KU is busting out the red jerseys tonight against Baylor.

@Texas-Hawk-10 Not really that much of a fan of the red

It'd take a miracle, here is hoping!

Jersey won't make them play better

@BeddieKU23 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

Jersey won't make them play better

That was my 1st thought but I bit my tongue

@BShark said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

It'd take a miracle, here is hoping!

And i don't think a miracle comes in that shade of red tonight

If Jimmy Butler doesn't score, KU could win. If he has him normal 30 against us well I don't have to finish..

@jayballer67 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

@Texas-Hawk-10 Not really that much of a fan of the red

Not since 1986.

Crimson

Thought I'd make it through a year without having to watch the end of a Duke game. NOPE

@DanR said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

Thought I'd make it through a year without having to watch the end of a Duke game. NOPE

Its painful

Espn news

I guess I don't get espn news. App was too much trouble.

we just have to make three's tonight

ESPNews is not part of my buddy's TV package that I've hacked into.

@jayballer67 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

we just have to make three's tonight

Ochai - 0-3 from 3 - none close to going in...

Our d has been good

Jalen - -Christan - got to be more then just Abaji

Again!

Dave with all 6

Agbaji has built a brick house already

Big bully w/the foul!

@Crimsonorblue22 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

Big bully w/the foul!

Hair game is terrible

Dave with 8

@BeddieKU23 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

Dave with 8

And everyone else with zero..... ;)

Nobody else has attempted a 2-pointer.

Garrett!!!

Ok, now Marcus has

@tundrahok said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

Nobody else has attempted a 2-pointer.

First one, and it goes in for Marcus...

10-4 baby

Espn yet

@Crimsonorblue22 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

Espn yet

No

Still 2+ left in Louisville game

Both teams have combined to go 0-9 from 3...

Not like I have a remote

Duke bastards went to overtime.

Nice wilson

3 fouls on faylor. Zero on good guys

I can't figure out why Jalen sucks at FTs...

@DCHawker said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

I can't figure out why Jalen sucks at FTs...

But he does none the less

crooked looking shot, Bryce

BRYCE FOR 3

Sounded good!

Mitch couldn't guard my grandma

13-8 after a offensive foul on mitch. Time to get David back in

@DanR said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

crooked looking shot, Bryce

it went

spent 20 irritating minutes trying to find the game on an alternate espn channel/app blah blah

Took forever to get on yeah me too dan

Looks like Dave is hot

Have made 55% to their 33% and outrebounding them 9-5 - seems like it should be more than a 5 pt spread...

i hate the crimson jerseys, but at least Baylor wore their classic greenies

And you want another yr of him. Good grief

Last 4 possessions have been pathetic...

we have sucked since I finally got the game on... sorry

Baylor is just better

10-0 run.

@BeddieKU23 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

Baylor is just better

Can live with them outplaying us - not so much making one stupid play after another...

@DCHawker

Their defense is good

We will take it

Finally back on ESPN

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Vital flop

such a hard foul by Dave the guy couldn't get up on his own

@BShark said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

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Can't ever stress enough how bad he truly is. But he's a hawk

GO BIG....Red ?

@BeddieKU23 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

Vital flop

Always

Simple tasks like passing.

Make your free throw JW

@BeddieKU23 Love Mitch but he plays too much.

@DanR said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

Make your free throw JW

Easier said then done

@BShark said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

@BeddieKU23 Love Mitch but he plays too much.

Same.

Big play by Wilson to stop the bleeding

wonder how long I would have watched corn hole on ESPN News if my wife hadn't asked WTF I was watching

Thinking the same

Disrespect.

Agbaji and Braun have to find a way offensively

No attempts by Braun yet. HCBS needs to run a set play or two for him...

@DCHawker He has been playing scared lately. :(

Crazy that Garrett never had his own room until he got to ku

Whatever teague

Ochai finally got the message

OCH

HAHAHA BAYLOR FLOP

Stop watching Marcus smart you asshole

when you pull on a rubber band it snaps back, like Big Dave's arm, sometimes in your own face

Crowd is lit

David is absolutely cooking so far.

Texas teams are taught to flop

I can't wait to never see Mark vital

Vital is the kid that flunked twice and played JR high ball with a full beard

Wow Marcus

No nice words here

Wow!

