While the Kansas Jayhawks prepare for next season, Bill Self and his coaching staff are setting up the team nicely for the future. Although the basketball program doesn’t have a commit yet for its 2020 class, it could have one very soon.
Kansas didn’t have https://www.kansasjayhawksshop.com/devonte-graham-jersey-c-4.html its best year of recruiting in 2019, but it still managed to land a pair of four star recruits in Jalen Wilson and Tristan Enaruna.
Fortunately for the Jayhawks, they’ll have a few marquee players returning for the 2019 20 season. The trio of Devon Dotson, Udoka Azubuike and Silvio De Sousa should be lethal in the Big 12.
The expectation around college basketball is that several members of the Jayhawks will leave for next year’s NBA Draft. In order to keep the team competing at a high level, the program needs to start gaining commitments for its 2020 class.
It appears Kansas has its sights set on former Missouri State signee Dajuan Harris. Earlier this week https://www.kansasjayhawksshop.com/sviatoslav-mykhailiuk-jersey-c-5.html, the program extended a scholarship offer to him.
Harris is a three star recruit from Rock Bridge High School and was originally a member of the 2019 class. He reclassified to the following year around the same time that he asked out of his letter of intent from Missouri State.
Incoming Kansas freshman Christian Braun is close to Harris. He’s lived with the Harris family during a few summers Tucker Vang Jersey, and Braun’s mother has nothing but praise for his game.
From The Kansas City Star
“He is a freak athlete who leads any team by contributing whatever it takes. He’s a stabilizing factor on every team,” Sandbothe Braun said of Harris in an instant message to The Star.
Lisa Sandbothe Braun, mother of Christian https://www.kansasjayhawksshop.com/josh-jackson-jersey-c-6.html, clearly believes that Harris would be a good fit for the Jayhawks.
We’ll see if Harris will decide to commit to Kansas and become its first member of its 2020 class.
Gonzaga’s Rui Hachimura and Brandon Clarke won’t know for sure where they go until the NBA draft on June 20, but they received a pretty good indication Wednesday.
Hachimura and Clarke received Rem Bakamus Jersey green room invitations to attend the draft at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, according to ESPN’s Jonathan Givony. Roughly 20 top prospects are expected in the green room, a staging area where they sit with family and friends while commissioner Adam Silver announces first round selections.
The NBA seeks opinions of general managers to help determine the list of invitations. It’s obviously not a guarantee, but an invite is a strong indication the player will be taken in the first round with a solid shot at being in the lottery top 14 .
Duke’s Zion Williamson, Murray State’s Ja Morant and Duke’s R.J. Barrett, generally considered the top three selections, were among the initial nine invitations that went out last week.
Hachimura, Clarke https://www.gonzagabulldogsjersey.com/jack-beach-jersey-c-2.html, Kentucky’s P.J. Washington, North Carolina’s Nassir Little, Indiana’s Romeo Langford and Kentucky’s Tyler Herro reportedly were the next six players invited.
Both GU forwards and multiple members of the coaching staff are expected to attend.
According to NBA.com’s compilation of 10 mock drafts https://www.gonzagabulldogsjersey.com/silas-melson-jersey-c-1.html, Hachimura’s stock is on the rise. He’s a lottery pick in six mocks, with four projecting him to land with Minnesota at No. 11. Clarke is also projected to go to Minnesota in four mocks.
Clarke is projected to go to Charlotte at No. 12 and Hachimura at No. 13 to Miami, according to a consensus of the 10 mock drafts.
The 15 players currently with green room invitations rank in the top 16 of the first round of ESPN.com’s mock draft.
The NBA’s goal is to receive accurate feedback from team executives so players avoid an uncomfortably long wait in front of television cameras before hearing their name called by Silver. Once selected https://www.gonzagabulldogsjersey.com/kelly-olynyk-jersey-c-22.html, players typically exchange hugs with relatives before shaking hands with Silver on stage and posing for pictures.
