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Hm. Hunter jumpers from elbow with Flory under, i like it

KSt up 16, so it will get the upset with only 1:30 to go

Not a good start. 0/3 from 3

@stoptheflop wow

@stoptheflop said in Bu Ku:

Not a good start. 0/3 from 3

And 6 BU rebounds, 1 for KU...

Edgecombes pretty good.

Way to go Grif.

X2

Nice stretch there

Juan looks good!

If Griffen and Storr take turns being good from game to game, I think I'm ok with that. As long as one of them is on.

@tundrahok and early on!

maybe we get the good aggressive version of Rylan today

Gosh we are athletic, huh.

MY GOD END THIS AUBURN GAME

DI33y

Flory magic

Wow , wish we could count on our bench like this every game. - -- give the starters som break -OH DIGGY- -- OH DIGGY

Boys showed up today

Maybe we can count on them now

@Kcmatt7 So far

Fran on this? I listening to radio

Keep that throttle open and floorred

Trey is working today

@Crimsonorblue22 yes. 🤢

juan getting a good break

@Crimsonorblue22 yes, we got Fran

On espn?

Defense has been much better today so far.

Yes

Baylor is talented but careless

The bench has more points than the starters.

Baylor nine turnovers so far

14 bench points.

Also, screw Baylor for charging $175 for SRO tickets for today. I'm not paying that much on top of gas and 2 meals to travel today up there today.

I hate that I can't go to these games against Baylor or Houston games because of insane ticket prices. Reduced capacity arenas are pricing a lot of people out of being able to go to games now.

Just one of those games when the rebounds find a jayhawk

Nice steal Juan.

hunter LOL. That's two or three ugly shots in a row

Hunter has missed 3 or 4 from close in ....

I missed the earlier KJ minutes. Looks like Baylor didnt score with him in, nice.

He’s tired already.

Looked like goaltending from the first worst angle

5 straight bricks from Hunter.

Studs in

storr doing the fire drill.

Ambitious attempt there by storr

Dang how many rolls?

Question ?- -why is Rylan not on the floor now ?

@patoh3 good one!

Didn't expect this lead. Let's pour it on

@DanR said in Bu Ku:

Ambitious attempt there by storr

Could have been all 5 BU players there and he was still going to shoot...

Way to draw the foul Storr… but… can you not get yourself wrecked?

Omier 0/2, 1FT and 2 fouls; nice d on him

Huntr has got to start hitting those chippies

Storr made eye contact with wide open Juando and decided, Naw, I got this.

@DanR LOL

Should just play ball denial on Edgecombe and see if the other BU players can do anything. Kind of doubt it...

I'm watching Edgecombe and salivating over what Darryn Peterson is going to bring to the table next year because that's the type of athleticism KU hasn't had in quite awhile, like Josh Jackson amd Andrew Wiggins levels of athleticism.

AJ broke his ofer string from the FT line...

@Texas-Hawk-10 Edgecombe is smooth

3 seconds call?

@DanR said in Bu Ku:

@Texas-Hawk-10 Edgecombe is smooth

There's a reason he's going to be a top 5 pick in the draft.

Can we make our FT's please?

Good block hunter

There's that great Hunter D that fran was talking about

Why is Storr on Edgecombe???

Good job there Hunt

@DCHawker said in Bu Ku:

Why is Storr on Edgecombe???

There's not a great option to cover Edgecombe on the floor right now.

32 with a foul there blind ref

Hunter is a baller ina today

Make these FT’s Juan.

Baylor has serious foul issues now.

Baylor with these injury issues are not a great team.

Do not come out flat please.

Whats going on with KSt btw

Great half. Hard to complain much. Love seeing Rylan and Diggy make some.

So glad the bench showed up on offense because Mayo is completely absent

20/20 bench/starters.

Flory doesn't have a rebound today and has largely been a non factor on offense.

