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Hopefully they take care of business tonight. Good minutes up for grabs for Timberlake and McDowell. Who gets them?

@BeddieKU23 said in KU vs the smart people game chat:

Hopefully they take care of business tonight. Good minutes up for grabs for Timberlake and McDowell. Who gets them?

ya for sure - -now is the time for the giys from the bench to step up. Tonight our thin bench is even thinner, Time for Nick to show , work out his slump

Both, is my guess. Audition time for 2024 conference season!

RockChalk Let's go Jayhawks!!!!!

I hope Nick gets his confidence back

SPORTS

Not scared. Anyone scared?

Slow start shocker

Bill is HEATED

Wow how do you miss that

how was that not over and back

@RockChalkinTexas That is what I thought and the ref was acting like KU had touched it.

Yale dude knew it too!!!!

Wolf is a dude. All nerd team

The Wolf of Mass Street

Nice passing.

KJ can play chess too, nerds

Nice pass for KJ

Nick is in. Come on Nick.

Nice take Nick

Wow there you go Nick

Nic being aggressive is nice

Nice aggressiveness Nick

KJ gets mobbed and no foul?

I thought this game was in KC? Not watching obviously but ESPN box says its at AFH.

@patoh3 it was a triple team, prob should have kicked

Wichita State is KC game

Mari is out there now

Marko at the point sighting

I can't believe we're gonna lose to Yale.

Not getting a fair whistle but just getting outplayed

@wissox

:face_screaming_in_fear:

@FarmerJayhawk when Juan throws passes directly to perimeter defenders maybe Bill can stomach not having Juan on the court for a spell a little easier

Timberlake can't win with these bums.

But seriously we need to play better.

@BeddieKU23 said in KU vs the smart people game chat:

Not getting a fair whistle but just getting outplayed

Yalies better in every stat thus far...

BOOM

I think Bill told Nick to shoot
More.

Nic getting some confidence before conference play would be good

Nick leading scorer, just like we all thought would happen.

Jackson needs to shoot that

Nice D

Yessssss shot clock violation

We always play like poop before Christmas

Elmarko needs a long break

@kjayhawks our d is ok

Marko has sugar plums dancing in his head

Jesus

O… M…. G….

Wow

Well obviously Hunter needs to make dunks lol

Nice near dunk

Bounce pass off the opponent’s chest rarely works

@KirkIsMyHinrich

At 7'2 he makes it look hard

Anyone watching Fargo? This seasons been good.

Early Xmas present for the Yalies...

If we can cut it to like 1 by half I like our chances

KU = 33% shooting, fewer rebounds, more TOs, more fouls...

Nick leading all scorers is a tremendous shot of confidence…. Trying to find silver lining.

Oofff

God. Dribbling into triple teams. Stupid

Dickinson blocked from the back.

Who is this hunter body double the real hunter hired so he he can go home early?

Pathetic

Well. Back to double digit deficit.

This is way more than playing down to the competition. No intensity at all...

I shoudlnt have drank this Indian Pale Yale

This team isn't good enough to coast against anyone. If they do, this is what happens.

Nick has half our points with 6 minutes to go in the half...

@approxinfinity Traitor

@KirkIsMyHinrich Dickinson is our only easy offense. They are defending that and we are forcing it

Time for a run

Nice Kev

Kj wtf

Kev!!!!!

Look we might be dumber than Yale but doesn’t mean we have to play like it

:heart_suit: junkman Kev

Big play by kev

@approxinfinity gonna let up 40 in a half not okay

@FarmerJayhawk said in KU vs the smart people game chat:

Look we might be dumber than Yale but doesn’t mean we have to play like it

These nerds aren't too bad though

@KirkIsMyHinrich true, relatively sufferable compared to other Ivies

Juan turning it over is something we don't see often

How was that a jump ball?

Sometimes I wish Bill would install the offense before Christmas break

KJ 0-3 and zero RBs...

Juan!

Dickinson probably got fouled there

Maybe there's hope for this game still?

Idk why they’re zoning us but I’ll take it

KJ OH MY

I vote we don't have halftime and just keep going

Love KJ's energy though

@DanR said in KU vs the smart people game chat:

If we can cut it to like 1 by half I like our chances

Still like our chances Dan?

Within 1!

I agree with Bill, we didn’t play at all til the end.

