WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.720 --> 00:00:05.040 So I wanted to start with the bagpipes or with 2 00:00:05.200 --> 00:00:10.519 amazing grace or something. But we're not eulogizing you, Nick, 3 00:00:10.720 --> 00:00:14.199 like you're not dying. You're just like going off to 4 00:00:14.279 --> 00:00:16.760 bigger and better things and leaving your friends. 5 00:00:16.440 --> 00:00:17.000 In the dust. 6 00:00:17.760 --> 00:00:20.600 But like, also, I don't know, maybe maybe we'll still 7 00:00:20.600 --> 00:00:23.079 give you some some bagpipes or something. Welcome to the 8 00:00:23.199 --> 00:00:27.359 Nick Wiffer Podcast, the Nick finale show of the Inside 9 00:00:27.399 --> 00:00:30.440 the Paint podcast on Rockshot Flog. It is the end. 10 00:00:31.640 --> 00:00:34.200 Oh I don't. I don't know if that's that. That 11 00:00:34.280 --> 00:00:37.240 might not be. I might have to stamp a couple 12 00:00:37.280 --> 00:00:41.920 of warnings on that on that podcast. I don't have 13 00:00:42.000 --> 00:00:42.799 to check the exclusive. 14 00:00:42.840 --> 00:00:44.759 But I don't get it. What's what's weird about that? 15 00:00:45.159 --> 00:00:48.960 Well, even though I do, we don't have any PG 16 00:00:49.119 --> 00:00:53.240 thirteen square words like that. So I already get away 17 00:00:53.439 --> 00:00:56.240 a little bit with the with the noise or with 18 00:00:56.399 --> 00:00:59.479 the with the lack of that. But oh, just this 19 00:00:59.560 --> 00:01:02.920 is Inside the Paint and Nick Wiper your final show. 20 00:01:03.439 --> 00:01:04.959 I am in spirit, Nick Wipper. 21 00:01:05.840 --> 00:01:07.840 I am also in spirit Nick Wipper. 22 00:01:08.480 --> 00:01:10.040 I am the real Nick Wipper. 23 00:01:11.079 --> 00:01:13.159 So Nick, this is it. This is the finale show. 24 00:01:13.239 --> 00:01:15.719 This is show number four hundred and sixty one of 25 00:01:15.760 --> 00:01:17.840 itp you've been doing this show for a long time. 26 00:01:18.079 --> 00:01:19.920 We'll talk about you a little bit more later, but 27 00:01:20.040 --> 00:01:23.200 this is like you're you're opening your your opening statement 28 00:01:23.280 --> 00:01:25.319 to talk about how important you are and how this 29 00:01:25.359 --> 00:01:25.840 is the end. 30 00:01:25.920 --> 00:01:30.200 Go. Yeah, I'm seeking your vote on November fourth. 31 00:01:32.799 --> 00:01:37.719 I'm actually leaving, leaving this podcast to start my political career. 32 00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:40.560 Which if you've listened to this podcast, that must be 33 00:01:40.599 --> 00:01:43.599 a scary proposition to all Johnson County voters? 34 00:01:44.959 --> 00:01:49.000 Would it be less controversial? If what is less? What 35 00:01:49.079 --> 00:01:52.680 is more polarizing? American politics or the Inside the Paint Podcast. 36 00:01:53.120 --> 00:01:55.400 I don't think we're polarizing. I think it's dangerous. 37 00:01:55.640 --> 00:01:59.599 If you asked Wayne Kerr circa twenty twenty two would be. 38 00:01:59.560 --> 00:02:01.120 Close, right. 39 00:02:01.200 --> 00:02:03.799 Yeah. You know, there's plenty of people who happened to 40 00:02:04.000 --> 00:02:08.199 like all the time in their ears. There's also people who, 41 00:02:08.319 --> 00:02:11.240 you know, think that whenever we talk about how Bill 42 00:02:11.319 --> 00:02:14.360 self is the worst, that we're wrong. So I think 43 00:02:14.400 --> 00:02:17.400 we're at least a little polarizing. But you know, all 44 00:02:17.439 --> 00:02:20.840 the good figures in history were a little polarizing keyword little. 