I’ll also say it one more for you. KU’s defense next season will be the worst of the Bill Self era because none of the incoming transfers know what that word even means. If KU reaches the Sweet 16, you’re going to try and throw that in my face like I give a shit if KU loses in the round of 32 or Sweet 16 if they don’t win a title or reach the Final Four.
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RE: Transfer Rumblings
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RE: Transfer Rumblings
@kuballin10 said in Transfer Rumblings:
@Crimsonorblue22 Don’t disagree with this but just because Josh got 3 fouls we didn’t have some other good player that could fill the void while 4 other guys from what a 33-5 team couldn’t manage to keep it within 12???
Guys could have stepped up but when u got LL get abused down low and then you lose Josh with 3 fouls (he still played 30 minutes….) that’s what u get
Model of consistency yet struggle and labor to score in the tourney. Can defend all you want but guys at the d1 level knock down shots with hands in their face all the time?
Reminder……Google my second half highlights from the natty in 2022….bucket after bucket with “good defense” being played. Hand in my face what else can u do besides foul me?
@Texas-Hawk-10 still thinks D win’s titles. He’s an Eddie Sutton disciple as well
Yes, I still think it because it’s still true, but you don’t realize that because of how far up Dan Hurley’s ass your head is.
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RE: Transfer Rumblings
@kuballin10 said in Transfer Rumblings:
@Texas-Hawk-10 It’s difficult in a one a done tourney but Self needs to get more in that 4-5 range
So he needs to do something that literally only one other coach in the modern era has done to be validated to you? Cool
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RE: Transfer Rumblings
@approxinfinity I know the number. But someone else here doesn’t appreciate just how hard it is to win a national title, let alone two or more.
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RE: Transfer Rumblings
@kuballin10 said in Transfer Rumblings:
@BShark That year no doubt Self didn’t have AD but trob and Tyshawn ect were legit.
What I’m saying is he has a top 1-3 roster every single year and we are constantly ranked number 1/2/3 all these years and he’s got 2 titles to show for it. Anyone not think through that?
Tell us how many coaches have won more than 2 national titles all time.
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RE: Transfer Rumblings
@BShark Justin Wesley was a rotation player on that team.
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RE: Keeping track of the ever changing 24-25 roster
@kuballin10 said in Keeping track of the ever changing 24-25 roster:
@Texas-Hawk-10 I’m obsessed with Hurley? I see my post you quoted and didn’t mention a thing about him as we are talking about Self. You seem to be the one that he’s gets to you because of what he’s accomplished as you just had two paragraphs bringing his name up.
D2 can’t guard his man one on one but he’s an A team defense guy. KJ is a stud defender in the post and one on one but can’t rebound worth crap (go hang out with Barkley this off-season).
AJ storr is a legit athlete and one I think Bill can teach to defend same for Griffen. Your analyzing these guys defensively on other teams and building up how great Bill is defensively but then claiming how bad this team will be (as if Bill won’t idk maybe be better than their previous coaches on D).
Bill won’t ever change he guards inside out first and plays inside out on O. That’s who he is and he ain’t changing that anytime soon.
Well, you clearly know nothing of my history on this site with KJ Adams if that’s what you think I believe about him. FYI, people here got as sick of me calling KJ the worst rebounding big ever as they are of your Dejuan shit. KJ can spend the whole offseason with Barkley and he’s still going to be the worst rebounder ever because he has short arms.
I’m also not building up Self as the greatest defensive coach ever either, despite what you think. I said plenty of times last season that the defense sucked ass, especially after McCullar got hurt, and I’m gonna keep saying the defense is gonna be worse next season because Self brought in 4 transfers, if they all come here, who have never played any defense in their lives, or just flat out suck at defense because they’re not good athletes.
The worst defensive team of the Self era statistically is the 2018 Final Four team, this team is getting ready to make that team look like the 2008 team on defense.
