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RockChalk

Get this ugly UT game off

I watched many games in Thomson Boling Arena. It's a pit. Seats 26,000

Got espn news

Surprised KJ is starting. Figured Bill would put one of the big guys in to pick up the early fouls

And we’re in 4K! That’s nifty

@FarmerJayhawk ?

@Crimsonorblue22 ultra HD tv

Great start as always

Suboptimal from Gradey so far.

gradey can't shoot

Defense to offense

Doubt Kentucky will keep pushing tempo

Bill dressed up for this game. Nice.

Suits vs cancer?

Juan look to score
They aren’t even guarding you and on d going right at you

This team is legit broken

SMDH

@BeddieKU23 said in KU-UK Game Chat:

This team is legit broken

Whoever said something about the Monstars taking our guys talent was right

@Crimsonorblue22 said in KU-UK Game Chat:

Suits vs cancer?

I’m sure he did it to match Cal. And I think Cal dressed down to match what Self usually wears 😂

Early and guys are amped up. Juando still does not seem right though

@DanR said in KU-UK Game Chat:

Doubt Kentucky will keep pushing tempo

Their gonna keep runnin they love to run especially when the opp is really sloppy with the ball

The pick and roll game with KJ has been scouted. And apparently we don’t have anything else to run on O

@Kcmatt7 I heard it was suits and tennis shoes last week

Embiid was 💥 earlier

Hot take. Don’t double Oscar

Hey, Tie ball game!

@Kcmatt7 said in KU-UK Game Chat:

The pick and roll game with KJ has been scouted. And apparently we don’t have anything else to run on O

It has. 2nd half of the KSU game onward. Teams are asking Dajuan to do literally anything scoring wise against them.

Bite me

Atta boy Juan

Yeah Juan

back in the day, that was a travel/walk/carry, Wilson

Come on Kev, play some D

Got lost again

Offense is moving well at least

Pink shoes

So now we just need Kev to get back to normal and we may be back?

Calling phantom fouls on our end

I’m posting in the wrong thread - idiot!!!

Juan shutting me up let’s go!

@Kcmatt7 said in KU-UK Game Chat:

So now we just need Kev to get back to normal and we may be back?

Something like that. Juan being willing to shoot (and able to make) shots is a game changer.

Lol Joe

good job, Kev. Was worried you forgot how to play basketball there for a minute

Kev and Juan break out of their slumps and all the sudden we’re a title threat again

@BShark just needs confidence

Well if ew can tighten d a little bit. - -Least ew haven't gotten ourselves in a huge hole right off the bat. - - Juan better offensively for sure

Coach was saying he was due🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

We are hitting shots but not holding them down. At this pace it will be in the 90's.

I was at Johnny's last tuesday during Hawk Talk. Joe was the player there that night... seems like a really good dude.

@DanR Good kid yes, not heard a bad word.

Kevin is this years Dave with the fans… seems like a really good kid that tries very hard but is struggling. Hope it all clicks down the stretch.

@DanR great locker room guy. Really cheering for him to catch fire again

Rupp was a d bag

Bobby cut himself while shaving with a machette?

I'm going to give this bobby Jo combo another chance. good d... no handles

Wheeler in. This is our chance for a run

That's about enough to make the preacher cuss

We have three bench guys in

Bobby what is your problem man

KJ

!!!!

🙌🙌🙌

Boom

I'm guessing KJ can squat more tha Tsheibweay, but SHeebway can bench more than KJ

Yes KJ

Nice Juan to kj

Way to use your ASS, KJ

Yep! Back into him

Bad shot

Smarter ball, better shots. Come on

not sure about that foul, but we'll take it

Bad KJ

Soft on KJ

Juan had a clear path to the basket.

Guys competing much better so far

It sounds dumb.. but it looks like we can push the ball a lot more against these guys.

They might be worried about fouling us too

K, just got here (kid drum recital). Gimme the skinny.

@Jayblaze got a few rebounds

@Jayblaze probably would give us a B- so far. Offense has even better, defense meh.

Zuuuuby

Yay Zuby

Did tcheibway hurt himself while beating up Zub?

Sweet

Pups getting some run

2?

pretty good pass by the KY player there, tbh

Yep this game is gonna be chaotic as hell

Work it

Self gets to play his traditional bigs against Tschiebwe

Dick is quick

Nice spelling! @approxinfinity

Does mccullar still play for TT? Asking for a friend

@Crimsonorblue22 said in KU-UK Game Chat:

Nice spelling! @approxinfinity

I copied it, ready to paste it whenever I need it. Tschiebwe

Good boards

damn, in and out

Rice sighting

Bs. UK on the line there

Zuby went to locker room is what I saw

17-9 rebound advantage, good guys

Where did all the complainers go?

@DanR said in KU-UK Game Chat:

17-9 rebound advantage, good guys

I was just getting ready to say but wasn't real sure as I've been keeping track and had us 15-10 so even better

Vital vry important crucial laast 3:48 of the 1st half - - play strong

@DanR spell check never takes over so I go with pronunciation

@DanR said in KU-UK Game Chat:

Offense is moving well at least

Don’t forget though that UK would be the worst defensive team in the big 12 I’m pretty sure.

3 weeks ago. Today? Maybe not

UK not hitting from three is also helping (0-5) Doesn't seem to be their game plan though

@DanR said in KU-UK Game Chat:

UK not hitting from three is also helping (0-5) Doesn't seem to be their game plan though

People talk about Self not evolving but really Calipari hasn't at all.

Baldest crew ever

Liked the double down on Tschiebwe though

Walk

What is Tschiebwe's first name?

Oscar

rebounding like men tonight

Let’s push this to 10 before half

@DanR much easier

Oscar gets the softest whistle

Ref bailing out Oscar

Blow your goddamn whistle

Udey Zuby Zach, The white tattooed old guy. We have tons of bigs, Bilas

Foul damit

And one

BOOM

Kev! No foul on Tschiebwe?

Incredible stuff from Udeh tonight

I love Udeh. Know he’s not ready for big minutes yet but gotta love the kid.

Udeh has really been huge (both literally and figuratively)

@BShark love that giant kid

Once Ernest develops his trey cannon, lookout

bout time they called one on Oscar

Not MJ’s game

Work it

UDEH!

Seen enough of MJ lol

NICE

WHO DEY UDEH

I kind of liked seeing MJ jack one though

Dude can do a rim run.

There ya go MJ.

Focused

Good D mj

Yes. Nice by Rice on D.

@DanR kid is fearless that’s for sure. Even if he’s not a great shooter

MJ with some decent d.

Wilson fouled at half court, no call. Textbook rape arena

Shot to soon?

@cragarhawk tripped him

@Crimsonorblue22 nah. Had to get it up to go 2 for one.

Good things happen when you play guys through mistakes. Udeh and Rice playing with confidence!

