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Another game day thread if you want. Can’t bring myself to post on the defeatist thread.

Hope they keep the momentum! Would be nice to stack some wins.

Yay! Fran is is Lubbock! Tonights gonna be off the hook!

Go KU, reward the red eyed on Tuesday fans!

Was hoping my sad thread wouldn’t be the game thread!

I wanted the negative one! Fits my mood. But Dylans choosing to pick us up and so here I am. Go Jayhawks, round up them buffalos. Looks like we're gonna have to wait til past bedtime just to start watching on the increasingly annoying ESPN. They have chosen some silly computerized virtual golf league over the still 2nd most popular sport on the planet MLB.

Alright real fans, here we go!

My apologies. 😴

Game started? ESPN box score doesn't reflect it.

Alright. Im ready for Rylan to go nuclear tonight

Yep 5-2 good guys

Looking determined and focused

Nice wholesome dad joke from the announcers “the level of play seems… elevated “

Wow #8 is 6'11" and 185 pounds. I hope Hunter doesn't break him.

@wissox He has a lot of energy, too. Bouncy.

@wissox I want to see how Flory does with him.

Sure is nice when shots are falling.

Huge

Hunter ball watching his man. I guess its unrealistic that he will close out away from basket

Nice pic/roll

@Crimsonorblue22 #50??

Wow Hunt playing some D

Our fast break daddy.

Whhhhhaaaaat????

He has to rest after that.

there's nothing more breathtaking than a hunt fast break....literally.

Holy shit. Effort. regular, expected substitutions.

Good job KJ

You Kant Juard Me!

C’mon espn, still no hawks yet with only 10 minutes left in the half. So lame.

Aj Hustle! Good things happen.

Finally, and first thing that see is a flory stuff and steal, nice

Gonna be moving over to ESPN it looks like. A few years back I was watching the beginning on ESPNU, it went to commercial, KU game became live on ESPN, but I was oblivious and about 5 minutes later I realized I was watching some documentary about how KState had never won anything or something stupid like that.

@wissox Just realized I'm watching K-State-Baylor women.

@tundrahok gross

OK, don't let it slip away boys.

Been pretty bad since they finally cut to our game with 10 minutes of commercials sprinkled in

This is turning putrid

Jeez, juan TO, Zeke stuffed, two slams by them… maybe I’m bad luck

They can't help but talk about Duke on this channel. Illinois players are sick and hurt, that's why they're playing badly but Duke is the greatest....yawn.

Skinny kid's got happy feet

Basket given up because KJ refuses to value rebounding the ball

Kj come on man

They’re killin us the offensive boards.

Nice pass from juan to hunt just now tho

Hunt feasting.

Yea that little bunny hook is fallin tonight

Sympathy foul on Flory.

Hmm

Refs get on the same page

@patoh3 totally

Clearly KU paid I’d one ref and CU the other

Buffs are so tall

6 offensive boards for CU.

Posting on my phone is not working

Flory swatting like Withey, like it

We are a bit lazy going after long rebounds.

@Zabudda Just long rebounds?

I wish someone else besides Hunter could figure out how to score tonight. KJ is some, but we need more.

Storr.....

@wissox yea

Just dead weight Storr

Gotta like a block catch!

Looked good flory

Flory has 2 now.

That looked like a clean block by flory not goaltending

Kj lets his man score, imagine that

Looking like an unranked team right now.

Weak ass foul imo

Griff!

There we go

Whoosh

Kj misses from 2’

Sloppy passes.

Our ball. Could be right actually.

Kj Misses from 4’

Lack of oxygen to the head this last couple minutes

@DanR yea we got stung at the end

Where'd Saturdays team go?

The refs did not even look to see who the ball was off that last possession.

Team is weak mentally still. Learned nothing since blowing the Houston game. Hate to say it.

Buffs have 12 second chance points.

@patoh3 They can't review those until the last 2 minutes which is dumb.

@wissox Thanks. I thought last 2 minutes of each half.

Ok, got my negative thought out in the other thread.

Go Hawks!

So what happened in the first 10 min?

So I like when we see flashes of athleticism from Storr. Just give him the ball and get out of the way.

@rockchalkjayhawk We were 100% FG’s for the 1st 6 shots. We are 50% at the half. Hunt has been hitting more shots tonight, even the bunnies.

@rockchalkjayhawk Storr in this game? Made a great pass to Evers Saturday but he’s not been great yet tonight

They are booing Hunt for a bloody nose?

Amazed they are actually calling these fouls

Ack, hunt missed both FTs

Letting this one slip

CU should gave the big guy in

Lug nuts are loosening.

