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@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.
@approxinfinity said in 2026 Transfer Portal Chaos/Madness Thread:
@Kcmatt7 about as well as Kansas?
Maryland took 2nd to last in the big 10. A&M with two former hawks barely made the tournament. Ole miss didn’t make it with Storr.
Very close to a 4-seed.
@approxinfinity said in 2026 Transfer Portal Chaos/Madness Thread:
@HoraceZontal Diggy was averaging 20 ppg before KU and it’s not just Diggy. Basically every portal get that left again had bounce back years after Kansas.
How did those teams perform?
@Jayhawk_69 said in 2026 Transfer Portal Chaos/Madness Thread:
@Kcmatt7 Andrew White III is another one. Tyon has been solid for Gonzaga this year too.
Yea I miss AWIII. But it was mostly BG beating him out more than him not getting his shot. Same skillset and BG was maybe the best shooter in the Bill era.
Tyon I guess. Tough one for me. 7th season guy and a bricklayer. I’m okay with him on another roster.
@HoraceZontal said in 2026 Transfer Portal Chaos/Madness Thread:
@Kcmatt7 how about Diggy? Odd example I think, but he killed it at UMD. Not at the level of KU, but impressive.
He was a scorer on a bad team. Wouldn’t consider that one a miss.
@kjayhawks2.0 said in 2026 Transfer Portal Chaos/Madness Thread:
@BeddieKU23 said in 2026 Transfer Portal Chaos/Madness Thread:
Apparently Kohl has been shopping for a month or more. Didn’t work out here after a lot of buzz leading into the year.
IMO this was just another questionable evaluation for what you paid and needed from that spot on the roster. We no longer can think about long term evals. Regardless of whether Self or the system wasn’t a fit for him or he was simply too young for this stage this quickly, this is why continued improvement on roster building has to jump to the top of this coaching staffs to do list. Rosario and Mbiya could have been replaced with more experienced players ready to contribute more than a few games. The last games they both played in tells you they have potential to compete at this level but simply need more experience and reps.
Got to think a team like Miami would be a landing spot for Rosario this time around. They were a player first time, he’s from there and Lucas is building Miami up quickly it appears
That’s the one of the biggest issues with how Self is recruiting players right now. He’s stuck in 2020 thinking these guy with potential will wait their turn. Zuby is the prime example of such, Mbiya and Kohl are probably gonna be the next examples of such. I personally don’t blame Kohl looking at Mari and Elmarko stats that stole all of his minutes. They were both good for about 3 games and serviceable about another 3 and that was it. Add in he was a starter early in the year and it probably felt like a slap to the face. We should look at how Arizona and UConn build their rosters by example. Looking at Arizona they picked a much better group of freshmen than we did. That’s why whomever is in charge of our recruiting and roster building should be relieved of their duties right think this second because they are less accurate than the worlds worst weatherman.
Zuby is not a prime example at all. He only got 11mpg his sophomore year at St. Johns and averaged 4 points.
Mbiya is not going to be some stud elsewhere. Fine 3rd big. Loved his energy. Not a majorly impactful or playable guy all season long. Should have gotten more minutes though.
Kohl will be one of those guys we regret leaving.
Honestly there aren’t many guys that Bill didn’t play that left and went on to be a stud elsewhere the very next season. Q Grimes maybe, but he started and got plenty of run/opportunity. Bryce Thompson maybe, but also got a lot of run.
Zuby may be our biggest ever transfer portal loss, but again he still needed seasoning as a Sophomore
@BShark said in 2026 Transfer Portal Chaos/Madness Thread:
DeSean Goode is an early one to monitor
Efficient numbers at any level
@bskeet said in 2026 Transfer Portal Chaos/Madness Thread:
The silver lining on Rosario is that he might be more affordable to keep given there is less tape on him. His lack of court time makes it a bit more difficult for another team to throw bags of money at him.
If we kept Flory and Rosario, it would be amazing given the talent that is coming in. I have a good feeling about Luke Barnett -- under the radar but excellent and committed early and has been steadfast. Might be exactly what the team culture needs.
Rosario showed enough another P5 is going to pay him decent enough….
You press the make and go for a steal here to win it righ?
We are going to run out of time before we can get to 7 fouls if we need to do that lol
Why did we switch that action? Totally out Kohl out position
Bill is so overdue for a no-business being there deep run in the tourney too. Make it be the year!
WE CATCH A BREAK. But seriously we need to be insanely aggressive here on D. We NEED to get at least another couple of fouls.
SERIOUSKY WHY TF HAS THAT DUDE NOT PLAYED ALL YEAR
We have fouls to give. Either use them on Zuby or take some chances on steals. We should be able to get insanely aggressive here
DP getting assertive you gotta love jt
@approxinfinity said in Kansas vs St Johns:
@JoJoAndMe said in Kansas vs St Johns:
As I reluctantly said before, change is difficult, but may be in order. On the other hand . . . Be careful of what you wish for. A conundrum?
Yeah. But when coach takes half the budget and the game has passed him by its time to invest more wisely.
It’s not just choice of coach. Its portion of the budget
True to some extent but I believe Bill has pretty much all the leverage to stay if he wants without some massive buyout….
@kjayhawks2.0 said in Kansas vs St Johns:
@Kcmatt7 said in Kansas vs St Johns:
Let’s maybe try a zone on D. Idk. Try anything
That’s what I don’t understand, let’s keep doing what’s not working, press, run a come do something to turn the tide.
Yea it’s desperation time. No time to be prideful.
@JoJoAndMe said in Kansas vs St Johns:
As I reluctantly said before, change is difficult, but may be in order. On the other hand . . . Be careful of what you wish for. A conundrum?
It would be totally different if you weren’t a blue blood and an Adidas school and you hadn’t watched places like UCLA and Indiana struggle to get back to relevance.