Wilson might be worse at the line than Doke

@DanR said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

Wilson might be worse at the line than Doke

Seems it

Jalen stinks at the line lol

Bruan has to hit that. 6 point turnaround

Braun never got the puppies set

@BeddieKU23 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

Braun never got the puppies set

Contrasted with Teague, who was squared up...

@BShark said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

Jalen stinks at the line lol

Streaking shooter in a long time

@DCHawker said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

@BeddieKU23 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

Braun never got the puppies set

Contrasted with McTigue, who was squared up...

Crazy the difference

Good thing Dave hasn't fouled

No idea what bryce was doing against butler there.

DAMN IT BILL

Harris has to sit

Juan didn’t go for ball

Wilson left his shot in Mccarthy

@Crimsonorblue22 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

Juan didn’t go for ball

Happens a lot unfortunately

what the hell - has happened to our 3 point shooting ?

Everyone forgets Brady Morningstar played at KU for two decades. He's still on the bench as far as I know.

@DanR said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

Everyone forgets Brady Morningstar played at KU for two decades. He's still on the bench as far as I know.

Never forget his free throw attempt

@jayballer67 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

what the hell - has happened to our 3 point shooting ?

Tired legs trying to stay with 5 Baylor shooters

@BeddieKU23 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

Braun never got the puppies set

mercy much harder off the board he would of broke the backboard

@BeddieKU23 LOLHow does Bryce end up playing chasing D behind his guy so often? Does't usually end up in a score, but it's weird

Dave the only hawk that came to play.

@jayballer67 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

what the hell - has happened to our 3 point shooting ?

So I've been thinking about this. I think it has to do with Bill's focus on defense. The defense has become a lot better but by going all out on D you will generally be less efficient on offense. Especially when you have not much of a bench and guys have to play big minutes. There is a reason NBA players take plays off defensively in the regular season, and why teams will play a ton of guys.

@DanR said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

@BeddieKU23 LOLHow does Bryce end up playing chasing D behind his guy so often? Does't usually end up in a score, but it's weird

He has some to learn on that 'ice' philosophy, butler is just to savvy to be moved to one sidr

@BeddieKU23 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

@jayballer67 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

what the hell - has happened to our 3 point shooting ?

Tired legs trying to stay with 5 Baylor shooters

Much more efficient way of saying it lol.

Not a good sign that they are within 1 and Butler hasn't scored...

@BeddieKU23 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

@DanR said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

Everyone forgets Brady Morningstar played at KU for two decades. He's still on the bench as far as I know.

Never forget his free throw attempt

Yay its still on youtube

@BShark good theory

Bill self. Stop with your shit lineups

Could we get Lunardi on after this guy to waste more of my TV space

Bryce getting to cute

Seriously how does self think that lineup is supposed to score

Not a foul. Wtf

Shoot the ball braun

About to find out if we can keep it within 10

This ain't the game for bryce

That was a foul on Baylor...

You know, these guys could babble at half time instead of the middle of the game.

Good job, Garrett!

Needed this

My God mitch

Would love to know what Teehan and Big Dave were discussing

Whew Marcus

@DanR ewww

Beginning to think these refs are crap

Marcus is still not reliable at the line

Alright

Thank god, bracket putz Lunardi is going to be on to take me away from boring this tied up ball game

About time CB

Wow CB

@BeddieKU23 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

Marcus is still not reliable at the line

81% as a senior is a lot better than 49% as a freshman.

Mg shakin

Pretty stop 'n' go !

Garrett playing like it's senior night

Every Stupid Putz's Narrative

Marcus

What a half considering

@BeddieKU23 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

What a half considering

Knew they would be locked in.

Effort was good against Texas tbh, but that talent gap... Texas should just about be undefeated but lol Shaka.

Our offensive output reminds me of a sitcom...Two And A Half Men

Why wasn’t likele playing. Osu pt gd

Why is there good Marcus and bad Marcus on drives. Its like a light switch, creative and responsive vs straight deliberate and obvious

Baylor has a few fouls! That’s helping!

look for Butler to take this game over in the 2nd half or at least that will be Ol Drew's game plan

Key for 2nd half. Dave cannot pick up his 3rd b4 first time out

@BeddieKU23 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

Key for 2nd half. Dave cannot pick up his 3rd b4 first time out

Auto-loss if this happens because it means more Mitch.

