jeff whithey when will he play

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As for Whithey – I wouldn’t be surprised to see him pick up some slop minutes towards the end of the game. I doubt we’ll see him contribute to a large extent. Cole went through the same thing.

And basketball recruiting…right now we’re talking football. Afterall, KU IS a football school.

Tyshawn Taylor has actually improved in terms of ball handling Discussed Here I would expect him to step into Sherron’s size 9’s.

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That said, regarding Withey, HCBS has indicated that, since he’s been nicked up with a knee injury, he’s probably not yet 100%. I wouldn’t expect much from him early on, and I suspect he won’t play in the Michigan game at all unless KU breaks the game open. Coach Self has said many times that he still doesn’t know what Withey can do because he’s never seen him play at the college level at full speed. From all accounts, the kid is an excellent shot-blocker, but has more of a face-up game than a back-to-the-basket game like Cole. Withey is an excellent shooter, by all accounts, and can extend out to the 3-point line (not that he’ll be doing much of that with the type of offense we run here). I’m looking forward to seeing him play, but I’m not expecting to see him much right away.

On B-ball recruiting, we’re still in the hunt for 3 different top-tier guards in the 2010 class, Brandon Knight, Josh Selby, and Doron Lamb (as far as I know, anyway). Selby and Knight are both point guards, so it’s unlikely we’ll land both of them. I’m sure HCBS is hoping to land one of them and then maybe add Lamb. We’re bringing in Royce Woolridge already, who’s an off-guard-type player who is probably a lot better than his ranking (borderline top-100 by most recruiting agencies) indicates. I haven’t seen us on the radar of any big guys in this class recently, so I suspect we’ll be seeing more of the Morri, T-Rob & Withey next year, which should be just fine.

As far as replacing Sherron, both this year when he’s out and in the future, I think we’re in better shape than you think we are. Obviously, for next year, if we can land Knight, he probably takes the PG reins from the get-go. Selby might as well, though I would be less certain of that. Certainly, with C.J. Henry, Tyshawn Taylor, and Elijah Johnson, we’ve got some very strong ball-handlers besides Sherron on this year’s team. Though the ball-handling probably isn’t as good from these three as it is with Sherron, all three are more than capable of spot duty at the point guard position. Bear in mind, of course, that HCBS recruits combo guards more often than pure point guards, and in his offensive system, the same player doesn’t always have to bring the ball up the floor and get us into the offense.

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I think I’ve discussed this before but I don’t really see any scenario where Whithey is anything but a mop up minutes type of guy at this point. We just have too much talent down low.

I’m hoping Whithey can have a nice career here and he’s certainly got a great center to learn from right now and an amazing coach in Danny Manning to learn from. Right now, he just needs to keep learning and stay healthy.

As for ball handling, I am in no way worried about that at all, we have some great guards that are very capable of handling pressure. Sherron of course, Tyshawn (needs to cut down on TO’s obviously), EJ, Tyrel, C.J. We’ll be fine.

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Can shoot the 3. Seems like a pretty dominant high low with him and Cole if that’s true, assuming he’s a decent entry passer.