Locked On Jayhawks - Daily Podcast On Kansas Jayhawks Football & Basketball - PORTAL TARGET: How Iowa Transfer Josh Dix Could Fit PERFECTLY with Darryn Peterson and the Jayhawks

Episode Date: March 28, 2025

Kansas Jayhawks Eye Josh Dix: A Game-Changer in the Making? Could Josh Dix be the missing piece for the Kansas Jayhawks basketball team? With his impressive stats from Iowa, including 14.4 points per game and a 42% three-point shooting accuracy, Dix is a standout candidate in the transfer portal.Derek Johnson breaks down Dix's potential fit with the Jayhawks, exploring how his skills could complement players like Darryn Peterson and Flory Bidunga. The discussion highlights Dix's shooting prowess and questions about his defensive capabilities under Bill Self's system. Johnson also compares Dix to former KU players Gradey Dick and Isaiah Moss, suggesting a hybrid role that could elevate the team's performance.Will the Jayhawks make a strategic move to secure Dix's talents? Tune in for an in-depth analysis and discover how Dix could reshape the Kansas basketball landscape.Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!NissanTake your adventures to new heights in the All-New Nissan Armada PRO-4X. Learn more at NissanUSA.com.Disclaimers: Optional features. Towing capacity varies by configuration. See Nissan Towing Guide and Owner’s Manual for additional information. Always secure cargo.Supply HouseJoin the Trade Master program today at SupplyHouse.com/TM and start ordering plumbing, HVAC, and electrical supplies with just a few clicks. Plus, use promo code SH5 for 5% off your first order. That’s SupplyHouse.com!5-Hour ENERGYHead to 5-hourENERGY.com to find over 15 flavors to choose from, including Watermelon, Blue Raspberry, and Peach-Mango. Need one now? Grab a 5-hour ENERGY shot at your local grocery or convenience store—they’re everywhere! Stock up today and stay energized.Monarch MoneyTake control of your finances with Monarch Money. Use code LOCKEDONCOLLEGE at monarchmoney.com for 50% off your first year. GametimeDownload the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDONCOLLEGE for $20 off your first purchase. Terms apply. Download Gametime today. What time is it? Gametime.FanDuelRight now, new customers can get TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS in BONUS BETS when your first FIVE DOLLAR BET WINS! Download the app or head to FANDUEL.COM to get started. Bet with FanDuel—Official Partner of the NBA.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)

Kansas needs Dicks. We go deep dive on Josh Dicks, the transfer from Iowa sharpshooter. Who is he visiting Kansas? Opportunity for Bill South to close the deal this weekend? 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.

Thanks for making it your first listen every day. Thank you to the everydayers catching each and every episode of the show. We are free and available anywhere you get your podcasts including our YouTube page where you can like and subscribe to the show. And on today's edition of LOJ, we are doing another deep dive on a portal target for KU basketball and Bill South that would be one Josh Dix, a transfer wing from Iowa, we're going to get into his game is scouting report strengths questions of the game,

how he would fit in with the Jayhawks and where he falls on kind of the take meter, so to speak, for KU first this episode of the show is brought to you by 5-Hour Energy. Head to 5-HourEnergy.com to find over 15 flavors to choose from. Need one now? Grab a 5-Hour Energy shot at your local grocery or convenience store. Stock up today and stay energized with 5-Hour Energy. So Josh Dix, who is he? What would he bring to the table for whatever school he goes to? So first of all, he is a six foot six wing,

I guess you could call him. Now there's different iterations of wings, right? There's guys who can play the two, three and four. There's guys who can play the two and three. There's guys who can play the three and the four, right? I would classify Dix as more of like a two, three wing, right? You can play him a shooting guard or you can play in a small forward.

Six foot six, 210 pounds. You will be a senior at whatever his next school is, or it could be returned to his old school. I think Creighton is is interested. I thought Kentucky was in on it seems like Iowa has an opportunity to bring him back with the new head coach and obviously Kansas in there as well. So he averaged 14.4 points per game this past season at Iowa, 3.2 rebounds, 2.8 assists, which are good numbers for a wing, 0.9 steals per game,

0.5 blocks per game. And the shooting efficiency is what really sticks out here. 51% almost from the floor, 42% from three point range. He did that on almost five three point attempts per game. He also shot almost 77% at the foul line, though didn't get there a ton. One and a half free throw attempts per game for Dix.

