Love how happy the guys are for Mbiya

Flory MVP for making Toppin his biotch though.

@approxinfinity said in 2026 Transfer Portal Chaos/Madness Thread:

Alright fine, I'll take my 1st weekend exit glasses off. Now, I see your point.

I actually think the real indictment of the staff is they haven’t evaluated talent well enough in the NIL era.

Gone after big names instead of grinding the tape.

I HATE the switch everything defense. Causes us to rebound poorly and double team too much in the post.

Offensively I’m not sure we shoot it well enough to get much better. Offense for this group has to come from defense in a sense.

I still think they will get better as a team. But we are certainly not a good team right now. Incredibly lucky to not be 0-3 in conference play.

+16 with Mbiya on the floor and +11 with DP. The rest were basically even

Imagine being UK and firing Cal and sucking even worse

At the game - DP got up okay.

@kjayhawks2.0 said in KU @ Arizona St 8pm CT:

With this being our 9th loss and 4 out of the last 6 being Ls, who here thinks this team is lost and done? Bill Self in his first 20 years at Kansas had zero teams lose 11 or more games. This year barring the biggest miracle in sports history it will be 3 consecutive years of 11 or more games. Kansas has made it out of the first weekend but 1 time in the last 7 years. It’s time to ask difficult questions. The first one is should Bill Self be coaching Kansas going forward?

I can honestly say I hope he not is back next season. I don’t think he had the right mindset to coach in this era of college sports. Yes I’m well aware we won a title technically in the NIL era but it was with guys that were upper class men he developed here, not a team that returns 2 guys that have seen the floor every season.

Old Goats got one more in ‘em.

Also just look at Indiana, UK and UCLA. Only way you move on is if you have a top guy lined up like Otz. And even then no guarantees.

@DanR said in Kansas vs St Johns:

Kohl fits this type of junk game. Put him in bill

100%. This is a hustle game.

@Jayhawk_69 said in KU ROSTER 2026-27:

My guess is the last roster spot will go to a veteran, undersized, break glass in case of emergency point guard in the vein of Diggy and Ngala

I’m hoping that Bill is targeting an NBA Draft guy and has a contingency donor ready to pony up for the right guy.

@Jayhawk_69 said in KU ROSTER 2026-27:

My guess is the last roster spot will go to a veteran, undersized, break glass in case of emergency point guard in the vein of Diggy and Ngala

I’m hoping that Bill is targeting an NBA Draft guy and has a contingency donor ready to pony up for the right guy.

@BShark said in KU ROSTER 2026-27:

I think there is a chance Kohl starts. This is just a thought I have been having lately. He started to begin last season as well so the staff clearly sees something there, and with the way the roster is constructed it would make sense to start him or Parker to stagger the PG minutes a bit. Otherwise you kind of run into the problem KU had last season in starting their only two bigs albeit at a different position.

Kohl is starting. Kinney off the bench barring a huge offseason for him and he adjusts well.

Genuinely think we may see Dawes start at the 5, and the two bigs get 10 minutes a piece.

Had 23, 10 and 18 against UNC, South Carolina and SMU respectively. Seems to be a good rebounder.

Wasn’t the most efficient those games but a sign he can score at this level.

Wouldn’t say he isn’t athletic but he is no Dawes. If I had to guess he would be a backup to Dawes.

Rotation is going to be interesting. I imagine we see a lot of Dawes at the 5 with how this is shaping out.

@stoptheflop said in 2025-26 Portal Thread:

@FarmerJayhawk said in 2025-26 Portal Thread:

@crimsonblu22 yep. I went for a bit, it was pretty low key.

But is low key what KU's program needs to improve fan support and our image to future players. I can't imagine a great athlete seeking out a low key program. I'm afraid KU is satisfied with a mediocre, low key football program. I don't see any excitement about KU football.

I think they’re doing fine. Focus is on the field not the other stuff.

Stadium renovation is going to bring plenty of excitement. A win in London to start the season will get the people going.

@BShark said in KU ROSTER 2026-27:

@NormRoberts I would think McNeil wants to start. He's good and in a vacuum he is appealing but I wonder what he would cost and TK would have to come off the bench.

I worry what this team looks like with Kinney starting. I don’t love the tape myself.

@wissox83 said in KU ROSTER 2026-27:

We need shooting still. Any chance we land Momcilovic from the portal? I think he would give us shooting.

If he doesn’t go to draft he is likely a return to ISU I believe. Entered portal but with a do not contact

@BShark said in KU ROSTER 2026-27:

@Kcmatt7 said in KU ROSTER 2026-27:

Stokes and Self feel like oil and water, but winning solves all… Hoping for the best.

Self loves this shit. Norm said as much on a pod recently.

He sure seems to. I don’t get it, but maybe he’s just a masochist

@approxinfinity said in KU ROSTER 2026-27:

This roster feels far from complete.

Athletic as hell though. Going to be a lot of dunks. We know Paul and Kohl will play hard.

I think they’ll at least be entertaining.

Stokes and Self feel like oil and water, but winning solves all… Hoping for the best.

Mbiya and Reeves is maybe good enough at that spot. Not enthralled by it. If they get a bunch of scoring to surround them with it will be fine.

Not hitting panic button yet by any means. They’ll field a good squad.