All signs point to KU being a #3 seed. Hopefully we get good matchups and more importantly fingers crossed our players will be able to play. I've been on the edge of my seat for 2 days now waiting for positive and bad news.
@BeddieKU23 said in Selection Sunday:
All signs point to KU being a #3 seed. Hopefully we get good matchups and more importantly fingers crossed our players will be able to play. I've been on the edge of my seat for 2 days now waiting for positive and bad news.
Yep it's looking that way that we will be a 3 seed
ESPN reported the āsourcesā say the KU, Virginia and Duke look to be ok ... dook may not be invited though. š
@Bosthawk said in Selection Sunday:
dook may not be invited though...
All Duke undergrads ordered to shelter in place for a week. Probably doesn't include Indianapolis...
https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/14/us/duke-university-covid/index.html ā
@JAYHAWKFAN214 said in Selection Sunday:
@BeddieKU23 said in Selection Sunday:
All signs point to KU being a #3 seed. Hopefully we get good matchups and more importantly fingers crossed our players will be able to play. I've been on the edge of my seat for 2 days now waiting for positive and bad news.
Yep it's looking that way that we will be a 3 seed
You & me both BeddieKU23 - -me tooooooooo. - -- ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
Well after the 3 hour Big 10 game its finally time!!!!
ROCK CHALK BUCKETEERS
Officially hate the B10 for that
@KirkIsMyHinrich said in Selection Sunday:
Officially hate the B10 for that
Unnecessary fouls and monitor checks. What a crap show
ku will play eastern Washington in the west region on Saturday
National champs!!! We have a good draw
Possible 2nd round game against USC/Wichita St or Drake
NCAA committee should get a shit sandwich for putting Wichita as a possible 2nd round game
So the Covid West bracket includes KU and Virginia.
@BeddieKU23 just more proof the NCAA manipulates the brackets
KU is not making the S16, USC will destroy this team.
Honestly, I think all the brackets are going to look easy for the #1 seeds, but the Zags aren't going to have a cakewalk game in the second round Mizzou or Oklahoma
Eastern Washington kenpom #110 team, 86 ranked offense, 152 ranked d
@BShark said in Selection Sunday:
KU is not making the S16, USC will destroy this team.
No way. USC is garbage outside one player
@Kcmatt7 said in Selection Sunday:
@BeddieKU23 just more proof the NCAA manipulates the brackets
It really does go to show you.
@BeddieKU23 said in Selection Sunday:
@BShark said in Selection Sunday:
KU is not making the S16, USC will destroy this team.
No way. USC is garbage outside one player
I won't be surprised if they win at all.
Iām trying to have low expectations. USC is a tough draw
@bmensch1 said in Selection Sunday:
National champs!!! We have a good draw
How does KU have a good draw? This is probably a worst case scenario of a draw for KU.
We should beat EWU, but we won't have Jalen Wilson this weekend and David McCormack won't be 100% and USC has 7 foot Pac 12 POY Evan Mobley. Should KU somehow manage to reach the S16, the likely match up would be NPOY Luka Garza and Iowa. Iowa is one of the best scoring teams and KU is a team that struggles to score.
So no, KU did not get a good draw, they got about as bad of a draw as possible with their current roster situation.
Colgate only played 15 games? Good grief.
@BeddieKU23 said in Selection Sunday:
@BShark said in Selection Sunday:
KU is not making the S16, USC will destroy this team.
No way. USC is garbage outside one player
And we likely won't have anyone to match up with Mobley if that's the match up because Wilson won't be back yet and McCormack won't be 100% at that point if he's even cleared for that game.
Baylor has a tough road
WVU looks like they have a good path to a sweet 16
Illinois has a couple of potentially brutal second round and S16 match ups with Loyola in the second round and Oklahoma St. in the S16.
@BeddieKU23 Illinois has a hell of a shot at a FF with that draw
Not gonna speculate on availability but all we can hope for is Dave will give us enough to make it to the 2nd weekend. At that point its all gravy
@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Selection Sunday:
@bmensch1 said in Selection Sunday:
National champs!!! We have a good draw
How does KU have a good draw? This is probably a worst case scenario of a draw for KU.
We should beat EWU, but we won't have Jalen Wilson this weekend and David McCormack won't be 100% and USC has 7 foot Pac 12 POY Evan Mobley. Should KU somehow manage to reach the S16, the likely match up would be NPOY Luka Garza and Iowa. Iowa is one of the best scoring teams and KU is a team that struggles to score.
So no, KU did not get a good draw, they got about as bad of a draw as possible with their current roster situation.
I say it every year. About 35 years running now. We're good. Pac 10 is trash. Well stop Iowa. Well beat uva after they upset the zags. Then whomever and then whomever....were good
One more region and I don't want to see Duke on it.
KU draw is tough. But part of it is Iām pretty sure Bill got this team to overachieve here at the end of the season.