I I bet the under again, wish I’d be wrong one of these games lol

somebody hit the alarm button at about the 405 mark. -- Totally asleep all most of the half

Got to say not sure who it was but just clubbed Huntrwith a forearm in his back causing him to go to the ground and lucky e had the arrow

Just awful

Please sit elmarko

I don't even know what to say there

When do we get the lead back? Predictions at what time?

@BeddieKU23 Nick wouldnt shoot twice and hit 2 things other than rim.

Starters other than Kev are 5-18. Against Yale...At home...

@patoh3 said in KU vs the smart people game chat:

When do we get the lead back? Predictions at what time?

Starting to wonder if we ever will.

Switch might be about to flip for el marko. Might not be this game, but he sure seems like he’s only about a half second away from making good decisions

This is why I gave up ESPN+

nick mari kevin kj parker GO!

Nick with some d!

How many layups does Yale have so far???

Allergic rebounding

Hunter god good man

Have we led this game?

Thanks to Yale for playing down to our level.

@Zabudda This is where we need the laugh emoji

@wissox for 3:24 i think

Hunt watched the ball go into the Yale players hands from the goal and did not even try for it.

Kj limping

Parker wants in bad

Elmarko looks lost

Yeah, put Braun in coach. He’s amped

Self really failing with lineups tonight

Finally

@KirkIsMyHinrich said in KU vs the smart people game chat:

Elmarko looks lost

Just when I thought he looked better the last two games...

Nicks best game has been better than his next 3 combined. Way to go Nick!

The crazy thing is KU has really clamped Yale this half, just can't score.

Need to run some offense here, defense has been good after the opening 10 minutes

@BShark looks like there are maybe 3 or 4 KU players who would rather be playing bball than anything else on Dec 22nd.

22 missed shots and only 3 offensive rebounds.

Bullshit call

Bunch of Yale whiners

Switching from Wisconsin game to Illinois Missouri border war.

@BeddieKU23 Kev collecting bullshit calls like Marcus Garrett used to.

KJ with zero rebounds is just unacceptable...

It feels like it’s about 11:30 not 8:30. No sunshine for three or four days

Juan, KJ and Elmarko are 3-14...

@DCHawker said in KU vs the smart people game chat:

Juan, KJ and Elmarko are 3-14...

Is that good?

Elmarko the dumb

@wissox said in KU vs the smart people game chat:

@DCHawker said in KU vs the smart people game chat:

Juan, KJ and Elmarko are 3-14...

Is that good?

Maybe good defense by the other guys...maybe...

Marko come on man

Nice kev

Self cloned Kev out of Och and Jalen

El marko is a break even guy. Does something good. Does something mind bogglingly stupid

Why does KJ have only 4 points and 0 RB's?

Free throws are going down

I mean Nick was almost straight up there. Yale player was the one moving sideways

Yale with the first mascot m, school colors, and mandatory acting classes

Nice in-bounds!

Can we not get a defensive rebound?

Big time

@wissox

Finally got his token board

If we could rebound, we’d be up 15 or 20

TTech lost Terrance Shannon and Kev to the portal seemingly 4 years ago and they're both probably all Americans this year. That's a lot of talent to let walk, but all the disfunction there maybe these guys saw the handwriting on the wall.

Playing with our food tonight, i see.

The fact that Jamari hasn’t played the main minutes of the bench is so frustrating! It doesn’t make us better long term. I don’t get why McDowell continues to not play. The kids the only reason they beat Tennessee and Indiana. Game changed when he played that spot with the main 4. He should be getting the minutes to grow for March. The bench shooter role is filled and that’s furphy. Timberlake has shown he can’t defend high level defenders, he’s lost that role.

Kev has 1 point shy of half our points.

Kevin is the reason this team is better than average

Flagrantish

Nick!!!

Yeah no question

If my math is right kev has almost half our points.

Nick showing some confidence finally

I hope Yale fans are saying, why do we always get someone who has a career night against us?

@wissox said in KU vs the smart people game chat:

If my math is right kev has almost half our points.

You're doing math? Might as well be cheering for Yale, nerd.

Every one of nicks threes looks like it’s not going in to me. He must have a slightly different arc than I’m used to

Nick finally playing well, dirty dirty foul there

KEVIN!!

No way juando was going up for a layup again

Hot take but start Nick and bring Elmarko off the bench

@KirkIsMyHinrich said in KU vs the smart people game chat:

@wissox said in KU vs the smart people game chat:

If my math is right kev has almost half our points.

You're doing math? Might as well be cheering for Yale, nerd.

Who says I'm not?