Bill spanking Calipari I'm afraid.

Some really solid d from freshman. Size matters

Hot take: MJ will eventually be a really good matchup 4. He’s not athletic or skilled enough to be a scoring 2 or 3 but is a bully with enough ability to be a problem

Help?

Shitty last minute there

wasted last couple possessions, but pretty solid half

Hey we're up and rebounding

Gradey guarding Wheeler isn't something I wanna see more of (aware it was off a switch).

What a great thing to get your number called and deliver big time minutes. Way to be ready Ernest

@BShark and he won’t do it

He’s been better tonight and go figure we look good and are ahead

@FarmerJayhawk I think he’s way more athletic than he’s shown. I remember one game early when he all of the sudden ran full speed on a fast break and I was shocked he was actually FAST! Hasn’t figured out how to play to the athleticism he has I think. Still thinking more than playing.

Uh Oh I do believe I spotted a Udeh - -Zuby - - MJ - - Juan sighting lol

Okay

6 bench points plus some good minutes from all those guys, especially Udeh

@approxinfinity should have been playing all year through his awful and lost D

@kuballin10 said in KU-UK Game Chat:

@BShark and he won’t do it

He’s been better tonight and go figure we look good and are ahead

Yeah he's a big key. Has to be willing to shoot when open at the very least.

@FarmerJayhawk not tall enough

@FarmerJayhawk said in KU-UK Game Chat:

Hot take: MJ will eventually be a really good matchup 4. He’s not athletic or skilled enough to be a scoring 2 or 3 but is a bully with enough ability to be a problem

I thought MJ was supposed to be an athletic freak

@kuballin10 said in KU-UK Game Chat:

@approxinfinity should have been playing all year through his awful and lost D

Or maybe getting better at practice has worked for him. Trust Bill?

@BShark said in KU-UK Game Chat:

Gradey guarding Wheeler isn't something I wanna see more of (aware it was off a switch).

Hoping at some point this team gets good enough defensively to not switch EVERYTHING. It has its benefits, especially with no bench, but man we get caught with some bad mismatches that we just shouldn’t let happen.

@BeddieKU23 said in KU-UK Game Chat:

Some really solid d from freshman. Size matters

It's nice for our size to actually show and make a difference- not a lot but don't need huge but really glad to see all doing something.

@BShark he’s the key this year

Needs to look to score constantly

@benshawks08 seems like wit KJ in at least our 5 can switch everything which is a lot

@benshawks08 I hate switching!

@approxinfinity said in KU-UK Game Chat:

@kuballin10 said in KU-UK Game Chat:

@approxinfinity should have been playing all year through his awful and lost D

Or maybe getting better at practice has worked for him. Trust Bill?

I mentioned earlier today in a chat that this is a game where we can play Udeh/Zuby and not have it kill us. Mainly because Calipari stinks. Udeh would get put in the blender against say, Oklahoma.

@approxinfinity Gradey is really the big problem on switches from the starting 5.

@approxinfinity yeah practice helps I’m sure but he wouldn’t have been out there without Zuby injury

Looks like game has somewhat slowed down against him

@kuballin10 said in KU-UK Game Chat:

@BShark he’s the key this year

Needs to look to score constantly

I wouldn't say constantly but he does have to show opponents he is willing. Don't really want him being a volume guy.

Udeh is playing with a lot of motor. And that does a lot right now

@benshawks08 said in KU-UK Game Chat:

@approxinfinity Gradey is really the big problem on switches from the starting 5.

Getting early Svi flashbacks watching him defend.

@BShark pretty good point. Oscars actually a good matchup for the freshmen because he really just does one thing. He does it well but it’s not like there’s anything complicated going on. Not a lot of decisions to make.

0 offensive rebounds given up to Kentucky at intermission is a happy statistic

@BShark he has to think before he moves, not instinct.

@BShark nah I disagree he’s gotta be looking- it will open things up.

Him scoring 6-8 here or there won’t change how he’s guarded

Have fun in the final four, Tennessee. (Just saw some highlights of that Texas game)

@DanR said in KU-UK Game Chat:

@FarmerJayhawk said in KU-UK Game Chat:

Hot take: MJ will eventually be a really good matchup 4. He’s not athletic or skilled enough to be a scoring 2 or 3 but is a bully with enough ability to be a problem

I thought MJ was supposed to be an athletic freak

Nah, he’s more of a bully with some skill

Juan and Udeh connecting better than they use to.

@kuballin10 sure he is. Only an inch-ish shorter than Jalen with a longer wingspan

@FarmerJayhawk said in KU-UK Game Chat:

@DanR said in KU-UK Game Chat:

@FarmerJayhawk said in KU-UK Game Chat:

Hot take: MJ will eventually be a really good matchup 4. He’s not athletic or skilled enough to be a scoring 2 or 3 but is a bully with enough ability to be a problem

I thought MJ was supposed to be an athletic freak

Nah, he’s more of a bully with some skill

Selden adjacent, but not quite as good.

Okie light up 46-32 on Ol Miss.

Missed some of the first half, any Bobby or joe minutes?

TCU would have coasted today if they were at full strength. Conference still lookin good though.

@benshawks08 Both

@benshawks08 said in KU-UK Game Chat:

Missed some of the first half, any Bobby or joe minutes?

Joe airballed after a nice O rebound. Bobby has a bandaid on his face

But not much

Red panda is the 🐐

Didn't Bobby have a bandaid last week?

@benshawks08 and oscars back bc hes not tall enough to play in the NBA. Udeh is.

At least with their game

@FarmerJayhawk said in KU-UK Game Chat:

Red panda is the 🐐

Seth Davis is in ♥️ with her

@Crimsonorblue22 feel like that pretty much always there.

@approxinfinity said in KU-UK Game Chat:

@benshawks08 and oscars back bc hes not tall enough to play in the NBA. Udeh is.

Should be 4 years of Udeh fwiw. Centers without much skill are not in much demand.

Ugh. I’m afraid KSU is just like legit good and it annoys me.

@RockChalkinTexas Who is the big guy with Seth?

@BShark said in KU-UK Game Chat:

Gradey guarding Wheeler isn't something I wanna see more of (aware it was off a switch).

If wheeler isn’t playing that’s good for us. Doesn’t matter who is guarding him

@BShark sure i look forward to it

@benshawks08 said in KU-UK Game Chat:

Ugh. I’m afraid KSU is just like legit good and it annoys me.

They are good, but it's not easy being king of the hill

@BShark said in KU-UK Game Chat:

@approxinfinity said in KU-UK Game Chat:

@benshawks08 and oscars back bc hes not tall enough to play in the NBA. Udeh is.

Should be 4 years of Udeh fwiw. Centers without much skill are not in much demand.

