@kjayhawks2.0 said in KU ROSTER 2026-27:

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@drgnslayr that’s is a possibility for sure and I hope it happens. I just don’t trust Bill and this staff ability to create a roster good enough to win conference and national championships. Like I’ve said before right now the top teams not only the country but our own conference are bigger, faster, stronger and more athletic. Flory may have been those things against most of the teams we played he was just inexperienced. At the other 4 spots went heavily the other way and the guys on the bench of top teams were unmeasurable levels above ours. We may have had the worst bench in the Bill Self era with Mari and Elmarko getting most of those minutes. Sadly it didn’t have to be that way with guy we had in warms up all season. Maybe as you say those two transferring could be a huge blessing in disguise.

I still feel like we are at the lingering residue period after making the largest blunder in KU recruiting history... bringing in Dickinson. I agree our bench was weak. Hard to say Self has issues with recruiting if he lands Stokes... that will put us at the top of the recruiting battle. I think our biggest issue is development. Our starting 5 was solid this year and we didn't capitalize. When we did have DP, we didn't come anywhere near utilizing his potential. I've never seen us run so few sets or plays on offense. We can't blame it all on DP being in and out. Elmarko wasn't great, but he knew the offense. A little bit I blame on Self overtouting DP early on. That hurt the team. The other players felt a bit inferior and then didn't perform well while DP was out there because they thought he should control everything.

It's time for a coaching change after this year. We need new vitality out of coaching. It's not only Self that's tired...

Going back to our ability to recruit out of the portal. Look at the cumulative crop of guys we have snagged from the portal. Out of those guys, who have we maximized their use for us? If you look at their stats, most had better stats coming in to our program. Often they had better stats after leaving.

For one thing, Self's coaching style hasn't changed enough to keep up with this. His style was never to get the max out of players in one year. Back in the good old days, we would have players, usually for at least 2 - 3 years. Prime example: TRob. We need to adjust our system around only having players for one year.

@kjayhawks2.0 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.

I think the starting 5 of Michigan were all first year transfers.

I know we are all singing the "doom and gloom."

I'm now thinking differently. What we have is a very rare situation for Self! He can build his entire team from scratch! For example... what if Elmarko and McDowell stuck around? Those guys know the system, but we already know their limitations. Having many of these players still around limits what we can go out and get. Self is free, except for his signed HS recruits, to create his vision! I just hope it includes great athleticism, physical strength and size, and good perimeter shooting!

Our big advantage in the portal... it is mostly about money! Surely, Self will have a big piggybank for this task, and we are Kansas with a HOFr coach. I'm involved in several team chats besides KU, and several have already mentioned the THREAT from Kansas, because we need so many positions and have the clout to go get the players.

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?

@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?

Food for thought: Michigan's starting 5 were all transfers last year!

Meanwhile... back in Kentucky...

@stoptheflop for sure... After I found out this was BS I considered pulling it. Then I thought it was still fun and I would simply add "Parody Only" and then I received the benefit of it being around April fools day! Gosh... so much BS out there on Self before he said he was coming back. And also still the BS level is high on Tyran Stokes.

Our future "key to success" is to develop players well within a season and get them to perform well in March. If we just count on recruiting or keeping big talent, it gets too expensive to build an entire team like that.

@wissox83 what did you think of the refs in this UCONN vs Duke game? The only thing that sticks in my mind was when Boozer put his shoulder down and rammed the little guy in the paint like a fullback in football and a no-call. Even the announcers called that one out.

@RockkChalkk said in Not a Completely Disappointing Tournament!:

April Fools Joke probably

Ha... I'll use that... lol

I agree with others... Facebook is completely toxic. And Facebook actually works on keeping it toxic, because it intentionally pushes peoples' buttons to keep them engaged. What started as a great idea (social media) to bring people together, now is more about tribalizing the world and then create animosity between tribes. I admit my own guilt... to being in the 90% of the CBB that dislikes Duke! lol

This thread is "Parody Only!" I later discovered this was fake. But that doesn't mean we can't have fun with it anyways! What isn't fake are all the "Duke calls" giving Duke an unfair advantage in games. I don't think they get quite as many of those since K retired. He was the true master at working refs.

Come on, Illini! https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1DyZff7chW/

@BigBad yes!

@bskeet

yes... UCONN wins. It relates to their entire AD at UCONN. The women win a lot, too. Then add Hurley into it all. Watch the 60 Minutes clip on Hurley. The guy eats basketball 3 squares a day! There is no way to compare him to any other coach in America.

@Texas-Hawk-10

I believe in recent tournament history... probably since Hurley... UCONN's tournament cover record is 16-1 (some argue 17-3). I thank UCONN often for my Fanduel balance!

I'm willing to accept the second-best outcome from this tournament -

Karma is a real BEITCH! Scheyer forgot to mention that disgusting no-call charge on Boozer! It must suck to not get enough "Duke calls" to win a game!

Oh crap! Duke lost! lol

That last second shot reminded me of when Laettner took down Kentucky in 1992. I watched that live, too. Karma!

I think it sucks that UA and Mich play first. That seems like it would be the championship game... but never count out UCONN! They are the only team remaining that knows what it's like to go the distance!

I used to be for any B12 team this late in the race... but UA has a lot of really shitty fans bashing KU. It was enough to make me pull for Michigan. This should be one helluva game!

Also... I'm pulling for UI, especially Brad Underwood! Kansas native from McPherson! He's a KSU grad. And KSU tried to hire him after Weber, but he was smart enough to stick it out at Illinois! Good man!

@FarmerJayhawk Can you hit 3s? We might need you next year!

@wissox83

I know the obvious is that DP goes pro... all that money awaits. But after this year played out, it doesn't really seem like DP is eager to go play in the NBA (No Boys Allowed) league. It's rough out there in the real world. His criticism here is just a mild case of what he will face in the NBA. And though it seems like many D1 fans are rough... this is nothing to how fans act at the next level.

What I'm saying is.. I think DP is gone because he also has people around him wanting to get paid. But if it truly is just DPs decision... I think he would prefer another year of seasoning before jumping over.