For the longest time KU fans thought that Ray McCollum would be just like Elijah Johnson, a guy that was always a KU lean and it was just a matter of time before he pulled the trigger for the Jayhawks.
Well, that no longer appears to be the case. While at a national tournament McCollum told reporters he was still interested in KU but that KU just wasn't pursuing him as hard as they had been.
McCollum is a top 50-60 prospect.
So why would the coaches allegedly stop pursuing a PG like Ray?
Two reasons.
1- they like what they got at the PG spot in 2010, whether that is Tyshawn coming back for his Junior campaign or CJ Henry really is as good as his dad Carl says he is.
The only other option at the 1 is Elijah Johnson, but he has always seemed like a combo guard to me as opposed to a true point.
Or and I think and hope this is more likely
2- you think you can get someone better than a top 50 kid, an elite talent at the point.
Whether it be Josh Selby, Joe Jackson, Brandon Knight or Corey Joseph.
So that's a lot of guys that appear to be higher on the board for KU coaches and if that is the real reason for them supposedly backing off of McCollum then KU's PG future appears to be very bright.
Knight is a stud, the #1 overall prospect in the country and based on how freakishly good SF Harrison Barnes is, Knight must be other worldly.
Joseph is from Canada and has a brother playing at Minnesota.
Jackson is smaller, shorter than 6 Ft, but can get to the tin whenever he wants and is lighting quick.
Selby is the #2 rated PG by most and can play. He just re-opened his recruitment so its still unclear what he's thinking but KU is in the mix.
When you can lay off of a talent like McCollum then you must be sitting pretty with returning talent or future stars.
Rock Chalk
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I am very pessimistic about landing a point guard in this class. I feel that finding a replacement for Xavier at SF is top priority.
Even if we lose both Tyshawn and C.J. Henry, it still might be tough to sign a kid, with Elijah and Tyrel waiting in the wings. And I know some aren't very high on Royce, because of his "lack of upside" or whatever the case may be... But now that he appears to be done growing, the knock on him is that he's undersized, right? But from the little I've seen, his handle seems pretty tight. Do you think he could compete for PT at point guard in our "worst case scenario" (i.e. we lose Tyshawn, C.J. and sign no one else?)
I agree with you: I think we're sitting pretty good and any other commits would be gravy.
SF is the top priority by a long shot, anytime you get a guy on the wing that can score and defend you give yourself an advantage on most teams.
If we have Elijah, Brady and Tyrel there, we'll be okay, not great just okay.
But I tend to think that Tyshawn and CJ will stick around. And a backcourt of Tyshawn and Elijah is freakishly atheltic and tough to match up with.
We'll have to see what happens with the PG recruiting, I think its a snowball effect, once one of those guys commits is going to happen quick with the others, its just a matter of who pulls the trigger first and where.
Remember a lot of people said that we were hurt in trying to get Wall because of the uncertainty of Collins returning, well he's graduating so we won't have to worry about that this year.
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