KU could happen in the fall. Would be a great addition and solidify a need early on.

Texas Hawk 10 said:

@Woodrow His two football hire at Arkansas flat out sucked. Bobby Petrino was an absolute embarrassment off the field and Bielema sucked on the field. There is no spinning that in a positive manner. Hiring Bielema from Wisconsin was not the achievement you claim it to be. It’s widely known that Wisconsin is one of the cheapest schools out there when it comes to salaries and why Bielema left.

Good lord there’s a lot of BS here. Bielema was making almost $3m a year when he left Wisconsin. The state does limit assistant coaching salary pools though. Petrino won 11+ games twice in a row. At freaking Arkansas in the SEC West. Bielema took over from John L. Smith and increased Arkansas’s win total from 3 to 8 in two seasons. In the SEC West. If he went 8-5 here he’d have a statue built. If those hires sucked then we REALLY need a hire that sucks.

@jaybate-1.0 he’s the absolute perfect 3rd big for this team. Can play either frontcourt spot and has a pretty diverse skill set for how big he is. Nobody else is getting a rebound when he and Dedric are on the floor at the same time. There’ll be some games where he’s the better option at the 5 than Doke.

👀👀 https://twitter.com/andrew__slater/status/1042511040787955712?s=21

BShark said:

Damn, that sucks. KU had really better close on their top post targets.

We won’t. For what it’s worth, word around Chapel Hill is UNC still thinks KU leads after JRE’s visit. I think there’s a real chance we get a commitment (silent or not) this weekend.

The NCAA is so pissed about the federal cases they absolutely hammered BYU. Tark’s axiom proves true yet again.

The Miles hire can only help basketball recruiting. Fall visits become a lot more fun with a full Memorial and the Hatter on the sideline.

FWIW, Seth Davis thinks Silvio plays Saturday. Would be a terrific development.

And another precedent. Darnell Jackson got 9 games for taking twice the amount of money. Silvio: 70ish games for 2500. DJax: 9 for 5000. This is a kangaroo court.

Eh, this is just how it works at this level of talent. Either play the game or have a team full of Mitch Lightfoot’s (Lightfeet?)

justanotherfan said:

FarmerJayhawk said:

Another thing to keep in mind is Grimes is almost a year younger than most freshmen. He doesn’t turn 19 until May. Cassius Stanley is actually almost a year older than Grimes. I think he’ll take a big step forward in his age 19 season. And it’ll be his first full offseason at KU. More time with Hudy and the coaches working on his shot and getting more comfortable around Dotson and Agbaji will be really helpful.

Grimes’ age is a factor in his development, particularly his strength. As he continues to mature, that will come. Grimes could explode at any moment because he already has lots of skills.

For sure. Also of note, Self flat out said the locker room is better now than it was 3 weeks ago. Read: Vick was bad for the team.

Duke getting involved with Cassius Stanley. I think KU has been out of this one for awhile. I think they’re banking on Grimes coming back.

Have heard KU and UNC are leading for Precious. Honestly he may not take any more visits.

Player development is going to be huge. Need all the guards to take a big step forward, win a big recruiting battle, and pray for a miracle for Doke or Silvio.

Writer for the Indy Star saying it’s “nearly done” that Romeo will go to KU. It makes a ton of sense since Louisville (his previous likely landing spot) is about to get nuked to the Stone Age by the NCAA. I’d absolutely love the pickup.

If you could build a PG for Self, he’d look a lot like Dotson. His only weakness is consistency on his jumper. Some kid named Mason eventually figured it out, so I think Dotson will be a close to 40% 3 point shooter by the time he leaves KU. But also super competitive on both ends. He’ll be a leader right away on a young team.

Entire staff went to see him. Nothing has changed my mind that he’s a strong lean.

He’s just raw still. At most he’s an emergency body.

Evan Daniels is saying it’s “up in the air” between Texas and KU. He’s half right. UT finished 2nd.

A prototypical Self wing too. Can score at all levels and has the tools to defend. Great option if Vick goes pro.

Just asked around again on Grimes. Still Kansas.

HighEliteMajor said:

@FarmerJayhawk Who’d you ask?

@jayballer54 The powerful Big 12 flexing its early season muscle.

Won’t say. But I’m not changing my mind. More good news tomorrow.

wissox said:

Some one fill me in on the John Philip De Sousa thing. I’ve been quite busy and haven’t been able to keep up.

He’s reclassifying to write a new fight song. Or something.

You can test the NBA draft waters as many times as you like under the new rules. But I think it’s more likely than not we’re done adding immediate impact guys. I’m actually happy about it, since it means (I’d say more likely than not) Vick and Udoka come back. I’d rather have Vick than anyone left on the recruiting board. And we’ve all seen what a monster Udoka can and will be.

BShark said:

FarmerJayhawk said:

@truehawk93 I can’t see it happening. There’s not really a spot for him next season. Are we going to relegate him to the bench again? He’ll have to compete with Silvio for the 3rd big spot.

Is this assuming Doke is back? I’d definitely rather have Doke back than Billy just from a parts/roster construction perspective.

Yes. Doke has a ton left to work on from a NBA perspective. Can’t see him leaving yet.

Self to see Langford tomorrow.

The Star is an absolute dumpster fire. I’ve worked with a couple of their political reporters, and they all share one thing in common: a lack of ability to comprehend basic facts. They’re either dumb or willingly biased in “objective” reporting. Anyway, mini-rant over. @dylans Udoka is probably going to declare but not get a combine invite. I know some of his people really want him to go pro, but I don’t think it’s happening this year. He still needs some time.

Back on topic, I love this addition. He’s a great kid by all accounts, and willing to maybe RS if the roster is really stacked like it could be. It doesn’t affect Romeo at all. Had a couple IU fans on Twitter argue it last night. Their response was, “How is Billy Preston doing?” so it went well.

Doke was my hero tonight. If he can maintain that and we can get Svi and/or Vick going, we can beat anyone.

@BShark I’ll take it. We had a key guy not be able to play too in Billy.

Matt Scott saying Dante (2020 center from Sunrise) could reclass to 2019. Mercy let’s hope so. He’d vault right to #1 on our board, and would be the best replacement for Udoka

Langford and Grimes are also eligible. Count on Self and Danny taking the opposite approach of Cal last summer. They’re going to put the best team together, not the one with recruits he wants to sign. Those may be the same, maybe not. Depends who wants to try out.

A guy in the know told me Langford is done to KU, barring both Newman and Vick returning. 👀

BShark said:

BeddieKU23 said:

Romeo will announce April 30th

Interesting timing to put it out there. Hope the recent news didn’t effect anything.

It didn’t. This has been the plan all along. I heard first week of May awhile ago but this is close enough. It’s a Monday, so basically the first week of May.

Picked up a CB pick for RJ Hampton.

Hearing quite credibly that Vandy is pretty much out. KU or IU.

Uhhh so the latest rumor is that Self paid Romeo a visit while he was in Louisville yesterday.