But overall, the effective field goal percentage, really good. The true shooting percentage, over 61% for him. So that also good. Now you look at some of the advanced metrics, the team on off stuff. Team was not that much better with him on the floor offensively, but they were a little bit better. Team was a lot worse with him on the floor offensively, but they were a little bit better.

Team was a lot worse with him on the floor defensively. They were about 11 points per 100 possessions worse with him on the floor defensively. But you know, some of those numbers are, you know, you have to take it with a grain of salt because when you have a team like Iowa who just hasn't defended really under their current regime, it's hard to separate that from what happens with the rest of the team when you're out there

for as many minutes as Dix is. So we're gonna get into that as well as the strengths of his game here. But he really finished the season strong coming into the portal season. He had eight straight games in double digits and six of those eight final games for Josh Dix at Iowa. He had 15 or more points, including 21 points

in what was their final game in the Big Ten tournament, which capped off three games of 20 or more points from February 4 on. So there's also an argument to be made that this guy is getting even better. And he is playing his best basketball. And if he continues playing like that, it's another level from the guy you're getting on what are already good numbers over the course of season for him. So you look at the strengths of Josh Dix, and obviously shooting that is the one that comes to mind

here. He is in the 92nd percentile nationally for true shooting percentage, 94th percentile for three point percentage, 95th percentile for effective field goal percentage. And the crazy thing is he's doing all that without shooting super well on free throws against 77% is a good number. But that's not like, you know, a pristine number. If you were shooting 80, 85% at the free throw line, you know, all of a sudden,

some of those numbers would go up even more. But good shooter from all over the court. He shot 43% on mid-range. That was the top quartet of college basketball. He shot 38% on above the break threes, so good from there in the wing area. And against top 50 teams, he also shot well on break threes. So good from there in the wing area. And against top 50 teams,

he also shot well on corner threes, which was a little bit lower volume, but you know, insane 63% on corner threes for him there. But he has 68 games in his career now against Ken Palm top 100 opponents. And he shot 42% from three against those teams. In the, let's see, against Ken Palm top 50 teams, opponents and he shot 42% from three against those teams in the. Let's see against Ken Palm Top 50 teams is 46 games under his belt

and in those 46 games against Top 50 opponents that number down a little bit, but it's still 39% which is really good. So he's played well against the the best competition so to speak and you watch some of his game. He gets him off in a myriad of ways, right? It's not just always catch and shoot. He can do the occasional step back three. When you see him on film,

he does have that nice little mid range coming off a curl, which we know, you know, Bilsoff likes to utilize toward that elbow area. I think he would excel there. Good at hitting those free throw line jumpers. So again, I think that would be a fit for him in the KU offense. He ranked in the 97th percentile for catch and shoot.

So if you get him an elite creator, he is going to feast. Oh, hello, Kansas is Darren Peterson committed, who is kind of this elite creator who's gonna have the ball in his hands. That's a nice player to have the opportunity to throw. Like think about three man actions that you could possibly have with Peterson getting a screen from Florid Badunga. You have the lob action to bedoonga you have the scoring option Darren Peterson you have the passing option to the wing with Josh Dix based on what the defense does that would be the idea there of you know becoming this unstoppable trio between that now all that said what is interesting a lot of times you see these guys who are snipers from from three, they do have the ability as well to shoot from deep threes.

That wasn't really the case, which is ironic because maybe the shot of the year for Josh Dix was like a game winning, like, I don't know, 30 foot three that he hit against Northwestern earlier on in the season. But overall on threes of 25 or more feet this year, he only shot 26 and a half percent. So, which compared to short threes under 25 foot threes,

so basically your foots to the line or right behind it, a 47%, which tells you two things, just tell them to shoot the short ones, but also not as much of a like Zeke Mayo could really launch it from deep. We've seen guys in the past Ron Collins was able to hit from really deep. Devante Graham, like there have been other guys who can really hit from deep. That's not as much Dix's game, but he's still just a lethal shooter just from a little bit different usage there.

