@truehawk93 KU doesn’t have to be the best team in the tournament, just the better team on floor 6 times.

@loyolstud88 Blue blood killer is cute, come back when you beat one.

@Kcmatt7 Self knows exactly how to coach young guards. They just don’t become finished products right away. Mason and Graham each took until their third years to become elite guards.

Marcus Garrett has signed a free agent deal with the Miami Heat. The last two Jayhawks who played with the Heat won NBA titles (Chalmers and Simien) so maybe Garrett continues that trend.

@kuballin10 said in Puerto Rico!:

@mayjay lol no doubt I’m starting early.

Last year it was Joe should play more or actually year before that and then last year he showed he doesn’t have it.

This year we have the horses and both Morris and Elmarko are better nba prospects for a reason.

Gotta trust Bill

Being a better NBA prospect doesn’t equal being a better college player right now. Dejuan Harris is a better college player than Morris or Jackson right now because he is a much more polished product than either of those two.

There’s also a reason why Yesufu ended up in the wastelands of Pullman, Washington. He’s an undersized 2 with a low BBIQ that’s never met a shot he didn’t like that Self never should’ve offered.

Constructing a championship caliber team isn’t necessarily about the 5 best players, it’s a bit the 5 right players and Harris brings a lot of other tools than scoring to the table. Having a real post threat now means that Harris can focus on his defense and running the show and not worry about having to score like last season. I wouldn’t be shocked if Harris averaged 8-9 assists per game this season with the supporting cast he has.

Good to see Udeh still helping KU win games, lol!

@wissox said in Peterson:

@rcjhdraft I don’t think that’s our recruiting strategy, do you? I mean lets get a 1 year rental because it’ll bring in all the system guys we need? Of course the portal is a game changer too and maybe guys will want to come alongside him next year thinking they’ll all mesh into a championship team. Someone will probably fact check me on this but I don’t think there’s a championship team since Duke in 2015, or maybe Kentucky in 2012 that’s ridden OAD’s to the championship.

A player’s end goal is not playing Kansas (or whatever school they go to), it’s to play in the NBA. Darryn Peterson is a difference maker and him being successful at Kansas and then in the NBA will attract more of the OAD level talent. That in turn will attract a higher caliber role player to fill in around those superstar players so that in years when there isn’t a OAD caliber player on the roster, it’s still a roster loaded with players who have an NBA future.

KU and Beaty need to do everything in their power to keep Tony Hull because as long as he’s at KU, that pipeline KU now has into New Orleans is going to stay open until for KU until Hull is no longer here. Louisiana is just an entirely different culture from the rest of the country and these guys aren’t joking about the family atmosphere having a huge influence on their decisions. I know @wissox and anyone else including myself who have spent a significant portion of time in Louisiana will 100% back up this claim about the loyalty of Louisiana people being accurate and Hull has the loyalty of HS coaches and players all over the New Orleans area specifically.

Landing Tyriek Starks was the beginning. The connection with Hull was made during this recruitment because Starks played at Warren Easton under Hull. Reggie Mitchell then leaves for Arkansas and KU has a need for a new RB coach. Beaty takes a calculated risk by bringing in Hull in an attempt to get some players out of Louisiana. Almost immediately, Hull gets commitments from Mike Lee and Malik Clark (Clark is also from Warren Easton) and then gets Lee to enroll a year early at KU. In his 1st year, Hull also lands Travis Jordan and Takulve Williams both from the New Orleans area as well. In a little over a year on the job, Hull brings in 4 Louisiana players, one of whom gets a chance to play early. Getting players from Louisiana to visit KU is a big enough deal which hiring Hull allowed KU to at least talk to players in Louisiana. Seeing Mike Lee emerge on the scene however is a game changer for KU in Louisiana. Without the success Mike Lee had last year, KU does not land any of the Louisiana recruits that committed yesterday, at least not early like they did. They probably go home and tell their younger teammates about how nice KU is and that keeps the line of communication open with Louisiana prospects for Tony Hull. Lee’s success is a game changer because it shows these kids that they can come in and be successful very early on at KU instead of having to sit and wait behind other 4 and 5 star guys at LSU.

If Daylon Charlot comes in and has early success and if Tyriek Starks wins the QB job, the floodgates will be fully open for KU to talk to any recruit in Louisiana they want to and to have a legitimate chance to sign those players as well.

What KU did yesterday in getting commitments from Jason and Harris (3rd and 4th best players in Louisiana with offers from LSU, Alabama, and basically everybody in the SEC) is something that has definitely caught a lot of people off guard including everyone who follows KU football. We knew Hull would allow KU to talk to some players out of Louisiana, but to actually land commitments from players the caliber of Jason and Harris is something I don’t even think Tony Hull thought was possible at this stage in the game.

Don’t be surprised to see KU land possibly 3, maybe even more recruits out of Louisiana this year. Warren Easton has a couple of 3 star prospects who we know Hull has a relationship with and there’s a DE out of Baton Rouge that KU is the favorite to land.

