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@BShark or @FarmerJayhawk y’all got anything about what KU’s plans are now that Williams, Sarr, and Fland are off the table?

KU just tied it at 6 in 7th with a 3 run homer.

@Jhawk69 said in The portal.:

Christ almighty. We had better have the funds to outbid NC State

Will Wade as the new coach and they were trying to flip Peterson. They got some money so hopefully KU has enough to match because Williams is enough to make KU into a legit Big 12 contender and potentially more than that.

@drgnslayr said in The portal.:

So Williams left town without signing…. Aargh!

Bidding war with NC State. We need a stronger ass offer than them.

@DanR said in Another NCAA Lawsuit:

It actually makes some sense. One more situation in a long list of unintended consequences from the NCAA by opening up the NIL without any sort of plan or rules.

It does and why the NCAA is trying to get Congress to pass some kind of NIL bill so everyone has the same rules to play by instead of state by state.

Definitely feels like a potential successor to Self if Vaughn can handle the transition which I think he’ll be able to.

Also really looking forward to seeing what Vaughn can do with Peterson and Elmarko Jackson’s development.

Former Tennessee guard Zakai Zeigler has sued the NCAA for a 5th year of eligibility.

This lawsuit is different from the Diego Pavia one that deals with JuCo eligibility. Zeigler claims that players that redshirt and take 5 years to complete their undergraduate degree have a financial advantage in regards to NIL over players who don’t redshirt and graduate in 4 years. Zeigler is claiming he is losing out on somewhere between $2-$4 million in NIL because he graduated in 4 years and didn’t redshirt.

Definitely something to keep an eye on as this lawsuit being successful could allow players to play 5 years and potentially end redshirting in college sports.

Fland to Florida

Something that I asked about a couple of months ago was Jaden Nickens who committed to play both football and basketball for KU.

What I’ve read about this is that basketball is now it is in the same format as baseball and other equivalent sports where teams have hard roster limits and can utilize scholarships however they want.

If I’ve read and interpreted this correctly, Jaden Nickens can still play basketball for KU next season and he will count against the 15 player limit, but since his scholarship is for football, he won’t count against the scholarship limit this season so KU would still be fulfilling their NCAA punishment obligation in regards to losing scholarships.

@drgnslayr said in The portal.:

@Texas-Hawk-10 Yes. I see Williams as a good possibility. Not sure we are a real consideration for Fland. I expect him to stay in the SEC.

We were also expected to land Sarr as well and we saw how that worked out. I also agree that Fland is likely headed to Florida, but until everything is settled, KU has also been linked as a possible landing spot should his plans at Florida fall through for whatever reason.

@wissox said in 2025 Recruiting:

Not much excitement for this signing it appears?

Allen isn’t projected to be an instant impact guy and may never be someone who plays a meaningful minutes for KU. Allen’s offer list is much smaller and much leass impressive than Ochai’s was coming out of HS. He’s a low major talent and this was likely done as a favor to Sherron to bring in someone who can essentially be a practice player for KU this upcoming season.

KU will be the 2 seed in the Big 12 Tournament in Arlington next week. Their first game will be Thursday at 3pm against the winner Oklahoma St. and Baylor.

@drgnslayr said in The portal.:

@Texas-Hawk-10 I’d be thrilled to land Williams and Fland. Like you said Williams is better now. We need quality experience to go along with DP.

KU won’t get both, but those are the two big names currently attached to KU. Williams is far more likely than Fland.

🧹🧹🧹 (7-0 today)

WVU still gets the title because of winning % since they had 2 rainouts.

Very unlikely Cedric Coward withdraws. Late 1st to early 2nd round projections (25-35) pretty much across the board. Players in that range rarely withdraw.

I think we are more realistically waiting on Darrion Williams and Boogie Fland who are both at best mid 2nd picks with Williams not being drafted in several mocks.

Sarr absolutely has a higher long term ceiling over Darrion Williams, but Williams is the better player right now and if this is Self’s last season, Williams is the better option for one season.

