Locked On Jayhawks - Daily Podcast On Kansas Jayhawks Football & Basketball - Noah Shelby RETURNS to Kansas | Could He FILL the Jalen Coleman-Lands/Diggy Coit Role?

Starting point is 00:00:00 Noah Shelby is coming back for another year at Kansas. We break down the current outlook of the roster for Bill Self and KU and one of our top 10 portal targets already picked a different school. 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,

Starting point is 00:00:32 because we wanted to send out a quick update. I literally was recording, finished recording, and then looked down at the phone, and oh, Keon Evans picked a new school, and he was on our top 10 list. So quick update there. Also Noah Shelby announced he is coming back for KU. Could he be the answer for the Jalen Colen Land's role for Kansas?

Starting point is 00:00:49 And we're to the current roster outlook at this point for KU basketball on this episode of Locked on Jayhawks. Thanks for joining us anywhere you get your podcast including our YouTube page where you can like and subscribe to the show. Thank you that every day is catching each and every episode of the show. All right, let's start right there with a quick update. We had Keon Evans, I think number nine in our top 10 list of available transfer targets for KU basketball and he has picked North Carolina. Seems like one where KU has been prioritizing maybe some other names a little bit more over

Starting point is 00:01:20 Evans that there was some interest there and obviously he would have been a good fit for KU in terms of bringing some shooting on board and into the back court for Kansas, but probably, uh, gets a better opportunity at North Carolina than maybe the one Kansas was providing him, whether it's monetarily, whether it's playing time, whether it's a mix of both who knows. Um, but again, if Kansas is prioritizing another guard, maybe it's Melvin council junior or something, then that it kind of makes sense that you would see that happen.

Starting point is 00:01:43 So just wanted to make it a quick update there. If we were taking them off that list and putting on a different player into the top 10, I mentioned in that episode, the kid from San Francisco, Malik Thomas, who about 20 points per game, he would kind of fill that role of being like a really good shooter and scorer

Starting point is 00:01:59 that you could have the opportunity to bring to the table. Now, one guy who's a really good shooter is going to be coming back for Kansas this upcoming season and that is one Noah Shelby. So let's discuss that in just a moment here on locked on Jayhawks. This bonus episode of the show today is brought to you by FanDuel Sportsbook. The NBA playoffs are almost here and FanDuel has given new customers an incredible way to get in on the action. Right now, when you

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Starting point is 00:03:03 and working overtime and working with our extra show here. Okay, so Noah Shelby, this is his dad. I believe Derek Shelby posted this on social media, ex Twitter, whatever you want to call it. He said Noah Shelby took this past year to redshirt to Kansas. This year was used to further develop under coach self and the entire Kansas coaching staff. He's improved a lot and we look forward to an opportunity for him to compete this upcoming

Starting point is 00:03:25 season hashtag rock shock. Also, that's some highlights on there of him, you know, in practice games, shooting some threes and some impressive stuff and what he's able to get off and that was kind of the scouting report on him coming in that he was somebody who could, you know, really stroke it from the outside and shoot the three ball well. I think the bottom part of that quote kind of tells you what you need to know to compete this upcoming season that Bill Self is probably told him, yeah, like, you know, you don't have a

Starting point is 00:03:49 guaranteed role on this team, but I'm going to be open to it. Right? If you come out and you look really improved, and you do all these things near this good three point shooter, you end up working your way into the eighth or ninth man in this rotation, then great, right? Like, like, prove it, like, show me what you can do. Right. And so I found that interesting that that was kind of part of it at the very end there. And I do think it's interesting, because as much as

Starting point is 00:04:11 we talk about, can they find somebody in the transfer portal for the Jalen Coleman lands role this past season, the diggy court roll, basically a guy who is your eighth or ninth man, right, that fringe, is he part of the rotation player where some games, he might play five minutes, right? You come out, you start off for two from three. Okay, it's not your night. Other nights you start three for three from three

Starting point is 00:04:32 and all of a sudden you're playing 20, 25 minutes in that specific game or you're in the closing lineup because Kansas needs a three and you're playing well like Diggy Coy did in that Houston game down at the Fratida Center. That's kind of the Jalen Coleman lands diggy court roll that that. Yeah, OK, it's a seven man rotation. You're the eighth man.