@KirkIsMyHinrich that is a molten hot one

@KirkIsMyHinrich said in KU vs the smart people game chat:

Hot take but start Nick and bring Elmarko off the bench

Wow, what a difference one game makes. Last game, I was proposing to just leave Nick on the bench. So, maybe Coach does know what he's doing.

Heat check!

Bank!!!

Timberlake is playing slow Ivy League guys. He’s shown all season he can’t guard top 25 type teams

Hunter better get a basket to preserve his double double streak

I appreciate that Kev didn’t celebrate the bank shot

Nick finally showed up, he’s more involved defensively and that has lead to his offensive output

Kev enfuego

@jayhawks2010 said in KU vs the smart people game chat:

Timberlake is playing slow Ivy League guys. He’s shown all season he can’t guard top 25 type teams

This is a fair point, although Yale doesn't seem that slow.

Illinois destroying misery

Yale’s gonna give someone a game in the tournament if they get there

@stoptheflop Not happening tonight.

Good game. Could have been a dud.

Rock chalk and happy holidays!!

And just like that we turn up and roll. Can we do that... like... more?

Nick - - -maybe ? - thee has finally been a Nick sighting

A pretty solid second half on both ends, I’ve almost forgotten what a fast start is at this point.

Big time end. Kev is an All American

Team has shown they can play very good defense when they feel like it. Halfcourt offense is still a work in progress.

I'm really starting to wonder when Juan is open, WHY isn't he shooting that three more ? - -Hitting 46 % for the year, you got to take what a team gives you

Mari didn’t see more minutes based off of Timberlake performance. That’s fine little surprised with Hunter stinking up the place that Braun didn’t see a few more minutes.

@approxinfinity said in KU vs the smart people game chat:

@BShark looks like there are maybe 3 or 4 KU players who would rather be playing bball than anything else on Dec 22nd.

Will say, there is a big time flu thing going around Lawrence. We know KJ was sick before and during Indiana game. Would not be shocked if Hunter has it right now.

ya Hunter just didn't look engaged tonight at all, but Kevin picking up the slack

@KirkIsMyHinrich said in KU vs the smart people game chat:

Team has shown they can play very good defense when they feel like it. Halfcourt offense is still a work in progress.

Yeah Yale had 16 points in 16 minutes to start the second half. That decided the game.

@BShark Just a bit worse than the 14 that KU scored in the first 14 minutes. Ugly game for all.

@BShark said in KU vs the smart people game chat:

@KirkIsMyHinrich said in KU vs the smart people game chat:

Team has shown they can play very good defense when they feel like it. Halfcourt offense is still a work in progress.

Yeah Yale had 16 points in 16 minutes to start the second half. That decided the game.

First half of the UConn game was elite as well. UConn hit like 6 or 7 garbage shots to make it look better than it really was.

Weren’t we supposed to replace Morris by now? We need more help … maybe Furphy will step up and mature quickly….?
Not sure about marko at this point.. he distresses me a lot more than Timberlake. Nick can score.. he’s still adjusting to D1.
Good to see Kevin being JWill. He will try and drive and shoot any place any time. And I agree.. Hunter looked sick or something.
This team always looks on the edge of losing. Not a lot of wiggle room with this group.

I hope this team comes back refreshed from the break here and pounds WSU. I’m honestly worried with them already playing KSU in that building and give KSU, Mizzou a pretty good game. We can’t sleep walk into that one, you good and well it’s gonna be their Super Bowl.

That ksu/wsu was awful! We better not play down to that level. I don't dislike wsu anymore, just their fans. I like their coach, liked their last one. You know how I felt about greggggg.

@approxinfinity said in KU vs the smart people game chat:

Anyone watching Fargo? This seasons been good.

Fargo has been great this season. It’s competing for the best season in the series so far. Juno Temple has been outstanding! Very outstanding. One of the best characters the series has had.

On the other hand, two very poor casting choices are holding the show back from exceptional — Jon Hamm and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Ugh. JJL just seems sooo out of place and miscast. I like Hamm, but he doesn’t have that quirk factor the show is known for.

But, very much enjoying the season.

And about that Yale game…

Watching post game now. Juan is impressive in his interview. Very upfront about his play. Like that.

Before the game started I was thinking a 15-18 point win. boy howdy it sure didn’t seem like it was gonna get there! Ha.

Gotta give it up for McCullar. He’s been great.

Hoping Elmarko is working thru his growing pains. He does look quick on the ball. Hard to teach that.

Yale looked pretty solid.

