Will update as people declare for the draft/transfer/commit
ROSTER:
Spoiler!
RETURNING PLAYERS
G Legerald Vick - Sr
G Marcus Garrett - Soph
F Udoka Azubuike - Jr.
F Mitch Lightfoot - Jr.
F Silvio De Sousa - Soph.
NOW ELIGIBLE TO PLAY:
G Charlie Moore - RS Soph.
F KJ Lawson - RS Jr.
2017 AAC Newcomer of the Year
F Dedric Lawson - RS Jr.
INCOMING PLAYERS:
SG Quentin Grimes
6'4" - 204 LB
Five star, ESPN 8th best player
PG Devon Dotson
6'2" - 175lb
5 star, ESPN 24th best player
C DAVID MCCORMACK
6'10" - 255 lb
4 star - ESPN 28th best player
SG OCHAI AGBAJI
6'4" - 200 LBS
3 STAR RIVALS, NO ESPN RANKING
HERE IS THE GROUP AS A WHOLE:
BYE BYE
Spoiler!
Devonte Graham - Get a clean jersey for hanging
Sviatoslav Mikhailiuk - off to the great corner three in the sky
Malik Newman - Don't forget your 80 pound balls, and thanks for the banner
Sam Cunliffe - dat sister ass tho
Honorable mention: Clay Young - you actually got minutes this year? WTF
BIG 12 FIRST ROUND
MAR 13 (WED) TBA VS TBA
KANSAS CITY, MO. SPRINT CENTER
BIG 12 QUARTERFINAL
MAR 14 (THU) TBA VS TBA
KANSAS CITY, MO. SPRINT CENTER
BIG 12 SEMIFINAL
MAR 15 (FRI) TBA VS TBA
KANSAS CITY, MO. SPRINT CENTER
BIG 12 FINAL
MAR 16 (SAT) TBA VS TBA
KANSAS CITY, MO. SPRINT CENTER
NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP:
Spoiler!
FIRST ROUND
MAR 21 (THU) MAR 22 (FRI) CBS / TURNER VS TBA CAA
HARTFORD, CONN. / SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH / DES MOINES, IOWA / JACKSONVILLE, FLA. / TULSA, OKLA. / COLUMBUS, OHIO / COLUMBIA, S.C. / SEATTLE, WASH.
NCAA SECOND ROUND
MAR 23 (SAT) MAR 24 (SUN) CBS / TURNER VS TBA
HARTFORD, CONN. / SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH / DES MOINES, IOWA / JACKSONVILLE, FLA. / TULSA, OKLA. / COLUMBUS, OHIO / COLUMBIA, S.C. / SEATTLE, WASH.
NCAA SWEET SIXTEEN MAR 28 (THU) MAR 29 (FRI) CBS / TURNER VS TBA
LOUISVILLE, KY. / ANAHEIM, CALIF. / WASHINGTON, D.C. / KANSAS CITY, MO.
NCAA ELITE EIGHT
MAR 30 (SAT) MAR 31 (SUN) CBS / TURNER VS TBA
LOUISVILLE, KY. / ANAHEIM, CALIF. / WASHINGTON, D.C. / KANSAS CITY, MO.
NCAA FINAL FOUR
APR 6 (SAT) TBA CBS VS TBA
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.
NCAA FINAL
APR 8 (MON) TBA CBS VS TBA
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.
Originally Posted by Mr. Plow:
UNC is our worst matchup possibility outside of Thursday and today. Playing UNC would be like Fort Hays State paying the Dream Team.
Originally Posted by BigRedChief:
We have had way too many bad beats in the tournament. If we lose today, which I see as a 50/50 game, it wont be crushing. Most here will admit this years team is flawed. That said.....
Dotson is going to be a force in the next 3 years. Contender for national player of the year before he graduates. Doke probably stays. We should have a great team next year.
If Dotson was a natural passer he could be a potential lottery pick. Would be nice if we can get him for 3. We have a great chance at being elite the next couple of years just because he's on the team [Reply]
Originally Posted by BWillie:
If Dotson was a natural passer he could be a potential lottery pick. Would be nice if we can get him for 3. We have a great chance at being elite the next couple of years just because he's on the team
If his 3 point shot comes around, he’ll be as good as Mason.
Frank became automatic when he could get his feet set. That helped open up his drives too.
Dotson could also learn how to create contact and draw fouls like Frank did. He bailed us out so many times by drawing cheap fouls. He would’ve pissed me off if he played for anyone else. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Kiimosabi:
I'm not sure how old you are but the loss to Arizona in '97 broke me in a way that I've never fully healed from and that's probably good. It's like...don't care so much that it is your everything.
I'm old enough to remember Danny Manning and the miracles.
But that 97 team has always been my biggest 'what if'. I think that has been KU best team.
At least we lost to a team that won it all. Mike Bibby caught lightening in a bottle and Arizona played great. They deserve credit. But in a 7 game series, KU wins 9 times out of 10. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Chief Pagan:
I'm old enough to remember Danny Manning and the miracles.
But that 97 team has always been my biggest 'what if'. I think that has been KU best team.
At least we lost to a team that won it all. Mike Bibby caught lightening in a bottle and Arizona played great. They deserve credit. But in a 7 game series, KU wins 9 times out of 10.
Agreed. 1997 is one of the best teams of all time. I think they beat the 2008 team 7 out of 10 times. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Chief Pagan:
I'm old enough to remember Danny Manning and the miracles.
But that 97 team has always been my biggest 'what if'. I think that has been KU best team.
At least we lost to a team that won it all. Mike Bibby caught lightening in a bottle and Arizona played great. They deserve credit. But in a 7 game series, KU wins 9 times out of 10.
The Arizona winning it all helped heal the wound but at the moment it ended I didn't know that. The pain of that moment is the worst in all my sports bad moments. This includes all Chiefs losses. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Mr. Plow:
UNC is our worst matchup possibility outside of Thursday and today. Playing UNC would be like Fort Hays State paying the Dream Team.
yeah....if this KU had it's full squad, I'd prob say KU has a good chance of beating Roy (again).
But no Doka, DeSousa...KU would get killed down low. [Reply]