45 00:02:21.639 --> 00:02:22.120 That's true. 46 00:02:23.400 --> 00:02:26.360 Sure, So we're going to talk about everything that has 47 00:02:26.400 --> 00:02:31.159 happened since late April for Kansas basketball, and a rare 48 00:02:31.439 --> 00:02:35.360 twist that may just prove that Nick, the basketball gods 49 00:02:35.400 --> 00:02:38.039 want you to go out in style. There was a 50 00:02:38.159 --> 00:02:41.240 major piece of Kansas basketball news that dropped right before 51 00:02:41.639 --> 00:02:44.360 we started recording. Normally, it's like fifteen minutes after I 52 00:02:44.439 --> 00:02:48.479 hit post. So Kansas has a full roster, they're all 53 00:02:48.560 --> 00:02:51.520 set to be the preseason number one team in the Land, 54 00:02:51.719 --> 00:02:53.719 and we're going to talk all about everything that has 55 00:02:53.759 --> 00:02:56.639 happened Landon. You said that you were learning about some 56 00:02:56.719 --> 00:03:00.479 of this news like fifteen minutes ago, because no one 57 00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:04.639 want has paid attention to basketball since Yukon became the 58 00:03:04.680 --> 00:03:06.960 newest Bluest Blood. Yeah. 59 00:03:06.960 --> 00:03:10.520 I didn't know that Shaquille More, formerly of Mississippi State, 60 00:03:10.560 --> 00:03:14.039 even existed before reading the notes. So this is I 61 00:03:14.039 --> 00:03:16.199 could have made that up informed listen of the week, 62 00:03:16.280 --> 00:03:17.520 Glad we do this podcast. 63 00:03:18.280 --> 00:03:19.800 I could have made that up. I could have wrote 64 00:03:20.080 --> 00:03:23.639 the Jayhawks Lanta commit from fart mcturdpants and Leanta will 65 00:03:23.680 --> 00:03:25.639 be like, huh, all right, I wonder if he's good 66 00:03:25.639 --> 00:03:26.879 at making threes. That's fine. 67 00:03:27.599 --> 00:03:29.240 I would have known as much about that as. 68 00:03:31.439 --> 00:03:33.960 Yeah, that's true. One is a little bit more believable. Okay, 69 00:03:34.039 --> 00:03:36.039 let's go ahead, let's kick it off and talk about 70 00:03:36.080 --> 00:03:43.840 some news. This will be great. So just tonight in 71 00:03:44.360 --> 00:03:48.280 mid August, which it's it's a hot minute since I 72 00:03:48.360 --> 00:03:52.319 remember the Jayhawks landing a recruit in August. But that's 73 00:03:52.319 --> 00:03:56.719 what they did because spring slash summer. Bill self is 74 00:03:56.800 --> 00:04:00.240 a gangster. As Twitter likes to say, Kansas Lanta a 75 00:04:00.319 --> 00:04:04.719 score of guard David Koit, who averaged twenty one points 76 00:04:04.759 --> 00:04:07.280 and three assists last year at one of the worst 77 00:04:07.280 --> 00:04:10.879 teams in college basketball, Northern Illinois, who, as you remember, 78 00:04:11.039 --> 00:04:14.360 came into Allen Fieldhouse in early December and as a 79 00:04:14.400 --> 00:04:18.000 thirty point underdog only lost to Kansas by a humph 80 00:04:18.040 --> 00:04:20.399 and all of us except for Land and we're on 81 00:04:20.480 --> 00:04:23.959 here saying no, it's totally normal. They were probably just 82 00:04:24.040 --> 00:04:28.839 studying for finals or something like totally normal to play 83 00:04:28.839 --> 00:04:30.600 with your food a little bit in the form of 84 00:04:30.639 --> 00:04:34.560 Northern Illinois. But while Northern Illinois was not good, Cooit was. 85 00:04:34.839 --> 00:04:36.920 He is a five to eleven guard. He shot thirty 86 00:04:36.920 --> 00:04:38.959 five percent in the first two years of his career. 87 00:04:39.160 --> 00:04:41.839 He's shot almost five hundred career three point shot. So 88 00:04:42.160 --> 00:04:44.480 no secret what he likes to do. He will transfer 89 00:04:44.519 --> 00:04:47.839 into Kansas as a junior with two years of eligibility remaining. 90 00:04:48.000 --> 00:04:50.399 And my favorite tidbit about his game, he is an elite, 91 00:04:50.600 --> 00:04:54.800 high level eighty eight percent career free throw shooter. Kansas 92 00:04:54.839 --> 00:04:57.360 getting a just another guard. There's a lot of cooks 93 00:04:57.360 --> 00:04:59.480 in this kitchen and it just got a little bit 94 00:04:59.560 --> 00:05:02.319 more full with the acquisition of a twenty points per 95 00:05:02.399 --> 00:05:03.000 game scorer. 96 00:05:03.720 --> 00:05:06.439 I'm just gonna hop on the train right now and say, 97 00:05:06.439 --> 00:05:09.279 start him over, Towan Harris. That's not controversial at all. 98 00:05:09.360 --> 00:05:09.800 Just do it. 99 00:05:09.839 --> 00:05:12.560 Wow Wow, Yeah, you really came out of the game 100 00:05:12.600 --> 00:05:12.839 with that. 101 00:05:12.959 --> 00:05:15.439 I wasn't gonna say he should start, but I was 102 00:05:15.560 --> 00:05:19.199 gonna remind you guys that one Harris is going to 103 00:05:19.240 --> 00:05:23.920 be the primary point guard and nothing Zeke Mayo or 104 00:05:24.279 --> 00:05:27.480 David Koite or any of these other guards do will 105 00:05:27.519 --> 00:05:31.399 matter because Dwan Harris is is your point score. 