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Heard from a KU source today they think they got Tucker

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.

jayballer73 said:

BShark said:

FarmerJayhawk said:

👀👀👀 https://twitter.com/andrew__slater/status/1120408420874629124?s=21

Saw this. Wondering if we are more in it than some think.

I’d rather have Holyfield (which might be cray) but I’d take either in a second.

boy if we could get Precious or Holyfield to go along with Doke and McCormack - we be good in our front line. - - -Oh and possibly get Silvio eligible this Season - man frontline would be plenty Salty.

I think we are going to see better McCormick this year - -you could see the light starting to flicker in the latter part of the season - things starting to come around - I think he will be a huge 3-4 year player for us

100% agree. A three headed monster of Silvio, Doke, and McCormack, would be epic. We may win a lot of games 61-50 but it’ll be the most dominant 11 point win you’ll see.

nuleafjhawk said:

@BShark I’m ok with that!

Honestly Aaron Miles is on my short, short list of future assistants to go after if one moves on. Head Coach of the Warriors G League affiliate now.

As we know, the NCAA saying soon may mean 4-6 business years.

Jalen has nothing to do with Silvio. He wants to be a 2/3, so if anything this helps the cause!

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

How about:

G: Dotson, McBride

G: Hampton, Garrett

G: Tucker, Agbaji

F: Silvio, Holyfield

C: Doke, McCormack.

Get rekt, America.

jayballer73 said:

HighEliteMajor said:

@FarmerJayhawk Nice breakdown. Any lineup where Agbaji doesn’t start, I can’t support, though. Agbaji has to start. Agbaji has “it” – you heard it from me first back in January. To me, that’s the one given. Agbagi starting. Then we fill in the next 4 (Dotson and Doke, of course, pending NBA flirtations). I will be wildly disappointed if Self has anyone start ahead of Agbaji.

Have to agree - - -I just feel we can’t keep Agbaji out - -think he brings to many things. - -He can D up - - Decent shot - -has good hops - -good rebounder - just about as solid as we got other then Dotson possibly

I like Ochai a lot, don’t get me wrong. But after he cratered at the end of last season I really want an insurance policy. And why not take a guy that averaged 21 and 7 while shooting 41% from 3?

@KirkIsMyHinrich Ph.D., Public Policy. Taught stats this semester so am up to my eyeballs in research papers and their finals too. Good times.

Random thought. Does anyone but me want Silvio to come back and start at the 4 (even if it’s not the best pure basketball play) just to take out all his frustration on rebounds and rims? Dude is staying in Lawrence because he wants no part of the G League and knows it may be his last few weeks here. If he gets reinstated… look out.

Between he and Doke, we might want to reinforce the rims at AFH. Those are some grown, angry dudes dunking on them.

@BShark then we wouldn’t get to see Silvio dunk so hard on Matt Hurt it ruins the game of basketball for him forever

I almost always to preface things by saying whether it’s just my opinion or things people around the program or people with connections to the program have told me. I can draft a disclaimer and have you sign it if that would make you feel better?

Crimsonorblue22 said:

@FarmerJayhawk so can you tell us where the farmer part came from? Verrrry interesting!

Sure! I grew up on a farm in north central Kansas. My great great great grandpa was a homesteader around what is now Lebanon, Kansas. My ancestors were in this novel: https://www.amazon.com/Flown-murders-September-County-Kansas/dp/B007FD76ZM

From about age 4 I worked on the farm every summer. For whatever reason (I credit my mother reading to us a lot), I showed some academic talent so my mom and teachers suggested college. I’m less sure they had 11ish years of college in mind! I went to KU to avoid being written out of the family will. The KD in AFH game was the day of my grandpa’s funeral and I swear to this day his ghost brought us back to win! And then UNC for my PhD. My theory is I’m part of the Williams/Smith transfer program but I haven’t been able to confirm that. And the previous sentence is sarcasm 😂

The expectation is he’ll be back. The Silvio news doesn’t hurt those chances at all. Ditto RJ

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.

GO TO HELL DOOK

No reason not to at this point. He’s better than Hurt will be.

nuleafjhawk said:

@BShark Yes. And Wiggins and Josh had such a huge impact on the University of Kansas. He should definitely try diligently to get more of those types of players…

Just think about the counterfactual of not having Wiggins or Josh and who we’d run out there. Starting Brannen Greene and Carlton Bragg all year would not be ideal.

FWIW on Rivals Bossi and Corey Evans think we get Precious and Enaruna. And every day that goes by make it less likely Doke leaves…

Apparently they were so mad at LSU for making strong ass offers they gave Cal Poly a strong ass punishment for overpaying book stipends to a few athletes ($16k worth), while actually underfunding the entire program by like 9 times that amount. The thread is worth the read. Obligatory #FreeSilvio https://twitter.com/bonaguraespn/status/1118970600284798976?s=21

BShark said:

Stanley to Duke as expected.

fart noise

Silvio definitely. Grimes definitely not barring a Vick-esque change of heart. Better to focus on Hampton and Tucker.

If folks are opposed to this, they ought to have a really, really good reason why forfeiting millions of dollars per year is ok. This is a top 4 deal in the country in both AAV and total value, and takes care of all sports plus provides the university half a million per year in scholarship funds. Nike wasn’t going to even put us in the same tier as their big schools (Texas, Ohio St., UNC, etc.). This is a huge win for KU.

So this Kyree Walker thing could happen. We’ll take the first of him and Tucker.