Leading scorer for faylor is Bamba. He averages 3. I'll take butlers goose egg. He will be looking to score immediately

Baylor fans, the few smart ones anyway, realize that Self is absolutely destroying Drew right now. Drew has a half to adjust but will he?

Foul on Thamba :eyes:

Foul

Chimmy changa

@BeddieKU23 take down

Shit call

@Crimsonorblue22 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

@BeddieKU23 take down

Yepp

Booooo

David

@BeddieKU23 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

Shit call

:clown_face: refs

That third fould on David ....

Gott a be smart

@benshawks08 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

That third fould on David ....

I don't understand him

especially after not calling that one on thamba

Great job by the refs to decide the game.

@BeddieKU23 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

@benshawks08 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

That third fould on David ....

I don't understand him

I was saying i didnt really see anyting

Finally

Vital put on some wt?

Butler stressed he can't get his quota

Jeez

Hahahaha vital

I'm not sure Thomba can lift himself off the ground without assistance

Thamba can go pound sand

AIR BALL

🗣🏀

Hahahahaha

@Crimsonorblue22 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

Vital put on some wt?

He's kinda fat

yousuck

@DanR said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

@Crimsonorblue22 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

Vital put on some wt?

He's kinda fat

Collins eating plan

He knew huh?

31-14 rebound advantage right now..

That's huge! But I'm not getting the big head

@BeddieKU23 Wow!

I've got big dave on a leash here

Braun and Och are doing great (except for scoring)

@BeddieKU23 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

@DanR said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

@Crimsonorblue22 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

Vital put on some wt?

He's kinda fat

Collins eating plan

Vital is someone I could see playing TE in the NFL in the near future.

Great job by Bill to leave Dave in after the foul. You just are not winning this game otherwise.

Cage fighting

@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

@BeddieKU23 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

@DanR said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

@Crimsonorblue22 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

Vital put on some wt?

He's kinda fat

Collins eating plan

Vital is someone I could see playing TE in the NFL in the near future.

The former Baylor player made the cowboys so definitely a chance

Wainwright?

Chummy changa crying

3 butler

One four minute stretch at a time. Did a great job in the first one.

Garrett is leaving no change in the bank in this game.

Vital had to finish his cheeseburger before guarding garrett

Mitch doing mitch stuff

Omg that is the worst call ever

Baylor might be out of shape

Ewww🤬

Great

Another player i can't wait for to be gone

Welp here comes Baylor

Good job Harris

❤️❤️❤️

Who is this kid?

He made a layup!!!

wow!

🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️💙🏀

AND A 3!!!!

Bench is helping a little bit. Keep it up. Baylor is flat and tired.

Wooooooooooooooooooo

Pretty shot too

Baylor got the big head for a sec

David time!!!

Wow huge sequence for Juan

KU outrebounding Bay 35/15

@DanR said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

Bench is helping a little bit. Keep it up. Baylor is flat and tired.

Teague came to ball that's about it. Can't wait for their pro guys to go pro...

@Crimsonorblue22 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

Baylor got the big head for a sec

Getting momentum off their flops. I don't get it.

@BeddieKU23 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

David time!!!

Stole a 4 minute stretch with Mitch!

@stoptheflop said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

KU outrebounding Bay 35/15

Jalen has 12. Competing with Baylor's rebound total by himself.

Balanced attack. Drives inside to pull their defense in, which frees up the 3

Love responding to a Baylor 4 point play with 5 straight points. We are getting tougher.

Crap can't believe I missed most of the first half. Am liking their fight.

letsgojayhawks!!

Wow Bruan didn't do anything and gets a foul

@BeddieKU23 He was just standing there!

can anyone speed this clock up please

Vital is on DPOY list but is he even good at D?

@benshawks08 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

@BeddieKU23 He was just standing there!

He didn't even know who had the ball. Redicilous call

@approxinfinity said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

Vitale is on DPOY list but is he even good at D?

He just flops. More then Marcus smart

getting un-expected contributions from other people the guys just trying to bust their ass got to give them props for effort for sure

Anyone overdosed on the #Cade bandwagon like me?

@RockChalkinTexas said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

Anyone overdosed on the #Cade bandwagon like me?