A center with skill dropped 48 and 17 on Denver today

@jessejayhawk Alphonso?

@benshawks08 they are. That's why it's okay we took them to OT in their place with 3 starters fouled out

@benshawks08 said in KU-UK Game Chat:

Ugh. I’m afraid KSU is just like legit good and it annoys me.

Haven’t hit that wall yet…

@Kcmatt7 said in KU-UK Game Chat:

@BShark said in KU-UK Game Chat:

Gradey guarding Wheeler isn't something I wanna see more of (aware it was off a switch).

If wheeler is playing that’s good for us. Doesn’t matter who is guarding him

Overall I agree but he cooked Gradey.

@BShark it wasn’t even hard for him. Just went right by.

Remember ISU a couple years ago... tore up everyone first matchup through the conference, then flamed out once everyone figured out how to beat them like a drum

@KirkIsMyHinrich said in KU-UK Game Chat:

@BShark said in KU-UK Game Chat:

@approxinfinity said in KU-UK Game Chat:

@benshawks08 and oscars back bc hes not tall enough to play in the NBA. Udeh is.

Should be 4 years of Udeh fwiw. Centers without much skill are not in much demand.

A center with skill dropped 48 and 17 on Denver today

Yeah skilled centers don't even really play in college if they also have enough athleticism.

Gradey doesn't usually play 2 bad halfs. Stay tuned

Watched Huggy beat up on Bruce Pearl🤭

Got any early predictions where Jalen goes? I think lotto

@benshawks08 lol! Wonder what happened. Maybe he has stitches.

@approxinfinity late first round I'd say

@approxinfinity early 2nd

@RockChalkinTexas was shocked!

No waaaay on lotto for Jalen. 2nd round if he is drafted.

@approxinfinity said in KU-UK Game Chat:

Got any early predictions where Jalen goes? I think lotto

Man if he could jump…

@benshawks08 said in KU-UK Game Chat:

@approxinfinity said in KU-UK Game Chat:

Got any early predictions where Jalen goes? I think lotto

Man if he could jump…

And play defense

Wow. Really? Hes what 6’8 can score at all 3 levels? Respectfully disagree

@RockChalkinTexas Could not have happened to a more deserving ass

@KirkIsMyHinrich that’s been more solid recently.

@approxinfinity I just don’t think he’s athletic enough to be more than that. Prove me wrong Jalen!

I think mid 2nd round for Jalen. I'm happy to be wrong though

Floor burn award💫

Kj!

Bad shot by kev but then he does that.

Quadzilla guarding the junk out of Oscar has been a nice surprise

walk it off, Kev.

Be a mahomes!

Oh no

Great box out by kj the second time there.

first three for UK

Big time, KJ

Way to answer

Need to see some Gradey on offense

Foul oscar

I'll take that assist, Gradey!

🙌

Bill is beating Calipari like a rented mule

time out bill

Oscar can do whatever he wants to KJ and not get a whistle

I thought Tshiebwe hooked a little on the move 2 possessions ago

Gurly says KU staff beggin the officials Oscar just camps in the lamp 5-6 seconds

We don't want to get into a pound the rock down low duel between KJ and Tschiebwe

No. Cal made the perfect adjustment. Getting Oscar into more isolations. CS will have to adjust here. Or get big body Udeh back in

Not winning this game if Kevin is out.

Kevin was having a good impact on the d end. Yeah.

should we charge oscar rent for how long he stays in the lane

Hope he can tough it out

Zone

@jessejayhawk said in KU-UK Game Chat:

should we charge oscar rent for how long he stays in the lane

charge him a months rent

@BShark said in KU-UK Game Chat:

Not winning this game if Kevin is out.

I think we can. Maybe roll the dice with MJ for more size.

@BShark said in KU-UK Game Chat:

Not winning this game if Kevin is out.

Need more length. I’d put Udeh back in. Might cause a train wreck though. 🤷

He always go to the left shoulder?

@jessejayhawk said in KU-UK Game Chat:

should we charge oscar rent for how long he stays in the lane

Honestly forgot there was a rule against that.

Yeah Oscar would have multiple 3 second calls IF the refs were gonna call it tonight.

@jayballer67 He would probably be late

Looks good to me

Go time Kev

We need to hit a few threes

Remember back when Bill would play 2 bigs at the same time? Memories.

Where is our O going to come from?

That ball was kicked no?

worst shot in basketball, Jwill. Glad you hit it.

@BShark no rules for Oscar

what the fuck is a icked ball

Lucky there

Nice shot KJ, cool man.

Anything called there?

Sub Bobby. Thanks

Big hoop from KJ.

Kev was heading to the scorer's table, so he's probably back in

KJ is the leading scorer for us 13 points 6-7 from the field

Thats why KJ cant come out. Bill wont play Udeh w KJ

@approxinfinity those two with Juan on the floor would be an amazing train wreck 😂

Gradey playing some D.

We need Grady to get going we need his production

It would be great if we could win this game because I like Kansas and dislike Kentucky.

@FarmerJayhawk said in KU-UK Game Chat:

@approxinfinity those two with Juan on the floor would be an amazing train wreck 😂

One of the top 10 worst KU accounts on twitter said the starting line-up should be Juan/Gradey/Jalen/KJ/Udeh. HOWLING.

@KirkIsMyHinrich said in KU-UK Game Chat:

It would be great if we could win this game because I like Kansas and dislike Kentucky.

Same tbh

@Zabudda For a freshman , he plays pretty damn good D

I've never been able to tell the difference between UK and KU.

@KirkIsMyHinrich

Very simple reasoning. I like it

We need to weather this stretch. Get settled on offense.

More of that Oscar

Sloppy

Oh, man ... well

🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Too many wasted possessions

Dang shoot the 3

can Tschiebwe make them though

he's a man man, like 30 years old, Billas

@BShark said in KU-UK Game Chat:

@FarmerJayhawk said in KU-UK Game Chat:

@approxinfinity those two with Juan on the floor would be an amazing train wreck 😂

One of the top 10 worst KU accounts on twitter said the starting line-up should be Juan/Gradey/Jalen/KJ/Udeh. HOWLING.

He's a little "phoggy".

100th missed lob on the season earlier. Dok would’ve dunked every one of them. Hope
Udeh emerges as that guy!

Wilson!

Now we see more of the "bad" with Udeh.

Udeh is playing great, IMO!

KEV

@BShark raw. Which is why he can play. UK has little structure. Barely coached.

BIJW

Ya that play is what @BShark was talking about. Good job Kevin

Big time plays

Non conference mentality is motivating

J Dubs on a mission! ;)

@dylans said in KU-UK Game Chat:

@BShark raw. Which is why he can play. UK has little structure. Barely coached.

Exactly the reason I thought we could afford to play him today. Which I will say, he's been fine in this game overall.

