With the commits this week, just 42 players from the top-100 remain on the board. Seven of those prospects have commitment dates.
So what’s the latest with the top remaining prospects?
ZAGSBLOG breaks it down:
Ochai Agbaji said Sherron Collins and Jamari Traylor talked to the team in the locker room after the game about how much the upcoming Missouri game means to them.
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The Jayhawks’ roster is set with Kevin McCullar announcing he’ll return to school.
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He’ll join:
- Dajuan Harris
- Joe Yesufu
- Bobby Pettiford
- Kyle Cuffe
- Gradey Dick
- MJ Rice
- Cam Martin
- Jalen Wilson
- KJ Adams
- Zach Clemence
- Ernest Udeh
- Zuby Ejiofor
This was Nick Timberlake in the locker room after the loss to Cinci in KC.
He didn’t move from that position for a long while. So great to see him perform last night. 19 points, 3-of-6 3FG.
You can tell he really cares, and last night Timby finally had his moment.
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Sources: The
@CollegeGameDay
crew is in Lawrence right now doing a special on Lance Leipold.
Question is… when will the show actually air from Lawrence?
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Throwback to last year’s
#BorderWar
.
Christian Braun (
@Ballin25Braun
) was simply electric to start the game for
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. Should be a good one this Saturday.
Since Travis Goff has taken over as KU’s Director of Athletics…
-
@KU_Football
hired Lance Leipold. Texas win. Culture shift.
-
@KUVolleyball
makes Sweet 16.
-
@KUWBball
wins first NCAA Tournament game since 2012-13.
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@KUHoops
Final Four appearance.
Bill Self hasn't been to the Final Four without a Teahan on his team. Here's what Self said about that...
"The Teahan's have kind of become the first family of our program... They have been kind of our good luck charm."
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Bill Self on the possibility of Ochai Agbaji's jersey being retired...
"It will. Deservingly so. I hope you guys have enjoyed watching him as much as I have... He's a class act."
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Here’s what the Jayhawks starting five could look like with Wilson returning. This assumes Kevin McCullar removes his name as well.
G — Dajuan Harris
G — Gradey Dick
G — Kevin McCullar
F — Jalen Wilson
F — Zach Clemence
Bill Self said the guy who won the game for KU was Joseph Yesufu.
"I hope this gets him comfortable. I haven't given him many opportunities. The bell rung today, he answered."
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With Texas and Oklahoma leaving the Big 12,
@KU_Football
is legitimately set up to be the kings of the conference.
With Leipold likely staying long term, that’s not too far fetched. And the playoff goes to 12 teams next year.
Potential great times ahead in Lawrence.
Lance Leipold addresses rumors about his future at Kansas during a Hawk Talk interview: "This is the only interview [he's done over the last 48 hours] and that's the way it's going to be."
He said Kansas is the last job he's going to have.
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Christian Braun is an NBA Champion. He becomes the fifth player in the history of basketball to win an NCAA title and NBA title in consecutive seasons.
He did so while giving the Nuggets quality minutes all playoffs.
@Ballin25Braun
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Christian Braun said when he was growing up, he and his dad were KU fans while most of the rest of his family were Missouri fans.
"I always would say I'm on the winning side," Braun said.
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Bob Huggins said the televisions were really small where he was watching the game after being ejected.
“They really need to upgrade that system.”
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The
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2024-25 dream team is just one piece away…
Dajuan Harris
Zeke Mayo
AJ Storr
**Rylan Griffen**
Hunter Dickinson
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KJ Adams
Riley Kugel
Flory Bidunga
Elmarko Jackson
Jamari McDowell
—
Zach Clemence
Labaron Philon
Rakease Passmore
Gradey Dick (
@gradey_dick
) will wear jersey No. 4 for
#kubball
next season, per his Instagram.
Other notable players to wear this number include Devonte’ Graham, Sherron Collins and Nick Collison.
With Ochai Agbaji returning, Kansas will likely be a top 3 team going into next season, if not No. 1.
Think about this potential starting five:
G — Remy Martin
G — Joe Yesufu
G — Ochai Agbaji
F — Jalen Wilson
C — David McCormack
Christian Braun said the championship run in 2008 is one of his core
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memories growing up. Braun used to watch the games with a babysitter because his parents would go.
"I was probably as big a KU fan you could find."
Christian Braun on playing this game for Bill Self...
"We had to win for coach. That was our message last night. That was our message today. We got punched in the mouth, but we fought back and it was a good win."