So guess what, you’re gonna as sick of me saying the defense next season is going to be a steaming pile of shit as everyone else is of your Harris takes.
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RE: Keeping track of the ever changing 24-25 roster
@kuballin10 said in Keeping track of the ever changing 24-25 roster:
@Texas-Hawk-10 same stats can be utilized for teams that win it all or make the final 4 are top offensive teams.
I’ll tell u this we have a better chance of getting to the sweet 16 with this years upcoming roster versus the crap we rolled out there last year (that’s including a healthy Kev).
No fucking shit it takes a good offense AND defense to when a title. Your head is so far up Dan Hurley’s ass right now about his offense that you’re ignoring Self over-correcting last year’s issues to bring in a bunch of transfers that can’t play defense.
You claim Self can make someone like AJ Storr a better defensive player, but still shit all over Harris and Adams defensive abilities when they’ve been in the system for 4 years now. So based on your own logic, it sounds like Self sucks at developing defensive players, but yet you think he’s going to make 3/4 guys who are coming to KU as terrible defenders and suddenly make them play good defense? That logic isn’t logicing there on that one.
At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter what round KU loses in because people will continue to whine about another preseason top 5 KU team not winning a title or reaching the Final Four and you’ll continue making the same lazy ass posts about Dejuan and KJ all season because there’s three things you live for. One is shitting on Dejuan, two is sitting on KJ, and three is worshipping the ground Dan Hurley walks on.
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RE: You know it's a big day
@approxinfinity said in You know it's a big day:
I think he marginally increased viewership for the season and recruiting for this offseason which has a cascading effect. Not profound, but net plus.
I do think 2013 still makes tourney with Furphy instead of Wiggins.
Comparing Wiggins to Furphy is dumb because each came in with a different level of hype and expectations of what to expect from their freshmen seasons. Both played their roles well. Wiggins role was to be the man and he mostly was. Furphy was the third option for his team and he mostly filled that role.
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RE: Keeping track of the ever changing 24-25 roster
@approxinfinity said in Keeping track of the ever changing 24-25 roster:
@Texas-Hawk-10 our best defensive lineup would be… dajuan, elmarko/jamari, rylen, kj, flory? Might we preserve a lead with that?
When the best projected defensive line up still has 2 below average defenders in Jackson and Griffen, that’s not something that’s instills much confidence this team can get stops when they have to.
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RE: Keeping track of the ever changing 24-25 roster
@kuballin10 said in Keeping track of the ever changing 24-25 roster:
@Texas-Hawk-10 Wanna take any bets this team with this worse defense and better offense goes further than the round of 32 (than the team we just had 2023-2024 that you claim is better on defense)………
Yes, I do think another early flame out next season is more likely than a deep run in the tournament because I believe this defense next season is going to be the worst ranked defense of the Bill Self era which is currently the 2018 team that was 47th in adjusted defensive efficiency.
Since KenPom began in 2002, the teams with a sub 50 adjusted defensive efficiency to reach the Final Four are Marquette in 2003 (109), VCU in 2011 (78), Miami in 2023 (99), and Alabama in 2024 (111). Meanwhile, teams ranked sub 50 in offensive efficiency are LSU (62) and George Mason (66) in 2006, Louisville (112) in 2012, Syracuse (50) in 2016, South Carolina (91) in 2017, Loyola-Chicago (63) in 2018, San Diego St. (75).
So again, I stand by my statement that a team has a better chance to make a deep/Final Four run with a subpar offense than subpar defense because that’s what history tells us.
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RE: Keeping track of the ever changing 24-25 roster
If people were frustrated with the defense last season, then I’ve got some bad news because the defense won’t be better next season.
All the transfers Self brought in this season are somewhere between below average to they make Nick Timberlake look good on defense. Griffin was a part of a defense that was sub 100 in Kenpom’s defensive ratings. Zeke Mayo couldn’t keep up with Summit League players on defense so that won’t be better, and the day AJ Storr puts effort into playing some defense will be the first time in his career.
