The announcers were saying he is going to be a 3-4 year guy. He plays like that all year he is one and done/
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We have help coming in December
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Cunliffe
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Who ?

Silvio De Sousa, that is if he gets clearance to play by the NCAA. TBH, I don't expect much from him if he does because he will not be acclimated up to speed with the rest of the team not having any practice time with them.

http://www2.kusports.com/news/2017/n...eking-ncaa-ap/
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De Sousa is a stud though, I think by february if he can play he will be up to speed just fine.
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He is only going to get minimal practice time during the conference season, KU's coaches focus will be on the conference games, not so much teaching. He is going to have to get the extra time one on one with coaches after practice, even then they have to minimize it because of classes and studies.

Right now the only thing he knows, what a basketball is. The college game is going to be an adjustment of speed and learning the system. Other freshmen have had the whole summer, you have to have talent to crack the roster and get playing time as a freshman in Self's system. Several have, but the off season was the time to learn. Getting playing time during the conference will be difficult, Bill has never compromised playing time over taking care of business of winning the conference title.
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Devon Dotson

Class of 2018 point guard Devon Dotson officially a Jayhawk

The Kansas men’s basketball team officially has its point guard of the near future.

With Frank Mason III now playing in the NBA and Devonté Graham playing his final season as a Jayhawk, KU coach Bill Self knew he needed a lead guard to replace them and zeroed in on Devon Dotson, a five-star point guard from Charlotte, N.C.

The 6-foot-2, 175-pound Dotson orally committed to Kansas during a ceremony at his school on Oct. 13. On Saturday, he made that commitment official by signing his national letter of intent to join the Jayhawks.

“We recruited three or four lead guards in the country this past year, knowing all the perimeter players that we’ll be losing,” Self said in a press release. “We felt like Devon had the highest ceiling of the guys that we were recruiting.”

Ranked No. 17 in the 2018 class by Rivals.com, Dotson becomes the first official KU signee in a recruiting class that is ranked No. 2 in the nation by Rivals. Big men Silvio De Sousa, who is exploring the possibility of coming to KU early, and David McCormack also are expected to send their letters to KU before the end of the early signing period next Wednesday.

While he waits for those letters, Self elaborated on what he liked about Dotson.

“He’s an explosive athlete,” Self said. “He’s very unselfish. He can make plays for others, but he also has plenty of explosiveness that he can make plays for himself. And even though they are different type players, in some ways he will remind people of Frank because of his ability to get into the lane.”

Self called Dotson “one of the most explosive guards we’ve had since I have been here at Kansas” and credited assistant coach Norm Roberts for his role in Dotson’s recruitment.

As a junior, Dotson averaged 24.4 points, 6.8 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game at Providence Day School for coach Brian Field.

As a sophomore, Dotson helped guide Providence Day to the 3A state championship and, this past summer, he averaged 19 points, 5.2 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 2.5 steals per game for Team Charlotte AAU.
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David McCormack

Five-star big man David McCormack inks with Kansas

A few hours after the Kansas basketball program announced the signing of Class of 2018 point guard Devon Dotson on Saturday, a second letter of intent arrived in the KU basketball offices.

David McCormack, a 6-foot-10, 285-pound center from Oak Hill Academy, ranked as the No. 4 center in the 2018 class, made his commitment to Kansas official by signing the letter at a ceremony with his family.

Two of KU's three commitments in 2018 recruiting class that is ranked second in the country by Rivals.com, now have signed their letters.

"David is guy who caught our eye early on," Self said of McCormack, who was a teammate of current Jayhawk Billy Preston at Oak Hill last year. "There are many things that impressed us about him and the more we watched, the more we liked. As he got older, we fell in love with his effort, his attitude and his discipline. David is a guy, on his own, that has lost 50 pounds by eating right, changing his diet and doing proper exercise. He's transformed his game and his body into something that I feel like will be one of the more prepared bodies that anyone can recruit in college basketball."

McCormack, who said his relationship with KU assistant coach Jerrance Howard played a huge role in him picking Kansas, averaged 10.6 points and 8.6 rebounds per game during his junior season at Oak Hill and 14.8 and 9.8 for Team Loaded AAU this summer.

“He's 6-10 and can play both big spots, the power forward or center type position," Self said. "He's got good skills and we think the sky is the limit on what he can become as well. When you look at big bodies that we've had, David has a body like Thomas (Robinson) but he reminds me of a Darnell Jackson early in his career in that he can definitely shoot, he can pass but he'll do most of his work near the basket.”

KU’s other known commitment in the 2018 class is 6-9 forward Silvio De Sousa, who is exploring the idea of coming to KU in time for the second semester this season.

Self and company also remain in the hunt for a few other elite 2018 prospects, including five-star prospects Quentin Grimes, Zion Williamson and Romeo Langford, who narrowed his list to Kansas, Indiana and Vanderbilt this weekend.

The end of the early signing period, which opened last Wednesday, runs through next Wednesday. The regular signing period is set for April 2018.
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Who are you talking about?

The only thing I've seen is the D'sousa and that seems iffy for this year. He's not even officially committed. Hasn't practiced with team etc. Looks like a good addition for next year but not this year.

Again, we have one big man who sit out most of last year with an injury. He goes down, Lightfoot? We are going no where in the tournament with Lightfoot as our main big guy in the middle.

So I ask again, what happened? Did we miss on many big guys? Self thought we were fine? Anyone know?
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Quentin Grimes, #6 ranked HS player likely to commit to be a Jayhawk this week!!
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Next year is the year, remember?
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Where is ole Rusty at? Haven't seen him in a bit.
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What are you fucking people talking about? de Sousa was our first commit and he signed this morning.

He's a five star PF with a midrange shot, and fills the exact hole in the roster.

Additionally, he would be able to join mid-December, and all reports are that it looks really good to happen.

This is fucking HUGE.

He was a top 5 prospect before not playing in summer games. He's dropped to 18 now, and Self says he thinks he's top 5 players in the class.
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Fill me in on this because I don't follow recruiting. He's a 2018 commit, but pushing to play this year?
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Apparently this has happened before in basketball but is more common in football, just so a player can practice. Kentucky had a guy do it last year (Diallo, #1 shooting guard recruit), and he could have played, but never did. From what I saw, he enrolled early with the expectation of not playing.

On the downside, this could allow for a "none-and-done" - the Kentucky guy could have entered the draft after last season.
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