Kansas Basketball: Breaking down the Jayhawks’ 2018-19 rotation

With a stacked roster, Kansas Basketball is once again is a preseason title contender. What will the Jayhawks rotation look like for next season?

The 2017-18 season for Kansas Basketball was a major success, despite the visual of getting blasted by the eventual national champions, Villanova. The Jayhawks made the Final Four, playing only six or seven players in a night, forcing the starters to carry a heavy load.

It might be the greatest “transition” season ever, considering the massive amount of talent the program knew was coming in the following year. There were high-quality transfers sitting out, as well as three top-40 class of 2018 recruits coming in.

Kansas will have to replace some key players though. After transferring in from Mississippi State, Malik Newman had a slow start with his new team. But he took off in both the Big 12 Tournament and the Big Dance, averaging 20 ppg in route to the Final Four.

Sharpshooter Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk has finally graduated after what seemed like as long a career with the program as Kansas great Perry Ellis. And Big 12 Player of the Year and outstanding point guard and senior leader Devonte’ Graham is off to the NBA as well. But Udoka Azubuike returns for his sophomore year as well as Lagerald Vick, who rejoins the Jayhawks after testing the draft waters.

The 2018-19 team will look very different with all the new players. Kansas may be the deepest team in the country, with the staff likely to struggle in making everyone happy when it comes to minutes.

For this piece, I’ll take a look at the projected rotation through the standard positions (PG, SG, SF, PF, and C) and allocate the expected minutes for each scholarship player on the roster.