@stoptheflop mayo may be regressing to the mean after a hot start? If thsts the case for him as well as the rest of the transfers heating up we should be in good shape

@Texas-Hawk-10 has helped space the floor though

Happy with KJ coming off the bench and bringing fire. Feel like this game should only strengthen the argument for KJ as 6th man. Its working.

@stoptheflop Don't think he has even attempted a shot, rest of the team more involved/active though

need to follow up with solid 2nd half

@approxinfinity they pretty much controlled the entire game other then the opening moments

@SlimShaddy54 He is 0/2.

@Texas-Hawk-10 that's true , but they'are still normally better then this

Rebounding could be better, if we're looking for something to improve on. Mayo is our top rebounder with 4, matching our 3 bigs combined.

@approxinfinity said in Bu Ku:

@stoptheflop mayo may be regressing to the mean after a hot start? If thsts the case for him as well as the rest of the transfers heating up we should be in good shape

Mayo hasn't made either of his shot attempts, but has 4 rebounds which is leading the team so far. Obviously not a great shooting game, but he's been fine today.

Dickinson has just got to start making those chip shots- -- -finish

@tundrahok hard to rebound a lot when your making a good %

@SlimShaddy54 But Baylor isn't.

So much for the solid follow up

There's the team we know

first five minutes of the second half always huge so what do we do- -Juan To -- - Shak throwing up some terrible jock shot

Damn

Got to play some D

Lol

Mayo got to get aggressive and look for his shot

Since Omier has 3 fouls, I sure would like to see passes inside to pick up the 4th

Oh
Boy

There the Juan we know from the line

Epic Collaspe

It's not epic if it's expected

Someone tell me why Juan didn't throw lob to FB..

Outscored 17-4 in the first 5 min. Come on now guys, now the fans are rocking

What the frick hsa happened to Juan's free throw shooting

My 6 year old just asked “what the hell is trickeration?”

There ya go Juan beautiful turnover

19-4 - - -19-4

Okay give me like a few minutes if Diggy running point.

You Might want to bring in Rylan see if he can shoot better then the bricks being put up

Edgecombe wild

took the dog for a walk. What the hell?

@DanR said in Bu Ku:

took the dog for a walk. What the hell?

Baylor got hot, and Juan had quite the stretch…

God, we are braindead right now

Can you believe this crap

Absolutely

KU thought these were only one half games

Good looking shot Mayo

Dont understand why Flory isnt out there when shit goes south for 8 minutes

Games over

It is so often hard to believe this is the “most experienced team in CBB”

down 19 and now you take the lead 26-6

How do you not know how to break the press? Esp getting the ball in-bounds!

@Kcmatt7 time to give talent a shot

@Kcmatt7 most experienced at screwing up

Finally

I guess I'll go look for some Super Bowl stories to read. Jeez, this team

My guess is Bill said KJ in til tv timeout, and Flory in.

They have made this dam game Sooooooo much harder then it needed to be

Still KJ

Our offense down the stretch should almost exclusively be Zeke and Hunt 2-man game. It is unstoppable.

@Kcmatt7 said in Bu Ku:

Our offense down the stretch should almost exclusively be Zeke and Hunt 2-man game. It is unstoppable.

We used to do this with Tyshawn and T-Rob.

Two shooters opposite and Withey short corner.

Mayo nails!

No foul? Garbage

Alright. Adams had a nice stretch there last 4.

Good decisions!

FINALLY- ---- -starting to calm down just a little

Zekes points are sneaky

Flop

Too much acting..

Dam we could of used that bucket. - - Omear and Nunn both with four fouls Edgecomb still not back

Score 40 in the first half--- -2nd half- --- -19

Well good job getting them in foul trouble. Thats rare for us

KJ has good position

Weak call

Make up foul call.

Juan gotta use that length more often

Juan!

Going going Juan

I missed the first half this has been interesting lol

KJ boxing out as the slasher blows by. No help.

Unleash the shot blocker!

Gonna turn into a ft contest

Yeah their big can make a ft

LOL

Wright just schooling Juan getting anything he wants

we need Flory

This is a worse loss than the Houston game

Yeah i just dont understand.