106 00:05:31.560 --> 00:05:33.160 He is an elite scorer. 107 00:05:33.240 --> 00:05:35.519 He's gonna score just as many points as David Coit 108 00:05:35.600 --> 00:05:37.399 this season, he's gonna average twenty one. 109 00:05:38.560 --> 00:05:41.279 So Northern Illinois was eleven and twenty last year. 110 00:05:41.439 --> 00:05:41.879 That's bad. 111 00:05:41.920 --> 00:05:45.040 They were just terrible. I'm trying to see if koit 112 00:05:45.319 --> 00:05:47.160 was their primary point. 113 00:05:46.800 --> 00:05:49.519 Guard at twenty one points right. 114 00:05:50.319 --> 00:05:53.160 Uh yeah, he did average almost twice as many assists 115 00:05:53.199 --> 00:05:58.759 as anybody else. So the highest three scorers for Northern 116 00:05:58.759 --> 00:06:01.800 Illinois were David and then they had a guy named 117 00:06:01.920 --> 00:06:05.800 Zerreke with a Z and their third leading scorer was Xavier, 118 00:06:06.160 --> 00:06:08.720 So they had a Z and an X and they 119 00:06:08.720 --> 00:06:12.040 also have a Y. They also have a Yannick Conan 120 00:06:12.319 --> 00:06:16.560 Ninenhauser on their team from Switzerland of all places, so 121 00:06:16.800 --> 00:06:18.800 they they may have sucked out loud on the court, 122 00:06:18.839 --> 00:06:20.759 but at least their names were were a lot cooler 123 00:06:20.800 --> 00:06:23.319 than Kansas's with with their Kevins and Hunters. 124 00:06:23.639 --> 00:06:25.800 David quite sounds like a name that's in an auto 125 00:06:25.879 --> 00:06:28.600 generated name and inca football twenty four. 126 00:06:28.879 --> 00:06:31.639 Yeah it does, it does. It feels like the quarterback 127 00:06:31.680 --> 00:06:33.959 that you you try to recruit and he gives the 128 00:06:34.079 --> 00:06:36.160 rose to Chris climb In instead of David Beatty and 129 00:06:36.199 --> 00:06:38.680 it makes sure we start the game. Yeah, that's completely correct. 130 00:06:39.120 --> 00:06:44.920 But with lance lepel whoever, the guy that that is 131 00:06:44.959 --> 00:06:49.560 bad at game management that Kansas has right now, don't 132 00:06:49.560 --> 00:06:53.279 really need to start there. But as Lanta's gonna be 133 00:06:53.399 --> 00:06:55.920 very sad when Jaylen Daniels does not leave Kansas to 134 00:06:55.959 --> 00:06:59.519 a playoff after Lance Leppel ops the punt on third down, 135 00:06:59.759 --> 00:07:01.959 d been opposing territory. 136 00:07:02.040 --> 00:07:04.759 Well after that, the Jaylen Daniels tweaks his ankle in 137 00:07:04.800 --> 00:07:06.319 the third snap of the second. 138 00:07:06.079 --> 00:07:09.720 Game riding a bicycle around campus and misses six to 139 00:07:09.720 --> 00:07:13.959 eight weeks. Soquoit uh, I mean, we don't. We none 140 00:07:14.000 --> 00:07:17.839 of us watched Northern Illinois basketball last year. But the stats, 141 00:07:17.879 --> 00:07:19.879 I mean, you can't score twenty one points per game, 142 00:07:19.959 --> 00:07:22.600 even on the worst teams unless you have a degree 143 00:07:22.600 --> 00:07:25.879 of skill. And if he's a point guard, well, okay, 144 00:07:26.000 --> 00:07:29.120 so they have Dewan Harris, who's obviously going to be 145 00:07:29.360 --> 00:07:32.879 a fourth year starting point guard, and Zeke Mayo played 146 00:07:32.879 --> 00:07:35.480 the point at South Dakota State. Now you have Koit 147 00:07:35.759 --> 00:07:39.879 and you have a guy in in Rylan Griffin that 148 00:07:39.879 --> 00:07:42.319 that handled the ball a little bit for Alabama last year. 149 00:07:42.399 --> 00:07:45.839 You also have Rikey's passmore who's here that's a little 150 00:07:45.839 --> 00:07:48.040 bit of a combo guard. There's a lot of guys 151 00:07:48.040 --> 00:07:50.360 on this team that can handle the ball. My first 152 00:07:50.439 --> 00:07:54.319 question to you, guys, does Kansas simply have too many 153 00:07:54.360 --> 00:07:55.240 mouths to feed? 154 00:07:57.000 --> 00:07:58.879 This does feel a little bit like Bill Soelf might 155 00:07:58.920 --> 00:08:03.279 be himself to go back to his preferred two point 156 00:08:03.399 --> 00:08:05.720 system that he hasn't really employed in a while. 