I'm willing to clear my good name. Although @BShark has handled it brilliantly I believe that some unfairly blame me for the last game chat I started causing us to lose. We can overcome the so called curse of Wissox.

WE GOOD

All coaches with Texas in their school name are corrupt. Today is a classic good vs. evil matchup. It's US-USSR olympic hockey in Lake Placid style good/evil.

I think Kev should sit (maybe he will anyways).

I really never thought this team would be good enough to challenge for a NC but the combo of Wilsons brilliance, DaJuans awesome floor game, and KJ recovering the lost mojo we're back to being a scary matchup for every team out there.

In our FF years we've won the league tourney 3 of the last 6 times. When it was just the Big 8 we won in 86, but didn't in any of the of the FF years of 88, 91, 93. So in our last 10 FF seasons, we've only won the league tournament 4 times. I guess you could conclude todays game is not that important.

But in my mind todays game is always most important no matter what the calendar reads.

@wissox Look at Championship years under Bill. 2 Big12 tourney titles to go with the national hardware. 🤷‍♂️

@dylans But he's 'only' 2-2 in Big 12 champ years when they got to the FF!

@wissox 0-2 when he loses in the final four.

I can manipulate stats with the best of them.

Clearly to win the national championship todays game is a must win. Bill has lost in every final four he’s made and not won the big 12 tournament title.

Texas is 18-7 since Beard was suspended. Of course I think Beards team loses that many in the tough league.

@dylans Just pointing out todays game isn't the best predictor of post season success.

@wissox but it is! Lol see above.

Now I’m curious how many eventual national champions won their respective conference tournament title as well.

But I know that since I've been breathing Jayhawk Crimson and Blue they've won 3 national championships in years ending in 8 or 2, and should have won one in years ending in 3

@dylans I'll let you do that research!

I think we are in good shape today. This team just beat us a week ago, BS is having health issue and it’s for a trophy.

@wissox I’m still salty about 2020. Should’ve won 2003. Perry’s senior year as well. OAD tournament doesn’t crown the best team, just the hottest team with the most favorable matchups. Hope this team catches fire!

:folded_hands:

Something that bodes well for this team...

KU won their first two conference tournament games by double digits. When KU has done this the results are 2x S16, 2x FF, national champion. One of those S16s is the Arizona game too..

@wissox 8-8 the last 16 (17 years).

ACC tournament is ridiculously difficult from what I can tell. 1 ACC tournament win vs 5 national titles

SEC - 2 SEC titles vs 3 national titles

Big12 - 2 Big12 titles vs 3 national titles

Big East - 3 Big East titles vs 5 National titles

I wonder how coaches feel about their league tournament? I'd guess most find it to be a bother.

By the way, this is rich.

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@wissox

Wow

@BShark not good!

I like our chances today. I don't think we've played our best game yet. The defense has been sensational, and the passing has been tremendous.

They gave a stat this Morning on ESPN. - -For KU this is our 16th Championship Big 12 tourney appearance. That's TWICE as many as any other School in the Big 12 , Texas has EIGHT. - That is Dominance

@jayballer67 If Texas has 8 appearance then they have 7 losses. Random fact of the day - Texas is the only non-big 8 member to win the big12 so far.

@Crimsonorblue22 said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

@BShark not good!

If we lose today, no NCAAT game threads for @wissox :face_with_tongue:

@BShark said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

@Crimsonorblue22 said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

@BShark not good!

If we lose today, no NCAAT game threads for @wissox :face_with_tongue:

Shoot, no game threads! (No pressure @wissox) ;)

@BShark this is a big deal to me! Have we been winning or not?

@Crimsonorblue22 Send me a bribe. I missed two games and KU got blown out by 15+ each game. Clearly they missed my mojo! 😂

@Crimsonorblue22 said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

@BShark this is a big deal to me! Have we been winning or not?

We did lose to Texas with a @BShark game thread. Could be good mojo to get another option going!

Also no offense but I’m also partial to the games where @wissox makes his own and just comments just to himself for about 15 minutes before joining the other thread… lol.

We good.

@BShark Yep, lifetime ban.

@benshawks08 I can do that too.

McCullar officially out for today.

Dang my curse on the team is already being felt.

@wissox I say we give you to the half.

Start kj at the 4?

@benshawks08 said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

Start kj at the 4?

Nope.

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LFG🌾🌾🌾🌾

Beat UT🖕

RockChalk ❤💙

PAY BACK

Let's get it

No Timmy Allen is big

@BeddieKU23 but they played w/o him last night

@RockChalkinTexas Still a top 4 guy for them. Both sides wounded it seems.

@RockChalkinTexas

For us it's big. He's been a pita matchup

Fran picked us.

@BeddieKU23 He has a burnt orange tie on 🤦‍♀️

@BeddieKU23 said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

Fran picked us.

Kiss of death I'm afraid.

Do we always watch the anthem?

Nah we're good. We'll get this one for Self and then repeat.

Eeeeek.

Gradey trying to hold it together. Lol.

We're doomed, Fran picked us and I started the game thread.

@wissox this team likes adversity. Build that chip.

@wissox AND Dickie V

Great anthem until that home of the chiefs crap.

@BShark If we are honest it struggled even before that.

It’s a hard song.

Too bad Dick has to spend the next two hours with the Cubs announcer. Seemed like Norm liked the anthem.

When did they get all this tape from bill?

@benshawks08 Before Tournament

Let’s go joe. Show what you got.

Good hustle Gradey.

Gonna have to make some shots guys.

@benshawks08 said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

Gonna have to make some shots guys.

One would think

Early foul on Jalen.

Feels like we either play stifling d or give up WIDE open shots.

What kind of defense was that?

Lol at Dickie V "Joe can really shoot the ball"

uh no

Dumb foul

Disu could be a problem.

@BShark Technically he's right. Dickie didn't say anything about making them however.

@wissox lol.

Boo, our ball.

