The night is dark and full of sophomores. We were due a down year, but it's back to hunting banners.
Thread to be updated as new developments emerge.
RETURNING PLAYERS:
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#35 Udoka Azubuike - Sr.
#44 Mitch Lightfoot - Sr.
#0 Marcus Garrett - Jr.
#22 Silvio De Sousa - Jr. (!!!!!)
#11 Devon Dotson - Soph.
#30 Ochai Agbaji - Soph.
#33 David McCormack - Soph.
#12 Chris Teahan - Jr.
#20 Garrett Luinstra - Soph.
#10 Elijah Elliott - Soph.
LEAVING PLAYERS:
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#1 Dedric Lawson - DRAFT
#13 K.J. Lawson - TRANSFER
#2 Charlie Moore - CRUSHED BY A DWARF
#5 Quentin Grimes - TRANSFER
INCOMING PLAYERS:
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SF Jalen Wilson****
6'8" 215 lbs
47 NATIONAL
9 POSITION
SF Christian Braun ****
6'6" 180lb
90 NATIONAL
24 POSITION
SF Tristan Enaruna ****
6'9" 205lb
44 NATIONAL
25 POSITION
TRANSFER Isaiah Moss
SENIOR
6'5" 208lb
IMPORTANT GAMES:
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University of Kansas Athletics
2019-20 Men's Basketball Schedule
Subject to change. All times Central.
NOV 5 (TUE) TBA VS DUKE STATE FARM CHAMPIONS CLASSIC
NEW YORK, N.Y. MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
MAUI INVITATIONAL
ESPN
NOV 25 (MON) - NOV 27 (WED) vs TBD MAUI INVITATIONAL
LAHAINA, HAWAII LAHAINA CIVIC CENTER
DEC 21 (SAT) AT VILLANOVA
VILLANOVA, PA. WELLS FARGO ARENA
DEC 29 (SUN) AT STANFORD
STANFORD, CALIF. MAPLES PAVILION
PHILLIPS 66 BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP
MAR 11 (WED) VS TBA
BIG 12 FIRST ROUND
KANSAS CITY, MO. SPRINT CENTER
MAR 12 (THU) VS TBA
BIG 12 QUARTERFINAL
KANSAS CITY, MO. SPRINT CENTER
MAR 13 (FRI) VS TBA
BIG 12 SEMIFINAL
KANSAS CITY, MO. SPRINT CENTER
MAR 14 (SAT) VS TBA
BIG 12 FINAL
KANSAS CITY, MO. SPRINT CENTER
NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
MAR 19 (THU)
MAR 20 (FRI)
NCAA FIRST ROUND
ALBANY, N.Y. / SPOKANE, WASH. / ST. LOUIS, MO. / TAMPA, FLA. / GREENSBORO, N.C. / OMAHA, NEB. / SACRAMENTO, CALIF. / CLEVELAND, OHIO
MAR 21 (SAT) MAR 22 (SUN)
CBS / TURNER
NCAA SECOND ROUND
ALBANY, N.Y. / SPOKANE, WASH. / ST. LOUIS, MO. / TAMPA, FLA. / GREENSBORO, N.C. / OMAHA, NEB. / SACRAMENTO, CALIF. / CLEVELAND, OHIO
MAR 26 (THU) MAR 27 (FRI)
NCAA SWEET SIXTEEN
INDIANAPOLIS, IND. / LOS ANGELES, CALIF. / HOUSTON, TEXAS / NEW YORK, N.Y.
MAR 28 (SAT) MAR 29 (SUN)
NCAA ELITE EIGHT
INDIANAPOLIS, IND. / LOS ANGELES, CALIF. / HOUSTON, TEXAS / NEW YORK, N.Y.
APR 4 (SAT)
NCAA FINAL FOUR
ATLANTA, GA. MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM
Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
Both shooting threes and shooting them well is incredibly important in this day and age of basketball, but I'll take actually being good after last year. With De Sousa back in the fold somehow, that's virtually a guarantee once Dotson returns.
De Sousa was as good of a rebounder as anyone in college two seasons ago. Probably even better now. Azubuike and McCormack will also grab plenty. For that matter, Agbaji is a very good rebounding guard.
It won’t be as important to shoot a high percentage as it will be for other teams.
But personally, I think they’ll have solid shooting power with Dotson, Agbaji, McBride, and likely Hampton and Wilson. McBride is a very underrated recruit. Hard to say how many minutes he’ll get as a freshman, but he might be the best shooter on the team. [Reply]
Originally Posted by RaidersOftheCellar:
De Sousa was as good of a rebounder as anyone in college two seasons ago. Probably even better now. Azubuike and McCormack will also grab plenty. For that matter, Agbaji is a very good rebounding guard.
It won’t be as important to shoot a high percentage as it will be for other teams.
But personally, I think they’ll have solid shooting power with Dotson, Agbaji, McBride, and likely Hampton and Wilson. McBride is a very underrated recruit. Hard to say how many minutes he’ll get as a freshman, but he might be the best shooter on the team.
Everyone who follows this team even casually, can see that we have a possible national championship team if we get a top level true shooter, scorer recruit like Hampton. Everyone, not just here, are super excited that Hampton is coming. But, you guys and others seem to think its a done deal. Why does everyone think its a done deal? [Reply]
Originally Posted by BigRedChief:
Everyone who follows this team even casually, can see that we have a possible national championship team if we get a top level true shooter, scorer recruit like Hampton. Everyone, not just here, are super excited that Hampton is coming. But, you guys and others seem to think its a done deal. Why does everyone think its a done deal?
I gave my reasons a few posts back. But basically there is a lot of info out there suggesting that it’s between KU and the Australian team. Under Armour is trying to steer him overseas. Memphis was realistically eliminated when they picked up Ellis. Texas Tech was never a serious player.
His announcement will be on ESPN, and he’s not going on ESPN to announce that he’s joining the Sydney Kings.
Plus, Evan Daniels picked KU and he’s basically never wrong. He knows people. [Reply]
I was not excited for last year's team, even when preseason #1. It was very baffling to me why they were preseason #1 but I really think (with the addition of RJ) this team is going to be the best we've seen in sometime. Potential to be the best team since 2008. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BWillie:
I was not excited for last year's team, even when preseason #1. It was very baffling to me why they were preseason #1 but I really think (with the addition of RJ) this team is going to be the best we've seen in sometime. Potential to be the best team since 2008.
Unfortunately I've seen a few people on twitter saying that ownership of the Australian team have said they have a "big announcement" to make this morning. Hopefully it's fake news. [Reply]
Will be interesting to see what Grimes does now. He's certainly no NBA player. Hard to see much benefit of staying in the draft unless he's dead set on playing in the development league, Europe, or possibly even the league Hampton just joined. [Reply]
Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
But he would go on to announce the New Zealand Breakers.
Kid with no desire to attend classes decides to get paid actual cash to play and develop in semi-pro ball for a year.
Old rules, before Adidas and Nike got popped for paying players, he probably gets a similar amount of cash under the table to play college ball. [Reply]