157 00:08:07.079 --> 00:08:09.639 Well, okay, let's just work backwards on that. Let's work 158 00:08:09.680 --> 00:08:14.720 backwards on this. Who's gonna play? Hunter, Dickinson's your five? Undeniably, 159 00:08:15.079 --> 00:08:17.759 AJ Store is gonna play. Whether he's the three, he's 160 00:08:17.759 --> 00:08:19.759 gonna be the primary three. He's also gonna play a 161 00:08:19.759 --> 00:08:20.879 little bit of the four. There's two. 162 00:08:21.160 --> 00:08:24.920 I think Storr probably slots into that Jalen Wilson Kevin 163 00:08:24.959 --> 00:08:28.160 McCuller role in plays that stretch four pretty commonly. 164 00:08:28.240 --> 00:08:29.360 He'll play the four, I think. 165 00:08:30.000 --> 00:08:33.279 And we still at this point, at least Twitter believes 166 00:08:33.320 --> 00:08:35.399 that kJ Adams is a safe bet for thirty minutes 167 00:08:35.440 --> 00:08:38.840 per game. I think moves like this one show that 168 00:08:38.840 --> 00:08:40.440 that just may not be the case. 169 00:08:40.799 --> 00:08:41.399 I agree. 170 00:08:42.480 --> 00:08:45.320 So if that's the case, though, and you have Store, 171 00:08:45.440 --> 00:08:48.240 Adams and Dickinson playing the three, four, five a lot, 172 00:08:48.679 --> 00:08:50.519 that is a lot of names we just ran through 173 00:08:50.559 --> 00:08:52.440 to split two starting spots. 174 00:08:52.919 --> 00:08:56.000 Yeah, I mean, I would I would think that back 175 00:08:56.039 --> 00:08:58.960 to your point about is this the twenty miles the feed, 176 00:08:59.320 --> 00:09:02.120 I would argue opposite. I mean, Yukon's blueprint has been 177 00:09:02.159 --> 00:09:04.840 depth the past two national titles they've won. I think 178 00:09:04.879 --> 00:09:06.720 that that that with the transfer portal, I think the 179 00:09:06.919 --> 00:09:08.960 depth is more important than ever. We've seen these Kansas 180 00:09:09.000 --> 00:09:11.440 teams flame out with injuries because the depth isn't there, 181 00:09:11.840 --> 00:09:15.080 and these unreliable freshmen aren't able to come in and contribute. 182 00:09:15.159 --> 00:09:17.879 So I'm not gonna I don't think the depth is 183 00:09:17.879 --> 00:09:19.200 gonna be an issue. I don't think there's too many 184 00:09:19.200 --> 00:09:20.720 miles the feet. I think that there's gonna be guys 185 00:09:20.720 --> 00:09:22.960 that step up on when they step up. Now you 186 00:09:23.679 --> 00:09:25.879 figure out how you feel in the top the five 187 00:09:25.919 --> 00:09:26.480 and the roster. 188 00:09:26.879 --> 00:09:28.559 I think, like you said, three of those spots are 189 00:09:28.600 --> 00:09:29.120 pretty clear. 190 00:09:29.159 --> 00:09:31.200 The rest of them, you know, there's there's gonna be 191 00:09:31.200 --> 00:09:33.440 some some some questions about, you know, maybe how those 192 00:09:33.440 --> 00:09:35.879 are filled in, But I do I don't think that's 193 00:09:35.879 --> 00:09:36.679 gonna be an issue. 194 00:09:37.480 --> 00:09:40.679 So I agree with what you said. If this was 195 00:09:40.840 --> 00:09:43.600 a video game and you can just add players AJ 196 00:09:43.759 --> 00:09:47.759 Stores a ninety overall, Ryland Griffins in eighty six overall, 197 00:09:48.080 --> 00:09:50.639 and like in Madden right your third string quarterbacks in 198 00:09:50.720 --> 00:09:52.759 eighty five overall, and it's great. You have depth and 199 00:09:52.840 --> 00:09:55.440 you're gonna win games, But that's a video game where 200 00:09:55.480 --> 00:09:58.759 there aren't actual personalities to handle. You've got a guy 201 00:09:58.879 --> 00:10:02.039 like Koit or guy like Mayo, who one night's gonna 202 00:10:02.039 --> 00:10:04.200 play four minutes. Because there's just a lot of good 203 00:10:04.200 --> 00:10:06.639 players on this team that I don't know if that's 204 00:10:06.679 --> 00:10:09.000 what they have in mind transferring here. I'm more so 205 00:10:09.200 --> 00:10:11.519 Land and I'm a little bit worried about the morale 206 00:10:11.600 --> 00:10:15.080 of the team should things not go flawlessly, guys being 207 00:10:15.200 --> 00:10:17.559 unhappy at the lack of minutes they're receiving. Am I 208 00:10:17.679 --> 00:10:20.360 Galaxy branding this? Or is that? Is that a reasonable 209 00:10:20.440 --> 00:10:21.320 thing to worry about? 