Play d instead of watching the replay boys.

need heighth

Getting pushed around.

Really missing Kevin on D. Way to easy for Texas to get to the rim uncontested

Need to play some defense. No focus on simple plays

pick up the energy, guys.

Gonna have to get rice in there for size

@stoptheflop said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

Really missing Kevin on D. Way to easy for Texas to get to the rim uncontested

Yep Kevin is elite on that end and Joe is average at best.

@BeddieKU23 said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

Gonna have to get rice in there for size

I'm ready for some #KJatthe4 already @benshawks08

Count me in with the "put kj at the four" with Udeh crowd. This is way too easy for Texas

@DanR said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

Count me in with the "put kj at the four" with Udeh crowd. This is way too easy for Texas

Welcome.

Juan on Rice is good

What a pass.

Yeah Joe is a problem for us defensively.

Leaving guys wide open and daring them to shoot is not my favorite strategy.

@benshawks08 said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

Leaving guys wide open and daring them to shoot is not my favorite strategy.

missing wide open threes sucks too on the other end

Udeh better be coming in

Rebound

I hate Timmy Allen.

Tired legs on d

not a great effort so far. defense needs to tighten up.

@DanR said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

@benshawks08 said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

Leaving guys wide open and daring them to shoot is not my favorite strategy.

missing wide open threes sucks too on the other end

Especially when he shoots them sideways

@BeddieKU23 said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

Tired legs on d

Also Joe in general :grimacing_face:

2 on Disu

@RockChalkinTexas said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

2 on Disu

Love that.

Norm line-ups, lol

Now they call 3 seconds?

bobby with the ankle pass...

DH, BP and JY all on floor at same time?

Bobby my god

@wissox said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

DH, BP and JY all on floor at same time?

NORM

OH MY

Honestly Joe is better with the ball in his hands. Not as good as a spot up.

FINALLY

Bobby. Good god.

@benshawks08 Joe has 7 pts. He's doing OK

bobby, just pass it to someone else

@stoptheflop said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

@benshawks08 Joe has 7 pts. He's doing OK

I agree. Just saying he does t seem as comfortable in sets. Better when he can just free lance.

what ever happened to good bobby?

Or just don't play him. That's the solution

Juan and Gradey need to bring it on offense.

@Jethro said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

what ever happened to good bobby?

I love the guy and have been a huge supporter of his but man he’s unplayable right now.

I was making up a delicious home made italian beef sandwich and may have missed something. Where is Gradey?

Bobby has trouble just dribbling smh come on man pick it up.

@wissox said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

I was making up a delicious home made italian beef sandwich and may have missed something. Where is Gradey?

Norm wanted to see what would happen if we went even smaller.

I'd rather have MJ in there than Bob at this point sadly.

Dam we have got to get Bobby out a turnover looking for a place to happen

why does Bobby dribble it like 6 inches off the floor?

@BShark said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

I'd rather have MJ in there than Bob at this point sadly.

I unfortunately agree. I’ve lost all confidence I used to have in Bobby.

@DanR said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

why does Bobby dribble it like 6 inches off the floor?

This is usually an advantage.

@DanR Is that the start of a joke?

He just doesn't have any confidence and his handles are awful

@wissox That's what she said?

@BeddieKU23 said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

He just doesn't have any confidence and his handles are awful

Didn’t that used to be his strength?

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Young dudes either have the stamina or not

@BeddieKU23 said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

He just doesn't have any confidence and his handles are awful

He's trying to play too fast. he never has his body underneath himself- he's always leaning too far

Way to stay in there MJ.

They might want to double JWILL

Oh no

And….

Bill wouldn't have been smiling there.

Omg mj

Coach would have pulled him

And causes a foul

Well feel like we are playing terrible and are still right there. Opposite of last game.

@RockChalkinTexas said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

Coach would have pulled him

Deserves it

@RockChalkinTexas said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

Coach would have pulled him

Norm should honestly lol

MJ!!

RICE

Juan, Gradey and KJ have got to get going on offense.

Big shot

@benshawks08 said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

MJ!!

Let's not too excited - he is still clueless on the court - unfortunately....

Grad3y needs his pink shoes

Gradey. That’s not it.

God j will is good.

Carry. Lol.

Can’t really complain about the refs to this point.

DOG FIGHT

first carry call of the year in all of basketball ever

M J - -not to bad

Mj makes a shot and all of a sudden the effort level goes up

I bet my Longhorn neighbor can hear me with my door open!!

@BeddieKU23 said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

Mj makes a shot and all of a sudden the effort level goes up

He still looked like a 7 foot center dribbling the ball across half court, looking for someone to pass it to

can jw score 75? anybody else want to make a basket?

The two teams are so even stat wise that when we do a bad thing they do too.

@BeddieKU23 confidence is huge for theses young guys, probably just what he needed

@DanR said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

@BeddieKU23 said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

Mj makes a shot and all of a sudden the effort level goes up

He still looked like a 7 foot center dribbling the ball across half court, looking for someone to pass it to

i held my breath

@Jethro said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

can jw score 75? anybody else want to make a basket?

I'll give it a try lol. - - - Joe hss 7

@DanR

For sure. He just needs reps badly.

@jayballer67 said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

@Jethro said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

can jw score 75? anybody else want to make a basket?

I'll give it a try lol. - - - Joe hss 7

i meant juan, gradey, kj. joe has been good joe so far. except on defense.

@BeddieKU23 said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

Mj makes a shot and all of a sudden the effort level goes up

All the Selden parallels are there. I really do hope he stays, think he can be solid.

Considering we're playing on three cylinders at best, we could be in a lot worse shape, score wise

@BShark Selden underwhelmed his freshman season as well.

Shaq is a large man. Met him once at LSU. He's a large man.

Grad3y is at his best stretching leads.

GRADEY ALWAYS LISTENS TO ME

Bobby struggling on d too.