Looks like we are a mash unit. - - -Zuby - - -out , - - -Kevin gimpin - - - -Grady Gimpin

Just don't help off wallace

@KirkIsMyHinrich No one should wonder why Kevin plays. Bill Self is our coach come on twitter people lol.

@jayballer67 said in KU-UK Game Chat:

Looks like we are a mash unit. - - -Zuby - - -out , - - -Kevin gimpin - - - -Grady Gimpin

A Hawkeye would be welcome.

@Zabudda said in KU-UK Game Chat:

@jayballer67 said in KU-UK Game Chat:

Looks like we are a mash unit. - - -Zuby - - -out , - - -Kevin gimpin - - - -Grady Gimpin

A Hawkeye would be welcome.

LOL

@BShark top 5 in the league in both steals and rebounds helps his case too lol

Joining late - most stunning stats are we've taken 13 more shots and have a 6 ORB advantage. Not so good is that an offensively inefficient UK team is shooting 54%...

Other than Tschiebwe (whose name I can spell thanks to @approxinfinity), I don't know any of the UK players. Toppin sounds familiar

@DCHawker Kentucky's athletes are uh, much better. Great effort from the Hawks tonight though.

@DanR said in KU-UK Game Chat:

Other than Tschiebwe (whose name I can spell thanks to @approxinfinity), I don't know any of the UK players. Toppin sounds familiar

Obi Toppin played for Dayton when we played them in 2020. Plays in the NBA now

@Zabudda Hawkeye would suture Oscars shoes to the floor, maybe long enough to get a 3 second call on him

Wheeler lost his playig time during their win streak.

Needed that one

@Zabudda said in KU-UK Game Chat:

Wheeler lost his playig time during their win streak.

Even Calipari isn't brain dead apparently.

Gotta love the confidence, Juando

Keep firing my dude

Omg harris

Harris scared to shoot second half geez

Nah. He laughed about it. Kevin would have been a dark cloud if he missed like that. Juans ok

Refs apparently feel the need to be involved in a good game

That was the weakest call I have ever seen

Oh good Wheeler is in

Kj

Oscar flopped

Crowd noise sounds pumped in.

@BShark then whined about it lol

Time for Gradey to nail a couple daggers

@dylans said in KU-UK Game Chat:

Crowd noise sounds pumped in.

Straight from the Orange Julius

Adams is putting on a rebounding clinic on D

It's amazing how much UK doesn't foul.

In Rupp arena...

KJ scoring well, but stunning that he has just 1 RB - 8 for JW and 10 for KM...

Why does Gradey shoot that and not any of the the hundred more open looks per game ? Argh

NOT A FOUL

Yes please keep bailing out UK

Geez

Not a foul

Yeah but KJ is boxing out beautifully eliminating Tschiebwe. Sometimes they dont fall your way, but much credit to KJ

KOL...KJ's look after knocking Oscar on his butt....

SIX TEAM FOULS -- - SIX ON KU - - -ONE ON KENTUCKY IN TWELVE MINUTTES ! ! ! - THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO HUMMMMMM

BS fouls. It was that way in Waco today and etc. lol

Just need to stay aggressive here. Foul count doesn't matter.

Idk why being a weatherman or an official has no accountability.

Ya Jim we watched that game. It was pretty physical overall for the home team to have 1 foul in 14 min of play don't ya think? Pink slip...

Is that really so hard?

@approxinfinity said in KU-UK Game Chat:

Adams is putting on a rebounding clinic on D

He's boxing out great. Impressive. Would be even better if he could grab the ball too (only 1 board so far).

7-1 lol

Tons of contact on that KJ bucket and then minimal contact on consecutive fouls. Makes sense

🐦 View Tweet Good point from Tait here tbh

gRADY JUST IN MAJOR SLUMP OFFENSIVELY

@BeddieKU23 said in KU-UK Game Chat:

Tons of contact on that KJ bucket and them minimal contact on consecutive fouls. Makes sense

The KJ play was either a charge or a flop. And we know it wasn’t a charge… should have had a free throw for that

Playing good D and taking care of the ball. Need to keep it up.

Another one joke

MJ in, oh boy

Ya I cant respect any of it when it's like that. Everything can't be a foul on one end only. They can't let Vegas lose I guess

Rice got smoked

Wilson is going to have to carry this load

Mj not ever trying. sit

Make up call

KJ for the flush, wow

good tackle, Gradey

Grady what the hell exactly are you doing

wild and out of control is not our game

Another foul coming on defense

Kj

Gradey bailed out lol

BOOM

Gradey's folks in the Rupp

WILSON BOOOM

Wow!

Bang bang

Ugh that turnover

Such a dumb pass

@cragarhawk said in KU-UK Game Chat:

Ugh that turnover

Might be a game changer, hopefully not.

Man, we needed those two threes. Proabably will just go back to bad ball now though. Drive and hope to get fouled.

But we can't stop their one play - Oscar getting it easily deep every time...

Ouch a missed chance to go up by eight.

@DanR and you know those won’t get called, especially on Oscar

Gradey has struggled a little with their length. This happens every time against Kentucky

@DCHawker it would be extremely helpful if they called him for essentially having a mortgage, a wife, and a handful of kids in the lane

No turns

Dam the guys showing HUGE Chones tonight we deserve this W - -just got to strap it on and gut it out. - -Guys have really stood up - -long long time to go for sure

Sure would be nice to win this one

KU has led for right over 27 minutes of this game they said

Really good chunks of good play occasionally interrupted by "what the hell are you doing" turnovers

@FarmerJayhawk He's got an outhouse in there too

Put Cole Aldrich in on Tschiebwe

@DanR Withey would swat them too

BOOOOOM, KEV

@DanR maybe a little Sasha for an elbow smash

Gonna miss playing Kentucky this often. (No more sec/Big12 challenge)

KEVIN

@DanR FINALLY

KEV

Def a charge. Stupid play by UK guy

Oh my Kev!

KEVIN GOATCULLAR

Big time shot!

Kevin the GOAT

Luv u kevin

Harris is not hot

Get a good look

No juan

YESS WIlson. Get this clock moving

JALEN

JWILL

JWill

Juan that is not the time or the place

For bball Iq that’s bad

LOVE IT

RUMP RAFTERS IS ON FIRE!

Come on, Wilson. You putz, pull that toe back.

Jalen is the most confident shooter in a long long time

@DanR said in KU-UK Game Chat:

Come on, Wilson. You putz, pull that toe back.

Toe on the line shooting % is 99 though.

Jalen last 3-4 games is insane

@BeddieKU23 said in KU-UK Game Chat:

Jalen is the most confident shooter in a long long time

Yeah, it's his team, big part of why he came back.

floppsie

Double double for Kev

I'm glad they didn't call a charge

Well it's safe to say they unbroke themselves

KJ was fouled

FOUL

Damn 🐇 miss

START THE CHANT

Good win. I think UK is probably a barely ranked worthy team atm

🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾❤💙

Let's see we go up 1, they go down 1?

we needed this....now, let's get ready for revenge on tuesday...

