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4 years 9 months ago - 3 years 10 months ago #23084 by HawkErrant
This Origin Post is updated throughout the year with the latest summary data for Kansas Men's Basketball recruiting as of the date shown in the Subject line. This one post gives the reader a snapshot of the current known and rumored status of KUMBB recruiting. Subsequent posts will contain the latest information or comments as events unfold, but the data those posts contain will be summarized here as appropriate.

For your easy reference, you can click here to see last season's recruiting thread.
Enjoy!


REQUEST TO RCBers
In an effort to keep recruiting information and Q&As easily accessible in one thread, please consider posting your recruiting comments and questions for this recruiting season in this pinned thread.

Also, if you know of an error or omission, please let me know so I can correct it.

Thank you and ROCK CHALK JAYHAWK KU!
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DEPARTING & RETURNING AY2019-20 PLAYERS and
RECRUITS for AY2020-21: Committed/Signed, Offered & Former


ACADEMIC YEAR 2019-20 SIGNING PERIODS FOR D1 MEN'S BASKETBALL --
Early Signing Period window: 2019-11-13 thru 11-20
Regular Signing Period window: 2020-04-15 thru 05-20
Source: NLI Prospective Student-Athletes Signing 2019-20 and Enrolling 2020-21
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DEPARTING PLAYERS AFTER AY2019-20 ((S) Scholarship, (W) Walk-on)[/size]
GRADUATING SENIORS
C Udoka Azubuike (S)
G Isaiah Moss (S) (RS Sr Grad student)

PROJECTED EARLY ENTRANTS (EEs)
SO G Devon Dotson (S) Declared 2020-04-13.

IMPORTANT DEADLINES
SUNDAY .... 2020-04-26, 11:59 PM ET: NBA deadline to declare for the 2020-06-25&26 draft
SATURDAY 2020-05-30, 11:59 PM ET: NCAA deadline to withdraw from draft and retain eligibility assuming no agent is hired. Date is ten days after the final day of the annual NBA Draft Combine, scheduled for May 15-20, 2020. This date is NOT the same as the NBA's deadline to withdraw from the draft (5:00 PM ET 2020-06-15, 10 days before the NBA draft is held).
With new NCAA rules approved in August 2018, effective with the 2019 NBA Draft players can hire an agent and still return to school.
Note that the approved NCAA rule that would allow a player who stayed in the draft but went undrafted to return to school does not go into effect until the NBA and the NBPA make their final decision on such players not being NBA eligible again until the next school year is over (expected to be approved, but has not been yet).
Sources:
NBA Key Dates 2019-20
InsideHigherEd.com: 'Committed Change' for Men's Basketball.


TRANSFERRING OUT
FR G Issac McBride (S) 2019-09-20 reports KU “not a good fit” for him Link

OTHER LOSSES

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RETURNING PLAYERS and AY2020-21 STATUS (by Class; (S)cholarship or (W)alk-on)
SENIORS
F Silvio De Sousa (S)
G Marcus Garrett (S)
F Mitch Lightfoot* (S)
G Chris Teahan (W)

JUNIORS
G Ochai Agbaji (S)
G Elijah Elliott (W)
C David McCormack (S)

SOPHOMORES
G Christian Braun (S)
F Tristan Enaruna (S)
G Michael Jankovich (W)

FRESHMAN
G Dajuan Harris* (S)
F Jalen Wilson* (S)

* Past red-shirt

SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE
13 total scholarships allowed each AY
- 9 returning scholarship players assuming EEs stay in NBA Draft.
= 4 openings.
∴ 0 scholarships available as of this update
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ACADEMIC YEAR 2019-20 KANSAS JAYHAWKS RECRUITING SYNOPSIS
Sources: Rivals, 247Sports, ESPN and others; National Rank & Ratings used are Rivals.
247Sports.com Top 2020 Recruits (lists almost 400 HS players)
ESPN Top 100 2020 Recruits
Rivals Top 150 2020 Recruits

COMMITTED/SIGNED
(Date format is YYYYMMDD)
Pos Rnk/Rating  NAME		      HT/WT	Hometown / HS or College           Committed/Signed
SG   19/*****	Bryce Thompson	      6-4/180	Tulsa, OK/Booker T. Washington	   20191112/20191113
C   133/****	Gethro Muscadin	      6-10/215	Louisville, KY(1)/Aspire Academy   20191017/20191113
F    --/****	Tyon Grant-Foster&    6-6/190	KC, KS/Indian Hills CC, IA         20191014/20191113
PG   --/***	Latrell Jossell	      6-0/160	Keller, TX/Central HS		   20191114/20191115