I hope Bill was ordered by his doctor not to watch

omg...mccullar, where art thou?

My compliments to the board: no dick jokes so far

OMGWILL

JW- the legend grows....

Playing the let’s see if j will can win on his own game.

Joe is still the second highest scorer for us at 7

Dick is tired.

Not a bad run with Juan on the bench.

Why aren't we guarding the 3. Jeez

Joes shot reminds me of Luis Tiant pitching for all you old geezers who can remember him.

Missed too many there

Both teams look gassed as to be expected 3 straight games

I wish they'd show Gradey's parents after he misses a shot like that.

the good news is our starters can go the whole game, because they have to. the bad news? it really sucks on the 3rd straight night of tournaments. there have been Tenn vibes in this game. terrible defense. listless on offense.

Wilson got fouled

🤔

Absolutely hammered and no call sure

Gotta make the close ones guys

Brutal turn of events there

@Jethro Luckily this is the last time this team will be playing 3 games in 3 days.

@dylans said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

@Jethro Luckily this is the last time this team will be playing 3 games in 3 days.

agreed.

Gradey Dick obviously is not physically ready for the NBA schedule

We need Juando and Gradey to wake up here

@stoptheflop said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

My compliments to the board: no dick jokes so far

if you think about it every comment can be twisted into one.

Yay, there's Fran! barf

That was a bad sequence for Ernest

Travel

2 missed dunks by Udeh

Udeh misses his 2nd shot since November

@Zabudda said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

@stoptheflop said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

My compliments to the board: no dick jokes so far

if you think about it every comment can be twisted into one.

He’s been zipped up all night

Guard somebody.

Yeah this is a loss.

At least the officials aren't trying to decide the game by calling 40+ fouls.

Juando, come on man

@wissox …….

Wow

Good stuff

Totally someone's fault

KU just isn't any good on tired legs.

@benshawks08 What, my fault already? We're down 5, maybe 4 now!

TD!

Good hustle by Gradey

@stoptheflop Isn't Texas playing their third game too?

Juan 2 assists and 2 turnovers. Jwil doing it himself

YES

No no no ...good shot

You gotta guard better than that Joe.

@wissox

@wissox said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

@stoptheflop Isn't Texas playing their third game too?

Texas has 15 bench pts to our 3. Our starters have to do it all

Missed opportunity for 2 for 1 - coaching

Quit leaving the paint open🤬

This bobby juan joe lineup is wild

KJ...

@wissox said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

@benshawks08 What, my fault already? We're down 5, maybe 4 now!

I didn’t say anything. Yet… 30 seconds to go here.

oops, KJ... not your fault, really though

You can't do that

My gosh kj, need a stop here

I wonder if Bill Self made an account so he can read our comments? I wonder if he's gonna blame me?

We have fumbled away three or four Juan'ed assists.

8 turnovers and so many of them careless

Mini mitch lightfoot kid

Had a foul to give, should have used it.

Gift!

at least it wasn't a three

Ugg

Okay. Wissox... No more starting the thread

If Juan and Gradey get off the bus we will be fine.

And then that bullshit

I know it's 3 games in 3 days but the effort on defense that half was garbage

4 point swing to end the half. Started with missed 2 for 1 opportunity.

Conference call with Bill at half time?!?! 😂

Ya we get down 6 and I think... This is where we miss Bill the most

If someone wants to start a new thread, go ahead, it might be what we need.

@wissox said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

If someone wants to start a new thread, go ahead, it might be what we need.

It's not all your fault.

@BShark it's all you! Lol

I saw an actual longhorn today (I'm in New Mexico). Gave him the ol' Horns Down hand sign. Maybe I brought us bad luck

Hats off to Jalen, the only Jayhawk who has shown up today. 17pts

Hanni & Gurly talking about the mental defensive lapses and their right, the absence of Kevin is showing big. -Hanni talking about how he has counted SIX defensive blown assignments and he is right saying how Kevin's coverage would of taken care of a lot of that just his defensive presence

we're not the same team w/o Kev.

@stoptheflop said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

Hats off to Jalen, the only Jayhawk who has shown up today. 17pts

um no Joe has showed scoring NINE himself - -so Jalen isn't the only one. Jalen the main one but Joe doing ok offensively

Is Gradey Dick playing today? Wow, how on earth can he expect to play in the NBA when he finds it tough to go three days in a row?

We just missed too many open looks and gave up too many.

Maybe the worst half D2 PG Juan has played in a month

@jayballer67 rest of team 7. This pathetic output will not continue in the second half. Harris needs to look to score. Udeh will actually flush a lob. Order will be restored.

@wissox I say we keep with this thread. The Jayhawks aren’t gonna give up in the second half and neither should we!

@dylans said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

@jayballer67 rest of team 7. This pathetic output will not continue in the second half. Harris needs to look to score. Udeh will actually flush a lob. Order will be restored.

And Grady will once again wake his ass up and do something

@dylans said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

@jayballer67 rest of team 7. This pathetic output will not continue in the second half. Harris needs to look to score. Udeh will actually flush a lob. Order will be restored.

They’ve undercut Udeh every time he has jumped for a lob or a rebound. Not like blatantly but he definitely having trouble jumping through the contact he’s getting on his lower half.

Remember the stat when Juan scores in double figures Ku hasn't lost - - well - - -WAKIE - -WAKIE JUAN

@jayballer67 He doesn’t move well without the ball. Would like to see an elevator play for him.

Solid tv half time guys.

I’m assuming they are supposed to be playing highlights right now instead of watching these fools.

Why is Fran SHOUTING in the at the half segment?

4 points from Gradey, Juan and KJ. That has to change. We need each of them to score and at least two of them to get to double figures...

@DCHawker said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

4 points from Gradey, Juan and KJ. That has to change. We need each of them to score and at least two of them to get to double figures...

That’s the easy way. I do think there’s a chance jalen could carry us with like 20 next half.

