Wichita prep Ellis to visit Memphis

3 & 4 Star recruits?
Starting 5:
BRush= 5*
Mario Chalmers= 5*
Darrell Aurthur= 5*
RussRob= 4*
DJax= 4*
Bench:
Sasha= 4*
Collins= 5*
Aldrich= 5*

Not to mention the fact that not on this team, but in the Chalmers/Rush class were:
Julian Wright= 5*
Downs= 5*

What makes us KANSAS is that 4 & 5 star recruits stay for 3 & 4 years before they go on to start in the NBA; and that is after they win a NC. anthonyzal, you sock.

BTW, this years' starting 5:
Collins= 5*
TT= 4*
X= 5*
McM= 4*
Cole= 5*
(and the bench is all 4* talent)

Anthonzal, you can argue the order, but you cannot argue that these 6 schools are College Basketball Tradition:
Kansas
UNC
UK
UCLA
Duke
Indiana
- UCLA and Duke and (for the most part) Indiana are nothing more than 1 coach. UK's and UNC's best coaches/ winningest coaches/ coaches with the most championships/ coaches that created their respective programs/ names of their respective arenas are Kansas boys who played basketball at Kansas for Phog Allen, who learned the game from the inventor of the game: James Naismith (the only losing coach in Kansas history). Allen just missed out on coaching Wilt Chamberlin, the greatest player of all time that changed the most rules in the game (for a player). The rules of the game were created, shaped, and molded at Kansas. Where would this game be without Kansas? Who, BTW, has the 3rd most wins, 5 NC's, 14 (I think) F4's, 52 Conference Championships, and is ranked #1 to start this upcoming season.

So I ask you, who are you? Because I'm with those guys.

August 14, 2009 at 11:50 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Heights prep Ellis coming to KU camp

timmay97-
As a 4.0 student, he can take my SAT's ;-)

June 5, 2009 at 12:13 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Forget the Allegations - Get Ready for Kentucky...

continued...
10. How will team chemistry work? (Are there enough balls to go around with these OAD's and two others that look to be in the NBA next season? With at least 4 starters looking to the NBA lotto next season, SOMEBODY will not get their shots, and egos will take a major hit)
11. Will Wall, Cousins, and Bledsoe qualify? (Especially with the NCAA sticking a microscope up their @ss after all of this with Rose)
12. Will these freshman/ players that have never won a tourney game have the experience that it takes to make a run? (no.)

All of those questions have to be answered perfectly for Kentucky to maintain their paper F4. Kansas has NO questions that have to be answered prior to the season. Ours is in practice- theirs is in theory.

Freddy is right about some things:
Cal is a good coach
Kentucky will be good (if all of the above questions are answered perfectly)

But Freddy- don't get upset when you do a pro-Kentucky blog on a KU site and bombarded for it. We don't want to hear anything contrary to our greatness- ever. Kentucky has become a threat to our 2010 title; the last thing we want to hear is that Cal is in the free-and-clear, Kentucky will be as good (if not better) as Kansas, and Cal is as good (if not better) than Self. It may all be true, but truth is highly overrated on blogs. This is an opinion forum, and people don't like the aforementioned opinions. Don't take it personally.

June 1, 2009 at 3:33 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Forget the Allegations - Get Ready for Kentucky...

Freddy-
I wouldn't put Kansas or Kentucky in the F4 in 2010 just yet (as it is still 2009); nobody ever knows how the tourney will shake out (no way was UofA better than Kansas in '97). I do agree with you that those two should be there based on the paper line-ups.

But let's just say that Kansas' paper is laminated (as in: KU knows what they have "on paper" to start the season) whereas Kentuckys' paper is soggy from having just fallen into the sewer.

We here at Kansas knew what our starting 5 was some 60 days ago (after X signed). We know who our leader is (on and off the court). We know our system, coach, gameplan, preparation, etc. We know who we are.