Pails in comparison to the zion show

@BeddieKU23 Rewound that and can confirm it was BS

plus 19 on the boards

@jayballer67 wow

@BeddieKU23 But I did enjoy seeing Texas get beat!

Imagine Dajuan if he had Jossell's jumper :eyes:

Thanks refs

Unreal

So close, Harris

Teague hitting some garbo

@BShark said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

Teague hitting some garbo

Always

@BShark i was about to get similarly hyperbolous but then realized id need to qualify that his on ball d will also have to get better though his passing lane jumping is instinctive. I think it will and if he tunes his j we will be very happy.

Clank

Have to score

Dave is on fiiiiire

Even his passes are nothing but net.

inbounding the ball is a problem

Great job getting ball downfield fast Marcus

come on guys. Run them out of the gym

Ochai needs to show up. Come on man

Come on

Our D getting pooped?

Damn it Ochai, you just can't do that.

Bad call if that was a walk on Och

@approxinfinity said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

@BShark i was about to get similarly hyperbolous but then realized id need to qualify that his on ball d will also have to get better though his passing lane jumping is instinctive. I think it will and if he tunes his j we will be very happy.

So.... garbo

@Crimsonorblue22 better not. Lots of time left.

@BShark said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

Damn it Ochai, you just can't do that.

But he does. We need him to figure it out

@BeddieKU23 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

@BShark said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

Damn it Ochai, you just can't do that.

But he does. We need him to figure it out

Just loses his mind sometimes in pressure situations.

The only reason Baylor down 5 is 2 turnovers

@benshawks08 Many BAAAADDDD passes come to mind.

Dam guys I don't like this situation HUGE POSSESSION

@benshawks08 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

@BeddieKU23 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

@BShark said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

Damn it Ochai, you just can't do that.

But he does. We need him to figure it out

Just loses his mind sometimes in pressure situations.

Been that way his career. Good kid still has another level to hit

REF alert

I knew it

Looking like old marcus on D this gane

these dam turnovers

Ok official

F u ref

that is 4...

ref show

check cleared

Look out - got to tighten up guys

This group is consistently a bad group of zebras

got to make these free throws

CB looks even whiter in red

come on, Braun. ... Well good board!

If mitch is scoring over you, you are not a good defender...

Yeah

Braun did not like missing that throw

Mitch

Was that Mitch?

Yes

@RockChalkinTexas young santa

here comes our ONE in bound play...

Lightfoot smart

Can't believe we got it inbounds and then to Mitch!!!!!!

Foul on vital there

FINISH THEM

TOTAL TETAM EFFORT RIGHT NOW BY THE ENTIRE TEAM GUYS

This is. Awesome

Mitch looks big tonight. Really good work.

I so want a WIN

12 points from the bench really helps. Keep it up guys

@benshawks08 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

here comes our ONE in bound play...

But its new. And its worked lol

Mitch always plays hard can't fault effort or love of Jayhawks!

@BeddieKU23 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

This is. Awesome

These guys just have it sit in their minds that they are not going down without a HUGE fight have to be soo impressed, just can't go conservative keep attacking

@RockChalkinTexas said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

I so want a WIN

I do too. This game.

44-23 rebounds. I like it

Who threw that in?

@Crimsonorblue22 think his parents are glad he's staying ☺️

So far the rims have been friendly to us and not to Baylor. Need to keep up the pressure on the boards so we won't have to count on the iron to be kind.

I just hate the red uniforms.

Looked clean Mitch

I like crimson

Junk

Wow, Mitch actually had a great stretch there.

Will big dave foul out?

@stoptheflop said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

I just hate the red uniforms.

Love them

@Crimsonorblue22 Probably

The lady with the face shield behind HCBS is the one I email back and forth

@BeddieKU23 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

@benshawks08 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

here comes our ONE in bound play...

But its new. And its worked lol

"Worked" is generous. Inbounded it directly into a corner trap.

WHY

Ah shit, here we go again.

Sandwiched

four point possession again. Good job braun

Vital is a fucking baby

For a 500 pounder, Vital gets knocked down a lot

Hes a quarter tonner with cheese.

