KU ROSTER 2026-27
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@crimsonblu22 said in KU ROSTER 2026-27:
@Texas-Hawk-10 saw that, hate to have to play him. Think they have the money to pay him?
Yes, they spent $28 million on NIL for football last year. Tech probably has the deepest NIL pockets in the Big 12 with the possible exception of BYU.
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Meanwhile... back in Kentucky...
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I thought maybe a kid who had been developing for three years would stay. smh
https://x.com/TransferPortal/status/2041532197484527619?s=20
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@BigBad honestly id rather have a clean slate than elmarko and jamari stay. That take may not age well if we are completely rudderless next year but I would prefer Self have absolutely clean slate, no pets, no crutches, build something entirely new.
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KU is currently down to 3 returning players with Kohl, Calderon, and Corbin Allen who redshirted last season.
At this point, other than resolving the Stokes situation, it looks like a bruising big man should be the top priority in the portal. The Big 12 has become the old Big East in regards to physical play and KU doesn't Calderon and Adkins are not that style of big man.
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@BigBad said in KU ROSTER 2026-27:
I thought maybe a kid who had been developing for three years would stay. smh
https://x.com/TransferPortal/status/2041532197484527619?s=20
I feel like we know who Jamari is at this point and this is okay. He probably wants more PT and I don’t think we have more to offer him than he got a year ago. Also likely helps with Rosario situation.
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Food for thought: Michigan's starting 5 were all transfers last year!
I smell a run! (better buy more toilet paper)
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@Texas-Hawk-10 said in KU ROSTER 2026-27:
KU is currently down to 3 returning players with Kohl, Calderon, and Corbin Allen who redshirted last season.
At this point, other than resolving the Stokes situation, it looks like a bruising big man should be the top priority in the portal. The Big 12 has become the old Big East in regards to physical play and KU doesn't Calderon and Adkins are not that style of big man.
Is it possible we could bring back Doke just like Baylor brought in a pro?
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@drgnslayr said in KU ROSTER 2026-27:
@Texas-Hawk-10 said in KU ROSTER 2026-27:
KU is currently down to 3 returning players with Kohl, Calderon, and Corbin Allen who redshirted last season.
At this point, other than resolving the Stokes situation, it looks like a bruising big man should be the top priority in the portal. The Big 12 has become the old Big East in regards to physical play and KU doesn't Calderon and Adkins are not that style of big man.
Is it possible we could bring back Doke just like Baylor brought in a pro?
No
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@drgnslayr said in KU ROSTER 2026-27:
Food for thought: Michigan's starting 5 were all transfers last year!
Wheres the +5 likes button. I gotta get on that.
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I have a good feeling about next years roster. Bill Self is about to put together a roster of talented, coachable players who will gel as a group. Just wait and see
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@Jayhawk_69 said in KU ROSTER 2026-27:
I have a good feeling about next years roster. Bill Self is about to put together a roster of talented, coachable players who will gel as a group. Just wait and see
Love for that to be true, but what is that good feeling based on? Hasn't been the case for the past 3-4 years. It is trending as if we will spending a big chunk on Stokes (perhaps with coachability issues?). Are top portal transfers willing to take less, maybe much less, and play second fiddle to a freshman. Didn't work this year, and is Stokes better than Peterson?
Maybe we don't go that route, but we would need a full roster of P5 level starters - not mid-tier non P5 guys as in the past couple of years.
Don't know how Michigan was able to do it - maybe they just have a much bigger NIL budget - but supposedly Lendeborg took a lot less than UK offered to play for May. Why is that?
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What I wonder... it's that most of our team didn't hesitate at all to move into the portal. I'm not for certain, but do the rest of the upper D1 teams lose this many?
I smell a run! (better buy more toilet paper)
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Kentucky and UNC have lost comparable amount to the portal for example.
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@drgnslayr said in KU ROSTER 2026-27:
What I wonder... it's that most of our team didn't hesitate at all to move into the portal. I'm not for certain, but do the rest of the upper D1 teams lose this many?
It's not uncommon at this point for teams, even top teams, to lose most of their roster every season now. KU keeping a big chunk of its roster last offseason was more of an anomaly than this offseason is.
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@drgnslayr Well, you don't know how long they have thought about it, and coaches may also have advised a few to do it. But one thing to consider...why would anyone hesitate if thinking about the portal? Only a few super-elites could be successful in keeping potential suitors in suspense. The vast majority would benefit by seeing many offers early.
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@drgnslayr said in KU ROSTER 2026-27:
What I wonder... it's that most of our team didn't hesitate at all to move into the portal. I'm not for certain, but do the rest of the upper D1 teams lose this many?
If I remember right Miami in 2023 I believe made the FF and lost the whole roster in the portal.
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Samis Calderon bye bye bye.
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KU has a zoom call with Wes Enis, USF guard. #55 in the transfer rankings
