As the bluest of school basketball blue bloods, Kansas is used to important, landscape-altering wins at the courtroom and the recruiting path. The addition of four-star level guard Labaron Philon is the most recent victory. A top-30 participant within the 2024 cycle, in line with 247Sports, Philon used to be prior to now an Auburn dedicate. Now, he vaults the Jayhawks from No. 29 total in staff ratings to simply outdoor the top 10 at No. 11.
The Branson, Missouri, local dedicated to Kansas over Alabama, Auburn, Ole Miss and Cincinnati. Philon decommitted from Auburn in April after Tigers assistant head trainer Wes Flanigan departed for Ole Miss.
The Jayhawks’ class doubles in dimension as Philon joins Flory Bidunga, the cycle’s top-ranked heart and No. 8 total prospect. They will be the newest additions to what seems to be some other stacked program. Kansas introduced within the top-ranked switch portal class, headlined through former Michigan celebrity Hunter Dickinson, on top of the No. 12 recruiting class for 2023.
With recruiting luck comes nationwide championship aspirations. The Jayhawks know this as they transfer ahead from a disappointing finish to the 2022-23 season, punctuated through a first-weekend go out within the NCAA Tournament by the hands of Arkansas. The Jayhawks performed the postseason with out trainer Bill Self, who used to be absent because of a well being factor.