Precious Achiuwa visits KU

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replayloungehawk wrote: Haha. Where he goes I bet he'll get that a ton!

Hope we get him and not Gonzaga -- can you picture the headline?

"Precious and Few!"

Your welcome, MountainHawk!
And I would be unkind to not say thanks to replayloungehawk for starting this thread!
I just piled on...

big g wrote: shame if we dont get Hurt and lose him to duke. up until recently the sites were putting 90% probability of him coming to KU. recent Athletic blog has grimes at 50/50 to transfer. also read somewhere that charlie moore might leave as graduate transfer and wldnt lose year of eligibility. that seems like a lock to me since there will be no minutes for him given dotson and new freshman pg. do think lawson comes back to work on his game/body so given that if we only lose vick and moore and everyone comes back ( incl silvio with adjusted penalty) plus three freshmen all of whom can contribute. cld be a perfect blend of experience and youth for self to manage. still anticipating a share of title this year but mostly looking forward to next year.

Hurt
Rivals Futurecast currently has Hurt as 78% KU. 247Sports Crystal Ball: 50% KU; 39% Duke
Of note and FWIW: JayhawkSlant's head hoops writer and recruiting analyst Shay Wildeboor is confident -- as confident as I have ever seen him regarding any recruit -- that Hurt will be a Jayhawk.

Grimes transferring?
I just do not see it. It would effectively be admitting defeat for him, and everything we have seen is that Bill and the guys have been very supportive of him. Full disclosure I have no idea what the young man is thinking or feeling, but if he is looking at getting into the NBA earlier rather than later, transferring makes no sense as there is no better stage than KU for growth and exposure. There are comparable stages, but is losing the year worth it for his long term plans?

Charlie Moore graduate transferring?
I keep hearing this, but is he even close to graduating with just 3 years of college under his belt?
Freshman - Cal-Berkeley
Sophomore - transfer redshirt at KU
RS So - KU
Average hours to graduate still 120 for 4 year programs?
Has he been checking off 40 hours each year?
Has his college path been...
3 x (Fall 15 + Spring 15 + Summer 10) = 120
or
3 x (Fall 18 + Spring 18 + Summer 4) = 120
or some variant thereof?

I'm not saying he couldn't do it, I'm saying I have yet to hear/read any evidence that he is on track to do that. Because he has to be done and graduated to use the grad transfer rule.

Dedric staying for his senior year?
I like the idea, but don't think it happens.
If it does, we don't get Hurt, might get Achiuwa if another scholly opens up from somewhere.

Current scholarship status (from AY2018-19 KUMBB Recruiting thread):

13 total scholarships allowed each AY
-10 returning scholarship players (assumes 1 EE -- Dedric -- and no Other Losses).
= 3 max to 2 min openings
∴ anywhere from 1 to 0 scholarships still available as of this update.

big g wrote: thx HE for the clarity. i think grimes transferring depends on where he sees mins going which depends on whos coming in and ochais development. some of the speculation is that he needs pg minutes now to sell himself and he wont get those here.

Plausible speculation, I agree, but the counter argument is that if he cannot make the grade at a major D1 school how does that project to him making the grade in the NBA, which has surely been the end-goal of his basketball career to date? Still, no accounting for youngsters sometimes, especially if (and I have NO idea if this is applicable, just thinking of Conner Frankamp and David Padgett) they have helicopter 'rents pushing them hard to look at what might be a better venue for them.

big g wrote: regarding dedric i understand why he wldnt come back but i have seen no recent mock draft with him even in second round. so does he leave for a tryout or europe? im guessing no if he thinks he can get a lot better next yr which he will with just dok back.

Don't get me wrong, I'd love to have him back for his senior year. Get the degree for some post hoops insurance! And if he really believes he can achieve the big leap necessary to get listed in those draft projections, go for it. I'd take a practically guaranteed double-double a night every day, and twice on Sunday, especially with the prospect of serious work to get even better -- even with his iffy D and soft screens, which may be the very areas he would be looking to improve on.

big g wrote: re hurt it he wants to evolve to more of a three in college that cld fit well with dok and dedric no? pretty formidable front court with dotson and ochai or garret in the backcourt.

I certainly like this idea should Hurt come! Listed as a PF, from his pix and HT/WT stats he is not a big bruiser type PF, and working as an outside shooting SF would certainly be to his advantage in prepping for making the leap to the pros -- and to ours if he has that good of a shooting touch.