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Re: Och senior year

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 12:12 pm
by jfish26
CrimsonNBlue wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 11:59 am Sporting News + AP are good enough to make Och consensus first team.
fyp

Re: Och senior year

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 12:27 pm
by CrimsonNBlue
So, pre-tournament, Self guys that we already knew were going rafters?

Simien
Collins
Aldrich
Robinson
Mason
Graham
Agbaji

Exclusive group.

(No on Marcus, b/c I don't think we knew Big 12 POY was good enough at that time)

Re: Och senior year

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 12:35 pm
by Sparko
Embiid. Just because he will be HoF and a recruiting draw and most of us realized it at the time except for Illy. He did turn into the best version of himself at KU.

Re: Och senior year

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 1:01 pm
by pdub
What?
No.

Re: Och senior year

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 1:29 pm
by NDballer13
CrimsonNBlue wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 12:27 pm So, pre-tournament, Self guys that we already knew were going rafters?

Simien
Collins
Aldrich
Robinson
Mason
Graham
Agbaji

Exclusive group.

(No on Marcus, b/c I don't think we knew Big 12 POY was good enough at that time)
I don't remember Cole being that much of a lock?

Re: Och senior year

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 1:31 pm
by Mjl
NDballer13 wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 1:29 pm
CrimsonNBlue wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 12:27 pm So, pre-tournament, Self guys that we already knew were going rafters?

Simien
Collins
Aldrich
Robinson
Mason
Graham
Agbaji

Exclusive group.

(No on Marcus, b/c I don't think we knew Big 12 POY was good enough at that time)
I don't remember Cole being that much of a lock?
National academic player of the year

Re: Och senior year

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 1:36 pm
by NDballer13
Mjl wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 1:31 pm
NDballer13 wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 1:29 pm
CrimsonNBlue wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 12:27 pm So, pre-tournament, Self guys that we already knew were going rafters?

Simien
Collins
Aldrich
Robinson
Mason
Graham
Agbaji

Exclusive group.

(No on Marcus, b/c I don't think we knew Big 12 POY was good enough at that time)
I don't remember Cole being that much of a lock?
National academic player of the year
I remember academics playing a role, but I just assumed that stuff was announced after the season/semester.

Re: Och senior year

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 1:53 pm
by TDub
Sparko wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 12:35 pm Embiid. Just because he will be HoF and a recruiting draw and most of us realized it at the time except for Illy. He did turn into the best version of himself at KU.
nope. we've been over this time and again

Re: Och senior year

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 1:58 pm
by twocoach
CrimsonNBlue wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 12:27 pm So, pre-tournament, Self guys that we already knew were going rafters?

Simien
Collins
Aldrich
Robinson
Mason
Graham
Agbaji

Exclusive group.

(No on Marcus, b/c I don't think we knew Big 12 POY was good enough at that time)
Will Garrett go up as well for winning National DPoY?

Re: Och senior year

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 2:00 pm
by twocoach
TDub wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 1:53 pm
Sparko wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 12:35 pm Embiid. Just because he will be HoF and a recruiting draw and most of us realized it at the time except for Illy. He did turn into the best version of himself at KU.
nope. we've been over this time and again
This. There is plenty of wall space inside AFH to celebrate the brief Kansas career of Joel Embiid. He accomplished nothing ina Kansas uniform that warrants putting his jersey in the rafters. Kansas has enough famous former players that it doesn't need to do that just for publicity.

Re: Och senior year

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 2:36 pm
by jfish26
I don't think it's a very complicated issue.

Embiid doesn't need to be up there for us to use him as a recruiting tool. Much more to the point, putting him up there would have big "spray paint a banner for NCAA appearances" energy.

I think the criteria are about right, and in fact none of them - not a single one - would prohibit putting a one-and-done up.

Re: Och senior year

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 2:53 pm
by twocoach
jfish26 wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 2:36 pm I don't think it's a very complicated issue.

Embiid doesn't need to be up there for us to use him as a recruiting tool. Much more to the point, putting him up there would have big "spray paint a banner for NCAA appearances" energy.

I think the criteria are about right, and in fact none of them - not a single one - would prohibit putting a one-and-done up.
Agreed. If Wiggins would have won Big 12 PoY over Ejim (like he probably should have) then he would be in line to get up there as well.

Re: Och senior year

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 3:09 pm
by CrimsonNBlue
NDballer13 wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 1:36 pm
Mjl wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 1:31 pm
NDballer13 wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 1:29 pm

I don't remember Cole being that much of a lock?
National academic player of the year
I remember academics playing a role, but I just assumed that stuff was announced after the season/semester.
I must have been at the game because I specifically recall Self acknowledging Cole's award before Sherron's senior night stuff and Cole wiping away tears--didn't get a speech, of course.

Re: Och senior year

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 3:10 pm
by CrimsonNBlue
twocoach wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 1:58 pm
CrimsonNBlue wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 12:27 pm So, pre-tournament, Self guys that we already knew were going rafters?

Simien
Collins
Aldrich
Robinson
Mason
Graham
Agbaji

Exclusive group.

(No on Marcus, b/c I don't think we knew Big 12 POY was good enough at that time)
Will Garrett go up as well for winning National DPoY?
Of course it is up to Bill, but I think that is a reach and Bill no longer has to get creative to get a bunch of his guys up there.

Re: Och senior year

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 3:15 pm
by jfish26
CrimsonNBlue wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 3:10 pm
twocoach wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 1:58 pm
CrimsonNBlue wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 12:27 pm So, pre-tournament, Self guys that we already knew were going rafters?

Simien
Collins
Aldrich
Robinson
Mason
Graham
Agbaji

Exclusive group.

(No on Marcus, b/c I don't think we knew Big 12 POY was good enough at that time)
Will Garrett go up as well for winning National DPoY?
Of course it is up to Bill, but I think that is a reach and Bill no longer has to get creative to get a bunch of his guys up there.
Garrett would have probably been line-fudged into the rafters if we'd made the Final Four or something last year.

Re: Och senior year

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 3:16 pm
by jfish26
CrimsonNBlue wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 3:09 pm
NDballer13 wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 1:36 pm
Mjl wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 1:31 pm

National academic player of the year
I remember academics playing a role, but I just assumed that stuff was announced after the season/semester.
I must have been at the game because I specifically recall Self acknowledging Cole's award before Sherron's senior night stuff and Cole wiping away tears--didn't get a speech, of course.
Whether then or some time else, Self has confirmed this.

Re: Och senior year

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 3:53 pm
by pdub
All this said, so good for Ochai to make it as far as he has.
Give me 3 more weeks of awesomeness to top it off please.

Re: Och senior year

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 4:05 pm
by jfish26
pdub wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 3:53 pm All this said, so good for Ochai to make it as far as he has.
Give me 3 more weeks of awesomeness to top it off please.
It's pretty amazing. I'd have to guess the least likely of all "modern era" (Brown -->) guys up there, at least.

Re: Och senior year

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 4:54 pm
by randylahey
so on average we are retiring a jersey about every 2 years? thats too many

Re: Och senior year

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 5:02 pm
by jfish26
randylahey wrote: Tue Mar 15, 2022 4:54 pm so on average we are retiring a jersey about every 2 years? thats too many
What are we supposed to do?

Kansas math.