No one can do anything on offense. Totally inept.

Dak is killing them

0-4 FTs this half.

Really missed both FTs too kj

KJ o-7 since going 4-4

Griffin has to finish that. Ridiculous.

Ugly game

They need to remove the Saran Wrap off our goal.

Jeez

Just fall on your ass Mayo and you get an easy charge

Lack of oxygen. bedtime. Can't catch ball. Hunt taps ball. Can't make 4 unguarded FTs.

@wissox not a recipe for success

Taking computer to bed to watch. Can't comment and watch. Good night.

Not far behind you wissox

Put in a fresh 5 coach

Put oxygen on the bench/sidelines like football games.

Hunt making some friends with the student section

Storr

2 coast to coasts?

Get Storr out and make him walk home

Probably don’t need announcers betting on stuff.

Flory doing Flory things.

Need to pull away here

Flory’s block >>>>>> Dak’s dunk.

Zeke. My god. How many times can one guy fall asleep on defense?

I’m telling ya, if we can just stop doing brainless things we could win!

Kj knows how to finish

Wasted possession due to hunt

Dak is everywhere Good and bad. Mostly bad

3/10 on FT’s this half before Griff’s FT’s.

Not the worst foul hunt

Gave up on a trap. Gave up a 3

Hunt gotta finish!

Trying to subdue my negativity. Sigh.

Come on, guys!

🤦‍♂️

Nice drive Juan

Didn’t the shot clock expire before the ball hit the rim?

Sketchy blocking call

@bskeet sure looked like it. Homer on the scoreboard

Time goes faster at higher altitudes.

The officials have to call that. The sound came before the ball hit the rim. That is not a play on

You have one job, griff

Nice pass

Dime by juando. Hell of a finish by hunter too!

Hunter was hit in the face and got a bloody nose. No F1. No look at the monitor.

Double standards

Malone is better than Dak. Not sure what tad is doing

Really

Air foul

Finish this, guys!!!!!

Zeke scares me!

I don’t think zeke has been the guy throwing the ball in most of his life

Make this FT, Griff.

Thank you.

Lug nuts tightened and safe travels home!!!

Good game hunt and juando. . I’ll take this as a good win considering the terrible game time.

We did it! Not many of us fans left! I've been throwing up while watching🤮

@Crimsonorblue22 Literally?

Rock chalk, night owls! Get well, crimson!

@patoh3 yes, bad stomach

Jeez. Finally. Painful to watch, but I’m sure we’ll all take it.

Gotta give it to Hunter this game. HUGE game from him when the shots weren’t falling for anyone else. We make some free throws and any threes and that game wouldn’t have been that close. Feel good about the win. Gotta keep it going though to prove they are more than I currently think they are.

@Crimsonorblue22 Ouch! So sorry! Hopefully it passes soon.

Did Zeke score tonight???????

I’m not really joking when I ask!

4 points

@patoh3 not fun, have gastroparesis so its frequent

@patoh3 said in Man is KU is really going to stomp Colorado tonight!:

4 points

Ugh.

@Crimsonorblue22 said in Man is KU is really going to stomp Colorado tonight!:

@patoh3 not fun, have gastroparesis so its frequent

Double ugh.

It’s good to get a win on the road but I still don’t have warm fuzzies after eeking out a fairly narrow victory over a team that is 2-14 in the conference.

Turnovers are a heartburn as many are unforced

Sometimes our O and D are egregiously out of sync

Obviously not the cleanest game, but that wasn't what was needed to be seen tonight, but the biggest thing was KU's energy and effort levels were high throughout the game. At this point, this team will go wherever Hunter carries them to.

Good thing kj was hitting and Rylan was hitting most ft's

@benshawks08 kj was hot to start

@Crimsonorblue22 Hopefully you are finding helpful treatment.

@patoh3 nope

Most important stat from this game: 2-0 in the new season.

Don’t look back boys.

It's a win. Once again, "Hated Hunter" leads the way with about half our stats.

Good to see a W. sounded a bit ugly per the chat but a road win is a road win.

Good to see Hunter step up with 32 pts and 13 boards and make 13 shots. Need him to be like this the rest of the season. Play to your reputation dude.

Saturday is a huge test, Tech is a bit hobbled and is 3-3 in their last 6 games. A good time for the fieldhouse to fuel a W. In February the Hawks allowed only 58 ppg at home. Bring the d on Saturday and it will a good result

@drgnslayr said in Man is KU is really going to stomp Colorado tonight!:

It's a win. Once again, "Hated Hunter" leads the way with about half our stats.