Boy, I just wanted to say , as much as I like Juan and his approach of his game after hearing him in this interview with David Lawrence my admiration and respect just shot through the roof 100 % more.
Part he was talking about how when he got pulled out , that how was kinda acting like a little baby and pouting for a minute but then when he went back in knew he had to do better yet that wasn't the impressive part of his talk.

Lawrence was asking him about did he remember what or did he have a favorite present that he had got ? - Then they ask him what his plans were for his time off, and he talked about being able to go home and spend time with family. Yet the best part he was talking about was FAMILY , and talking about how he just wanted to be able to give his family some money, saying that really he just like saving his NIL money and doesn't really want anything so he just saves his NIL and he wants to be able to help his Granny and would like to buy her a house and look out for her. -Was just really impressed by this young man and his morals, & values. Impressive stuff , talking about when he was little they didn't have a lot and how his mom had to work so much and his granny working a lot and that he just wanted to make sure give them some money all he wanted . What a great young man with great values and morals and love for this family. -We got us a winner for sure

@rockchalkjayhawk I have no problem with Hamm, hadnt considered him being miscast but thats an interesting take and I can see why you’d say that. Totally agree about JJL, though either she has grown into it a bit the last 2 episodes or Im just accepting that shes the oddball. Her accent doesn't make any sense. Her husbands (where did he suddenly come from?) is … British? And her sons is the thick regional accent.

Juno Temple has shattered my expectations after watching her in Ted Lasso and not being impressed. Wow. She’s been a star.

Sorry I left the chat last night.

Yesterday was 7 years since we lost Mike and the girls and I had a good cry!

Rock Chalk

Merry Christmas to All My Friends!

@RockChalkinTexas You are someone who makes this place beyond special. I have appreciated for years how much excitement and joyous fandom you bring to every post. When you also share your pain, your humanity and openness are so deeply moving that words are inadequate in expressing how I come even more to understand how wonderful your marriage was, and what a loss you feel. Especially while surrounded by celebration.

I am so happy for you to have the girls, and I am deeply moved that in all of the tears you come here to wish us merriment!

May your holidays be brightened by the happiest of memories, and may you and your family make many more this and every year as you share the blessings you all had, and have!!! 🎄🎄🎄🎄

@RockChalkinTexas said in KU vs the smart people game chat:

Sorry I left the chat last night.

Yesterday was 7 years since we lost Mike and the girls and I had a good cry!

Rock Chalk

Merry Christmas to All My Friends!

@rockchalkjayhawk

My thoughts and prayers are with you!

My fav on the Yale game was Juan.

When he turned up his defense late in the second half he finished off Yale. He stopped ball movement from point and he had several key steals. I'm not sure I've ever seen him that turned up before! Maybe it was the level of competition... but Juan's feet barely touched the ground! Kudos also to KJ and of course, Kevin!

I'm a big fan of Hunter, just like I was with Big Mac... but these guys both have the footwork disease! Both should have been taking dance classes for years now!

@drgnslayr Mccormack DID take dance classes to improve his footwork before coming to KU. Hoping Hunter can rip off a brilliant 6 game stretch like Dave, but I don't think the footwork (defensive at least) will come naturally. Did you mean on offense as well for Hunter? He seems to have an economy of motion, tries to get his shot off fast. When he gets slowed down the results aren't great.

Speaking of foot work, has anyone got better moves than our Joel?

@approxinfinity

I think his footwork is lacking on both sides of the ball. His position is very specific on foot movement to score and he could use some help.

I'm not trying to be negative on either player... I don't have that height or ever had to deal with the growth spurts they faced to get there. I'm sure there are challenges these guys faced with their size. I just call it like I see it as far as what they lack to reach a higher level.

But in other post fundamentals, he is amazing! I love how he always keeps the ball up high and on a rebound or facing the basket he gets his shot off quick!

I can't ever recall a post player at Kansas with this level of fundamentals (I guess Danny Manning, though I always saw him as a stretch 4). He just needs some footwork help. It will become more prominent when he moves on to G-league some day. I don't see a pathway for him in the NBA without developing handles, footwork, and more quickness. His trey shot is really nice but he has to be the full package in the NBA.

@drgnslayr :hundred_points: agree he would struggle at the next level. I dont know if UConns big isnt quick footed but that game there were a couple possessions where it seemed like Hunters feet were faster and he recovered from challenging a shot to get the rebound quickly. I wonder if there is an effort or conditioning component to his footspeed that can still be unlocked.