ANYTHING HE WANTS

what a shit shoiw

bill self doesnt like that shot…. How bout you yank him?

guards who can score

Bingo!

This team is so inept

Stay down

@BShark said in Bu Ku:

This is a worse loss than the Houston game

Not even close. We were expected to lose this one too

KJ doesn’t help, led to two buckets and then gets baited into 2 stupid shots smh

double digit lead is gone just like that.. erased by the little guy

I do not enjoy watching this team play basketball.

Where is Flo?

This is a better team without #24 but yet Bill plays him all half and wonders where it went wrong.

Bill self has got to stop the damn favoritism

@AsadZ minutes have been scant for no apparent reason second half

Foot ball be here before you know it. where is the leadership on this team when you need it , the guy that can calm things ? - -Where is the Dog on this team ?

Why go to KJ on offense?

Lol

Get Shak on Wright

Hoping KU fouls out some Bears; 3 players have 4 fouls

Omg @kuballin10 its happening :face_vomiting: :face_vomiting:

At least we may go into OT and cut into Dukes broadcast. Only silver lining

There ya go kj

Ok. I give up. Gonna go pick up food.

Smh KJ

Our coach has failed everyone

Is FB in foul trouble?

@jay4ever no.

Baylor has 3 players with 4 fouls and we are running plays for KJ Adams lol

I’ve lost all faith in self after the last two years

@BeddieKU23 said in Bu Ku:

Our coach has failed everyone

Definitely one of his worst seasons (anything can change in March) ever based on the talent available.

we suck so bad - -we got two SR's who are no scoring threats- -and another that can/t make a two footer time and time again

Baylor is also without its 3 best players and going to win.

we're rankd #11

@Kcmatt7 said in Bu Ku:

@BeddieKU23 said in Bu Ku:

Our coach has failed everyone

Definitely one of his worst seasons (anything can change in March) ever based on the talent available.

There is zero chance this team will be doing anything in March. It's ceiling is one game

@BeddieKU23 said in Bu Ku:

Baylor is also without its 3 best players and going to win.

Twice this season we will lose a game to a team severly short-handed. Both awful losses.

FB is on leashed

@jay4ever said in Bu Ku:

we're rankd #11

Only because we get a lot of benefits for being a perennial good team. This is a borderline top 25 team on its best day

Zeke's effort is bad today and I never thought I'd say we should be feeding the post more but Hunt should be getting more touches.

Even fran doesn't watch enough ku then.

Why are we not running at the players with 4 fouls?

how did Rylan not looking at the basket going up like that?

Sooner or latr Self is going to have no more excuses for these guys - -just fricken pitiful

It doesn't take a genius to know that this team doesn't like each other. And it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know the coaching has been subpar

Abysmal defense this half

Remember how much shit yall have gave me the last 2 years talking about KJ being a problem and Self needs to pull his head out

got to say this is the worst KU team that I can remember for some time, just totally at a loss for words

how did that a charge? in what planet?

Our guy fouls out but we can’t get 3 guys out with 4 fouls.

@BShark Defense ?

I can’t watch another game of this team

@kjayhawks last year we didnt have flory

@BShark said in Bu Ku:

Abysmal defense this half

Crazy to think Flory is back to 15mpg. Fucking stupid. He’s the best player on the team rn lol

53 to 25 this half lol

@Kcmatt7 said in Bu Ku:

@BShark said in Bu Ku:

Abysmal defense this half

Crazy to think Flory is back to 15mpg. Fucking stupid. He’s the best player on the team rn lol

If he's smart he'd transfer

Go pro. May as well.

@BeddieKU23 said in Bu Ku:

@Kcmatt7 said in Bu Ku:

@BShark said in Bu Ku:

Abysmal defense this half

Crazy to think Flory is back to 15mpg. Fucking stupid. He’s the best player on the team rn lol

If he's smart he'd transfer

His parents/handler should be pissed. This is a travesty.

