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I know the mood is dour, and I understand your sour, but at this present hour, we are prepared to flower into a superpower.

Poetry is good for the soul, and a nice win tonight would make us feel whole,
So when that opening jump is thrown, lets smackdown on some Cyclone.

We need to see Self, remember he's topshelf,
He needs to play Flory so it doesn't get gory.

If we get a big lead, we mustn't let it bleed
Instead ISU should do as the banner says and Pay Heed

Because we are the Jayhawks, winning for us should be a lock
We're 37-0 on Big Monday at home with Bill, so our evening should end with a big thrill

Again it's time to make us proud so sing it clear and loud
ROCK CHALK JAYHAWK KU!

I'll quit my spit and on my lazy boy take a sit.

Pivotal game of the season. No other away around it.

Sure is!

Need to play good at home start to FINISH. We had that Houston game as example but didn't finish. Tonight is a good night to lock in

Fran and Schambi. Man espn hates us

Listening to Hanni.

Avoid Fran and the Cub dude. https://thevarsitynetwork.com/feed/source/oas-2566?audioPlayer=ukansas%3Aallaccess-Live-158 ↗

My son is there

I'll be at the Colorado game next week. My first game since the renovation and dumb lights.

Two #1s banging a lot. They better watch it.

Wow travel much?

Already bad omen - ISU has 6 shot attempts to our 2 because of 3 ORBs and we have a TO...

Man we really struggle with rebounding while KJ is on the floor

hunt gets kicked out of this one for sure. They're baiting him

Wide open misses.

@wissox said in Bounceback night What a sight:

Wide open misses.

Keep shooting

Dang Rylan! Those are your shots

Hanni said they were chanting we want Flory. Not sure if you could hear it on the TV. But he is coming in now.

Thanks @wissox for the Hanni stream site.

AFH rims

Griffin with the hammer block LOL NOPE

Ball don't lie

Prayers answered!

Call some fouls on them good grief.

Hmm. I don't think Flory and Hunter get along very well

Oh boy Flory you just got outrebounded by a guard

Be tough flory!

Way to run the floor Aj, good things happen!

Where can I get a dreadlock in a headband wig?

Can we block out and frigging keep them off the offensive boards....

Before that Flory was great. But he misses that board and then fouls. Tons of contact so far

Pretty funny Fran and Beuchambdi or what ever his name is thought there should be a foul on KU when the dude launched himself into Hunters chest

@DanR were they yelling at each other or something?

I mean Flory and Hunt

@DanR dude w/fran

being out rebounded on the boards by 6 already

@approxinfinity more like a cordial nod with no eye contact in the hallway with a coworker you can't stand

Zeke was leading the board ct

Iowa St plays a certain way and they force refs to make calls. So far this crew apparently is hard to convince

Rebound and it’s a double digit lead

@SlimShaddy54 said in Bounceback night What a sight:

being out rebounded on the boards by 6 already

They have 6 ORBs to our zero...

Im here for this to be the AJ game

ISU is 4-16 and 1-7 and we are only up 4...

@dylans I've got one, I can mail it to you.

Moore of that please.

Moore grew 2 inches in a Kansas uniform

That’s why I like Shak, Juan doesn’t shoot that 9/10 times

Hanni says this is the 5 he expected to see starting this season.

Moore without the braids is blowing my mind

We can't get a freaking whistle in our own gym.

@wissox said in Bounceback night What a sight:

Hanni says this is the 5 he expected to see starting this season.

Agreed now that they have got the lead up to 9 points, hopefully they don’t get subbed out to never a minute together for the rest of them game

Youve got mayoooooooooo

Lookin good

@approxinfinity said in Bounceback night What a sight:

Im here for this to be the AJ game

Needed to finish that dunk

AJs shot slips out his hand and Rylan to the scorers table

Hanni said Storr it's 1 step forward, 2 back.

Playing good and the house is rockin

Hunter heard some stuff about being soft. Definitely playing harder tonight.

Storr already has more shot attempts than anyone else...

Doesn't Ry have 2 fouls? No?

@Crimsonorblue22

Yes 2

@Crimsonorblue22 he does have 2

Oh, someone got up as soon as Storr missed it, looked like Rylen

Iowa St shooting 26%. Need to capitalize on this more

Yes Rylen is coming in on the radio.

@approxinfinity Good Luck

@BeddieKU23 About the same as Baylor first half

@wissox rude. Kid needs a break

@SlimShaddy54 for what?

Mayo is night and day better at home

@approxinfinity They mentioned a defensive lapse before the missed layup.

Wow, did you guys know Mayo is from Lawrence? What they gonna say next, Neal is from here too?

@wissox lol

Ok KJ chestbump for Bidunga. Good vibes there

We got the highstepping ref this game. Anyone notice him?

Go flo! Zeke board ho

I don’t love Flory next to KJ as a lineup at all

Ok, Flory maybe showing a little regression / freshman wall on offense without Hunter. Good opportunities to deal with the defensive focus

Radio saying the floor looks slippery

Come on, Griff. Shots are looking good.

Griffen is going to see one fall. Keep shooting bro

Wow Rylan. Wide open, 4 times

@wissox said in Bounceback night What a sight:

Radio saying the floor looks slippery

He’s getting doubled and just panicking. Playing out of control.