Now, this is a guy who's low usage. He's low turnovers. He's high efficiency and he doesn't turn the ball over much. Part of that's because the role if you're playing off ball a lot of times you're not going to do that, but 97th percentile in turnover rate, just overall really strong off ball player. Now, if you build your team with, you know, four or five off ball players, you need somebody to create. But again,

that's where you go back to the fact that Kansas has Darren Peterson in tow. And in theory, they could add another combo guard, right? You got on Marco Jackson on the roster, that you could use somebody who's really good off the ball. So that's where a player like Josh Jicks kind of becomes a perfect compliment in a way to Darren Peterson on the offensive side of the ball. And I don't want to say that, like,

I don't want to make this seem like Dix can't play on the ball. He still can. He still can do things well on the ball. You can shoot the res on the ball. He can, you know, pass a little bit on the ball. He can work off the pick and roll on the ball. He's just at his best, I think, when he is off the ball.

And he's able to take advantage of that too and turn it into easy cuts and open layups at the rim. He shot 70% at the rim. He shot 60% in the paint, which I think shows how good of touch he has, right? Those are the floater shots that he's able to hit. So, you know, he can do a little bit of everything, but yeah, that's the kind of ideal situation

you're looking for him in. And I will say he does have, because the 6'6", you can get a little bit of everything, but yeah, that's the kind of ideal situation you're looking for him in. And I will say he does have because the six six like you can get some dunks from him in transition. Overall, just a good transition player. Eighty seventh percentile for points per possession in transition. Now, where are the questions for Josh Dix's game in whatever school he winds up at next season? There is one thing, you know, if you're looking at it and picking nets, it's always when you're on a team

that's not winning as many games. Iowa didn't make the NCAA tournament the last two teams. You have to look around and say, okay, well, who's at fault here? Did they not make it because of this guy? Was he a part of it? Or was he just surrounded by an aptitude? And in this case, I do think it's less about Dix.

Like I think Dix can be a winning player. I think Dix, like I don't blame for Iowa not making the NCAA tournament. I think it was more about the factors around him. But yeah, it obviously is something that you do have to the very least, you know, keep in mind. And you look at those all off defensive numbers and that's kind of the big one that comes into play here.

This is interesting. This was from a article about Iowa from the Iowa 24 seven sports page. And it mentioned that Dix, his ideal position is the two, but he can also play at three depending on the lineup. He's an elite shot maker and that could really open things up again

in McCollum's offense if they're to get him back. He also has a better defensive option than he gets credit for. And his versatility in hands on the defensive end could work in McCollum's system. Well, you know who else usually has a good defensive system that he's able to get, you know, top 10, top 15, top 20 defenses over and over again.

That would be one Mr. Self, Mr. William Self. And so I think that I would view Dix, especially in a role where, yeah, maybe you're getting even more off ball reps playing next to Peterson, that like, I think you could take the defense to the next level, especially as a senior where like, at the very least, I think he could work himself up to being just like

a net neutral defender, right? Maybe he even ends up being an above average defender. And so I'm honestly not as much worried about it as I thought coming into this. He's got an 80th percentile block rate for his position. He does a great job of not fouling. And the fact of the matter is like when you look at Fran McAthery in his seasons at Iowa, he like just sucked at scheming defense or something.

You know, he unbelievable scheming offenses had a lot of like top tier offenses. But since 2017, do you know how many top 50, top 50? That's not like a super high bar top 50 defenses, according to Ken Palm that Iowa has had since 2017? Correct answer is zero. What about top 70? Still zero. This is a power five school. What about top 100?

Only three since 2017 and one was ranked 97th. So maybe more of a coach than a player thing there, maybe more of a personnel around you than a player thing there. Certainly something to keep an eye on how the defensive translate, because that's something that's kind of a non negotiable in a certain way for Bill self. But honestly, I kind of blame the team context more than the individual there that I think he'll be fine. The other question here is rebounding only ninth percentile and offensive rebound rate only

49th percentile defensive rebound rate more concerned with the defensive rebounding if flurry is your starting center and you have another big out there just flurry better offensive rebounder than defensive rebounder if you're using dicks at the two though maybe it's not an issue maybe he gives you more as a rebounder at the three based on his role at ku i don't know that was something that you hoped for from griffin and store it didn't happen so maybe not something you should wish cash here. I think it would just mean that you have more emphasis to find a foreman who gets a lot of rebounds for you. And then the last one here is for questions specifically with Dix.

