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.
How is this even a bold statement to make? Calipari could have had his pick of virtually any NBA coaching job in the league over the past few years and chose to stay at Kentucky. It's not a mystery why. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BigRedChief:
What the hell was Garrett doing taking the lead on offense late in the game?
Garrett didn't take a shot in the last 5 minutes of the game and made the two FTs he took with about 4 min left, so not entirely clear on this one.
Vick, on the other hand, took a ridiculous ill-advised contested three with two minutes left and turned it over twice in the last minute to cost the team the game. [Reply]
Refs weren't exactly good. ASU went to the FT line 20-something more times.
But can't entirely blame it on that. KU guards really played like shit down the stretch when it mattered, took bad low% shots and turned the ball over. ASU wanted it more. [Reply]
Originally Posted by CoMoChief:
Refs weren't exactly good. ASU went to the FT line 20-something more times.
But can't entirely blame it on that. KU guards really played like shit down the stretch when it mattered, took bad low% shots and turned the ball over. ASU wanted it more.
The officiating was bad, but when KU shit down their leg, it was pretty even. [Reply]
This isn't a good shooting team. Self lost Graham, Svi, and Newman...that's A LOT of grade-A firepower from downtown KU no longer has. Dotson has a high ceiling and is already a good shooter, but he has chance to be great, but probably won't see that fully blossom til next season. Vick is very streaky, I think we all knew that coming into this season, but also didn't expect the hot start either so KU's been riding that wave. If Vick isn't scoring, and esp w/ no Doka, KU gonna have a tough time scoring, esp when it gets into conf ball.
The carelessness with the ball and bad shots, wasting possessions has to stop though...but at least that's coachable. [Reply]