Make them

Great road win.

Hopefully got some confidence back here

good reboot. Bring on the other kitties

Impressive win at Rupp...

Kentucky just beat Tennessee

Huge freaking win

Double double for Kev

KJ had 17

Plus, good showing by the B12...

Calipari got a fresh brand new delivered express overnight clown suit from GOAT Bill.

OSU won 82-60. B12 wins the challenge 7-3. Would have been 8-2 if TCU was healthy.

Made us proud and thank you Kevin, JWILL, KJ, Earnest, Gradey and JUAN!

Glad I stayed up for this one. Great game. Nice contribution from Udeh

@KirkIsMyHinrich has anybody heard if miles hurt his knee, like serious?

@Crimsonorblue22 said in KU-UK Game Chat:

@KirkIsMyHinrich has anybody heard if miles hurt his knee, like serious?

I haven't heard. I haven't checked though either.

We see the one and only Kevin do it big time.

@FarmerJayhawk said in KU-UK Game Chat:

7-1 lol

Hopefully not

Guys NOW this looks more like the OLD KU earlier in the year. - -SOLID SOLID WIN

What happened to Zuby? I missed the update

He went out and never came back. Big guy didn't play.

@Crimsonorblue22 said in KU-UK Game Chat:

@KirkIsMyHinrich has anybody heard if miles hurt his knee, like serious?

I read he was out pending xray

@Crimsonorblue22 hopefully not

Some other guy was out too. From tcu

Okay here comes the KSU Wildcats into our zoo.

Kentucky was 22nd in the country in total rebounds coming in, Kansas 92nd and 208th (JESUS) in opponent rebounds. Kansas outrebounded Kentucky tonight.

@KirkIsMyHinrich said in KU-UK Game Chat:

OSU won 82-60. B12 wins the challenge 7-3. Would have been 8-2 if TCU was healthy.

Weren't the Clones down 2 guys today as well?

@RockChalkinTexas I think I saw him with a boot on his ankle

Continuing on the “Kevin is this years Dave” comparison, Kev gets gimpy, focuses and has a helluva game.

@approxinfinity 12 boards ain't too shabby

Caleb grill from Maize was gone for isu. I don't even know if he was there.

@approxinfinity said in KU-UK Game Chat:

Continuing on the “Kevin is this years Dave” comparison, Kev gets gimpy, focuses and has a helluva game.

He just took the ball away several times. Just ripped it out their hands. He clunks shots all day, then hits the crusher 3 when the game was on the line. The dude is clutch. Remy flash back.

@jessejayhawk you talking Zuby or Miles from tcu? Miles looked like his knee. Zuby did roll his ankle.

Oscar only gts TWO offensive rebounds- -- & 9 total rebounds - - thats pretty good

@Crimsonorblue22 Zuby

Kj had his rear right in oscar!

@BShark said in KU-UK Game Chat:

Kentucky was 22nd in the country in total rebounds coming in, Kansas 92nd and 208th (JESUS) in opponent rebounds. Kansas outrebounded Kentucky tonight.

KU 34 - Kentucky 29

Good guys win again (finally)

KJ had 17 on 8-10 shooting. Pretty incredible against Kentucky's athletes. Bill is such a good coach and KJ is special.

Could finally see Earnest’s potential. I can’t wait for him to put it together. He could be special

@BShark That was a really quiet 17. Had no idea that he scored that well until I saw the box score

What was the final Big 12 vs SEC score?

@dylans said in KU-UK Game Chat:

Could finally see Earnest’s potential. I can’t wait for him to put it together. He could be special

All mental. Believe it has been mentioned before but his high school had a couple D1 guards as well that they played through and they really didn't ask him to do much of anything except run around dunk and rebound. Big step up to D1 and Self's system.

I think both Udeh and Zuby will be very, very good before they are done at Kansas.

@jessejayhawk said in KU-UK Game Chat:

What was the final Big 12 vs SEC score?

7-3. Ifs/buts with TCU really should have been 8-2.

@BShark Thanks. I'll take 7/3

I’m super glad we play Tuesday instead of Monday. Heal up Kev!

@BShark Really pissed me off that Mizzou was one of the 3

They didn't score off the 2 offensive boards!🤩

Huge factor in the game Kentucky FOUR TOTAL offensive rebounds AND Kentucky - - - -ZERO - - NADA - - ZELCH - -2nd chance points -KU outrebounding Kentucky 34-- -29 for the game

This just shows how baa ass this team can be when they really get after it

Another cool little nugget just heard. - Lat time Kentucky was held to 5 or less offensive rebounds ? - - - -in 2008 -and they have the Nations leading or at the top rebounder this year 13.9 Oscar - -tonight Oscar - - - 9.

Huge game from Kevin really. That 3 was a dagger. But his D was way better. They had more fun tonight. And they look alot better when they are having fun

@cragarhawk and boards!

McCullar out rebounded Oscar. Let that sink in. I hope Kev is good to go for Tuesday.

I don't think Grille or grill from isu played in their last game.

@Crimsonorblue22 said in KU-UK Game Chat:

I don't think Grille or grill from isu played in their last game.

sore back. he could've made a difference today.

Udeh is so well spoken. You can't tell he's a freshmen. I would guess he's pretty smart.

It’s funny that there was a bunch of chatter about Yesufu playing more before the game.

Turned out to be more Rice and Udeh and it was great to see. Either way the bench has to continue to get minutes like they did tonight to have a chance in March

@Kcmatt7 did he pretty much just shoot an air ball or get blocked and that was it?

First got to get this out of the way. Can refs count to three, as in when a big body is in the lane on offense you count to three and if he's still there blow the whistle and give the other team the ball. Oscar's a great player but he just camped in the lane tonight, would move to the edge of the lane, but never leaving. Goodness I was yelling the whole time.

Glad i watched the tape!! I know Kentucky is down this year but we needed this win in the worst kind of way.

Wilson was Wilson, and whereas the other day we were basically thinking only Jalen knew how to score the basketball, we rediscovered some shooters and scorers and rebounders and surprise surprise Udeh made some nice hustle plays keeping balls alive.

Back to refs. You just can't allow a foul count to get to 7-1 12 minutes into a half. Don't remember specifics except a moving screen that wasn't against Gradey. But wow, refs just don't like to reward our team with foul calls. 18-14 tonight against us. Sometimes when refs realize there's a discrepency they try to even things out and then piss off the other team.

Nice to see KJ Adams bounce back against a big team.

I'm feeling good about KState on Tuesday. I really don't think they're the #5 team in the country and I'm guessing we show them Tuesday that they're not.

