It's not folklore, it's the "thing that happened that I watched and remember, regardless what you our other KU fans think"

His two best stretches by game score there were the end of December (against inferior competition) and then right before he got hurt. He was clearly trending upwards going into March.

Everyone except BWillie: we agree

BWillie: you’re wrong

Because it is just blatantly wrong. People act like he had this Kelly Oubre type year at KU. Where early in the year he couldn't even walk and chew gun then all of a sudden he was amazing. He was amazing all year. All year. I provided the game logs. It cannot be disputed.

He was more consistent than Wiggins was.

The game logs that show him significantly improving over the course of the season, especially from November to December? Those game logs?

If you want me to go get the per 40 min stats by month for him, I will.

Joel Embiid significantly improved between KU and while in the NBA. Not while at KU. He was a great, consistent player at KU who got hurt. Then became all world in the NBA.

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How sweep it is.

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KU fans. How do we set up a fan fund or something to get this kid.

Clearly, it was this! His improvement was very noticeable and the injury clearly kept us from a serious run for a championship!

If I remember correctly, Joel's issues early on were fouls. He was always in foul trouble so had a hard time staying in the game. He got better as the season went.

Yep, he had to learn to play under controll, as the season went along, so did his performances.

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KJ monitoring this situation for sure.

Would be hilarious to watch Self screw up a 3rd straight season with KJ on the team.

With a blown ACL?

Am I the only one who thinks he looks like Wayne Selden Jr.?

KJ would be a cheerleader in an Achilles boot next year.

Is it Darrion Williams time?

As long as he brings that heart.

I think it might be.

If there is anything consistent in life.....

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Alijah Arenas is in a medically induced coma after a bad car wreck early this morning.

Scary stuff there. Can only imagine what Gilbert is going through right now.

Yeah, as long as it's his heart and not fart.

Would feel bad for the gals/guys that had to hoist him up over their heads!

:)




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Is Jacque Vaughn returning to Kansas as part of the coaching staff? Oh boy….

https://www.kansascity.com/sports/co...305882886.html

Goff and a contingent flew out to Phoenix on Sunday and made a pitch. Basically a bench role and an off the record head coach in-waiting offer. Odd connection, but I play golf with the best friend of his brother-in-law. He did not know much else, but that is a direction KU is exploring.

Personally, I think it would be a home run and I think most KU fans would be excited by it.

That lines up with the rumor I heard as well.

Yeah, sign me up for this one. If he can do for our guards what Manning did for our bigs, it’s a great move.

I think JV would be a homerun hire of a coach, once HCBS decides to move on.

Experience at all 3 major stages - PG at a blueblood, long/solid career in the league, and coaching experience in the league.

Sign me up.

I would love it but I would think hiring Vaughn would really piss Self off.

None of this is being done without Self's consent.

yeah, I'm not sure why anyone would think Self isn't going to have the final say in who is on his coaching staff :shrug:

You're gonna believe Self over Bwillie?

yes.

Absolutely not.

Ahem…

Bwillie came with the message board. It's a module AustinChief, DaFace and company added to drive content.

Here's the code design:
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I don't know man. Bwillie is pretty in the know about the KU basketball program. Not sure what Self would know about this.

Kinda feels like a no brainer. Get it done. Hand over the keys.

Thats why I don't exactly believe the report

Jacque is way over-qualified for just an assistant coach position so I'm thinking there is a lot of validity to the rumor. He'd be coach in waiting. I mean, it did work out for Duke I guess

Hard to have much of an opinion on Vaughn as a coach at a program like KU without any college head coaching experience.

He did have that Brooklyn Nets team playing hard for that one season after he replaced Nash though.

Yeah and his head coaching positions in the NBA were problematic organizations for reasons that didn't have to do with him. He's smart and experienced. I don't hate it at all.

I always hoped that Frank Mason would find his way to the coaching staff

He's only 31 years old. Give him 10-15 years, and who knows, maybe he'll be filling Vaughn's shoes when it's his time to step aside...

Yeah but aren’t you always wrong?

Same.

It is not a rumor. I know it first hand unless JV's brother-in-law is lying.

Again, it was a Sunday trip to Phoenix and a feeling-it-out discussion about a bench position and head coach in-waiting designation. Not exactly an offer from KU, but a hey what would you think of this type of deal.

Same as always.

Water is wet.
The sky is blue.
BWillie is wrong.

YES! bring back one of my all-time favorite hawks. Dont care what capacity - guy's a competitor and smart, and knows how to command the floor.

One of the things being considered is the NCAA giving ALL athletes 5 years (regardless of sport). If the NCAA "grandfathers" those who entered college in 2021 & did not redshirt then KJ could take a redshirt next year and play in 2026-27.

And he is into Poetry.

Your post is the equivalent to walking into a room full of people, dropping a stink-bomb and then exiting. It might be funny, but you also might get cut.

If Self is ok with this he really must be at the end of his rope and ready to get out.

I am surprised he would bring in a Coach Williams guy and not a guy from his own system.

I dunno if guys from his own system are at that age yet? He's never had a problem with Williams guys at all. Or Williams himself.

Like many others, I always suspected that Coach Self would only move on if Popovich retired. But that opening is filled. I predict he will stay at Kansas until he retires… unless the Spurs have an early break up with Johnson. Then maybe …

Look up and down Self's staffs over the years. He loves yes men. That is not what Jacque Vaughn is. Now if he is willing to look in the mirror and accept new ideas then I would be ecstatic.

If he keeps that up, he'll approach Morningstar's record.

Wait until the judges just scrap eligibility rules entirely considering college sports are quasi-professional now.

KJ will then play here forever; he'll be bringing the energy and bricking 10 footers well into his 40s.

It will be an honor to bring my KJ avatar back.

I don't really see Joe Dooley, Doc Sadler, Barry Hinson, or Danny Manning as anywhere close to being yes men. Maybe that's because they were just more outspoken and each branched out on their own. His current staff does fit your profile.

Kurtis Townsend is probably the most 'yes man' as it gets, though. And he's been here a loooong time. I'll give you that.

There is no way Self didn't approve of him being the coach in waiting. That a conversation has taken place concerning how long does Self plan on coaching and is he good with Vaughn succeed him. I'm assuminh by the time this leaded out, all that had been done,

Doesn't mean its a done deal. Maybe Self gave him an answer about how long he's staying. Vaugh is not an asst. coach in college basketball. He's only taking the job to be the head coach in waiting. Which I'm good with.

Why are you being so hurtful to us today? :banghead:

Sounding more and more like Coward will be staying in the NBA Draft. If he does Duke is going to steal Dame Sarr from us.

I do not think water is wet. I think what water touches is wet.

Evans from Duke is withdrawing from the NBA Draft. Bidding war from Nike Duke and Adidas Kansas. Looking better for KU now

Water touches itself.

Touching yourself makes you wet?

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gonna be real tough not to call this guy Boden Groden

Huge get for us with Dame Starr.

Going to be fun watching him and Peterson together next year.

Dude looks like he's going to beat the piss out of college players next year.

That's great but why didn't you post on the football thread?

So how is the starting five shaping up?

Darryn Peterson - PG/SG
Dame Sarr - SG
Tre White - G/F
Bryson Tiller - F
Flory Bidunga - F/C

Is that kinda what we're looking at?

Hopefully Darrion Williams instead of Tiller.

I don't see Tiller starting.

I'd guess:

Peterson
Council/Dawson - who I think might run the point some too while DP plays the #2
Sarr
White
Bidunga

Ima gettn horny

Well, however it plays out, it appears we're gonna have a much more athletic lineup out there than we've had in a few years.