Billy Eugene's favorite place to visit annually. What is it about Stillwater that gives us issues. The water?

Big week ahead, two road games, both against teams KU should handle. If we thought UCF was not that great Oklahoma St is a tier below that. They still have old friend/foe Bryce Thompson as their 2nd leading scorer plus a whole bunch of guys I don't recognize. Some highly rated freshman are in key roles for them and doing ok, seems like if they stick around they may have a decent team in the future. Boynton always coaches his butt off against us so interesting dynamics there.

Hopefully the guys focus in tonight and don't repeat last week.

Well the BPI shows our final conference record 9 wins and 8 losses. 2.6% chance of winning the conference. Whew, the pressure is off thank goodness and we can play loose and chuck up treys like carpet bombing.

@Zabudda I find it curious that the computers hate KU so with the quality wins they have. It’s becoming comical.

I'll bet there won't be 3,000 people there tonight.

I'm embracing the computer rankings... hoping our guys develop a chip! (haha)

I will be surprised if 3000 show up. I remember when Travis Ford humiliated himself at the cafeteria... begging students to attend their games.

Regardless of how good OSU is... we rarely tend to play a good game in Stillwater. Many have speculated over the years that Self has a hard time hammering down on his alma mater.

Something weird going on in the universe. Hard to explain all the upsets in team sports. Look at the NFL... college hoops... Nothing will surprise me tonight, though I'm hoping we buckle down and learned a valuable lesson at UCF!

@Zabudda said in KU vs Oklahoma St Game Chat:

Well the BPI shows our final conference record 9 wins and 8 losses. 2.6% chance of winning the conference. Whew, the pressure is off thank goodness and we can play loose and chuck up treys like carpet bombing.

Well how about let's just tuck that away and come back and have a good laugh at the end of the Season about that BPI ? - -get a good laugh - --- OH NO WAIT , I blew it as I'm laughing my ass off on that now actually lol

Wait...what? A game on actual ESPN-not-effin'-plus? I can watch it? Listening to the roar of the crowd bringing all the excitement of college bb back into my home? [Well, maybe those two guys in the upper row will yell loud near a microphone.....] Hooray!

Let's rock chalk and roll

Win I don't care how

Rock Chalk

gawd I hope they never use those stupid lights in AFH

edit: or the new former memorial stadium

I mean Dickinson was getting fouled there but sure that was great defense

Wow johnny

Good start

NICE

I enjoy these type of starts

Furph Alert

the Kid is good

I thought there were a lot of KU fans there, then realized the OSU fans don't know what goaltending is.

Alright Alright Alright

RockChalk

Kev you can do better

Kev is our TO leader by quite a bit

Wow.

Good kev

Nice pass Juan

Nother forced turnover by Juan. Doesnt show up in our caveman metrics

It's uncanny how many luck shots are made against us

I can't tell if I'm 10 seconds ahead or behind you all

Good defense

Boog Scambi dumped Fran for Jay Williams. Yeah or neigh?

Juan very active defensively tonight. Seems to smell blood

@RockChalkinTexas I like both Jays, they ain’t always right but call it like they see it

That one ball Juan tipped off osu guy, should've been ours

Frank Thomas is a large human

@Crimsonorblue22 quicker than the zebra eye

Ref had no idea what Juan meant

Furphy is fun

Furphy might be lottery this year. Way too soon take.

@Crimsonorblue22
He said it was the first time he had seen snow!

@RockChalkinTexas wow!

Dude

Big guy is off target tonight so far

Juan

KJ❤

Perfect shot

GIA seems kind of dead

💀

So far so good

@KirkIsMyHinrich
They're the Eagles fans

All 5 starters have scored in the 1st 8 minutes. That hasn't happened in a while...

Looks about 1/2 full tonight

@approxinfinity said in KU vs Oklahoma St Game Chat:

Furphy might be lottery this year. Way too soon take.

