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KU now has the 5th best class of 2026 according to Rivals - -& the 11th best class of 2026 according to 247

Dam I wish this Coaching staff could recruit lol. – ROCK CHALK

Mercy, they just keep rollin in - -got to love it

@BShark Podcast I was listening to agrees with you 100 %. - Said all these guys have been given a chance YES even AJ. -They all said it’s time to move on from AJ. - Talking about AJ’s shot volume like the amount of shots it took him to get his 16 points- -shot volume is high- -real high.-- They talked about when he was at Wisconsin his shot volume-- 3rd highest in the Nation avg 16 shots per game

Majority of people all agree time to move on from the AJ experiment - -Sure he scored 16 against who TCU ?- - then he followed that up with O-fer the following game 0-6 from the field- — 0-4 from the line- - be good if there was any consistency, they said the only consistency AJ has is bad consistency- needs to guard the water cooler

Be careful Coach- - Be very careful. Coach Self might wanna watch or choose his words a little more careful. You looking to alienate your fan base Coach ?- -Or at least a big piece of your fan base that adds to the mystique , but calling out the Student section ?-- Oh that’s not good.

Now as far as me?- - -I could give a rats ass, but saying these kind of things to your students? - -ummm , ehh might not be a good idea . It’s hit the media now and that’s bad news --you know how this works. Coach saying the Student section not like it used to be- - talking about the long lines, and camp outs. I guess meaning students now kind of just going through the motions. -To me I thought the Student section was great against Houston.

The podcast saying- – -OH you calling out the students now Bill?- Not being loud enough/rowdy enough ? - They said ok how bout this Coach do you think maybe 3,4, 7 more students would of helped KU shoot free throws better/made more?- would more students help Dejuan make those free throws ?- -Ouch- -good point.- - They said you want the Students to be louder ?- - -how about this - -put a better product on the floor.

They said this just makes Bill look like he is grasping for excuses, like " -oh, I lost again - -now what do I do "- Saying this is not a good look.- -Falling in the same category as Tang-- & Shaun Miller complaining, at least Mille cried about the students but even that was after a win…-- I don’t know Coach that might be a bad move getting some of your most rabis support group pissed at you/talking smack on them – Not a good look at all .They saying these last couple of years- - -ehhh Coach , not so much.- - Be careful Bill dangerous times, might wanna choose your words a little more wisely

@KirkIsMyHinrich Speed , Speed , And more Speed

@BeddieKU23 ya I kinda thought the same

I read where KU has made Alijah Arenas final five schools,-- KU- -Ariz - -Kentucky – Ku -USC - - - - I saw off Rivals future cast- - KU/UK tied for him right now

I saw tonight that KU made Alijah Arenas final five. - - -wouldn’t get to excited , but who knows

the others are Ariz , USC Ku - -I’m looking at Ariz probably to come out of it- -I think Kentucky is another school too but na.

Be on your toes guys for another one.- -Coach Ianello put his search light up again about a hour ago. - --Some was talking about a Rb top 15 in the Nation. - -Hunter Higgins saying we need to show him some love, not quite sure who it might be

Kind of surprised me with the rankings today. I thought for sure we would fall- --and we actually moved up a notch to eleventh in the AP & Coach’s poll both

@FarmerJayhawk I think I like it. Remember this is where Lance is weak- - so they say.

Were in pretty good shape with Tyren Parker & Ian Premer

And here we go, lil brother starting to whimper.-- K/Stat even has a podcast about this now-- Is K/State losing the recruiting battle to in state rival.

We start as to why KU is getting these recruits : - -K/State cooled off in recruiting them - -Some of these kids had KU backgrounds and K/State was never going to get them- - - -They say this is just a one year cycle , not to panic - - -This kid not as good as being talked about— - - -K/State never interested -and JJ Dunnigan recruitment far from over- - Which might be true, but thing is-----he committed to KU right now lmao- - K/State feels they are still in the lead with IAN- & yet Ian has visited Ku more then any other school that’s recruiting him-- ( 4 )

There you have it guys - -let the crying begin.-- Hang onto your butts cause , it’s only gonna get worse

According to Rivals KU now has the - - -Nineth ranked recruiting class in 2026 - & 247 sports has us as the thirteenth the Nation

@BShark ya I don’t think KJ will be back

We got another one tonight.- -Landen Anderson,- - which KirkIsMyHinrich-- giving us nine commits for 2026.- -There was rumor the way things were headed this was suppose to be a big year for Lance-- looks like its workin out

Lance and staff are ABSOLUTELY ON FIRE – —kicking ass and taking names, - - BUT let us remember this is Lance’s weak area- - he can’t recruit lmao.

Now in all seriousness we may get them to commit – BUT the key is to keep them from flipping to other schools before signing day.