Iāll be happy with a 2nd weekend appearance
Texas should be happy with their draw
@bmensch1 said in Selection Sunday:
@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Selection Sunday:
@bmensch1 said in Selection Sunday:
National champs!!! We have a good draw
How does KU have a good draw? This is probably a worst case scenario of a draw for KU.
We should beat EWU, but we won't have Jalen Wilson this weekend and David McCormack won't be 100% and USC has 7 foot Pac 12 POY Evan Mobley. Should KU somehow manage to reach the S16, the likely match up would be NPOY Luka Garza and Iowa. Iowa is one of the best scoring teams and KU is a team that struggles to score.
So no, KU did not get a good draw, they got about as bad of a draw as possible with their current roster situation.
I say it every year. About 35 years running now. We're good. Pac 10 is trash. Well stop Iowa. Well beat uva after they upset the zags. Then whomever and then whomever....were good
You do realize that KU will be without Jalen Wilson the first two games and even if David McCormack is playing (possibility he won't play either), he won't be 100%. KU got out into a bracket with great big men while dealing with their own big men issues. KU got a worst case scenario match up for having issues with their two best offensive post players.
Any additional game is gravy, IMO. I'll be holding my breath until tip off in round 1.
Also, a lot could happen between now and the second weekend.
Is there a bracket posted somewhere yet
Maybe, when our only chance is hitting 3s, the choices will be easy and we will come out loose, with nothing to lose.
Is Dave playing this weekend or not?
@Kcmatt7 said in Selection Sunday:
Is Dave playing this weekend or not?
Don't know yet. He still has to have 7 straight negative tests before he could head out to Indy. One of the big things with Covid during recovery is not having a lot of energy so even if Dave clears protocol, he likely won't have a lot of stamina and would be playing below 100%. I don't think KU would need McCormack to beat EWU, but USC or Wichita/Drake are another matter.
@Kcmatt7 said in Selection Sunday:
Is Dave playing this weekend or not?
No idea. Self has been awful quiet regarding details
And we donāt even know if he has covid.
A lot of people not thrilled with the draw, but we'll see. Kansas is a 3-seed for a reason. If we can beat Baylor we can beat USC or Iowa. Just need to play hard the whole game.
Usually need your whole team though for that and now everything thrown out the door with Dave and jalen on covid protocol. Basically everything could be lost that was built
We'll just have to do the best we can with the players we have available. Being a 3-seed and not having the whole roster may result in our guys playing looser, with a nothing-to-lose sort of mentality.
There is no reason this team can't get to the elite 8 playing the way it has played the past month. Its up to the players and Self to make it happen. Iowa as a 2 seed is laughable. Oregon is not the normal Oregon, USC is average. Seriously KU has played 10 teams tougher then this group in the bottom end of the bracket
Wonder how soon we find out times? I didn't think about mon. Games. Better be pm game!
Self up next on Selection show
@BeddieKU23 said in Selection Sunday:
There is no reason this team can't get to the elite 8 playing the way it has the past month. Its up to the players and Self to make it happen. Iowa as a 2 seed is laughable. Oregon is not the normal Oregon, USC is average. Seriously KU has played 10 teams tougher then this group in the bottom end of the bracket
I would have to agree some anyways - -Texas is better , Baylor obviously , West Virginia , Oklahoma State all just as good as any of these theams
@BeddieKU23 said in Selection Sunday:
Usually need your whole team though for that and now everything thrown out the door with Dave and jalen on covid protocol. Basically everything could be lost that was built
Dave & Tristan should be available this weekend
@Kcmatt7 said in Selection Sunday:
Baylor has a tough road
their 2nd round gam could be kind of interesting which ever one they play. N Carol huge front line, yet the one thing Baylor has got - - -those guards those three guards
@jayballer67 said in Selection Sunday:
@BeddieKU23 said in Selection Sunday:
Usually need your whole team though for that and now everything thrown out the door with Dave and jalen on covid protocol. Basically everything could be lost that was built
Dave & Tristan should be available this weekend
But we don't know for sure about that and we also don't know what their stamina levels will be if they play.
Go ahead, call me delusional, but I like our bracket.
No Jalen this weekend, but Bill believes weāll have everyone else.
Bill saying on ESPN that everyone else is Covid negative at this point. Jalen definitely out first two games.
He's not sure when Dave or Tristan can travel but expecting Thursday/Friday.
Canāt really do better than that. Letās roll
You know here is a thought. I think some people are over reacting here just a smidge maybe possibly. - - Dave & Tristian were put in the COVID protocol , BUT that doesn't mean they have the COVID. Being put in protocol is strictly more for contact tracing , - - meaning they have come in contact with some one who tested positive for COVID or had some of the symptoms of COVID.- -that doesn't mean that Dave or Tristan had any symptoms, the KU staff Could very well put them in quarintine for safety precautions for the rest of the team. Hell they may not have had any symptoms of the COVID KU just following procedure like the word says following protocol you still have to spend X amount of days. - -hell I was exposed had to quarintine & follow timeline protocol - let's not over react - -I think we get them both back and we will be fine by the weekend, with KU taking on those precautions and following procedure they should be able to continue to test negative, were going to be as good as possible - -only one and he is a big one BUT THINK WE WILL BE ALL RIGHT. - - rock chalk all day long baby
Maybe Tristan will step up in place of Jalen
KU plays at 1:00 Sat - -Dam looks like everybody is playing at 1:00 on the day they are surpose to play. - - Reading this off CBS sports
Dam re-traction CBS is screwy now these times keep changing guess we will find out for sure later lol
Since I live in Indiana now, if anyone has an inside track on tickets yet knows they couldn't make it to Indiana send me a message please.
