I sense some dread from the faithful bucketeers in the crowd. I'm always confident in big home games that we'll pull through. Put this game in Storrs? I'm on the dread side.

I can't tell you one thing about UConn except they love to remind us (as they should) that they've won an inordinate number of championships this century. I think they've caught the field in some down years I think. Last year they got Miami (not of Ohio), FAOUIEFL, and SDuStCAL in the final four so you know anyone who got there could have won that tournament.....including us of course. In 2014 they got to play an 8 seed in the final Kentucky, sadly there because they'd upset the Badgers when (excuse me) 'we' missed a FT which led to a Harrison buzzer beating three. In 2011 well we got Shaka'd and we'd have been the hands down fav in that final four. So UConn also played an 8 seed Butler in the final that year meaning their last three titles were against an 8, an 8 and a 5 SDS. I mean kudos to the Huskies but talk about being good enough at the right time! In 2004, they did knock off 1 seed Duke in the FF, then beat 3 seed Georgia Tech which had beaten us in OT. So that's an 8,8,5,3 in the final. That was a really good UConn team with Okafor and Ben Gordon leading the way. In 1999 UConn was really good with Richard Hamilton and it was a really good field but they did have 10 seed Gonzaga in the Elite 8, but then had to face the only 4 seed in the FF Ohio State. The others Duke, MSU were 1 seeds and UConn beat #1 seed Duke in a classic tournament, but in my research it was the only time in UConns 5 titles that they played a #1 seed.

So there you have it. It makes no difference tomorrow night but whenever I think of UCONN's championships I've always had the impression that they were slightly less impressive. But still very impressive.

I'm plenty worried about tomorrow because of subpar performances against Marquette and even the other night. The experts are all down on DaJuan again but he's my point guard. I have no clue really if they have an answer for Hunter, and I think KJ rises to occasions like this. We'll need Kevin to be a defensive leader. We'll need the young guys who I still don't know well enough to comment on to do something that will make me know them better instead of worry that our bench is pretty dang weak.

Bill Self seems to rise to occasions like this and I'm gonna trust the GOAT.

@wissox Great post, but I think Bill won't really care W or L. He will just want to see what works against another high quality opponent...and what doesn't. Great chance to scheme and teach the young'uns.

Well tell you a little maybe help about tomorrow, as you know U Conn # 4 - -- Ku # 5. --- There is suppose to be at least 34 Pro Scouts at the game tomorrow night, that was the count as of Wednesday.

Step Castle their Freshman guard really good , is out / will not play recovering from a knee , but Alex Karaban & Tristan Newton both NBA prospects Newton has posted team leading three triple doubles.

Clingman is dam good, projected as an NBA Lottery pick, and they are saying that the Clingan and Dickinson match up will be or should be a good one to watch.

KU is going to have to play a hell of a lot better then they did the other night, these guys are really talented/good.- - They set a record the other night by winning their 24th straight Non Conference game by double digits -so there you go, maybe help you understand a little about U Conn.

I think Coach will have the players ready, - -the fans need to be reedy - -get loud - - get rowdy, let U Conn see why the Phog is no place opponents wanna play. - -Think the PHOG is gonna be thick - - The PHOG is gonna be rowdy - -The Phog is gonna be dangerous - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

Had to edit some lol. Found a little more on U Conn. -They have eight players who average double digit minutes in the game , They have five players who are averaging double digit scoring ranging from the top 16.3- -- to 14.5 , pretty balanced scoring. Clingman averages 15.0 per game but looks like just average rebounder at Six per game.

Looks like strong rebounding team though s they average 47.0 per game and they have been beating their opponents on the Season by a plus 28 points per.

We'll have to the play the opposite of Tuesday to win tonight. I'm sure Self lit a fire into this group in the last 2 days.

Big game, we usually rise to the occasion especially at home. I would be a bit surprised if we win tonight but I'm hopeful they do.

Don't feel good about this one

@BShark I feel better about this one than the last one. If EIU didn't light a fire under their arses then this season is going to be a big waste. I'm looking for us to kick butt and take names tonight.

@nuleafjhawk

Even if it does light a fire and even if the Allen Fieldhouse has an impact it may not compensate for the fact Uconn looks the better team, they look further along in Chemistry and Level of play so far.

This is their first true road game though & UConn has not faced as many good teams as KU has already. We'll see. Hopefully the guys and Self find a way

@BShark You never feel good about big games, do you? :)

@wissox

Reverse good luck charm

I'm skeptical because of our play up to now this year. Our defense has been horrible. So we don't score off our defense and we are in a race to outscore opponents. Our half-court offense is based on Hunter scoring, and that's about it, with Kevin having some bright moments, mostly when he creates offense off his defense.

I have ultimate respect for Coach Self, but I'm not buying into some of his current excuses. Our guys are young athletes in shape, and having several days rest should be enough to be well-rested. Mentioning that Juan hasn't adjusted yet to not having Ochai or Christian (from 2 years ago) is giving Juan a soft excuse to not press hard. Our great assist numbers are misleading. With Hunter in the middle it just allows to spread out the defense and always find an open shooter... this creates great assist numbers but doesn't guarantee always great offensive success. When we don't hit outside shots and we don't score off our defense, we rely too much on Hunter carrying the load. Juan needs to be more aggressive... more aggressive driving the paint (leading to his own shot or shot for others) and also taking more three-point shots so we have another deep threat.

It's still early in the season so there is hope, but at this particular moment in time, I'm not seeing a Top 10 team. Beating a young Kentucky team minus their big men, or a Tennessee team that often looks more like a Top 100 team than a Top 10 team, is not assuring me this team deserves a high ranking. Our last game was an eye-opener and claiming we are tired when EIU had to travel into Lawrence to play the game is not a sufficient excuse.