Looks like he could kill someone

I think the red uni's look good tbh

A game where butler's junk didn't fall

Just win baby

Best money you ever spent, Bilas, buying your own cutout along with the Inventor

Good fake by CB to pretend he was going to throw it all the way down the court

@DanR said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

For a 500 pounder, Vital gets knocked down a lot

Never seen anything like it tbh

I have a red Keith Langford jersey that's pretty crisp

@BeddieKU23 i used to think they were cursed.... Jinx

Bailed out!

Hahahah

Baylor should stop fouling then

Will Dave grab those help blocks next year instead of trying to throw them to 5th row

Rock chalk

Mitchell is a universal hacker he just never gets called

Wow

OH NO YOU DON"T

Braun with another big board and Wilson with a layup and Dave with a BLOCK

Boooooom

Game 26. Most enjoyable yet

START THE CHANT

Excuses

Rock chalk Jayhawk

Start it!!!

🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌👏👏👏👏👏

Baylor training at the Chinese buffets in Waco for the last two weeks did not pay off

Beasts On The Boards tonight !

🔮🔮🔮 jay bilas

I hear it!

@DanR

All part of Drew's plan to blow the season

That'll teach them to be favored in AFH

Play the rest of your conference games, Baylor.

Dave fouled out again

Take a bow Dave

Thank you Dave

STORM THE COURT!!!!!!!!!

Back off drew!

Keep them in the 50s. I love it.

You too Marcus

Didnt seem to hurt them having lengthy pauses every time they covid cancelled games

So glad we had fans for this win !

Senior night! Best win of the year. RCJH

71-58 baby!!!!!

Great win!

So do we still have a shot at a 3 seed ?

Hello! Nice to have that winning feeling

Wearing my garrett jersey tonite (that’s why they won of course)

EVERYBODY PLAYED GREAT

Offense played great tonight. I thought KU would struggle to reach 60 tonight. By far the best win any team has this season.

@BShark said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

Great win!

these kids just decided we were NOT LOSING

Well pressures kind of off for the tourney. Will be fun to see how far they can scratch and claw their way thru the brackets

@jayballer67 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

EVERYBODY PLAYED GREAT

But especially Dave and Jalen.

Even Mitch stepped up at times though, it was awesome all around.

Can't wait to hear drew

@Crimsonorblue22 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

Can't wait to hear drew

Preview: WAH WAH WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Watch post game!

@BShark said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

@Crimsonorblue22 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

Can't wait to hear drew

Preview: WAH WAH WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

you already know

Winning this game almost makes me forget about freezing last week!!!!

@Crimsonorblue22 on what?

if they wanna look at a reason as to why they lost , all they gotta do is look at Butler - -& 3 point shooting and getting the ass handed to them on a plate in the rebounding

Kentucky lost, Duke lost, Kansas beat Baylor by double-digits. Feb. 27th was a good day

@KirkIsMyHinrich said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

Kentucky lost, Duke lost, Kansas beat Baylor by double-digits. Feb. 27th was a good day

A great day

But I remember so many comments about how we will never succeed with Dave playing so much...What?

@RockChalkinTexas KU Gameday Live on ESPN+

Bill talking to the fans right now. Garrett about to give his Senior night speech.

Self is right!!!!!!!

you can see why Coach Self said Dave had probably improved the most of anyone during the off year. - I'm telling you this guy at times looks good - -just got to get a little more consistency but I'm not complaining - he played his butt off tonight and got after it

@mayjay said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

But I remember so many comments about how we will never succeed with Dave playing so much...What?

Dave has saved our ass more then once this year

Baylor - -6-26 from the 3 - -& got outrebounded 48-28 - -and we shot 51 % against one of the better teams in the Nation tonight

Glad we didn't have to rely to the trey...only 3 for 16. The rest of our shots we were 66.6 %

Er, "on the trey"

😢😢😢

I love Self gets guys like Marcus! I wish everyone that thinks self cheats would watch sr pm.

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Baylor fans are struggling

"I also hate to say it but once again Self completely out coached Drew. They had a great game plan to attack the rim and get easy baskets and also completely shutdown Butler. "

38 straight senior night wins is insane.

Combine that with 30 conference openers and you have some solid bookends.

I think it was Dickie V that I first heard say he wouldn’t want to be with a team facing Kansas in the tourney. This game proves that point. May be only the second thing I have agreed with Vitale on🤣

Since getting their asses handed to them by the Kansas City YMCA on February 3, 1899 by the score of 16 to 5, KU has 2,320 wins through the Baylor game based on NCAA statistics. Can you imagine 5 points for the entire game? Dr. Naismith didn't have an auspicious first game. During that first season, KU played six games against YMCA teams, one against an athletic club and then games against Haskell, Independence, MO and William Jewell. I don't know if the NCAA totals include games that weren't played against colleges.

