Locked On Jayhawks - Daily Podcast On Kansas Jayhawks Football & Basketball - DEBATE: Kansas Jayhawks Player Power Rankings Through Five Games

Episode Date: November 21, 2025

Who has truly emerged as the top contributor for Kansas Jayhawks basketball this season—and who’s struggled to find their rhythm? Derek Johnson reveals his comprehensive power rankings of all 12 scholarship players who have seen court time, spotlighting Darryn Peterson, Flory Bidunga, Tre White, and Melvin Council Jr. Detailed analysis breaks down each player’s production, advanced stats, and impact in areas like win shares, defensive prowess, and shot creation.From Jayden Dawson’s rising role and Kohl Rosario’s hustle to the ongoing development of Elmarko Jackson and the potential waiting in newcomers like Paul Mbiya and Samis Calderon, every scholarship Jayhawk’s value is scrutinized. Compelling questions drive the discussion: Can Tre White maintain his aggressive surge? Will Flory Bidunga’s interior dominance keep trending up? And when will Peterson return from injury to reclaim his top spot? Don’t miss this rapid-fire breakdown of Kansas’ early-season strengths, weaknesses, and what’s next in the Big 12 race.Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!GametimeToday's episode is brought to you by Gametime. Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDONCOLLEGE for $20 off your first purchase. Terms and conditions apply.FanDuelToday's episode is brought to you by FanDuel. Football season is around the corner, visit the FanDuel App today and start planning your futures bets now.FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Who's been the best Jayhawks so far? Who's been the worst? We're going to power rank all players who have appeared in a game at this point for KU Basketball on today's episode of Locked on Jayhawks. You are Locked on Jayhawks, your daily podcast on the Kansas Jayhawks, part of the Locked on Podcast Network, your team every day. What's going on? Derek Johnson here.

This is Locked on. Jayhawks. A little bonus episode for you here on your Friday. Thanks for making it your first listen every day or second listen for the bonus show. And thank you for making the locked on sports podcast network, the number one sports podcast network that there is. We're going to be power ranking the KU basketball players through the first five games of the season, who's number one, who's number 12. We ranked all 12 scholarship players who have appeared in a game while their Evers is not on this list. So I'll let you decide where he should go between one through 12. Let's get a rolling right away, though, with number one. I guess a little.

a little bit of debate who this should be, right? I think a real argument could be had about, you know, is what Flory Bedunga or Trey White or, you know, one of these other guys, the fact that they've played all the games, does that count for more than what you've gotten from Darren Peterson? And I think that would be a fair argument if you're just looking at it from a standpoint of like, okay, accrued stats and to this point small sample size, so if you're missing games, you know, it's going to be harder to compare things. But I do have number one on the poweringes is Darren Peterson. The dude is shooting 60% from the field, 50% from three.

He's averaging 21.5 points per game with three assists per game. And this is what's crazy. Even with the missed time, he isn't, I mean, this one wouldn't be affected by that, but 99th percentile nationally in wind shares per 40 minutes, according to CBB analytics, 100th percentile in PER. And this is the crazy one to me. He is in the 89th percentile nationally right now in war, which is wins above replacement. If you're a baseball fan, you're used to that stat. If not, it's basically like a measure

of how many added wins you're giving to your team over just a replacement level player. And even with him, that's an accrued stat. That's a counting stat where it's like the more games you play, the more you're going to separate yourself. So the fact he's even missed some of these games, he's still in the 89th percentile in war accumulated. And so if we look at the good so far for Darren Peterson, I mean, it's it's simple. The scoring, he's 95th percentile and effective field goal percentage. He's making shots from all over at the rim in the mid range from three. He's in the 99th percentile in Hakeem rate. So the defense, the steals, the blocks have been there. And he's also in the 88th percentile in assist rate, three assists per game. But think about the lower minutes he's playing.

If he's been, you know, if these games, he's playing 30, 35 minutes, probably is closer to five assists per game to this point of time. Now, I'm going to go through the good, the bad, and the encouraging on all these players. You might be used to the term the good. the bad and the ugly. We're going to have a positive spin at the end of all these. So the bad, I think for Peterson at this point, I guess you could say the 19th percentile offensive rebound rate, but like, I don't know. He's doing so much. Like, I don't, I don't think that's his job to crash the offensive glass. Really, the bad is the injury, the injury stuff. And how long is he going to be out? That kind of is the big question for Peterson and KU. I think the encouraging is this.