It doesn't solve KU's issue of getting to the free throw line. Dix is in the 10th percentile in free throw attempt, right? So you have to find other guys that can help you solve that. Maybe Peterson and Flory, if those two are in your starting five, like maybe that's enough to kind of fix that on its own. All right, how would Josh Dix fit into the team? We discuss that next with Locked on Jayhawks. This episode of the show is brought to you by Nissan.

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point in time here. Okay, how would Dix fit into the team for KU? Well, he would be an awesome offensive compliment as I've kind of discussed with Darren Peterson. With Peterson, you're looking at somebody who you can put on the same side as him, you can get him a skip pass for him. Having somebody who the defense has to really space out on to opens up the lane for Darren Peterson. Heck, it opens up the lane for other players, too, right? Like, a Marco Jackson, the idea of him, of what he could potentially be,

is using his athleticism to be an elite driver of the basketball to the rim, right? Well, having a guy like that next to you certainly opens up the floor a little bit, right? If you're Florida, but doing got void getting a double team because you do a same side action as Josh Dix. So yes, I mean, you could always say shooters fit in well. Now there is the part of sure you might be thinking some people like, okay, well, didn't they think that's what they were going to

get with Rylan Griffin? And you know, how much of that? Yeah, I mean, I don't have an answer to that in a certain way of like, I do think to a certain standpoint, like, at some point, it almost becomes a little bit of onus on the player Bill self kept Rylan Griffin in the starting lineup toward the end of season. You know, sometimes it might be I think I turned it like Charlie Moore syndrome. And I don't know if that was the case with Rylan or if there was

something else going on or he just, you know, hit a random funk. Sometimes guys just aren't built for playing at Kansas and that's okay. Sometimes you just need to be at a different school like Charlie Moore, he was a really good player at Miami. He was a solid player of Cal before Kansas but he just couldn't figure it out at Kansas.

And I don't know if it's the limelight, I don't know if it's the pressure on and off the court. I don't know what it is. Sometimes that can be the case, right? Maybe you switch it around and you end up having a better situation. Who knows, right? Maybe the system with Nate Oates is too big of a jump to come into a Billsaw. Who knows?

Who knows? That is obviously in the back of my head though, too, where it's like, okay, you had this shooter, But you look at Ryland Griffin, and one thing that I think is important is, well, Ryland struggled on the defensive end of the floor, and some of the metrics don't like Dix there. But again, if you're going into some of these scouting reports and people say that, no, he's better than he's being given credit for, does that give you hope that Dix can do a little bit more there?

And I do think it's interesting because, you know, even though the thought from I think a lot of KU fans sometimes is, okay, well, if this guy shoots and he doesn't do anything else, Bill stuff's not going to play him. Well, you start to think about it a little bit more. And like, yes, there are situations like that where it's like Brandon Green, you know, some games just isn't going to play or something like that. But you start thinking about it a little more. It's like, okay, you complain a lot about like

Ryland Griffin, like, you know, should he have played more? Should he have been given a longer leash with with Bill South? And I don't think those complaints kind of died down because of how the season ended for him and missing a lot of shots. But like Ryland Griffin played 20 minutes per game and he started 20 games at Kansas, even though he didn't have a very good season. Right. Up to par of what he was hoping to have. Right. You look at like Gradyady Dick and Johnny Furphy,

two guys who in the case of Furphy, by the time he gets to January, in case of Grady Dick when the season began, both guys had their moments on defense. I think both guys showed flashes because they were long and they were athletic enough to where they would get the occasional steal or the big play. But both of them had some issues with off-ball defense at times.

And in the case of Furphy, he had some issues when he would get switched on to a quicker player staying in front of them on the defensive end. But those guys played a lot of minutes for KU and the trust was there. I think it comes down to this on the defensive end. Billself wants more of like, if you're making a mistake on the defensive end, he almost wants it more to be a lapse in a weird way than it is like an effort thing. And I don't know, because there were lapses for those guys, but also it's can you impact the game in other ways? And here's the thing, like with Grady

Dick, he was getting rebounds. With Johnny Furphy, he was getting rebounds. Even if they had that mental lapse on the defensive end, he's going, okay, but they're shooting threes and they're getting rebounds. They're doing one other thing. With Griffin, it was, if you have mental lapse on defense, what else are you providing besides your shooting in theory on the floor? Well, that becomes the question for Josh Dix.