Defense has been solid, they’d have about 7 points if we could rebound

Another 11 points and they've got us where they want us.

ISU 6-29 and 1-10 and we're only up 11...

@Kcmatt7 me neither. But i do appreciate KJ not being a dick to Flory.

Flory next to Hunter is much more effective. But Flory getting some chances at the 5 is good for him…

As long as we get the W

Not a big of spread but Iowa St shooting 21 %- - Shades of 1st half at Baylor ?- -were getting killed on the boards

The switching tonight has been on point

@BeddieKU23 Something sure is on point. ISU got 15 points.

@DCHawker said in Bounceback night What a sight:

ISU 6-29 and 1-10 and we're only up 11...

They’ve got 10 offensive rebounds and have 8 more shot attempts though. That’s why it’s even close

@Zabudda their not shooting 21 % in the 2nd half- -hold on to your shorts

Ten bench points.

@Kcmatt7

And our shots haven't fallen at all.

19-18 boards

11 of our shots inside the arc, 10 outside. That's ok when we've made 40% of the outside the arc.

@wissox said in Bounceback night What a sight:

Radio saying the floor looks slippery

Got up to 60 here today in Lawrence. High humidity... 75% and temp dropped to 40, so I imagine in AFH it's pretty wet

@DanR Thanks Doppler Dan!

@wissox said in Bounceback night What a sight:

@DanR Thanks Doppler Dan!

I went for a run this afternoon and was sweating like it was mid July, so I looked up the weather

Griffen 0-4 all from 3, 2 fouls and zeros on all other stats...

@DanR I ran on a treadmill just before game, must have been 80 inside the Y. 3 miles, 29 minutes.

Iowa state shoving off every play. Dajuan, lets get a charge on these fools (zeke could have drawn one there)

No good!

Diggy blocking out.

Why is mayo dribbling into a doubleteam?

Way to knocker down AJ!

Like I always say just ride the hot hand between Rylen and AJ

@kjayhawks Imagine if they both get hot in the same game.

Yesssssss

UNBELIEVABLE

HUSTLEEEE.

I think I saw some KU basketball!!!

Wow!

Holy crap play of the year so far!

We are just a different team when we play hard

THAT'S what KJ does OMG

These guys are so freaking athletic!

@wissox when they try they sure are

I went @Red_Rooster on that one and rec'd everyones comment!!

Juan made two free throws…..game

What's on Juan's arm?

@kjayhawks said in Bounceback night What a sight:

Juan made two free throws…..game

I would like to see two with the game on the line...

Happy with the minute distribution so far. Hope we get to see similar flexibility second half

@approxinfinity said in Bounceback night What a sight:

Happy with the minute distribution so far. Hope we get to see similar flexibility second half

Good luck with that.... ;)

Good defense keeping they away from the basket.

AJ showed a lot!

ISU is under 25% from the field and under 10% from 3. Don't think we can count on that continuing...

“Whats different tonight?” “Umm nothing. Theres still time for an epic collapse”

Solid half, only complaint is rebounding. Will be interesting to see how we come out in the second. Did coach and the players learn anything? If it was Saturday AJ wouldn’t see the floor except 3 minutes and they’d ride Rylen for 15. Hopefully that doesn’t happen

Saturday is a long time ago. Bill Self.

@approxinfinity said in Bounceback night What a sight:

“Whats different tonight?” “Umm nothing. Theres still time for an epic collapse”

That’s why im saying lets see if anyone learned anything

@Zabudda yeah Bill looks miserable both times they talked to him. Hope that works itself out.

@wissox said in Bounceback night What a sight:

@DanR I ran on a treadmill just before game, must have been 80 inside the Y. 3 miles, 29 minutes.

That's about what I do most every day. "Three under 30" is my mantra at this point. 10min/mile. LOL. Oh well, just gotta keep moving.

I did run a Turkey Trot 5K this past Thanksgiving in 24:40, but my knees just can't take that pace every day. And if I run more than 5 miles, it just sets me back at this point, so no more longer runs. Kind of a bummer.

My 20 year old 19 minute 5K self would probably be very disappointed in my 59 year old version.

Well 2nd half upcoming -ISU eleven offensive rebounds ISU 8-34 fg % -- But like Coach said Saturday was a long time ago

First five minutes of the 2nd half is going to be HUGE - -ROCK CHALK

I wasn't watching Saturday, and I didn't start the game thread then either so I feel good about this one.

My wife is testing my resolve. She said why don't you come to bed? Hopefully I'll be back before the end of the half time.

@DanR I was not a runner until about 15 years ago and hit my PB last fall in a 5K at about 29 minutes. Two thyroid cancer surgeries since then have been a little bit of a setback and a radiation treatment coming too, but I'll be fine. Radiation just taking care of a few cells that are still in there. I'm a year older than you, but we're kind of rarities to be doing this at all at this age. Keep it up.

@approxinfinity Ya exactly , that's why I don't have goose bumps yet-- - haven't wet myself yet- -we still got the 2nd half-- let's hope the guys can follow it up.- - -Iowa St isn't going to shoot 23 & in the 2nd half. - - Watch out for Gilbert/jones

@Zabudda OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH somebody about to put on the full court press lol. just messin with you bud

Hunter has 3 blocks, didn't see that coming. BTW ISU is missing a good player who hurt us last time right?

