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RockkChalkk
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RE: Kevin McCullar is returning!!
Always believed there was a legit chance of this happening, made too much sense. Glad the door was able to remain open long enough for this to happen! Rock Chalk!!
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RE: Transfer Rumblings
Just want to say i love all the discussion here and everyone brings great insight and opinions. And thank you for allowing me to share mine from time to time. Appreciate you all very much. Hopefully our hawks reload and put together another title contending team for 2023.
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RE: Terrance Ferguson could still be a Jayhawk?
I highly doubt that he is reconsidering his decision to attend Alabama. I’m not quite sure why these elite recruits are still choosing these mid level schools with average coaches. I think its one of two reasons:
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PT is more important than winning.
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If they do care about winning, (meaning winning an NCAA championship, final 4 appearance, even a conference championship) they have been drinking too much of the cool-aid fed to them during the recruiting process. Its clear that its not going to happen… lets take an early look at last year’s examples…
Cal: After finishing 8th out of 12 last year in their league, they landed two top 10 recruits. They are currently 4-2 and on a two game losing streak yet they have not even played another ranked team.
Miss St.: After finishing 12th out of 14 in their conference last year, they landed a top 10 recruit which many claimed to be a top 5 guy. They are currently 3-3 even though they haven’t played a ranked team yet. One of those losses came against the perennial doormat of the Big12 in Texas Tech.
LSU: After finishing 3rd in their league they landed the top overall recruit and have been at the top of the hype train all offseason. Unlike the other two teams listed above, I actually think this team will make the NCAA tournament this year despite their current 3-2 record (also yet to play a ranked team) and two game losing streak.
So… lets take a look at TFerg’s Alabama choice. How are they doing so far this year?
After an early season embarrassment loss to unranked Dayton 80-48, their current 4-2 season is at a historic high right now as they have defeated two ranked teams in a row for the first time since 2006! (beat #20 Wich St, and #17 ND). Wow, almost 10 years since they have last done that. I guess these are the kinds of things one can expect to celebrate at one of these type of programs.
Of course its still early and teams can get hot late and go on a run but its rare. The early indications that I see tell me that these schools are not changing very much from previous seasons based on these star recruits joining the team.
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RE: Crootin Thread III, Wherein Some Players Probably Commit to KU
@jayballer54 Try to think of it this way, there are only 13 spots on the roster (scholarship spots) and when you subtract returning players, we can really only “win” on recruiting on a handful of players each year due to that alone. Don’t let the “misses” get you down.
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RE: Ok so lets see if new recruiting thread
Well how about that for timing, there is the first domino! Wow, that’s a big commitment that really wasn’t on the radar until Friday. Amazing.
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RE: Zim makes it official.
Good, really didn’t want this guy. Not interested in the players that think they are above the program.
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What's wrong with Coach Self?
Piss poor game last night, team looked terrible in many ways. The biggest question I have after letting it set in for a while is “What is wrong with Coach Self?” Forget what I saw last night, its what I didn’t see. I didn’t see Coach Self getting heated, face red, trying to light a fire under the team that played flat, no energy, putrid defense, and just went through the motions. They weren’t diving for loose balls and lost almost all of the 50/50 balls, rebounding was terrible and got out worked for them all game, and so many stupid turnovers. Where is the Coach Self that I come to know and love? So many times last night somebody would have a bonehead turnover and I’d expect Self to lay into him but nothing. I knew they were going to lose last night in the first few minutes of the second half when nothing had changed. The energy level was the same, still not competing for rebounds, still playing lax defense, I knew at that point that they would lose. I’m used to seeing the team come out with a newfound energy after halftime with everybody suspecting the paint on the walls was being peeled off by Self’s “motivational” halftime talks. But not this time. Nothing. No fire on the sideline, no fire at halftime, nothing.
What is wrong with Coach Self??
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RE: Nothing Is Over
@HighEliteMajor this is perhaps the best post i’ve ever read on here by anyone, i needed this. Thank you.