I had to run out to my she shed for a 🍺.

We need scores to score

@benshawks08 said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

@DCHawker said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

4 points from Gradey, Juan and KJ. That has to change. We need each of them to score and at least two of them to get to double figures...

That’s the easy way. I do think there’s a chance jalen could carry us with like 20 next half.

Respectfully disagree - evidence is pretty compelling that we will win if we have 4 or more players in double figures.

@DCHawker said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

@benshawks08 said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

@DCHawker said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

4 points from Gradey, Juan and KJ. That has to change. We need each of them to score and at least two of them to get to double figures...

That’s the easy way. I do think there’s a chance jalen could carry us with like 20 next half.

Respectfully disagree - evidence is pretty compelling that we will win if we have 4 or more players in double figures.

When I say the east way. I agree that’s the best strategy. But I just see jalen WANTING this game right now.

What a pretty shot!

Moving screen there missed.

And a foul there.

I’m no longer liking the refs.

at least the got the goal tending, but holy hell Yes was hacked too

Juan really struggling. Agree with vitale on that.

Wtf Juan

Wtf juan

Box out please

Jalen fouled.

Wilson gets hacked

Kj struggling on d right now. Getting caught in no man’s land.

We can't win if JWill is scoring over half our points....

If we don't get another stop we'll lose

@DCHawker said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

We can't win if JWill is scoring over half our points....

We can if he goes for 40

Oh come on mr. blind referee.

Just need to get some stops.

Toast

Getting to danger zone here. Need some pride on the defensive end here

They got to get some height on Desu - -KJ isn't even close to stopping him --- to easy

was that foul call by one john higgins?

Udeh to the rescue?!?

@dylans said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

Udeh to the rescue?!?

He’s at least had good energy.

@benshawks08 said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

@DCHawker said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

We can't win if JWill is scoring over half our points....

We can if he goes for 40

Well, actually not at this pace - UT is on a 80+ pace...

@dylans said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

Udeh to the rescue?!?

Gotta get some height - -some length

Only way we're winning this is to start making damn near every shot, and no turnovers. Can't stop them on D without Kev

Our huge size disadvantage shows more with little Joe rather than Kevin but KJ has to step it up.

Yes has been the second option on offense today, but his defense gives up too many easy buckets. Rice?

Changed shorts and got a new Dr. Pepper. We should be better now.

Udeh’s length is a plus

Wish Yesufu would square up

Bunch of brick layers outside j will

3 on disu

Carr sets an illegal screen to get open for the triple.

Joe has as many shot attempts at Juan, Gradey and KJ combined....

come on Juando

Gonna need a better shot than a yesefu catch and shoot.

Welp

Juan just walked out to the 3 pull him smh wow

Not our night

Really miss our HOF coach

Self can't fix guys who can't make open shots

Defense is the issue

This is a mildly terrifying reminder of how fast the wheels will fall off without a good coaching hire.

Then we get no show from juan tonight. That's how you know

@kjayhawks yup

Stupid foul...

Getting bad Juan against better athletes even hanni just said

This is how we lose he’s our mop

Put remy in…oh wait

Juan been d2 bad

Jesus Juan these idiots put their pants on ONE leg at a time like you do - -holy crap pull your head out your ass and play

@BeddieKU23 we are shooting fine just not putting forth any effort on the other end 4/7 shooting this half

LET"S GO

@BeddieKU23 or giving up open layups and mid range jumpers all day

Boo

Whaaa?

@dylans said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

This is a mildly terrifying reminder of how fast the wheels will fall off without a good coaching hire.

It's not Norm thats making stupid passes and plays he ha no control of that

Rice is never gonna get a call.

Bullshit call, but you expect it on Rice

Got to go watch D3 quarters on my comp while still watching ku. No chatting happening now especially since someone shows up with first comment as we're losing by 12.

@jayballer67 He has lost control.

Walk. 3 seconds. Stepped out of bounds.

@dylans said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

@jayballer67 He has lost control.

Juan has lost control

crowd willed a three second call late from the ref

5 seconds went off the clock so

@benshawks08
Wheel of Fortune

Is Duke playing in this game???

The refs were good first half. But now we are losing and I’m in a bad mood so they are doing bad.

We see some fire from MJ. Cool.

Go on a run here or it’s all done but the crying

@jayballer67 said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

@dylans said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

@jayballer67 He has lost control.

Juan has lost control

And whose job is it to line him out? It all goes back to the head cheese my man.

Only so many strings to pull, but wanna see them pulled

@dylans said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

@jayballer67 said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

@dylans said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

@jayballer67 He has lost control.

Juan has lost control

And whose job is it to line him out? It all goes back to the head cheese my man.

he can tell him things the entire gam- - it's up to Juan to execute the plan - - -my man

That was off ut

@RockChalkinTexas said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

That was off ut

Rice was in the neighborhood, so off MJ

Can't make a layup

Here we go Juan.

I hate refs

Now it's over

Gradey that's pathetic effort pathetic

Where is actual Fuck was a foul there

@jayballer67 said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

@dylans said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

@jayballer67 said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

@dylans said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

@jayballer67 He has lost control.

Juan has lost control

And whose job is it to line him out? It all goes back to the head cheese my man.

he can tell him things the entire gam- - it's up to Juan to execute the plan - - -my man

You’ve convinced me. Fire Bill and save millions every year. Coach if makes no difference.

Oh wow. We can’t guard

Great job juan. Keep feeding the other team

MJ is useless

When is the last time we saw Juan turn it over like this?

Crowd is doing great given the score. This is fugly

1 on 5 playing hard

Juan need to be sitting on his ass and thinking about just how terrible ungodly he has played today

Hope kev is better for the tourney.