WALK-ONS

NOTES Committed/Signed 
(1)from Gonaives, Haiti. Fr: Life Prep Academy, Wichita; So&Jr: Sunrise Christian Academy, Bel Aire, KS
# Graduate transfer, 1 year of eligibility left
^ Transfer with 3 years to play 3 after sitting out a year
+ Transfer with 2 years to play 2 after sitting out a year
& JUCO recruit with 3 years eligibility left
% JUCO recruit with 2 years eligibility left 

OFFERED (Multiple sources; where available, National Rank & Ratings are Rivals.)
The following list contains only recruits with a reported offer (Rivals, 247Sports, ESPN) from KANSAS
or a listing on JayhawkSlant's "Hoops Hot Board".
(NB: ! after Position indicates recruit is listed on JayhawkSlant's “Hoops Hot Board”; !! means despite no reported offer.)
Pos Rnk/Rating	NAME		     HT/WT	Hometown/HS			
SG    2/*****	Jalen Green	     6-5/170	Fresno, CA/Prolific Prep	
SF    8/*****	Greg Brown	     6-7/190	Austin, TX/Vandegrift	
SG   11/*****	Josh Christopher     6-4/200	Lakewood, CA/Mayfair 	
PG   --/*****	Karim Mane~	     6-5/195	Montreal, PQ/Vanier College 	
SG   43/****	Kyree Walker	     6-5/205	Phoenix, AZ/Hillcrest Academy 	
PF   56/****	J.T. Thor	     6-9/185	Norcross, GA/Norcross
SF   86/****	Kerwin Walton	     6-5/195	Minnetonka, MN/Hopkins
PF!  --/****	Marial Mading&       6-10/205	Sudan/URI(RS); Chipola JC, FL

NOTES HS & JUCO Recruits
~ 5* Canadian player; Rivals rankers not ready to pick where he ranks against US players, just that he's 5*
& JUCO recruit with 3 years eligibility left
% JUCO recruit with 2 years eligibility left


GRADUATE & 4 YEAR SCHOOL TRANSFERS BEING RECRUITED 
(NB: JUCO Recruits are included in the main OFFERED listing above)
P   NAME	      HT/WT	Hometown/College               KU Visit			
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NOTES Graduate & 4 year school transfers
# Graduate transfer, 1 year of eligibility left
^ Transfer with 3 years to play 3 after sitting out a year
+ Transfer with 2 years to play 2 after sitting out a year

