I spent Saturday at a youth camp with a few of the Jayhawks and even Sherron came down. Been doing this for a few years now and I get a kick out of watching the KU guys coaching up the kids. I also get to watch them interact with each other and shoot a bit.

Things that caught my eye this year;

They all got along well Dedric, Doke, Moore, Grimes, and Silvio were there and hung together pretty tight when they had the time. that is not always the case.

No one has told Charlie he isn’t going to be the leader. He is not an alpha dog like Frank but he has guys looking to him. He spent quite a bit of time talking with Sherron, I count that as a plus. He is very very quick has a good shot and a ton of confidence.

Doke has found a 10’ shot that actually looks decent and goes in the hoop regularly. Shocked me when I looked over and saw him knocking in down. He also shot some FT’s at better than 50% with a bunch of screaming kids running amuck around him. I was to busy to get an accurate count but his elbow was staying where it belonged. He looks lean and strong as an ox too.

Grimes is smooth, but pretty much took a backseat to the others, true freshman that he is I kind of like that.

Sherron needs to be a coach someplace down the road! The team he coached went undefeated and the way he worked with the kids was special. Talked to him awhile, he just moved his family to Lawrence, his knees are back to full health, and he is working on getting back into playing shape and make another run at playing for money.

No real insight on Silvio his enthusiasm for the game is obvious. He ran the floor with the kids he was coaching cheering them on and lived and died with each shot they took. I can’t help but like the guy and his teammates appear to feel the same way. I kind of wondered if the rumors would make him a bit of an outcast but that is not the case.

No earth shaking info there but you get what you pay for

I read that other KU site this morning, even the comments which I do at time for the comic content. This signing has created the typical level of hate and discontent that drove me away from there in the first place. What I see here is a kid with a reputation of being hard working, has decent footwork, some skill, and a lot of hustle. The type of player that can be used to push that one and done to practice and play with effort. Sometimes it is the type of player that as his body matures turns into a valuable rotation player. The kind of player that Self has turned into serious players in the past.

As far as his current ranking I’ve noticed that kids that commit early in HS are sometimes ignored a bit by the ranking services. I am curious to see what will happen now that he has been brought back into notice. I would not be surprised to see him bounce up into the mid 70’s, which for what I see as a redshirt four year player would be about right. I believe KU needs a couple of 3-4 year players. It brings some year to year continuity and leadership potential down the road.

Basically Self see’s a lot of holes opening up for big guys and he just filled his “four year guy” spot.

I expected a let down from Ochai in his second game. I was wrong, I’m jumping on the bandwagon.

I have tried to do the live chat but it distracts me from yelling at the tv.

The RPI is a tool to measure the capability of a team. However it is only one of many such tools and I think those that take it seriously on it’s own have a flawed view of the world.

A more balanced approach is needed. I consider W/L, RPI, and a Ouija Board to determine my picks.

http://www.nba.com/kings/news/kings-sign-frank-mason

http://www.ncaa.com/video/basketball-men/2015-01-27/behind-the-rpi-kansas-jayhawks-kentucky-wildcats-virginia-cavaliers

I like the way they think, other than the fact UK kicked our rear soundly.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vxqaRsdpzjQ

Franks highlights

http://www.todaysfastbreak.com/nba-west/utah-jazz/utah-jazz-should-start-jeff-withey-in-rudy-goberts-absence/

I found this interesting and thought I would pass it on.

I like his attitude, Coach could say “Mitch go play point” and Mitch would do his damned best to pull it off and then be upset he didn’t match Franks stats and let down the team!

I was exited at first that Jaybate had rejoined us! Then the date sank in

Page loads fine on AT&T now Thanks!!

Soon as I dropped WiFi I got the “lost connection to KUbuckets” message

ok, i tried clearing cache on mac and then used my hotspot and it is working. I have done that before without seeing any success so perhaps you fixed something and i just had to clear the bad data. However clearing data has not worked on my phone so far.

it is very weird, i access the board via wifi on my iphone turn off the wifi and try to change pages and am told that Safari cannot establish a secure connection to the server. So i tried using my phone as a hotspot and first used my computer with wifi to access the board then the hotspot which failed with the same message. It has got to be a security setting i wish I was smart enough to figure out a work around.

@BeddieKU23 I heard it was the arch of his toe. Not heard that one before

Very sad news

Block the shot, help the guy up, and pat him on the shoulder and say good try little fella and wander off smiling. Done properly it’'s as effective as standing over a guy with none of the downside.

HighEliteMajor said:

I just don’t want to see him play here again. My opinion. I know that most probably disagree. This isn’t a felony, or a crime against humanity, he didn’t hurt anyone – I get that. He stood over a guy, then got caught up in the melee I which he was an active participant (I’m always good with someone defending themselves; he was more active than that. He pursued too), then inexplicably picked up a chair over his head as if he was going to use it. That’s what this was. The worst part is the reflection on our program.

This was too much for me, coupled with what his recruitment has brought to us. I’d like to see him play elsewhere next season and transfer. A fresh start for him, too. Hopefully, as with many folks that make mistakes, they learn and are better for it. I bet that’s the case here.

Is he going to graduate this year where he could transfer out and play elsewhere immediately? I just can’t see him sitting out another year for any reason. I feel its grad transfer, play for KU, or go pro.

Ok, lets assume Silvio is gone long term, 5+ games. McCormack, at best he’s out a game or two just for stumbling around over people waving his arms. So is Mitch’s redshirt coming off, at this point in the season I’d hate to see that happen personally.