Self in the post game after the Duke game, he said or kind of made it seem like it wouldn't be that much longer. He did seem to kind of pooh-poo on the idea he could be back for the players-era tournament. But that seems to make sense to me, right? Are you really going to have a guy who coming off injury, okay, now you're going to play in three games in three days? You know, who knows? Maybe he comes back for the last game or the second game or something, so he's only playing back-to-back. But I feel like it makes sense for targeting the Yukon game, which would be two weeks from when the Champions Classic game ended for KU. All right, number two, one, our KU basketball power rankings. That would be one, Flory

Badunga. And I think up until the last two games, the number two spot would have been a lot more up in the air. But Florey, these last two games, has been on a tear. And overall, the season numbers right now are pretty impressive. 16.4 points per game, 7.4 rebounds per game. I honestly want to see that number get to double figures, but 2.2 blocks per game as well for Flory. He's in the 95th percentile in windshare's per 40 minutes. This is nationally, 97th percentile in P.E.R. And 99th percentile in war. So he's been about his value. of a player, as you can imagine. I think the good is this. Like, I mean, if we want to talk about the length leading to blocks, that's obviously a big thing. Like, he's in the 92nd percentile in block rate nationally right now. So that is converting over from last year. But I think the best part of this, the best good of this, so to speak, has been the offense.

I mean, it's not just the 75 percent from the field. It's not just the 71 percent at the free throw line. it's not just the 74th percentile assist rate for big men. Like all those things are really good to the offense. It's how it looks. It's some of the fun dunks. It's some of the footwork. It's some of the ability to take it off the dribble himself.

The expansion of the offensive game is growing from where it was at the start of the season, from where it was last year. It's been impressive to see. I think the bad to this point, foul trouble would be the obvious one for Flory. I think inconsistencies would be the other ones like awesome games against Princeton and Duke, solid against Louisville in the exhibition, good against Green Bay. He struggled against North Carolina.

It was okay against Texas A&M, Corpus Christi, struggled with Fort Hayes State, but these last two games have been pretty incredible. And I think the encouraging is that, yeah, the offense seems to not only, I mean, over 16 points per game, but it seems to be improving as the season is going on. It seems like it's getting better

as each game passes for Flore, and I think that is certainly encouraging there. Our number three player in our KU basketball player power rankings right now is Trey White, and we might update these as the season goes on, but Trey White, he kind of in the same vein as Florida, like excellent last two games. Right now, he's in the 97th percentile in win shares per 40 minutes, 95th percentile in P.E.R. 98th percentile in war. And you look at the good, he's getting into the free throw line a ton, 93rd percentile in free throw attempt rate right now.

He's also in the 93rd percentile in true shooting percentage. So he's being an efficient player, he's being aggressive, he's getting to the free throw line. 5.8 free throw attempts per game. I think if you were to say the bad, I don't know that we've seen him and this isn't all on him. It's, you know, Peterson hasn't played. We've yet to see Trey White have a really strong game when Peterson is playing as well. Is that just because it took Trey White some time to get going? Or is there something there about he's doing better right now because he has more opportunities with the ball in his hands? I don't know. That'll be something we kind of decide and figure out down the road.

And then the other question that I kind of just have here for the bad, so to speak, is what we've been seen lately over the last two games? Is that here to stay? Did a light switch go off? Or is it going to be inconsistencies or it was just, okay, this is a nice little stretch. There's going to be some ups and downs where there's going to be some other games where it's a quiet nine or ten points like we saw kind of earlier on in the season. But I will say the encouraging part is this.

These last three games, really, really good. Seven point seven rebounds per game, eight point three free throw attempts per game. and the aggressiveness, like that is just the common theme here lately for Trey White. All right, number four, and then we're going to take a quick time out here. Number four on the list, I think you could make an argument. And earlier in the season, I don't know, I might have it switched a little bit. I am going to go with Melvin Council in a number four in the player power rankings right now. So counsel is in the 57th percentile in Winchairs per 40, 48th percentile in P.E.R.

