"We've always wanted to be jayhawks so this is a dream come true. We just wanted to take our time and make sure we were doing what is right for us. We are excited to be a part of this team and winning a championship next year."
LJW, or anyone with the info, how about giving us some background on C.J. and how he is expected to impact the team? I know he was highly recruited at one time. Could he be a diamond in the rough here?
When did everyone get sooooo lazy with their writing that they have to cryptically abbreviate everything in their sentences? Are we really so lazy that we have to let people try to figure out PKP and MN bros? For the love of Pete, just type it out! Texting has become the death of actual writing skills...
HCBS = Head Coach Bill Self, I got that one. Can't we just call him Coach, or Coach Self, or maybe even just Self? At least spell it all out the first time it is used in a post, then abbreviate.
Too many people have relied on texting skills for their real world skills and these people ending up writing like 11 year olds with a new cell phone. Very sad...
I agree sportjunky. HCBS seems silly to write. Self is just fine to write. We never referred to Roy Williams as HCRW. Just Roy. Well, let's just refer now to Self.
I agree with you 100% sportjunky. People need to spell out what they are saying so that others don't have to guess what abbreviations mean. And if we can get Dick Vitale to quit saying "PTP" for prime time player, that would be even better.
I hope we get CJ and Xavier but if we don't I will still cheer wildly for the Jayhawks.
Yeah, enough of this abbreviation stuff. And unless Xavier's borther's name is literrly just "C" followed by "J", then we should use his full name: Carl's Junior or wharever it is.
I don't think anyone should blame Carl for the recruiting drama; it is fans like us that are whipping up this media frenzy. As TwinCitiesJHawk reminds us, Carl Henry is a Jayhawk and we should be thankful to keep the family at KU.
Xavier and CJ, look forward to having you on the team!
Aside from "CJ" and"KU", I tried to not use any abbreviations in this post
There is absolutely no reason to get excited about recruiting no matter how good a kid looks in high school. Whatever he has done in the past doesn't mean a thing when it comes to D1 college hoops. We had Paul Pierce and couldn't win it all and I guarantee this kid isn't better than Pierce.
soobawls, i disagree. it seems that most of your posts are negative. I think Xavier has a lot of talent and could be a key to KU making a championship run next year. It doesn't mean that KU necessarily wins a NC, but KU would have a great chance at 2 titles within 2 years!
I don't believe that LA was using text-speak in his post. I'm pretty sure that the main reason that I don't understand it is because in 1993 I was a 9 year old who rented Contra 3 on the super nintendo (SNES) every weekend and watched Nickolodeon after school.
"HCBS" is the same amount of letters as "Self' so how exactly are we abbreviating by putting a block of capitals that interrupts the flow instead of Self, a name which everyone recognizes anyway.
About the important stuff... I am still not sure if CJ can play next year (conflicting reports about eligibility), but if he can, he is expected to back up Sherron at the point. At this point, though, we have about 11 players worthy of being in the rotation, and that is going to get whittled down to 8 or 9 significant contributors at some point, so it is going to be interesting and maybe sad to see which guys are left out. With the talent we now have next year, I would be absolutely shocked if Reed, Releford, or Morningstar play more than walk-on minutes next year (end of games and a few minutes to spell guys around tv timeouts or foul trouble).
Chill people. Don't read the comment if you can't understand the writing. Are you against contrations as well? Should I have said "Do not read the comment?"
Again, I am excited about this but once they announce it for sure, then I will be truly happy.
funny thing about what you said about Reed and Morningstar is that it's basically what people were saying about them a year ago. Everyone was talking about the starting 5 of Sherron, Tyshawn, Mario, Marcus, and Cole. And of course about Releford, Appleton, Markieff, Quintrell, and even about Conner Teahan.
I thought that Reed would be a contributor but had no clue that Morningstar would be so valuable. I wouldn't write these guys off. It definitely will be a battle for minutes though. If this year was bad, then next year we will have lots more playing time complaints. Releford knows that he's gotta be working hard this offseason if he's gonna be in the mix next year.
