Council may not have started his career as a Jayhawk, but his actions against Missouri amd KSU show he's fully bought in and been converted into a true Jayhawk.

Nice birthday present for me to see KU get a quality road win tonight!

Hilton Magic has nothing on the Phog!!

This is a national game of the year contender so far and KU is looking like they could be establishing themselves as legitimate national title contenders tonight.

@rockchalkjayhawk said in Coaching Staff:

@BeddieKU23 said in Coaching Staff:

@BShark

Im fine with it all. We have a major coaching issue

what's the issue?

Advanced scouting in season has been trash in recent years. How many times has KU come out and looked unprepared against teams? That's the assistants not being good with advanced scouting

It sounds like the staff is expecting Peterson to be able to play on Tuesday night.

I hope Melvin can win his case to get another year.

Rebounding has been atrocious tonight. Someone needs to challenge Flory and Tiller's manhood to get some rebounds. KU has 1 offensive rebound and TCU has 12. No reason TCU should have 18 more FG attempts at this point.

Darryn F'n Peterson

Dan Hurley is going to be an even bigger insufferable jackass if UConn wins again. Anybody but UConn at this point.

@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.

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.

@approxinfinity said in 2026 Transfer Portal Chaos/Madness Thread:

As far as Haslem, I'd say Lebron was one of the leaders as well, barking orders at Mario and doing his talcum powder thing. Things people accept because you're the best player on the team.

You're only focusing on what you see on the court. Team and franchise leadership also includes practices and off court stuff that the general public never sees. Guys like Collison and Haslem didn't spend their entire careers including many as DNP's for no reason. There's a reason why despite not being star players, each franchise retired their numbers. That doesn't happen without those guys being viewed as franchise leaders for many years.

@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.

24/7 has a crystal ball for Flory to end up at Texas Tech next season.

North Carolina has hired former Denver Nuggets head coach Mike Malone as their next head coach.

@approxinfinity said in 2026 Transfer Portal Chaos/Madness Thread:

@rockchalkjayhawk you said it well.

The big unknown factor to me is locker room demeanor. Work ethic. Team identity. This year we had a kid who wasnt a leader getting paid the most. Scorer, good kid, smart. DP was all these things but not a leader. Probably will be with time and if he is graced with good health.

I think Flory could be a leader next year. Lets make sure we at least have our highest paid guys be leaders.

Highest paid players don't have to be the leader of a team. It doesn't even have to be the best player that's the leader of a team. Using the NBA as an example, there's a reason why Nick Collison was kept around by the Thunder for so many years and retired his jersey. Same thing with Udonis Haslam and the Miami Heat. Those two were never the best players on those teams, but they were the leaders.

The ideal leadership situation for Kansas next year is the slim possibility of Melvin Council getting one more year of eligibility.

@approxinfinity said in 2026 Transfer Portal Chaos/Madness Thread:

There's a consistent theme here. Bill Self is sawft.

What would the roster and staff have looked like if this hadn't happened? https://kualumni.org/news/kansas-signs-mens-basketball-head-coach-bill-self-to-lifetime-contract/

Do we still win a championship in 2022?

Should you ever give a coach a lifetime contract in NIL era? Does this undermine natural tension and accountability? Expectations dont change.

Mike Krzyzewski signed a "lifetime" contract with Duke University on November 14, 2001 immediately after winning a title, and then won in 2015 and 2021. Not all coaches can get 10 McD AAs every year and the Dukie whistle. So, thats anomolous.

As of March 2026, there are only 2? lifetime ie rolling year-to-year-contracts in college basketball: Bill Self (Kansas) and Rick Barnes (Tennessee). Barnes signed his in 2025.

Duke didn't win in 2021, Baylor did. Duke didn't even make the NCAA Tournament in 2021.

@BeddieKU23 said in 2026 Transfer Portal Chaos/Madness Thread:

Seeing Flory is entering the portal. Peace out y'all

He also declared for the draft which is not uncommon for players to also enter the portal in those situations.

@approxinfinity the shot also wasn't a buzzer beater. There was still 3 seconds on the clock and Memphis had a decent half court look to win it.