Well. Next year is rapidly approaching

Gotta be bout the worst performance from a defense and rebounding standpoint that I've ever seen. And that's purely about "want to". Fuckin irritating

four guys standing around watching Jwill. Ugly

Just a lack of focus. Udeh makes the worst decision he can make as usual

Clearly we'll need to play like we actually wanna be there when we play the Northern Colorado girls school of typewriter maintenance in the first round of the Dance. Please do NOT give this team the number 1 overall

MJ, Bobby, and Joe on the defensive end just can’t hang. It’s why our bench hasn’t played much all year. Juan is gassed and officially in his own head this game.

Hopefully Jwil is getting in some guys faces in the TO. Effort is not there today and that unacceptable

Cmon guys. Show some pride

Lotta time left. Hope they don’t lose by 25

Definitely not Juan's night. His season long assist-TO ratio is better than 3-1. Tonight it is 2-4....

Good thing is if we lose KC today for the big tournament, I’m not sold we can make it outta the first weekend anyway.

Embarrassing defensive performance

We play better not in KC in the dance anyway

Bobby simply cannot handle the ball at a D-1 level...

Lol. You had one job Bobby

How can a D1 guard not dribble

@dylans

And he can't do it

At least the 10th time Bobby has done that

Just let Gradey take the rest of our shots and get him on track in this building.

Decide to buckle down... Like now. Jesus

Lol

Brick

Nah. Done

Let's at least get it under ten and see what happens

or throw it away

Brick brick turnover

Bother moving pick from disu

Just laying down. This team will not win it all. Probably not close

Fuck it. Lose by 30.

Hook.

Pull the starters

This will be our 4th beat down of the year. Common denominator is lack of balanced scoring...

@RockChalkinTexas said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

Pull the starters

And put in who?

Hope coach isn't watching this

Well last time we got crushed by Texas we played two pretty good games after that. So maybe we make the second weekend.

Good job Joe you suck

Texas is playing like they want to win. They are going after everything while we stand and watch.

This an absolute embarrassment to the basketball program at Kansas

Great teams don't lose 5 games by double digits. Against anyone

@benshawks08 said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

@RockChalkinTexas said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

Pull the starters

And put in who?

Jank can shoot us back in this game!

Certainly not making a deep run without kev.

Its simple: Joe isnt Kevin.

KU dropped to an 8 seed. Lol

@DanR said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

Hope coach isn't watching this

Probably set his recovery back a few days.

Based on this game, KU ought to be a 2 and Texas a 1 seed

Being the overall 1 will only end in embarrassment. IDC what the "quad 1" bullshit says

We are lacking so much athleticism compared to this team

@DCHawker stop Juan
Face guard Gradey

If kj isn’t aggressive it’s the jw show which isn’t enough

Desire and effort would have made a big difference.

@DanR based on this game we shouldn’t be in the tournament. One of the worst KU games I’ve seen. Maybe USC 21 and UK in 14

:face_with_rolling_eyes: we deserve a 1 bc its the entire season. If Kev is healthy we are legit.

JWil should get tourney MVP but won't because everybody else decided green, hairy, greasy, camel balls was on the menu tonite

UT is a ridiculous 25-41 on 2 point attempts - most lay-ups. No defense....

Ok ref.

@DCHawker said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

UT is a ridiculous 25-41 on 2 point attempts - most lay-ups. No defense....

Yeah. They’ve had so many wide open lanes.

I don’t know. Maybe Norm did a great job to keep the game close for as long as he did? This team doesn’t matchup well with Texas. Gonna need a miracle in bracket matchups to repeat. - hopefully we only get short un-athletic teams.

@benshawks08 id like to check the shot sheet seems like it’s all lay ups and dunks.

@cragarhawk said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

Being the overall 1 will only end in embarrassment. IDC what the "quad 1" bullshit says

Hoping playing a non big 12 team will cure some ails.

Not even mad, I quit watching before halftime. Other hobbies when sports aren't sparking joy >>>>>

Won't matter about matchups. This group takes off atleast 1 nite in 6 and that doesn't win the Natty

@kjayhawks said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

@benshawks08 id like to check the shot sheet seems like it’s all lay ups and dunks.

Or threes with no one within 10 feet.

Anyone question the conditioning of the players?

@RockChalkinTexas said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

Anyone question the conditioning of the players?

They won’t have to play 3 in 3 again so I think we will be ok there. Definitely a contributing factor today.

We just have to hope this is a wake up call for this team. We aren’t good enough to just go thru the motions

@RockChalkinTexas maybe Bobby’s

@benshawks08 if we really and truly get everyone's best shot as we all say... It won't matter what league they are from. WSU could throttle this team on a night like this

No Kevin, no worries about this result.

It's stunning how bad MJ is defensively...

@wissox Kevin isn't a plus 20 but I kinda see where your coming from

So easy.

Lol. Nice effort guys

Juan gonna break his streak.

@cragarhawk Bill and Kev are plus 20

2 players in double figures, and barely that...

@benshawks08 Maybe to some extent but Texas played 3 in 3, also. This group has a tendency to roll over when they get smacked. They have had some nice comebacks, but as someone pointed out, we've also lost several by big margins. When we came back, it was with an unbelievable amount of energy and effort. Didn't see either of those once Texas got up by a few late in the first half.

@wissox said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

No Kevin, no worries about this result.

Can't overstate the loss of Self as well. We were not as sharp this whole event really, it finally caught up with them.

They don’t even look upset at being down. Too tired for emotion? Spent too much emotional energy on Self and petered out?

Texas is down a starter too guys. Excuses are like assholes, everyone has one. This effort will not work going forward regardless of whomever shows up.

Just absolutely ridiculous. Allow 76 plus and score 56. In March. Not going very far

Sweet sixteen caliber team. Hope they get good matchups.

See ya later

Only power 5 championship to be decided by 20 points. Pathetic

Rough night.

I think we would have won if @wissox Hadn’t demanded another shot at starting the thread. Really the only thing keeping us from winning this game.