210 00:10:22.279 --> 00:10:26.559 Uh, that's a little Galaxy brain. I mean that just 211 00:10:26.639 --> 00:10:29.679 totally depends on the dynamics of the team. I do 212 00:10:29.720 --> 00:10:31.799 think that is a little more of a general concern 213 00:10:31.919 --> 00:10:36.200 in the transfer portal era, where like now, obviously, you know, 214 00:10:36.440 --> 00:10:38.720 even in normal recruiting, you might just have teams that 215 00:10:38.840 --> 00:10:41.600 don't gel well. Like obviously that's a thing, and it 216 00:10:41.639 --> 00:10:43.480 happens all the time, and it happened all the time. 217 00:10:44.000 --> 00:10:45.879 But I do think you run the risk more so 218 00:10:46.399 --> 00:10:47.919 with this kind of recruiting. 219 00:10:47.559 --> 00:10:50.240 Where it's so plug and play all the time. Guys 220 00:10:50.279 --> 00:10:54.480 are transferring from big programs two big programs. Obviously, in 221 00:10:54.480 --> 00:10:56.639 this case it's a little much much smaller program to 222 00:10:56.679 --> 00:10:59.039 a huge program. But you have all these different guys 223 00:10:59.080 --> 00:11:01.840 from different places, I do think you run more of 224 00:11:01.879 --> 00:11:03.679 a risk of weird locker room stuff. 225 00:11:03.720 --> 00:11:03.919 But I. 226 00:11:05.480 --> 00:11:08.000 You know, I wouldn't jump to that conclusion until there's 227 00:11:08.039 --> 00:11:08.960 actual evidence of that. 228 00:11:09.200 --> 00:11:12.919 It's August, so there isn't any It'll be interesting. 229 00:11:13.000 --> 00:11:14.759 I mean, obviously, I think the coaching staff stills to 230 00:11:14.799 --> 00:11:18.200 be honest with all of these guys. So I think 231 00:11:18.279 --> 00:11:22.759 David quite probably knows exactly what he's getting into. With 232 00:11:22.960 --> 00:11:26.000 the guard depth on this team, he probably has a 233 00:11:26.039 --> 00:11:26.600 real chance. 234 00:11:26.600 --> 00:11:27.600 I mean, he has good numbers. 235 00:11:27.639 --> 00:11:30.360 Obviously, I think he's gonna have a real chance to 236 00:11:30.399 --> 00:11:32.799 play real minutes on the team. Who I don't think 237 00:11:32.799 --> 00:11:34.720 he's gonna really compete to start. Maybe he does, though, 238 00:11:34.759 --> 00:11:39.440 who knows, But yeah, I don't know. Morale is such 239 00:11:39.799 --> 00:11:43.000 a tough thing to judge from our perspective because we 240 00:11:43.039 --> 00:11:47.639 are so distant from the team that we really that's 241 00:11:47.639 --> 00:11:49.240 a very tough thing to actually gauge. 242 00:11:49.360 --> 00:11:52.039 I don't think that would be a problem, but who knows. 243 00:11:52.080 --> 00:11:54.559 And again, in the portal era, it's probably more of 244 00:11:54.600 --> 00:11:56.879 a common complaint than it would be otherwise. 245 00:11:57.360 --> 00:12:01.039 Because yeah, that's more or less I'm concerned about. And 246 00:12:01.080 --> 00:12:04.279 like with a transfer portal, you're just buying lottery tickets, right, 247 00:12:04.279 --> 00:12:06.759 you know those those dollar scratchers of the gas station 248 00:12:06.840 --> 00:12:09.080 that one out of three times you win your money 249 00:12:09.159 --> 00:12:11.279 back and one out of five times you get way 250 00:12:11.279 --> 00:12:13.440 more than you thought you got aj storer And you 251 00:12:13.440 --> 00:12:16.440 figure your safety that's pretty high there, but it's not guaranteed. 