@BeddieKU23 We need him now, this is his chance to step up.
Early line has KU by 11
Saturday's game with Eastern Washington will be on TBS at 12:15 Central Time
@JAYHAWKFAN214 thx! They donāt announce monās game till after the sat game, right?
@Crimsonorblue22 We won't know specific times, channels, or venues for Monday's games until late Saturday night. What's weird and different is games from the same part of the bracket aren't on the same channel. Normally the KU and USC 1st round games would be on the same channel, but not this year. It's also weird to me that those two games aren't even in the same venue either.
Anyone considered that Dave plays better tired anyway?
Also, pretty sure KU doesnāt have a single loss this year to any team lower than an 8 seed in this tournament. Thatās solid. KU has wins over a 1 seed, a couple of 3 seeds and a handful of other tournament teams as well. Several of those happening when we were all down on this team.
Are they a title favorite? Of course not. Do they have a shot? Honestly probably about as good as most years. This tournament is always a crapshoot and I think will be even more so this year. Hell we could end up forfeiting the first game or getting a literal pass to the elite 8.
Iām glad this team found itself I. The end and was able to prove they were capable of some pretty entertaining, high quality basketball. Can they sustain that high level for 6 games? Probably not. But maybe the opponent wonāt be up that game either.
I think we can beat Gonzaga. And if we can beat them who canāt we beat? (Texas, Iām not sure we can beat Texas this year...). Our D has vastly improved since giving up nearly 100 to the zags. Och makes some early threes? Braun drops a couple from way deep? We get a great half out of Dave... weād have a ball game for sure.
Definitely time to sit back and enjoy every last second of basketball we get at this point!
Rock Chalk
The only other time KU played Eastern Washington was the 2007-08 season.
Gee, I wonder how that year turned out for us ?
@nwhawkfan said in Selection Sunday:
The only other time KU played Eastern Washingto
n was the 2007-08 season.Gee, I wonder how that year turned out for us ?ku win 85 to 47 that year
@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Selection Sunday:
@bmensch1 said in Selection Sunday:
@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Selection Sunday:
@bmensch1 said in Selection Sunday:
National champs!!! We have a good draw
How does KU have a good draw? This is probably a worst case scenario of a draw for KU.
We should beat EWU, but we won't have Jalen Wilson this weekend and David McCormack won't be 100% and USC has 7 foot Pac 12 POY Evan Mobley. Should KU somehow manage to reach the S16, the likely match up would be NPOY Luka Garza and Iowa. Iowa is one of the best scoring teams and KU is a team that struggles to score.
So no, KU did not get a good draw, they got about as bad of a draw as possible with their current roster situation.
I say it every year. About 35 years running now. We're good. Pac 10 is trash. Well stop Iowa. Well beat uva after they upset the zags. Then whomever and then whomever....were good
You do realize that KU will be without Jalen Wilson the first two games and even if David McCormack is playing (possibility he won't play either), he won't be 100%. KU got out into a bracket with great big men while dealing with their own big men issues. KU got a worst case scenario match up for having issues with their two best offensive post players.
I do realize that. I don't care. Here's what I know I do have at this moment. The best coach in the NCAA. The best defensive player in the NCAA. 1 less defensive liability (wilson) off the court. A resurgent Christian Braun (yes, I firmly believe he turns it around in March...he took a month off. He's following the Malik Newman workout plan). An Ochai who's going to take all that emotion from the Big 12 and continue on.
We're good. I'm not worried about it.
Wow- a lot of positivity in this thread! Love it! From people who are doubtlessly more knowledgeable about D1 hoops than me ...( a few years ago I would have bet real serious money on Quentin Grimes having a suck year after he left us for Houston, which shows I clearly donāt have a clue)
And yes not that worried about Jalen not being there for the first weekend although he has been rebounding well lately to balance out his spotty D and really forced offense - (Dedrick Lawson anyone? )But Jalen may well be the key for weekend number 2.
The rebounding without Jalen is absolutely a huge concern. He's the leading rebounder on this team by a good margin, especially on defense where he averages almost 1/4 of defensive rebounds for this team while he's on the floor. Put it another way, Jalen had 9 or more boards in 9 of his past 11 games. Huge not having him.
well onlt two of our Big 12 play late. - -We play at 1:15 on TBS
There is ONE game that I think might be pretty interesting opening round game , and that is the North Carolina game - -could be quite the match up.
Also like they were saying on Bracketology last night I think Oklahoma State got screwed by being a 4 seed. -- Should of been a three for sure