If you look back a few days I said I was scared KJ would be plugged back in and get his 25-30 minutes a game. It doesn’t work it never has smh

Collapsed

@approxinfinity said in Bu Ku:

Go pro. May as well.

I think he’s shown enough to get picked imo. Most guys get guaranteed deals now days anyways

@Kcmatt7 said in Bu Ku:

@BeddieKU23 said in Bu Ku:

@Kcmatt7 said in Bu Ku:

@BShark said in Bu Ku:

Abysmal defense this half

Crazy to think Flory is back to 15mpg. Fucking stupid. He’s the best player on the team rn lol

If he's smart he'd transfer

His parents/handler should be pissed. This is a travesty.

We all knew this would happen. We see the evidence now that the game is passing by Bill as we speak. Flory should be pissed.

unbelievable

@BeddieKU23 I hope this whole team leaaves

Lmao down 8 and we go 5 out? Bill is lost rn.

Only saving grace is we may suck so bad Bill is forced to look in the mirror.

missing FTs don't help

@SlimShaddy54

Most are anyway.

Juan continues to miss FTs smh

Can they drop us out of the rankings please? Maybe get some fire in them to show they give a shit.

That was awesome

The bright side is Juan, KJ and Hunt are all gone after this year. I’m ready for some fresh meat and some athletes

Outscord- - sixty one-- to thirty ib second half.-- Hey now there is something to write home about

I dont want ill on anyone. I just want this dysfunctional roster to be glued together by the only guy who can do it that is riding pine.

Were going to get smoked Monday by Iowa State- - Maybe Saturday too

KU just gave up 60 points in a half. Outscored 60-30 in the second half.

Morris only got 10 minutes and Flory only got 15.

• -16 Juan
• -14 Hunt
• -11 Mayo
• • 14 Griffen
• • 5 KJ
• -7 Moore
• 0 Flory
• +11 Diggy

If anyone ever says bill doesn't have favoritism towards certain players go get your head checked!

@approxinfinity Were going to have to find a big for next year cause bet you anything Flory is GONE

Bill is going down, who'd you like to sub him?

@BeddieKU23 hELL i DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SSAY ABOUT THES GUYS

@BeddieKU23 said in Bu Ku:

If anyone ever says bill doesn't have favoritism towards certain players go get your head checked!

bUt yOu ArEn’t aT pRaCtIcE

Has there been a worse loss in the Bill Self era than today?

No. Pitiful. Tops even last weeks.

60pts - just like that. i can't stomach 2nd half

@approxinfinity said in Bu Ku:

No. Pitiful. Tops even last weeks.

The UH game was frustrating, but nowhere near the worst.

@patoh3 tHIS is not A TOP TWENTY FIVE TEAM- - WHAT IT IS , IS A JOKE

Feel bad for Flory. Been great to have him but now there's probably no hope to keeping him here. Sure hunt moves on but this is a damaging message he just sent to him

Never thought I would say this but maybe IT IS time for Bill to go

Straight up, we need some dawgs at guard next season. This finesse guard shit does not win games. Go get guys who drive the ball down hill again.

@BeddieKU23 Bet Peterson is regretting coming here with this circus

@jay4ever said in Bu Ku:

60pts - just like that. i can't stomach 2nd half

Insanity. And Flory barely played in the 2nd. Makes no sense.

Flory should get as many minutes as his 5 fouls allow.

@Kcmatt7 I'm interested in post-game press.. somebody's gotta ask this, pretty sure

How do you explain this kind of crap- --Wright four points in the first half---- -twenty the second half

Has Lance ever coached basketball?

All these senior guards and none of them can get into the paint and draw a foul

@approxinfinity LMAO , can't do any worse

I waited all year for what ?--- This ?-- dam I have lost it, I'm to old for this shit show

How's KU DRtg #5 per Kenpom, and BU...? #78? it's like the reverse..

