Kansas is losing no time reshaping its roster after a disappointing finish to the 2023-24 males’s school basketball season.
Invoice Self’s Jayhawks were given a switch dedication from Alabama’s Rylan Griffen on Friday. Griffen is the fourth main switch Kansas has landed because the Jayhawks had been eradicated in the second one spherical of the NCAA match this March.
Griffen performed a key function in Alabama’s run to the Ultimate 4 previous this spring. He scored 19 issues within the Red Tide’s Candy 16 win over No. 1 seed North Carolina and had 13 in Alabama’s Elite 8 win over Clemson. Griffen scored 8 issues in 26 mins within the Tide’s Ultimate 4 loss to UConn.
Griffen averaged simply over 11 issues according to sport and shot over 39% from in the back of the 3-point line remaining season. Kansas shot simply 33% from in the back of the arc as a crew a season in the past and ranked outdoor the highest 200 within the country.
Sooner than including Griffen, Kansas secured commitments from former South Dakota State guard Zeke Mayo, former Wisconsin ahead AJ Storr and previous Florida guard Riley Kugel. All 4 avid gamers rank amongst Competitors’ most sensible 100 transfers this offseason.
Mayo was once ranked because the fifth-best participant within the switch portal. He averaged 19 issues according to sport in 2023 and shot 47% from the sphere. Storr averaged 12 issues according to sport a season in the past.
Their additions must give Kansas much more intensity than it had a season in the past. The Jayhawks faltered in February and March as Kevin McCullar and Hunter Dickinson each suffered late-season accidents. McCullar overlooked the postseason, whilst Dickinson was once ready to go back for the NCAA match after lacking the Giant 12 match with a shoulder damage.
The Jayhawks went simply seven-deep a season in the past and McCullar and Dickinson had been two of 4 avid gamers who averaged no less than 32 mins a sport. Subsequent yr, Kansas must have a far more potent bench — and has a case to be the No. 1 crew within the nation coming into the season once more if Dickinson returns.
The previous Michigan middle has a yr of eligibility last and may select to return again to Kansas for a 2d season. He averaged 17.9 issues and 10.9 rebounds a sport a season in the past. If Dickinson returns, Kansas will carry him again along side KJ Adams (12.6 issues according to sport) and level guard Dajuan Harris (8.5 issues and six.5 assists according to sport) along with the avid gamers its added in the course of the portal.
The Jayhawks also are including two highly-touted learners. 5-star recruit and Indiana participant of the yr Flory Bidunga has signed with the Jayhawks along side four-star ahead Rakease Passmore. Assuming Dickinson comes again, Kansas will input the 2024-25 season because the nationwide identify favourite for a 2d instantly season.