252 00:12:16.480 --> 00:12:19.320 It's a lottery pick or it's a lottery ticket. Then 253 00:12:19.320 --> 00:12:21.320 you add a guy like Ryland Griffin, maybe a one 254 00:12:21.399 --> 00:12:23.240 and two chance that he booms like you think. And 255 00:12:23.279 --> 00:12:25.279 then you add Zeke Mayo, who got a one in 256 00:12:25.360 --> 00:12:27.519 three chance that he really booms because he's coming from 257 00:12:27.519 --> 00:12:31.679 a low major school like you. Eventually, adding up to 258 00:12:31.720 --> 00:12:34.279 these guys, Kansas has added five scholarship players in the 259 00:12:34.279 --> 00:12:38.639 transfer portal. Now where you feel pretty good about how hey, 260 00:12:38.679 --> 00:12:40.919 as long as you know two or three of these 261 00:12:40.960 --> 00:12:45.679 guys are legitimately good Big twelve players. Considering who they're returning, 262 00:12:45.679 --> 00:12:48.240 they're gonna have a really nice team. And that's why 263 00:12:48.279 --> 00:12:50.960 I like this move so much, because David Quit is 264 00:12:51.000 --> 00:12:54.480 the insurance in case Zeke Mayo has a tougher time 265 00:12:54.639 --> 00:12:58.120 transitioning to the Power five level than you thought. Or 266 00:12:58.159 --> 00:13:01.240 maybe Ryland Griffin rolls his ankle and miss his five games, 267 00:13:01.600 --> 00:13:04.799 or you know, maybe there's just all sorts of things here. 268 00:13:04.840 --> 00:13:08.120 Maybe Shaquille Moore now playing the backup point, maybe that 269 00:13:08.200 --> 00:13:11.399 doesn't go as well. Somebody could get suspended, somebody could 270 00:13:11.399 --> 00:13:14.679 get injured, somebody could have a family emergency. You're adding 271 00:13:14.759 --> 00:13:16.759 depth to those roles. That's gonna make it a lot 272 00:13:16.799 --> 00:13:19.399 harder for the Florida fill out, which you saw last 273 00:13:19.440 --> 00:13:23.360 year resulted in Freakin' whoever Michael Jenkovic dribbling the ball 274 00:13:23.399 --> 00:13:24.559 up the court at the end of the game in 275 00:13:24.600 --> 00:13:27.799 Houston because they had like six scholarship players left. And 276 00:13:28.080 --> 00:13:31.440 the albatross that was the Cincinnati Sprint Center game. So 277 00:13:31.759 --> 00:13:34.159 you have all of those pieces. I think the most 278 00:13:34.240 --> 00:13:38.399 important ad that they've added this offseason is aj score 279 00:13:38.759 --> 00:13:41.679 who This was a while back, but there was kind 280 00:13:41.679 --> 00:13:44.000 of some rumblings he would stay in the NBA draft. 281 00:13:44.039 --> 00:13:46.720 The NBA draft is obviously long gone. These are old notes. 282 00:13:47.279 --> 00:13:49.600 He is officially in rolled at Kansas. That's the guy 283 00:13:49.600 --> 00:13:51.320 I think is your bet to finish second on the 284 00:13:51.320 --> 00:13:54.440 team after Dickinson and scoring any objections. 285 00:13:55.279 --> 00:13:57.519 I think that's a pretty solid pick. 286 00:13:57.600 --> 00:14:00.639 Yeah, Store is gonna be really good. That The full 287 00:14:00.679 --> 00:14:04.320 intention for Store per Shams, who's reporting on Kansas basketball, 288 00:14:04.919 --> 00:14:08.240 is the this is gonna be Store's only year at Kansas. 289 00:14:08.320 --> 00:14:09.720 He wants to be a pro player, which I guess 290 00:14:09.759 --> 00:14:11.480 you could say that about anyone. The goal is that 291 00:14:11.840 --> 00:14:14.639 everybody goes pro after this next season of college, and 292 00:14:14.679 --> 00:14:17.080 obviously it doesn't always happen, but Store's gonna post some 293 00:14:17.120 --> 00:14:19.240 really good numbers. And I think he's gonna be a 294 00:14:19.279 --> 00:14:21.320 better three point shooter than he was at Wisconsin because 295 00:14:21.320 --> 00:14:23.080 I think the volume goes down enough to take higher 296 00:14:23.159 --> 00:14:23.759 quality looks. 297 00:14:24.120 --> 00:14:26.559 Also, can I old man yells at clouds for like 298 00:14:26.639 --> 00:14:29.879 one second and just say that I actually, I really 299 00:14:30.159 --> 00:14:33.000 do like that the players have the freedom to do 300 00:14:33.039 --> 00:14:35.639 whatever they want. I think that's good, but I hate 301 00:14:36.000 --> 00:14:38.840 that this is how rosters are built now, Like just 302 00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:39.399 kind of. 303 00:14:39.360 --> 00:14:39.960 Sucks to me. 304 00:14:41.440 --> 00:14:45.519 You know how many returning scholarship players Kentucky has zero? 305 00:14:45.639 --> 00:14:46.399 Isn't it one? One? 306 00:14:46.480 --> 00:14:46.960 One? Right? 