Just read part of the game thread and I realize I wasn't the only one frustrated on the 3 seconds not being called.

@DanR said in KU-UK Game Chat:

I've never been able to tell the difference between UK and KU.

One kind of sounds like yuck and one kind of sounds like kool

@Crimsonorblue22 said in KU-UK Game Chat:

Udeh is so well spoken. You can't tell he's a freshmen. I would guess he's pretty smart.

Self called him smartest player since Dave. Like outside of basketball smart.

@approxinfinity said in KU-UK Game Chat:

Continuing on the “Kevin is this years Dave” comparison, Kev gets gimpy, focuses and has a helluva game.

I’m wondering if it was honestly LESS focus. Finally got out of his own head.

@approxinfinity said in KU-UK Game Chat:

Bobby cut himself while shaving with a machette?

He’s had that bandage on a lot this year. Gotta be a monster zit.

What a pleasing game. Going in I thought our cold streak could easily continue. But as the game progressed, i never thought we’d lose. I’ll take it.

A couple thoughts:

— Gradey is way better when he’s set, or flows into his 3 pt shot.

— An MJ sighting! He did fine. Only sucked on defense on one possession. Maybe. He put some good effort in on a few possessions. He sometimes seems a step behind on D. Wonder if he just doesn’t pay attention to his man, or has no clue. Happy to see him in the game.

— Boy o boy has KJ been an unexpected treat.

— See what happens when KJ, Kevin and Dajuan score a few? Much needed help.

— Pettiford. Hmmm. Obviously he won us a game this year, but otherwise seems like a career backup. Anybody see him taking a huge leap next year? Bill says he plays good D and slides his feet the best.

— I like the spasmodic energy that Zuby and Ernest bring to the game.

Jalen has averaged 28 a game the last 4. It's incredible how good this kid is as a scorer, leader, everything. Grown A** Man. Hearing him talk after every game, he's a professional and absolutely soaked in all that Agbaji taught him last season.

It's been incredible watching his rise.

@approxinfinity

Really good comp. Kev's highs and lows are the same, rewarding and costly just like Dave was. Making that dagger 3 made up for several bad wide open misses. Just Kev I guess, he's a big shot maker at opportune moments. Defensively he was in his bag yesterday in passing lanes, digging 50/50 balls and boards. Makes up for the previous 3-4 games where he seemed to get scored on at will. Crazy stuff.

Said it earlier in the season, you would never know this kid didn't play here 4 yrs. His fit here in uncanny

Tagline on CBS:

"Oklahoma, West Virginia and Kansas had big upset wins vs. SEC teams on Saturday in the last SEC/Big 12 Challenge"
So...the 9th ranked team in the country beating an unranked 'Tucky team is a "big upset win". Whatever.

@Jethro said in KU-UK Game Chat:

Tagline on CBS:

"Oklahoma, West Virginia and Kansas had big upset wins vs. SEC teams on Saturday in the last SEC/Big 12 Challenge"
So...the 9th ranked team in the country beating an unranked 'Tucky team is a "big upset win". Whatever.

KU was an underdog so it was an upset

@Woodrow said in KU-UK Game Chat:

@Jethro said in KU-UK Game Chat:

Tagline on CBS:

"Oklahoma, West Virginia and Kansas had big upset wins vs. SEC teams on Saturday in the last SEC/Big 12 Challenge"
So...the 9th ranked team in the country beating an unranked 'Tucky team is a "big upset win". Whatever.

KU was an underdog so it was an upset

If you go by the Vegas line. Not anywhere else. The line opened KU -1, and Tucky bettors pushed them to -3.

Kentucky’s defense was poor. Looked like poor coaching - no help side defense, rotations where slow, etc. Lots of talent on that roster though. Could you imagine Cal recruiting with Tang as an assistant? That would be trouble!

@Jethro said in KU-UK Game Chat:

@Woodrow said in KU-UK Game Chat:

@Jethro said in KU-UK Game Chat:

Tagline on CBS:

"Oklahoma, West Virginia and Kansas had big upset wins vs. SEC teams on Saturday in the last SEC/Big 12 Challenge"
So...the 9th ranked team in the country beating an unranked 'Tucky team is a "big upset win". Whatever.

KU was an underdog so it was an upset

If you go by the Vegas line. Not anywhere else. The line opened KU -1, and Tucky bettors pushed them to -3.

ESPN's BPI had Kentucky at 65% to win so a lot of analytics did like Kentucky last night.

@Jethro Glad it got pushed to plus money as i took an alternate line of -1 +133

Anyone feel Udeh should get more run but will disappear to the bench if Zuby is healthy? Seems like whenever a guy plays well unexpectedly we don’t see them again like we as fans would like (think zac and ou last year).

Mj didn’t do much but he’s an athlete and I think can contribute more than Joe

Bobby spent more time at the 2 than 1. His minutes at the 1 were okay but think he gets passed by our incoming guards next year

Jalen brought the ball up a lot and handed it off to Juan to negate their fake pressure. JW could play point like Royce White

Kj back to over his 15 ppg with Juan and Kevin scoring it changed this team. Those 3 are the most important on the team.

Jw and Gradey normally get there’s but if the other 3 play poor we lose

@kuballin10

I was impressed with Udeh's focus and size. My thought right after the game was he made his case for the second number five spot. We will see. MJ ls a better choice going forward to spell Kevin and Gradey. Needs much more court time to let his talent flourish. We play against so many studs each week along with good coaching. Other reams are experiencing the same wear and tear. You could see that Self has urged every player to shoot and score.

Shout out to J Wil, once again he made clutch shot after clutch shot.

He has been so impressive both on and off the court, kudos to him.

Need a few more from Gradey and few less fouls from him and kj. Much better game though. Love having Udeh in there. A must to have Kevin and j will relieve Juan bringing up the ball. Juan touched on that after the game. Boards were great, my key to game! Kj really boxed out. It's different though without shooting so many 3's. Harder to do when switching and sending littles back.

Did Kentucky ever get the lead in the second half? Seems we had an answer to keep that 4 to 6 point gap. I know Oscar cut it to one on FT's.

Beating UK at Rupp will for a long time likely be an upset for any team, even ranked, going in after losing 3 in a row and facing UK, even unranked, after winning 4 in a row.

Besides, our #9 ranking did not account for last Monday. Probably would have been about 14th-16th if poll was Tues.

@Zabudda No, they were down throughout, KU had an answer on every UK run, several clutch shots.

@mayjay think we'll be moving down? Several teams lost though? Bama, ksu, and ?

You don't have to tell MJ to shoot!😂

Without looking at other teams around us, I think we should be in the 10-15 range. Hard to say after losing 3 in a row, and getting blown out at home that we deserve a top 10. But there's also a lot of teams apart from Purdue that have suffered embarrassing losses as well.