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TCU is significantly better than any 16 seed KU will face. Whatever league KU’s 16 seed comes out of, TCU is good enough to go undefeated in that league.

@BeddieKU23 said in The portal.:

Perhaps a big one for us to follow. New Mexico guard Donovan Dent in the portal, Mountain West POY averaged 20ppg, 6.4 assists & 41% from 3. He’s really good and will have a Christmas list of suitors.

I love his game, but I’d be concerned about fit because he doesn’t shoot very many 3 pointers. He shot fewer 3’s than Dejuan did last season. If Peterson ends up not being a good point shooter next season, I’d be concerned about the offense next year because it would be more of teams packing the paint to take away KU’s ability to drive.

@wissox Fran was also a chronic underachiever and we had success with a previous Fran transfer in Isaiah Moss. I’m not opposed to an Iowa player, especially since the one KU is getting involved in addresses a dire need for shooting and scoring next season.

With Jackson, Peterson, and Flory, I think KU is going to be pretty salty defensively next season.

@dylans Where do those players come from? Players like that don’t enter the portal, they enter the draft. Players in the portal are flawed players that have holes in their games. Top transfers might have 2 out of those 3 things you want, but there’s a tradeoff somewhere in their skill sets.

The women’s tournament took a big blow last night as USC star JuJu Watkins tore her ACL in USC’s win over Miss. St.

Her and Paige Bueckers have been the two biggest reasons to watch the women’s tournament this year.

@rockchalkjayhawk said in The portal.:

@BeddieKU23 said in The portal.:

Christopher Tilly- mutual interest

I may not be exaggerating by saying that dude has like a 1 inch vertical. glued to the ground.

I’d prefer more mobile, springy bigs. Remember when USC kicked our ass with the tall, athletic, mobile Mobley brothers? Like that, please.

Those kind of players don’t enter the portal. Evan Mobley was the #3 pick in the draft after his freshman year and his brother was drafted the next season after playing 3 years.

@approxinfinity Zuby has been there for 2 years, his transformation wasn’t overnight. KU essentially returned 3 guys from 2 year ago that played this season. And to answer that question, KJ had a similar body transformation over the same time as Zuby.

Let me return some questions. Dr. Nijem has been KU’s S&C director since 2019. Did he hurt the 2020 team? Were there questions about the 2022 team’s S&C development? Did Dr. Nijem suddenly forget how to be a S&C coach because people are looking to blame someone for KU’s lack of on court success the past two years while ignoring the obvious decline in overall talent within the program because of the NCAA investigation that was hanging over the program for the past 5 years

The most important time of year for physical development for these kids is the summer time when they are unsupervised by anyone on staff. This is why I mentioned players that hire personal trainers over the summer versus players who couldn’t control themselves.

There’s also plenty of examples under Hudy as well of players not developing to their full potential because they didn’t have the self discipline during the summer months to do the work needed. Sherron Collins is the prime example of that. Jeff Withey never bulked up the way many though he would.

@SlickRockJayhawk said in Off-season Conditioning:

Hello Jayhawk fans,

One thing that bugged me this year is the lack of bulk on anyone other than KJ (excluding anyone that just transferred in last year). Specifically DeJuan and Hunter, but also Zeke.

What the heck is Ramsey Nijem doing with these guys?!? It didn’t look like DeJuan put on an ounce of muscle in his 5 years in Lawrence. Hunter totally lacked an athletic build.

How does a player spend 5 years in the program and still be skinny and lack bulk/muscle? No way that should be allowed.

Ramsey is doing our players and team a complete disservice.

Maybe in the day of NIL and getting guys for 1 year, you don’t mess with their physique, much like you wouldn’t try and change their shooting motion for just one year. But guys that have been around for 2-5 years?

Do we need a new strength and conditioning coach?

No we don’t. Genetics also plays a big role in player development. Some people simply don’t have frames that can handle/support a lot of muscle mass and Dejuan has one those body types. Even as long as KD has been in the league, he’s still only 240 lbs. despite being a 7 footer.

Too many people, and I think you’re doing this here also put too much focus and emphasis on how toned a person looks as the final say on strength. Nikola Jokic and Luka Doncic will never win a physique contest, but that hasn’t stopped them from being top 3 players in the NBA today.

Also, players are unsupervised during the summer. Not everyone has the self discipline to carry out the nutrition and S&C plan laid out for them before the summer. Players that don’t put in that work to hire a personal trainer over the summer usually don’t see the same results as those who do.

@BShark The chatter I’ve seen on it isn’t comimg from Kentucky sources. Did is going to be one of the most sought after players in the portal so I would expect all the bog name programs with a need to be in on Dix.

@BShark said in The portal.:

Josh Dix situation is ramping up. All the KU writers saying he is a major target.

There’s apparently a lot of chatter about him to Kentucky as well.

@BShark said in The portal.:

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/christoph-tilly-1.html Another to monitor for the back-up 5 spot

Solid option, concerned about his rebounding though.