307 00:14:47.559 --> 00:14:50.679 It's zero? It is zero? That Yeah, it makes it 308 00:14:50.919 --> 00:14:55.240 very confusing, like it and we thought the funny part is. 309 00:14:55.559 --> 00:14:58.759 We thought whenever this was originally happening a couple of 310 00:14:58.840 --> 00:15:01.080 years ago, like the foundation for this was taking place, 311 00:15:01.399 --> 00:15:06.120 we thought that it would really help the power programs, right. 312 00:15:06.120 --> 00:15:08.720 We thought that the Kansas is and Kentucky's would just 313 00:15:08.840 --> 00:15:11.720 have super teams every year, and that it would leave 314 00:15:11.759 --> 00:15:15.399 those middle to low major teams completely stripped. And I 315 00:15:15.440 --> 00:15:18.399 actually think the opposites happened. I think that the parody 316 00:15:18.639 --> 00:15:22.759 in college basketball has actually increased since the transfer portal, 317 00:15:22.960 --> 00:15:25.480 and it's wild. 318 00:15:25.879 --> 00:15:27.840 Yeah, and that is I do think that's a genuinely 319 00:15:27.879 --> 00:15:29.120 interesting wrinkle to this is. 320 00:15:29.200 --> 00:15:30.320 Yeah, I agree. 321 00:15:30.559 --> 00:15:34.360 I think logically speaking, yeah, you know, if you look 322 00:15:34.360 --> 00:15:37.440 at like European soccer or even like the NFL, like, yeah, 323 00:15:37.519 --> 00:15:41.559 the best teams over time get the best players because 324 00:15:41.559 --> 00:15:43.080 the best players at the best. 325 00:15:42.919 --> 00:15:45.679 Level want to win the most. And if you're good 326 00:15:45.720 --> 00:15:46.360 enough to play for. 327 00:15:46.279 --> 00:15:48.120 The best teams, the best teams want you and you 328 00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:50.480 can go play there and you can win. And I thought, yeah, 329 00:15:50.519 --> 00:15:52.840 I would have agreed. I thought that definitely is exactly 330 00:15:52.840 --> 00:15:55.600 what would have happened in college basketball. That you know, 331 00:15:55.639 --> 00:15:59.440 if you play for you know, Jackson State, Jackson State sucks, 332 00:15:59.480 --> 00:16:02.000 but you might be really good and if if Baylor 333 00:16:02.039 --> 00:16:03.960 wants to give you a shot, then you're gonna go 334 00:16:04.080 --> 00:16:06.240 do that and it's gonna happen every time. But I agree, 335 00:16:06.279 --> 00:16:08.440 I think it has actually flipped the other way, which 336 00:16:08.519 --> 00:16:10.000 is kind of weird, but it is interesting. 337 00:16:10.039 --> 00:16:13.679 But other words, I don't sorry, where do you Where 338 00:16:13.679 --> 00:16:14.679 do you go from here? 339 00:16:14.799 --> 00:16:15.039 Though? 340 00:16:15.120 --> 00:16:18.720 Like eventually, like the return on investment is gonna be realized. 341 00:16:18.799 --> 00:16:20.840 These boosters aren't gonna be wanting to shell out two 342 00:16:20.840 --> 00:16:23.200 million dollars for a guy to come play basketball for 343 00:16:23.240 --> 00:16:25.759 one year for them to lose in sweet sixteen? Like 344 00:16:25.960 --> 00:16:29.639 at what point does this nil thing just become like 345 00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:33.480 not so flashy and stuff or. 346 00:16:33.399 --> 00:16:34.519 Is it always gonna be that way? 347 00:16:35.159 --> 00:16:40.080 It's just the whole model seems so unsustainable, Like I 348 00:16:40.639 --> 00:16:43.519 like roster assembly, Like people fans are already tired of 349 00:16:43.519 --> 00:16:45.519 how many people are in and out every year. There's 350 00:16:45.519 --> 00:16:47.720 no commitment. Do we get to a point where players 351 00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:50.440 are signing two year contracts, three year contracts to play 352 00:16:50.480 --> 00:16:53.039 with for a certain school for that long? Does a 353 00:16:53.039 --> 00:16:56.279 transfer portal eventually blow up like that? I don't think 354 00:16:56.320 --> 