Starting point is 00:04:50 Some games are part of it. Some games you're not. It just kind of depends how you're shooting, right? Or it's an eight man rotation and you're the ninth guy. And there is a chance that that guy is already on the roster in the form of Noah Shelby. Now, maybe it even is a guy like Jamari McDowell, right? But I do think that Shelby, I think

Starting point is 00:05:06 McDowell profiles to being maybe more of a two way type of player, where Shelby more of like three point shooter, and he'll be a redshirt Jr. And the thing about Noah Shelby, so he was a walk on on this past year's team, but it was one of those like technical walk ons where this kid was a division one basketball player on scholarship at previous schools. He was a former, you know, three star recruit. So they get it's not like this kid was was, you know, on the JV team and never made it to

Starting point is 00:05:35 varsity team of high school. He went to Vanderbilt out of high school, right? So it's a power university played 14 games a freshman 31% from three, then he went to rice and year two played 30 games for rice, only 12 minutes per game at a lower level, 33% from three. So again, this is not just like, you know, random walk on coming on. And so now that they're basically getting rid of walk ons, he earns a scholarship to come back.

Starting point is 00:06:00 And especially for Kansas, you have 14 scholarships to fill. You still have five available at this point. Like it's good you have no Shelby. So you look at the, you know, opportunity for Kansas, you have 14 scholarships to fill. You still have five available at this point. Like it's good. You have no Shelby. So you look at the, you know, opportunity for Shelby. And I think that's what it is. I think it's that opportunity to compete for that that kind of three points shooting Jalen Coleman lands diggy quite roll and you look at the other guards who would be like without Marco Jackson, he'll be part of the rotation. Darren Peterson gonna

Starting point is 00:06:23 be a starter right with Jaden Dawson feel good. he'll be part of the rotation. Darren Peterson, going to be a starter right with Jayden Dawson, feel good, he'll be part of the rotation. That it's a competition, I think between at this point, Jamar Mcdowell and Noah Shelby, for which guy could that be and maybe it ends up being somebody to bring in obviously still via the transfer portal. But with Shelby, you know, if you went from if you were known as a three point shooter at high school, and you went from 31 to 33 freshman, sophomore, now you had a red shirt year. Let's say you got a little better. Now you have another year under your belt. What happens if he is like a 37% three point shooter? Right? Is that enough to play that specific role for Kansas? I think that would be very interesting if you could develop into that. He's still red shirt, Jr. So you would still have this year and possibly one more year.

Starting point is 00:07:02 so you would still have this year and possibly one more year. Obviously from his perspective, if you know, he doesn't get run this year, I'd imagine he's going to be like, okay, I'll probably transfer for my last year to get playing time. Although you never know because guys can obviously be in good situations, even if you're on the lower end of the totem pole of Kansas in terms of how you're taking care of. But it's a good thing to have these players back because again, you have 14 scholarships to fill. You need guys that are content competing and they're not going to cause a ruckus if they end up being the 12th man on the roster. Or like maybe deep down they're like, oh, I wish I was playing more. Sure. But there's a difference between that being a competitor and being like, I want to play more and going to cause

Starting point is 00:07:39 problems for the team. And I don't think that would be the case for no Shelby. So you have to have guys like this and guys that are going to put the work in like I think he is that yeah, if all goes well and he is, you know, the best three-point shooting guard off the bench for you, maybe he can fill that specific role and if not and he ends up being the 12th or 13th man on a 14 scholarship roster like that's totally cool too, right? Because you got to fill out some way and you got to have players in practice to be able to you know, make shots and make plays now that there are no other

Starting point is 00:08:06 walk-ons. What does the rest of the roster look like at this point in time for KU? Thanks for joining us again on this episode of locked on Jay Hawks and thanks for tuning in anywhere you podcasts including on our YouTube page. So again, this is kind of a quick follow up to our episode that we posted earlier today. So make sure to check that out with the top 10 available portal targets. But again, no key on Evans as part of that.