So, was the game plan to play through Hunter or did the guards just take the night off? Only 12 3s even attempted by our guards and they only made 3. Altitude, lateness of game or they just don't care? Or they suck? 16/28 FTs, Jeez. If NIL estimates are correct and Storr was paid $800,000, that means he's been paid $4,762 per point. 0 pts last night in 8 minutes. And while I'm being negative, KU not being ranked means 3 more clicks on ESPN to get the score. Oh woe is me.

Well winnin ugly is still winnin so we've caught our breath just a little bit. Obviously there's no reason why this team can't start playing like they were in November and well, November, but now of course mediocre teams know they can hang with us and beat us. Dickinson was what we always thought he'd be.

There seems to be an increased sense of accountability across the board, and it definitely helps when the biggest dude plays with a chip.

!mag ↗

I follow Matt Tait on X and he usually will tell it like it is and said the guards had a rough night but the sense of urgency was much better as a core. As odd as it is to say about Kansas basketball this is our first time winning back to back games in over a month. Baby steps in the right direction @drgnslayr Hunt has been great the last two games because he actually seems to be playing like he gives a rip. He’s has earned plenty of criticism but I think him and Zeke really hold the keys to our season at this point. Which scares me with how Zeke plays away from AFH.

We need a few things to stabilize. If the big rotation and effort level can be a settled thing then we can gets the guards sorted.

I have to admit i was in and out of consciousness by the end of the game. What I did see with KJ / Hunt / Flory minutes distro didnt seem unnatural despite box score showing just 15 min, and KJ at 30 with 2 rebounds.

Can someone who drank coffee or something tell me if this felt troubling? I do remember KJ coming out with great energy and 7-13 is solid, but wondering if when he was flagging, Flory could have been utilized more effectively.

@approxinfinity with Shak out I think we have found our 7 with Flory and Diggy off the bench. At this point Storr is just a lost cause

@kjayhawks

Yeah the rotation seems pretty set now which is a good thing. No more tweaks unless there's injury.

Zeke's performances away from AFH really concern me headed into March. Avg just 10ppg in conference road games vs 19.8 ppg at home. He's had 7 20 pt games this year but none since 1/28. Need to get him going again. A 1/2 punch of him and Hunt getting close to 20 in a game would make things a lot easier for this offense. They are 4-0 in games where they both score 20 or more and avg 85 ppg as a team.

Maybe everyone has rotation change exhaustion. We got out rebounded badly, but if this formula locks in good chemistry then I guess it is what it is.

Rylans 4 assists is a nice sign. He seemed to be multidimensional on offense

@kjayhawks said in Man is KU is really going to stomp Colorado tonight!:

@approxinfinity with Shak out I think we have found our 7 with Flory and Diggy off the bench. At this point Storr is just a lost cause

Worst all big 10 player of all time? I'd be happy with Diggy getting all of Store's minutes at this point and I never thought I'd say that.

I feel bad for AJ and wish him the best. I feel like he is not interested in basketball but has always had the raw talent to make it work.

Self did a great job subbing to keep guys fresh. Colorado played hard and didn't give us any clean looks from three without us hurrying or forcing them. It appears we are bad at setting picks and ball handlers steer wide so defenders are not getting scrubbed off. At times Hunter had about half our total points and rebounds. Without his nice touch on 5-7' shots which have been missing we lose. He got hacked a bunch. Didn't react but played hard. Rylan worked hard on both ends but he and AJ can't buy a layup due to what I don't know.

A nice rest before TTU at home to make it three wins in a row and another short turnaround game at Houston where we can avenge our most heinous loss this year. Then we beat Zona in Allen. We are 22 - 9.

@BeddieKU23 yes that’s what I was getting at above I don’t think this team can consistently muddy up the game against a good team especially with Shak out. We are 14-1 on the season when we score more than 74 points the lone loss was the Houston crap our pants twice ordeal. To me we just need to guard with some pride and move the ball on offense. Zeke, Hunt, Rylen and Flory aren’t great defenders and that’s not gonna change in a few weeks. Play sound team defense and it’s basically a race to 75 IMO. To get to the 75 we need AFH Zeke to show up in March or it’s gonna be a short ride yet again.

@approxinfinity said in Man is KU is really going to stomp Colorado tonight!:

Rylens 4 assists is a nice sign. He seemed to be multidimensional on offense

He had 6 on Saturday, I think he is really starting to mesh with the rest of the starters

28 FTs on the road is a great sign. That has to be at or close the most trips to the line that we have had this season. Need to keep that up for games where the outside shot isn't falling.