Maybe I'm being harsh... though harshness is what these guys need as a catalyst to take the next step. Soft play now just exposes all our weaknesses on this team; weak bench, weak perimeter scoring, weak guards capable of creating their own offense, major holes in defense. Did I leave out anything? But seriously... if we play inspired basketball, lift our energy up (considerably), things will change! Juan and Kevin are top-notch defenders, and KJ and Hunter should be able to hold their own, and the other mystery spot should be covered okay via several players.

This is a team that can mold into a late March team but I doubt it will happen without taking on some major poundings first and UCONN may give us our second beat-down comparable (or worse) than our humiliating loss to Marquette.

I hope our guys prove me wrong tonight and take a big leap forward!

KU needs to bring it tonight since they were looking ahead on Tuesday night.

Im sure we will go hard and run better offense. This is a game we should try hard to win.

I stopped watching the NCAAs last season after KU lost. So, didn’t catch UConn at all.

I recall being surprised they won the title though.

That being said, I don’t know their strengths and weaknesses. So far y’all don’t seem optimistic about our chances. What do they do well? Small team, big team?

I give us a fighting most nights vs anybody.

Stupid Michael would straight shit the bed on this one.
DynamiteHawk would need to hide yo kids and yo spouse.

It’s a fun big game in the moment, but it won’t matter much in the grand scheme of things. Who is UConn to KU? Just another good team on a list of good teams KU has played. We are bigger than this moment…I almost forgot it was game day.

@rockchalkjayhawk

They have a very good 7 footer so someone to legitimately give Hunter a hard time down low. They brought back a few other key starters from the title team, added a guard transfer from Rutgers that has fit well and is scoring for them. They play hard, they know what they are doing and I don't see too many weaknesses from them considering all the talent that did leave from that title squad. They also have a very good freshman that he has been hurt but apparently will return tonight and he's a projected lottery pick so far.

All to say, they have an equal to better roster with legitimate NBA talent at guard and in the post. It's a tough matchup

@BeddieKU23 said in BIG GAME!! The Students Are There, We Should Talk:

@rockchalkjayhawk

They have a very good 7 footer so someone to legitimately give Hunter a hard time down low. They brought back a few other key starters from the title team, added a guard transfer from Rutgers that has fit well and is scoring for them. They play hard, they know what they are doing and I don't see too many weaknesses from them considering all the talent that did leave from that title squad. They also have a very good freshman that he has been hurt but apparently will return tonight and he's a projected lottery pick so far.

All to say, they have an equal to better roster with legitimate NBA talent at guard and in the post. It's a tough matchup

No , Hurly said Castle will not play tonight said probably Tuesday in the Garden but not tonight. - -Well at least that's what he said in his press conference I listened to yesterday. - -They are worried about getting their big 7 footer in touble brininging him out on the floor to guard-- but yet he is a lottry pick. -- Gonna be a war

Juan of course needs to drive and dish (which is what he always does) but he also needs to SHOOT - it can’t all be Hunter and Kevin tonite trying to create offense.

To all who are driving home late tonight, there is a dense fog warning - beware the Phog

UConn is scary good but game being in AFH I like our chances.

UCONN Has beat Indiana and Texas nearish to their home in Madison Square Garden. Other than that it's not that impressive of a schedule.

Seeing that they haven't been seriously challenged with that schedule makes me feel a little tad better. And we've both played Manhattan whom they only beat by 30 while we beatem by 39 so that's good!

And, I'm not really ready to endure another loss to a Big East team. Hoping we can knock off their top dog tonight and Wisconsin can knock off their other top dog tomorrow.

I'll be wearing my lucky Jayhawks socks tonight, so I'm feeling pretty good.

I like our chances. Everyone needs to amp up their defense a LOT though.

@wissox said in BIG GAME!! The Students Are There, We Should Talk:

@BShark You never feel good about big games, do you? :)

True. Rebounding is my biggest concern. Weakness for us, strength for UConn.

@BeddieKU23 said in BIG GAME!! The Students Are There, We Should Talk:

@rockchalkjayhawk

They have a very good 7 footer so someone to legitimately give Hunter a hard time down low. They brought back a few other key starters from the title team, added a guard transfer from Rutgers that has fit well and is scoring for them. They play hard, they know what they are doing and I don't see too many weaknesses from them considering all the talent that did leave from that title squad. They also have a very good freshman that he has been hurt but apparently will return tonight and he's a projected lottery pick so far.

All to say, they have an equal to better roster with legitimate NBA talent at guard and in the post. It's a tough matchup

Thanks for the scoop @BeddieKU23

If there's another 7 footer on the floor, some of the quickness concerns go out the door for me. whew. i hope.

I think the key is how we use Hunter tonight. If their footer isn't fast, maybe it's a night where Hunter gets several 3-pt shots. If he's hot, keep with it. Otherwise... maybe we go down low and Hunter tries to draw fouls.

I'm expecting them to play quality perimeter defense. Someone for KU HAS TO DRIVE THE BALL! Kevin has really stepped up this year on his driving... I'm not sure of the guard matchups, but it will probably determine who needs to do what.

Go HAWKS!

@rockchalkjayhawk

Clingan is more athletic then Hunter at 7'2 and has better lateral movement as well. He can run the floor on the fast break at times as well so it's something to watch. He's also a threat defensively at the rim. Tough matchup for both our bigs tonight

@BeddieKU23 can he hit 3's?

@nuleafjhawk I'm sitting in my lucky Jayhawk recliner, was in it in 2008 and in 2022, but alos in it in 2018 and 2003 and 02 and 11 and.... sigh, maybe it's not so lucky

Good guys by 7 tonight

the conmen have not won a conference reg season championship since 2006 hard as that is to believe. The 90's early 200s were their heydays in the Big East.