44th percentile in war. So around average in those different categories. and the good for counsel would be this. He is in the 94th percentile nationally right now in assist to turnover rate. He's averaging 5.5.8 assists per game and he's not turning it over a ton. He's also in the 92nd percentile for block rate for a guard, which I think is just one stat that helps show his defensive value for this team. He's been good in transition.

Now, you look at the bad, one thing that, and this is a KU thing as a whole, I'm looking for Melvin counsel. Can he start grabbing more steals? right now he's just in the 17th percentile in steel rate and that's something i think Kansas needs to do an even better job at because they're so lethal when they get them uh the other bad is is the obvious one it's the shooting just one made three pointer and it that's obviously a big part of this his true shooting percentage is in the 21st percentile nationally he's got about a 41 percent true shooting percentage that is in the 21st percentile nationally he is shooting

64% at the rim, that's really good for a guard, but he's just 6 of 16 in the floater range, which isn't horrible, but he's 3 for 19 on other. So mid-range plus 3-point shooting, he is 3 of 19 this year. That has been the bad for Melvin Council, and so much so that made me think about, do I put him number five, do I put him number six on this list? But the reason I have him above some of these other guys, I just think his value in pushing transition, in not turning the ball over and being a good defender and just kind of almost being like spiritual leader of the team with his, his aggressive and the mentality with smile on his face, I think is important. Here's one thing that's encouraging, though. He is in the 49th percentile in two-point

percentage for guards. That doesn't sound like a huge number. It's, it's just average, basically, 49th percentile. But here's why it's encouraging. The shooting, the efficiency has not been there so far. But the two-point shooting hasn't been bad, is what I'm saying. It's just average. And so if he can just get to where he was in previous seasons from three, where it's slightly below average, as opposed to right now where it's bad, and you get Darren Peterson back, and all of a sudden you're in a situation where,

you know, there's less, I don't know, onus on him, there's less attention on him. I think he's going to be okay there. All right, let's get into number five through 12. This is Locked on Jayhawks. Today's episode of the show is brought to you by DoorDash. It's almost a weekend. Time to look back and crown this week's MVP

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Thanks for joining us on this bonus episode of Locked on Jayhawks. Again, you can check out our KU Iowa State preview. You can also check out our keys to the game for Kansas against Iowa State as well. And thanks for making Locked on your number one sports podcast network. All right, number five, we did our top four, which featured Darren Peterson, Florida Padunga, Trey White, and Melvin Council. I think you can really argue some of these guys in the middle. I think it's definitively those top three with.

Peterson, White, and Florey, and then I think there's another tier with these guys probably like four through six. So number five we have is Bryson Tiller. And if you would ask this before the last two games, he might have been in the top three or maybe even number two, to be completely honest. But Tiller's in the 51st percentile, win shares per 40, 39th percentile in P.E.R. 57th percentile in war. The good so far, he's shooting well from three, which, you know, just having that ability, if you're going to play too big basketball, is so important. He's at first. 50% right now from three. I'd also say the other good.

The defensive interior play has been really good. Like that's one thing we're kind of wondering how good is the defense going to be for Tiller? Turns out having like a 7-3 wingspan probably pretty helpful. He's got an 82nd percentile defensive rebound rate. That's very good. 85th percentile block rate. So when you're combining having him and Florey in there, it is tough to shoot at the

rim. And you saw that with Cam Booser who, you know, struggled to shoot at the ramp against Kansas overall. like a lot of his makes at the rim where after he missed one and just got the offensive rebound. The bad, I think, how real is the shooting is a real question for me. You go back to his year last year and it was a little more inconsistent. And you look at this year, so far he is just two for 11 away from the rim, but inside the arc.

