***** Official 2017-2018 Kansas Basketball Repository Thread *****
 

**** the elite 8. Final Four or bust, baby.

Will update as people declare for the draft/transfer/commit

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Kansas 2017 Summer Tour - Italy


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Bragg has said he's out?

ESPN phone alert said Bragg be gone...

Thread needed this...

Wish the best for Bragg as he moves on. Had high hopes for him. Hopefully he gets it all together at his next stop and maximizes his talents.

Preston will be much better, dude's a Darrell Arthur clone.

Can a starting 5 of Graham, Vick, Svi, Preston, Oozookiebookie win the Farm League next year?

All I know is Self better have a monster recruiting year for 2018.

If there was ever a time for Bill to Bail (to the NBA... if there are takers).

It'd be after winning 14 straight, making the Final Four (plz Bill) and having a down year on the horizon.

A "fresh start" is exactly what Bragg needs, I agree, but that dude better have a better head on his shoulders wherever he goes.

Yay!!! A fresh new KU BB thread for the upcoming season! It smells fresh, like Febreeze fresh...although I miss the 800% crapshoot.

I'm sorry to hear Bragg is heading out...that's 4 missed layups and 4 fouls per game KU is definitely going to miss.

Mason takes the Wooden Award.

I know having a player sweep the player of the year awards doesn't come close to winning a title, but this has given me the best feeling I've had about hoops since 2012.

Everyone seems to forget about Newman.

Congratulations to Frank.

"Good as gone". Might want to find better sources in the AD.

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Huge

Who said he was gone?

Big deal. That's huge for KU

Multiple people in this thread

Wrong thread.....

Ok different thread

Great

Going to have a fun squad to watch next year.


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yeah it looks like the tide started to turn at some point. Apparently a lot of KU fans talked to momma Graham at the NCAA regional or something and told them as much. but earlier in the year and at the start of the season ppl were saying he had informed the AD and team of his likely decision for senior year. seeing frank masons improvement and domination this yr surely helped

Dedric and KJ Lawson transferring to KU from Memphis

Depth for days

Which this previous year we didnt have and it finally caught up to us in the EE...

Two younger brothers in the mix behind these guys. One is Top 25 for 2019, other Top 10 for 2021.

http://www.cbssports.com/college-bas...ing-to-kansas/

So they'll sit for 17-18 and then be juniors?


Looked up their stats. They seem decent, not great.

These two are outstanding pickups. Best case scenario we get the 4 brothers and their cousin. What a haul that would be.

19 and 10 isn't great? When is the last time we had a guy average that? Been a while.

Dedric will have two years left.

KJ will have three, as he was granted a medical redshirt his freshman year.

HUGE pickup. So much for "down year on the horizon."

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There's also a cousin. DJ Jeffries - top 10 in 2019.

:LOL:

Meanwhile, Kentucky lands the top talent and North Carolina reloads on All Americans to take them back on top, while Bail has to settle for Memphis' leftovers.

Very nice! :clap:

Hail to the king.

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Great news on Graham!

Congrats on the 4th transfer in a year, after all the shit you've talked about Iowa State picking up transfers.

Your mom tranfers.

They're transferring from D1 schools. Not a directional welding school like the Clones prefer.

Yeah, but you guys pick up dumb asses from JUCO who can't read.

Some of those JUCO turds like Niang and Morris would have been nice bench depth for KU though, to be fair.

And ISU came into AFH with a group and housed KU this past season...

Uh... who gives a shit if they're transfers? I don't remember ever talking shit about ISU transfers. It was a ****ing great strategy. I love me some KU incoming transfers.

Jeff Graves
Roderick Stewart
Jeff WIthey
Kevin Young
Mario Little
Tarik Black

Bring em all

Took 18 3-pointers and still almost lost

Fools Gold

They're both top 50 recruits.

Also, Missouri landed the top talent. Kentucky doesn't currently have anyone in the top 10 committed for next year.

UNC's top recruit is #24 on ESPN.

What the **** are you talking about

Naw dude, Bail has clearly packed it in. Maybe we could kick the tires on Turgeon or The Mayor.

Bring Larry Brown back.

I'm sure he's good for another title.

Maybe Bill Snyder wants a change of scenery!