With only 8 wins this year, Kentucky's total wins stands at 2,326. It only seems appropriate for KU to be the leader in all time wins. I look forward to the day when KU takes the lead.

Day after reflections on the game:

An important win for confidence and seeding. But, I wouldn't put TOO much stock in it - the long lay-off clearly affected BU; they were very flat and their trey balls were consistently short.

Nonetheless, it probably locks in no worse than a 5 seed, more likely a 4, and possibly a 3, depending on what happens to others.

If we hadn't given up the big lead against UT, a 3 seed would have been likely. And, we probably would have ended up 2nd in the conference standings at 13-5 (still could depending on the tough games WVU has remaining) and would have split against all the other better teams plus the sweep of TTU. And, we would have been at 20 wins heading into the post-season (assume we don't throw-up against UTEP).

Dave came up big on the offensive end and with a big block on the other end - but, 3 rebounds when we were dominating on the glass and fouled out again.

The starters were 1-13 from 3. Repeating that kind of woeful performance could mean a quick tourney exit. On the other hand, if we can just get to the 30% range, we can play with and beat about anyone (not sure about the Zags or Wolverines). I would like to see HCBS run a couple of plays to get early 3 points look for CB - more so than Ochai. He's been too passive offensively; although has made up for with his hustle and board work.

We got solid bench play - even maligned Mitch had a really good stretch. But, we can't rely on Bryce and Juan to account for 2/3rds of made 3s.

This team still has serious flaws, but is playing better and the boys have stepped up on the defensive end - giving up just 0.8 points per possession over the past several games, and is up to 10th in Kenpom efficiency ratings.

While we could lose in the first round, I could also see an E8 or even FF run if we starting hitting anything from outside, primarily because this is really a down year for a lot of teams. While we may end up on the wrong side of the bracket, none of the projected 2 or 3 seeds are going to scare anyone (Iowa, Houston, Villanova???).

Some tidbits on this Sunday afternoon. - - CBS Sports shows us with a NET of - - -11 , -- RPI of - - 15 - & our SOS of - - 11 . - - also KU has more wins against Ranked Opponents then anyone else this year as follows : - Kentucky , Creighton , Texas Tech - 2 times , West Virginia , Oklahoma State , Oklahoma , & Baylor

@DCHawker getting some early open shots from Braun would be nice. I am not sure if he has backed off on offense or if people are playing him tighter. When I watch him rather than the ball he often has someone on him like glue. He is driving a lot and that makes sense if they are covering him tighter or at least it feels that way

Coach Self is now 10-1 against AP top 5 ranked opponents at the Phog giving him the highest winning % by any Coach since 1948/ 1949 . The 2nd highest winning Coach ? - -Adolph Rupp 10-3.

Speaking of Adolph Rupp Kentucky fans all in a frazzle worried about how close we are to over taking them for the # 1 spot in all time Wins , we are 6 wins behind them right now. That's pretty much all you see when you look at their boards - well that and them getting Cal out of Lexington

@DCHawker well said. I want to go at least 1 deeper than we are expected to, once we see the draw. If thats beating Gonzaga in S16, thatd be the sweetest possible way that plays out. Even getting in their bracket would be exciting. We arent a team built to go 6-0 but 3-0 feels achievable even against the WCC champ overall 1 seed.

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Espn had KU as a 3 seed going into the Baylor game yesterday. Imagine beating #2 and getting their 7th win against a ranked opponent at the time of playing them will have staying power as far as a 3 seed, 4 at worse

I'm still not convinced KU won't flame out in the NCAA Tournament. Yesterday doesn't change that KU is 1-7 away from AFH against at-large teams this season. KU's offense is going to have to show something in KC during the B12 Tournament to show they can play a complete game against a quality opponent outside of AFH. That one road win was a game against an equally inept offensive team in Texas Tech where KU only scored 58 points for the game.

Can KU play a complete game against a quality team in KC? At this point, they haven't shown that ability to do so which doesn't bode well for the NCAA Tournament.