FORMER RECRUITS (Rankings not updated once they are off KU's radar)
HIGH SCHOOL
P   Rnk/Rating	NAME		     HT/WT	Hometown/HS          			Decision
PG    2/*****	Cade Cunningham	     6-7/215	Montverde, FL/Monteverde Academy	OKSt
SF    5/*****	Jalen Johnson	     6-8/220	Glendale, WI/Nicolet			Duke
SF    6*****	Ziaire Williams	     6-8/190	Sherman Oaks, CA/Notre Dame HS		Not KU
C     8/*****	Makur Maker	     7-0/230	Orange, CA/Lutheran			Not KU
PF!   9/*****	Scottie Barnes	     6-8/210	Fort Lauderdale, FL/University School	Florida St
PF!  10/*****	Isaiah Todd	     6-10/210	Raleigh, NC/Trinity 	 		Michigan
PG!  11/*****	Jalen Suggs	     6-4/185	Minneapolis, MN/Minnehaha Academy	Not KU 
PG!  14/*****	Dashien Nix	     6-4/190	Las Vegas, NV/Trinity International 	UCLA
SG   15/*****	Jaden Springer	     6-4/184	Bradenton, FL/IMG Academy 		Tennessee
PG!  16/*****	Sharife Cooper	     6-0/165	Powder Springs, GA//McEachern		Auburn
SG   17/*****	Brandon Boston Jr    6-7/185	Norcross, GA/Norcross			Kentucky
PG!! 21/****	Caleb Love	     6-3/175	St Louis, MO/Christian Brothers 	UNC
SF   26/*****	Josh Hall	     6-9/190	Hickory, NC/Moravian Prep Academy 	NC State 
SG   28/****	Adam Miller	     6-3/165	Chicago, IL/Morgan Park			Illinois
SG   30/*****	Cameron Thomas	     6-3/185	Mouth of Wilson, VA/Oak Hill Acad	Louisiana St
PF   33/****	Lance Ware	     6-9/205	Camden, NJ/Big Picture Learning		Kentucky
PF   36/****	Dawson Garcia	     6-10/200	Savage, MN/Prior Lake 			Marquette
PF!  37/****	Jaemyn Brakefield    6-8/205	Huntington, WV/Huntington Prep 	 	Duke	
C    38/****	Hunter Dickinson     7-1/260	Hyattsville, MD/DeMatha			Not KU
SF!  40/****	Jabri Abdur-Rahim    6-6/180	Short Hills, NJ/Blair Academy 		Virginia
SF   41/****	Cam'Ron Fletcher     6-6/190	St Louis, MO/Vashon			Not KU
C!   42/****	Mady Sissoko	     6-8/225	Wasatch, UT/Wasatch Academy		Michigan St
PF   45/****	Henry Coleman	     6-7/220	Richmond, VA/Trinity Episcopal		Duke	
PG   47/****	Andre Curbelo	     6-0/170	Glen Head, NY/Long Island Lutheran	Illinois
SF   51/****	Moses Moody	     6-5/185	Montverde, FL/Monteverde Academy	Arkansas
C    57/****	Xavier Foster	     7-0/225	Oskaloosa, IA/Oskaloosa Senior		Iowa St
SG   60/****	Zach Harvey	     6-5/185	Napa, CA/Prolific Prep			Cincinnati
SF   65/****	Julian Strawther     6-7/210	Las Vegas, NV/Liberty			Gonzaga
PG   66/****	RJ Davis	     6-0/161	White Plains, NY/Archbishop Stepinac	UNC	
C!!  70/****	Ryan Kalkbrenner     7-0/225	St Louis, MO/Trinity Catholic	 	Creighton
PF   73/****	Isaiah Cottrell	     6-9/215	Las Vegas, NV/Bishop Gorman		West Virginia
PG!  81/****	KK Robinson	     6-0/170	Little Rock, AR/Bryant			Arkansas
SG! 120/****	Ty Berry	     6-3/180	Newton, KS/Newton			Northwestern
SG  124/****	Jayden Stone	     6-3/170	Bel Air, KS/Sunrise Christian Acad	Not KU
SG   --/***	Elijah Wood	     6-5/190	Bethesda, MD/Bethesda-Chase		Rhode Island
SG   --/***	Jonathan Jackson     6-4/180	Overland Park, KS/Blue Valley		Liberty
PG   --/***	Santiago Vescoviψ    6-2/180	Uruguay/NBA Global Academy		Tennessee
COLLEGE TRANSFERS

NOTES
2019-08-13: 2020 #9 5* C N'Faly Dante  (Sunrise Christian Acad, Bel Aire, KS) reclassified 2019; chose Oregon. 
2019-08-29: Dajaun Harris returned to 2019 class today, reports are he will redshirt his first season at KANSAS.
     PG   83/****	Dajuan Harris	     6-1/160	Columbia, MO/Rock Bridge           
ψ 3* Uruguayan player whose stock was ramping up via his NBA Global Academy play; Rick Barnes snagged him.

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4 years 9 months ago #23119 by HawkErrant
Per Eric Bossi article published on the member side of Rivals today.

Williams is from Sherman Oaks, CA.
6-8, 180 SF currently Rivals ranked #8

EXCERPT
EB: "What about Kansas? What do you know about them?"
ZW: "Kansas and Vanderbilt are two new schools since the live period. I didn't even say anything about them before, but they've offered. So we have those two. Arizona has been on me hard. Really hard. They've caught up to North Carolina and Stanford."

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ZW: "They are a blue blood and you can never go wrong with them. I haven't talked to Coach (Bill) Self yet but Coach (Kurtis) Townsend calls me and texts me sometimes to ask me how I am and about my game so that's really cool."

Stanford coach Jerod Haase sending him a hand written letter every day, and his family is big on academics.
EXCERPT
EB: "Are you talking hand written letters? Every day? How does he find something different to say?"

ZW: "Hand written. Hand written. I get a new letter every day. I have whole shoe boxes full of letters from Coach Haase. It's awesome. It's crazy. He's real serious about it. He told me he is going to send me a letter every day and I was like OK. Some are quotes. Some are jokes. Some are just stuff he loves about me and that kind of stuff."

END EXCERPTS

Early days... and we all know how Ol' Roy loves his California boys...

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4 years 9 months ago #23127 by HawkErrant
KU not on 2020 PG Jalen Suggs' list for consideration per Zagsblog article.
Moved to FORMER RECRUITS in the OP.

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4 years 9 months ago #23132 by HawkErrant
Link to JayhawkSlant member only article b Shay Wildeboor.

