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Kansas Still Needs More Talent on Roster Following Tyran Stokes Commitment
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Kansas Still Needs More Talent on Roster Following Tyran Stokes Commitment

College Basketball HQ On SI·​Kevin Connelly·about 1 month ago
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Kansas got its superstar, now it has to fill in the rest of the pieces. The Jayhawks got its biggest target of the offseason when Tyran Stokes, the top ranked high school recruit in the country, committed to the Jayhawks on Tuesday night but the roster around him is still lacking key talent. Bill Self’s team was hit hard by the portal this offseason after seeing Flory Bidunga, Bryson Tiller, Elmarko Jackson, Jamari McDowell, and others opting to transfer while other key players like Melvin Council and Tre White exhausting their eligibility. Kansas was able to retain Paul Mbiya, its backup center who showed promise at times during the year, despite him entering the portal and also adding Utah’s Keanu Dawes, Toledo’s Leroy Blyden Jr., and Charleston’s Christian Reeves but there doesn’t appear to be a key sidekick for Stokes.   "Tyran is as versatile a youngster that I've ever recruited,” Bill Self said in a statement . “He can score and he's a terrific rebounder.…

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