S16 at best still imo

@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

I'm still not convinced KU won't flame out in the NCAA Tournament. Yesterday doesn't change that KU is 1-7 away from AFH against at-large teams this season. KU's offense is going to have to show something in KC during the B12 Tournament to show they can play a complete game against a quality opponent outside of AFH. That one road win was a game against an equally inept offensive team in Texas Tech where KU only scored 58 points for the game.

Can KU play a complete game against a quality team in KC? At this point, they haven't shown that ability to do so which doesn't bode well for the NCAA Tournament.

ya I'm really still not convinced about that either. - -They have to bring the same kind of defensive intensity as they did last night to have a shot, I just don't think with the way we have shot the 3 in our past several games that unless we find a way dig deep on the defensive that our offensive side is just too inconsistent. Whens the last time we've had a good night shooting the 3 - - I mean with Braun , Obaji & Wilson ALL having decent nights from the 3 we have got to be able to drain some 3's to have a shot

@BShark said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

S16 at best still imo

Agree - - anything beyond that is icing on the cake for this year

Right now CBS sports has us as a # 4 - playing Liberty with Ohio State # 1 & Alabama #2 in our side. They have us if we win probably playing Creighton again.

Don't think Ohio St is going to stay a 1-seed after losing 3 in a row and being blown out by Iowa today. There will be a lot of make-up games this week and seeds are going to move around. If Kansas takes care of UTEP and wins at least 1 game in the B12 tournament I think they'll be a 3-seed. Winning one game in the B12 tournament probably won't be easy though (if the tournament started today our first game would be against Texas). Long shot at a 2-seed if we win out and the teams ahead of us lose.

@KirkIsMyHinrich said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

Don't think Ohio St is going to stay a 1-seed after losing 3 in a row and being blown out by Iowa today. There will be a lot of make-up games this week and seeds are going to move around. If Kansas takes care of UTEP and wins at least 1 game in the B12 tournament I think they'll be a 3-seed. Winning one game in the B12 tournament probably won't be easy though (if the tournament started today our first game would be against Texas). Long shot at a 2-seed if we win out and the teams ahead of us lose.

I dunno your right would be hard but I still feel like we can beat Texas - I know we can

@BShark said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

S16 at best still imo

I'll take it

@KirkIsMyHinrich said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

Don't think Ohio St is going to stay a 1-seed after losing 3 in a row and being blown out by Iowa today. There will be a lot of make-up games this week and seeds are going to move around. If Kansas takes care of UTEP and wins at least 1 game in the B12 tournament I think they'll be a 3-seed. Winning one game in the B12 tournament probably won't be easy though (if the tournament started today our first game would be against Texas). Long shot at a 2-seed if we win out and the teams ahead of us lose.

Who replaces Ohio St. on the 1 line though? Illinois took a bad loss last week, Alabama got blown out, Oklahoma took 2 bad losses, Villanova took a bad loss, Iowa got blown out this week, WVU doesn't have the resume to move to a 1 seed.

I don't know if OSU drops from the 1 line yet because of what's happening everyone else behind them this week.

Gonzaga, Michigan, Houston, Arkansas, and Loyola-Chicago, are the only top 25 teams that didn't lose a game this week.

West Virginia also didn't lose this week.

Right now, Illinois or West Virginia would be my choice for the last 1-seed, particularly if either wins on Tuesday (Illinois plays Michigan, West Virginia plays Baylor). If I were seeding I'd probably go something like:

1's - Gonzaga, Michigan, Baylor, Illinois

2's - West Virginia, Ohio St, Alabama, Villanova

But it's all going to change in the next few weeks so

Edit: Maybe swap Iowa for Villanova on the 2-line.

@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

Who replaces Ohio St. on the 1 line though? Illinois took a bad loss last week, Alabama got blown out, Oklahoma took 2 bad losses, Villanova took a bad loss, Iowa got blown out this week, WVU doesn’t have the resume to move to a 1 seed.

Well, obviously it would be Duke so ESPN will stay interested! I mean, duh...
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@KirkIsMyHinrich Why does Illinois deserve to ahead of OSU at this point? They have very similar resumes, but Ohio St. has the head to head win at this point and that game was at Illinois.