Im going uconn by 5

Man, we're going to have to wait for this boring matchup drag on for at least another 40 minutes before we get to our game.

KU wins 4th set, going to an epic deciding 5th set. I wonder if they're showing it in AFH? They should be.

@wissox they have been

LFG #Jayhawks

@RockChalkinTexas That's awesome, it must be electric in there.

I think Self has plays he hasn't shown yet to get the 🏀 to HD early and often!

@approxinfinity BANNED!

UConn by 17

Bummer, they lost in 5 sets.

@wissox yep just watched it man, our team looks tiny compared to theirs. Having that size was a huge advantage for them, solid season tough to lose at home for the first time all season when it matters most.

@kjayhawks Ironically, I gave up ESPN+ which means the subscription ran out at midnight. So I couldn't watch. Now I might miss the beginning of the basketball game. ESPN has to figure out how to do these better.

Wow they bumped that game for ours!

They are moving WVU game and ours is on now!!

Hilarious. I finally got the app to work on my phone and they switched games. LOL

I dislike giving up second chance points and turnovers. Could be key tonight.

Yay. Love me some Jay Bilas🙄

Two wild shots to start.

Juan is ramped

Boxing out well

Wow that dude got tripped after the clock changed to zero

Nice. Inverting it makes a lot of sense

Good omen fts

It's the unis.

Oh Kev you gotta hit that bud

Alpha Kevin, lets go!

KJ

KAY JAY

Kevin missed 6 last
game and two tonight.

That’s fine, let him take those

HOW ABOUT JUAN

Good defense thus far

Jaundo using all 10 feet of his wingspan tonight. Love it!

This can’t be right I was told they’d run us out of our house from the jump

Fieldhouse is popping folks

Feel for the vball team

Good start so far for KU.

UConn might be getting away with some moving picks it seems. But wow, what a great start!

We bringing the D so far - -- ROCK CHALK

Alright alright

What a crowd

@FarmerJayhawk I said KU loses by 17 because the last time we played a ranked team I’d said the same lol doesn’t mean I want it or think it will happen. Superstition

The crowd is pumped too! Love to see it

This plexaderm commercial is not pretty...

@kjayhawks ah bud you’re good in my book. Was told by the same person Hurley would make Self look stupid :)

H3D

Wait...#4 in the country or #4 in their confidence?

Oh Hurley ain’t seen this before, gonna be outta timeouts by the 10 minute mark

How soon does Self use the bench?

Uconn can't run their offense so far

They shook

@DanR said in BIG GAME!! The Students Are There, We Should Talk:

Uconn can't run their offense so far

Great DEFENSE

Our 7 footer is our leading 3 point shooter.

If that’s their offense it’ll be a fun night

Clinger was in the lane for an hour on that possession

every lucky shot they've made was at the end of the clock

BIG HUNT

Dickinson may have to change his name from Hunter to Shooter

KJ got fouled on that shot.

@nuleafjhawk "Gatherer" with the rebounding

Furphayyyy

Aight gotta hold serve

Huskies look a bit winded, so let's go bench

Stuck with it

nice recovery, KJ!

This first shot defense is silly

Yessssss Kevin

Damn lucky

Another prayer

good grief what a bunch of luck

30 scouts are credentialed!!

Feel like they are hitting garbage at the end of the shot clock, luck it ain’t a 20 point game

How many of these are they gonna make

I don't know, that guy stepped right in front of Kevin as he drove.

Also the foul on hunter that wasnt one.

that slop isn't gonna keep fallin. -- D has been really good , just some really lucky shots

I hope Bill is showing EIU tape during the TV timeouts

@wissox

Awful call but kev lowered the shoulder and I think that's all that mattered to the ref

We're on pace for about 100... doubt that holds, but I hope it does!

They are getting some lucky shots and calls for sure. But we keep up this intensity and we call blow it wide open.

I think I dislike Clingan more than I would dislike Hunter if HD was on another team.

Ref hated to call that

Johnny F!

FURPH

❤🙋‍♀️

Sumbuddy is pumped

WHEN DID MARCUS SMART TURN WHITE?

Complete team encapsulation on that play. Freshman furphy fumbles the ball, Hunter gets a rebound, Harris an assist, KJ the dunk!

flop jeezus

Cheaters proof

Someone truck stick Hurley. He’s on the damn court

He landed on Juan's feet

@FarmerJayhawk he about tripped Juando and his player got the foul

Is this Hurley the one who played with Laettner and Grant Hill?

KJ got kicks 🦘

@RockChalkinTexas said in BIG GAME!! The Students Are There, We Should Talk:

KJ got kicks 🦘

Just wish that would translate into a few more rebounds per game...

Dan Hurley is Bobby's bro

love it when they look like this

@wissox @approxinfinity - ban this guy. He used the "L" word again.

@nuleafjhawk No one is getting banned tonight!

Everyone has looked pretty good with exception of Elmarko - seemingly having no impact on the game...

@DCHawker Elmarko has played decent D

Kev is in beast mode

@FarmerJayhawk Look at his stats, he's been beast mode all year.

@wissox you’re not wrong!

lol shot clock

finally got a clock violation!

Lookin silly

10 pt lead is great , we should be up by 25. I don't like it

they scored, but that was some good D

They’re all out of sorts. Clingan ain’t HD

If KUs defense stays this on point they blow this one wide open early in the second half.

Way to drive it EJ

Take it to the big guy!

Call some of those screens

Kj got absolutely rocked, maybe one of the hardest no foul calls I’ve ever seen

Awesome. Although it was cool to watch when Hunter goes to the floor for a loose ball in the corner it opens up the lane and Clinger gets his one easy look at the hoop.