So he's really struggled outside of the rim, but inside the arc with some of those shots. Now, he's actually typically been pretty good at that in his prep career. So maybe that's just kind of a slow start there. But even if you look at the three-point shooting, I mean, four for four in the North Carolina game, which is great, but just three of ten in the other game sets, which actually, you know, 30% for one of KU's other big men isn't the worst thing in the world. And it's more than they were getting from the four spot last year. But at the same point in time, you know, it's like, okay, what is the real number we can be expecting here, right? And I'll say this too, like some of the efficiency, I don't think it's helped the size they've kind of played against with Caroline and Duke to this point in a small sample size of games.

maybe that's something his inside game can kind of develop as the season goes on. I do think the encouraging part here, he's actually got a 26th percentile offensive winchairs per 40 compared to an 86th percentile defensive winchairs per 40. Sounds like a lot of random numbers. Basically, think about it like this. The value that has been given to Bryson Tillers winchairs this year are mostly derived on the defensive end. And that is really encouraging to me because the big question for this guy, like always

coming in, the comps where the Morris store. twins or something like that. And he's a player who has offensive skill and mobility that makes you think he's going to be a good offensive player. It's just, what is he going to bring on the defensive end? Well, the defense is actually playing good right now. So that gives you hope that he's going to have a monster finished to the season if the defense is there and you think the offense is going to be good.

So I think that's certainly encouraging there. Our number six on the list is Cole Rosario. So far this season is averaging 7.8 points per game, 3.4. rebounds per game. And he's been somebody who's gotten some good hustle plays for KU so far. He's in the 71st percentile in Winchairs per 40, 55th percentile in P.E.R. 78th percentile with defensive winchairs per 40. So he's done pretty good job on the defensive end so far. Also 94th percentile offensive rebound rate for guards. That's where those hustle plays come in. I like the bad so far. We haven't really seen any like one-on-one shot creation yet. It's mostly just been

okay, he's taking a three that was set up for him by a pass from others. And also, the shooting's been inconsistent. Right now, he's just 29% from three point range. We saw it in the Duke game, okay, you needed Dawson and Rosario to hit, you know, a couple, well, certainly more threes than they got there. And combined, they just went one of 10. You're really counting on those guys to shoot well from three. I do think the encouraging part is this.

Prior to the Duke game for Rosario, he had a three game run where he had multiple made threes in three-strike games. And he was six of 13 during that three-game span. Obviously, went cold against Duke, and you don't want that to continue in some of the other bigger games, but he was starting to turn a corner after struggling a bit in the early part of the season. Our number seven on the list is Jaden Dawson. It feels like Jaden Dawson might have one of the bigger up arrows right now. And certainly we saw that in the Duke game in which Dawson, you know, wound up actually starting in the second half over Rosario.

He has been in before El Marco in the games, the last two games for KU. and he wound up playing 28 minutes against Duke. And I think 76 percentile on windchairs per 40, 52nd percent on P.R, 74th percent on war. The good has been he's held up defensively, 75th percentile steel rate, and 84th percentile defensive winchairs per 40. Now, the eye test would say that maybe it hasn't been quite that good so far,

but I don't think it's been an issue either. He's been strong in transition too. I think that would be the other good. Actually, over half of his points per game right now are coming in transition. We also saw that floory lob that he threw, and he's been trustworthy with the ball. I know he's more of an offball player, but he has zero turnovers so far this season. So even though he has been, you know, struggling a little bit to this point in time, it's not something that he's just, okay, he's turning the ball over every time,

and it's an absolute train wreck from that perspective. I will say the bad, only 26% from three in the early going. Now, he has a long track record of shooting in the mid-30s, the high 30s from three. you would think that's going to get corrected if he keeps shooting, but we've seen other shooters come into Kansas and just struggle all year long. So that'll be something to keep an eye on. And he is just kind of a shooter right now. Like only two shot attempts at the rim, only two shot attempts in the mid range.

He has 19 shot attempts from three. So it's really just three point shooting. And you could not really getting fouled, not really getting to the rim. And you could say, okay, well, that's your role. Your role is to be a three point shooter. And that is accurate and true, but also with Darren Peters now right now, would it be the worst thing in the world if that expansion? ended at least a little bit for the short term.