8-5 KU, KU has clinched the series with WVU.

@rockchalkjayhawk said in 2025 Recruiting:

Hmm, looks like we just signed a high school kid from KC for this season.

Played HS ball for Sherron Collins, long term prospect.

3-0 Hawks over WVU in game 1 of their series.

KU took 2 of 3 from BYU. They can’t won the regular season title even if they swept WVU next weekend as they’re now 4 games back. KU could end up anywhere from 2nd to 6th in the regular season standings depending on how everyone does this weekend. KU currently sits tied for 3rd with TCU at 17-10 and is a game back of 2nd place Arizona St., and a game up on Arizona and KSU.

@DCHawker said in The portal.:

Tiller and Calderon so little thought of that even with DP, KU’s recruiting class isn’t in 247’s top 25 classes. Nor is our portal class as of now…

Tiller reclassified into 2024 when he enrolled at KU early and isn’t part of KU’s 2025 class. It’s only Peterson and Calderon.

@SlimShaddy54 Quite frankly, this season it should be Bryson Tiller. Tiller has less shooting range than KJ so his best fit should be as a back up 5 this season. He’s got a 7-3 wingspan which makes up for him being 6-9 in the paint.

If Self plays Flory and Tiller together, it’s going to be many of the same issues on offense with KJ at the 4, but probably worse because Tiller doesn’t have the handles KJ did on the perimeter.

@SlimShaddy54 This makes games that we know the dates for. KU will also travel to Chapel Hill for their return game against UNC on Nov. 14 and will play Duke at MSG on Nov. 18 in the Champions Classic. They will also take part in the Player’s Era Festival in Las Vegas over Thanksgiving week. So far there are 18 teams committed to that tournament and it sounds like it’ll be a pool play format, but not sure how many games each team will play in that one.

Other schools in the Player’s Era Festival include Alabama, Auburn, Creighton, Gonzaga, Houston, Iowa St., Michigan, Notre Dame, Oregon, Rutgers, San Diego St., St. John’s, St. Joseph’s, Syracuse, and Tennessee. Alabama, Auburn, Gonzaga, Michigan, St. John’s, and Tennessee are all in early top 25 polls so KU probably plays at least 2 of those teams in Vegas.

There’s also going to be a neutral court game against Missouri at T-Mobile as well and a game in Raleigh on Dec. 13 against NC State.

KU’s going to have another loaded non-conference schedule this season like always.

@TYOHawk There’s going to be plenty of talent withdrawing from the draft over the next month or so. Right now is a slow period because of waiting for players to withdraw after not receiving Combine invites and another wave after the Combine when players don’t get the feedback they want. That’s the time period Self landed Remy Martin and Kevin McCullar

@Gorilla72 Uncertainty on a coaching staff is never a positive when trying to secure future players. Players want to know who they are playing for. If Self is going to make other coaching staff changes, those need to be made ASAP so other recruits know who will be here to coach and develop them.

@SlimShaddy54 If there’s still more changes to the staff as reported, that’s going to be a factor.

Current players that meet the requirements that aren’t already retired are Jalen Wilson (2023 Consensus 1st team All-American), Ochai Agbaji (2022 Final Four MOP), Devonte Graham (2018 Big 12 POY), and Frank Mason (2017 NPOY). There may be some other eligible players from before anyone here was alive, but those I believe are the 4 recent players who will eventually receive that honor.

@Jhawk69 said in The portal.:

Saw an article online today saying “Dame Sarr is turning into AJ Storr”. If we land him I sure hope that isn’t true. If someone else lands him, then fine.

It was from Sportskeeda which is a trash site and they were quoting a commenter, not even the writer’s own thoughts. They are bottom of the barrel for clickbait trash coverage of sports.

@TYOHawk said in Norm Roberts Retires:

@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Norm Roberts Retires:

@dylans said in Norm Roberts Retires:

@BShark Jacque Vaughn is the only person I can think that fits that mold. I’m sure there are others, but I just have a hard time imagining him wanting to go down a level.