Sad to watch their freshman repeatedly school our
Seniors. I miss from 2004-2022 (excluding 2019) when just about every game we had the most talented and athletic team now we aren’t even close to that in our own conference. I’d bet a 100 grand and one of my testicles this team doesn’t make it outta the first weekend

So our wish list is now an offensive coordinator AND a defensive coordinator?

@kjayhawks first game loss

@kjayhawks Making it to the second round is basically an average dajuan season at this point

your probably looking at a seven seed

Did Bill call any timeouts?

@approxinfinity said in Bu Ku:

Did Bill call any timeouts?

He called two early in the 2nd half and only had one down the stretch which he used at some point, but don't remember when he called the final TO.

@approxinfinity if Flory had only 1 touch on offense, I'd say - get the offense coord.

We keep getting slapped in the face with proof that certain players don't work in the rotation and he keeps riding them. It is what it is

How's KJ +/- compared to FB?

@rcjhdraft this is MUCH MUCH more then a Juan point,-- we have a seven foot two sloth who can't hit two foot shoots, can't defend-- -we have /KJ who not sure what he is doing out there- - -we have a Coach I guess he is that has no clue uh, uh, uh

I'm surprised Flo's 0 rebound

Someone said -7 KJ, 0 for Flory, I thought

Flo just impacts game. KJ is zero rim protection

Flory wasn't super effective today, but definitely should've played way more today.

@SlimShaddy54 Shak's energy is really useful but having lineups with one floor spacer is just awful for offense, especially with KJ who's absolutely zero threat to shoot. At least flory provides rim gravity and smart passing, KJ really doesn't provide anything other than intensity.

Why did we go away from what worked very well first half? listen up yall its a sabotageeeee

@approxinfinity He started Flory which was deserved - - BUT when he took him out I think he got amnesia didn't remember hehad Flory. - -Not to worry Coach he is gone after this year

one thing with KJ - he's not offensive minded. lost passes several times, as if he's not expecting to score.. lol

I genuinely can’t wait for Dajuan and Kj to leave. Maybe coach will regain some sanity then

@approxinfinity lol.. conspiracy theorists reunite..

Has any Bill Self KU team given up 60 in half before?

@Texas-Hawk-10 i remember it's the other way, we once scored back 60pts, rather.. lolz..

Thanks guys NOW I have a fricking headache- - forcing me to break out my Bourbon

Rotations were questionable at best today. The long leash Bill allows some players and very short leash he gives other players doesn't work when you rely so heavily on the transfer portal. That jumper KJ took late in the game would have gotten almost anyone else benched.

@KirkIsMyHinrich His talent ID is concerning at this point. Taking these transfers over someone like McNeeley does not fill me with enthusiasm for next season. And the guard group is just awful. I mean they got absolutely destroyed by Rob Wright

@KirkIsMyHinrich surprised he didn't break the back board with that crap

Oh well. Buckle up. This could get bumpy.

Radio said it is the largest blown lead in KU basketball history. This is slowly turning into a historically bad season.

@rcjhdraft said in Bu Ku:

@KirkIsMyHinrich His talent ID is concerning at this point. Taking these transfers over someone like McNeeley does not fill me with enthusiasm for next season. And the guard group is just awful. I mean they got absolutely destroyed by Rob Wright

It's not just Self, it's the entire staff. I would not be at all disappointed to see Roberts and Case replaced on staff next season. Our scouting is nowhere near what it used to be and I don’t know what Norm is bringing to the table anymore because he was never a strong recruiter.

We need an anonymous poll feature. I would be curious if the quiet optimists are losing faith as well.

Thank goodness for KState today, right Bill? Top billing over our collapse.

Bill was just being fair, their future lottery pick exited the game, so he benched ours.

@approxinfinity said in Bu Ku:

We need an anonymous poll feature. I would be curious if the quiet optimists are losing faith as well.

