“I’ve known in my gut for a while kind of where I want to go so if I knew and didn’t think my mind was going to change, I didn’t see any reason to wait, Dick told 247Sports. I’m going to Kansas.”
Thompson is typically one of the first subs off the bench, and he has played at least 15 minutes in five of the team s last six games. He scored 11 points, one off a season-high, in a loss at Texas on Feb. 23. In that game, he played 20 minutes, eight off his career-best (28 minutes vs. Gonzaga).
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Kansas University basketball recruiting
The Kansas men’s basketball program picked up its first commitment from the Class of 2022 on Saturday evening, when four-star guard Kyle Cuffe Jr. picked the Jayhawks.
There’s been talk about Cuffe Jr. reclassifying into the 2021 class and joining the Jayhawks next season. But nothing concrete is known about his plans as of yet. Cuffe Jr. chose KU over finalists Kansas State, St. John’s, Georgia, Pitt and Texas A&M.
The 6-foot-2, 180-pound shooting guard who currently attends Blair Academy in Blairstown, N.J., said during his commitment ceremony that the school he was choosing, “gives me the best opportunity (as) a student and at being a basketball player.”