SG! 18/***** Bryce Thompson 6-4/180 Tulsa, OK/Booker T. Washington

Son of former Tulsa player Rod Thompson, whose head coaches at Tulsa were current UNC (and former KU) assistant Steve Robinson (1995-1997) and then Bill Self for Rod's last season year (1997-98).

The Thompsons just finished visiting with Ol' Roy. According to the article Bryce has officially visited Arkansas, Colorado, Texas A&M, and Michigan State. Trying to get clarification if the UNC visit was official as well. If it was, then Bryce has used all his official visits (unless I missed the NCAA upping the limit from 5 to 6 per student-athlete).

According to the article they were supposed to visit KU this week, but had to delay as something came up. According to father Rod they will be here next week, just getting everything arranged.

EXCERPT
Not long ago, Thompson was ranked as the 58th best prospect in the 2020 class, but after an impressive showing this spring, Thompson is now listed as the 18th best prospect in the class...

In a short period of time, Thompson has emerged as one of the most highly coveted prospects in the 2020 class. He has the ability to score from all three levels and his ball handling skills and athleticism have greatly improved in the past year.

On the surface, it's safe to say that Kansas, having extended a scholarship offer to Thompson long ago, is a major player for the elite guard from Booker T. Washington High School.

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4 years 9 months ago #23140 by HawkErrant
KC Star - Gary Bedore: on KU prospects at last weeks' NBA Players Association Top 100 Camp

Article focuses on 2021 prospect Paolo Banchero, but also talks 2020s Bryce Thompson, Jabri Abdur-Rahim and Cade Cunningham.

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KC Star: Tre White commits to KU

This is interesting. Kid is entering his sophomore year in HS and wants to be done with recruiting. KU likes him, had an offer out and as of today he has accepted. Always wanted to be a Jayhawk, which is admirable. Appears to be highly touted. I still have visions of Royce Woolridge not panning out when I read about this, but the two people are nothing alike, and he is projected to be a 5* in everybody's system once.

TRE WHITE
SHOOTING GUARD
6'5'' | 175 LBS
(6’6” | 199 updated 2019-06-26 per Andrew Slater reporting on Elite 100)
CLASS OF 2022

MILWAUKEE, WI
WASHINGTON HS

Corey Evans of Rivals.com wrote this about White : Tre White did not wait long to end his college recruitment. Just as things were beginning to pick up for the talented rising sophomore, White decided that there was no need to put off the inevitable as he called Bill Self on Sunday and committed to Kansas.

“I mean, it has always been a dream school of mine, my dad has always loved the school, and my guy, Jalen Wilson, that is my guy, he has been telling me great things about it, there” White said about his quick college decision. “I just wanted to get it out of the way so that I could focus on the next few years.”

White feels great about what all Kansas can offer. “It is really just that system,” he said. “They really want to play fast and everyone that goes there has had a great bond with the coach even after they leave there. I just loved it.”

A member of the 2022 class, White is a talented guard that can play all three positions on the perimeter. Originally from Texas and attending the same high school as R.J. Hampton to begin his high school career, White moved to Milwaukee this winter as he is competing with the Mac Irvin Fire travel program this summer.

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4 years 9 months ago #23175 by HawkErrant
As reflected on earlier, it will be an unofficial visit as it looks as if he has used his 5 with UNC.

So, does KU getting his last visit, and on his own dime, mean anything? Does the family really like the idea of him not being so far away, and of playing for HCBS?

Sure hope so!

KUSports.com: 2020 PG Bryce Thompson will visit this week

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4 years 8 months ago #23245 by HawkErrant
KC Star: Jayhawks offer hoops scholarship to former Missouri State signee Dajuan Harris
Springfield News-Leader: Missouri State signee Dajuan Harris will reclassify, won't play for Bears in 2019-20
Harris (Columbia, MO/Rockbridge HS) had been a 2019 recruit signing with Missouri State, but with his stock blowing up he reclassified to 2020 to look at bigger programs, and may look at prep school at Sunrise Christian Academy in Bel Aire, KS near Wichita -- which is also the current home to KU recruit 2020 top 10 center N'Faly Dante (who still has talk of reclassifying to 2019 circling in the ether). There is also some talk around Harris that he may reclassify back to 2019 to take KU's last remaining scholarship, even if i means redshirting for next year. Hmmm...

KC Star: Kansas extends scholarship offer to blue-chip point guard Caleb Love of St. Louis

Always love to steal talent from the void.