I still think this is anywhere from a R32 to E8 team and will largely depend on the match ups in KU's bracket. This team has multiple wins over current top 10 teams this season so we know that potential is there. The flipside is that KU hasn't beaten a currently ranked team since that Duke win back in November.

@Texas-Hawk-10 definitely feels like we are going in the wrong direction. We have an identity but we dont seem to be comfortable with it.

This team reminds me of the Carolina team the season after we played the national championship where they came in undisputed number one preseason and didn’t even make the tournament

That was disappointing. Second 20 point lead surrenderred this season and this time it bites us in the ass (which is what we deserved last time).

This team is lazy, gets rattled way too easily, and takes its foot off the gas. Really disappointing because these guys could be elite if they had the effort and composure of past Self teams

We've got lottery pick in Flory. He's line today: 1 block, 1 steal, 1 FG (from the steal). Something's amiss.. How can we not utilize a lottery pick on offense? It's mind boggling. We've got height advantage in HD & FB, but 22 3s tell us, coach really need to ramp up his offense. Oh, and rebounds. We got outrebounded so bad. I guess both defense & offense need to get better in a hurry.

Well, that was historic.

If you paid close attention, things went south pretty quickly at the 30-12 mark, mostly.

We really had some dreadfully bad possessions from there to the end. Insanely idiotic and self inflicted turnovers. Stupidity. Keep it simple and don’t turn it over and build your lead. Or hold onto it.

Nope.

Words other than !$/@“!€%#!! elude me.

Shit the bed.

Leadership failure from dolla bill and his 3 pets

Flory 11 minutes first half and we are up 19

4 minutes second half and waxed by 30

But but flory didn’t score - well no $hit but he effected the game so much with his presence (is that what dolla bill claims with kj)

Dolla bill says he kept kj for his offense oh yeah big guy those 6 points really lit it up

How’s that top 5 ranked defense looking? Anyone mention Baylor had 3 starters out?

@Jhawk69 said in Bu Ku:

This team is lazy, gets rattled way too easily, and takes its foot off the gas. Really disappointing because these guys could be elite if they had the effort and composure of past Self teams

Haha take the crimson and blue glasses off dude like come on

This team has only good wins the last 2 years at home

Any legitimate team they played on the road or a neutral site after January we get punked

Juan and kj have not and will never be the answer

Dolla bill not recruiting over them because he thinks they are good enough is turning us into Indiana

Oh and you can’t make everyone “play bad” as evidenced today

@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Bu Ku:

@approxinfinity said in Bu Ku:

We need an anonymous poll feature. I would be curious if the quiet optimists are losing faith as well.

I still think this is anywhere from a R32 to E8 team and will largely depend on the match ups in KU's bracket. This team has multiple wins over current top 10 teams this season so we know that potential is there. The flipside is that KU hasn't beaten a currently ranked team since that Duke win back in November.

There’s no way this team reached an elite8

They will get curb stomped by the first real hint of competition in the tourney that’s if we are lucky enough not to get upset round 1

Losing against isu at home and then at ksu

@kuballin10 By beating Duke, outplaying Houston before choking, and having Baylor blown out before getting lazy and choking this team has shown that they absolutely should be great. But they lose almost all their close games and surrender leads.

@rockchalkjayhawk Yep 30 - 12 I was projecting around the 25 point mark we might get very close to 50 in the half. Hunter bricked 4 straight easy shots and I was thinking we should be up a lot more than this because our defense didn't look really good and Baylor was throwing it away and missing easy shot after shot and never much all the way up to 21. I thought I hope we don't come out flat at the start of the second half and it was worse than I could have imagined.

@Jhawk69 im not putting any stock into beat Dook that is early in the season. They are getting better gradually, we are not. If that game is played tomorrow we get the shit kicked out of us.

@kjayhawks I'm not going to die on this hill because I think we all agree we are having a bad season. But I think if we played the way we did in the first half today for 40 minutes that we'd have a shot at taking down Duke.

I think it is falling apart and it could go either way. There is a chemistry problem that Self seems to be in the middle of, and it could get worse.

