NCAA Basketball: Ranking the 12 teams in play for 5-star CG Hunter Sallis

Apologies for repeating myself but we have another team that is also involved with JD Davison. But unlike fellow contenders Alabama, Auburn, and even Michigan, it’s very clear that Kansas has a better shot to land Sallis than Davison and should be focusing their primary efforts to land his signature. They’re arguably the top program out west, especially for a kid who grew up in the state of Nebraska when they had to compete against the Jayhawks in the Big 12 previously.

The Jayhawks are looking for a top-tier guard to replace senior starter Marcus Garrett, and potentially five-star freshman combo guard Bryce Thompson. If he stays, these two would have to share the backcourt in 2021-22, which hopefully wouldn’t turn out similar to Devon Dotson/Quentin Grimes paring from the year prior. Head coach Bill Self has utilized multi-guard offenses before but his best teams usually have a clear go-to perimeter player.

Kansas has as good a history as anyone of sending star guards to the NBA and with a 20+ streak of NCAA Tournament appearances, Sallis knows that he’ll be playing postseason ball. That is, as long as the NCAA doesn’t pass down sanctions on the program for alleged recruiting violations.

The ending to the investigations and trial likely will go on for months and any punishment would likely end up impacting the 2022 NCAA Tournament. Would a potential “one and done” recruit risk not having a postseason in his lone year in college? There are other “blue bloods” on this list where there isn’t a dark cloud hanging over the program.