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Kansas Jayhawks have long been one of the standard university basketball carriers, especially under the Bill Self head coach. Self led the Jayhawks to several appearances at the NCAA tournament, including two national NCAA championships. Kansas has always been a program that capable of attracting the best recruits in the country, and They have still done it again With the commitment of the five-star goalkeeper Tay Kinney this weekend, according to Joe Tipton de On3 Sports.
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Kinney’s commitment to Kansas gives Jayhawks their first recruit for the promotion of 2026. Kinney is considered one of the best goalkeepers in the country. Kansas will certainly have an opening in Guard for the 2026-27 season, because Darryn Peterson is expected to enter the NBA draft after this season.
Speaking to On3 Sports, Kinney cited both the Kansas and Bill Self program by bringing NBA players as one of the main reasons for its decision.
“The University of Kansas. Just because the history of Bill Self are great. Kansas is just a winning program. I have the impression that I am going to be on this scene to be able to go to the League,” Kinney said. “He had pros, you know, how to make pros. And coaches staff, he has Jacque Vaughn. He was coach of the NBA, the leader of the NBA. So he is just able to be with this type of person in the gymnasium, to train, to be trained by him, he knows a lot.”
While Kinney is certainly a big Get for the Jayhawks, the Kansas has the 2025-26 season on which to concentrate. One of the main reasons for optimism surrounding the team this season is the aforementioned Peterson. Peterson should be one of the country’s best first -year students and a candidate for choice n ° 1 in the draft of the NBA 2026.
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Peterson joins a solid recruitment class in 2025 of the Kansas which includes the Kohl Rosario guards, Corbin Allen and Nginyu Ngala, the striker Samis Calderon and the Paul Mbiya center.
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