@wissox said in KU-UK Game Chat:

Without looking at other teams around us, I think we should be in the 10-15 range. Hard to say after losing 3 in a row, and getting blown out at home that we deserve a top 10. But there's also a lot of teams apart from Purdue that have suffered embarrassing losses as well.

Teams that lost this week: 2, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15×2, 18, 19, 20, 25

I think there's a solid chance KU is still top 10 at 10 when the new poll comes out tomorrow because so many teams behind KU lost as well this week. Gonzaga at 14 is the only team likely to jump KU tomorrow. Baylor maybe jumps KU, but I think that's a little much at this point, but them and Marquette should each jump 5 or so spots.

@Texas-Hawk-10 Yeah, you might be right. I'm just thinking despite all the others losing seeing our results from before Saturday night we are nowhere near a top 10.

@Jethro I can't find where you wrote about Rupps Rafters in full meltdown. I of course spend quite a bit of time at BuckysFifthQuarter and if you're not aware, they've lost 6 of 7. Injuries have been a major factor, but the talk is quite ugly there. Badgers have been good basically this entire century so fans have a certain sense of entitlement even in Madison.

The basic gist is Greg Gard needs to go. The other side says he's won 2 of the last 3 BIG championships, lost a guy to the NBA last year, graduated another couple of key pieces. Way too early to pull the plug is their reasoning. But it's pretty ugly, but not like Rupps Rafters. It's always hilarious when it's the 'enemy' melting down. But it's not as much fun when it involves the team you follow! Glad I still have the Jayhawks!

@Crimsonorblue22 said in KU-UK Game Chat:

@mayjay think we'll be moving down? Several teams lost though? Bama, ksu, and ?

Not far, maybe 10th.

It is a crazy exercise to figure out whether the transitive property should apply to rankings. We lose to TCU, which stomped Oklahoma but lost to Miss St, whereas we beat Oklahoma but lost to KSU who beat UF but then KSU lost to ISU whom we beat. Does UK count as a good win because their record does not accurately reflect their talent?

Just have a drink and worry not!

Kentucky was the perfect game for Udeh. Kentucky doesn’t run anything complicated so he wouldn’t get lost. His only job was to be big, catch lobs, and stick to Oscar. The analytics favor Zuby, so we’ll see what happens. KSU is a bad matchup for Udeh IMO. They don’t have much in terms of post defense but Udeh isn’t a post scorer or rebounder (yet).

@FarmerJayhawk What's hilarious is seeing Kentucky fans on twitter pissed at Udeh because he was, uh, IDK? Scoring, rebounding?? He only played a dozen minutes or so but they're mad at him.

@wissox

I'm also mad at Desi Sills for having 24 off the bench for K-St, Shahada Wells for having 17 off the bench for TCU, that pesky Zeigler from Tennessee who had a big game off the bench when beating us in the Bahamas.

In fact in all 4 of KU's defeats this season, a bench guard for the other team has had double digit points. We have gripes. UK crying over our big catching 2 lob dunks is so rupp rafters

@FarmerJayhawk said in KU-UK Game Chat:

Kentucky was the perfect game for Udeh. Kentucky doesn’t run anything complicated so he wouldn’t get lost. His only job was to be big, catch lobs, and stick to Oscar. The analytics favor Zuby, so we’ll see what happens. KSU is a bad matchup for Udeh IMO. They don’t have much in terms of post defense but Udeh isn’t a post scorer or rebounder (yet).

Everything considered , this game I feel was BIG for Udeh. COURT TIME - - extended , I'm not so sure about K/State- -they really don't have a go to big for sure, a dominating big by any means. my own thinking is Zuby & Udeh both could really use more minutes in this game also - -get that in game experience . --I think if Ernest & Zuby just stick with it , we gonna have a couple of really solid big's in the future, and can help a bit on down the line yet this year. -- My question again is and ask on game chat - -thing is where does this put ZACH ? - - no sighting at Rupp not one second. - - -I still think he is out at the end of the season

Some think that when rankings come out today w will drop some - - I THINK actually we will quite possibly move up a spot maybe even two. I can see us landing at 7th - -I can see K/State moving up to 3rd ?

@jayballer67 KU moved up to 8th and KSU dropped to 7th. It wouldn't have made any sense for KSU to move up because they lost to ISU last week.

Purdue stayed 1, Tennessee and Alabama swapped places and 2 and 4, Houston remained at 3, Arizona moved up to 5, Virginia at 6, UCLA dropped a spot to 9th and Texas stayed at 10th so the teams in the top 10 remained tge same, just order is different with only Purdue and Houston in the spots as last week.

@Texas-Hawk-10 said in KU-UK Game Chat:

@jayballer67 KU moved up to 8th and KSU dropped to 7th. It wouldn't have made any sense for KSU to move up because they lost to ISU last week.

Purdue stayed 1, Tennessee and Alabama swapped places and 2 and 4, Houston remained at 3, Arizona moved up to 5, Virginia at 6, UCLA dropped a spot to 9th and Texas stayed at 10th so the teams in the top 10 remained tge same, just order is different with only Purdue and Houston in the spots as last week.
https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll?week=13 ↗

Some strange results for sure. Glad the Big 12 wiped out the SEC for the last time. Especially when some of the top teams and programs lose like bama and tucky

@wissox

Good to know that we can beat up on more then just ourselves within conference. TCU wasn't whole or this could have been even more lopsided.

@Texas-Hawk-10 said in KU-UK Game Chat:

@jayballer67 KU moved up to 8th and KSU dropped to 7th. It wouldn't have made any sense for KSU to move up because they lost to ISU last week.

Purdue stayed 1, Tennessee and Alabama swapped places and 2 and 4, Houston remained at 3, Arizona moved up to 5, Virginia at 6, UCLA dropped a spot to 9th and Texas stayed at 10th so the teams in the top 10 remained tge same, just order is different with only Purdue and Houston in the spots as last week.

Well I also know some were saying that KU would drop - -- no way. - That's why I was saying we might move up a spot or to. - - Also teams ahead of K-State lost Houston lost - to a team much worse then another ranked team and yet they stayed put -I'm not any K/State humper but that doesn't make any sense. Many Many teams lost ranked teams lost a lot of ranked teams behind us lost - if you have team ahead of you lost it's always been the cycle you - - gonna drop not stay put. - I have no problem with where we are considering the slump we were in - -just seems crazy they dropped that's all

Zuby will miss some time according to Self & Udeh will be 1st big off the bench.

Unfortunate for Zuby. Likely will mean his season is over if I were guessing. Back issues are hard for anyone to overcome in a short period of time, but especially for guys his size.

@Kcmatt7

Foot injury. Self said extended period of time. X-Rays negative.