Aaron Miles would be the other name that would meet that criteria.

Vaughn is damaged goods in the NBA. Raw deal or not, he’s not likely getting another chance to be an NBA head coach without showing on court success and the only way at this point would be to drop down to the college ranks. There is a little history of NBA coaching flame outs dropping down to the college ranks and being successful so hopefully Vaughn can follow those footsteps.

Same I’d probably hope more for Miles. Definitely wouldn’t consider the HCIW deal either. That’s how you end up with Hubert Davis running your program.

Jon Scheyer was in the same role as well under Coach K and has turned out pretty good to this point for Duke. HCIW isn’t a curse. There’s good examples of it and bad examples of it.

@dylans said in Norm Roberts Retires:

@BShark Jacque Vaughn is the only person I can think that fits that mold. I’m sure there are others, but I just have a hard time imagining him wanting to go down a level.

Aaron Miles would be the other name that would meet that criteria.

Vaughn is damaged goods in the NBA. Raw deal or not, he’s not likely getting another chance to be an NBA head coach without showing on court success and the only way at this point would be to drop down to the college ranks. There is a little history of NBA coaching flame outs dropping down to the college ranks and being successful so hopefully Vaughn can follow those footsteps.

@approxinfinity said in Norm Roberts Retires:

Again, i am not talking about this season.

Things change quickly, and posturing is a thing, we know.

We hang our hats on organizations we believe in, like the Spurs, wishing some things to be uncorrupted, but things fall apart.

Things also come together.

But nothing is static.

So proclamations of absolutes certainties and intolerance for counterpoint seem to be irrational takes.

Hope we can live in the middle.

Its a beautiful place.

If I am projecting and this is in fact a molehill, thats cool.

At this point, I think most people feel very comfortable/confident saying there is a zero percent chance of Bill Self ever being an NBA head coach.

Self isn’t going to coddle stars in the NBA and in San Antonio’s case, if management had to choose between Wemby/Castle and Self in a dispute, it would be much easier to replace Self than Wemby/Castle. Denver just fired Mike Malone less than two seasons removed from winning a championship and Jokic didn’t fight it when he had the influence to keep Malone.

Self’s health is also a big reason. The NBA is a much longer grind than college basketball. 6 months of 3 to 4 games per week, potentially two more months for the playoffs, and a month at the beginning for training camp/preseason.

Lastly, I don’t think anyone in the NBA is interested in Self as a head coach at this point. If Self wanted to continue coaching in some capacity, I could see him taking the Jim Calhoun route of going to a lower level in D2 or D3 where players aren’t going to those schools for NIL deals and Self could focus on teaching and coaching the game.

Norm Roberts has announced his retirement so there’s one assistant spot open.

@FarmerJayhawk said in The portal.:

@Texas-Hawk-10 said in The portal.:

@FarmerJayhawk said in The portal.:

@Texas-Hawk-10 20-21 was the Covid year so it doesn’t count either

So in theory he has 2 more year of eligibility?

I still think just one because he’s played 3 years of D1 ball that count: 20-21 - Covid, doesn’t count 21-22 - JuCo, doesn’t count(?) 22-23: WVU 23-24: WVU 24-25: OSU

So he’d need the JuCo year to not count too. Weird situation.

The JuCo seasons no longer counting towards eligibility is why Diggy is playing at Maryland next season instead of being out of eligibility which should mean Suemnick still has two more seasons of eligibility then.

@FarmerJayhawk said in The portal.:

@Texas-Hawk-10 20-21 was the Covid year so it doesn’t count either

So in theory he has 2 more year of eligibility?

@FarmerJayhawk said in The portal.:

@Texas-Hawk-10 Covid year

I just dug a little, it’s not a Covid year, it’s a JuCo year. I didn’t notice that there was a year missing between his seasons at Robert Morris and West Virginia and it was a year at a JuCo.