That was fun

@benshawks08

Lol

Yeah total BS move @wissox

@wissox yes never ever ever start a thread. It’s okay buddy

We’re going to Pollo Hermanos babyyyyyy

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@BeddieKU23 said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

That was fun

Could you imagine if you died tonight? Totally fulfilled after tonight’s effort. Would drift off with a satisfied smile on my face. 😂

WTF have they ever won before, Lol

@Zabudda Once.

I think we're just not very good 3 nights out of 5. And have relied upon other teams injury's, scheduling favorabilitys, home court advantage, etc. Sweet 16 is the ceiling if everything goes right. I fuckin absolutely hate it when they yammer all season about how ungodly the league is. Its a very low percentage of times that actually works out. You heard it here first folks... Big12 will have maybe 2 teams left after the first weekend

Kevin is the ultimate glue guy. We completely fell apart without him.

@benshawks08 Need all 5 starters healthy. This team is super thin. - says captain obvious

@approxinfinity I'm not a KU fan, I've been outed. I know how to jinx the team bahaahaaahaahahaahahaah!!!!

@wissox well at least you finally came clean.

I don't even have a meltdown in me tonight. Do agree the team looked spent tonight.

Screw it. Write em off and be pleasantly surprised, when Bill and Kev get back.

@BShark they didn't look spent. They looked uninvolved

@approxinfinity said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

Screw it. Write em off and be pleasantly suprised, when Bill and Kev get back.

Yep. They are done. Might lose to the 16 seed. Make sure they all hear that.

I hit Y and enter on the predictive text. About as coherent and as much effort as the play tonight.

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Ready for the refocus next week. Selection Sunday will add clarity. Beak ‘em Hawks!

@dylans wow, spammy! Lol. Sounds like an ad bot.

Hopefully nothing better than the last #1 seed. Need a chip or idk. Something to play for

@cragarhawk nah if our #10 team can beat Bama by 30 that said it all

Past 2 ncaa champs from big 12 and had 2020 happened maybe 3. Tech wasn’t far a year or so before that…..

Big 10 overrated
Sec is decent
Big east no clue
Big 12 legit

Good thing no 3 games in 3 days crap for the real tourney. Hopefully coach gets back and resets them but getting blown out by UT without their best player after getting dominated by them 7 days ago is a bad look.

There is plenty of rest in the NCAA tournament. Really just need the guys playing free of mind. Gradey especially seems lost in his head. Hope they can buckle down on defense and loosen up on offense and go have fun!

Well as Coach in Letterkenney says "that was f..king embarassing."

@dylans he’s hurt they said. Anyone got the goods?

@FarmerJayhawk @BShark

@kuballin10 that was the exception not the rule.. probably 1 in 20. I wouldn't put much stock in that game or result

I didn't get to watch tonight. Was this basically KU running out of gas tonight without McCullar playing or was there something else concerning about tonight that we didn't already know about this team?

@Texas-Hawk-10 my eye balls wished I hadn’t watched lol

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@Texas-Hawk-10

This was KU waving the white flag in the first half.

In my 50+ years of following Jayhawk basketball, I can't recall a worse defensive effort.

I can't ever recall players surrendering like they did today. They should all be ashamed. Losses will happen.

This isn't about losing. This is about quitting.

@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

I didn't get to watch tonight. Was this basically KU running out of gas tonight without McCullar playing or was there something else concerning about tonight that we didn't already know about this team?

Tired and didn't play much defense which goes hand and hand plus no McCullar. I wasn't overly surprised.

@BShark and no coach, plus you know!

@BShark said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

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Hope they see this. Chip time.

I'm not sure he is wrong. Has any recent national champion lost 5 games by 14 pts or more??? We are a fragile team, living on the edge. Almost completely dependent on the 5 starters. If locked in defensively and generating fast break opportunities, with at least 4 starters scoring, we beat anybody. But if one or two, esp. Juan, are having a bad game, we aren't particularly good. Thin margin between getting knocked out early and winning 3-4 games (don't see a 6 game winning streak against good competition...).

@Texas-Hawk-10 Juan was awful turned it over, loose with the ball and their athletes out man’d him

Jw was a stud

Gradey was mainly non existent and battling injury

Concerning part
Gurley and Hanni said there were 6 uncontested layups first half and there were at least 4 second half so of the 20 point blowout - 20 of them were we defended well for 15-20 seconds than gave up back cuts or guys getting blown right by off the bounce

Besides the lack of Self and Kevin what this game and a few others this year have shown me is Self needs to overhaul the roster a bit this offseason. I believe he will fwiw. Pissed Bill will be back.

@DCHawker I doubt anyone ever has. That's a rough number. It makes ya not wanna really believe in the other metrics and numbers. I think the net skews things the RPI didn't.

Bottom line? You can maybe play like that for about 5 min in the first round. After that you go home. I hate the gassed/tired narrative with a passion. I was 20... I wasn't tired

@approxinfinity let's start with team 1. And ya may say "whoever that is". But team 1 planning is these Jayhawks. And who knows how to handle them. Hopefully Bill

@BShark I a 100% an agree with him, I felt the same way last aswell. I got a bad feeling with the favorable road we got last season we are in for a very tough one this season.

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We may be all needing to temper expectations and say that winning the league outright was actually impressive for this crew. I think they are so fun to watch when they are energized. Always thought that, all season. But absolutely horrid when they are not. Idk how ya teach them that. The losses obviously haven't. Gotta hope CS has the secret. But idk. He's just a man

This game left a bad taste in my mouth.

@kuballin10 Juan made the all tourney team with jwill. You must've missed the first 2 games since you just showed up tonight?

JWil should be MVP. Dammit

I’m sure I’m not the only one who had the thought about halfway through the second half “I hope Bill Self isn’t watching this because if he didn’t have a heart attack before, he might have one now.”

@Crimsonorblue22 he dominated the first two games was aggressive and looked to score. That is the Juan we need to win a title and same for kj who catches at the free throw line and needs to look to score not pass.

