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MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2013
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"We have a pretty good recruiting class coming in, but Perry is going to score a lot of points at Kansas"
Bill Self
FACT OF THE DAY
Kansas' recruiting class is currently ranked 3rd in the country.
Rivals.com
Q: Who is the highest ranked player that Bill Self has ever recruited?
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
A: Josh Selby
THE MORNING BREW Kansas still leading on recruiting trail
The Kansas layhawks are gung-ho on getting to the Final Four consistently, which is riveting, but
consistently, which is riveting, but I want to take a step back from all the madness, and start thinking about next year. I'm starting to salivate when I think of the future of this program.
Here's a little blind test for you. One recruiting class, we'll call it A, is made up of the number 25, 26, 31, 37, and 134-ranked high school basketball players in the country. Players ranked 24, 51 and 92 will return to this team.
Another recruiting class, we'll call it B, was made up of the number 8, 12, 13, and 28 ranked high school players in the country. That team returned players ranked 27, 34, and 54.
It's not too rash to say that any coach in America would take either of these classes in a heartbeat. Bill Self got both of them.
These classes are two of rivals.com's highest ranked classes since it began its service in 1998.
Class A is Kansas's 2013 recruiting class. This team will also sport veterans such as Naadir Tharpe, Perry Ellis, Andrew White
III and Jamari Traylor.
Class B was Kansas's 2005 recruiting class, one of Self's best, with names like Mario Chalmer, Brandon Rush and Julian Wright, and that team returned Sasha Kaun, Darnell Jackson and Russell Robinson.
Class B won a National Championship. I wouldn't be surprised if Class A follows suit.
Conner Frankamp is a 6-foot point guard from Wichita who is so Kirk Hinrich-esque it sends shivers down my back. He can also nail 3-pointers.
Shooting guard Wayne Selden is a titan from Tilton, N.H., checking in at 6-feet-5
inches and 225 pounds. The guy is a human highlight reel if you haven't already seen his film.
Brannen Greene, a small forward from Georgia, is my dark horse out of this group. I think he is a little overlooked by most Kansas fans, but his girl is 6-foot-7, and can shoot and finish at the basket.
Kansas will dearly miss its defensive safety blanket down low, Jeff Withey, when he graduates; there is no denying he will leave big shoes to fill, but *-foot Joel Embid*, from Gainesville, Fla., certainly has the dimensions to fill Withey's sneakers. Even though he may not be quite as amazing of a defender as Withey, his offensive post game already looks more polished coming out of high school than Withey's does now, and he has a smooth jumper.
I'm confident that if Kansas could play with freshmen next year, they would still win the Big 12.
But Nadair Tharpe, a red-hot Perry Ellis and a developing Jamari Troll will be back, and next year's team looks just as poised as ever to cut down the nets.
Bill Self's recruiting lapses a few years
ago were, in my eyes, just big overreactions from a pretty spoiled fan base. And if he really did struggle, those years now look like an anomaly.
The beauty of it is that, unlike Kentucky and Jon Calipari, Kansas is mopping up on the recruiting trail without the fear of NCAA knocking at its door. Sanctions are imminent in Lexington, while Bill Self is safely nestled in a 10-year contract.
Kansas has won nine straight conference championships, and this year seemed like as good a year as any to dethrone them for another Big 12 team. The window of this opportunity has been closing on other teams, and if Kansas signs Andrew Wiggins, that window could be closed for good.
This week in athletics
- Edited by Brian Sisk
Monday
Women's Golf
Briars Creek Invitational
All Day
Johns Island, S.C.
Women's Basketball
South Carolina
8:30 p.m.
Boulder, Colo.
Tuesday
Baseball
Missouri State
6:30 p.m.
Springfield, Mo
Women's Golf
Brians Creek Invitational
All Day
Johns Island, S.C.
Wednesday
Track
Texas Relays
All Day
Austin, Texas
Thursday
Friday
Baseball
Oklahoma
6:30 PM
Norman, Okla.
Track Texas Relays All Day Austin, Texas
Softball Texas 5:00 PM Lawrence
Baseball
Oklahoma
6:30 PM
Norman, Okla.
Track Texas Relays All Day Austin, Texas
Saturday
Softball
Texas
11:00 AM
.Lawrence
Women's Tennis
Kansas State
1:00 PM
Lawrence
Baseball
Oklahoma
2:00 PM
Norman, Okla.
Women's Soccer
FC Kansas City
7:30 PM
Overland Park
No events are scheduled.
Sunday
Women's Rowing
Kansas State
Sunflower Showdown
All Day
Kansas City, Kan.
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