Coming off one of the best seasons the University of Kansas has ever had, the Jayhawks begin to reload with the number two recruiting class for 2008. With six seniors leaving and some players expected to declare for the draft, Bill Self knew he was going to have to do a lot of recruiting.
Kansas' entire starting line-up will be replaced for the '08-09 season, but two of those replacements will be McDonald's All-Americans Sherron Collins and Cole Aldrich. The rest of the team will be mainly freshmen.
Kansas will also have another tough conference schedule, facing opponents like Texas, who lost D.J. Augustin but will be returning players such as Damion James and A.J. Abrams. KU will also be challenged by Oklahoma, who return talented forward Blake Griffin and will have incoming freshman sensation Willie Warren.
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With so many players leaving for the NBA Draft and graduating, it may take a bit for them to become an elite team in the upcoming season. But you never know. This is Kansas—a final four or national title is expected almost every year.
NBA Draft Entrees:
Junior Guard Brandon Rush
Junior Guard Mario Chalmers
Sophomore Forward Darrell Arthur
Graduations:
Guard Rodrick Stewart
Guard Jeremy Case
Guard Russell Robinson
Forward Darnell Jackson
Center Sasha Kaun
Guard Brad Witherspoon
Returning Scholarship Players:
Junior Guard Sherron Collins
Sophomore Guard Tyrel Reed
Sophomore Center Cole Aldrich
Junior Guard Brady Morningstar
Returning Walk-Ons:
Matt Kleinman
Brenan Brechard
Chase Buford
Connor Teahan
2008-2009 Recruits (No. 2 Recruiting Class in the Nation):
Guard Travis Releford
Guard Tyrone Appleton
Guard Tyshawn Taylor
Guard Mario Little
Forward Marcus Morris
Forward Markief Morris
Forward Quintrell Thomas
Predicted 2008-2009 Starting Line-up:
Point Guard: Sherron Collins
Shooting Guard: Tyrel Reed
Small Forward: Mario Little
Power Forward: Marcus Morris
Center: Cole Aldrich
Minutes Off The Bench:
Tyshawn Taylor
Markief Morris
Brady Morningstar
Quintrell Thomas
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5 months ago
How's the non-conference slate looking? I've been hearing quite a few rumors of a visit to the Breslin Center...that would be a great game.
5 months ago
I havn't heard yet about who they will play in the non-conference, but ya i saw Michigan State has a lot of good incoming freshmen so that would be one good game...
5 months ago
Now that i think of it Tyshawn Taylor might start at the shooting guard over tyrel reed but that position is up for grabs by either of them.
4 months ago
idk if the jayhawks will do as good this years as they did last year cuz i mean u cant win them all but idk if were going to have the ppl this year like we did last year
4 months ago
Ya we won't be anywhere close to how good we were this year, i mean we will still be good, i bet we will be ranked in the top 20 the whole season, but we will really have to get hot at the end of the season to do what we did this year...
about 1 month ago
I agree with most of it but do not understand how you left out Travis Releford, he looks solid and i was impressed with him at late night.
I think this will be the starting line-up
PG - Sheron Collins *
SG - Tysahwn Taylor
SF - Mario Little
PF - Marcus Morris
C - Cole Aldrich*
*Almost Definate Locks
Minutes off Bench (In order of play-At least until solid rotation is found) - Markief Morris, Travis Releford, Tyrell Reid, Brady Morningstar, Quintrell Thomas, and Tyrone Appleton
Connor Teahan (Will get some playtime if we need three pointers)
Others will play acordingly -Brenan Brechard(senior), Matt Kleinman, Chase Buford
about 1 month ago
I would agree that Kansas will go through some changes, but they are at the level of "re-loading", not "re-building".
The Big 12 will be very competitive at the top and Kansas might take while to find it's game.
Good info and article.
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