@Crimsonorblue22 yea he did , proud of him , let's hope he can follow up in the 2nd half, doing ell right now

@wissox No he didn't play against us then either , has a broken hand but close to coming back

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Norm Roberts said we have to play the 2nd half like we are six points down or ten points down jjust like ew played in the first half

7 players on KU roster with 100o career points.

@wissox the decacentarians

These bulllcrap touch fouls on us after they maul the crap out of hunter

What is on Dajuan’s arm - the black patch? Did he get some new ink?

@dylans Hanni says it is kinesiology tape.

@dylans looks like it's raised like rubber

Free throw tape! New thing!

@DanR said in Bounceback night What a sight:

@dylans looks like it's raised like rubber

Yeah. I thought maybe it was to protect a new tattoo. Pain patch or K-Tape was my next guess.

Well good start during those first critical minutes- -extended our lead by four. STILL getting ate up on the offensive boards though

Rylan with a monster dunk there!

Looks like a slinky

Refs missed a blatant travel by Gilbert in the lane

KJ Adams now has 1,000 points for his career. Congrats!!

KJ needs to stop throwing the ball at the rim. Not good to the point of almost being comical - like the kind that caused stressed maniacal laughter out of coaches and fans.

Decent start to the half... KJ had the two clankers but that just means we're playing our game.

I don’t hate the refs allowing them to play. Just keep it safe.

At what point do the people paying Kansas’ #1 NIL come knocking asking for the people they paid for to play? Have we hit that threshold?

Also does that factor into the longer rotation?

Holy crap what a bad call.

I thought maybe at least Hunt got fouled on the rebound. Terrible call

(Also this question can wait til after game. Im curious if we will miss a window of NIL dominance as other teams quickly ramp up their NIL budgets)

Hanni said Fran is going nuts right now on that call.

At some point you have to be able to protect yourself, FRAN.

Fran is so very awful in every aspect. His praise is as inaccurate as his criticism.

Apparently Franny has a shitload of money on ISU

“Sometimes i coach whomever Kansas is playing against from here” — Fran

@nuleafjhawk Where have you been hiding?

@patoh3 tonight, or in general?

Man they gonna foul out hunter here.

@nuleafjhawk no specifically, when you play hide and seek

@nuleafjhawk tonight. You act like you don’t watch the games.

Refs suddenly decided to show up

@nuleafjhawk I hate how they let him call our games, imagine watching a game with Nick Saban at Alabama, can you even fathom the announcers bad mouth him and his program repeatedly

@patoh3 honestly I haven't been watching. It's been so frustrating. But I just turned on the TV and thought I'd check it out.

Did I see kj harp on zeke about a rebound a few minute ago????

Zeke has 6 to your 2 bud

Keep pouring it on. They need this one

@nuleafjhawk fun as heck!

@nuleafjhawk Welcome to my winning game thread! Only positive comments allowed to counter all my negative ones about the refs.

@nuleafjhawk You picked a good one to check in on.

Iowa State just looks lifeless tonight , emotionless

Iowa state may be broken

Iowa St is still 22% from the field

@wissox and Fran

fransux

Gilbert is definitely favoring his left knee, running bow legged.

@Kcmatt7 said in Bounceback night What a sight:

Iowa state may be broken

This has seemed to be a theme for Otz.

Start out hot, and then fade later in the season.

@wissox Thank you for the thread- - -we needed some good luck and positive vibes for a change lol

@approxinfinity that is happening as I type and has been for a few weeks now

Some non fans will be sad if we win!

@BeddieKU23 Hey I'm bow legged lol

@Kcmatt7

Tough to play the style he's teaching without some give. It's physical to the point that it's got to be a bit draining over time

Oh hell no wondering we winning -- TJ Pugh at the game tonight

Guys I’m almost in tears at this point. AJ had a great half in the first. Bill Self is letting him see the floor in the second half!!!!!! We are playing inside out with our bigs. I just want to jump in the air and scream at the top of my lungs you can do it Bill!!! Get that common sense back baby!!!

TJ Pugh in the house. He's a cancer doctor out in Denver. Pretty cool to hear.

Who was in the red shirt

Manager

@Crimsonorblue22 from African country got a scholarship to stay in the US

@DanR awesome!

Get Bidunga’d

Biblocka

Flory the eraser!

No hall at all on that block. Lol

Flo seems like a sponge

Blockdunka

I never have been able to figure out how in the He double hockey sticks how a referee can just let a guy bully his way throguh a guy- - NEWS FLASH this isn't football. guy holding hiss ground and just getting knocked over

Cant find if Flory has a middle name. Need to maximize our nickname opportunities

I really enjoy Flory a lot more when he gets a chance to play 💪 eat big fella

@DanR you ever go to Hawk Talk?

@kjayhawks yeah whatya know, we maintain intensity in the second half with Flory in

@approxinfinity Bill Self is back my friend, love to see it

Good sequence for Juan.

That was pretty

Keep shooting Rylen

Need to take good shots.