00:16:58.360 anyone knows where this is gonna go. And it's just 355 00:16:58.480 --> 00:17:01.399 that's why it makes it like a and and said frustrating, 356 00:17:01.720 --> 00:17:04.480 but also at the same time, it's like who even 357 00:17:04.519 --> 00:17:06.799 knows who's gonna be on this roster next year? Like 358 00:17:07.000 --> 00:17:08.720 in the past, like what's been so fun as to 359 00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:11.640 see you know, guys come through KU and a lot 360 00:17:11.640 --> 00:17:13.880 of them play and they go to Senior Night. This year, 361 00:17:14.039 --> 00:17:15.799 the big name hung in the rafters. They played at 362 00:17:15.880 --> 00:17:18.680 Kansas for four or five years, they're a contributor. And 363 00:17:18.720 --> 00:17:20.880 now it's like, yeah, you got a bunch of seniors 364 00:17:20.880 --> 00:17:24.680 speaking on Senior Knight who played at Loyola Marymount and 365 00:17:25.480 --> 00:17:27.960 h our Lady of the Lake who transferred to Kansas. 366 00:17:28.000 --> 00:17:30.599 So it's like, you know what gives at what point? 367 00:17:31.640 --> 00:17:35.720 Well, the assumption h yes, you're correct, they will bust 368 00:17:35.759 --> 00:17:38.880 eventually with the return on investment thing, if and only 369 00:17:38.920 --> 00:17:43.640 if the big donors grow tired of seeing their dollars 370 00:17:43.720 --> 00:17:46.359 invested in a program they're passionate about. I don't know 371 00:17:46.799 --> 00:17:48.880 if that is a thing. I don't know if Hunter 372 00:17:48.960 --> 00:17:52.640 Dickinson is underwhelming next year and the next the next 373 00:17:52.640 --> 00:17:55.400 time Kansas wants to throw two million dollars a year 374 00:17:55.440 --> 00:17:58.519 at a at a top coveted recruit. I don't know 375 00:17:58.559 --> 00:18:00.039 if those donors are gonna say, you know what, No, 376 00:18:00.279 --> 00:18:03.119 you haven't gotten our return on our investment. Like, I 377 00:18:03.119 --> 00:18:04.599 don't know if it works like that. I think they're 378 00:18:04.599 --> 00:18:07.359 gonna keep throwing money because they have it at their 379 00:18:07.359 --> 00:18:09.839 schools to try to get the biggest return on investment 380 00:18:10.400 --> 00:18:12.720 from a We got to keep trying it because this 381 00:18:12.839 --> 00:18:14.759 is what our coach says would work. And then the 382 00:18:14.799 --> 00:18:18.519 other thing is, I'm curious what happens in the future 383 00:18:18.519 --> 00:18:21.880 with situations like Kevin mccullor's right, he's paid money through 384 00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:25.480 NIL to play at Kansas. His doctors say you're cleared 385 00:18:25.480 --> 00:18:29.559 to play, and he says, no, I'm playing, I'm not 386 00:18:29.599 --> 00:18:31.759 comfortable playing, or I'm wanting to stay healthy for the 387 00:18:31.839 --> 00:18:34.960 NBA draft, Like what happens if there's a clashing there is. 388 00:18:35.000 --> 00:18:37.759 There gonna be clauses if you're signing contracts that you're 389 00:18:37.759 --> 00:18:41.880 going to forfeit your money, and if what you think 390 00:18:41.960 --> 00:18:45.680 your best interest is is different than what the team says, 391 00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:48.759 you're right. There's a lot of sticky situations coming down 392 00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:50.559 the road. But Landon, I don't know do you think 393 00:18:50.599 --> 00:18:54.400 that that are these big donors ever going to say, 394 00:18:54.599 --> 00:18:56.400 you know, the last couple haven't worked, so I'm not 395 00:18:56.400 --> 00:18:58.279 gonna throw any more money at my school to get 396 00:18:58.279 --> 00:19:00.400 this big name in the transfer portal. I don't think 397 00:19:00.440 --> 00:19:01.480 that we're ever gonna get there. 398 00:19:02.640 --> 00:19:05.319 Yeah, I wouldn't say that's likely by any stretch. But 399 00:19:05.319 --> 00:19:08.759 then again, I mean if you repeat last season again, 400 00:19:09.119 --> 00:19:11.160 which I don't think is likely either, But if you 401 00:19:11.240 --> 00:19:15.559