I’m an alumni of the KU marching band. I know several alumni members, including myself, that are annoyed by the recent band directors decision to not wear uniforms for the first 1/3rd of the season. This has been going on for several years….The excuse is always that it is too hot or that they do not have enough uniforms to start the season. It was 81 degrees tonight, prime time TV and we are in shorts and polos. This has been a recent trend. When I was there we never did not wear the uniform for pregame and the half time show! Every high school band in the city wore uniforms tonight. KU football is taking the next step and the band needs to look the part on national TV. If anyone on here is a big time donor or has connections with the athletic department, spread the word and get some pressure on the band department to stop this lack of pride. Thanks!

Let’s calm down on the furphy hype… he has a decent 3pt shot and he runs the floor well in transition for lay ups. But he’s got virtually no ability to create his own shot. He’s only getting some looks bc he’s not the focal point of the other team. He is a poor defender. He’s slow footed and he’s really weak. He gets offensive rebounds (flys In well for them) but defensive rebounds he loses to his guy a lot. He doesn’t box out well. The team is 3-2 since he started. He’s a fine prospect for a 3 and D guy down the road.

The chicken little stuff right now is crazy. We won the title 3 years ago. Year after 1 seed barely lost a close game when self was out. Last two years have been disappointing but still a decent team. Problem was Hunter kj and Harris didn’t mesh. Staff missed on transfers last year. It is what it is. How many schools have up a down years year after year. Just crazy lol

I don’t understand how the NCAA had a year to prepare for this and didn’t plan to have a 14 day period of team bubble isolation after selected teams made the field. Some reason college basketball can’t figure this out. Every other sport has been smooth sailing. it’s not just ku but Virginia maybe too, and easily could happen to others. They had no plan in place to figure this out if this happened, no flex schedule etc. fingers crossed we can go and our players remain safe

So crazy this team should have been 11-1 or 10-2… really had some unfortunate luck, especially at the qb spot… hope we get a fun bowl game matchup… next year top 12 go to the playoffs. If this team stays together they legit have a chance at making that

Dave had a good end to the season and he’s not terrible. He’s got some good offensive moves in the post but he’s not a good shot blocker, struggles to score against length, not a great shooter past the free throw line distance, and he struggled defending pick and rolls. I think the point was, we got a little over focused on playing through him and against elite teams that wasn’t going to pull an upset… I felt like we created a ton of turnovers and were more sound defensively with the small lineup. I would have loved to see a full year commitment to an up tempo style with a small lineup. I think that would have opened up more driving lanes for Garret and wilson. Allowed better spacing for improved looks for braun and ochi. Mix in half court trap and zone like Villanova does occasionally… but Self is an amazing coach so what do I know. I just think the other style had more of a chance to pull some upsets in March. Oh well on to next year!

I hope ochi isn’t gone. This team gets significantly worse if ochi is gone. Also from what I’ve seen, auburn is the front runner for ty ty. Not sure why we need another mediocre big guy in Christian bishop. This transfer portal is loaded and we are going to end up with cam Martin and Christian bishop?? Seems super underwhelming!!

I wouldn’t knock the guy too much yet. He’s a top 80 recruit for a reason. What I saw was a very athletic muscular frame but maybe not the explosive vertical you are wanting lol. The kid had very good handles, nice mid range jump shot, and good passing ability. I think he would be a good get. Sure we missed on the 5star KBrown. Brown would have been here 1 year, this kid is a 3-4 year guy. Sometimes we are better off with quality 3-4 year guys anyway. Besides Brown could dunk but he couldn’t shoot a lick.

Ochi killed it end of the year. He just didn’t get playing time early. Awesome to see CBs game!

Hey everyone I know it’s early, but what are your thoughts on the freshman/newcomers so far!

Here are mine so far:

Harris (I’m including him since he didn’t play last year): looks like a 4 year guy and a mix between russell Robinson/Aaron miles. Team seems better when he’s on the floor. Improved defensive pressure and ball movement. He needs to get his shot to be at least Russell Robinson’s level and continue to work on drive moves/floaters. He never has to be a scorer but he has to keep defenses honest.