Hunt why are you giving away baseline? Take it away and let your guards rip

Come on guys. No reason to be letting off the peddle

@approxinfinity he does this a lot not sure why it’s a head scratcher

@kjayhawks someone told him as a child that upright ferrets can never be good defenders and he took it to heart.

Guys Thomas Robinson is at the game!!!

Let me know when I can start to relax lol

My hope for saving NCAA sports is some sort of sanity on NIL and the Portal. I'm guessing Bill Self isn't going to take too much more of this just like Bennett and Wright, and K and Williams, and as of today, the FSU guy and of course Saban.

Cubs manager a Jayhawk fan?

Another turnover. Good grief

Solid outing by Juan

@SlimShaddy54 when the clock shows 00:00 and we're ahead by at least one.

Big d there

The sound of the opposing teams shotclock expiring… nothing sweeter in bball

@Crimsonorblue22 said in Bounceback night What a sight:

@DanR you ever go to Hawk Talk?

I’ve been at Johnny’s a few times while it was going on. I get mistaken for Bill Self occasionally so I try not to be in the same place he is

@DanR lol

@DanR funny, u could sign a few autographs!

@DanR dont worry, theyll just ask you if youve seen Lance around

@Crimsonorblue22 he did but misspelled Self and they caught him 🤣

We have pretty much led this wire to wire

@nuleafjhawk whew ok thanks

@nuleafjhawk said in Bounceback night What a sight:

@SlimShaddy54 when the clock shows 00:00 and we're ahead by at least one.

That’s just a theory, not proven

Crazy to think how different this season would be if we could've avoided an epic collapse or two

@patoh3 , another reason I haven't been watching is because I value my sleep. And I'm missing out on it now!

Great thread title.

Iowa State seems broken lately.

@MoonwalkMafia Well the good news is they were both early enough in the season to regroup and get this thing rolling again.

@MoonwalkMafia said in Bounceback night What a sight:

Crazy to think how different this season would be if we could've avoided an epic collapse or two

Exactly. Most losses were our own fault, not out talented. Fixable m!

Fantastzeke

@wissox said in Bounceback night What a sight:

get this thing rolling again.

Win on Saturday and I'll say we've go this thing rolling again

I appreciate when #8 in the country floats into AFH and goes belly up.

I feel like Zeke is shooting like 50% from 3 in AFH

I wonder when the last time Self didn't use a TO except a use it to lose it in the 1st half?

Wellp. Hunt dribbles into a double then runs the court to get the emphatic block. Works.

@approxinfinity he tried to play defense, I’m giving him a gold star on that one ⭐️

At least we aint getting swept by the freaking clones

Oh this guy shooting is from my brothers town.

Only thing Self forgot is keeping his starters in until the buzzer ;)

@nuleafjhawk 😴. What??

Flory could have used more minutes imo. Otherwise great game. Rock chalk!!!

This is a lot more fun friends, play inside out, play with energy and play the guys playing well including the only guy that’s gonna get drafted in the first round. If we do that, we can compete with anyone.

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38-0 at home on Big Monday!

Our next 6 games are pretty light

@approxinfinity get the gelling?

After hearing so much here about Self's crappy coaching, and the guys not caring anymore, this game comes along. Didn't watch...did Self resign? Maybe we let the pouting transfers coach themselves?

@approxinfinity Saturday is the biggest game of the year for me. We haven’t swept the little bro in years.. it’s time to end Tangs career in Methattan

@approxinfinity Except for Sat , don't look past those guys right now- -beating ISU at their place by nineteen - --kicking WV ass- -they are playing really well. you know that barn gonna be jumpin

Here is a nugget- - just mind boggling. KU is now 218 -- --& 2 when holding teams under 60 points-- that's beyond insane

KJ takes a lot of static (even from our own crowd tonight, which was chickenshit) but he was very good tonight. Glad to see him bounce back. It was a good matchup for him as well. ISU isn’t exactly the prime Warriors in terms of offensive execution so his athleticism and toughness really stood out.

@FarmerJayhawk What did the crowd do to kj?

@approxinfinity Kj with 32 minutes, 3 rebounds and 6 points

Flory - 15 minutes and 4 rebounds and 4 points

Literally exactly as I told you it would happen

Play flory 32 minutes and he’d be about his double double self just like he dominated when kj was injured

But hey guys dolla bill never plays favorites to the detriment of the program. This isn’t ymca ball he plays the best players that give us the best chance to win every night (heavy sarcasm as bill being an absolute @$$hat over kj a solid bench player who he adores)

@kuballin10 they chanted “we want Flory” when KJ started

@FarmerJayhawk That isn’t aimed at kj that’s aimed at self and hell self could start all 3. KJ should even know he isn’t deserving of that spot…..

Everyone is tired of this trash for 2 years. Seen how it ends and seen how it plays out. Flory got KJ’s minutes against better teams (Houston) and dominated and yet there is no way self ever sits him (kj).