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Bill Self said Latrell Jossell came to the locker room to wish players a merry Christmas. He also said he was glad Kansas won and that Jossell had a good game.
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Bill Self on the postgame radio show...
"We gave that one away. We may not have deserved to win, but if we didn't, they didn't either. We helped them."
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Remy Martin on pregame radio…
“I would say I’m 100 percent… I’m just honored to be on the court and wear that uniform with pride and continue this winning tradition.”
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So I’ve been thinking about this lately:
@KUHoops
currently trails
@KentuckyMBB
in all-time wins 2,327 to 2,324. Both play 19 games before meeting in Allen Fieldhouse.
If KU can remain undefeated and UK drops three games, that game could decide the all-time win count.
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Zach Clemence said Mitch Lightfoot was his counselor when he came to basketball camp at KU.
"It comes up every once awhile in the locker room."
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That game was Jalen Wilson’s last. He will go down as one of the great ones at Kansas — and as Bill Self has said — one of the greatest competitors.
Wilson played his heart out every night and fought through adversity his whole career. Have to tip your cap.
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Remy Martin said he felt great just being out there and contributing.
"I'm here to win a national championship. So anything I do to help the team I'm fully invested in."
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KU has now scored 100 points against both Missouri and Kansas State in the same season.
It's only the second time that has happened. KU did it in 2001-02.
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Kansas’ 2024 recruiting class would be one of its best in recent memory if Bill Self ends up landing Liam McNeeley.
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Two five-stars. Two other top-50 players that really fit the system. Bill Self is a gangster indeed.
Quote from Jalon Daniels postgame...
"Next year I want to come in with a bang. I want to start off exactly how we finished this season. I want to compete with every single team in the Big 12, no matter who they are. I don't care the name. I want to be able to compete."
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Bill Self on the postgame radio show...
"We ran, we shared it. The ball moved, we defended great. We dominated the glass... It was a great Saturday afternoon."
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Bill Self said Zach Clemence was the only big who could hedge a ball screen and make it back to Tanner Groves.
"I thought our best chance to win was with Zach," Self said.
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Bill Self said he’s talked to his dad more in the last couple months than he did when he was still living.
“I probably have take more pride in this than I have ever before… because I know exactly how much he would be enjoying this right now.”
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Jalen Wilson said he wants to win the Big 12 championship. It's been a goal of his since he's been at KU. The Jayhawks won it his freshman year, but Wilson was injured and used a redshirt year. Wilson said he wants to win it as a contributor.
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Kansas is No. 1 in the AP Poll for the 4th time to start the season in school history. All have come under Self. Here are the postseason finished for those years:
04-05: First Round L
09-10: Second Round L
18-19: Second Round L
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Remy Martin: "I feel like as a team we've been battle tested... To come out today and battle through it, it says a lot about our team, a lot about our fight. I wouldn't want anybody else on our team but the guys we have now."
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Bill Self said winning this national title would have some added value to him and the players because of what the team missed out on in 2019-20.
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It appears that with his NIL deal with
@beatsbydre
, Kansas freshman Gradey Dick (
@gradey_dick
) was able to gift his teammates with KU-colorway beats.
Screenshot via Dajuan Harris’ social media.
Kansas has quite the non-conference schedule this upcoming season. Several tough opponents…
- Champions Classic vs. Duke
- Battle 4 Atlantis (Tennessee, Butler, BYU, Dayton, USC, NC State, Wisconsin)
- @ Missouri
- @ Kentucky
- vs. Indiana
- vs. Seton Hall
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Bill Self said it doesn't take a team like Kentucky to make the atmosphere in Allen Fieldhouse superb. He added the Fieldhouse is special because KU could play anyone in here and the fans would bring it.
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Jalen Wilson said Remy Martin is a "fun guy" and always wants to go out and do things with the team. Even when he was injured, he was a key component in that. Martin brought Wilson to a couple Chiefs games this season.
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Bill Self: "It's been a good group to coach. It's not the most talented team we've had... The kids all try hard. They like each other. They share it. I think it's a good team, and that's probably what I'm most proud about. It's a really good basketball team."
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Ochai Agbaji on his career coming to a close…
“I’ve had a lot of time to think about it, just my time here… It’s great to be in this moment and to be ending my career like this.”
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Bill Self on Remy Martin via pregame radio…
“He can make some plays that you can’t coach and he can also make some plays that look like they’ve never been coached… He keeps you on the edge of your seat.”
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