We practically need a depth chart for basketball now similar to the one we use in football.
Guards - Collins, Taylor, E. Johnson, CJ Henry, Morningstar, Reed Small Forwards - X. Henry, Little, Releford Power Forwards - Mc. Morris, T. Robinson, Mk. Morris Centers - Aldrich, Withey
That's 9 D1 capable perimeter players and 5 D1 capable post players. Sorry Teahan.
That is a rediculous amount of talent, and an even more rediculous amount of bodies.
People, be thankful for what you get -- this squad looks like a basketball version of the swiss army knife! If Self (a.k.a. HCBS) enjoyed his team last year, he should be on a an adult version of the proverbial joyride next year!
You could take the starting lineup for a Sweet Sixteen team with two potential All-Americans [Collins, Aldrich, Morningstar, Marcus M and Taylor] and put them up against a team of "new guys" [Withey, Robinson, X, CJ and Johnson]....and the veteran team would have it's hands full!!!!!
unbelievable.....and if, somehow, Lance joins the mix....Jaybate, help me...whats the next stage after unbelievable...COSMIC???
I'm not counting my Jayhawks until they come home to roost. After all the indecision it would not surprise me to have them cancel the announcement, change to some other school or not say anything at all.
momusicman, i agree. Wouldn't shock me if they "leaked" that they were coming to KU, then ended up announcing UK so they could lavish some more attention on themselves.
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chuckberry32 (anonymous) says...
quote prediction:
"We've always wanted to be jayhawks so this is a dream come true. We just wanted to take our time and make sure we were doing what is right for us. We are excited to be a part of this team and winning a championship next year."
Welcome to Jayhawk Nation boys.
RCJH
April 23, 2009 at 6:34 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
KEITHMILES05 (anonymous) says...
Hopefully we can hear from CJ and XH themselves. We don't need to hear from Carl. He's done enough pressers to last a life time.
April 23, 2009 at 6:38 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
CaramelMacchMan (anonymous) says...
Yeah i dont wanna hear from Carl either..
Matter fact, i still wouldn't even believe Carl if he comes up and says.
April 23, 2009 at 7:08 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
TwinCitiesJHawk (anonymous) says...
Carl is a good man. He is a Jayhawk if you have forgotten! It doesnt matter who we hear from, as long as we hear they are attending KU we are set.
April 23, 2009 at 7:13 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
LAJayhawk5 (anonymous) says...
X's game is like mine (aggressivly smooth). This is a huge win for KU!!! Comprable only to PKP's win in 1993 with the MN bros!!!
Undefeated next year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 23, 2009 at 7:16 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
KUPROUD (anonymous) says...
LJW, or anyone with the info, how about giving us some background on C.J. and how he is expected to impact the team? I know he was highly recruited at one time. Could he be a diamond in the rough here?
April 23, 2009 at 7:30 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
cshjhawk (anonymous) says...
It aint over til it's over
Yogi
April 23, 2009 at 7:47 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
patton6 (anonymous) says...
"Xavier Henry and his brother, C.J., will finally pick a school Thursday morning."
It hasn't even been a month since the coaching change. Call me a softie, but that isn't exactly an eternity.
April 23, 2009 at 7:48 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
sportjunky (anonymous) says...
When did everyone get sooooo lazy with their writing that they have to cryptically abbreviate everything in their sentences? Are we really so lazy that we have to let people try to figure out PKP and MN bros? For the love of Pete, just type it out! Texting has become the death of actual writing skills...
HCBS = Head Coach Bill Self, I got that one. Can't we just call him Coach, or Coach Self, or maybe even just Self? At least spell it all out the first time it is used in a post, then abbreviate.
Too many people have relied on texting skills for their real world skills and these people ending up writing like 11 year olds with a new cell phone. Very sad...
April 23, 2009 at 7:59 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
TwinCitiesJHawk (anonymous) says...
lol sptjnky
April 23, 2009 at 8:03 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
jayhawkinnc (anonymous) says...