Not the wildest take. Hope we get at least year 2

So is Juan getting fouled or is he throwing his body w/all his might!

Bill has to like the start

Everyone wants Furphy to bulk up (which he will as he matures, no doubt), but I think he has a quickness advantage at this point that makes up for strength.

KJ❤

Hunter looking sharp with the fresh cut.

Weak sauce call

Kevin can't get a call tonight

Furph3

Foip!

Jump

Boop

Foip!!

We have our solid 5th guy folks. Not getting calls, but he's eveywhere on the court

Furphy is a monster

Here’s Johnny!!

@DanR rebounds multiple

Well, Johnny is awesome

Athletic hustler! Want to!

That was a really nice pass by EJ btw

Big minutes for Elmarko here without Juan in. Makes a sick pass for an open 3

This draft class is so awful that furphy might go one and done if he keeps this up

Kid has speed

Some criminal officiating going on

Are the refs doing make up calls for Udeh?

No autopsy no foul tonight

@BeddieKU23 said in KU vs Oklahoma St Game Chat:

Some criminal officiating going on

Just like the football game

Furph is a blur in the open court

Looks like TCU will lose on the road at Cincy...

@rcjhdraft would highly doubt that maybe if he does this every night for the rest of the year.

@DCHawker

And Baylor in a close one with the purple turds

@BeddieKU23 who do we want to win that nonsense?

Cincinnati beat tcu

@kjayhawks if that's the case book your tickets to final Four now

@BeddieKU23 said in KU vs Oklahoma St Game Chat:

@DCHawker

And Baylor in a close one with the purple turds

Weirdly, the ESPN conference standings already show BU having won the game...

@kjayhawks $1 pitchers at the country-western strip clubs in town.

@kjayhawks

Pray for both to lose. Live with the result

The fact furphy's hair is a mess adds to his badassry

half the frat guys at KU will have Furph's haircut by the end of the year

That's about the 4th offensive foul they could have been called for lol

Parker!

Nice sell parker.

Sweet

OMG

is this hack a Kev or what? Geez

Here comes the sympathy fouls

Hawks shooting absurd 70%...

Kj

Wow

Really Juan

Here we go

Free throws keeping OSU within 20

Oh my

What a run

Wow furphy is the man tonight

Furphy is the damn truth

A lot of guys can hit two in a row but Furphy goes on.

He is him lol

2nd half same as the first?

We shall 👀👀👀👀

I had snow yesterday!

@RockChalkinTexas said in KU vs Oklahoma St Game Chat:

2nd half same as the first?

We shall 👀👀👀👀

Was that a MLK reference?

OMG

@RockChalkinTexas

How much?

I got 6 inches today

@RockChalkinTexas said in KU vs Oklahoma St Game Chat:

I had snow yesterday!

so did we on top of the stuff already stuck to the ground in our sub zero weather

SAINT NICHOLAS

InSync

@Zabudda no

El Kabong!!!

Bryce finally got a KU poster of himself 🤣

And 1

@BeddieKU23 said in KU vs Oklahoma St Game Chat:

@RockChalkinTexas

How much?

I got 6 inches today

A dusting at best lol

what are they looking at? Admiring the dunk?

Bryce was very dramatic on that foul

KJ❤

Confidence

Kj been shootin

@BeddieKU23 it shows

Wouldn't be surprised if these refs call football games. That's their criteria for a foul tonight

I appreciate that Furphy is not just jacking shots every time he touches the ball (I would be)

@DanR like Kevin

@DanR HD isn't bashful about throwing it up....

It was worth getting Nick just for that dunk tbh

@nuleafjhawk

Some Kevin love in his game for sure

@BeddieKU23 furphy can put a hand on them

Boo hoo cowpokes. Travel problems

We left a day early for Orlando. Check ahead

Crap!

Nice shot, Bryce

Redic

Bryce plays well against us

We keep getting glimpses of Timberlake's personality. Release the Kracken.