A Covid year didn’t make sense because his freshman year was post Covid.

@BShark said in The portal.:

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/pat-suemnick-1.html

How would he have another season? Is he waiting on the 5×5 ruling?

Rylan Griffen is going to be joining Zach Clemence at Texas A&M.

Also, just browsing through several 2026 NBA mock draft projections, I saw 4 different KU players show up, and potentially a 5th depending on what happens with Sarr.

We all know Peterson is OAD and in the mix to be the #1 pick in 2026. I did see Dame Sarr as top 20 pick, and also saw Flory, Tre White, and Bryson Tiller as second round picks in the various mock drafts out there. I did not see Darrion Williams on any 2026 mock draft which means most draft guys think he’ll stay in because I saw quite few names that have declared this year being projected as 2026 picks.

Sarr is a player with higher long term upside than Williams. The downside to that is that Sarr may not be at KU long enough to reach the draft from KU if this is indeed Self’s final season. Because of that, Williams would be my preferred option for next season. If there was a guarantee of 2-3 more years from Self, then I would take Sarr.

@drgnslayr There’s 3 dates to keep an eye on. The first should be coming up within the next week and that’s when NBA Combine invites go out. Most players that have declared for the draft that don’t receive an invite and haven’t already committed to a school will withdraw from the draft and focus on their transfer destination.

The second date is May 18 which is the last day of the NBA Combine. Players that received an invite will still start withdrawing shortly after that if they don’t like their feedback in regards to where their draft stock is.

The last day to watch is June 15 which is the deadline to withdraw from the NBA Draft.

On3 currently has KU projected as a 2 seed in the Fayetteville Regional, but if KU finishes strong, could end up hosting a regional.

@DCHawker said in KU Roster for 25-26:

@SlimShaddy54 said in KU Roster for 25-26:

@Texas-Hawk-10 quite possible , complete package

He may be the real deal, but what does that mean? Not very often that single freshmen carry teams to NCAA titles - Carmelo Anthony and Anthony Davis? Each of those had other NBA players on the roster. Hakeem Warwick was on the Syracuse title team with Anthony. Milt Wagner and others with Davis. DP may be the real deal and a complete package, perhaps the best freshman next year, but is he a NBA first team talent? Perhaps. Is there anyone else on the roster who is NBA starter level??? Most NCAA champs have multiple future NBA players - true of KU as well…

Yes, I firmly believe there are already two other future NBA players on KU’s roster for next season not including whoever else Self may bring in. If it’s Darrion Williams, it’ll be 4 future NBA players. I 100% believe both Elmarko and Flory are future NBA players. Maybe not after this upcoming season, but I can see each going to the NBA in 2027 after the 2026-27 season.

@Jhawk69 said in KU Roster for 25-26:

@approxinfinity I would be very surprised if he, or anyone else on the team, were as good a player as Frank Mason. Luckily, despite what the irrational DaJuan haters will tell you, you don’t have to be as good as Frank Mason to be a good player.

Darryn Peterson very much could be better than POY Frank.

Don’t really know where to put this, but Duke C Khamen Maluach has officially entered the NBA Draft. Not newsworthy itself because he’s a projected top 10 pick. Unfortunately he may not be drafted as he is here on a student visa from South Sudan which were recently canceled. Since his visa has been canceled, that means he can’t legally play basketball in the United States. He could play 41 games if he was with the Raptors (home games only) or play in Europe. ICE is currently trying to locate him to deport him, but Duke is doing what they can to hide and protect him.

Regardless of personal feelings towards Duke, this is a beyond f-ed up situation where Maluach may miss out on making generational wealth because of a situation far beyond his control.

@drgnslayr You also don’t need a bunch of 40% outside shooters to be successful. Most of the players for next season project as mid 30% which is still good enough that opponents will have to respect and defend that. Florida was 35.5% last season (KU was 35.4%) which was 86th nationally, which was good, but not elite. I know you compared next season’s roster to St. John’s, but this team as constructed will be better at driving the ball and being able to score. Michigan St. made the Elite 8 shooting 31.1% from 3 which was 317th.

