Locked On Jayhawks - Daily Podcast On Kansas Jayhawks Football & Basketball - Top 10 Transfer Portal Targets Still Available for Bill Self and Kansas Basketball

Episode Date: April 10, 2025

Kansas Jayhawks Basketball: Top Transfer Portal Targets Revealed! Discover the potential game-changers for the Kansas Jayhawks basketball team as they eye the top transfer portal targets. Could these ...new additions redefine the Jayhawks' strategy and elevate their game?Explore the standout performances of players like Darrion Williams of Texas Tech, RJ Luis or St. John's, Melvin Council of St. Bonaventure and more of the top 10 available for KU - (UPDATE: KYAN EVANS HAS SINCE PICKED NORTH CAROLINA). Host Derek Johnson breaks down the stats and potential fit of each player, offering insights into how these talents could integrate with the Jayhawks' roster. The episode also covers the latest transfer portal news, including commitments and rankings that could impact Kansas' future.Don't miss this chance to gain insider knowledge on the Kansas Jayhawks' recruitment strategy and potential roster transformations. Listen now for exclusive insights!Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!Turbo TaxReady for stress-free taxes and the most money back, guaranteed? Head over to TurboTax.com today and get matched with your Expert. Only available with TurboTax Live Full Service. Real-time updates only in the iOS mobile app. See guarantee details at TurboTax.com/guarantees. 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!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 AND FIFTY 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)

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Today's Locked on Jayhawks, the 10 best portal targets available for KU basketball. 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. You can find me on Twitter at D Johnson radio. Thanks for joining us on locked on Jayhawks and thanks for making it your first listen every day as well as thank you to every dayers catching each and every show,
Starting point is 00:00:34 whether you find us anywhere you get your podcast audio or on our YouTube page where you can like and subscribe to the show. And on today's edition of LOJ, we're bringing down the 10 best current available transfer targets for KU basketball. We'll get into that. We'll also get into some of the latest news, including some players picking other schools, some players narrowing down their list,
Starting point is 00:00:57 including Kansas, Darren Peterson with a little update as well. We get to all that starting with our top five here in our first segment. First, though, the episode of the show is brought to you by fan dual sportsbook right now new customers can get $200 in $250 in bonus bets when your first $5 bet wins its fan dual comm Okay, so top 10 available transfer portal targets at this point for KG basketball now When I'm recording this there's a chance that somebody ends up committing by the time that you know, this comes out or you see this or whatever. I should also mention this list is not the top
Starting point is 00:01:32 10 just best players in general, it's ones that maybe make some sense to KU. Now at the same point in time, some of the ones on here, maybe they don't end up making sense to KU from like a financial perspective, right? Like maybe there's only so much you KU from like a financial perspective, right? Like maybe there's only so much you can do from an NIL perspective that you can't afford some of the names on this list. But for instance, I guess I'm trying to think like one of the top centers in the portal or something who would have to be a starter or I don't know if it's a player who, you know, is maybe somebody who doesn't make sense for Kansas to go after even if they're one of the top players, I'm not gonna put them on this list is a Kansas specific less
Starting point is 00:02:14 let's start with number one of current available transfer targets and we're going to go with Darien Williams. Tough competition for me. It was between a couple guys putting in this number one spot, but I settled on Williams. I shouldn't say settle because it was a fun decision. But he's a three four I like him best playing the four six foot six 225 pounds. He'll be a senior from Texas Tech. We saw the public news or maybe it did maybe didn't that you know, that basically they're bringing
Starting point is 00:02:45 back jc top and the big 12 player there for like $4 million. And essentially, they had to like pick and choose, okay, you know, what players do they want back because you only have so much that you can afford. And so you end up losing Darien Williams in this situation. And Williams hit some clutch shots in the NCAA tournament, you know, ended up not having his best clutch shots in the NCAA tournament, you know, ended up not having his best shooting performances in the NCAA tournament overall.
Starting point is 00:03:10 But this guy who shot almost 46% from three last season, 34% this season when the volume had to go up, really good free throw shooter, really good stretch player. I just really like his game. And I feel like there are a lot of times where he becomes a matchup problem for the other team. And it really causes you to have to defend in a different way. He's also 98 percent offers position and assist to turnover rate. So you're getting good ball movement from a guy at the four. He's got the power to play at the four. Those three point six assists per game show his playmaking ability, which I like when you have Darren Peterson.
Starting point is 00:03:42 You have a guy you could kind of, you know, play off of I really like Darien Williams game. I think he's a fine defender. I don't think I'd call him like an elite defender. But I don't think he's a negative on that end either. In fact, team about two points better when he was on the floor defensively, but about 13 points better when he was on the floor in the offensive end. Darien Williams is my number one available right now for KU. Is it somebody you can afford? I
Starting point is 00:04:02 don't have the answer that number two on this list kind of same question here, RJ Lewis. And I thought about which wing do you go with because Williams is a wing who can play the three and the four but I like a matter of the four. RJ Lewis is a wing you can play at the three or the four. I like him a little bit better at the four but I think if you were saying you're gonna play one at the three out probably prefer Lewis a little bit more at the three I think a little bit more athleticism a little more length to Lewis a little less power though
Starting point is 00:04:29 But 18.2 points per game seven point two rebounds actually better rebound numbers worse the cyst numbers But the two field goal percentage Williams of forty three point nine Lewis at forty three point nine Williams slightly better three-point shooter this year, but it's it's basically picking nets But you go back to your prior and then you see Williams had the better three point shooting year that year also better free throw pursuit shooting for Darien Williams though Lewis gets to the line a little bit more and again both players similar like Lewis the offense about 11 points better when he's on the floor the defense about two points better when he's on the floor so they're very similar players.
Starting point is 00:05:04 Lewis obviously the biggest player of the year Williams, I you know, do think that sometimes he got I'm sure in some ways like it makes your life easier to play with JT Toppin probably a lot of ways it made his life easier. But also I do think he got, you know, overshadowed sometimes of how good of a player he was because JT Toppin was on Texas Tech. And so I like both players, you couldn't go wrong with either one. But the question is, do you go kind of all in with your NIL money on one of these
Starting point is 00:05:32 players? Do you kind of spread it out to different ones? But I think those are the top two players available. I would almost have a tear break after those two to the next year. And my number three on here is Rodney Rice. We did a Rodney Rice deep dive. Now since then, Rodney Rice has set up some visits to a couple schools. I know Villanova is one of them. And that's one that we mentioned that, you know, he's head coach is now at Villanova. So makes sense. I
Starting point is 00:05:55 forget the other one. I forget if it's Tennessee or what, but his former backcourt team agent, Kobe Gillespie, I'd imagine they're close or friends and stuff, right? Is that Tennessee? So maybe Kansas can find a late visit. Maybe it's out of the price range. I don't entirely know. But again, this is just kind of in theory because I do like his ability
Starting point is 00:06:14 that he's used to playing off ball of other primary targets. The team 19 points better when he's on the floor on the offensive end of the court. He's a really good three point shooter and floor spacer. That's why I have him number three. But if you're an everyday, you already caught that deep dive on Rodney Rice. If not, go check it out.
Starting point is 00:06:30 Number four on the list is Wesley Yates. He is a transfer from USC Hill. So bonus points here for Yates. Now, I don't know how much Bill Self cares about this because I think when you have Darren Peterson, the idea is you have one year here. You know, if we get a transfer as a senior versus somebody who's a sophomore, like who cares, right? In an ideal world, maybe bring on a couple transfers who have at
Starting point is 00:06:51 least multiple years that you can still have that behind you. But who knows, maybe we'll self is going to all in on Darren Peterson. For all we know, Bill Self is like, hey, this is my last rodeo. And I just want to build it on this year. No idea if that's true enough. But, you know, it would make sense. But it is a bonus with the eights that he's coming off his freshman season at USC. So he still would have up to three years left. Then again, in today's era with the NIL and portal era and stuff like you can bring in sophomore, you can bring in a senior, you can bring in a junior, and it probably has similar
Starting point is 00:07:17 likelihoods of that player being at your school for one year anyway. But Yates kind of similar to rights, really good shooter 14 points per game Doesn't have a ton of other big numbers in terms of the rebound or the assist. Better steal numbers from Yates than Rodney Rice. Actually better three point percentage for Yates than Rice, 44%. But it's on lower volume. And also I think with Yates playing on a worse team at USC than what Rice did. Also we know Rice can play kind of off other, really good players with the Yates.
Starting point is 00:07:48 Again, USC wasn't a tournament team, but I do like that Yates also, even though he, you know, bad defensive rebound rate numbers, 72nd percentile for guard said offensive rebound rate. So he did show that he has that ability there, but yeah, 97th percentile, three point percentage for Yates. And he was at USC, where you have the
Starting point is 00:08:05 power, you know, conference stuff coming in. So he would be number four kind of in that same tier of Rodney Rice is like, if you're just looking for shooting and somebody who can play next Darren Peterson, I think it would make a lot of sense. And the number five on the list is a entry in today. And that would be Cedric coward. Full disclosure, I haven't done like a full deep dive on Coward. I've looked into the numbers and stuff, haven't got a chance to work around on some of the more in-depth
Starting point is 00:08:30 stuff that I usually do. But this is kind of going out on a whim on it because the numbers here are ridiculous. So Coward actually started his career at a Division III school. I think Willamette is how you pronounce it. Then went to Eastern Washington. And then went from Eastern Washington for a couple years to this past season going to Washington State. And he only played in six games started all six, he got injured, I think it was a shoulder injury that did him out for the rest of the season. And so I don't know if like if the D three season doesn't count, and this past year will end up being a medical
Starting point is 00:09:01 redshirt, theoretically, he could be like a junior at his next stop. So I think he could be like a junior at his next stop. So I think he could still even have two years left. But 17.7 points, seven rebounds, four assists per game, 1.7 blocks as a six-six wing. The field goal percentage, 56%, 40% from three out of five attempts per game, 84% of the foul line.
Starting point is 00:09:20 The true shooting percentage, 70%. Like these are bonkers numbers. We talked about Josh Dix, who's like this great shooter, right? Josh Dix true shooting percentage is 70%. Like these are bonkers numbers. We talked about Josh Dix, who's like this great shooter, right? Josh Dix true shooting percentage is 61%. Coward is 70%. Now again, it's very limited games, but it's plus minus on off for offensive end,
Starting point is 00:09:35 13 points better when he's on the floor. For Washington State, again, just six games. They were nine points better defensively when he was on the floor. What about the year before at Eastern Washington where he did have a full slate though and wasn't injured? They were seven points better on offense, six points better on defense when he was on the floor. What about the year before in Eastern Washington where you did have a full slate though, and wasn't injured? There were seven points better on offense, six points better on defense when he was on the floor. So this dude is a beast. I think he's also entering the NBA draft, you know,
Starting point is 00:09:55 early entry, like testing stuff. So we'll see what ends up happening there. But he's somebody who can play the two, he can play the three, he can play the four even because of his rebounding and blocking ability. That one would be a home run. And honestly, the more I talk about it, like maybe he should be even higher on that list than number five, but I definitely think he deserves to be in the top five and there'd be a home run. If you can go after him.
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Starting point is 00:11:25 making your first listen. Don't forget to check out Lockdown College basketball or Lockdown College football for your second listen every day. All right, top 10 targets available for Kansas in the portal right now. And again, by the time you listen to this, there could be new entries or new deletions from the portal, based on how fast this stuff moves. So real quick, our top five number one, Daring Williams, two, RJ Lewis, three, Rodney Rice, four, Wesley Yates,
Starting point is 00:11:48 five, Cedric Howard, but arrows going up on Coward and maybe should be higher than that. Number six on the list, another new entry is Jamir Watkins. And this is another three, four, even has played some point guard at times in his career as like the primary initiator for, you know, small bits and minutes, but I mostly view him as a three four. He's six foot seven, though good length, it'll be sixth
Starting point is 00:12:08 year in college. So you'd have an experienced player. I see some people, you know, do that sometimes where they're like, Oh, we don't want that guy. He's 24 years old. And I'm like, I can understand why him being 24 years old, you don't, like you don't think that should be in college anymore, that you think it's being taken advantage of the rules or that, you know, you don't like you don't think that should be in college anymore that you think it's being taken advantage of the rules or that you know, you think he's not gonna have a chance in the NBA because of that. But like, in what way is that a bad thing for college basketball? You know what I
Starting point is 00:12:34 mean? Like, if you have the choice between somebody who's 24 years old and somebody who's 19 years old, you know, if, if you're just talking about what makes the better college basketball team, obviously, if it's, you know, if the 19 year old is, is a one and done five star lottery back like that's different. But, you know, you're trying to build the best college basketball team. So who cares about the age?
Starting point is 00:12:53 But anyway, for Watkins, 18.4 points per game, five point seven rebounds per game, two point four assists, one point two steals, 43 percent from the field, 32 from three. So that's super high efficiency numbers but not like bad ones either over five three point attempts for game though so you like to see the volume because maybe if it scales back to three or four per game the percentage goes up to 3435 team about four points better with him on the floor on the offensive end 61st percentile in defensive rebound rate also gets the foul line a bunch 86 percentile in free throw attempt rate and he's just kind of good in a lot of areas like 70th percentile in the paint 60th percentile mid range 60th percentile from both zones from three so like he's just a proficient player and play different positions he gives you length definitely an interesting player to say the least I thought about flipping between him and the guy in at number seven and even the guy
Starting point is 00:13:45 will discuss it number eight too but let's get to the guy number seven which will have some news on him coming up in segment three Melvin Council jr. He is the point guard transfer from St. Bonaventure we just did a deep dive on him on yesterday's episode again thank you that every dayers who already caught it if you haven't go look back and watch that one because Kansas is in the thick of things on Melvin Council Jr. And I'm not going to go as deep on him because of that. But basically the quick rundown is, you know, not the best three point shooter, but he's a great athlete.
Starting point is 00:14:17 He's a really good defender. And he's a lengthy point guard who also rebounds the basketball and can cause a lot of problems for opponents in transition. I guess the reason I had Watkins six and Council seven, like you're talking about two guys that, okay, well, neither one's a great three point shooter. Watkins though, is a little bit better there. And then the idea that, okay, if you like, in theory, would you prefer bringing on another wing or another ball handler?
Starting point is 00:14:43 Maybe it makes more sense to bring on another ball handler to take some off of Darren Peterson at times throughout the game. Then again, if you think of Marco can cover that maybe you just want the length and versatility That another wing would provide I don't think you can go wrong in either direction though and to be clear like everybody I have on this top 10 list would be players that like I'd be happy with if Kansas wound up with a commitment for them as we go through our eight, it was I don't know if this is the right way to pronounce it. Lejeune Watts and Watts is a he's he's a very unique player. He can play the three or the four. He could play even the point guard to a certain extent. If you want to play
Starting point is 00:15:20 kind of like Jalen Pickett, booty ball, point guard style. I think in KU sense, he would mostly be used as a four. He's six foot six, but he's 233 pounds and he uses his strength to his advantage. He's gonna be a junior, I believe. And he actually was teammates with Coward. Both were at Washington State this past season. Obviously, like I said though,
Starting point is 00:15:41 Coward ends up getting injured after six games. Watts was also prior to that at Eastern Washington along with coward. Now is it concerning at all that Eastern Washington wasn't making a ton of noise and then CAA circles if they have these two studs I don't know I don't know. But I like both his players and Watts
Starting point is 00:15:58 about 14.7 rebounds over four assists per game really good passer really efficient shooting percentages 55 from the floor. 42 from three. It's only on two a game though, so it's not like a real, it's more so just, hey, if I'm wide open, like I'll take the shots. But really good effective field goal percentage
Starting point is 00:16:14 and true shooting percentages for him. I don't know how impactful he is on the defensive end of the floor necessarily, but he is somebody who can get a lot of assists. He is somebody who can get defensive rebounds for you. And he is somebody who can score on the inside and really post up. And if Kansas doesn't have a traditional center post up option, does it make some sense to bring in a guy like Lajon Watts, who is a versatile player and can also give you some of those post up opportunities
Starting point is 00:16:38 at the three or the four position, right? I like him overall as a player. I think he'd be very interesting in terms of his passing ability with working off players like Darren Peterson and Florida Badoonga and you know, the guys that you're going to be adding in the portal whether it's like Trey white off a cut who's good from the corner as well or I don't know. Dane Dawson who's just good off threes I think he's very
Starting point is 00:16:59 interesting player number nine on the list is Keon Evans he is the transfer guard from Colorado State and Kansas to some extent has been in contact and has been, you know, in some form or fashion like in the thick of things. Now, I don't know that they're the favorite to land him, but he's a six foot two combo guard who will be a junior originally from the Kansas City area. And obviously Colorado State had a really good season. He just averaged 16 and a half points per game in their two NCAA tournament games. He was eight of 13 from three in those two tournament games. And that is the rub on him.
Starting point is 00:17:33 He's a 45% three point shooter on over four per game. Now, he also has a solid assist to turnover rate. He, you know, you're not getting a lot of steals there. You're not getting a lot of blocks. You're not getting a lot of necessarily like. You know driving and rebounds and stuff like that. But if you're talking about an off guard
Starting point is 00:17:55 next to Darren Peterson who could shoot threes. He couldn't go wrong with with Keon Evans, and I do think that Kansas is in need of more three point shooting. So I do like having. I mean, if you're saying they need more three point shooting and you have a guy shooting 45% from three. OK, that makes some sense. Right.
Starting point is 00:18:11 And then number 10 on the list is Isaiah Watts. This is somebody I haven't seen really come up so far. And I don't know if he's been in the portal a while. So the fact that there hasn't been anything come up makes me think Kansas might not be that interesting. Then again, we didn't really hear anything about Jane Dawson and he randomly committed out of the blue. So who knows?
Starting point is 00:18:26 But with Watts, this is a player I really like. He's a six foot three combo guard again from Washington State, but he will be a junior, 11 points per game, three point seven rebounds, a little over two assists per game, more of a shooting guard. But, you know, can handle a little bit. He is more of the defensive type of guard. So he is somebody who is 93rd percentile in Hakim rate nationally. shooting guard, but you know, can handle a little bit. He is more of the defensive type of guard. So he is somebody who is 93rd percentile in Hakeem rate
Starting point is 00:18:50 nationally. He gets 1.7 steals per game point six blocks per game really good for a a guard there. Now the problem is the two-point percentage not very good, but the three-point percentage is okay. Thirty-four point eight percent on 5.7 per game. So good volume. It's above average in three point percentage. It's basically another, it's basically more
Starting point is 00:19:12 of a ball handling version of Jaden Dawson in a way. Like maybe a little worse at three than Dawson. I don't know, maybe he's even a better version of him defensively, but that would at least be interesting to me because he's a combo guard that I don't think always needs the ball in his hands. And so I am at least a little bit intrigued by what Isaiah Watts could bring to the table. Now a couple honorable mentions Malik Thomas, who I don't know, I feel a little silly not putting him in maybe even over at number 10 Isaiah Watts or something because he averaged
Starting point is 00:19:40 like 20 points per game to San Francisco, 39% from three on over five attempts per game gets to the foul line. Problem is the defensive numbers are not very good on Malik Thomas. And we've been down this road before. If you're not doing those things with Bill Self, is he going to fully trust you? So like in a vacuum, I think Malik Thomas probably the better player there, but like, is it a great fit with KU? Dylan Mitchell like. I don't know in a world I could see Bill self liking him, but also I don't know how much of a fit.
Starting point is 00:20:11 It is a K.O. Kariki Blake Harper, Elijah Freeman, who knows? Tyon Grant Foster. He shot really bad from three this past season but shot well, at least OK the year before. Nick Commies. Honestly, like I thought about
Starting point is 00:20:24 putting number 10 on this list as just token spot for backup center, because in theory, a player who fits the billing of backup center probably isn't a top 10 overall player target available for KU, but it also is a top 10 most important thing for KU to land, if that kind of makes sense. So like Carter Welling or Sean Phillips or Arndt and Page or whoever that backup center that they're targeting is in a vacuum,
Starting point is 00:20:50 they're not as good as like I mentioned Malik Thomas or Ali Diba is an example from Southern Illinois or Zavian Lee, I don't know from Princeton or something. But I did want to at least make mention of them because the importance like getting a backup center is top two, top three, top two importance for KU at this point in time in the off season. But the individual player, because it is going to be a backup is not going to be probably as good as the targets that are available at other positions, if that makes sense. If you do want a best name, maybe we go with
Starting point is 00:21:21 Matas Vokeytitis. I don't know if that's the right way to pronounce that at the center position. I don't know if he'd be interested in, you know, because you have to be willing to, oh, Florid Budunga is going to get a lot of minutes. Now, the one thing here with him is he's not really a three point shooter. So does it make more sense to bring on a center who can also play a little bit at the four so that you can play them together to be able to promise a little bit more minutes. But he's an excellent rebounder. Ninety fifth percentile rebound rate, 82nd percentile defensive rebound rate.