Also impressed with Rylan making an impact on the game even when his shot wasn't falling. We weren't seeing that earlier in the season and he was probably the best of our guards last night. Not there yet but some signs to be optimistic moving forward so hopefully the team stays locked in.

KJs rebounding was probably the most glaring stat looking over the box score from last night. 33 minutes and 2 rebounds is crazy. Shocked Juan couldn’t get at least one in 34 minutes but the guards outside Rylen definitely seemed to leave a lot to be desired

@kjayhawks Its Rylan :) I'm making a point of spelling it right. He's trying.

KJ basically makes the game a 4v5 in two areas: he can't shoot 3s and he doesn't rebound. That means that Hunter also can't shoot 3s, even if he could do so, because we need him to rebound. So, no 3's from our 2 bigs. Need to get the guard scoring sorted to have balance. I wonder what the leaast number of 3s made in the tournament in the modern era is. We are averaging 7.21 made 3's per game this year. Wait, was it us in 2022? lol.

Also, I appreciate that KJ boxes out, but taking the sum of the parts, if KJ boxes out and nobody else rebounds, thats how we end up -16 in the rebounding column, or whatever it was, even with Hunt pulling 13.

Hunter Dickinson Highlights vs. Colorado (32 Pts & 13 Rebs)

It's seeming the lightbulb is at least warming up for Rylan. We really need another scoring option to get this team humming. We don't win that game last night without Rylan playing better.

If I was on the team (LOL) I'd be all over AJ's case. The dude can play but his play is tanking our promising season. Lob city could be our nickname if coach frees that up. One to KJ, one to AJ, one to Flory, rinse repeat.

I think that the ref’s foul threshold was smaller with more fouls called. There are several games this year where we should have had more FT’s if the refs had called it like last night.

@wissox said in Man is KU is really going to stomp Colorado tonight!:

It's seeming the lightbulb is at least warming up for Rylan.

He was way more decisive on the catch.

You can tell the coaching emphasis is ball movement and player movement.

@wissox we had quite a few lobs thrown, to Hunter too. AJ should've had one.

@stoptheflop said in Man is KU is really going to stomp Colorado tonight!:

So, was the game plan to play through Hunter or did the guards just take the night off? Only 12 3s even attempted by our guards and they only made 3. Altitude, lateness of game or they just don’t care? Or they suck? 16/28 FTs, Jeez. If NIL estimates are correct and Storr was paid $800,000, that means he’s been paid $4,762 per point. 0 pts last night in 8 minutes. And while I’m being negative, KU not being ranked means 3 more clicks on ESPN to get the score. Oh woe is me.

I thought Juan had a bad night and he is a big part of feeding perimeter game, along with KJ and Hunter. A big part of this was how Colorado played us. They didn't want us to beat them with treys so their spacing shut us down.

I could be wrong about this... but isn't the $800k with Storr strictly the valuation of his NIL contract? Players are actually paid by their names, images, and likeness. But I also think schools have organized NIL groups to play lump sums. Anyone in here know... did AJ get paid a lump sum?

Except for a few plays (thinking he was playing volleyball), Hunter played like a first-team All-American last night! Excellent!

And though KJ didn't rebound well, he was the other glue for this team, especially with his energy on both sides of the ball! Great job!

I'm liking David's shot, he just needs to make sure he's squared up to the basket and not force them.

Rylan is playing more aggressively and sometimes driving... something all our guards need to do. Really... outside of KJ, none of our guys like to play through contact. They all try to keep space away from the defender in midrange and low post. NOT GOOD!

@drgnslayr said in Man is KU is really going to stomp Colorado tonight!:

And though KJ didn't rebound well, he was the other glue for this team, especially with his energy on both sides of the ball! Great job!

outside of KJ, none of our guys like to play through contact. They all try to keep space away from the defender in midrange and low post. NOT GOOD!

KJ plays through contact? Ha. I think you’re thinking of a different KJ! With his body, KJ SHOULD play thru contact, but doesn’t. Rarely goes up strong. (Alley oops don’t count)

KJ looks for space in the air to jump into that isnt inhabited.

@approxinfinity said in Man is KU is really going to stomp Colorado tonight!:

KJ basically makes the game a 4v5 in two areas: he can't shoot 3s and he doesn't rebound. That means that Hunter also can't shoot 3s, even if he could do so, because we need him to rebound. So, no 3's from our 2 bigs. Need to get the guard scoring sorted to have balance. I wonder what the leaast number of 3s made in the tournament in the modern era is. We are averaging 7.21 made 3's per game this year. Wait, was it us in 2022? lol.