Can’t do nothing but help on Ian , with all these other ranked kids committing & being friends with Synder- – -- -ROCK CHALK BABY

@Crimsonorblue22 Not BeddieKU23 but ya he did , multiple times

@BeddieKU23 Thanks for the input, greatly appreciated. I think it’s this coming year that it expands to 15 for the roster & like you said , going to be almost a brand new team. The only difference I see well not rally difference but anyways I agree with Storr gone-- -because he was looking for the NBA draft experimenting/researching it before this Season and with the way things have played out- BUT the other is like I said before is I don’t see Rylan coming back. I don’t think he really is happy, I think if you were to ask he would tell you he made a wrong decision by coming here.

I think to a lesser degree him and AJ just hasn’t fir – hasn’t fulfilled expectations and it’s in his head now. Now this last game he played great, but like we saw with AJ and his really good showing, now AJ came right back down and was his for the year AJ. – Rylan been pretty sporadic just really hasn’t turned out like we thought. Put that with the way the Portal has become a ?crutch for these players, they just think screw this and enter the Portal - -AGAIN

I agree it’s going to be a completely different team. In a way this portal has became a nuisance because like I heard it has really changed recruiting, ?Coach’s are almost have to recruit like JC- - they are basically recruiting for two years instead of four.- -Your going to see more and more High School kids get screwed because these College Coach’s are going to go after kids with experience and kids that are good players , solid players but not great players- -these are the types of players that may need a couple of years to progress/develop.

Well with this portal now- -a lot of those types aren’t being recruited as much. Coach’s don’t feel they have the time to develop kids , maybe those three/four year players/. Now with the portal I think it ha hurt team chemistry, these kids just get here and then they are gone.

The group doesn’t REALLY get the time to really bond- -no continuity makes it hard to make that cohesiveness.- -I don’t know I’m just babbling trying to make a point on this portal.- -It is good in some ways but bad in many others. Again thanks for the input. Bottom line like you said it’s going to be a whole different roster next year- -and one more thing with them expanding the roster to 15- -you going to see less and less walk on’s

So with the roster expanding to 15 next year are we looking at big numbers from portal again ? - -how many spots will we have ?- - will w use all 15 spots with Scholi’s ?

@BeddieKU23 I just don’t think we will see Rylan back, the way things have gone I’m not convinced one games makes a Season change, on his part I think he is not happy with minutes -this game sure, but he has had a lot of bench time - -being yanked and such.

Could be wrong but I just think he will hit the portal again

@BShark I’d take Zeke for another year if possible

We have a great chance of getting seven of the top eleven recruits from Kansas and ONE more if we could snap-- - -Ian Premer would be a huge get.# 1 player in the State of Kansas.

Lance and the guys have busted down the barrier that was with the Kansas High School Coach’s and KU Staff. A lot of bad blood between Kansas High School Coach’s and Previous KU staff. KU staff didn’t recruit their own Kansas kids, a lot of times not giving them even the time of daay , caused a lot of friction. Lance and his group have re connected and finally has gotten through, mde good friendships now and doing quite wll and K/State people hate it

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If Juan was the only player on the team to miss his free throws I’d be a little more critical BUT he wasn’t . He actually did fine ( for the most part ) did he miss huge free throws ? -Absolutely – yet so did others Rylan - - Zeke at critical times. I would say Juan’s eight points - -2/3 from the three- - twelve assists – & ONE turnover is a pretty good games worth should be good enough- -well for most it would be

@approxinfinity The guys here are right in this respect though I will say this. When KJ does come back, chances are he will be back in the starting line up 7 the only thing is Coach has to keep getting Flory more floor time. Period, he just can’t hinder Flory’s progress KJ ha to understand and actually as much as he loves KU- -I actually think if he were to get less because of Flory KJ would be ok with that if he realized it’s what’s best. KJ still gt his minutes but just not as many. -Be better for KJ - Be better for the team

Well guys & Gals I’m afraid it’s time we face reality. Face the truth , I’ve been told many times that the truth hurts sometimes, but it is what it is. Heard this from a podcast I listened to the other day well actually , have heard from a couple & I agree pretty much with them & that is :- - Is KU still the Creme - -the BIG DADDY of the Big 12 Conference ? - -Or have they as they say have they fallen back to the pack ?

Truthfully the answer is Yes they have fallen back. KU’s dominance ruling the Big 12 in Basketball days are over- - - gone. As hard as it is to say I have to agree 100 %. No longer are you going to see KU just breeze through the Conference and just knock the dog snot out of the other members. That is just not gonna happen anymore . Those days are gone.

We as fans have become very , very spoiled and for some can’t seem to face reality.- - Like they said in the podcast with the arrival of the combination of the NIL & the way the portal has become there is becoming a lot more parity.

With the way the portal has become it has made it harder because of other Schools dealing in the NIL. – The Portal has become a hindrance and teams are finding it harder to get any continuity that cohesiveness, players here today- - gone tomorrow, harder to bond with other players when here today , gone tomorrow.