Tonight Juan was bad. He won’t be great all 6 games but he can’t he this bad either. Elite long athlete teams we will struggle against.

Need some good matchups like last year

@kuballin10 yep I know that! Just wanted to let you know how good he was since you never mention that! He can't dish to guys that can't catch or get open either.

That maybe the worst played game by a PG in decades here the truth be told. He got a few garbage time layups where Texas tried not to foul. 4 assists, 4 turnovers, 1 rebound and 0 steals. Hopefully that gets it outta his system. He has played great the last month.

@cragarhawk said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

Bottom line? You can maybe play like that for about 5 min in the first round. After that you go home. I hate the gassed/tired narrative with a passion. I was 20... I wasn't tired

I hate that narrative too. Both teams had to play 3 games in 3 days.

Nevertheless, shots were short all day. Jumps were not as high. Guys got beat. Balls were fumbled and went through hands. They had a hard time just getting open for passes.

If not physically, then mentally, they were not sharp today. Not sure why— maybe it was the unusual lineups. Maybe coaching. Maybe it was Texas.

The latter is the hardest to stomach. But 3 weeks from today, if they are talking about their next game on Monday, then today’s result will be a bit easier to understand.

@bskeet Right that was my thinking Texas played the late game last night and also was down a starter so it’s hard for me give into those excuses. Having BS gone definitely hurt, Norm has done great for sure but there’s a reason he got fired from 2 head coaching jobs. I think some of it is Texas is just a match up nightmare for us. Kinda like how Kentucky spanked Tennessee twice. I think with will struggle with tall athletic teams like Tennessee and Texas.

@bskeet yeah that isn’t even a narrative it’s ignorance.

1) Texas has a bench we don’t

2) Texas is long and athletic - we aren’t besides udeh whos long but lost and kj who’s a quick leaper but not long. JW and Gradey aren’t great side to side quickness

3) they beat us without their best player. Imagine us beating them without jw or juan (say we had Kevin).

UT, Houston, Bama legit final 4 teams

@kuballin10 said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

@bskeet yeah that isn’t even a narrative it’s ignorance.

1) Texas has a bench we don’t

2) Texas is long and athletic - we aren’t besides udeh whos long but lost and kj who’s a quick leaper but not long. JW and Gradey aren’t great side to side quickness

3) they beat us without their best player. Imagine us beating them without jw or juan (say we had Kevin).

UT, Houston, Bama legit final 4 teams

Texas IS NOT making the final four -- you can take that to the bank, mark it down not happening. - They are going to run acrosss an athletic team that will eat them alive

@jayballer67 before Beard went thru his stupidity I thought that was a championship caliber team. They stil are but coaching inexperience will do them in.

@bskeet anything can happen once you pop the lid off the "if" bucket. Shots were short for one team, guys didn't jump as high, for one team. Rebounds didn't happen for one team... You're absolutely right. This game doesn't matter "if". But I see patterns and I don't see 6 games where this doesn't happen again. And it's okay. Sometimes you just aren't that good. So are 341 other teams.

KU imo isn’t as talented as Texas or Baylor arguably KSU in terms of Jimmy and Joes. But we have the best coach hands down.

@kjayhawks said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

@jayballer67 before Beard went thru his stupidity I thought that was a championship caliber team. They stil are but coaching inexperience will do them in.

they have inconsistencies - when they run up against team that matchs length/height they are in trouble- - somebody like Duke Lively and Fel - would eat them up right now - don't beleive me all you have to do is watch Duke now compared to early in the year--that team is dangerous

@kjayhawks said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

KU imo isn’t as talented as Texas or Baylor arguably KSU in terms of Jimmy and Joes. But we have the best coach hands down.

that is the biggest problem and not to proud to admit it - - Texas is just more athletic

@jayballer67 Dook looks to be peaking at the right time with 8 going on 9 straight wins. Which sucks, I’m worried we already peaked we have lost 2 or 4 right now.

@jayballer67 oh it doesn't matter that they are more athletic. It matters only that they are more athletic and actually played like they cared about being there. Minus JWil

@jayballer67 for sure I’m a realist, if Self has Baylor’s or Texas's Roster he’s winning the NC this season. Which in away is sad to say. I’m just ready for the investigation to be over with so we can start recruiting again. The way I look at since I’ve been watching KU since the mid 90s KU has had the best overall player and team in every match up all year outside of few final four games and Durant at Texas about 90% of the time. Since 2018 that had just not been the case. I personally think if we had anyone coaching in 2019 or 2021 we don’t even make the tournament.

@cragarhawk did you play D1 bb?

@Crimsonorblue22 sure did not. Doesn't change anything I said. It's just a defense mechanism. We've all seen the difference many times. No reason to bullshit ourselves about it

Couldn’t watch the game live, just finished watching the recording. Best thing about this game was I could skip thru the commercials… and the last 20 minutes.

Easy to get all down about it, but I ain’t gonna because…

• No Bill Self
• No Kev
• Gradey last out of locker room by 2 minutes at half, 0-5 3s… something was wrong, probably not much chance of that happening again unless he’s really hurt
• something wrong with DJ too… not great D and 4/4 TOs to assists, probably not much chance of that happening again either unless he’s really hurt
• nothing really on the line for us - we won the toughest league in Div1 and almost assuredly still have the overall #1 seed
• JW is one of the best players in the league

Was it ugly? Oh hell yes. Do I feel any differently about our chances in the Dance compared to before the game? Not one bit… IF everyone is healthy come game time.

If key pieces are not healthy, pretty hard for any team to win. Possibly the most important uncontrollable variable for tournament success.

We played the toughest schedule in Div1 and chalked up by far the most quad 1 wins. Am I down on this team after one meaningless loss? Hell no. Just crossing my fingers for healthy players for the next few weeks.

@StLJhawk that’s the issue our starting 5 is the key so they can’t be in foul trouble or hurt otherwise it spells doom.