Svi to the draft, no agent.

Ok. So they can declare for the draft and as long as they withdraw by whatever date and don't hire an agent they can come back. Is that still the rule?

5/24 is the deadline to withdraw.

Yes, and I believe the deadline was extended to let them go to the draft combine. I think they can also declare as many times as they want now, not sure why more people don't do it.

Meh. Devonte would have been a huge loss compared to Svi.

Just lost bench depth


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He'll be back, he's going to test the waters and figure out what the NBA wants him to change. Then he will come back and work on it. I'm not sure he has the foot speed to be an NBA player other then a three point specialist

His straight line speed is good enough. His lateral quickness is bad. But his defensive instints are just atrocious. He's always late. So he looks slow, he just gets a slow start. Every time. Whether it's on a shot or a drive he's just incredibly late. Every time. If I were him I'd get tired of getting my ass beat and gamble. It wouldn't work but I'd do it. He just can't see it coming.

He's the diametric opposite of a gamer. Like Mason. Or Jackson.

On offense he's a lot better.

They will fit in well down there!

This is the year! Or maybe next year.

Who knows. We have 4 open scholarships and are in on some big time grad transfers and a few good Jucos. Already have a solid base and three pretty good freshman including a 5 star guard.

You're never going to have that year.

Define "that year". We've had a good last 6 years.. a few that ended shorter than they could have. I never said we are winning the Championship next year.

I don't know if he is going to be back. I don't think more years of college is going to turn him into a NBA player. Too big of liability on defense.

He might as well go play in Europe and start earning a paycheck. Another year in Lawrence isn't going to translate into a bigger paycheck in Europe.

So KJ Lawson appears to be incredibly stupid

**** Tubby!

It's Official, Josh Jackson declares for the NBA Draft

What's your scholarship situation right now?

LAWRENCE, Kan. - Fans who cannot make the trip to Italy with the Kansas men's basketball team in early August will nonetheless have the opportunity to watch the Jayhawks play.

KU will play four games while touring Italy, and the Jayhawk IMG Radio Network will broadcast the games. FloSports will pair Brian Hanni andGreg Gurley's radio call with a video stream so KU fans can also watch the games live.

To access the live video coverage and replays of the games, users must sign up to become FloPRO subscribers on FloHoops.com. Monthly and annual FloPRO subscriptions on FloHoops are $20 and $150, respectively. Members get access to all live events and replays, upcoming original documentary content, technique videos and more. Yearly subscribers also gain access to premium content across the FloSports network of sites. Fans can go here to subscribe to the Kansas 2017 Summer Tour - Italy.

The first two contests are in Rome, August 2 and 3; the final two are in Milan, August 5 and 6. The matchups in Rome will tip at 6:30 p.m. local, 11:30 a.m. Central time; the two games in Milan will start at 7 p.m. local, noon Central.

In Rome, the Jayhawks will play Stella Azzurra, a team consisting of 18 and 19 year olds from Rome clubs, on August 2 at Honey Sports City (HSC). The following day, KU will face the Players Group, which consists of a team being organized by Vittorio Gallinari, father of NBA player Danilo Gallinari. The venue for the Aug. 3 game will also be HSC.

On August 5 in Milan, the Jayhawks face the Players Group for the second time at PalaSport Enrico Somaschini (PalaPorada) and Italy All Star A2 the following day in the same location. The Italy All Star A2 squad will consist of players from the Lega Basket Serie (LBA) professional men's basketball league from the A2 level. Tickets can be purchased day of game at the competition venue at a price of 5 euro.

In Rome, KU's sightseeing tours will include the Colosseum, the Vatican Museum, St. Peter's Basilica and the Sistine Chapel. In Milan, the contingent will tour the Cathedral Duomo and take a boat tour of Lake Como. Basketball Travelers Inc. is coordinating the trip.

Preseason top 10, Kansas returns two starters and six letterwinners from last season's 31-5 team (16-2 Big 12) that tied an NCAA record by winning KU's 13th-consecutive conference regular-season title. KU entered the NCAA Tournament a No. 1 seed for the second consecutive year and advanced to the Elite Eight. Senior guards Devonté Graham and Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk are the returning starters; junior guard Lagerald Vick, a regular on last season's team, also returns. Sophomore center Udoka Azubuikestarted six of his 11 games played before being injured last season, and sophomore forwardMitch Lightfoot could also increase his playing time in 2017-18.