I don't know. Anyway, the encouraging part is here. It doesn't necessarily feel this way, but Jaden Dawson has made a three for KU in every single game he's played in. I know. That doesn't feel like that at all. He's made a three in every game he's played in. So maybe it's just a matter of time before one of those like games where he hits two or

three comes. And I think in the meantime, he got more playing time against Duke. He's been getting more, three straight games with 20 plus minutes. I think he's starting to turn the corner. Okay, number eight on this list, I'm going to go. go with, this could be a bit of a surprise. You're like, oh, who are we going to go with on this one? We're going to go with Gingala. Gingala is our pick here for number eight. He's in the hundredth percentile for win shares per 40, 99th percentile in P.E.R. And 71st percentile

in war. It's a very small sample size, though, right? Like that is obviously part of what is going on here. But four points per game, one point three rebounds. He's four of six from three. I got to be honest, I think Gingal has been better than O'Marco Jackson to this point of time. And that's the guy who's kind of missing here at the guard position. He's in the 97th percentile in three-point attempt rate, four for six. Again, it's a small sample, limited minutes. But this is what's crazy to me. You think about Marco being this, I mean, he is an athletic guard who you would hope that would lead to rim pressure and getting to the free throw line, right? Gingala, who has played severely less minutes than O'Marco Jackson, has the same number of free throw

attempts as El Marco Jackson has so far this season. That is crazy. Now, the bad here, he's not really a presence on anything other than the threes. He's 0 for one on two-point shots. What is he going to bring to the table defensively or rebounding? I think Gingallar right now is the better player than El Marco Jackson. Now, all that to say, I do think it is, it makes sense that Billsuff is playing El Marco more than Gingala. And I'll tell you why on the other side. This is locked on Jayhawks. Thanks, joining us on this episode of Locked on Jayhawks, and today's episode of the show is brought to you by Fanduals Sportsbook.

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And you might be wondering, okay, but if you think Gengal is the better player, why would you do that? Well, I'm not saying it should be like that all the way through. But I understand it right now. You know, Bill Self gets rough sometimes, and sometimes I think a little deservedly so at certain moments, for not giving guys long enough leashes. And we've seen that with young players in the past. We've seen that with transfers in the past that people want him to give longer leashes to

some of these guys, to see if they can, you know, get more confidence and play into something. And who is the higher ceiling player? If you can reach in and tap that potential, it is O'Marco Jackson more than Gingala. The, you know, best version of El Marco would have a higher ceiling. And so I understand playing him at this early point in the season, do it as much as he can to try to get those reps to where you hope he can get to that point. Now, that being said, there does come a point. And I don't know when that point is.

I don't know if that's Big 12 play. I don't know if it's February. I don't know if it's March. there does come a point where maybe you start to say, hey, instead of giving El Marco, you know, the second guard off the bench minutes, do we give it to Giancala, especially knowing that we could use more three-point shooting and more shot creation? And who knows, maybe you do view that at least right now in the short term to a standpoint of like, hey, with Darren Peters and now, we need more shock creation. I don't think that would be the worst idea in the world, but I at least understand the logic of saying, hey, right now Gingala is the better player, but we're hoping El Marco usurps him by giving him more reps. And if it doesn't happen at some point, then it just gets switched around. Anyway, number nine on the list is El Marco Jackson, 2.4 points per game, 2.2 or 2.4

rebounds per game, only 22% from the field. You might be wondering, should he be even lower than number nine? I mean, I've talked to some people who might have it that way. The reason why I have him above at least a few people is the defense. He is in the 90th percentile in defensive winchairs per 40 minutes. He was a really good defender as a freshman. He's a good defender right now so far, actually. he's in the 93rd percentile, too, in Hakeem rate, which is a combination of steel and block rate.

And he's also in the 97th percentile in block rate. And I mentioned earlier, Melvin Council was in like the 90, whatever it was, second percentile in block rate for guards. So you have two guards who were like elite shot blockers in the early part of the season at the guard position. That's a fun, like, shot blocking duo from your guard spot. The problem is, if we get to the bad, it's just, it's not as good of a fit with Melvin council but I'll get to more of that in the encouraging part actually. I'll also say this on

the defense. KU's actually been 15 points per 100 possessions better on defense when he's on the floor. So that is interesting. He's also in the 75th percentile for defensive rebound rate for guards. That's another reason why there's at least some positives here, but you just don't really notice those things as much. Now, the bad has been the offense. He's in the seventh percentile ineffective field goal percentage. He's struggling on jumpers. He's in the 33rd percentile in assist rate. And KU's been six points per 100 possessions worse on offense when he is on the floor. It's no secret why he's struggling. And I think the other bad has been this. It's not using his athleticism on offense. And it just kind of looks like he's without a plan at certain points in

