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5 quick thoughts on Flory Bidunga committing to Kansas basketball

By Joshua Schulman

SAN ANTONIO, TX - MARCH 30: head coach Bill Self of the Kansas Jayhawks looks on during practice before the 2018 Men's NCAA Final Four at the Alamodome on March 30, 2018 in San Antonio, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
SAN ANTONIO, TX - MARCH 30: head coach Bill Self of the Kansas Jayhawks looks on during practice before the 2018 Men's NCAA Final Four at the Alamodome on March 30, 2018 in San Antonio, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) /
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McDonald’s All American forward Mackenzie Mgbako (24) Mandatory Credit: Maria Lysaker-USA TODAY Sports
McDonald’s All American forward Mackenzie Mgbako (24) Mandatory Credit: Maria Lysaker-USA TODAY Sports /

4. High school recruitments are never “over”

When you’re talking about 17, 18-year-old kids, they don’t always know what they want for their future. I’m 19 and it took me months to choose my college between two state schools. And the difference was, schools weren’t offering me personal benefits and hundreds of thousands of dollars to play a sport for them. People weren’t commenting all over my social media begging me to commit there. Quite frankly, I don’t think anybody besides my family cared, and even then, it was one of the most difficult decisions of my life.

The moral of the story is high school recruitments aren’t over until they’re OFFICIALLY over. KU fans should know that after we all got duped into thinking Mackenzie Mgbako would be a Jayhawk.

I’ll admit, I’m as guilty of this as anyone. I posted an article basically writing off the possibility of Bidunga coming to Kansas just because some “analysts” put in crystal balls to Auburn. Some kids just have a last-minute change of heart. It happens. I guess you could say it was a lesson learned for everyone.

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