Thompson: looks like a 2-3 year guy. Needs to develop his body and fill out his athleticism . Seems focused and has a good work ethic. I don’t love how his elbow wings out on his shot but the mid range looks pure. Reminds me of rip Hamilton. By the end of the year his scoring will be key. Defensively he doesn’t seem bad but not exceptional.

TGF: a little disappointing so far. NBA athlete and has shown good rebounding and shot blocking ability. His ball handling is holding him back. He can drive but he loses the ball too much or can’t complete the dribble smoothly. Haven’t seen enough of his jumper yet. Disappointing how raw offensively he is. He will be here another year for sure. I like 5 guard lineup look this year and I rather have him be the back up 15 min a game center in the small lineup.

Gethro M: wow he has the body type of a ku age Embiid, But he is so uncoordinated. I knew he was raw but he’s so much further away from being a contributor then I thought. Not sure if he will last at ku but I could be wrong and he might take a huge leap forward

Latrell jossell: not talked about really, very little video on him, we were his only serious offer at the time, many on here have discounted him. He hasn’t played much but my goodness he looks so much better then I thought. I sneakily think he’s being held back some to keep him hungry for more. The kid has reportedly the best shot on the team and that’s saying something with ku having Braun. His shot looks pure. He has good speed and he’s stronger then I thought. He looks like he has a good handle and can pass. I’m not saying I think he should be starting or playing huge minutes necessarily. But man he does look more like frank/Devonte then a guy people assume will just be recruited over. Obviously we need to see him play more to really know.

The chicken little stuff right now is crazy. We won the title 3 years ago. Year after 1 seed barely lost a close game when self was out. Last two years have been disappointing but still a decent team. Problem was Hunter kj and Harris didn’t mesh. Staff missed on transfers last year. It is what it is. How many schools have up a down years year after year. Just crazy lol

I think we can have an elite roster with 1 more big starter addition like Darrion Williams. Dawson and white fill in nicely as starters. Council being a main bench piece. Elmarko as an X factor. Maybe he will play a lot but you can’t bank on him filling a role. He had a major injury and it’s hard to see how he will bounce back. He had an underwhelming freshman year too. He was trending up prior to his injury from all accounts and had the highschool ranking so there’s hope there still… I’m sure they will add a depth center player and it would be nice to have one more bench pure shooter for the right moment.

I don’t think you can play two bigs unless your 4 is athletic and can shoot like Marcus Morris. We’ve struggled bc we’ve played two bigs and they both can’t shoot lol

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I’m not saying the roster is championship level, but I do disagree agree with the 2 big idea. We won the championship recently with 4 guards. In 2020 we had the best team with 4 guards. Our 3 years In a row of elite 8/final four Devonte frank etc were 4 guards. I think it’s a small sample size to say you need two rangy bigs. I do think however you have to have size and length at the two guards that play the 3 and 4. Advantage is if all 4 guards can shoot, which maybe the thing you’re getting at. I think we will definitely have an athletic team that can run. Excited to see that vs slow Hunter jogging down the court

Maybe so but we can do better then some mediocre Ivy League guy

Hard pass on the Cornell kid. 6”7 only shot 32% from 3. Didn’t even average 15 pts in Ivy League. Who ever for ku has been doing the transfer scouting needs to sit this round out. Go get the New Mexico kid for PG and go back to 4 guard athletic lineup. Let’s not get the Ivy League version of KJ

So the offensive sets need blown up for future games. If your going to play Hunter no more having him setting screens and shooting midrange crap. Post him or play flory and go 4 guards in the future.

Time to play flory passmore rest of the game. Growth for the freshman. Hunter, kj, storr, mayo harris have been embarrassing don’t play them rest of the game.

We need to go back to 4 guards. I feel like next year you’ve got flory center, tiller off the bench. Either zach or some other mid major big to be a 3rd big for depth. But go all in 4 guards. We had a good run with that last however many years. Don’t go to old school basketball and play 2 big guys. Since we’ve had Hunter and running 2 big guys we’ve been awful.

Don’t get the Riley kugel thing. We are a top 5 program all time, top 3 active coach, huge NIl group, top adidas school. We are landing a guy that didn’t even average 10 pts at a big time school. Sure he has upside but why is Ku reaching on a guy like that. Self and staff really blew it last year in the portal. Lets hope they figure it out this year