Papa Kante gone
April 18th, 2023 at 12:45 PM ^
But why...
April 18th, 2023 at 12:46 PM ^
He didn't academically qualify. It seems pretty similar to what happened with Brandyn Hillman at ND
April 18th, 2023 at 12:49 PM ^
This seems to be the case. Also, one where there have been rumblings for a few weeks as opposed to a butthurt / reactionary story.
Regardless, Godspeed sweet Papa
Lots of whispers around this.
Yes, looks like he was concerned with Hunter leaving he would have too much playing time. /s
When a kid doesn't qualify, does it mean they didn't meet the NCAA clearinghouse requirements or they didn't meet the individual schools admission requirement or is it a combination of both?
Sam Webb eluded to the academic situation last week on his show. He stated Kante had a few things to clean up before enrollment. Evidently the young man’s academic standing couldn’t make it. He also stated this situation isn’t uncommon for foreign born high schoolers.
“Eluded” hmmm
There is something wrong with what he wrote, but it alludes me.
Shaq recruited him to Papa Johns. Their NIL deal was a better fit and was made with better ingredients.
"Didn't want to compete with T-Will!"
-RickSnow, probably
Beat me to it! Hopefully this is the development to finally make Juwan agree to let TWill cook!
April 18th, 2023 at 10:01 PM ^
Cook what?
Top ramen
April 18th, 2023 at 12:45 PM ^
Kante is gone. It is a categorical imperative that we find someone to replace him!
April 18th, 2023 at 12:56 PM ^
It would seem that you are willing that recruiting become a universal law.
Hopefully, the coaches never stopped recruiting other players. They should be involved in Perpetual Recruiting.
Apparently, by assuming that the conditions for the possibility of his enrollment would be fulfilled, I was being an idealist.
I guess you could say Papa was a rolling stone...
Come to Papa. Papa won't come.
April 19th, 2023 at 12:35 AM ^
Papa don't preach, I'm in trouble deep
Papa don't preach, I've been losing sleep
But I made up my mind.
Great reference, fantastic song. I scrolled through first to see if someone beat me to it, so congrats and an upvote to you!
.All he left us was alone.
This critique is purely reasonable.
I do wonder if Teske is still working with Kante.
April 18th, 2023 at 12:46 PM ^
this is fine.jpg
April 18th, 2023 at 12:47 PM ^
Didn’t see this coming. Hopefully the coaches already knew and have a plan in place.
April 18th, 2023 at 12:48 PM ^
It's been discussed for a minute how it was starting to look like he wouldn't be accepted academically.
April 18th, 2023 at 12:49 PM ^
there have been rumblings for weeks, this is not a surprise
April 18th, 2023 at 12:50 PM ^
It's been all over the twitterverse for a couple weeks now. I'm sure the coaches were aware.
Like aware-aware instead of aware but not fully aware.
ugh...me no like college basketball now.
You must not follow FoxNews India.
April 18th, 2023 at 12:48 PM ^
Papa’s got a brand new bag
April 18th, 2023 at 12:49 PM ^
Logged in just to upvote
April 18th, 2023 at 12:51 PM ^
and apparently it ain't got no books in it
Ain't no drag! (at least in James Brown's opinion)
Papa was a rolling stone....
April 18th, 2023 at 12:49 PM ^
Oh, that fucking sucks.
April 18th, 2023 at 12:50 PM ^
Wish he could've stayed. Hope he does well whenever he ends up.
April 18th, 2023 at 12:52 PM ^
Maybe I'm naive...but this hurts far less with the current state of the portal. Would love to have some "home grown" guys though.
April 18th, 2023 at 12:53 PM ^
Why recruit high school kids anymore?
Just bring in 5 transfers every cycle.... Sadly, this is what College Hoops has become.
This was an academics situation. I don't think he changed his mind.
Transfers don't often qualify either.
Yea. Just look at Arkansas. They may have 3 to 4 new starters. They just bought in 5 from the portal.
April 18th, 2023 at 12:54 PM ^
I saw a center named Hunter Dickinson is in the portal. Maybe Juwan can contact him.
April 18th, 2023 at 12:57 PM ^
Hey Yohan Traore... what's up?
April 18th, 2023 at 12:59 PM ^
Or Tennessee PF
Should be both imo. We need a quality four anyway and now need another big to go along with Reed.
Damn, that came out of nowhere (at least to my superficially paying attention self).
Edit - apparently there were rumblings that this would happen which shows how little I know. Hopefully they've still got some leads on others to fill his spot.