@Crimsonandblue22 I was calling that out at the beginning.

Juan was down?

Hear Bill yelling about the foul on that play? lol yeah it’s a foul Bill.

Come on elmarko

@RockChalkinTexas said in BIG GAME!! The Students Are There, We Should Talk:

Way to drive it EJ

Thats right, theres a new EJ in town.

@BeddieKU23 Not his best minute.

2 wide open 3s to go up by 15. Need to make those if we want to put away a team as good as the Huskies...

Elmarko needs to make a defensive play to make up for that brain fart

@DCHawker

Thought the same

these two guys that's hitting these three's for U Conn has been shooting 29 % - -& 18 % on the year --- go figure lol

Elmarko - no, Yes! no, no…

He flashes

@approxinfinity
Of course I thought of the OG 🐐 EJ Elijah Johnson

We have played really well and they have stayed in touch by hook and crook. If this defense effort holds it's looking good.

Elmarko 3-14 on 3's so far

13-9 boards, us

This is a scientific fact🙄. Every team we have ever played - someone on that team has a career high against us

they're 6/12 and we're 4/6 from three. We need to shoot more threes.

Finish this half strong keep it at double digits fellas

Late banking hours lol

Call moving screens. the guy hip checked DaJuan

How about guarding that guy?

finish those layups, Juando

Could someone please guard #2 Newton. The only player keeping UConn in the game

KJ! Hahaha

Poop

I'm gonna f-ing puke🤮🤮🤮

Can we not give this newton kid a career night

Unreal

So Clingan sends his leg in between Kevs legs before that shot getting him off balance.

I thought we were getting rid of the flop in college BB

Law of averages will catch up at some point. Just hope it’s this game.

Hurleys and flopping. Classic

Hot shooting and refs keeping a game at this point. Easily their best 3 point shooting performance of the season.

"We get all the calls" is BS

Sudeski

Bleh. Should’ve been more.

Bad ending

shoot the f'in three guys

DaJuan's inside game not firing right now.

We should be up by 20. I'm not happy. Or confident.

Wow Juan you really let them back into it

Juan is missing a ton of shots that he should make, 4 or 5 layups.

we're 4/6 from three. Shoot it!!!

1-6

LOL, we're winning by 7 at the half and at 8:00 if you knew that'd be the score at the half we'd all have said heck yah!

All and all a solid performance

Im not happy, but pretty confident.

If we win we won't get as many headlines as if uconn loses. ESPN has its favorites and we aren't one of them.

@RockChalkinTexas i dont want to be ESPNs favorite this year. Rather exceed expectations

How much do the networks pay every broadcaster to root against Kansas EVERY. FLIPPIN. GAME?

ESPN puts us on TV a lot, strange way to not show us love!

Happy with how we are playing, even if we should be up more

@wissox

I think we only have two big Monday games.

Pretty solid 1st half. But, we shot 56% to their 39%, had more rebounds and assists and fewer TOs, and we're only up 7. They may not make as many late in the clock 3s, but assume they will be better in regular sets. Need to keep up the defensive pressure. And Juan has missed at least 3 layup attempts and Hunter has missed putbacks (although have shown up as missed shots) - need to finish around the basket.

1st half individual stats for #KUbball: Dickinson 10 pts 6 rebs 1 ast 1 blk McCullar 10 pts 3 rebs 1 stl Adams 8 pts 2 rebs 2 blks 1 stl Jackson 4 pts 1 reb 1 ast Harris 3 pts 4 asts 2 rebs 1 stl 1 blk Furphy 3 pts 1 reb Timberlake 1 ast Braun 2 minutes

I'm scared @stupidmichael

Lets see that D get rolling again.

We got this!

Come on ElMarko, horrible shot

Cmon shot selection not good

Elmarko should not shoot corner 3s

1-10 misses.

Vomit

Horse hockey

2 weak fouls

12 second whistle is a shot clock violation ...hmm. okay

Very predictable start

Justice

I’d like to see someone take Elmarko’s minutes. He’s not making an impact yet. Or better yet see Elmarko make an impact!

Is Klingon lefty?

Holy crap he missed

OMG - he missed a last second shot?

What happened to our juice?

Has McDowell been in the game yet???

@DCHawker negative

Wonder why no Mari yet, need a spark

@DCHawker

Nope

Elmarko a little more discreet on jumpshots is good Elmarko

A Furph3 is all we got for bench points right now.

@approxinfinity Klingon? I was thinking more like Klinger - the wack job from M.A.S.H.

Typical CS bench tighten for such a game

@wissox

Hasn't been in either since a freshman foul for not moving the feet. Hope he gets some minutes

Crank it up crowd!!! Lackadaisical second half start after a strong first half

@BeddieKU23 Yeah me too, we need his outside threat at least for a few minutes at a time.

@cragarhawk wish jamari was on the inside of the belt

@approxinfinity indeed

pretty sure we'll see Jamari with Kev's foul issues

Oh Wow, that's sad, that kid lost his mom too.

2 points in 4 minutes - 1-5.

We need to give the bench guys some run in games like this.

Self out of bounds classic

More Kevin block work

Crowd not helping

Juando

Dickinson cant be the only one defending 2 players in paint

Kev can't defend because of refs

The fuk was that

If that guy's foot is hurting so bad, they should break it off and shove it up his .....

Air ball

I'll tell you what. I didn't think Hunter could play D, but he's savvy

Call the flop cowards

@DanR def smart

The building is worth 10 at least. Se were down 6

Not a shooting foul?