There are numerous examples of awkward moments in the green room, the most vivid being Cal quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ four hour wait before Green Bay took him at No. 24 in 2005 NFL draft.
“It’s not so funny when you’re the last one in the green room,” Rodgers said at the time.
Deyonta Davis and his family left the green room near the conclusion of the first round of the 2016 NBA draft. Davis was still in the building when Boston selected him with the first pick of the second round. He didn’t appear pleased when he went on stage and shook hands with assistant commissioner Mike Tatum, who announced the second round selections.
The long road to the 2020 NCAA Tournament has officially begun for the West Virginia men’s basketball, as the team has completed its first day of practice. Since a lot of pieces have moved around since their last go on the court, there may be some aspects of the team that are relatively new to fans, and even the coaches.
For Coach Bob Huggins, this is Sagaba Konate Jersey especially true of his player’s intangibles. Throughout the off season, his team has gone through a wide array of team building activities, including paintball, bowling, skeet shooting, and visiting the children’s hospital.
“They have embraced that,” Huggins said of his current squad. “I’m not so sure that’s been the case the last few years.”
Huggins attributes this change to his players’ personalities, namely their willingness to forge a bond with one another. Players like Jordan McCabe and Emmitt Matthews, he says https://www.wvubasketballjersey.com/customize-jersey-c-15.html, make an effort to be inclusive of their fellow teammates, making his job easier.
Even freshman Oscar Tshiebwe, who Huggins says was the last player to arrive, was immediately taken under his teammates’ wing.
“A year ago, it was like you’re trying to coach effort and you’re trying to coach basketball, and it’s hard to do both,” Huggins explained. “These guys, their effort’s been terrific https://www.wvubasketballjersey.com/esa-ahmad-jersey-c-13.html, their attitude’s been great, they spend a lot of time in [the practice facility].”
This year’s team will debut overseas on a preseason tour that will take them to Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia, Spain for three match ups against unfamiliar opponents. The foreign scenery and new experiences, Huggins hopes, will bring his players closer together.
“I think it’s a great opportunity for them to bond, we’ve got a lot of new guys,” Huggins said, “and the more time they spend together, the better that’s going to be for us.”
Even though all of his players are getting along, Huggins emphasized that there is still a lot of work to do on the court. In fact, he feels that his team isn’t quite ready to run his trademark full court press yet, but he wants to get to that point for the season.
“It’s gonna take a while. We can’t guard in the corner court right now with all these new guys https://www.wvubasketballjersey.com/daxter-miles-jr-jersey-c-14.html,” Huggins said. “But, that’s where we want to get to. I’m not sure we’ll get to do it in Spain, but we will get to do it.”
Last week, five star forward Jalen Johnson officially announced his commitment to Duke. It wasn’t shocking to see head coach Mike Krzyzewski land another top recruit Gerald Henderson Jersey, but this case was different due to the prospect’s connection with another program.
Johnson who was born in Milwaukee https://www.dukebluedevilsjersey.com/brandon-ingram-jersey-c-30.html, always had the Wisconsin Badgers on his radar. The chance to play near his hometown and a team that constantly makes the NCAA Tournament is tough to pass up.
It’s far too early to determine if he’ll be a one and done prospect. However, the way schools were in pursuit of Johnson does hint at how much potential he holds.
Wisconsin definitely had the https://www.dukebluedevilsjersey.com/kyle-singler-jersey-c-29.html edge in terms of location, but Johnson revealed that his mindset changed once he developed a relationship with Duke.
His decision speaks volumes to how Duke has become the best school in recent years when it comes to recruiting.
According to 247Sports, Duke has the No. 1 recruiting class for 2020 which features a pair of five star recruits.
Johnson https://www.dukebluedevilsjersey.com/justise-winslow-jersey-c-28.html, the No. 4 overall recruit from his year, is currently the top player from the Blue Devils’ class.
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