Well, that was about as expected.  Alcorn State wasn't supposed to be much of a challenge.  And, they weren't.  The 'Hawks started slowly (for a minute and a half) and from there on out, it was all the men in crimson.

What We Learned

• Xavier Henry can jump.  Over a man.
• Cole Aldrich is still a bigger badass than Markieff Morris, no matter how much he has improved. See: pushing Markieff out of the way for a rebound at the 13:45 mark in the first half.
• Tyshawn Taylor and Elijah Johnson look too much alike.  Throw in the fact that I'm still getting used to the number switch, and I can't tell them apart for nothing!
• Xavier is very smooth.  Reminds me of a better, more skilled Keith Langford, with the lefty shot and what not.
• It's hard to lose when you go on a 36-0 run.  On that note, this is undoubtedly the Comment of the Night

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Editors Note:  Nice job KC...thought we'd do a little Front Page Friday for your efforts.  - Denver

As we all know, there is quite a bit of history that goes along with Kansas Basketball.  Understatement, I know.  There are only so many things that can be said of the pageantry, prestige and history of one of the utmost, tip-top athletic programs in all of college sports.  We all know the players, the coaches, the games, the conference titles, the national titles, etc.  It has all been discussed ad nauseun.

Something that I don't think I've ever heard was a discussion about the greatest collection of players to wear the same jersey number for Kansas Basketball.  There's been some great players to play for Kansas, obviously.  But, off the top of your head, who would you say is the best collection of players to wear the same number?  What jersey number has the most history in Kansas Basketball history?

My personal opinion and reasoning ahead...

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So, here's the deal: Kansas Basketball season has started and we are all undoubtedly excited about the possibilities of this coming season.  Kansas Basketball is the lifeblood of this site (no offense to Denver and his awesome coverage of the football team all summer and current season long.  So, a special thanks to Denver for all of his hard work, time and effort that he has, and will continue to, put in.  We will unquestionably continue to support the football team, but Kansas Basketball is where it's at.  Hell, you can't write Kansas Basketball without capitalizing the word "basketball.") and this season should only be bigger than last year's here at RCT.

It does seem a bit crazy that the season is here already.  It seems just a couple weeks ago I was in Indy, walking out of Lucas Oil Stadium, head hung, but already thinking ahead to next year and how I'm going to be back there again for this year's Final Four.  (Plan still stands - see you all there!)  We all know the roster and the depth that Coach Self has at his disposal, so I won't go on and on about that like the entire national media has done already.

Instead, I wanted to bring something new to everybody here at RCT.  This is something that I have seen on a few other SBNation sites for their respective teams, and found to be very interesting and fun.  (Explanation here.)  As big as Kansas Basketball is, let's see if we can't make this a semi-regular/ monthly kind of thing here.  I'll go ahead and take the reigns and run with it, so just keep an eye out each time you log in on RCT and always, always, always participate.  Because, everybody is right, here.  (Unless, of course, you are a part of this.)

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Quick Notes:

• Defensive back Antonio Burton is no longer committed and will look elsewhere.  Not a bad thing, in my opinion.  The secondary (he projected as a safety) is the one place where more depth might be more of a waste than anything.
• Visitors to the Duke game included, but were not limited to the following: Justin Castor, Jaqwaylin Arps, Jimmay Mundine, Dave Clark, Nduka Onyeali and Keeston Terry.

I apologize for the rather abrupt post this week, but it was a hectic weekend and I had no time until Monday afternoon to put this together.

On to the numbers...

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As exciting and action-packed as last week was for Kansas football recruiting, this week was equally boring.  Two brand-new, shiny commits last week, and none this week.  Therefore, I will attempt to keep this week's version of the Jayhawk Recruit Round-up as short and concise as possible.

As was briefly talked about last weekend, current commits WR's Keeston Terry and Ricki Herod Jr., along with beast-child DE Geneo Grissom.  The game went well, obviously; the recruits had a great time, so these are three players that the coaching staff and "recruitniks" alike should all feel at ease about.  Reports are that Geneo was recognized by some fans in the stands and at the concession stands and they showed him a lot of love.  I'm sure it's rare that he gets recognized at his size and demeanor.  When I asked Geneo about being recognized earlier this week, he said he couldn't believe that so many fans knew who he was already.  He's quite a nice guy away from the field apparently.  It's a good thing, because if he wasn't, well...  Let's just say that he could rip you limb for limb.  All of you.  At once.  Just because you took the brownie that he wanted.

Also, of note, JUCO cornerback Dave Clark, who is currently out for the year with an ACL injury, was given a four-star rating by Rivals.  So, that's good.

****UPDATE: Just so I can say I was first to tell you, Justin Castor will be taking official visit to the Duke game this week.****

Now, on to the weekly round-up!!

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First off, before we get started on this week's version of Jayhawk Recruit Round-up, let's recap what happened in Jayhawk recruiting this past week.

Monday morning, Jaqwaylin Arps (pronounced: JAH-KWAY-LIN), a 6'3" 230 pound defensive end from Denison, TX., switched his commitment from Texas Tech to the Jayhawks.  As Denver said at the time, this was not an unexpected move by any means.  There were rumors for a while that he and high school teammate Jimmay Mundine had a strong desire to play together in college.  When Mundine committed in late-July, Arps decided to reconsider his decision, took a visit to Lawrence, and... VOILA!... obviously made the right choice.

The final week before the start of the season left us with little downtime, as Tuesday brought another, actually bigger, commitment from another very highly thought-of player with offers from the likes of OU, OK State, Texas Tech and Arkansas.  It is debatable, but in my opinion, Trayvon Henry is the biggest pledge that head coach Mark Mangino has picked up on the defensive side of the ball during his time in Lawrence, based on area of need combined with sheer talent.  Many people in-the-know from Jayhawkslant have said that Trayvon has NFL-caliber talent.  Long story short - Trayvon tried to commit to OU a while back, they told him to wait, which made him weigh his options, he became more interested in Kansas, Bill Miller is a miracle-worker and, once again... VOILA!... obviously he made the right choice.  So, please don't hide your excitement for this one to reach campus.

Also, there isn't much factual information to report, but there are rumors that there could be a "secret, silent commit" in the works.  The goods just keep coming!!

Finally, on to the weekend round-up!!

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