Starting point is 00:08:28 So what does the current roster look like for Kansas? So I think right now starting five would be Darren Peterson, Marco Jackson, Jaden Dawson, Trey White, Flory Bedunga off the bench. Your first bench big would be Bryson Tiller. And then your first bench guard would be, I guess, Jamar Mcdowell or no, Shelby, you'd have some East Calderon there, too. I'm so seeking this is looking for more, you know, players via the transfer world

Starting point is 00:08:48 lift five scholarships open at this point in time. Let's just say they added a starting level guard, right. And then the starting lineup at that point maybe becomes that guard, Darren Peterson, Jayden Dawson, Trey White, Flory, El Marco becomes your sixth man. And then you have Bryson Tiller as your first bench big or transfer addition to be your backup center, right. And there's your sixth and seventh man. And then it's like, okay, who's the eighth man? Is it tomorrow? McDonald's is to me is Calderon.

Starting point is 00:09:15 Is it another transfer edition? Or is it Noah Shelby? And you do start to look through those. And if we're specifically talking, as I've mentioned, I mean, you know, if you're playing a drinking game with me saying JCL or diggy, quite role, good luck to you. And if we're talking about that specific role, and we're talking about hypothetically, if those are the players on the bench, Noah Shelby is kind of the one who is the best three point shooter. Now again, maybe Jermar McDowell ends up being a lot better three point shooter than when we last saw him and he was in the, you know, high 20% from three, but I do find that kind him and he was in the you know, high 20% from three

Starting point is 00:09:45 But I do find that kind of interesting that that you know, I guess I wouldn't rule it out Especially if your kids like viewed this way If you're Kansas and and do you even consider not even filling the full 14? honestly like do you consider just using 12 or 13 scholarships from a standpoint of If you don't use your 14th scholarship, even if you figure the 14th guy, you know, what if the NIL on the 14th guy you were going to add is a hundred thousand, but you can use that a hundred thousand to bring in a little bit better player to another position. Are you better just using 13 scholarships? I think

Starting point is 00:10:18 that's going to be an interesting question for how Bill Self and called the basketball coaches and teams in general kind of operate with this. Like are there going to to be some teams that just use 11 scholarships? And they're like, no, we're just going to hope we don't get injured. And we're just going to like, you know, make sure we have more money to pay the guys we really want as opposed to working too much depth of guys that are going to be more practice bodies. But then yeah, how does that work in practice and stuff? Since there aren't walk-ons around anymore to kind of fill those specific roles for what you want to do. But with Shelby, again, like, do you, do you, does it end up being like Shelby ends up being a cheaper option to be a possible ninth or 10th man than, you know, bringing somebody in via the portal.

Starting point is 00:10:54 And that allows you to get a better fifth starter that allows you to get a better seventh man or whatever it ends up being. I'm not saying I'm expecting those things to happen, or that those things are going to happen. Because again, there's also a very real chance Shelby is the 12th or 13th man But that would be an interesting strategy at the very least to deploy for Bill Suffolk and company I don't know for this episode of locked on Jayhawks You can find our show anywhere you get podcasts including on our YouTube page check out the top 10 available targets again minus Keon Evans As a quick bonus episode here. See you next time with locked on Jayhawks

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Locked On Jayhawks - Daily Podcast On Kansas Jayhawks Football & Basketball - Noah Shelby RETURNS to Kansas | Could He FILL the Jalen Coleman-Lands/Diggy Coit Role?

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