KU welcomes nine newcomers to the team with two - sophomore guards Malik Newman and Sam Cunliffe - having already been on campus. Newman transferred to KU from Mississippi State following the 2016-17 season. Cunliffe hit the KU campus following the fall 2016 semester after transferring from Arizona State. Newman will be eligible immediately, while Cunliffe can play in regular-season games after the fall 2017 semester; Cunliffe will play for the Jayhawks in Italy. Freshmen Billy Preston, a McDonald's All-America, and guard Marcus Garrett, the Texas Gatorade Player of the Year, will provide immediate depth for the upcoming season.

Three other Jayhawk transfers will compete in Italy but will sit the KU sidelines in 2017-18. They are California guard Charlie Moore, and Memphis guard/forward brothers Dedric and K.J. Lawson. All had solid seasons in 2016-17 before coming to KU.

Since 2004 Kansas has won 17 of 19 exhibition games outside the United States under head coach Bill Self. The Jayhawks went a combined 7-0 in Canada in 2004 (4-0) and 2008 (3-0). In 2012 KU went 2-2 while touring Switzerland and Paris. KU's most recent trip was in 2015, when the Jayhawks won the gold medal at the World University Games in Gwangju, South Korea, posting an 8-0 record.

Kansas 2017 Summer Tour - Italy
Wednesday, August 2
Kansas vs. Stella Azzurra, HSC (Rome), 6:30 p.m. (11:30 a.m. Central)

Thursday, August 3
Kansas vs. Players Group, HSC (Rome), 6:30 p.m. (11:30 a.m. Central)

Saturday, August 5
Kansas vs. Players Group, PalaSport Enrico Somaschini, 7 p.m. (Noon Central)

Sunday, August 6
Kansas vs. Italy All Star A2, PalaSport Enrico Somaschini, 7 p.m. (Noon Central)

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Next two years are going to be great again! Primed for a #1 seed next year and then we get the Lawson brothers and Charlie Moore. The rich get richer!

Maybe Bill can make a FF again some year. He's got 2 in 14 years here. Roy has more titles than that. SAD!

A complete and total failure of a head coach who has proven time and again that he doesn't have what it takes to finish T3 each year. Just utterly incapable of recruiting the kind of top guards that could take us there.

An embarrassment they brought him back for another year.

I don't know what I expected when I opened this thread, but this discussion feels oddly fitting.

KU needs to be dominate inside the paint again, they've sorely lacked a true dominating presence since Withey/Embiid. Ellis was soft and played little defense even though he got some good pts on the offensive end..though many cases it was quietly done. Hopefully Azebuke or whatever his name is can emerge into a new upcoming star..(and fast). KU is going to need him. KU will be a tall team next year, if Preston starts. Having a lanky 6'10 and 7footer in the paint is going to help controlling the paint, although Preston will probably play high post most of the time, he seems to be custom fit for that role, Arthur/Ellis/ etc. Guards are gonna have to step up big. Losing Mason is huge. Graham can't do it alone and even he can be streaky. Vick and Svi are going to have to step up huge this next season. Can they be counted on to score and be efficient on offense? Lots of questions for this KU team, but they have the potential to be really good if the right players can make contribute and improve.

There's only one embarrassment going on here

Agreed. A program with as storied a history as KU should not be lowering itself like this.

KU has gotten something like 7 total minutes in the NCAA tournament from their (top 10 in the country) big-man recruits in 4 straight years.

Embiid - back/foot
Alexander - mom got greedy
Diallo - raw to the point of being worthless
Doke - wrist

That leaves you with 4-year/undersized/headed to Europe guys like Perry Ellis and Jamari Traylor dealing with NBA bigs.

Any of those years (esp last year) would have been very different if not for that.

Jack Whitman is quitting school and basketball. Before a free trip to italy. Just yesterday Marvin Bagley indicated he is probably going to reclassify to 2017 class. Hmmmm coinkydink?

I'm so far out of college recruiting I have no idea who either of those kids are.

Kc connection. Committed to the troll game.

Another year, another Big 12 championship.