I agree sportjunky. HCBS seems silly to write. Self is just fine to write. We never referred to Roy Williams as HCRW. Just Roy. Well, let's just refer now to Self.
April 23, 2009 at 8:04 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
jayhawkintexas (anonymous) says...
I agree with you 100% sportjunky. People need to spell out what they are saying so that others don't have to guess what abbreviations mean. And if we can get Dick Vitale to quit saying "PTP" for prime time player, that would be even better.
I hope we get CJ and Xavier but if we don't I will still cheer wildly for the Jayhawks.
April 23, 2009 at 8:10 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
KEITHMILES05 (anonymous) says...
Some of you need to stop being the internet police. Get a life and read what is here.
Go beat your dog or your wife you are upset with HCBS spelling!
April 23, 2009 at 8:18 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
WisconsinJayhawk (anonymous) says...
Yeah, enough of this abbreviation stuff. And unless Xavier's borther's name is literrly just "C" followed by "J", then we should use his full name: Carl's Junior or wharever it is.
April 23, 2009 at 8:19 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
kubasketball0809 (anonymous) says...
Thank you sometimes i cant even understand what half of these people are saying, and i'm a freshman in high school does that give you a clue???????
April 23, 2009 at 8:27 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
rawkhawk (anonymous) says...
I don't think anyone should blame Carl for the recruiting drama; it is fans like us that are whipping up this media frenzy. As TwinCitiesJHawk reminds us, Carl Henry is a Jayhawk and we should be thankful to keep the family at KU.
Xavier and CJ, look forward to having you on the team!
Aside from "CJ" and"KU", I tried to not use any abbreviations in this post
April 23, 2009 at 8:29 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
soobawls (anonymous) says...
There is absolutely no reason to get excited about recruiting no matter how good a kid looks in high school. Whatever he has done in the past doesn't mean a thing when it comes to D1 college hoops. We had Paul Pierce and couldn't win it all and I guarantee this kid isn't better than Pierce.
April 23, 2009 at 8:35 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
eku757 (anonymous) says...
I like ADLP.
April 23, 2009 at 8:40 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
eku757 (anonymous) says...
I like ADLP. Do think we should call the Coach of the Year, "Coach Self". They didn't call General patton, "GP!"
April 23, 2009 at 8:42 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
BCRavenJHawkfan (anonymous) says...
WOW!
And I thought it was only going to be an announcement of who he was taking to the prom.
April 23, 2009 at 8:45 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
rawkhawk (anonymous) says...
soobawls, i disagree. it seems that most of your posts are negative. I think Xavier has a lot of talent and could be a key to KU making a championship run next year. It doesn't mean that KU necessarily wins a NC, but KU would have a great chance at 2 titles within 2 years!
it's hard not to abbreviate
April 23, 2009 at 8:48 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
plasticJHawk (anonymous) says...
I don't believe that LA was using text-speak in his post. I'm pretty sure that the main reason that I don't understand it is because in 1993 I was a 9 year old who rented Contra 3 on the super nintendo (SNES) every weekend and watched Nickolodeon after school.
April 23, 2009 at 8:54 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
jayhawkboogeyman (anonymous) says...
"HCBS" is the same amount of letters as "Self' so how exactly are we abbreviating by putting a block of capitals that interrupts the flow instead of Self, a name which everyone recognizes anyway.
About the important stuff... I am still not sure if CJ can play next year (conflicting reports about eligibility), but if he can, he is expected to back up Sherron at the point. At this point, though, we have about 11 players worthy of being in the rotation, and that is going to get whittled down to 8 or 9 significant contributors at some point, so it is going to be interesting and maybe sad to see which guys are left out. With the talent we now have next year, I would be absolutely shocked if Reed, Releford, or Morningstar play more than walk-on minutes next year (end of games and a few minutes to spell guys around tv timeouts or foul trouble).