It’s straight up favoritism and Self deserves every second of it because he is a detriment to the program with how he has completely mishandled this roster and misjudged talent

Middle big 12 finishes and our 2024 calendar record more than proves who is and isn’t the answer at the 4 spot

Multiple blowouts to lesser teams including our rival…the backup rolls up and dominates and gets relegated back to 15 mpg not the 25-28 everyone was clamoring for and an even 3 big rotation

Self’s truly an idiot with his circle of trust. He’s made his bed and he’s gonna lie in it yet again in March and hey we don’t have a legit shot at the big 12 go figure

@kuballin10 yeah it’s a real huge mystery who they want benched. It’s an absolute chickenshit move for the crowd to start bitching about lineups when we’re beating a top 10 team. Stay in your lane, AFH crowd. Yelling at Self won’t rattle the road team. Do that shit on your own time.

@kuballin10 I thought KJ played well tonight. I don’t mind him playing a little more than Flory if he is having a good game. Saturday was a match up issue and he had no business playing 30 minutes. Flory had some great blocks tonight. The only thing I question is if KJ and Juan played a bit too much at 32 and 35 minutes respectively. Shak had a whopping 2 minutes tonight after only playing 3 in the second half Saturday, sounds like he has entered the Self dog house.

@FarmerJayhawk didn’t rattle anybody - maybe make kj actually do his job for once and grab a damn board instead of yelling at Zeke when Zeke’s out rebounded him almost every game. There’s a reason zeke liked that post and kj of all people yelling at zeke to do his job when kj in year 4 can’t board or throw a 10 footer in the oceans is f’n asinine. Stay in ur lane kj but no dolla bill has you all sorts of confidence. Wonder how storr, moore or griff would be with that kind of backing and confidence in them like his precious kj

Dolla bill over here cashing checks and defending his precious 3 boards and 6 point guy yet again like he’s an all American. The coach can’t judge the blatant talent disparity….i mean just retire bill your gonna eff up next years roster like you have for decades by favoring the wrong guys in ur make believe circle of trust (wait but it does actually exist as proven this year and last and the year before)

Keep chanting crowd because the top 15 nba pick per ur coach is not as good or impactful as the fourth year dude who won’t get drafted. Bills a literal @$$hat snd as prideful as they come….never will admit a mistake

Swain-
Self on the student section chants: "I love Flory and want Flory to play too. ... But KJ Adams had to be on the floor

Yeah how could we ever replace his 3 and 6 tonight William. You value stuff that doesn’t win in March so enjoy Cancun bud

@kjayhawks kj should never ever play more than flory in a basketball game whether in afh or on mars

That dude will start and play for me, Bama or any other coach until he fouls out or is hurt

Kj is your off the bench energy guy and that’s what his numbers reflect unfortunately they are starters minutes and that’s still all he can produce

Clogs the paint, dolla bill uses him for pnr - where he isn’t guarded and he threw up some horrid shots begging for fouls…..I love kj but he’s Jamari traylor 2.0 playing 32-35 mpg over yet again a legit nba talent WHO PROVED DURING INJURY HE IS READY TO DOMINATE NOW

We’d heard - oh he fouls out too quickly, oh trust the gall of famer he will know when he’s ready….injury exposed all of this. Flory played flory dominated flory is ready now

The issue is dolla bill isn’t ready now

Give me Jay Wright any day of the week, go get the texas tech coach

@kuballin10 when the Fieldhouse is pumped and not bitching about lineups it absolutely rattles people. They can complain in the dorms on discord or here or wherever but when they’re in that building, you either cheer your ass off for who’s on the court or be loud as hell to rattle the other team or boo the refs. That’s it.

@FarmerJayhawk Coach calls out the fans….this was the fans calling out the coach

If the coach doesn’t like it because he’s sawft he shouldn’t have opened his mouth and laid two goose eggs

Too little too late unfortunately

@kuballin10 he doesn’t care much at all. And not like he came over the mic and said hey students you suck. Worth noting he never called out my cohorts even when we had a couple not great years.

@FarmerJayhawk The coach is fallible and on this roster situation he’s dead wrong

Been proven by play on the court. If he doesn’t like it that’s bill’s fault and maybe next time before calling out the crowd (that is low attendance wise because it’s the same core 3 that we’ve seen suck for 2 years) he will just keep his mouth shut

Sounded like an entitled child and then proceeded to not eat his broccoli and crap his pants with 18 seconds left

@FarmerJayhawk He cared enough to say something….and the fans care enough about the program to want the best players to play who give Kansas the best chance to win

If those aren’t bills guys - tough. The trust the hall of famer went out the window these games when kj didn’t play and flory dominated. That followed up by the 60 point drubbing where bill goes to the mic stating how he played kj because of offense is just comically bad

Gtfo with that just completely inaccurate assessment dolla bill

Again, say whatever about the lineups, Bill, a boar’s ass, on your own time. AFH is hallowed ground. You don’t bitch about work at church. And that’s the last I’m saying about it. Great win tonight, I’m looking forward to Saturday at the Annual Bramlage Sellout.

The atmosphere was great tonight. Only at the very beginning did that happen and then it was over. The game went great and was coached masterfully! You don't like it, take a blow, somewhere very far away. We are very tired of you. Same shit every game. You are unhappy if we win and happy if we lose.

