So much of the current situation surrounding the Kansas men’s basketball program is fixed on the stay-or-go decisions of several of KU’s top players from the 2018-19 season.
K.J. Lawson and Charlie Moore are transferring.
Dedric Lawson, Quentin Grimes and Devon Dotson have declared for the 2019 NBA Draft and are exploring their chances of staying in the draft and leaving school.
Udoka Azubuike has yet to announce his plans. Silvio De Sousa also has a decision to make.
And no matter how many of them leave and how many of them return, the Jayhawks will almost certainly have to dip into the transfer market during the offseason to fill the roster for the 2019-20 season.
So what might that look like, who might that include and just how difficult will it be for Bill Self and company to figure it all out?
Tait and Nick Schwerdt talked about that and more on the latest episode of Rock Chalk Sports Talk.
A native of Colorado, Matt moved to Lawrence in 1988 and has been in town ever since. He graduated from Lawrence High in 1996 and the University of Kansas in 2000 with a degree in Journalism. After covering KU sports for the University Daily Kansan and Rivals.com, Matt joined the World Company (and later Ogden Publications) in 2001 and has held several positions with the paper and KUsports.com in the past 20+ years. He became the Journal-World Sports Editor in 2018. Throughout his career, Matt has won several local and national awards from both the Associated Press Sports Editors and the Kansas Press Association. In 2021, he was named the Kansas Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Matt lives in Lawrence with his wife, Allison, and two daughters, Kate and Molly. When he's not covering KU sports, he likes to spend his time playing basketball and golf, listening to and writing music and traveling the world with friends and family.
