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[GoPanthers85]

I am interested in seeing how this plays out. He was very good but he was also taking a ton of shots per game and not making a high %. That likely will not fly at KU.

I give the move a D+.....

[sivert]

If you have an individualistic offense, pass and whoever gets chance to drive and score, do it, Yesefu is going to shine.
If not, he'll be a good practice partner.

[PantherFan]

They are discussing leaving the Valley for a better conference on Drake Nation. Delusional.

[SteinPizza]

I am interested in seeing how this plays out. He was very good but he was also taking a ton of shots per game and not making a high %. That likely will not fly at KU.

He’ll have others around him at KU who are threats to both drive and bomb away from outside. That will create some space for him. He’ll be fine, and won’t be expected/needed to put up 30 a game.

[unipanther2154]

They are discussing leaving the Valley for a better conference on Drake Nation. Delusional.

To be fair one person brought it up and everyone else seems pretty realistic about how its not going to happen. We often talk about going to another conference on this message board and its just as delusional. No one wants UNI football and we are not a basketball program that deserves a invite.

if and when drake or UNI go to a different conference it will be because another major shift in conference realignment. people can complain all they want but if teams continue to improve we can be a 2 bid league more often than not.

[vbfan19]

To be fair one person brought it up and everyone else seems pretty realistic about how its not going to happen. We often talk about going to another conference on this message board and its just as delusional.

I'm glad someone else noticed the similarities.

Or perhaps the NCAA should just pull the plug on the 2021/2022 basketball season (similar to how people want them to pull the plug on the current FCS football season)

[sevelev711]

It's an interesting thought exercise, who has the better chance of upgrading conferences, UNI or Drake, with the built in knowledge that the most likely is still only 0.01% chance.

[BCPanther]

It's an interesting thought exercise, who has the better chance of upgrading conferences, UNI or Drake, with the built in knowledge that the most likely is still only 0.01% chance.

Drake because they don't have the boat anchor that is FCS Scholarship Football.

[UNI Ka-Bullseye]

Yesufu to Kansas

Holy cow, that’s quite the upgrade!

I do tire of the growing lack of loyalty (just take the two D+ examples Robbins and Yesefu for example). Not heavily recruited, a team gives you a shot, then you bolt as soon as you can get something better to a coaching staff that didn’t give you the time of day a year ago. How about rewarding the team who gave you your shot???? But well, um, now that I read that, it’s not much different than coaches moving up the ranks. Well crap...

I still don’t like it.

[SteinPizza]

Holy cow, that’s quite the upgrade!

I do tire of the growing lack of loyalty (just take the two D+ examples Robbins and Yesefu for example). Not heavily recruited, a team gives you a shot, then you bolt as soon as you can get something better to a coaching staff that didn’t give you the time of day a year ago. How about rewarding the team who gave you your shot???? But well, um, now that I read that, it’s not much different than coaches moving up the ranks. Well crap...

I still don’t like it.

Robbins’ uncle was on the staff at Minnesota, which partially explains his move.

A couple of semi-related items:

- The DMR is reporting Iowa is actively involved in recruiting Robbins, which makes sense. They also said there’s a rumor tying Robbins’ uncle to an opening at Vanderbilt, which potentially ties in Robbins. Vanderbilt is also a great academic institution if he’s factoring that in.

- Same article said Iowa State didn’t recruit Yesufu due to their continued pursuit of Hunter, the 5 star PG from Milwaukee. Yesufu and Hunter are basically the same player, and Iowa State needs to promise Hunter he’ll have the ball in his hands. He’s the whole key to their roster this year. Yesefu’s offers included several name schools from all over the country. The two best basketball schools of the bunch were USC and Wisconsin. They also said there was word Gonzaga was looking strongly at him.

[Moose39]

Holy cow, that’s quite the upgrade!

I do tire of the growing lack of loyalty (just take the two D+ examples Robbins and Yesefu for example). Not heavily recruited, a team gives you a shot, then you bolt as soon as you can get something better to a coaching staff that didn’t give you the time of day a year ago. How about rewarding the team who gave you your shot???? But well, um, now that I read that, it’s not much different than coaches moving up the ranks. Well crap...

I still don’t like it.

Add Rayvonte Rice and Joey King to that list too. Drake can't catch a break sometimes.

[PantherAlum09]

Holy cow, that’s quite the upgrade!

I do tire of the growing lack of loyalty (just take the two D+ examples Robbins and Yesefu for example). Not heavily recruited, a team gives you a shot, then you bolt as soon as you can get something better to a coaching staff that didn’t give you the time of day a year ago. How about rewarding the team who gave you your shot???? But well, um, now that I read that, it’s not much different than coaches moving up the ranks. Well crap...

I still don’t like it.

I totally understand this mindset, but I also like to think about it from the athlete's perspective. All of these guys have a dream of playing D1 basketball at the highest level and eventually playing professionally. If they work hard enough and get good enough to play at that level, I don't blame them one bit for doing that. Have you guys seen the housing and facilities Kansas has for their players? It's incredible. And like Ka-Bullseye mentioned, coaches are typically looking to coach at the highest level, so it cuts both ways. I don't fault kids for trying to improve their situations to get to their ultimate goals.

[UNIdad]

Holy cow, that’s quite the upgrade!

I do tire of the growing lack of loyalty (just take the two D+ examples Robbins and Yesefu for example). Not heavily recruited, a team gives you a shot, then you bolt as soon as you can get something better to a coaching staff that didn’t give you the time of day a year ago. How about rewarding the team who gave you your shot???? But well, um, now that I read that, it’s not much different than coaches moving up the ranks. Well crap...

I still don’t like it.

Seems like we are on the verge of having a semi-pro league in which players get paid and may be "traded" or have "free agency." Perhaps then, college sports can go back to being college sports. However, there is still that pesky problem of inflated coaches' salaries.

[domedays]

I'm sure it would be exciting to play at Kansas or Duke or whoever, so I understand that part However when I look at what Drake and UNI have coming back I would think some of these guys would see that they could be part of something just as special, by staying in place. In some ways I think it could be more special to take a school to new heights.

[BCPanther]

Tyreke Key has been participating in offseason workouts with Indiana State. If he were to come back that totally changes what their expectations would be for the year.

The new coach's recruiting has been incredibly underwhelming as he's bringing 5 or 6 guys from the D2 school he was coaching.