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4 years 8 months ago #23262 by HawkErrant
OP updated to include new offer for 2020 SG recruit Kerwin Walton, and to move Jalen Johnson (committed to Duke) and Cam'Ron Fletcher (KU not in his Top 5) to the FORMER RECRUITS table.

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4 years 8 months ago #23301 by HawkErrant
As I noted in a post on on the AY2018-19 Recruiting page, Dajuan Harris has committed to KU and hopes to reclassify back to 2019 instead of 2020. link

For now I have him listed there, but I will move him to 2020 if he cannot work out getting back to his original 2019 recruiting class status. Hopefully he will have everything done in time for the Fall 2019 semester, but I figure he will probably redshirt anyway, so it won't be a huge thing for the program if he doesn't finish until December.

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4 years 8 months ago #23302 by HawkErrant
This article lists 10 schools, but Miller specifically mentions 5 he plans to officially visit, so those have to be considered his Top 5. Check out the comments re: Kansas, Coach Self and Coach Howard. Feel goood?;)

Rivals JayhawkSlant: Top 30 guard Adam Miller ready to cut list, has visits in mind (pay site)
by Corey Evans 2019-07-27

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – One of the top scorers in the 2020 class, Adam Miller is in no rush to make a college decision. He has, however, taken a closer look at the schools recruiting him and is hoping to take a handful of official visits in the coming months.

“I narrowed it down to 10, but I am probably going to narrow it down to five or six next month, or the middle of next month,” Miller said about his current list of schools. “I just need to see who really wants me and where I can have a home at. That is all that I really want.”

A group of 10 consisting of Arizona, Arizona State, Chicago State, Illinois, Kansas, Louisville, Missouri, NC State, Northwestern and Wake Forest make up his school list, though four [erarata: it's five - HE] programs have already impressed him enough that he is likely to spend one of his five official visits on them. “I am going to visit ASU, I am trying to get down to KANSAS and Arizona, and I just visited Louisville, and I am going to get out to Illinois,” Miller told Rivals.com. “All of those will be official visits, or at least I will try to have them be.”

IN HIS OWN WORDS

Arizona: “Coach (Sean) Miller, he is good with his players and makes sure that they are straight and I really like that.”

Arizona State: “Coach (Bobby) Hurley and coach (Rashon) Burno, they have just been telling me to come there and let me be me. I feel like I could go out there, being a Chicago boy, and rock.”

Illinois: “The hometown program. Coach Chin (Coleman) and Coach (Brad) Underwood, they are on my butt, one-hundred percent.”

Kansas: “Coach (Bill) Self, the history there, they are a blueblood. You can never go wrong with Kansas. Jerrance Howard is the lead recruiter and he is from my city, been recruiting me since I was little. I really feel like if I was to go there, he would be a big piece of what I would be doing.”

Louisville: “The visit there was fun. They have a great group of guys. Donovan Mitchell was down there, I talked to them about the program. Coach (Luke) Murray, he is big with me. He has been on my tail and he keeps it one-hundred with me.

WHAT'S NEXT?
Miller has a good feel for what he is looking for in his college landing spot.

“I really just want a school that is going to let me be me,” he said. “I just want to go to a school where my teammates are bought into the program and a coach that is bought into his players and wants to develop them to make it to the next level.”

A 6-foot-3 combo guard who is sitting as a top 30 prospect in the 2020 class, creating offense is not an issue for Miller. The lefty wields a consistent jumper to 22-feet but is a more-than-capable finisher in traffic who can defend more than just his position on the perimeter.

Look for a final school list to be produced in the coming weeks, with an official visit schedule to be released shortly thereafter. Illinois has gained most of the talk in recent months, but Kansas, Louisville and many others remain strong suitors for one of Chicago’s best.

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4 years 7 months ago #23350 by HawkErrant
The OP has been updated to add Rivals #54/4* PF J.T. Thor to the OFFERED table. If nothing else, ya gotta love the name!

Ziaire Williams, Zach Harvey, Jonathan Jackson either committed elsewhere or KANSAS did not make their cuts, so they have been moved to FORMER RECRUITS.

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OP updated for Nix (UCLA) and Dante (Oregon, and move to 2019) committing elsewhere, and new data for miscellaneous other players.

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4 years 6 months ago #23423 by HawkErrant
Visiting this weekend for the start of KANSAS Football!
(Let's go, JAYHAWKS!)

Nice write up by Matt Tait.
KUSports.com - Tait: 4-star center Mady Sissoko visiting KU this weekend
KEY POINTS
PERPETUAL MOTION MOTOR
SUPERB SHOT BLOCKER!
Think I'd like KU to land the lad.B)

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