That’s on top of what we already know about Dickinson’s defensive abilities.
Elmarko has the tools to be a good defender so hopefully that part of his game starts to come together and McDowell needs to get better on offense so he’s playable for longer stretches.
This is why I’ll always say that a strong defense is more important than a strong offense. A strong defense with a weak offense will keep you in more games when the offense is off than a team with a strong offense, but weak defense when the offense is off. That said, you have to be really good at both, generally top 15 in Kenpom’s offensive and defensive ratings to be a serious title contender. The anomalies in those rankings for title teams are teams that were strong defensively, but not as strong offensively.
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RE: NFL Draft
Logan, Novitsky, and Craig Young all signed UFA deals too. Logan to the Rams, Novitsky to Seattle, and Young with Bean in Indy.
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NFL Draft
Dominic Puni went 86th overall to the San Francisco 49ers.
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RE: KU / Duke coming up
I was off on the year the Big 12/Big East challenge is ending. This upcoming season is the final season of it as match ups were announced and KU is traveling to Omaha to play at Creighton which should be a monster game as Creighton is expected to be a top 15, maybe top 10, team next season.
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RE: Transfer Rumblings
@kjayhawks said in Transfer Rumblings:
I keep hearing Kugel is gone at this point between his grades and guys we have now signed. Interesting that his grades would be that bad but he still played a lot Florida
This is a big part of the motivation for the new transfer rule that was put in place. After the first “free” transfer, a player can only transfer and play immediately again if they are in good academic standing at their previous school.
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RE: 2024 Portal Madness Thread
@rockchalkjayhawk said in 2024 Portal Madness Thread:
Ugh.
The NCAA will no longer limit the amount of times that athletes can transfer schools. Previously, athletes were allowed to transfer one time and play immediately, but they had to sit out a full year if they transferred schools a second time without a waiver. The two transfer windows are still in place with the new ruling, and players can’t transfer schools in the middle of the year and play for their new school in the same season.
The caveat to the unlimited transfer rule is players must be in good academic standing in order to not sit out after that first transfer.
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RE: 2025 Recruiting
@approxinfinity said in 2025 Recruiting:
@kuballin10 if we pull acuff and griffen are you prepared to say the staff took care of business this cycle and not second guess that whenever we lose games?
You already know the answer is no because he’ll still complain about Harris.
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RE: KU / Duke coming up
@bskeet said in KU / Duke coming up:
Isn’t UConn at Stores on the sched too?
That game was part of the Big 12/Big East Challenge which was recently canceled. The conferences determined those match ups so KU and UConn would have to come to a deal on their own for a return game at UConn.
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RE: Transfer Rumblings
@kuballin10 said in Transfer Rumblings:
@Texas-Hawk-10 Only if you’d quit acting like it’s the 70’s and defense wins titles….
If only facts didn’t support that defense still wins championships no matter how much you don’t want that to be true. There’s only been one title team in the Kenpom era (2002) to have a defense ranked outside the top 20 in adjusted defensive efficiency, and only 3 teams outside the top 15 in adjusted defensive efficiency.
So no, I’m not going to pretend that defense doesn’t still win championships because that’s not what reality says.
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RE: KU / Duke coming up
So next year, we have Michigan St., North Carolina, and Duke for sure. Add that to whatever November tournament KU plays in which should have at least 1 other top team. There’s also Missouri in there. That’s half the non conference schedule which will also include at least one game against Arizona, Houston, ISU, and Baylor.
KU’s once again going to have one of the toughest non-confernce schedules out there.
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RE: Transfer Rumblings
@jayballer67 If he wants to D-ride Hurley so much, then he should go be UConn fan.
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RE: Transfer Rumblings
@kuballin10 said in Transfer Rumblings:
@BShark Any chance if we lose Kugel…Wade pops in the portal?
Any chance we lose you?