The hunt, Juan, coit, kj play was #6 on sports center

Watched the highlights and guys were tired. Rylan hands on his knees in the first half, Zeke trying to drive downhill and finally just burying another long one. The defenses were not as sharp but it's easy to see why. Pride was evident. ISU getting physical but no one backed down. Good work guys. It was cool to see Rylan make a dinger and the joy/relief on his face.

@Crimsonorblue22

Great play and kind of inspiring to the team and crowd. I think Juan was getting tired of the refs.

Great needed win! And no, we didn't blow 19pts lead.. lol
Flory - 15 minutes and 4 rebounds and 4 points, 4 Blks, 1 STL, 50% FG... he's being sabotaged, again. You got high motor, athletic ~7 footer, but noone threw him lobs. 2 touches. 2 freakin touches for the whole 15 mins on offense. He's the team's alpha dog from now on. He just needs to show a bit of emotion. Damn cold assassin.

@patoh3 The older I get, the more value I put on sleep.

@Crimsonorblue22 I think not playing Flory caps our ceiling. This team is deeply fractured and a win at AFH over a top 10 team that went belly up may be fools gold. I think there is reason for skepticism.

@kjayhawks said in Bounceback night What a sight:

@kuballin10 I thought KJ played well tonight. I don’t mind him playing a little more than Flory if he is having a good game. Saturday was a match up issue and he had no business playing 30 minutes. Flory had some great blocks tonight. The only thing I question is if KJ and Juan played a bit too much at 32 and 25 minutes respectively. Shak had a whopping 2 minutes tonight after only playing 3 in the second half Saturday, sounds like he has entered the Self dog house.

I had to start the game listening on the radio and the radio guys said Shak's been dealing with a sore foot recently, so it may not be him in the doghouse as much as injury right now.

Iowa State could not get by KJ last night. That was a beastly defensive effort from him. I'm as much a detractor as anyone but he was key last night.

@Texas-Hawk-10 I see thanks for the info

@wissox said in Bounceback night What a sight:

TJ Pugh in the house. He's a cancer doctor out in Denver. Pretty cool to hear.

Wow good for him! I had some classes with him and his little brother. They were both funny and nice, in general seemed like good guys.

@dylans said in Bounceback night What a sight:

@wissox said in Bounceback night What a sight:

TJ Pugh in the house. He's a cancer doctor out in Denver. Pretty cool to hear.

Wow good for him! I had some classes with him and his little brother. They were both funny and nice, in general seemed like good guys.

Wasn’t he on Roy’s staff at one point or am I off?

@Texas-Hawk-10 He looked just fine in warm ups. He came in and had a bad turnover and went straight back to the bench. Meanwhile d2 comes back in the game and turns it over 3 more times but gets to stay in.

I’m sick of this crap - dolla bill says he wants d2 to have a break but if the guy comes in and has a stupid turnover he throws d2 back in the game

Comically bad trusting all of his players and even worse when shak proceeds to watch d2 turn it over once he checks in

This is why guys play tentative and also how you’ve lost a locker room

I agree with a lot of the optics @kuballin10 is criticizing after this win. If i hop into some of these points please let me be a fallible human and not admin, and I acknowledge that its just my opinion.

All I know is that i feel connected and invested this year, inversely proportional to the amount of disconnect I feel Bill has with some players :)

@approxinfinity The optics confirm what is reverberating through the locker room

Proven guys from other schools not appreciating the same leash as lesser players but the ones whom dolla bill loves

The pro’s - we won last night and that top play brought the roof down - it was awesome baby with a capital A “paying homage to the great dickie V!”

Hunter was active on d. - kj as well

The cons - isu missed a ton of open 3’s so my view that our defense was stellar isn’t 100% factual when their 3’s were wide open shots

Bill’s quick hook for guys but then allows “his guys” to make mistakes over and over and they don’t get the quick hook. He’s really struggling to allow other senior players who transfer in the same trust/leash as his “proven guys”. Those same “proven guys” have proven they are leading one of the worst record stretches, big 12 finishes and 2nd round bounces in the ncaa’s

The guys who transfer in know this, see this and don’t think it is fair. Frankly it flat out isn’t but Bill has major blind spots and he will never see them.

Defending kj playing the entire second half against Baylor cause he could defend and get buckets is just awful analysis. He and I aren’t even watching the same game and he’s supposed to be lightyears ahead of me in bball knowledge.

I know 60 points in a half means the guys you trusted YET AGAIN didn’t deliver as you expect them to. Hey but let’s keep running that same core 3 out there expecting different results!

It's really quite funny... This year the computers say we are good and the fans are grumpy and saying we suck. Quite inverted from some recent years and I think a lot of it is KJ and Juan fatigue. This is a top 7 team on Kenpom. The way they lost to Houston and Baylor obviously leaves a sour taste...

It's always nice to come in here and see our ol friend kuballin being able to bitch. Bitch i we win , bitch if we lose , I tried helping you man, giving you some relief even found you a team other then here to root for- but noooo,.

Used to be long time ago where a person could come in and be able to read posts have friendly discussion , right or wrong but kuballin has managed to F - - - that up.-- gives me a dam headache.