T this guy up

elbow to the kidney is usally a foul

big shot elmarko

@DanR They reviewed it and said it was a kidney to the elbow

cold as ice but hanging in there right now thanks to some good D

Bilas being Bilasssssss

Dan Hurley gtfo

How many moving screens are they going to set at the top of the key and not get called? That's cheap basketball and I'm glad our guys don't play like that.

The Hurleys are such punchable d bags

Man our offense has stunk. I don't get it

8 pts in 8 minutes is not going to get it done. O has gone stagnant...

TBH, I don't mind firy coaches like Hurly. I admire their passion and getting the most out of kids.

@approxinfinity I feel like Hurley has accomplished the impossible - making me hate him more than his weasel brother.

Do Bobby and Danny have kids? I can't take another generation of these guys

Their big one time was in the lane for 13 seconds according to my phone stop watch and moving screens are a thing. Hurley can cry all he wants refs are keeping them in it.

Hate it when Hurleys come coach in this building

we need a spurt , we just been kinda treading water - -, messin with fire --let's go on run

@DanR They have kids TOGETHER, so there are complications...

@DanR Their dad was a legendary HS coach at St. Anthony in close to NYC on the Jersey side.

8 points in 8 minutes isn't going to get it done

@wissox I'm aware. not a fan of him either

@DanR LOL, you're not a fan of a HS coach?!!

@wissox old man hurley has been on 60 minutes about 50 times

It's official. I'm not an EJ fan.

No Clingan we have to ride Hunt

@DanR Wow, that's 3000 minutes!

Juan you need to step up man

Cant work for elmarko corner possession. That basically means we need to try to reset and get something else. Brings o to screeching halt. Give me JMac!

@wissox same number of minutes as we should be ahead in points

Furph fouled him while on his back on the floor

How

Good lord

That should do it for Newton's luck.

Joke

Unconscious

Good god idk that I’ve seen a guy hit 4 or 5 fade away 3s like that especially in college

There's been a lot of us going up for rebounds and them reaching past us. The Dickinson RB attempt before the Furphy foul was one case where he got shoved out of position.

If the goal is to suck donkey balls were well on our way

Glenn Robinson is still the biggest domination of KU I can recall. This is pretty silly though.

2 wont hit another 3 pointer for the rest of the season. After tonight.

We need some offense to knock the swag out of newton

a quarter to go. Let's rock some chalk!

Well deserved

@approxinfinity Our offense has been stagnant since about the 5 minute point of the first half.

Who is supposed to be guarding him?

JMac. Now or never. Bet he is in after the break.

A 29 & three point shooter and he has THE CAREER night against us

We've scored nine points in ten minutes and we're still in it!

Switching box and 1, deny

My god he’s getting to Kevin Durant level here

Time to quit switching on Newton. Velcro Kev to him

Newton has over half their points...

29 % shooter

Moving screens helping free him

@approxinfinity we need a bench player to knock the sh*t out of him. One little technical is a small price to pay to get him out of the game.

Oh Fudge! Only I didn't say "Fudge." I said THE word, the big one, the queen-mother of dirty words, the "F-dash-dash-dash" word!

We just lack the horses overall. It's plain and simple

We haven’t hit a 3 in about 20 minutes of game clock, claim down here

Kevin does have 3 fouls and the dude sticks his foot out

My game threads suck

26 points right now for Newton

Hunters not getting open

@dylans thatsssss what i thought you said, go wait in the car.

Hunter hasn't done squat this half

Not sure what to do on offense... more pick and rolls to KJ until they quit doubling HD. We aren't even shooting anything from three, so that's Fing weird

Dang. Gotta hit those

Elmarko is our best freshman and he's really not ready either.

Big east has been the best BB conference for 2 decades or more not by accident

Career high. Need to rattle him. Get in his grill. Deny him the ball. Do something a little different.

well, missing threes isn't good either

Time to watch Blind Frog Ranch

FURPHY

Wow. Wish the crowd would pump some posit e energy right now. The team doesn’t need this nervous nelly soundtrack

Needed that

@nuleafjhawk What channel?

Heeeeeeres Johnny

Yeah. Nothing makes a crowd cheer like made buckets

@wissox I watch it on Philo streaming.

Furph is not gun shy... get him the ball

Such great defense. First day?

muting this 94 feet

@wissox please don’t ever make one again I think this is 4 or 5 in a row for you lol

@nuleafjhawk LOL, thought that was one of your made up trying to be funny things!

I wish Harris would put some pressure on them. Walking the ball up too often. - prolly partially due to Hunter, but push it to put pressure on them. Doesn’t mean you have to shoot.

Nic must not be trusted by Coach

What was that last call?

@RockChalkinTexas said in BIG GAME!! The Students Are There, We Should Talk:

Nic must not be trusted by Coach

Or me…

@Crimsonorblue22 TV timeout?

I think the last call was that we forgot there was a game today

@cragarhawk said in BIG GAME!! The Students Are There, We Should Talk:

I think the last call was that we forgot there was a game today

Offensive

Showed some numbers, I thought

@dylans I typically am

Ready for a drawn up bucket

Weird seeing 94 feet with the road team

@wissox it's also on Discovery. It's along the lines of The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch - UFO'S and weird stuff in Utah. But with treasure hunts, trespassers and dangerous cave stuff. It's really pretty interesting

@kjayhawks suck up

I had it muted but I assume they just talked about their heads

Boring!

@kjayhawks said in BIG GAME!! The Students Are There, We Should Talk:

Weird seeing 94 feet with the road team

Brotherhood

@DanR he was alright, boring but alright, george
Brett fan

@DanR I'm surprised they didn't hold hands and skip

Thanks crowd!

Yay players that want to shoot!

That's better 🙌

The old girl still has her magic

Kevin!