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RE: Transfer Rumblings
KU’s KenPom Adjusted Defensive Efficiency Rankings in recent years.
2023-24: 20th
2022-23: 11th
2021-22: 17th
2020-21: 12th
2019-20: 2nd
2018-19: 17th
2017-18: 47th
2016-17: 24th
2015-16: 3rd
2014-15: 9th
Offense has been Self’s bigger issue as there’s only been a few times under Self that the offense was ranked higher in the adjusted rankings than the defense was.
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RE: Transfer Rumblings
@kuballin10 said in Transfer Rumblings:
@TYOHawk Yeah that would be the lineup in my mind. What’s the best offensive lineup where all 5 guys are legit threats to score and stretch the floor?
I’d go Mayo - Kugel - Griffen - Storr - Hunter
Best shooters, best athletes (minus Hunter) and Bill’s job is to teach them how to defend.
This is how I know you truly hate Bill Self and want to see him die on TV during a game. That line up does not play a damn bit of defense and would give up 90 ppg easily. I know you’re currently obsessed with UConn, but their offense isn’t why they’ve been so dominant the last two years, it’s been their defense as the driving force.
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RE: Transfer Rumblings
@BShark said in Transfer Rumblings:
Shams first to report it, interestingly.
Athletic notification just popped up too.
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RE: Transfer Rumblings
Right now, we’re looking at a starting line up of Harris, Mayo/Kugel, Storr, Adams, and Dickinson.
That’s a scary line up on defense and I don’t mean that positively.
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RE: Transfer Rumblings
@BShark Just got that notification from Bleacher Report on my phone.
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RE: Furphy
Sometimes I think it’d be ok if the top talents from McDonalds and High Schools had a semi-pro league and skipped college altogether. Then we’d preserve college sports with more traditional scholarship student-athletes. Like there would still be plenty of talent to make the games high-level and exciting. It also seems just - to give top-caliber athletes a route other than college to get paid what they deserve while they pursue the NBA without distorting the fairness of our leagues. I’d still be a Jayhawk fan, to be sure, and I don’t think my enthusiasm/enjoyment would lose a step like it might as this new status quo evolves.
They did. That’s what Overtime Elite was. That was the purpose of the G-League Ignite team. Those entities were specifically created to provide a place for top HS talent to go and get paid before NIL was widespread. NIL forced Overtime Elite to close up shop and is the reason why Ignite is folding after this season.
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RE: 2024 Coaching Carousel
@jayballer67 Since BYU is a private school, they don’t have to disclose the financial details, but he was making $2 million per year as the highest paid assistant coach in the NBA. Young’s contract according to CBS is 7 years, $30 million dollars so a little over double what he made with the Suns.
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RE: 2024 Coaching Carousel
@jayballer67 said in 2024 Coaching Carousel:
BYU got a really , really , good hire for their Head Coach. -Phoenix Suns Associate Head Coach-- -Kevin Young is now BYU’s new head Coach. - -Young is the NBA’s Highest paid assistant , really good - - had been mentioned in the last couple of rounds for NBA Coaching job - think they will be happy with him - - Not quite sure how BYU pulled that off
$$$ and religion is how they pulled that off because Young is Mormon, but this isn’t KU’s Kevin Young.
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RE: 2024 Coaching Carousel
@RockkChalkk said in 2024 Coaching Carousel:
Didnt know K-Yo has been doing so well! I dont follow NBA at all. Good for him.
Not the Kevin Young that played for KU.
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RE: 2024 Coaching Carousel
A name to keep an eye on for the UK job now is Mark Pope from BYU who was a senior on Kentucky’s 1996 title team.
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RE: Ben McLemore Charged with Rape in Portland
@nuleafjhawk said in Ben McLemore Charged with Rape in Portland:
Guilty until proven Innocent. That’s how we are now. I hope this is wrong - very well could be a case of some woman trying to make a pile of money quickly.
