KU ROSTER 2026-27
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@BeddieKU23 said in KU ROSTER 2026-27:
How much of this top 15 analytics is driven by the freshman? Is it heavily slanted to Stokes and Kinney? The other 3 freshman are unlikely to play much and for good reason so if they are helping the numbers that's tough to take without a grain of salt.
Kinney is a major question mark having such a big role as a freshman. I know he's highly rated and he's very talented and hopefully will be the goods but there's also a good chance there's some real growing pains with him too.
I just think any analytics trying to incorporate freshman who have no data to include is misleading. There's no question this roster isn't as good as most in the Self Era. We only have 5 guys who've even played a college game right now. I sure hope the analytics are right..
On Evanmiya
Stokes is a heavy factor by virtue of being the #1 overall recruit. It then projects Blyden and Dawes as high end players. After that it's more that TK/Reeves/Kohl project out as rotation type guys. Doesn't think highly of Mbiya at all, actually has Adkins over him but I would disagree with that.
Interestingly enough KU last year finished exactly where they were preseason on Torvik, Miya and Kenpom. One of the crazier coincidences in awhile.
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Top 15 analytics don't excite me. If we finish the season as the 10th-15th best team I would consider it a disappointment.
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It would be a really big improvement from the last handful of years but I understand that.
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I've been following the Stokes saga this entire time, and I do so by blogging both KU and UK ball. The BBN is a rare breed. They make Mizzou fans seem tame. Thank God our fanbase has a bit more class and also has limited fanaticism. The BBN tormented Stokes this entire time... piercing what limited privacy he had and harrassed him constantly. So when you read about Stokes smacking down UK, you know why. Stokes is a fighter! I know we were all high on our dawg last year, but Stokes is on a different level. Some say he goes overboard because he'll rip his own teammates and coaches a new one at times. It's the next level of dawg. Hopefully, we will all adjust to this level of scrap. Personally, I'm psyched! And my ex would never call Stokes a p*ssy! lol
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Abdi Bashir has a zoom call setup with KU. Former purple cat, was injured a majority of Big-12 play.
Yikes
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Yeah I can certainly understand the #1 player being projected for big #'s as history says it's a good bet they will be really good. Hopefully he's worth it and produces at a high level.
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Bashir would be a great addition
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@Jayhawk_69 said in KU ROSTER 2026-27:
Bashir would be a great addition
As a rotation player, yes, as a starter no. Really unusual in that all 3 years, his 3 pt % is higher than 2 pt %. For a guy listed at 6'7", he doesn't rebound the ball. But as someone who is capable of giving you production from the bench, yes...
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@BeddieKU23 said in KU ROSTER 2026-27:
Abdi Bashir has a zoom call setup with KU. Former purple cat, was injured a majority of Big-12 play.
Yikes
He's terrible. This can't be the last "impactful" addition. Fwiw, he doesn't move the needle at all on Torvik or Miya.
Absolutely do not click (new video sept 30 2025): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjs1LR1sarQ
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Do we have any money left?
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@BShark said in KU ROSTER 2026-27:
@BeddieKU23 said in KU ROSTER 2026-27:
Abdi Bashir has a zoom call setup with KU. Former purple cat, was injured a majority of Big-12 play.
Yikes
He's terrible. This can't be the last "impactful" addition. Fwiw, he doesn't move the needle at all on Torvik or Miya.
Is there anybody left who would move the needle? Or is this the cream on top of the steaming pile?
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Is Kinney a real 5 star? Kinney 5 star, Stokes 5 star, Adkins 4 star.. is highest 3 guys in a recruiting class since... 2015, Carlton Bragg (5 star), Lagerald Vick (5 star) and Cheick Diallo (5 star).
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@approxinfinity said in KU ROSTER 2026-27:
They’ll keep expanding the tournament field dont worry. We can make it past the first weekend soon hahaha
I actually think expansion will lead to more first round upsets and make it harder to advance. The really weak teams get weeded out in the play-in games.
The play-in teams competed pretty well over the years; some getting to the final four (once at our expense)
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@drgnslayr said in KU ROSTER 2026-27:
I've been following the Stokes saga this entire time, and I do so by blogging both KU and UK ball. The BBN is a rare breed. They make Mizzou fans seem tame. Thank God our fanbase has a bit more class and also has limited fanaticism. The BBN tormented Stokes this entire time... piercing what limited privacy he had and harrassed him constantly. So when you read about Stokes smacking down UK, you know why. Stokes is a fighter! I know we were all high on our dawg last year, but Stokes is on a different level. Some say he goes overboard because he'll rip his own teammates and coaches a new one at times. It's the next level of dawg. Hopefully, we will all adjust to this level of scrap. Personally, I'm psyched! And my ex would never call Stokes a p*ssy! lol
BBN a rare breed? You don't say. When we went to the 2012 championship game we were way high up in the stratosphere in a very neutral section. Right in front of us were a bunch of kentucky fans who decided to stand. People behind them, including us asking them to sit down. One kid I asked to sit and he pointed to the scoreboard video screen and told me I could watch it up there. Mind you I'm old enough to be his father, heck in Kentucky, old enough to be his grandfather.
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@approxinfinity said in KU ROSTER 2026-27:
Do we have any money left?
Enough for someone decent is my understanding. If they think Bashir is decent that's an issue. Every KSU fan I know is making fun of KU for this and I can't even argue.
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@approxinfinity said in KU ROSTER 2026-27:
Is Kinney a real 5 star? Kinney 5 star, Stokes 5 star, Adkins 4 star.. is highest 3 guys in a recruiting class since... 2015, Carlton Bragg (5 star), Lagerald Vick (5 star) and Cheick Diallo (5 star).
It's all class dependent. So in this class yes he is but it's a bad class. The #2 guy this year wouldn't have cracked the top 10 last year. Stokes likely would have still been top 5 last year.
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I'm stoked to have a can't miss player. A potential first NBA draft pick who can lead us to an 11 loss season and a first weekend exit in the NCAA Tournament. Oh wait - we've already done that...
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@BShark I don’t like Bashir either.I like Miller decent player.But I want Paul McNeil.Averaged 14 and shot 42 from 3.Had made 11 3s in 1 game this year and will have 2 years left.Haven’t heard any buzz what he is looking at.But we should be looking at him first before the other 2.
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https://x.com/i/status/2049937720160493831
Tyran Stokes and taylen Kinney was at Allen fieldhouse -
Agree he's not an ideal option. Doesn't sound like there was much there other than the zoom as NC St also involved now. They can have em