time. I mentioned Gengala has as many free throws as O'Marco Jackson, just four free throw attempts so far for El Marco. He only has two shots at the rim and he only has two shots in the floater range. He should be feasting or trying to feast in those three areas. You compare that to eight mid-range shots, six from three. So he's basically taken four shots at the rim or in the paint compared to 14 jumpers. For guy that athletic, that should almost be reversed. You know what I mean? Now, the encouraging part is this. I think I do think he benefits from having Darren Peterson. Now, obviously everybody benefits from having Darren Peterson, but think about it this way. The the guard duo of Melvin counsel on Marco Jackson really doesn't work that well because there's

just not enough shooting between the two of them. If El Marco, if Peterson's back in the game, El Marco at least can play out there because Amarco, like I mentioned, is actually playing well defensively. And so you can say, hey, El Marco, you take away some of the defensive pressure from Peterson, you take the good offensive guard that they have, and Darren Peterson will handle the shooting. It's a little harder for that pairing with counsel. So once Peterson comes back, I do think that'll help Marco, at least a little bit that you can afford to put the offense out on the floor because the defense has been good, but it only works if you have another good offensive guard out there at the same point at time.

Our number 10 on the list is Paul Mbio. We'll go a little quicker quicker on these final ones. 2.6 rebounds per game. You can tell though he is raw. He's in the 86 percentile in offensive rebound rate, 99th percentile defensive rebound rate, and no turnovers. So even the rawness hasn't affected that. But he hasn't taken a shot yet, which I think implies that he can't get one off unless

it's fully set up for him. He's also very raw right now, very much still processing as he plays. Like, the fact, he's in the 49th percentile for Hakeem rate with as long of his arms as B, shows you that he's thinking on the court instead of just like, hey, I'm going to jump up and just like block this.

And I think the biggest thing is this, like ideally you would have probably wanted to be able to use him for eight to 10 minutes in that Duke game, with all the foul trouble that you had to your big men. And you just couldn't really afford to do that, unfortunately. But the encouraging part is this. there are potential minutes that are going to be had in these upcoming games because if Tiller or Florey or both of them get in foul trouble again, which I'm assuming is going to

happen again, he's going to get an opportunity. So he's going to have an opportunity to, you know, kind of show what he can possibly do. All right. Our next one on the list is Jamari McDowell in at number 11. I mean, maybe you could argue Jamari would be in front of El Marco because at least Jamari is hitting some threes, 33% from three right now, 1.2 points to 1.4 rebrow. He's in the 81st percentile for defensive rebound rate for guards. But here's been the problem for me.

El Marco's not making shots, but he's defending. When I look at Jamari McDowell, he's actually been okay on the defensive end, but he's in the first percentile. So as bad as it gets in turnover rate, he's turning the ball over 45 percent of the time. So that is like actively hurting you, whereas El Marco's missing shots. I just think that's a little bit different there. I will see the encouraging part is this. There have been moments where he's been better than El Marco.

and there have been moments where he's hit some threes, and there have been moments where he's played good defense. So I do appreciate him, you know, sticking around the program, trying to grind it out, and I do think he's getting better. And, you know, it's good to have players like this round that can push other players. And if he can start knocking down even more threes, stop turning the ball over, maybe there is a potential role for Jamar and McDowell. And then the last one on the list is Samis Calderon.

I think there could be opportunity here down the road in terms of, again, there's foul trouble for some of these guys. Could he play the four and five for KU? I do like that we've seen him in at the five under the idea that we could do that. But, you know, I think right now just kind of similar to Paul and Bia. A game needs to slow down for him. Right now is just in the 10th percentile and true shooting percentage, a 26 percentile defensive rebound rate.

But he's a good athlete and maybe somebody who later in the season, as he kind of develops, can, you know, find his way into picking up some of those minutes if Flory and or Tiller get in foul trouble that he wasn't. fully ready for in the Duke game. All right, that'll do it for this bonus episode of the show with our little power rankings. Hit us up at LO underscore Jayhawks. If you think somebody's too high, somebody's too low, let us know why. And that'll do it for this episode of the show.

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