The truth is the Truth- -The days of winning the Conference fourteen yrs straight any more are long gone – Those were the dominant years, You’ve never seen any other School do that in Conference and you won’t. That only came from the guy that doesn’t know how to run his program and favors players- -Ya we have fell back, with the expansion of the league some power teams such as Arizona/Houston it’s pretty well evening it out.

At the end of the day-- -were gonna be Ok , you find out that the next day the Sun still comes up , your still above ground/breathing The Earth is still in rotation – Have to realize - -it’s ok - -It’s a fricken Basketball game for GOD’S sake just Breathe - -find a hobby - -If your one that is so upset with the way Coach runs the program- - The way he favors players , been doing and more then likely will continue to do , if your so miserable because of these things then do yourself a favor- - Find ANOTHER team to root for, simple you will feel much better and it’s not that hard & you’ll be much happier.

The only other solution I can think of for you to do if your so mad at Self is --just go into and see if you can talk with Coach and voice your dis pleasure Stand up to him be the man and let him know how unhappy you are with the way he is running the program. I’m sure he be glad to listen That leaves you with only one thing to do after - - I refer to a great song to express it’s called " Pop a top again " = =Oh ya just kick back pop that top enjoy life realize it’s just a game and embrace that ice cold brew- -Ahhhh.

@BeddieKU23 said in Feeling the Fieldhouse magic?:

Here we go again with the fatigue excuses. He has Shak and barely played him yesterday for whatever reason.

THAT was my only problem with Coach yesterday,- WHY didn’t he play Shak more and relieve Juan -that was kind of a head scratcher

KU has now gotten commits from the # 1 or 2 player in the state depending which site you look at- 3 5 by 247 sports , - we have the # - 4 player in the state - -the # 6 player in the state - - # 9 player in the State – -& the # 11 player in the state

Plus we still have a really good shot at the # 3 player in the state-- - & pretty decent chance yet at the #-- 1 player in the state we get them that would be 8 out of the top eleven ranked kids in Kansas

Right now Ku is ranked 17th in the Nation recruiting for 2026 &- -# 1 in the Big Twelve

@kuballin10 Hel line the team up take your puck in Free throws other then Flory and Hunter-- --let’s see AJ - -YES - griffen- -yes 0 - --Zeke- - yes -Juan - - yes -tka eyou pick

@kuballin10 You need to be looking at Zeke, mutiple screw ups including very critical screw ups in OT and alter regulation- - missed free throw , throwing up a jock shot when he hadn’t made shit from three all game --6-17 shooting- - -1-8 from three three turnovers killed us with the turnovers late throwing to GOD knows who --Zeke gets a big tag in this one

@TYOHawk YOUR LOOKING AT THE WRWONG GUARD THAT COST US THIS GAME.-- tHIS IS ON zEKE

Really sad when all these upper classmen missing critical free throws in a pressure game and yet you have a freshmen- -doesn’t have the best free throw % - and he steps to the line a couple of times late in this game and makes them all

This one is going to hang around for some time - -Ruined a great night by Rylan - -& yet RYLAN missed critical free throws too

@BeddieKU23 said in Feeling the Fieldhouse magic?:

@dylans

These guys are 22-24 years old, the excuses are done

There are no excuses.- -when your up six with seventeen seconds to go - it all becomes a matte of heart & want to

@kjayhawks You can thank Zeke for a majority of this loss-- hasn’t hit shit the whole game – -misses free throw in OT- -well 1/2 , jacking up three without running any clock in most critical situation throwing the ball away in most critical time, Zeke giving up cruicial three and then turning right around throwing the ball away and they hit Another three to take us into double over time.- -both overtimes if we play basic Basketball one - - O- -one we win period

This is 100 % for sure the biggest give away in the History /collapse in our history just a really sad display. - -Can’t make free throws- -throw the ball away well deserved loss Period

Welp --we just pissed all over ourself

@approxinfinity Screw Mayo

MF – you - what the F - - -Zeke are the F - -you doing.- -Dammit. – - -Juan can’t hit a fricken free throw.

RYLAN - - -RYLAN - --RYLAN – ! ! ! !

@StLJhawk hate to say it but Zeke is hurtin us right now - he will hit huge shot watch lol

Hunter & Flory got something going on -& just when we needed it most

This I think is coming down to who has the ball last

You know what ?- - Flory has stuck with it, kinda got pushed around in the first half but has stayed focused came back and did ok this 2nd half – doing what he does rebound and dunk

We righted the ship boys - – we righted the ship

We better really clamp down

Ridicilious foul by Dickinson - flat footed and just clubs the kid in the head -Hell even I could of /would of called that

And so it begiins - -fricken 18- - % from the field

Scoring drought of - - 4:18

@BeddieKU23 Biggest game of the Season so far and Zeke turns into solid ice

tide is starting to turn - -got to get hunter posted in low -let him work