Let’s go defense wins this game

Cue the fog machine. Let's blow em out tis last 6 minutes

Anyone see the last moving screen by clinger

Furphy has 3 fouls so they must've called something on him

TO!!

This is insane 5:47 to go. Be lucky to score 65. What the actual is going on here

love doubling KJ on CLingan

Kevin Freaking Mccullar

If #2 gets another last second trey. I'm driving the 2+ hours to Lawrence and kicking somebody's butt.

Did we join the big 10?

MARKO

Lol mccullar screaming at elmarko to get away on his corner 3

KJ is pumped

H3D

F ‘em up!

boy we look good when the threes are raining down

The classic guy on the floor is the one who committed the foul!

really got to shut them down

Klingon may be fine as a human, annoying as a player

@DanR - From the 7'2" guy who is our only real 3 pt shooter

I think the team with candy ass perry Ellis could beat us.. dammit

Jason is winning sue bird over to the Jayhawk bird!

Who would of thunk it - -some we really haven't had the best of luck with- - the Three and we scorch-em -- -hell ya - -ROCK CHALK

@cragarhawk dude you gotta narrow it down Perry was here from late Phog to mid Self

Game of runs

@cragarhawk said in BIG GAME!! The Students Are There, We Should Talk:

I think the team with candy ass perry Ellis could beat us.. dammit

My trivia today:

Who scored more points in their career: The Truth or Perry Ellis?

70 points wins this one.

They really brought the energy that 4. Gotta finish with the same

Perry

You hit shots it's wonderful.

I know.... I was just there and still steaming over getting throttled by 15 to wsu in Omaha. I may need therapy to get past it

I just showed grant hill to laetner pass to my 12 year old, he was not impressed at all.

@approxinfinity Tell him it was only a shot in a quarterfinal game.

@approxinfinity he's a good boy.

Thats what he said @wissox ”just a sweet 16 game? Who cares?”

KJ has had a hell of a night

Let Bilas give 12 a band aide for his pussy

KJ!

Hahahahaha

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What's the game clock time right now? I feel like I'm behind

1:50

@nuleafjhawk 1:50

@nuleafjhawk 1:50 on the FTs for KJ

If HD gets anything from CS I hope the fuk it's defense. My god

UConn has always been ESPN’s sugar baby

@dylans thank you. Guess I'm ok

We always thought you were a little behind.

@wissox noice🤪

On the floor right?

I'd foul that guy every time he touches it.

What an awful call

How is that a shooting foul and kj fould on a dunk wasn’t? lol someone tell the refs we are the home team!

KEV SAYS FUCK YOU

Damn Kevin

What a shot!!!

@FarmerJayhawk so do i

Rainbow three was pretty level!

KEV OMG that's icewater

What a stupid foul

Coach go 2/1

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GD

starting to think Elmarko is a plant

Gave him 3 shot shooting foul, more bullshit

Perfect press break and just air mails it

Good God

Sit him

$1,000 says Newton hits a 3 here

Self is calmer than me. No bench options yet. Damnit.

D up

Ugly tie and suit

Newton misses a three and Juando makes a layup...

Jay can be knowledgeable and enjoyable to listen to…when he isn’t actively rooting against your team.

Off hip

Ours

Marko got roasted then hell of a recovery

Hey way to go Marko good shit

Elmarko making up for the last brainfart

way to stick with it Elmarko

need a bucket here fellas

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Oh boy

Well done Dajuan, calm scanning

maybe throw it to Hunter as a bail out?

KJ cmon

I can't with Juan tonight

@DanR I guess if we win I won't trade EJ to K-State

Fuckin bilas. Shut all the way up dude. Seriously

They are going to foul us

Number 2 for them is turning in one of the best AFH performances in history

I guess not even attempting to play defense or pretend there's an actual game going on is one strategy

I’m not sure Hunter is fast enough to foul there. Lol

@RockChalkinTexas Yup.

@kjayhawks not like Buddy Heild

Aight Juan you got this bud

Come on Dajuan

Cheivous from Methzoo scored 43 and lost. I don't care if one guy has a great game

GD

OMG

Easy peasy

THE OLD BARN DOES IT

clanker

So lucky

Juan Harris needs pull his head out of his ass. I’m sorry but 5 missed layups and 2 free ones at crunch time

We lose by 15 plus at their place. Silver lining is there's alot of improvement can happen in another 27-30 games

Love Juando but he sucked offensively this game

Furphy has been the only bench player this half for KU. But good grief this team sucks at FT's amd somehow UConn was actually worse tonight.

@kjayhawks His energy at the beginning of the game assuming we win this was essential to this victory.

I don't know if Jesus cares about basketball, but if He does - Thank You. Jesus!

We good

KJ you DAWG

Game ball to KJ

Beat #4

Kevin was huge too

There was a Jamari sighting!!!

BIGeast is no joke tho. Everyone RaRaing the lil10 every year hasn't seen the BIGEast tourney record over the last 25 years ish

Thanks KJ

Oh god KJ’s gonna make me bawl

@cragarhawk we have looked very bad at times but that’s 3 top 16 wins in less than the first month of the season.

You all got all worked up but if you'd just trusted the first post saying Coach will make the difference. Tonight was a master coaching clinic by Bill Self.

OMG KU 69 UConn minus Newton 34.

😢😢😢😢

No moral victories. No moral losses.

BTN if you want to watch Purdue maybe go down.

@wissox

Do you got the winning PowerBall numbers while your at it?

@kjayhawks right. But how much does top 16 mean right now? Glad we won. But let's not hang a banner just yet. We were also embarrassed by a top 5 team

@BeddieKU23 No, I believed what I wrote!