I do think Dix is a much better passer than Ryland Griffin. You look at some of the assist numbers, you're getting a little bit more there. I think you look at Dix as being maybe a better proven mid- shooter. Now part of that was probably system based for Ryland Griffin didn't really get the opportunity to do it with Nate Oates. But yeah, the question would come down to the rebounding, which that is a question

I have for Dix, you know, how good of a rebounder can he be? And then you look at kind of the defensive end of the floor. So yes, those are real questions, but I feel like there's more meat to the bone with Dix in those areas that I'm not as worried at it. Maybe that's hindsight 2020. I don't know. But yeah, Kansas clearly needs more shooting. Kansas clearly needs a fine guy who can shoot and still be trusted to stay on the floor

in those other ways. And the hope is that would be him. I think my KU comp here, if you were to throw one up, would be a hybrid of Grady Dick and Isaiah Moss. Maybe that comes from, you have the hybrid of the white shooter and you have the hybrid of the guy from Iowa, right? It just mixes perfectly. But I do think there's something there.

Isaiah Moss was never a great defender. He was out there to space the lead. It's another guy who played a lot of minutes for KU even though he wasn't a great defender. But he was at least able to hold his own, you know, and then be the floor spacer for KU. And I think Josh Dix is better than Isaiah Moss, right? He's a better overall player. He's a better overall scorer, comes in with more points and, you know, make shots and stuff like that. But I don't think he's quite as talented as a Grady Dick. He's not maybe quite as athletic or as tall as a Grady Dick.

And so that's where you kind of end up, I think between those two players. And I think that plays a very big role on Kansas here. So I think that's a very helpful player for Kansas to get to the point of where they want to go. I think it's a perfect role fit next to Darren Peterson. And I think it's a perfect role fit next to Darren Peterson. And I think it's a perfect role fit to working the rest of the transfer portal for you because it allows

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your team every day. Thanks for making locked on Jayhawks your first listen every day. And again, don't forget to check out locked on college basketball right now get you ready for everything else going on around the country. So Josh Dix sounds like he's visiting KU this weekend. We'll see if Bill Self can conceal the deal and close the door on that one. But obviously a lot of competition for a player like this to find somewhere else. So

immediate answer, is this a take? Yes, absolutely. The quick follow up to that, though, is is it an immediate take? Or is it a take based on role? Or is it a take based on, you know, what somebody else decides? And I mean, in theory, if you're ranking, if you had the option,, in theory, if you're ranking, if you had the option just in general to be like, oh, Donovan Dent and Josh Dix, and you have to take the first one you want.

I mean, at that point, I guess I'm going Donovan Dent, but like, if you're just talking about the wing position, right now I think Josh Dix is the best available for KU, at least as a two, three wing, right? Again, if you want to count like Bryce Hopkins as a wing, as like a three, four wing, then maybe that's another discussion. But again, he has already kind of narrowed down his list and that's not a possibility.

So I think Josh Dix is the best one out there. And I think this is one where it's not just because you get in a little bit of trouble in the early part of the portal season teams are still playing out the rest of their season. The draft stuff still has to happen to where you get in a situation of like, what if you took a kid too early, and then a better option comes up? And you don't want to be kicking yourself in that situation. I don't have that

worry with Josh Dix, but Josh Dix, no matter where it comes in the transfer portal, I would want him, I would want his floor spacing ability, I would want his competitiveness, I would want what he brings to the table and how it would fit in with Kansas. So yeah, I mean, if you're talking about the kind of, I guess, best available for KU with the wing, I don't have any tier one possible star players, but I think Josh Dix is a tier two,

which is a most likely starter for KU, right? And I think you're at that point in time where you're talking about a guy who is that really good offball player, I don't worry about how he would fit next to Darren Peterson. And yeah, even though it is in the back of your mind, like, oh, how does Bill Self do with these players because of what we just saw with Rylan Griffin? Again, I've given you a longer list of players where it worked out.

Okay, from Grady Dick to Johnny Furfee to, you know, Isaiah Moss, some guys who were shooters, but maybe they fit the team a little bit better, or maybe they were able to, you know, in some form or fashion, figure it out with Bill Self. And I think Josh Dix, based on the things I've kind of seen about him and the competitive guy that he is and how much he does care about winning, I think he would get along just fine. And I think he would come in and be kind of a perfect fit for KU. So I think this would be a home run get if KU can get him in the portal.

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