April 23, 2009 at 9:12 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
eku757 (anonymous) says...
I would redshirt Reed and Releford next year.
April 23, 2009 at 9:47 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
RonBurgandy (anonymous) says...
Chill people. Don't read the comment if you can't understand the writing. Are you against contrations as well? Should I have said "Do not read the comment?"
Again, I am excited about this but once they announce it for sure, then I will be truly happy.
April 23, 2009 at 10:01 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
plasticJHawk (anonymous) says...
boogeyman,
funny thing about what you said about Reed and Morningstar is that it's basically what people were saying about them a year ago. Everyone was talking about the starting 5 of Sherron, Tyshawn, Mario, Marcus, and Cole. And of course about Releford, Appleton, Markieff, Quintrell, and even about Conner Teahan.
I thought that Reed would be a contributor but had no clue that Morningstar would be so valuable. I wouldn't write these guys off. It definitely will be a battle for minutes though. If this year was bad, then next year we will have lots more playing time complaints. Releford knows that he's gotta be working hard this offseason if he's gonna be in the mix next year.
We practically need a depth chart for basketball now similar to the one we use in football.
Guards - Collins, Taylor, E. Johnson, CJ Henry, Morningstar, Reed
Small Forwards - X. Henry, Little, Releford
Power Forwards - Mc. Morris, T. Robinson, Mk. Morris
Centers - Aldrich, Withey
That's 9 D1 capable perimeter players and 5 D1 capable post players. Sorry Teahan.
That is a rediculous amount of talent, and an even more rediculous amount of bodies.
April 23, 2009 at 10:13 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
scootja32 (anonymous) says...
that's 14 players that would start on at least one other Big XII team. Hell, Teahan could probably start for Colorado.
April 23, 2009 at 10:20 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
eku757 (anonymous) says...
Heck, KU could field two ranked teams by January.
April 23, 2009 at 10:29 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
jayhawkcomet (anonymous) says...
People, be thankful for what you get -- this squad looks like a basketball version of the swiss army knife! If Self (a.k.a. HCBS) enjoyed his team last year, he should be on a an adult version of the proverbial joyride next year!
April 23, 2009 at 10:31 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Lebowski (anonymous) says...
idk wtf ne1s sayin
April 23, 2009 at 10:34 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
eku757 (anonymous) says...
Heck, KU could field two ranked teams by January. Think I would come to town and pay to watch the practices next year.
April 23, 2009 at 10:37 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
OakvilleJHawk (anonymous) says...
This team is absolutely NUTS!!!
You could take the starting lineup for a Sweet Sixteen team with two potential All-Americans [Collins, Aldrich, Morningstar, Marcus M and Taylor] and put them up against a team of "new guys" [Withey, Robinson, X, CJ and Johnson]....and the veteran team would have it's hands full!!!!!
unbelievable.....and if, somehow, Lance joins the mix....Jaybate, help me...whats the next stage after unbelievable...COSMIC???
April 23, 2009 at 10:45 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
momusicman (anonymous) says...
I'm not counting my Jayhawks until they come home to roost. After all the indecision it would not surprise me to have them cancel the announcement, change to some other school or not say anything at all.
April 23, 2009 at 10:49 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
jayhawkerCO (anonymous) says...
We're loaded next year. I bet you we can beat some scrub NBA teams
April 23, 2009 at 10:54 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
carterpatterson (anonymous) says...
I'm trying to speculate the starting lineup...
Aldrich, Collins, Taylor, Robinson, Buford....
April 23, 2009 at 10:59 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
knayte (anonymous) says...
momusicman, i agree. Wouldn't shock me if they "leaked" that they were coming to KU, then ended up announcing UK so they could lavish some more attention on themselves.
April 23, 2009 at 11:01 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
mizzousucks89 (anonymous) says...
video link????
April 23, 2009 at 11:13 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Chicago_JHawk (anonymous) says...
The streaming video was a horrific dud...sound was terrible...
April 23, 2009 at 11:21 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )