What a career but I still feel really bad for this young man. He played for the Jayhawks for four years and due to injuries and a pandemic he never got to play in any Big 12 Tournament games, and I think four NCAA Tournament games. Games that the NCAA doesn't "officially recognize" anymore even though they're as responsible for the ineligible player playing that year as anyone else. He was going to tear teams up in the 2020 tournament. Ladies and gentlemen, the starting Center for the 2019-2020 National Champions Kansas Jayhawks.
Best NCAA championship team in the last 20 years in my opinion. Best KU team Self has ever had in my opinion. better than the 2020, 2016, and 2010 teams. But I’m torn about the 2002 team. That team was STACKED. Final 4 loss to Maryland, but it was just one of those games we were off that day and they were on…. Both had to happen. We were the better team.
The Hawks were one of the highest scoring teams in the country that season so the fact he led that team in scoring with 13 ppg shows how stacked that roster was. 5 guys averaging double digits…. 7 guy’s averaging 7plus, not counting Cole Aldrich lol. 6 dudes got to the league! No NBA superstars lol, but Mario got 2 rings as the starting PG for the Heat and at least 5 of them played in the league for at least several seasons.
@@MrEddrool Number One team in the country at the end of the season. It counted as a year of eligibility for the players (they gave the free year the next season for basketball), which to me is the NCAA saying that they played a full season. So, if they played a full season then crown a champion based on the season that was played. Make all the hard work the players put in, all the wins, all the loses, all the upsets make them matter. And crowning a champion for that year would make all of that matter.
From being an unheralded 3 star recruit. To having his red shirt pulled part way through his freshman season and then having one of the best individual seasons in KU history his senior year. First team All-American, Big 12 POY, Big 12 tournament MVP, MOP of the Final Four, and a National Championship. And had the 2019-2020 tournament happened he might've been a two-time National Champion. Ochai is one of the all-time greats in KU history. Can't wait to see his name hanging in the rafters one day.
Those last 2 years with him and Sherron we were the best team in the country hands down. But March is Madness lol 2 of the best teams in school history.
Kobe on that Kansas team would have been RIDICULOUS! Kobe, Paul Pierce, Raef La Frentz, Ryan Ribertson, Billy Thomas....and a nice group on the bench....that probably would've been Roy's first title....just saying...
Man, even in college he had the sweetest form on that jumper - straight up and down, full extension, drifting away or into contact, just a different shooter from moment one.
boy oh boy where do i even begin KJ your elegance on the court is amazing the way you dunk either 2 hand or 1 hand is lovely you bring so much energy to the Kansas Jayhawks. not even on the court off the court your a lovely human always giving back to the people of Lawrence and supporting your teammates through a tuff year is always amazing to see. Love you KJ
He has a ton of potential and the NBA teams love drafting on potential. I think he has some stuff he needs to improve on, and he could definitely do that at Kansas though. Coming back one more could improve his draft stock.
