erica zuellig

Spent three days with @KUHoops as I do early in every season. Here’s the takeaways: 1. Certainly the deepest Jayhawks team in a long time. 2. The competition in practice will make this team lethal in January/February. The 8th man 3 weeks ago is now the 11th man. 3. Said it on the air but TRK is like adding vintage Al Horford at the trade deadline. (Please don’t ask me about eligibility. I’m not an attorney.) At this rate, he is 1st Team Big 12. 4. Front court depth can compete with Florida/Duke. 5. This freshman class in old days would be exception but how many will be in the rotation this year? Or next year? Who stays? Luke Barnett’s resume reel will be very good. Will he be happy being Tyrel Reed. Does Trent Perry want to be Travis Releford? 6. Tre White is this team’s Josh Hart. 7. The 3 recent transfers now account for 63% of KU’s career scoring. TKR responsible 63% of team’s career NCAA wins. 8. Council, Jr. had to be Herculean last year. This year he’s just a great role player. 9. No coach or player is walking on eggshells this year. 10. Polls don’t matter. This is a Top 6 team with huge upside.