Ben’s been arraigned already which means Ben’s already had his first court appearance where all of the charges against him were filed. The legal process, as we just saw with Arterio, usually doesn’t get this far in rape cases without the prosecutors believing they have enough evidence to get a conviction.
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Ben McLemore Charged with Rape in Portland
Ben McLemore was arraigned on 4 charges today in Portland including first-degree rape and first-degree unlawful sexual penetration, both A-level felonies that carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison. The other two charges are two counts of second-degree sexual abuse, both C-level felonies that carry maximum penalties of five years in prison.
If convicted, McLemore could face up to 50 years in prison.
This one definitely caught me off guard because I’m not aware of McLemore having this kind of reputation.
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RE: Arterio Morris
@Gorilla72 said in Arterio Morris:
Hawks could have used him last year and now to hear he wouldn’t have been charged. Insufficient evidence can be interpreted as “innocent”.
Could also mean the victim isn’t cooperating with the investigation which is what was happening last year too.
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RE: 2024 Coaching Carousel
@kjayhawks said in 2024 Coaching Carousel:
@Texas-Hawk-10 so how does that work? I’m not a legal guy at all but could they sue Arkansas and Cal for breach of contract? Maybe the clause is only under firing?
There was no breach of contract. Calipari resigned his job to take the Arkansas job. Calipari had no buyout clause if he resigned. The buyout was only if Calipari was fired. Cal did Kentucky a huge favor by voluntarily leaving UK.
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RE: 2024 Coaching Carousel
@kjayhawks said in 2024 Coaching Carousel:
First question is who is paying his buy out?
If you’re referring to Calipari, there is no buyout on his deal for this move.
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RE: 2024 Coaching Carousel
@Crimsonorblue22 said in 2024 Coaching Carousel:
I could see Bruce pearl.
Supposedly Barhart doesn’t want someone who’s had a show-cause penalty before so he may not be looking at Pearl even though that would be good fit for both parties.
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RE: 2024 Coaching Carousel
Should be announced some time tomorrow. Going to be really interesting to see who UK ends up going after. Gotta believe their first call will be to Dan Hurley. Could also see them going after Bruce Pearl.
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RE: Other bball games
@nuleafjhawk said in Other bball games:
@Texas-Hawk-10 a Final Four appearance takes some sting out of those losses
Doesn’t change that Alabama was more lucky than good in the tournament and that it took until the Final Four for them to play a legit defense.
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RE: Other bball games
@jayballer67 said in Other bball games:
@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Other bball games:
@jayballer67 said in Other bball games:
@COHawk said in Other bball games:
@jayballer67 I think there were games earlier in the season where we were fluid and really got up and down the court. Something caused a loss of confidence especially on the road. Were we soft? Probably. Were we a cohesive unit? For the most part no, and I go back to earlier when I said that is probably due to having only a few players who have been in Coach Self’s system for 2 or more years. I would think that picking players from the portal has made it more difficult than ever to put together the right pieces.
maybe , and yet herre we see Alabama in the final four, for the first time and they have many portal players. - They seem to have done just fine
Alabama got hot at the right time and got the best possible draw for their team in that they didn’t have a lot of strong defensive teams in their bracket, or slow paced teams. Alabama missed playing St. Mary’s who was the slowest team in the country, and they avoided Baylor who also played very slow this season. They also avoided an Arizona team that could actually outrun Alabama.
Alabama entered the tournament with more losses than KU did and not really any expectations because they, like Kentucky, had been absolutely atrocious on defense all season ranking 351st in ppg allowed and were actually lower than Kentucky in Kenpom’s defensive ratings.
Alabama’s run this year is what people mean when they talk about teams having a good draw.