Btw udeh had 11 pts 9 reb 1 assist and 5 steals tonight and had most of that at half

Who would think Furph3 and KJ would be the leading scorers 🤦‍♀️ so happy for them

What's that we use to hear A lot- -when w play at Hilton ? - -Oh ya- - --HERES JOHNNY

Ksu baylor OT

Really hope that first half wasn't our best half

Glad Johnny got past his shin splints 🙌

Good D

Good foul KJ

OK, he actually made both freebies, not so great, KJ

does OSU have one superfan screaming like a drunken fool?

Am I alone in the Universe?

I'm here

Woo hoo hunt

Oklahoma St big is using his off arm a lot when he makes a move on offense. It's not being called though

Hate this crowd

Parker

@BeddieKU23 said in KU vs Oklahoma St Game Chat:

Hate this crowd

you can feel the anger and hatred

@Crimsonorblue22 am I missing why you call Hunter parker?

No idea why they allow Garrison to throw that forearm around like it's allowed. Sick of him not getting called for it

@RockChalkinTexas wanting Parker in, play some D

@Crimsonorblue22 said in KU vs Oklahoma St Game Chat:

@RockChalkinTexas wanting Parker in, play some D

rough them up a bit

@Crimsonorblue22 it's happened 2x when Hunter scored so I was confused

He left his man wide open.

I think we're all watching this game in a 30 second window of time due to streaming delays. Hard to keep track of the comments sometimes

Baylor about to lose

Late ass whistle

@DanR. I am at 14:36 left

That's such a bad call waiting for the basket to either go in or not. Biased

Black eye from the brick 🧱

That's a foul on KJ?

Foul on Hunter if anyone, which it wasn't

Refs suck

61-39. Hard to complain…too much!

Adams is a grown ass man

KJ is too much for these dudes though

I love how I can't hear the Oklahoma St crowd at all

@KirkIsMyHinrich 🤫

23 fouled hunter again. Not called

EJ

Okie state maybe the worse team in this conference by a wide margin

You look ridiculous wearing orange when you are getting punked by 20.
Id be quiet too

What the hell... didn't even see it go in lol

@BeddieKU23 said in KU vs Oklahoma St Game Chat:

23 fouled hunter again. Not called

Refs want the game to end

@BeddieKU23 HD never gets any calls because of his size. Zero reason other than bias he doesn’t average 4-5 free throws per game

I 🙏 they don't cut away to another game

Pretty redic missed call on kevs put back but Elmarko saved it. See the wrist is wrapped. Hope it's nothing serious

Regardless of how bad OSU is. I'm impressed and this builds confidence for future road games

Will Granite Stone Blue bakeware work with my induction stove?

BYU up 11 on ISU

Kevin has gotten the worst whistle tonight and I have no idea why

Juan's fly trap is back working

Automatic

Nice Juan

Juan is playing with his food tonight

I see Bryce is having his one good game a year

@FarmerJayhawk

Might have 2. We play them in Allen

Good hustle by Johnny even though he got called for the foul. He's leading the team in rebounds tonight

Kev with an outside chance at a triple double tonight

@KirkIsMyHinrich Gurley was over the moon about Furphy in the halftime show

Michael Jordan looks like an old Johnny Furphy

@kjayhawks said in KU vs Oklahoma St Game Chat:

Okie state maybe the worse team in this conference by a wide margin

2nd worst. West Virginia laughably bad this year. OSU likely wins 4-5 Big 12 games this year. WVU may win 1-2 more games total this season.

late whistle ref strikes again. Jeez

After all the contact they've let go tonight they call that. Weak sauce

Really nice pass by Johnny there

Furphy is playing chess.
Ice cold execution

could have jacked a three, but tossed it in to the big man. Furph!

Hunter been off the mark on a lot of open looks from 3 lately

Love that Furph is trusted as a facilitator suddenly, feels like Gradey

Where’s gradey? Hear it’s not great for him.

