Silvo De Sousa eligible to play in 2019-2020

A GREAT start to the Memorial Day weekend!

ROCK CHALK!

I'll bet it stopped hurting, even if just for a little while, with today's news, sasnak!

Bill Self:"I am extremely happy for Silvio, and very appreciative of Jeff Long and our athletic department personnel who have worked so hard on this. Our chancellor, school attorneys, Scott Tompsett (De Sousa's attorney) and David Reed (Senior Associate Athletics Director, Compliance and Student Services) have spent so many hours on this matter. Silvio has been unbelievably upbeat and patient throughout this process – far more than I could be if I were in his shoes. And he has been a tremendously positive influence on me, our team and everyone he has touched since getting the initial ruling. Silvio is the type of student-athlete that college athletics needs. He wants to be a student and contribute to representing this university on the court. This moment belongs to Silvio and I am proud to be his coach. I know he'll be more motivated than ever, which will be very exciting for all Jayhawk fans to watch next season."

kuathletics.com/news/2019/5/24/mens-bask...-2019-20-season.aspx

DrJHawker wrote: www.kansascity.com/sports/college/big-12...rticle230803669.html

Thoughts?

My first thought is that Newell is being the guy at the party who has opted to be the designated driver — somebody got to keep a sober head.

My second thought is that he raises good points, but I temper them with the realization that he probably hasn’t seen much of Silvio in practice this year to be able to assess how good his outside shooting is, or how well he might defensively match up against opponents’ smaller, quick 4s.

All I can call on is the discussions among the team and the staff that have leaked about this past season Silvio being our best player in practice (note: not “best practice player”, which has a totally different meaning). He has always been a solid FT shooter and has always had a good outside shot. I don’t know if he’s developed a trey shot or not, but I think he’ll do fine away from the basket next year. And his defense improved tremendously in his first few months on campus, so I see no reason to assume that trend did not continue this past year just because he didn’t get game experience to show the world his talents.

Remember last year when Dok and Lawson played, DL wasn’t shooting many treys (that came later) and KU was undefeated. Although I’d give some scoring advantage to DL, I’d put Silvio’s real D up against DL’s matador D 8 days a week.

I think we are all going to be quite pleased with the return of Silvio De Sousa to KU hoops.

Incredibly positive news. We are beyond loaded inside. Hope one of them can stretch the D outward a bit as well. We could almost play a 2-big rotation for the full game, with creative subbing.

So happy for Silvio...now let's get Hampton and complete the recipe!