If Illinois goes 2-0 this week which means winning in Ann Arbor and Columbus, then they have definitely have a very strong case for a 1 seed, but that head to head loss to Ohio St. still puts OSU over Illinois to me.

That's great to hear. Keep them as your 1-seed then.

The 4th one seed no matter who is clearly on upset alert Early in the tournament. They would be 2,3 seeds in a normal yr

@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

@KirkIsMyHinrich Why does Illinois deserve to ahead of OSU at this point? They have very similar resumes, but Ohio St. has the head to head win at this point and that game was at Illinois.

If Illinois goes 2-0 this week which means winning in Ann Arbor and Columbus, then they have definitely have a very strong case for a 1 seed, but that head to head loss to Ohio St. still puts OSU over Illinois to me.

they were talking during the Ohio State game yesterday they are not going to be a # 1 I think they said Ohio State has lost 3 in a row , not sure who that last # 1 will be but not Ohio State

They now have lost to Michigan , Michigan Stae which is not a good look this year & Iowa and ranked 7th

@jayballer67 It's a 3 team race for that last 1 seed to me between Ohio St., Illinois, and West Virginia. Iowa would have to run the table and win the B10 Tournament at this point to overcome getting swept by Indiana and losing to Illinois. Alabama and Villanova don't have the quality wins or strength of conference to take the losses they did last week.

I still have Ohio St. as a 1 seed because they have the head to head over Illinois right now. West Virginia played TCU and KSU last week so they don't get a bump for those wins yet. West Virginia has to beat Baylor tomorrow otherwise they won't be able to get to a 1 seed and Illinois needs to beat Ohio St. on Saturday to have a chance regardless of what they do against Michigan tomorrow night since they may not have Dosunmu for that one.

@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Return of the Red Jersey's Game Chat:

@jayballer67 It's a 3 team race for that last 1 seed to me between Ohio St., Illinois, and West Virginia. Iowa would have to run the table and win the B10 Tournament at this point to overcome getting swept by Indiana and losing to Illinois. Alabama and Villanova don't have the quality wins or strength of conference to take the losses they did last week.

I still have Ohio St. as a 1 seed because they have the head to head over Illinois right now. West Virginia played TCU and KSU last week so they don't get a bump for those wins yet. West Virginia has to beat Baylor tomorrow otherwise they won't be able to get to a 1 seed and Illinois needs to beat Ohio St. on Saturday to have a chance regardless of what they do against Michigan tomorrow night since they may not have Dosunmu for that one.

For me I couldn't really give a rats ass who gets the last # 1 KU isn't in the picture so who the frick cares. The only reason I even mentioned anything was because of what they were saying during the game yesterday, and Ohio State certainly isn't trending in the right direction to be considered for a # 1 seed and you don't see to many teams that's ranked 7th in the Nation going to be getting a # 1 seed , no matter not saying Ohio State is not worth a # 1 but again just relaying what they were saying - I'm justglad to have some kind of a tourney this year

That was a bigtime win. Keep those lucky red unis. But the win was not due to luck, they outplayed Baylor (though true, Baylor had to be rusty - e.g. their bearly beating the Cyclones). The win bodes well for us come tourney time. With a few breaks here or there, who knows?

I'm proud of our team.

They seem to have found that scrappy style that was there early in the season and then disappeared during January. Braun is the leader of that trait; he certainly has been doing his share of the dirty work.

@COHawk Braun was a steal.

Ok I get it , ya , ya Baylor been laid off cause of COVID , however it's getting really old already about the media talking more about it was the COVID .Understand , but when media blowes and says they just not looking like theirself - - umm well there is a major reason for that other THE THE COVID. - -that cause was because of - - - -KU dam come on now, we was all up in that ass defensively never seen that kind of intensity in some time.

COVID ? - -sure - but umm hello KU was there - if you doubt it - watch the replay. - just slapped that ass on the boards by 20 - - -FRICKEN TWENTY for GOD'S sake rebounds was like taking Candy from a Baby. -Now you may not believe me when I say this I don't give a rats ass , - -but even before all this COVID junk I thought we was going to play then close/tight - -for some reason Baylor does not SCARE ME.

We played them as close as anybody all year and it was the 1st of the year. you can say what you want I have NO problem playing them again. - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

@jayballer67 I'm with you, it wasn't all rust. They got bullied by us, which is how this team can advance - they have to be bullies.