@DCHawker said in The portal.:

So, regarding Williams… Would definitely be a good get - can hit from outside and post his man on the blocks. But it seems like all our eggs are in one basket? What if he stays in the draft? What is plan B? If he does come to KU, does White stay? If so, do they both start at the 3/4? Still not a particularly long or big line-up. If White leaves, Williams is the better version of a similar player, but at a really high cost. Then we are still left with the problem of needing another started at the 3/4.

I’m still struggling to see the bigger picture. I get trying to get guys who “fit” and I don’t have issue with any of the adds as rotation players, but it seems like we are looking at some of the same issues as this past couple of years with roster construction. Floor spacing, rebounding, and lack of 40% 3pt shooters…

St. Johns is a good comp. All Pitino had coming back was Zuby, similar to KU with Flory (although even that was in doubt). So Pitino hit the portal hard and landed a complete complementary starting roster - Hopkins, Mitchell, Sanon, Jackson, and Sellers. Any of the 3 probably better than the 3 we’ve signed so far. 5 guys - size, shooters and ball handlers plus Zuby. DP might be the only guy on our roster who I would take over any of the Johnnies. So, how is SJ able to do that, with I assume a much smaller NIL budget???

The guys Self has brought can all drive the basketball and/or move without the basketball and understand how to cut and use picks and screens. That was not something Griffen and Storr ever got comfortable with doing. Even if Dawson and White may not be as talented as Griffen and Storr on paper, their familiarity with running variations of the system Self does will make their learning curves not very steep. These are all players who know how to play in a motion offense. These also all players who know how to play defense and are willing defenders.

Yes, Self is looking for one more big name and Darrion Williams is the player they’ve targeted. Right now, tbest draft projections I’ve seen has him as a mid 2nd round pick with other places having him as a late pick or undrafted. There’s a good chance he ends up withdrawing from the draft. Even if he stays in, I’m sure Self and staff have a list of who else they like and will target, but we won’t know any of that stuff for about a month. There will be a wave of players who withdraw from the draft if they don’t receive a combined invite and another wave that will withdraw after the combine. Remy Martin and Kevin McCullar didn’t commit to KU until mid May.

People need to exercise some patience right now because there won’t be much movement among top transfers right now because they are going through the draft process. Any players we hear about now are likely just bench pieces that are unlikely to be in the rotation next season. Without having a walk on program anymore, KU still needs players like this as practice bodies that could develop into rotation players down the road. We know Self doesn’t play 14 players so we know some of these targets won’t be rotation level players.

@DCHawker said in The portal.:

@BShark said in The portal.:

@BeddieKU23 Doesn’t make much sense to me

I don’t understand it either. Played 20mpg for UTEP. Yes, shot 44% from 3 with some volume (up from 20% freshman year), but only about 35% from inside the arc. Against lesser competition than in the B12. Based on stats, can’t do much else. Who does he sub for? Do we run plays to get him open looks? Just 6’3’’ (if) - can he get off shots off consistently?

We don’t have anyone on the roster who can really score at three levels, and he isn’t the answer. We need at least one, if not two starter calibers guys who can do that. All the FF teams had multiple guards/wings who could score at three levels, and multiple shooting high 30s or even over 40% from deep.

He is a non-rotation depth piece. KU still needs bench players to practice against since they can’t have walk-ons any more. Darrion Williams is going to be the last big piece if he withdraws from the draft so we’ll be waiting about another month or so on that one. Right now, Self still has to fill out the roster with depth pieces that are good practice guys while waiting on Williams to go through the draft process.

This was a weird draft. A lot of players who were expected to get drafted went undrafted.

Other issue with Cobee besides his size was lack of top end speed. Once he was beat, he couldn’t run people down.

OL Logan Brown to Minnesota

WR Quentin Skinner to the Jets, CB Mello Dotson to the Raiders.