HERE WE GO!!!!

Tonight the Kansas men's basketball team tips off and begins their 2007-2008 season. It should be a great season with good games against Arizona on November 25, at USC Dec 2, DePaul on December 8, Georgia Tech on December 18, and Boston College on January 5 before they start their regular conference season.

I think the Jayhawks will be very strong this year. Admittedly, the loss of Julian Wright to the NBA is not insignificant. However, with Darrell Arthur's improvement over the summer, KU will have a solid (and big) scoring and defending presence to go with Sasha and Darnell. And once Brandon Rush returns from his injury in December sometime, they will have what may be the best backcourt in the country: Brandon Rush, Russell Robinson, Mario Chalmers and Sherron Collins.

Once KU is at full strength, Coach Self will have many different options to put on the floor. They can go big with Sasha, Darnell and Darrell, or they can got with a quicker three guard set-up and rotate through Brandon, Russell, Sherron, and Mario.

And the kicker is, that is not even taking into account the possibility that one of the freshman will step up and earn some serious minutes. KU is deep this year. D - EEP.

Anyways, (minus Brady Morningstar, who is redshirting this year) here is the 2007-08 Kansas Men's Basketball Team.

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr.
00 Darrell Arthur Forward 6-9 230 So.
2 Conner Teahan Guard 6-5 200 Fr.
3 Russell Robinson Guard 6-1 200 Sr.
4 Sherron Collins Guard 5-11 200 So.
5 Rodrick Stewart Guard 6-4 205 RS-Sr.
10 Jeremy Case Guard 6-1 182 RS-Sr.
11 Brennan Bechard Guard 6-0 183 Jr.
14 Tyrel Reed Guard 6-3 180 Fr.
15 Mario Chalmers Guard 6-1 195 Jr.
22 Chase Buford Guard 6-3 200 Fr.
24 Sasha Kaun Center 6-11 245 Sr.
25 Brandon Rush Guard 6-6 210 Jr.
32 Darnell Jackson Forward 6-8 250 Sr.
40 Brad Witherspoon Guard 6-1 180 Sr.
45 Cole Aldrich Center 6-11 245 Fr.
54 Matt Kleinmann Center 6-10 247 RS-Jr.

With KU's great football season (Game tomorrow against Oklahoma State) and the expectations of a great basketball season, KU may just have the best athletic season ever. Now all KU needs is a good season for the men's swimming team. Oh wait, they dropped that program - jerks.

ROCK CHALK!!!