Kentucky needs EVERY one of these questions answered perfectly for their "paper F4" to remain intact:
1. Will the alleged Rose sit-in on the SAT's or his changed grade (from a D to a C) that made him eligible for his senior year/college effect UK? (I doubt that it will)
2. Will the alleged improper benefits that Rose's older brother received (planes and hotel equaling more than $5000) from a Memphis handler come back to Kentucky? (I believe that this will come back to Cal- but just wait till they find out about the Mercedes and the Condo)
3. Will the Memphis self-report (overseen by shunned Memphis A.D. Johnson) implicate Cal? (Memphis- as a town, fan base, school, and administration- is fuming about Cal demolishing their program. Memphis went from pre-season #1 to back-of-the-CUSA-pack when Cal left and took his recruits with him- a move too low for St. Thuggins who wouldn't do that to the KSU program that he coached for 1 whole year. Memphis is going down, and they want to take Cal with them. I expect to hear much more from this 'self-report')
4. Does the fact that Cal has to be a part of the NCAA hearing mean anything? (It must mean something as it is very rare that the former coach is questioned at these things)
5. Will Meeks be back? (I don't think so. He is an undersized 2 in the NBA no matter what he does. All he can do is prove that he can score- which he did more last season than he can do this season)
6. If Meeks comes back, who else will get axed? (4 players have already been shown the door- amoung them a 5th year senior and a Jr.; the only players that remain were very significant last season. And how will that effect team chemistry?)
7. Who is the leader of this freshman laden team? (Meeks and Patterson are the great leaders that have 1 tourney win between them for their careers)
8. Can they go from perennial NIT losers that couldn't make the tourney out of the weakest BCS conference (by far), to winners of the highest variety in one season? (It took Roy more than 1 year to turn 6 NBA picks into a winner at UNC)
9. How long will it take for these players to learn a new system? (Again, it took Roy- a better, more experienced coach- 2 years to implement his system @ UNC, where former assistant Daughtery coached prior to Roy)

June 1, 2009 at 3:32 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Memphis not hiring recruit’s father

Is it ironic that people are writing long posts in protest of posting on this subject?

PEOPLE:
The reason why us fans are freaking out over this recruiting saga- hanging on every update- is because we know what a 3rd scorer/rebounder would do for this team. We should realize that if Brady (who we all like) is our 3 next year, we will have the same result as this year (a Sweet 16 exit). If we have X or Lance at the 3, we ARE going to be #1 and the fav to win the whole effen thing.
Dookie V picked us as the #1 team under the assumption that we would keep SC & Cole, and add Lance or X. V even mentioned that getting either of those players would give Kansas the #1 recruiting class in the nation.

You guys that are tired of this recruiting extravaganza use the same rhetoric: "We'll be fine..." Well, I don't want to be just fine, I want to be the best. If you want to be fine, root for Baylor. We're KANSAS. To achieve the greatness that is a Championship, we need great players to take us there. Rush, Chalmers (especially after his McD's AA game), and Julian Wright were all considered absolute LOCKS to be OAD (just as Lance and X are). I would have been smitten as a kitten if those guys only stayed a year, but they didn't... Just like Lance or X may not.
The point is, you get the best you can get. If they don't work while they are here, you give them the boot (see CJ Giles, JR Giddens, and MDowns). You don't worry weather or not they are OAD, have a bad attitude, or whatever; you sign them now and worry about that stuff later. You let the red flags stop you, and the next thing you know, your playing against this great kid in his Jr. year, and he is taking your team to the woodshed.

April 8, 2009 at 11:56 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

One-on-one challenge

Self has solved 3/5ths of the problem.
He also has to bring in Mario and Brady. Especially Brady.
Brady has become such a liability on offense over the past 7 games that his D has become irrelevant. He is shooting a ghawd awful % and he is turning it over (over the past 7); and he never was much of a rebounder. Now we are going to ask him to cover 6-7 Raymar Morgan, and consequentially, Ray-Ray will guard him on the other side of the floor for what is effectively a day off on the D end. We also need our 3 to rebound against the best rebounding team in the nation.
I say that we start Mario Little at the 3 for this game. His size, athletic ability, offensive/defensive rebounding, ability to post-up, and his ability to score inside and out is much better suited for this game. Especially against Ray-Ray.

If we are somehow able to beat MSU, our next opponent will be Louisville with Terrence Williams at the 3. Brady cannot cover all 6-8, 225lbs of that man-child. We will need Mario at the 3 *now* if we are to 'survive and advance'. He is ready...

March 25, 2009 at 11:32 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Kansas basketball notebook

Jaybate-
You are right, 100%, that if we get Lance, we need Sherron to stay.
With Sherron as the leader, Lance as the Talent, and Cole as the 250lb side of beef, we will be- dare I say- Unbeatable.

Without Sherron, I think that the team chemistry is all out of whack.