No I know exactly what I meant. I mean they have good motion fluid , they don’t have a 7’1 sloth that clogs the middle and creates bad spacing with the players we had this year, I already know they had some luck- - -who doesn’t at some point ?- -Just like we did in 88 when w had the luck multiple times when higher seeds got knocked off before we had to play them in our bracket?-- -
Alabama was also just so way much more athletic then us, Hunter was a huge defensive liability on the permiter , Alabama lot better rebounding , yes I know they were small – just quicker to the ball, better quicker leapers, what’s Dickinson’s explosion 5 inches ? My God if he could jump worth a dam, the only reason he got half his rebounds was strictly height, not athletic ability, why was he so much better on defensive rebounds then offensive - -his offensive rebounding SUCKED
Thank GOD we didn’t play Alabama cause they would of beat our ass and took names later - - much , much quicker, lot faster tempo and with our depth situation you talk about gassed - -Agai sure they had luck of draw- -boto line though Alabama this year was a better team then we were hands down. - -love their movement, fluid none of this clogging up the middle.
I have No problem , none what so ever with a big like Dickinson posting down low, bu my God have some athleticism -Dickinson is vre non athletic - -like I have said all year he is a bad fit for this team, we were alot more fluid before he was here quicker - he is just slow
You believe whatever you want about Alabama to help you sleep at night. There’s a reason why Alabama still lost more games than KU did this season.
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RE: Other bball games
@jayballer67 said in Other bball games:
@COHawk said in Other bball games:
@jayballer67 I think there were games earlier in the season where we were fluid and really got up and down the court. Something caused a loss of confidence especially on the road. Were we soft? Probably. Were we a cohesive unit? For the most part no, and I go back to earlier when I said that is probably due to having only a few players who have been in Coach Self’s system for 2 or more years. I would think that picking players from the portal has made it more difficult than ever to put together the right pieces.
maybe , and yet herre we see Alabama in the final four, for the first time and they have many portal players. - They seem to have done just fine
Alabama got hot at the right time and got the best possible draw for their team in that they didn’t have a lot of strong defensive teams in their bracket, or slow paced teams. Alabama missed playing St. Mary’s who was the slowest team in the country, and they avoided Baylor who also played very slow this season. They also avoided an Arizona team that could actually outrun Alabama.
Alabama entered the tournament with more losses than KU did and not really any expectations because they, like Kentucky, had been absolutely atrocious on defense all season ranking 351st in ppg allowed and were actually lower than Kentucky in Kenpom’s defensive ratings.
Alabama’s run this year is what people mean when they talk about teams having a good draw.
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RE: New NIL tournament for next year
@rockchalkjayhawk said in New NIL tournament for next year:
Speaking of NIL…this may be of interest to some.
A California legislator has offered a bill that would pull back the veil on NIL deals.
Would mandate that collectives and other entities provide this basic info to colleges, which then would be made public:
— amount of NIL $$ provided to athletes and their families
— the team/sport
— provide total compensation and value of deals by sport and gender.
— would not require names.
Looks like a gender equity play.
More transparency with anything involving salaries, which NIL essentially has become, is a positive in my book. I would love to see a federal version of this bill so that everyone has to disclose what their NIL budgets look like.
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RE: NIL
@dylans Edey isn’t a guaranteed first round pick this year and wasn’t last year either.
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RE: Transfer Rumblings
@BShark said in Transfer Rumblings:
So uh what if Zach stays at KU???
KU could do worse as a back up big man than Zach.
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RE: 2024 Portal Madness Thread
@RockkChalkk said in 2024 Portal Madness Thread:
@Texas-Hawk-10 said in 2024 Portal Madness Thread:
As of now we have:
Returning:
Adams, Clemence, Dickinson, Furphy, Harris, Jackson, McDowell,
Signings:
Bidunga, Passmore, Philon
Transfers:
Kugel, Mayo
KU as is has a full roster. This will obviously change as players explore pro options and the enter the portal. It’s now a 1:1 as far as players leaving and players KU can bring in.
Thats 12. Full roster is normally 13. I’m guessing the one less is due to the scholarship penalty for one more year that I mentioned, is that correct?
Yes, KU still has to give up 1 more scholarship.