Question becomes , does your Story have an ending or do you just go on and on and on. reminds me of my ex - -there is a reason she is an ex. Again let me say & I'll even slow it down for you so you might be able to comprehend a little better and that is- --- If - - - - - - youuuuuu - - - are - - -- -sooooo-- - unhappy--- - with- -- - - - this- - -- - - team - - - - our Coach- - - -simple- - ------solution is-------------hundreds of other teams- ---- -you - - - - can ----- -rooooooot for- - -lower your blood pressure -- -- - -seems really simple.

Funny thing is when we are in the game thread , when were winning---- - -- --your like a ghost-- - - - nowhere to be found- -- - -but when we lose BOY - -you like this huge hemorrhoid --- -a major pain in the ass, lmao

You bring nothing new always the same consistent petty Bullshit -- gets old really fast , you fricken wear me out and I'm quite sure there are others that fel the same

Yet I think the real reasoning your here is because you are what is classically referred to as a -- - -" PRIME CLASSIC TROLL "- - & the reason you won't or can't root for any other team is because you got banned roflmao- -- I feel sorry for you, there are times where some peoples light is a little dim--- -takes awhile for them to see things- - - but you my friend - -you don't even have a light switch to turn on -- oh and ya so by the way ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY and you have a great day

@BShark said in Bounceback night What a sight:

It's really quite funny... This year the computers say we are good and the fans are grumpy and saying we suck. Quite inverted from some recent years and I think a lot of it is KJ and Juan fatigue. This is a top 7 team on Kenpom. The way they lost to Houston and Baylor obviously leaves a sour taste...

Here’s the kicker…

I think we can beat any team out there, but also lose to many. Weird year. I’m hoping we settle into some rotations and see some consistent growth.

@rockchalkjayhawk yeah I think a lot of it is effort. The second half in Waco several of our guys were low energy. Particularly noticeable with Zeke.

@BShark said in Bounceback night What a sight:

@rockchalkjayhawk yeah I think a lot of it is effort. The second half in Waco several of our guys were low energy. Particularly noticeable with Zeke.

We all love us some Zeke, but he seemed like he was on drugs or something last night. He took some shots that were kinda wrong time, wrong place -- way too early in the shot clock when we need to run some time off, or quite a distance from the hoops. He seemed off last night.

https://www2.kusports.com/sports/college/basketball-men/2025/feb/04/coit-to-adams-lob-off-harris-steal-exemplifies-kus-hustle-in-victory-over-isu/ ↗

@Crimsonorblue22 Nice one!
I think Juando deserves himself a dedicated post highlighting that crazy maneuver diving in, stealing, and passing the ball clean. Hats off to him - plus he scored more buckets than usual!

So the cubs manager, who's his kid? And I heard Trob spoke to our boys in the locker room, anybody see that anywhere?

@Crimsonorblue22 I heard he was there, but had not heard about the locker room

@Crimsonorblue22 Craig Counsell's son plays baseball for KU.

@Texas-Hawk-10 oh, that makes sense. Guess he should still be in our basketball locker room. Threw me off. Thx!

Heard the student section was screaming for Flory. I do understand Self’s view about KJ’s intangible value. However, what about the tangible value of Flory? The only thing stopping him from becoming a national superstar is PT and confidence…. Two areas Self has stripped from him. By March, he could be propelling us to being one of the tournament favorites. KJ has reached his ceiling. And when he has a bad game we usually lose.

@SlimShaddy54 you can always block him

@drgnslayr If only……the guy in charge could view certain players in the right light

@nuleafjhawk Shouldn't have to come to that

@SlimShaddy54 it shouldn’t, but it was so easy and it helped my experience here immensely

@drgnslayr

And when KJ is not impacting the game he still plays. Baylor game being a great example. Iowa St he was very valuable due to matchup and switching. Saturday will be the same with us needing someone to cover Hawkins so I expect minimal minutes from Flory. There's got to be a happy medium somewhere. 15 mins isn't enough for Flory

@StLJhawk Mine too. Block is a great feature. “Shouldn’t have to come to that” is a great idea, but it doesn’t account for the overly large gap in chronological age and emotional age that some of us exhibit. Also, selfishly for me (and a few others, I imagine), it will serve as a prophylactic measure to keep you from feeding the troll. The less these threads focus on him, the better.

@SlimShaddy54 its a sad fact that everyone can't always get along, but that's life. My suggestion is, if you don't want to get bitten by the sharks, get out of the water.

@rockchalkjayhawk

Tired physically and mentally and one feeds the other. A welcome four day rest for the team.

KSU will be frantic and on us hard. Our pissy wissy early game passes won't help unless but we can avoid them. This game could be our next step in recapturing the elusive mojo hawk.

@HoraceZontal i feel bad because i posted that bart simpson pic of not feeding the troll, but i dont mean to catagorize @kuballin10 as a troll so much as some of his posts. Please read “troll” in my context as a gerund, i.e. the troll was the post that preceded it, where @kuballin10 was trolling, rather than that kuballin is a wholesale troll; I believe he has merit in his takes, they just sometimes come out all caustic-like.

@approxinfinity Not just sometimes. Usually. He does sometimes have an original idea that’s interesting. But then he tags on the same old Juan or Self bashing, which negates anything positive or novel he might be trying to contribute.

I am hopeful he might someday share an insight that is worthwhile, without adding all that familiar negativity, which is why I haven’t blocked him. But I usually just have to scroll past rapidly when I realize it’s the same diatribe that has lessened the experience of so many on this site.