@Jhawk69 no back to back bad seasons

Tied 5th in big 12 and round 32 loss

Gonna be the same or worse this year

@approxinfinity said in Bu Ku:

I think it is falling apart and it could go either way. There is a chemistry problem that Self seems to be in the middle of, and it could get worse.

The problem is what's the problem? team chemistry?

You're elated when we're up 19 points after the first half. The chemistry was good?

And then you're deflated when the team loses by 30 POINTS in the second half. The chemistry was bad?

Jekyll or Hyde? Happy or sad? I know chemical reactions can be instant, but just weird.

And I just want to reemphasize that we LOST BY 30 POINTS in the 2nd half. wowzers. Doesn't even seem possible.

@approxinfinity way past that point….team is fractured and it can’t be fixed

Vernon is even referencing the three pets and dissension

Preseason number 1 roster dolla bill f’d up yet again

I told you the second kj is back it’s 30 mpg and bub bye flory… 15 minutes with 4 second half

Dolla bill is the luckiest coach off all time

Titles from feee throws and injuries

Won the wac12 and the second teams roll in we don’t win trash and finish middle of the pack lead by d2 and kj

Dolla bill favoring defense over offense has now royally been exposed

I want him gone this off-season cause he’s gonna eff up next years #1 roster yet again

@kuballin10 No arguments here.

I mean he’s made it too obvious that three guys get treated different. Hard to get buy in when you make it that blatant

I don't know what's wrong. KU should maybe bolster the schedule a bit. I didn't watch the game so not sure what happened today, but something seems to be wrong. Maybe they should get rid of adidas and become a pro keds school. IDK. Do a seance at midcourt purging the demons that are terrorizing our guys into momentary lapses into groggy basketball? It's strange I know, but there is time to find their footing.

Last Saturday was the bone breaker to this season. You dont lose like that and not have it impact things going forward. Look at the mess of UCF and then yesterday's debacle. The synergy of coach and players is not there.

This doesn't look like a bump in the road situation. This is the most uneasy I've felt about the team, both coach and player in my life.

Well, the Baylor debacle still stings today. I was proud of our guys playing well in the first half and then embarrassed by the second half no show. Something has got to change with this team. I'm tired of KU being overranked preseason, then not playing well enough to get to the second week of the NCAA tournament. This team may not even get to the second game. Well, there's always football to look forward to. Oh, wait Illinois-L, UNLV-L, West V-L, TCU-L, Az ST-L, then Baylor 45 KU 17. I'll feel better once I peruse the Rupp Rafters site; misery loves company, right?

More not so fun with the box score

There some pretty shocking numbers in here.

Score

1st half KU 40 BU 21

2nd half KU 30 BU 60

Final BU 81 KU 70

Rebounds

BU 40 KU 27

And the usual in defeats … FTs

KU 12-19

BU 25-28

@Jhawk69 Only problem with that is-- - they can't , they can't play that way for 40 minutes. - -we sure haven't seen 40 minutes this year, this team can't close a game --- -PERIOD

@kjayhawks We would get SMOKED by Duke now but 25 if not more

@SlimShaddy54 That is exactly what I am saying. To be clear, in case I have not explained myself well, I believe this team could and should be much better than they are, but issues with effort and composure are causing us to throw our season away.

@rockchalkjayhawk it’s so silly to me that we were up by 4 or 5 with 5 minutes to go and they had 2 or 3 guys with 4 fouls. You’d thinking a coach with average intelligence would’ve said let’s go after these guys and get them out of the game……..

Coach defines offense, live and die; plays has to go through HD. He doesn't seem to have that sense, like freeing pathways for guards to go all the way to the basket for easy buckets. You see the opposite when BU guards freely making layups after layups. HD can help on offense, but he's fragile on defense, too. He's clunky and too slow to get back to the paint when stepping out to help double team. So, we're stuck with HD. Offense struggles, defense crumbles. If only we counter with those made 3s, or at least with rebounds. We really need FB on the floor for 30min.