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RE: KJ Adams Discussion
One of my all-time favorite Jayhawks was Kevin Young. I see a lot of similarities between the role that KY had and what KJ could be. Young managed just fine playing alongside Withey.
Latest posts made by RockkChalkk
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RE: Elmarko
@BeddieKU23 said in Elmarko:
I think there’s going to be some criticism/hesitation from fans because with Harris coming back we need shooting and playmaking. I’m not sure anyone wants to watch another year where the backcourt can’t shoot or create their own like we are seeing this year. Just my 2 cents
This is what drives me nuts. This is just one of many posts pointing out how much Juan’s non-scoring play style limits this team. He needs to make a massive change to his game or get out of the way so the team isn’t held back.
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RE: Short Handed Hawks vs Cincy Game Thread
I totally get the frustrations with Juan and its nothing to do with how good he is as a person. I think we all agree on that. Its just really tough to watch him out there still playing like a freshmen when he is a senior with so much experience.
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RE: Who would you keep for next year?
@TYOHawk said in Who would you keep for next year?:
Keep: Furphy, Hunter
On the fence: KJ and Elmarko
The rest can go honestly
I agree with this. I think I would add McDowell to the ‘on the fence’ section though. He seems to show some flashes and wouldn’t mind keeping him around as a bench piece.
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RE: Short Handed Hawks vs Cincy Game Thread
Hope this offseason all positions are recruited and no position is safe.
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RE: Recruiting Notes
Kindof surprising. At this point I was thinking Baylor was the better job. Maybe he is just trying to leverage a raise for himself?
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RE: Beat Silo Tech! Lets save this season
It might actually be preferred to be a #2 in the
Midwest (Detroit)South (Dallas) vs a #1 farther from home though. -
RE: Beat Silo Tech! Lets save this season
I disagree that they have zero chance at a one seed. The chances are very small and very unlikely but there is a scenario where it could happen. If they play like they did last night the rest of the way and win convincingly over Houston then stack a few more great wins in the Big 12 tourney, Iowa St and Houston again. They would be 3-0 against Houston, Beat Tennessee, Beat UConn, Beat Kentucky, and probably have the most Q1 wins in the country. Committee could definitely consider the KM injury to minimize some of the losses. Couple all this with bad showings from others looking to get the #1s by early losses in their tournaments, I definitely think it is not a zero chance. Though, its not much higher than zero, lol.
Any researchers out there want to look up the most losses a #1 seed has ever had? Curious to know that answer.
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RE: It will be pretty hard for me to be excited for next year's team
@BShark said in It will be pretty hard for me to be excited for next year's team:
@kuballin10 it’s time to recruit over KJ.
He won’t recruit over Dajuan at all obviously. I think you can build a great team around one of them, not both. And realistically KJ IS a center.
Personally, I wish he would recruit over DH if he had to pick one of the two.
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RE: BYU Thread
I don’t buy the tired legs theories out there. These are young men in their primes. They only play two games per week! Come on. If this is really an issue with this team then they need a better strength and conditioning program.
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RE: BYU Thread
@BeddieKU23 said in BYU Thread:
It is what it is.
This team isn’t going anywhere without Kev and the effort game to game this late in the season is so disappointing. Guys looked gassed after 3 days off and a week prior… BYU shoots the 3 and certainly didn’t guard them well. We continue to miss shots that should go down.
This was a team loss but Hunter let his team down last night. You can’t miss 9 free throws
A lot of this stems from poor play and leadership from the PG position. Its obvious to me and I know its not a popular opinion here, if people step back and take off their Jayhawk tinted glasses its not hard to see. There are intangibles that aren’t measured in stats but show up on how well an offense runs or how energy/effort is contagious to the rest of the team. He is a senior! Come on, have we all lowered our expectations this far to think this is acceptable play from a multiple year starter, Senior PG at Kansas??