Team struggling a little with identity right now, looking to mentally settle down a lot after the break

Very proud of the team and the resilience showed when it mattered!!

500th comment gets a used 2006 b12 champions T-Shirt.

@cragarhawk it’s December 1 nothing means jack

Kevin, Hunter, KJ. Kevin's 3s were huge

It's a good win. But the building should be worth 10. Let's not lose sight of that

TEAM
MIN
FG
3PT
REB
AST
PF
PTS

KJ 0 6-10 0-0 5 2 1 18

Hunter 0 6-12 3-4 9 1 4 15

Juando 0 2-4 0-2 4 2 1 6

Marko 0 1-7 1-1 2 6 1 3

Kevin 0 6-10 3-4 5 1 4 21

Furphy 0 2-3 2-3 1 0 3 6

Nick 0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0

23-46
9-14
31
13
14
69
50.0%
64.3%

@FarmerJayhawk exactly

Definitely a good win. I'll enjoy it

Shirt

Shirt

@cragarhawk yeah so idk why you’re acting like we took the L

See you for the Roos.

Be proud of the fight for the dub!

Kev with 21!
KJ with 18!

RockChalk

500

@FarmerJayhawk don't believe I said anything like that. Merely that having 3 top 16 wins while everyone on the planet knows that means exactly Dick at this point in the season is not anything to be proud of when we all know we could lose to Eastern Illinois. Simply put

@cragarhawk ah so good win but not really. Gotcha.

@wissox
I helped get you 500

@RockChalkinTexas OK, I'll send it to you!

Furphy goes 2/3 from deep.

Northwestern up 3 with 1:20 left

@RockChalkinTexas it's been a rough 2 weeks for them

I'm getting to old for these type of games lol. -- Now I need to check my pace maker

@wissox it’s wild that they might beat Purdue while wearing their colors

@wissox said in BIG GAME!! The Students Are There, We Should Talk:

@RockChalkinTexas OK, I'll send it to you!

Washed I hope. I'll send address in Chat!!

@RockChalkinTexas I hope you know I was joking!

@FarmerJayhawk it's a win. A win is always good. But you think you don't lose that by 15 plus at Uconn? We aren't playing good. Don't look good. We all know it. And ya. There's a reason it looks that way. Multiple reasons. One of which particularly tonite is BIG east basketball is just simply better atm. I don't like it. But there's no reason to BS about it

@wissox Nooooooooo s/c

UCONN and Eastern Illinois basically the same

@cragarhawk yeah, I think it’s close no matter where we play. As far as the Big East goes, they’ve got like 4 good teams. I’m not impressed

@FarmerJayhawk what are the odds the newton kid hits like he did tonight?

@FarmerJayhawk IG it all depends on if you value tournament success

@Crimsonorblue22 great point! 0

@cragarhawk yeah I don’t really care what they did in previous years when 40% of players change teams each year.

I like we messed up their on the road record, seems like they flourish on it!🤣

Purdue about to lose to Northwestern

2nd year in a row Northwestern knock off #1 purdue, but not over yet entire.y

@FarmerJayhawk makes sense. So we just gotta do better on the 40% we get. I like it and agree

@cragarhawk yeah, I think we’ll be better than last year. Feel free to put me in that camp

Our win gonna get pushed off the front page by Purdue losing.

@wissox stay under the radar. Not a problem

@FarmerJayhawk we should be. I hope so. But I was in the camp that thought last year was better than the result also..

@cragarhawk same. Missing the man the myth the legend was not ideal

I predict our freshman will start looking a lot better sometime in January and people will start to feel better about the team

@KirkIsMyHinrich that's such a real thing with freshman. Great point!

You can look at this game one of two ways IMO. We had to be playing at Allen Fieldhouse or we get smoked (may or may not be true). Or you could say that’s a good win against a good team, when they had a guy go absolutely bananas for 41 points. In which I’ll bet anyone here he doesn’t do again this season. I’ll choose the later in December, I was very pleased with our defense for much of the night. They had to hit fade away 3s at the end of the shot clock repeatedly to not get ran out of the gym.

The freshmen will stop forcing things.
The team which returned only 3 guys... 1 who was a transfer last year, 1 who is pass first, and 1 whose mom just died, will find its team identity, and the sum will start to look greater than its parts.

You have to take the win and be happy. Seriously. But I can't help but think these players, these pieces could look so much better together. Like I've said. Silver lining is its still gotta be very very possible

@approxinfinity odd to me that Mari got zero minutes, was pleased with him the past few games. I think Self is still putting in Timberlake for spurts, hoping he does something to earn more minutes.

@kjayhawks yeah I was curious if Mari said something stupid, or if this is some undisclosed toughening box thing... or if it was just tightening the belt against UConn.

NT is all but relegated to the CS bench doghouse for the season even per the presser after E. ILL. Which makes the Mari minutes even more curious

@cragarhawk ya we basically played 6 guys tonight, which I don’t like with how tough our schedule is this season. Nick was in but I only for 1 or 2 minutes. Hopefully it’s just a minor deal with Mari, he could be sick. I’ve heard of the flu or something running thru the team since Kevin was sick in Hawaii.

@cragarhawk I wonder if he was just giving EJ enough run to get into a flow, and Kevin and Juan couldn't come out.

It's going to be this story all year, I think.

EJ/JM/NT all fighting for 2 minutes, unless 1 of them can handle well enough that Self can put Juan down for spells (I'm skeptical)

@approxinfinity ya that's a fair point and one we've seen in the past quite alot. I don't like it for ceiling building. But I said last night it would probably go that way tonite. You can read the games that matter more to CS by the rotation belt... and this was one for sure

@cragarhawk @approxinfinity We will need these young guys to develop to go anywhere in March. Can’t ride Juan for 38 minutes all year and expect him to not be completely gassed by February. I think Self just wanted to be sure we got a win tonight. Will be some other games guys can get some PT. Furphy continues to impress me thus far.

