I’m hearing that there is a good chance Paul will be returning as well. Personally I think he can make a Flory type jump from year one to two. Remember he is taller and has a 7’4 wing span. Talking block/lob city potential.

Tiller visited Mizzou this past weekend

@JAYHAWKFAN214 said in 2026 Transfer Portal Chaos/Madness Thread:

Flory bidunga has committed to Louisville

Will be interesting to see if the amount ever comes out. Heard it was a bidding war between Louisville, Dook and Tech. Rumors are rolling from unreliable sources of 8 million.

@drgnslayr said in KU ROSTER 2026-27:

As others have mentioned to me... one big question is; just how much NIL money does our AD and Self have available? It seems like we are low, probably because of the football stadium. It seems like ever since NIL came around we've had to pick from less talented players (as a whole).

Yes that has been my biggest complaint over the last few years is everything I read says we ain’t a top spender within our own conference even. Then you look at the millions and millions dumped into a football program to go win 5 games a season and it’s pretty disappointing. I want us to be respectable in football for sure but not at the cost of making us average in basketball.

My local intel is telling me Kohl was at the baseball game today cheering on the team.

@drgnslayr for sure Self needs guys to stay and develop within his system and it has worked very well in the past. The problem is that isn’t CBB anymore and likely never will be again. We either need to pony up the dough to keep guys or absolutely knock it out of the park in the portal.

@BeddieKU23 I’d be happy to keep him and Kohl with the Flory ship pretty much already sailed. You wouldn’t think he would command a ton of money in the portal.

From what I just read over 55% D1 college basketball players are currently in the portal.

@drgnslayr that’s is a possibility for sure and I hope it happens. I just don’t trust Bill and this staff ability to create a roster good enough to win conference and national championships. Like I’ve said before right now the top teams not only the country but our own conference are bigger, faster, stronger and more athletic. Flory may have been those things against most of the teams we played he was just inexperienced. At the other 4 spots went heavily the other way and the guys on the bench of top teams were unmeasurable levels above ours. We may have had the worst bench in the Bill Self era with Mari and Elmarko getting most of those minutes. Sadly it didn’t have to be that way with guy we had in warms up all season. Maybe as you say those two transferring could be a huge blessing in disguise.

@drgnslayr said in KU ROSTER 2026-27:

What I wonder... it's that most of our team didn't hesitate at all to move into the portal. I'm not for certain, but do the rest of the upper D1 teams lose this many?

If I remember right Miami in 2023 I believe made the FF and lost the whole roster in the portal.

Is Case is the one doing the portal scouting I hope and pray he leaves. I’ll give him some credit with Tre and Melvin. The problem is we don’t need a shooter, you need a minimum of two IMO. Tre was much improved in that department but really struggled going 2-15 in the post season.

@BeddieKU23 said in 2026 Transfer Portal Chaos/Madness Thread:

Diop in from Arizona St. Let's see if the smoke of us working on him during the season amounts to anything.

He schooled Flory repeatedly

@bskeet that’s the way I see it, you may as well put your name in to see if you can make more money elsewhere. These kids most of which know they won’t be making the NBA are going to try to make as much money as they can while they can. Think of it this way in our respective careers if at the end of the year, every company could bid on us. Most of the time we would likely go with the highest bidder. Money talks and Bullshit walks. At this point I think people are starting to see what most D1 universities really are and have been since collegiate sports went mainstream in the 80s. They primarily sports franchises with a subsidiary of education. Think about it the highest paid employees at the university are usually coaches and now the players. The most expensive buildings on campus are sporting venues and locker rooms.

@CasterTroy he looks like he is a better athlete than anyone that has been in a Kansas uniform in the last 3 years. So that’s positive, I feel like when we line up against the Houston’s, Iowa state’s and Arizona’s of the world. They just have better horses, bigger, faster and stronger.

So Michigan had a starting five of transfer all older guys, one was 25. Does that change a little bit how people recruit? I hate agree with Cal but if similar keeps happening HS kids will suffer because teams will stop spending the time and the money on them. I could honestly see it turning the lower tier teams in CBB to a minor league. It already had in some cases.

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

@nuleafjhawk yup. Exactly. Or teachers and journalists (real ones)

Are there real journalists anymore? Asking for a friend lol

@rcjhdraft said in KU ROSTER 2026-27:

Elmarko to the portal. Hallelujah and wish him the best lmao

I hate to say it but I’m not gonna be disappointed if he stays gone. I’ll always wonder if Kohl had played all of his minutes against St John’s between silly TOs, missed dunk and the defensive lapse as time expired. Would be e have won the game? I know others made plenty of mistakes as well.

@rcjhdraft just saw this, very unfortunate but at this point I wonder if most will test the transfer portal waters? Would be like Mahomes basically being a free agent every year, it’s going to get you a raise most of the time.

Can Michigan bring the natty back to big 10 country for the first time in 26 years?

As much as I hate Dan Hurley he will be playing for his 3rd national title in 4 years Monday and I wouldn’t bet against him. He’s easy to dislike but man you can’t question his greatness in the NIL.