Mentions Kevin has gotten treatment last 2 days. Expects him available

@jayballer67 Without going back and checking Everyone (except purdue) it seems lost, but us losing 3 straight including the beatdown at home was my reasoning for why we maybe should be in the 10-15 range. I still think that's where we should be. Make them earn their way back towards the top...except did you see our schedule coming up? Goodness.

I think any of the six games we could lose, KState tomorrow, at ISU Saturday, Texas, at OKie and OkieSt, and finally home with Baylor. I mean I don't think we're going 0-6 but any of those six we could lose. We could find ourselves in the middle of February with a 4-6 record in our last 10 just by splitting the next 6 games.

@BeddieKU23 For some reason I thought back. Not sure why now... Someone had a back injury this year. Either way a bummer.

@Kcmatt7

MJ has had the back issues (spasms). We've certainly had our share of injuries this year. All 3 freshman have unfortunately had something going on already that has stunted their development.

@wissox

The schedule is beyond redicilous.

@BeddieKU23 said in KU-UK Game Chat:

@Kcmatt7

MJ has had the back issues (spasms). We've certainly had our share of injuries this year. All 3 freshman have unfortunately had something going on already that has stunted their development.

Kevin has dealt with back stuff on and off as well.

@BeddieKU23 Yes and it's ridiculous too! (sorry, teacher hat still being worn!)

Self now saying Zuby out 2-3 weeks. Hopefully he's back for the late season push

@wissox said in KU-UK Game Chat:

@jayballer67 Without going back and checking Everyone (except purdue) it seems lost, but us losing 3 straight including the beatdown at home was my reasoning for why we maybe should be in the 10-15 range. I still think that's where we should be. Make them earn their way back towards the top...except did you see our schedule coming up? Goodness.

I think any of the six games we could lose, KState tomorrow, at ISU Saturday, Texas, at OKie and OkieSt, and finally home with Baylor. I mean I don't think we're going 0-6 but any of those six we could lose. We could find ourselves in the middle of February with a 4-6 record in our last 10 just by splitting the next 6 games.

Just another typical year of this league where we just beat one another up. - -I think the biggest chance we get beat is at Iowa State & Texas - -& to lesser degree at home against Baylor. - -I'll take my chances against Oklahoma- - Oklahoma St & K State. - -I think tomorrow night in the phog - -K/State very easily running into a buzz saw.

Things going against K/State tomorrow - - They beat us already this year yet they only managed to beat us by one- - in overtime - -on their home floor when we dug a huge hole and had to work for most the game.- -I don't see that happening again. 2nd - - -They are ranked higher in which all that does is add fuel to the fire for the fans at the Phog -I'm telling ya that place is going to be nuts & they have already beat us - -all motivational things for KU - - - - Could be wrong , but just like you said -the teams you mentioned put the shoe on the other foot - -just as easily as we could lose - - we could win & they could lose. Just got to be ready and come out prepared for war. - You can not afford an off night in this league - -it will eat you alive.

Just saw a stat that the Big 12 had 6 teams in the top 25 - -first in the Nation - -* 9 teams in the top 50 - -it is just war zone - night in - -night out

Oklahoma looked really good sat.

@Crimsonorblue22 Funny, I didn't really predict what happened but I told a friend who had a Bama fan smack talking him that Bama was due a big loss.

@BeddieKU23 said in KU-UK Game Chat:

Self now saying Zuby out 2-3 weeks. Hopefully he's back for the late season push

I saw him wearing a boot during the second half of the UK game, but I didn’t see him get injured. Did anyone see what happened? Step on someone’s foot or just come down wrong? He’s a big dude lots of force on his joints. Must be a fairly bad sprain to miss 2-3 weeks.

@dylans

Haven't seen where it happened either. All of a sudden, he was hurt and the announcers/cameras were following. Certainly sounds like high ankle that needs some time to heal.

@BeddieKU23 What would really suck is if it was the playoffs and he was the quarterback. 😂 Glad he has time to heal up 95%+ before hitting the court.

@dylans

Definitely want to be cautious with a young big so agree get him right and ease him back in. We'll need him for depth. We just have to hope we get more flashes out of Udeh like we got last game.

STILL trying to find out what's up with Zach

@jayballer67 I’ll be honest he just isn’t any good. He’s weak, slow, can’t dunk at 6-10 and isn’t a Lightfoot or Tanner Groves type. His shot looks good just doesn’t go in much. I’d wager he transfers

@kuballin10 said in KU-UK Game Chat:

@jayballer67 I’ll be honest he just isn’t any good. He’s weak, slow, can’t dunk at 6-10 and isn’t a Lightfoot or Tanner Groves type. His shot looks good just doesn’t go in much. I’d wager he transfers

thats all I'm wondering.- -Just haven't heard anything , can tell he is in deep. Plus I've been saying for a long time Zach is gone at the end of this year. - -Just haven't heard good - -bad - -or othrewise on him lately. Hell not even sure if he is on the bench anymore

@kuballin10 its a bad fit. He hasnt shown us anything we really need this year. Agree he transfers and hope its somewhere he gets lota of run . I could see a graf transfer to a big program if he figures it out

Zach played well today. Small sample size yes but it was improvement.

I should probably take y'all experts words for it, but I'm still optimistic about Z as a four year Jayhawk. I mean, his size and shooting will definitely be an asset, off the bench probably, especially with another season's experience and reps in practice. Remember 2008 when we had four bigs and a giant cushion of fouls to give? I want a Self team like that again!

Zach did look more comfortable out there knowing he wasn’t going to pulled right away for letting his man easily blow past him to score. But jeez he needs to stop letting his man easily blow past him to score.

@Jayblaze

I would wait and see what happens after the season first but at some point the light bulb has to come on right? Sometimes it doesn't until a player finds the right fit which has been a big discussion with Zach here, can his skills fit what Self wants from his 5 man?

I will add that Zach had a clear path to starting this year and not only did he not earn the spot, Self-converted a wing/4-man (Adams) to play the position late into the pre-season & 2 freshman beat him out for rotation minutes. Players usually realize where they are and start thinking maybe they need to find a fresh start (I'm not saying he should).

If we are looking at some positives for Zach recently, he's scored in 6 straight games after not scoring at all in the first half of the season. He is averaging 7.5 mpg, 3.8 pts (60% from 3), 1.6 boards, 0.5 blocks in this small but 6 game sample. He has played the two best games this year at home (something to monitor for Saturday).

I've been in Zach's corner since his high school days and I remain hopeful there's something there to keep working with. At times he gives you those exciting flashes and I've always wondered what's holding him back from showing that more.

@rockchalkwyo said in KU-UK Game Chat:

Zach played well today. Small sample size yes but it was improvement.

I like Zach , not that means anything but I wanna see Zach do well , succeed. I'm pulling for him