Hunter: Our most (only) reliable scorer. There's little reason why he doesn't score 25 every game. Throw it in to him is our only set offensive play. He really should make more of his chippies and he is a reliable free throw shooter. He can defend but prefers you come to him.
Zeke: A pure scorer who doesn't shoot enough. Gets the most attention on defense with a long athletic guard in his face. I really don't notice him on defense. Kind of a strange propensity to pass to players under the basket when they are not paying attention.
Juan: Is running a ghost offensive scheme. Can pass and defend and will shoot when no one else is open or refuses to shoot. He kind of freelances it because no one else can or will run the point.
KJ Adams: Is annoyed or perplexed when someone passes to him on offense and we are too.. Can defend and do vicious dunks which are coming less frequently. A warrior without an enemy.
Rylan: Can score from everywhere, sees the court well and makes good passes. Sometimes outsmarts himself when dribbling. I don't remember what he does defensively.
AJ: He is scary when running the floor. He is willing to stick his nose into the rebound scrum. When he can play freely he shows game to spare. His three point shot looks good enough to keep passing him the ball. And we all like to see him on the receiving end of the lob passes.
Shak: His speed and effort are there to see. Is he our next point guard? IDK. Not supposed to be a deep threat but we have seen him get hot. Last game he was somewhere but I don't remember seeing him and his stat line bears that out. Could probably get better at handling screens on defense. A lot of us seem to love him and some think his injury has him running behind.
Diggy: He's here he's there where is he? Is he the 5th starter or is Rylan?

When reluctant Juan is KU's third leading scorer, that shows us exactly why this team struggles on offense. I also don't see the necessary intensity on defense; KU plays defense like its a pick up game. 60 second half pts to Baylor is BS.

When they didn’t get that big bump in production after Christmas break like usual, it seemed like a really bad sign. The team just isn’t clicking. Almost all of Bill’s teams have shown drastic improvement over the break, but not this one. They just aren’t jelling for whatever reason - it looks like some players aren’t buying in. Too many weak links on defense and the offense is clueless at times. I don’t have any answers, but I do think lower expectations are correct.

@dylans Maybe this is a purposeful adjustment to prevent the team from peaking to early. Just trying to stay positive!

Good job by AJ in becoming more valuable by not just his shooting but staying home on defense, understanding the switching thing and willingly being more physical. Rylan kept playing hard through the shooting lapse and the determination on his face when he made the three later in the game was good. It's clear the better they play the better we are. Rylan doesn't back down either. The non-called elbow to the head by Zeke during his drive was a payback. ISU came out of a TO and were deliberate in their intimidation attempts. Our guys bristled at that especially Juan, Zeke and Hunter who performed his semi-cheap shoulder bump on a couple of guards who had wandered into his painted house uninvited. How rude of them.

Self should listen to Greenberg’s halftime message. Keep Hunter in the paint. Period.

@drgnslayr the only time Hunter can and should leave the block is when Flory is rebounding

@drgnslayr

Agree but that's on coaching. They run that 2 man game with the ball screen so much that Hunt gets more of those midrange looks off the pass which he's quick to shoot if open most of the time. He's not someone who really backs down a guy and ISO scores like a Dave was. It's more finesse unless he's right near the basket and can use his size. Guy should he living at the line and fouling out bigs. In his Jr year at Michigan he shot 161 FT's, he has barely passed that mark in 1 1/2 years here.

@BeddieKU23

Like Greenberg said, there are several ways he can get low-post position. He should fight for that on every possession.

We do that... and somehow we get KJ capable again to hit the 10-ft floater, we will be hell to defend in March! If he could do that, suddenly teams will have to defend him in midrange again, and then he can suck in the defense, along with Hunter, leaving our trey line wide open!

And keep giving more minutes to Flory. Make those guys fight for the minutes.

@approxinfinity I'm sorry to correct you, but it should be titled "Boo KU". Use your spellcheck. :)

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