Fun stat from X- 13 times in Bill Selfs career Kansas has hosted a higher ranked team in AFH. Kansas’ record in those games….13-0

The rest of December is a big yawner. Lots of room for the team to grow.

@FarmerJayhawk yes and no, should we have trouble with the likes of Indiana, Fizzou and WSU? Probably not but we know we are the Super Bowl on their schedules so I don’t expect those to be easy games.

Wsu has been doing really well, think they play Mizzou this weekend.

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Big win for the good guys tonight! RCJH!

@BeddieKU23 said in BIG GAME!! The Students Are There, We Should Talk:

@rockchalkjayhawk

Clingan is more athletic then Hunter at 7'2 and has better lateral movement as well. He can run the floor on the fast break at times as well so it's something to watch. He's also a threat defensively at the rim. Tough matchup for both our bigs tonight

That was a good matchup of talented bigs. I thought that block was legit by Hunter, yet the whistle blew.

Hey, how’s about that! That was an amazing game to watch as a fan. High energy and entertaining,

And, that was one of our best defensive showings in a long while. Why can’t we do that more often? Even Hunter was great on D! Very pleased to see that kinda effort.

The Self bench belt tightening has begun early this season. I saw that coming tonight. But cmon, we need way more than six guys to play minutes, coach! Got us a win though, huh.

Here’s the thing about Elmarko…he still has shown us virtually nothing of his skills or potential on the court, but I think these minutes are helping him. He seemed to be more aggressive tonight at least. Maybe he’ll take another step up the ladder by January.

So happy for KJ! Dunk city.

Here’s the thing about Furphy…he’s obviously got a smooth stroke. He’s looking more comfortable shooting the ball. More minutes! To me he’s a true wing or 3/4. Not a two guard at all. So, It’s becoming very obvious despite my love for Furphy that he cannot switch onto smaller, faster guards. He smothers them once in a blue moon, but they mostly blow by him. I don’t love him less for that, but I dunno how you protect him with all our switching.

Did Jamari get lost on his way to the Fieldhouse??? Shocked that Self didn’t put him on that Newton dude for a few minutes at least to cool his roll. And that was one helluva roll. I don’t understand these wimpy coaches these days. Send in Jamari or some bench scrub to knock him on his arse! Throw him off his game. Do any of the Detroit Bad Boys have eligibility left? :)

That really was a great game. Happy we won. Rock Chalk!

@kjayhawks 😢😢

@rockchalkjayhawk said in BIG GAME!! The Students Are There, We Should Talk:

@BeddieKU23 said in BIG GAME!! The Students Are There, We Should Talk:

@rockchalkjayhawk

Clingan is more athletic then Hunter at 7'2 and has better lateral movement as well. He can run the floor on the fast break at times as well so it's something to watch. He's also a threat defensively at the rim. Tough matchup for both our bigs tonight

That was a good matchup of talented bigs. I thought that block was legit by Hunter, yet the whistle blew.

Me too. Hunter definitely won the battle and our defensive game plan limited his touches which was huge. Big props to Hunter for battling down low

@kjayhawks

Yupp cried like a baby watching this

Some low key critics of the coach. Beating UConn was high priority for him and if he figured our best chance was to play a short bench I'm good with it. It worked!

I really love Kevin McCullars game. He plays with a "I'm a national champ" swagger that is loud and clear.

"UConn coach Dan Hurley in the postgame: Just an awesome environment. Great to be a part of. Credit to Kansas... "the environment really knocked us on our heels."

@wissox

If the benefit of playing Elmarko 32 minutes in a game like that pans off later in the season for him and for the team overall then I'm also okay with it.

@wissox Then the player - no I don’t think that bothered us any. 😂 Dan was being more honest, or dude was completely unaware that he was the only person making plays for UConn.

@kjayhawks thanks for posting that. HCBS at his very best.

Kev getting some looks as a possible first round pick right now

@BeddieKU23 excellent. Its all happening for him.

For those grumbling at Dajuan shooting 1-7, myself included: chill baby.

The team shot 50% from the field and 64%
From 3. Maybe our starting PG had something to do with that?

@approxinfinity I think we learned last night how we can win these big games against good teams. Defend and be efficient offensively. As you said we shot 50% from the floor, 64% from 3 and 70% from the line while having only having 8 turnovers. Those stats are with Juan and Hunter missing some shots that had bows on them from Santa Claus. UConn ended up shooting 10 more shots than us but still lost because a lot of those shots, even several they made weren’t good looks. Other than one or two by Elmarko, our shot selection was great.

@approxinfinity

It also helps the draft class is down but he is certainly impressing the NBA scouts right now. He's been superb

@BeddieKU23 he looks more athletic to me this season, not sure he’ll go first round but getting g drafted in general is a good goal for him.

@kjayhawks

Healthy too. He was hurt a bunch last yr. We need him to stay this way because he's just too good

@kjayhawks maybe we should host a higher ranked team every game.

No. Wait. We're usually ranked higher than whoever we are playing.

@nuleafjhawk

Self mentioned it's good for the sport to get eyes on them with games like this when football is consuming. Agree with him that there are plenty of benefits to a game like this.

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This is why Nick didn't play.

@BShark great clip. Thanks for posting. Yes, Nick really did look lost (or maybe slow?) in the switching D. It was a noticeable contrast with the others.

That D will travel

@dylans Defense always travels, the ole saying is offense puts fans in the stands and defense wins championships. I think since KenPom has been tracking Adjusted defense every team that has one a title was in the top 20 in that category.