@DCHawker said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

@BShark said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

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I'm not sure he is wrong. Has any recent national champion lost 5 games by 14 pts or more??? We are a fragile team, living on the edge. Almost completely dependent on the 5 starters. If locked in defensively and generating fast break opportunities, with at least 4 starters scoring, we beat anybody. But if one or two, esp. Juan, are having a bad game, we aren't particularly good. Thin margin between getting knocked out early and winning 3-4 games (don't see a 6 game winning streak against good competition...).

This team won 7 straight against good competition not too long ago. Definitely dependent on the 5 starters. Never seen such a massive drop off from the moment any starter takes a seat.

Norm to the team tonight

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When we are able to hold teams off we get up by about seven until they wear down. It's not a dominating type team but we can beat anyone as we have shown. I can also see us getting dominated by a long and hot team and shooting 40 percent all game. It will take heroic stuff to get to the final four.

Ugh, that was ugly. It all turned south with about 3 minutes left in the first half. I think we were leading at that point?

Everybody pretty much covered the issues today. The basics to me were pretty basic…we went to the foul line like 6 times? That’s bad. We can’t have both Gradey and Dajuan suck in the same game. Need points from somebody other than Wilson. Boy has Dajuan been sloppy the last few. Bad decision making, too. Gotta nip that in the bud.

Well, I guess Kevin is an important part of the defense! Just an embarrassment with the defensive effort today.

I like how Norm uses the bench. Nice to see some guys get minutes. A bit sad to see that neither Bobby nor MJ have a clue though. Honestly, how can Bobby be this bad? I wince when he has the ball.

But I still smile when Udeh does anything! A ray of sunshine :)

Onward, and hopefully upward.

Oh, and when we lose, we don’t f*ck around, we LOSE. It’s true, we have a very thin margin with this team. Most of our cylinders have to be working.

@wissox said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

I'm willing to clear my good name. Although @BShark has handled it brilliantly I believe that some unfairly blame me for the last game chat I started causing us to lose. We can overcome the so called curse of Wissox.

WE GOOD

Nothing personal because I love your posts, but I vote we let BShark start the thread every game thru the NCAA tournament. Not saying it's you- just trying to cover the bases.

@rockchalkjayhawk said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

I like how Norm uses the bench. Nice to see some guys get minutes. A bit sad to see that neither Bobby nor MJ have a clue though. Honestly, how can Bobby be this bad? I wince when he has the ball.

I think we see why Bill uses the bench the way he does. We just don't have one. He doesn't want them to embarrass themselves on national television.

@Jethro Ya I’m not superstitious person in the slightest. Poor @wissox picked a tough game. That’s is a thing as I said on another thread I thought this Texas club was not only the best in the conference but a championship caliber team going into this season before Beard had his stupidity shine thru. We will have more important things to worry about at 5 friends.

Was surprised to see Yes score a few quick 3s early on. Was hoping he would go off for 20 like sometimes a bench player has done against us before. Sure would have been nice to JW carry the load, have a new surprise weapon right before the dance(and help offset his often poor D). Hey a guy can dream, can’t he?

@StLJhawk

Yes is such a poor set shot shooter and the ones he missed were bigger then the few he made. He misses way too many shots, mostly wide open, in the flow of the offense where motion and passing have created the opportunity and its maddening. One of the big weaknesses of this team is its shooting and more specifically the lack of outside threats we have outside 2 guys. Juan is hard to include since he doesn't look to shoot them often. A good example was MJ Rice making a 3 off dribble penetration yesterday. He hadn't made a 3 since November. Yes is 10/40 from 3 since late January including 5/22 recently, that's awful. Whether it's Kev, Yes, MJ or someone else that wing/guard that's often open on the weakside has killed a lot of good offense all year

@BeddieKU23 he aims them in like a kid that can’t handle the weight of the ball. Wish he would square up and shoot with good form, but that isn’t happening this year. We can dream…do you remember what Selden’s shot looked like his freshmen year? Wow what a transformation.

@dylans

Yeah Selden had awful form his freshman year and by his Jr year it was money. They didn't tweak Yes's shot last off-season so I don't know. It's awful to watch especially when it seems like an easy root cause to his problems.

Bottom line is Texas is just a terrible matchup for us - - KJ had no answer for Desu inside almost like taking candy from a baby. Not a knock on KJ but just it is what it is.

Teams like Texas in the tourney is teams that are going to give us hell - just bad match ups.
Teams to avoid Marquette , Duke , Arizona , Texas -And of course any Cinderella lol

Who was the MVP in the tourney ? - -Lt me guess Desu ?

@BeddieKU23 said in Texas game chat (danger I'm 0-1 in my last game chats):

@StLJhawk

Yes is such a poor set shot shooter and the ones he missed were bigger then the few he made. He misses way too many shots, mostly wide open, in the flow of the offense where motion and passing have created the opportunity and its maddening. One of the big weaknesses of this team is its shooting and more specifically the lack of outside threats we have outside 2 guys. Juan is hard to include since he doesn't look to shoot them often. A good example was MJ Rice making a 3 off dribble penetration yesterday. He hadn't made a 3 since November. Yes is 10/40 from 3 since late January including 5/22 recently, that's awful. Whether it's Kev, Yes, MJ or someone else that wing/guard that's often open on the weakside has killed a lot of good offense all year

Yup, that was pretty much my main concern going into the season. Shooters, or lack of. Oddly, Last I looked (awhile ago) the team numbers were actually comparable to some of Self’s previous teams.

@Jethro oh yes indeed, let the professionals handle it!

@BeddieKU23 MJ didn’t dribble he thought about shooting than jab stepped than saw guy sagged way off and shot it

@Texas-Hawk-10 - you were 100% right on Joe and I was wrong. I was hoping Drake Joe was real but it was not. You nailed that one when I was all over Bill for not playing him meanwhile it all makes sense now.