Starting point is 00:21:51 I don't know. Otherwise, maybe you're looking further down the road. And if you're looking for somebody who can shoot threes a little bit to Carter Welling, maybe make some sense from UC Irvine and Utah Valley before that as somebody who can, you know, stretch the floor a little bit. And play with Florida, maybe Alvaro for Geras. He's a transfer from Robert Morris, 41% from three on three attempts per game. He played four or the 598th percentile
Starting point is 00:22:16 defensive rebound rate. But the problem is he's probably fetching a higher price than one play pay for backup center. So I don't entirely know their latest portal news, including diggie quite to Maryland, Darren Peterson, the new number one, and a player cutting the list of four, including Kansas. Thanks for joining us here on a locked on Jayhawks making your first listen every day. Our latest news, let's start with Diggy Coy, you yesterday committed to Maryland. And so he's going to be going there with Buzz Williams and I think
Starting point is 00:22:45 that's actually a good fit for him. Because if you look at what Buzz Williams has done here these past few years at Texas A&M, it's basically have like two guards who are for lack of a better word, Shuckers that can get hot from three in a given game or at the
Starting point is 00:23:01 very least can create shots for the offense and then just have like three guys three guys crash the and in the games that the guys hot great in the games that they're not you're going to get a bunch of offensive rebounds and make that your go-to skill and so I think diggie quite makes sense for that he's somebody who can you know get off threes from long distance in a bunch of different ways so I think that's a good fit for him at Maryland and I did enjoy watching him play at Kansas this past season. So good luck to him over with the Terrapins. Darren Peterson finished the final 24 seven sports rankings
Starting point is 00:23:34 number one in the recruiting class. They jumped him over AJ DeBansa. Does it actually mean anything for him coming in? I don't know, but it's cool standing thing. And it's a cool thing that I get to just be like, you know, it's so fun to, I mean, it's still fun to say, oh, the number two recruit in the country. It's a lot more fun to be like, oh, the best recruit in the country, the number one recruit the country,
Starting point is 00:23:52 right. And then Melvin council who we had the deep dive on yesterday, again, check it out if you haven't already. Thank you if you already did. He narrowed his school list down to four schools, Kansas is involved in them. It sounds like you might be having a visit soon with Council to a Jayden Queens, who was a possible center option, but one that we talked about a couple episodes ago in our third segment that was going to be very complicated if you wanted him both from a money standpoint and injury standpoint, and you know, how would you make it work standpoint, he ends up picking Kentucky. So that is no longer a worry,
Starting point is 00:24:25 but we'll see if he ends up playing or not with that injury. Brendan Housen, the transfer from K-State, who's a really good three point shooter. He apparently has interest from KU, according to Joe Tipton of Tipton Edits. We've talked about before though, can't totally trust every list you see on social media, but if you did with this one,
Starting point is 00:24:41 I mentioned on a previous episode, you know, there is a spot that Kansas I think still needs to fill, which is a bench player, whether it's your seventh man, eighth man, who can be a three point shooter, if you want to call the Jalen Coleman lands role, that's fine. Would Brendan housing be interested in that after he was like a starter for Kansas State? I don't know. But if he would be, I would be cool with that. I don't know that I would view him as like, you know,
Starting point is 00:25:03 if you want to bring on Brendan housing as a starter, I don't know if I'd be on board with that. But like't know that I would view him as like, you know, if you want to bring on Brendan Howson as a starter, I don't know if I'd be on board with that. But like, yeah, I'm the Jalen Coleman lands role would love that. Our half as well, who I thought would have been a good three point shooter to place came back court. He's down to five schools, no Kansas and he would have been in discussion for this top 10. Honestly, at the back end of the top 10 had that news not come out. All right, that'll do it for this episode of locked on
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