Also, I appreciate that KJ boxes out, but taking the sum of the parts, if KJ boxes out and nobody else rebounds, thats how we end up -16 in the rebounding column, or whatever it was, even with Hunt pulling 13.

You all know I don’t love KJ playing 33 minutes a game but I’d love to see Bill run the pick and roll with him rolling to the hoop more with his athleticism. I think we need to try a little harder to get Zeke and Rylan going early in games with an elevator type screen.

@kjayhawks teams don’t honor d2 which is who handles the ball on the pnr and they don’t honor kj so they say off both

Yet bill keeps running those two as the main guys

Zeke and flory, zeke and kj, griffin and those guys work way better than d2

Had this thought too about our late game time. ACC now includes Cal and Stanford and there's no way on God's green earth that they would schedule Duke to start a game at 11 Eastern time or even 10.

@wissox I’ll take shit that will never happen for $500 Alex

@wissox said in Man is KU is really going to stomp Colorado tonight!:

It's seeming the lightbulb is at least warming up for Rylan. We really need another scoring option to get this team humming. We don't win that game last night without Rylan playing better.

If I was on the team (LOL) I'd be all over AJ's case. The dude can play but his play is tanking our promising season. Lob city could be our nickname if coach frees that up. One to KJ, one to AJ, one to Flory, rinse repeat.

Ran into a random Wisconsin fan on the beach. (I’m an easy fan to spot in my KU shirts everyday- as an aside one of the locals asked me if that was the company I worked for shirt and hat matched lol I dress like an idiot abroad) He was laughing at how bad KU was with the best roster money could buy. I asked him about all of Wisconsins NCAA championships. Turns out that’ll shut him up- and no he doesn’t want AJ back.

Here is a little FYI for people who think Aj needs to see the floor more, more playing time I heard from a pod cast just awhile ago.- --Actually needs to see less time.

They gave up some Analytics , they stated so as of this minute Since Conference play , there are 1,095 players in College Basketball that have are playing - - 30 %- - of teams minutes- - & have a usage rate of at least of - 20 % , so basically like they said so basically like your on the court doing things like your involved , getting shots up , turning the ball over- --- your doing things during that time.

So out of the 1,095 players that this applies to- -- AJ Storr is ranked out of these 1,095 players - - -AJ'S--shooting is ranked 1,095th -- 1095th - -That's dead last in the Country. Our of all these players DEAD LAST.- -, so ya let's get him more minutes, ya that will work

They were carving AJ up in this. They said if you eve notice during the game when like they are working the ball around working it , working it , working it and then the ball get's to AJ and it's like AJ is a REC basketball player but like he is like a REC player before the game -- dribbling the ball between his legs , crazy things -they said you look at Coach when he does this and Bill is just going fliipin nuts.

They said it's not like they don't try to do things for AJ-- they draw up plays for AJ and the other players doing things to make sure to be out of the way , tell him ok here is what we are going to do - like on ally ooops -they said they clear out all you have to do is just jump up in the air- --ball is going to be there and he STILL can't make the play--ball goes through his hands. Then he comes back down and has this look on his face like- -- What Happened ?-- just a total bust- -there is more then one example petty much things they said are vey spot on.

kJ’s flying dunk over Zac is my favorite slam of the year..

@Bosthawk said in Man is KU is really going to stomp Colorado tonight!:

kJ’s flying dunk over Zac is my favorite slam of the year..

Hunter lumbering down the court for a slam has to be in contention.

@dylans Did he know UW has a championship?

@wissox should have 2 if they didnt get dukejobbed

@wissox said in Man is KU is really going to stomp Colorado tonight!:

@dylans Did he know UW has a championship?

He said in ‘41… ‘nuff said.

@dylans He knows his stuff!

@wissox I wouldn’t claim the jack wagon. Obnoxious, loud, drunk - I was trying to eat a nice meal with my family - and he came to our table to let us know how much KU sucks and would not leave. He was not exactly someone I’d claim. The non-basketball fans I know from Wisconsin are cool. If that’s what the typical Wisconsin bball fans are like, I don’t know how you act so civil.

UW fans are not known for that. Sorry they misrepresented the state! And it's pretty ballsy as obviously KU trumps UW by a mile.

@wissox He just made me think of you in a positive light. Glad that’s uncommon! There are plenty of a-hole KU fans (or any other fanbase) too. Just a small sample size here Wiscy is 50/50 so far 😂

@dylans I love when random fans of other schools talk smack in BB. Unless you are Dook or UK fans you really don’t have a lot of sense.