So don’t feel bad. Your pic was appreciated, and good advice. Engaging just seems to make it worse.

@approxinfinity said in Bounceback night What a sight:

@HoraceZontal i feel bad because i posted that bart simpson pic of not feeding the troll, but i dont mean to catagorize @kuballin10 as a troll so much as some of his posts. Please read “troll” in my context as a gerund, i.e. the troll was the post that preceded it, where @kuballin10 was trolling, rather than that kuballin is a wholesale troll; I believe he has merit in his takes, they just sometimes come out all caustic-like.

You’re good - I don’t take offense to it and just laugh

I know my tune is more negative because I gauge the team in two ways since around 2001

1) are they good enough to win a title

2) are the right players playing based on gameplay observations

2008 I knew we were good enough

2022 we weren’t until Remy happened in big 12 tourney and I saw something we hadn’t seen before. That team was unexpected.

Irrelevant of metrics the team this year is sweet 16 at best and not even challenging for the conference confirms this

The right guys aren’t playing the right minutes

Pair these together and a nice win at home against a top 10 team is fun but doesn’t alter my mindset for what this team will or won’t achieve in March

@nuleafjhawk said in Bounceback night What a sight:

@SlimShaddy54 its a sad fact that everyone can't always get along, but that's life. My suggestion is, if you don't want to get bitten by the sharks, get out of the water.

i'I'll just buy some shark repellant when it's on roll back a t Walmart

@approxinfinity I don't know him, but I can kind of empathize. I mean, I've been critical of players and coaches here, but at home - I'm an asshole. I really run my mouth to the point where it even bothers me. MY excuse is because I am so entrenched in all things KU I can't stand mediocrity ( or worse ) from them. I have extremely high standards for KU sports - especially basketball. So a lot of the bitterness stems from disappointment.

Either that or I'm just an asshole....

@SlimShaddy54 You might want to re-watch Jaws. The shark usually wins.

@SlimShaddy54 “spray in eyes to deter shark…” you sure this stuff really works?

@approxinfinity Well I appreciate your caring. But it’s been years of pretty much the same stuff. There may (I stress may) have been some value added early on, but it’s been a drag on the site for years now. There’s a point where having a contrary new take slips into axe grinding.

@HoraceZontal maybe. But i feel like this year has brought a lot more debate. Some of the things which we all historically gave Self the benefit of the doubt on have been discussed in more depth this year. And someone has to be at the extremes since we are all different people. So I hesitate to endorse throwing all the shade at one or two people. And while I dont think we should all be extremist (therein lies madness and misery) those who are more polar do facilitate the tension that is necessary for discourse.

As long as we have their endorsement to call them trolls to cut the tension ;) block is there for a reason obviously, but I have kind of soured on cancel culture personally.

@approxinfinity I can definitely see your point of you. For me, it’s a much better experience without that input. And you make a good point about more criticism this year, but to me there’s a difference between critique and spleen venting. I welcome the former, but don’t tolerate the latter very often, at least not in adults.

We're slowly approaching seeding time, so for you stat junkies...

KU is tied for 13th in Quad 1 wins this season, with only 1 Quad 2 loss.

Auburn is crushing the competition at 13-1.

Quadrant 1: Home games vs. RPI teams ranked in the top 30, neutral games vs. 1-50, away games vs. 1-75

5-5

Quad 2

4-1

Quad 3

4-0

Quad 4 (bad losses)

3-0

@approxinfinity The dept mgr assured me better then hot shot lmao

@StLJhawk Mine too. Every once in a while I wonder what dour take he had, but I just keep enjoying all the other commenters.

@approxinfinity said in Bounceback night What a sight:

@HoraceZontal maybe. But i feel like this year has brought a lot more debate. Some of the things which we all historically gave Self the benefit of the doubt on have been discussed in more depth this year. And someone has to be at the extremes since we are all different people. So I hesitate to endorse throwing all the shade at one or two people. And while I dont think we should all be extremist (therein lies madness and misery) those who are more polar do facilitate the tension that is necessary for discourse.

As long as we have their endorsement to call them trolls to cut the tension ;) block is there for a reason obviously, but I have kind of soured on cancel culture personally.

It’s not cancel culture to ignore someone. That’s in no way harming them, doxing, or punitive. It’s freedom of speech for him to spew his anti-Juan propaganda and it’s freedom of speech for anyone to ignore it. I usually just scroll by, but I make no bones about it - I’m still ignoring his tired drivel.

There is no point in discourse. It always circles back around to the same argument that he has zero solution to, just a fixation on the perceived issues. It’s like some that accuse others of being like hitler, racist, sexiest, homophobic, etc. it does absolutely nothing to forward the conversation and instead turns it into an unproductive pissing match.

Wish I could say it gets better! But when diggy and Elmarko are getting minutes over the stud transfer pg we will be right back in the same position as we are with flory/kj

@kuballin10 btw found another place where people are talking about coach’s analysis of KJ, only slightly stale: https://www.reddit.com/r/jayhawks/comments/1i3zm23/bill_selfs_mystifying_analysis_of_kj_adams_the/ ↗