Kansas basketball: 5 biggest roster needs for the Jayhawks in 2023-24

3. Wings

Those top three scorers that I mentioned earlier were all wings. The only other one that played on last year’s team, MJ Rice, transferred to NC State yesterday. The freshman class should be serviceable, but only one forward is in the group. That means there is currently one wing on the roster, and he is a young freshman who reclassified to the 2023 class. It is a gaping void that Coach Self appears to be pushing hard to fill in the transfer portal.

There are a couple of different big names that have visited or are set to visit Lawrence. I think, at a very minimum, we need to get one of those guys (and even that seems a bit weak for how thin the position is). KU has prospered in the past couple of years off their wings — back-to-back All-Americans in Ochai Agbaji and Jalen Wilson. The scoring doesn’t come in waves from any other players on the current roster, so the Jayhawks must fill the wings with high-impact guys.