MY TAKE ON:
-Sherron on the NBA:
A second rounder at best this year (which shows the ineptness of NBA GM's). I think that he will throw his hat into the ring, check his stock, find out the aforementioned, and be told to work on his control and turnovers.
Which is perfect, because IF we land Stevenson, Sherron doesn't have to worry about single handedly carrying the scoring load, and can concentrate on control and distribution. He proved that he can score with the best of them this year, and he will prove that he can lead and control and distribute with the best of them next season.
His draft position will be higher next year IMO.
He will also have- god willing- two rings when he leaves.
If he graduates and plays 4 years, he will have a "Scholarship for Life" in L-town. He'll never buy a drink again, and he'll never have a hard time finding a job if basketball doesn't work out in the long run.
It would behoove him to stay...

Cole on the NBA:
Likely a lotto pick this year. But while he would get on a team, he is not NBA ready as a big. He would get eaten up by NBA bigs right now (see his performance against Arizona's Hill this season). He needs one more year to fine tune his skills and strength. He could work his way up to a top 5 pick with a year of improvement and publicity as the "best big in the country".
For Cole, it is not so much that he will greatly improve his draft stock by staying another year, rather that he will improve his longevity in the NBA. It's like Jay Bilas says, "In the NBA, it's not about your 1st contract, it's about you 3rd."

BTW-
If Lance comes to KU, we continue our "New York" tradition that was started with Robinson. We do that for every kid from New York that comes to KU from here on out.
"#1, Lance Stevenson from New York"
"NEW YORK"

March 23, 2009 at 4:08 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Kansas basketball notebook

You guys have to get over this scholarship thing.
That guy says at the end of his article "these things have a way of working themselves out".
We will have guys go to the NBA, or we will have transfers, or red-shirts (if that counts), or guys will pay their own way (see Morningstar).
I know that Brady (or Reed or whoever) should not have to give up their scholarship given their importance to the team. But I'll bet they are willing to become the greatest "walk-ons" at a University that already has claim to having the greatest "walk-on" of all time (Moody). That speaks volumes to character at Kansas, when starters are willing to give up their scholly and their starting spot for the greater good of the team.

Let me make this perfectly clear:
WE WANT COLE AND SHERRON *AND LANCE* on our team next year.
That would give us arguably the best PG, C, and Wing in the country.
I mean, look at this line-up:
PG- Sherron Collins
SG- TT
SF- Lance Stevenson
PF- Mc Morris
C- Cole
Bench (Guards): EJ, Reed, Morningstar, Releford, Little, Appleton
(Bigs): Mk Morris, Robinson, Whity, Little, QT

That might be one of the best ever, and certainly THE best next year.

March 23, 2009 at 3:25 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Gary Bedore's KU Basketball Notebook

2009-10 Starting line-up (and back-ups)

IF WE LAND STEVENSON, and keep the current team:
PG:Sherron Collins (EJ, Reed)
SG: TT (EJ, Reed, Morningstar, Releford)
SF: Lance (Little, Morningstar, Releford)
PF: Morris (Morris, Robinson, Whity)
C: Cole (Whity, Morris, Robinson)

That, my friends, IS a Championship line-up.

Lance Stevenson is the 3 that takes this team to the level after the next

March 18, 2009 at 4:10 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Griffin makes game different

-Blake's aura powered the east coast during that blackout.
-When Blake goes to the bathroom, it takes two firemen to hold his "hose".
-When aliens abducted Blake, they asked him to probe them.
-Blake Griffin is the only man to ace a Rorschach Test.
-Where ever Blake goes to swim, dolphins follow.
-Blake's charm is so contagious, vaccines have been created for it.
-Years ago, Blake built a city out of blocks; today, over 600,000 people live and work there.
-If Blake gave you directions, you would never get lost, and you would arrive 10 minutes early.
-I once saw Blake kill and entire keg in one sitting.
-Blake once took a bubble bath with Bruce Jenner.
-The character of Johnny Appleseed was based on Blake... except for the part about planting apple trees... and not raping men.
-Blake did all the makeup on the Planet of the Apes movies.
-Blake drives an ice cream truck covered in human skulls.
-Blake sleeps eight hours a night! Well, he is pretty normal when it comes to that.
-Blake's first name is Blake!

-Blake's legend precedes him the way lightning precedes thunder.

February 25, 2009 at 3:31 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )