Kansas is losing no time reshaping its roster after a disappointing finish to the 2023-24 males’s faculty basketball season.
Invoice Self’s Jayhawks received a switch dedication from Alabama’s Rylan Griffen on Friday. Griffen is the fourth main switch Kansas has landed for the reason that Jayhawks have been eradicated within the second spherical of the NCAA event this March.
Griffen performed a key position in Alabama’s run to the Closing 4 earlier this spring. He scored 19 factors within the Crimson Tide’s Candy 16 win over No. 1 seed North Carolina and had 13 in Alabama’s Elite Eight win over Clemson. Griffen scored eight factors in 26 minutes within the Tide’s Closing 4 loss to UConn.
Griffen averaged simply over 11 factors per sport and shot over 39% from behind the 3-point line final season. Kansas shot simply 33% from behind the arc as a staff a season in the past and ranked outdoors the highest 200 within the nation.
Earlier than including Griffen, Kansas secured commitments from former South Dakota State guard Zeke Mayo, former Wisconsin ahead AJ Storr and former Florida guard Riley Kugel. All 4 gamers rank amongst Rivals’ high 100 transfers this offseason.
Mayo was ranked because the fifth-best participant within the switch portal. He averaged 19 factors per sport in 2023 and shot 47% from the sphere. Storr averaged 12 factors per sport a season in the past.
Their additions ought to give Kansas much more depth 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 missed the postseason, whereas Dickinson was capable of return for the NCAA event after lacking the Massive 12 event with a shoulder damage.
The Jayhawks went simply seven-deep a season in the past, and McCullar and Dickinson have been two of 4 gamers who averaged no less than 32 minutes a sport. Subsequent 12 months, Kansas ought to have a a lot stronger bench — and has a case to be the No. 1 staff within the nation coming into the season once more if Dickinson returns.
The previous Michigan heart has a 12 months of eligibility remaining and will select to return again to Kansas for a second season. He averaged 17.9 factors and 10.9 rebounds a sport a season in the past. If Dickinson returns, Kansas will deliver him again together with KJ Adams (12.6 factors per sport) and level guard Dajuan Harris (8.5 factors and 6.5 assists per sport) along with the gamers it is added via the portal.
The Jayhawks are additionally including two extremely touted freshmen. 5-star recruit and Indiana participant of the 12 months Flory Bidunga has signed with the Jayhawks together with four-star ahead Rakease Passmore. Assuming Dickinson comes again, Kansas will enter the 2024-25 season because the nationwide title favourite for a second straight season.