@Texas-Hawk-10 they beat Texas, right?

Wisdom there from Billy Eugene

@Texas-Hawk-10 we will find out for sure but my bets on this team.

I would like to keep winning games and to get the Auburn LB that just hit the portal

@KirkIsMyHinrich I heard that he is old friends with Cobee 🤞

Nice Juan

@kjayhawks or cousins?

Why take the gas off the pedal

@DanR drummer there

Don't throw the ball into the paint with Parker braun come on

one too many passes lately

Nice bailout Kev

Brady told Johnny GOOD JOB

Furphy held back. Was open a ton if we needed an open shot too.

He plays within himself

might be an ugly 4 minutes here

Let’s get Marko some run here at point

come on dude, you have two kidneys. Get up.

@DanR d
Scrub time. Don't need injuries

Lots of folks dressed as orange seats.

@DanR said in KU vs Oklahoma St Game Chat:

come on dude, you have two kidneys. Get up.

Younger generation is so soft.

I can appreciate Timberlake not looking terrified with the ball today

Bill probably whispered soft under his breathe there

Man im hitting the wall where i have zero fear and a comfy couch

Give Juando a little credit for making some nice drives and layups tonight

Juan diving alot tonight

WHY is Juando out there though?

Ya lets get the starters out now

GET THEM OUT NOW

Juando very good tonight

@kjayhawks WVU is absolutely terrible. They have home losses to Monmouth and Radford this season and barely beat Bellarmine at home.

@Texas-Hawk-10 those sound like invented movie comedy colleges

Please remove Kevin from this game

We could've pulled everyone 3 minutes ago

Boy how do you not call that foul for elmarko on the other end

Joel 41 vs CB

Ahhh Jank

OSU fan spotted taking his bag of popcorn home with his tears

Its so quiet you can hear bill telling the refs "what are you watching"

shut up about injuries, Giambi ESPN dude. We'll just reload the wagon.

JANK

Jank!💙❤️

Jank from Caitlyn Clark land

I like 90 points

See you all Saturday in the middle of nowhere

Good win. Onto Morgantown

Not the easiest place for Bill to win over the years, so I'll take it! Rock Chalk!

Well that was a spanking… good guys win yet again

Might have been the easiest one we have ever had here

@BeddieKU23 radio just said it was biggest win here since 2017

I notice that when KU plays well and Dejuan plays well, a certain someone has nothing to say or contribute to the discussion.

Haven't had a carefree game since exhibition games.

RCJH

See you Saturday. Bill won't have Huggy to beat up on.
Night all.

@Texas-Hawk-10 kills the narrative that Bill and we are dumb expecting a freshman to step up and score, letting Dajuan do Dajuan things when thats exactly what happens and we demolish a team for 40 minutes.

Jayhawk fans really gave it to Fran on X about his negative comments on the tcu game. Said Udeh's foul wasn't a F1 and then Hunter traveled. He needs to stay neutral. Wonder if that's why he wasn't on the call tonight.

@Crimsonorblue22

Thankfully he wasn't on the call tonight

@BeddieKU23 did you read his comments?

@Texas-Hawk-10 said in KU vs Oklahoma St Game Chat:

I notice that when KU plays well and Dejuan plays well, a certain someone has nothing to say or contribute to the discussion.

Oh give them some time, they will find SOMETHING, probably hear him tomorrow.- -can't be lucky enough to hear crickets

@BeddieKU23 said in KU vs Oklahoma St Game Chat:

Juando very good tonight

28-1 when Juan scores 10

@jayballer67 said in KU vs Oklahoma St Game Chat:

@BeddieKU23 said in KU vs Oklahoma St Game Chat:

Juando very good tonight

28-1 when Juan scores 10

Thank you @jayballer67

Well had to watch on the DVR, and that was as relaxed as I've been in a while. I get bored when we blow out the Central Cloud County States of the world, but never get bored when it's a conference game.

