***** Official '23/'24 KU Men's Basketball Repository Thread *****

[cmh6476]

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[KC Hawks]

I like KU (and Chiefs).

[smithandrew051]

Originally Posted by KC Hawks

I like KU (and Chiefs).

Hot take, but I’ll agree

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by smithandrew051

We were worried Bill might consider retirement like 2 months ago.

Instead he went out and pulled off one of the greatest off-seasons ever.

— RRinehart (@RRinehart2012) May 24, 2023

Reminded me of our resident dipshit's predictions... she'll be right one day!

Originally Posted by chiefqueen

I am afraid I will be right between 10:00 and 2:00 on Tuesday. He is a millionaire with cardiac issues who is now over 60. I really think his family talks him into retirement now.

Originally Posted by chiefqueen

IMO EVERYTHING depends on whether Self comes back (my gut says he will be retiring).

Originally Posted by chiefqueen

I am also expecting a 1-year suspension for Self followed by a 10-15 year "show cause" penalty. Self will be in his 70's before he finishes serving his punishment. I think he has coached his last game at KU,

Originally Posted by chiefqueen

Coach Self - 1 full season suspension and then 10-year "show cause" penalty (He may be 70 before he is done serving his punishment.) If I am close to being right I do not see a scenario in which Self remains at KU.

Originally Posted by chiefqueen

Very, very damning. IMO Bill Self has coached his final game of his career. He will receive at least a 5-year "show-cause" penalty. KU BB gets at least a 2-year tourney ban.

Originally Posted by chiefqueen

How many will become ex-Jayhawks.

Here's mine list:

Self (the Spurs are old, old, old and so is Coach Pop - too old to take on the MAJOR rebuilding job that will need to occur in SA.)0

Originally Posted by chiefqueen

I'm thinking Pop has already told Buford (Self's roommate at OSU) that the upcoming season will be his last. I only look for Self to go there and the only way he'll stay is if it looks to be too much of a rebuilding job (SA is a very old team).

Originally Posted by chiefqueen

If Self goes to the NBA, it will be to coach one team, the San Antonia Spurs, where his boss would be his college best-friend and roommate R.C. Buford.

Every year after the Spurs are eliminated I nervously wait to see if Coach Popovich is retiring. That roster is getting old & Popovich is 60+, I don't see him staying through a major rebuilding effort the team is going to have to undergo in a couple of years.

Originally Posted by chiefqueen

CNNSI is projecting Travis Ford (Okie St.) is on the hot sat. A couple of differences from 2008 could sway Self to leave IMO:

1) The stage in life Self's kids are at - Self's daughter was a HS senior in the fall of 2008 and his son will enter college the fall. (How mahy dads want their sons to go their alma mater, especially if it was where you met your wife?)

2) Bill Self may be a realist - this conference re-alignment is not done by a long-shot and at the end of the day do you really expect KU to still be in the BCS.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201...&sct=hp_t12_a2

Originally Posted by chiefqueen

Another rumor is that Bill's wife, Cindy, can't stand Lawrence, however, their daughter will be a HS Senior this fall, so while he could move on she would probably want to graduate with the kids she being going thru high school with. I'm not anticipating to make any career moves now, but a year from now when his daughter is getting out of high school if the rumors about Cindy are true the I expect Coach Self to move on.

[smithandrew051]

A lot of dumb KU takes on Twitter today. I’m seeing several posts about KU still needing this or that.

Even the 2015 UK team only played 7-8 guys by the end of the year.

Right now, our 10 is:

PG: Harris, Morris, Elmarko
SG: Timberlake, Chris Johnson
SF: McCullar, Marcus Adams
PF: KJ Adams
C: Dickson, Braun

I’d assume, Johnson and Braun see very limited time by the end of the season. The rest is a damn loaded 8 man rotation.

[RockChalk]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

Reminded me of our resident dipshit's predictions... she'll be right one day!

Except, I don't think she will be. Her takes are tremendously stupid, often with very little reasoning behind them.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by RockChalk

Except, I don't think she will be. Her takes are tremendously stupid, often with very little reasoning behind them.

Oh, that's about as loosely as I could call someone "right".... tell us every year Self has coached his last game at KU and one day it will be true.

I would guess she's actually a troll from a different team, but I think most would have said **** it, he ain't ever leaving by now.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by smithandrew051

A lot of dumb KU takes on Twitter today. I’m seeing several posts about KU still needing this or that.

Even the 2015 UK team only played 7-8 guys by the end of the year.

Right now, our 10 is:

PG: Harris, Morris, Elmarko
SG: Timberlake, Chris Johnson
SF: McCullar, Marcus Adams
PF: KJ Adams
C: Dickson, Braun

I’d assume, Johnson and Braun see very limited time by the end of the season. The rest is a damn loaded 8 man rotation.

That KU team is the best it has been since 2020 and might even be better.

[smithandrew051]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

That KU team is the best it has been since 2020 and might even be better.

Dotson/Doke vs Harris/Dickinson might be an interesting debate by the end of the year

[Kiimo]

People on the Slant seem to think there's still a chance Udeh comes back. Anyone else hear that?

[smithandrew051]

Originally Posted by Kiimosabi

People on the Slant seem to think there's still a chance Udeh comes back. Anyone else hear that?

I’d be shocked, but that would be great

[Kiimo]

“Kevin went through the pre-draft process, which is designed to do exactly what it did,” Kansas head coach Bill Self said. “Even though he has improved his status as an NBA prospect, there is still work to be done and he has informed us that he is going to return to Kansas for his last year of college.”

“This is a big day for Kansas basketball,” Self said. “We’ve had a lot of good things happen through recruiting this offseason, but nothing that has transpired this offseason was bigger for KU basketball than having a seasoned veteran like Kevin McCullar return to our program.”

“Kevin is not only a terrific player, but a terrific teammate,” Self said. “He fit in so well in year one and we’re excited about what he’ll do with our program from a leadership standpoint.”

well there you go

[Prison Bitch]

Originally Posted by Kiimosabi

well there you go

Could’ve just saved time and said “we have a better comp plan than the nba this year for Kevin”

[RaidersOftheCellar]

Originally Posted by Kiimosabi

People on the Slant seem to think there's still a chance Udeh comes back. Anyone else hear that?

"Insiders" are saying there's very little chance of that, but Grant Nelson talk is heating up. And that would be insane.

[Kiimo]

Originally Posted by RaidersOftheCellar

"Insiders" are saying there's very little chance of that, but Grant Nelson talk is heating up. And that would be insane.

His skillset is literally everything we don't have right now. This is the final piece.






edit: but also I had heard this guy was a nope the second Dickinson signed. He's no 4, he'd be a backup 5

[smithandrew051]

I’d be surprised if we added anyone else at this point. We’re probably done, unless we grab a developmental piece to take a chance on at the bottom of the roster.