So much to like about this. Fun seeing the fast offense, a rarity in Bill Self days, but they can get up the floor so quickly and convert. And convert they did, Timberlake with the amazing dunk, KJ amazing, Hunter calm and steady and DaJuan flying all over OK. McCullar was really good with 8 assists and 18 points, All American kind of stuff, bench guys contributed a bit, McDowell the only non scorer among them.

One more ESPN+ game, then I think the rest will be live semi free TV.

@dylans always is in Stillwater

I'm happy with the performance last night. You need a game like this on the road where it's not a pressure cooker situation because the rest are going to be dogfights. The guys didn't play down to the competition and took care of business.

The national media and analytics will not react to this as quickly as it's happening, but this KU team is going to get better now that it's found its 5th starter. 2 games with Furphy in the lineup, 2 comfortable wins by double digits. That one change has spearheaded momentum in KU's favor. Self deploying the chess pieces as needed.

So I never saw any highlights on Sports Center nor just now looking at both ESPN and CBS sites with any article or mention about our game!!!!!!

Meanwhile, Attendance: 8,570

@RockChalkinTexas Paid attendance, I'm doubtful that many people were in there!

@BeddieKU23

I agree!

It's a combination of Furph adding a big punch to our scoring... adding rebounding... adding a threat from the perimeter... and he's also limiting his TOs.

Our offense flows so much better with Furph out there!

@RockChalkinTexas nicks dunk was #3

Can you imagine if we had Grady and Hunter on the same team? Oh the spacing! I think the space of having 3 or 4 threats to score from beyond the arc on the floor at the same time is the biggest reason for the improvement in scoring and rebounding. Furph is also oddly, more of a threat in transition than we've seen from Elmarko (who seems fast and like a good finisher at the rim?).

It will be interesting to see how he holds up once some film gets out on him and some of the big 12 coaches make some plans to stop him. But he's at least made it clear, there has to BE a plan to stop him or he will score in bunches. 15 in the first half? Whew!

@benshawks08 said in KU vs Oklahoma St Game Chat:

Can you imagine if we had Grady and Hunter on the same team? Oh the spacing! I think the space of having 3 or 4 threats to score from beyond the arc on the floor at the same time is the biggest reason for the improvement in scoring and rebounding. Furph is also oddly, more of a threat in transition than we've seen from Elmarko (who seems fast and like a good finisher at the rim?).

It will be interesting to see how he holds up once some film gets out on him and some of the big 12 coaches make some plans to stop him. But he's at least made it clear, there has to BE a plan to stop him or he will score in bunches. 15 in the first half? Whew!

Elmarko has always played with the ball in his hands. He's having to learn how to play without the ball and we're all seeing how much he's struggled with that change in roles.

Elmarko is having trouble adjusting for sure, you watch his highlights from HS and it’s like most highlights. He’s faster and more athletic than people at that level so he brings the ball up and drives straight to the basket.

I wonder if Bryce Thompson is thinking... "Man.. I should have stuck it out at Kansas. I'd be that missing piece of offense in their starting lineup and would be totally shining with open treys every game. And instead of being on a cellar-dweller B12 team, I'd be at the top and we'd play for a championship in March!" One has to wonder...

@drgnslayr he’d have a national championship if he did got bad advice from family telling him he was a NBA guy, He’s not

@drgnslayr I can't imagine leaving KU basketball.

I wonder how gradey is feeling. Read an update from the Raptors, not good news.

@drgnslayr I had heard, not confirmed, that he could not adjust to playing for KU, too much pressure.

@AsadZ Seems about right. He was getting plenty of minutes in Lawrence. That’s why I don’t get the chip he has when he plays KU, it’s like bad blood.

@Crimsonorblue22 I finally saw that.

@RockChalkinTexas 😢