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Well here we go. At least the only thing on the table is respect. Who will be key with Ellis out with injury, Alexander for unknown and Greene for being a bonehead?

This LSU/Ark game probably more exciting than ours will be. Go LSU!!!

No overtime!!

@brooksmd I went to the game the other night against Tennessee. LSU laid an egg big time.

@wissoxfan83 they will be good next year, think?

Will be better. No question. Adding Simmons would do that to any program

@cragarhawk And only 2 seniors on the squad.

@Crimsonorblue22

Yes, with two teams to follow, there's no way I'll become an LSU fan, but my son does attend there, so I do have to pretend to like them I guess!

If their two stud forwards Martin and Mickey stick around for another year they'll have a nice mix of outstanding youth and experience. They could start the year in the top 10.

@wissoxfan83 that Simmons kid looks great and I think he's trying to get some others to go w/him.

Wow Lsu!

WOW!!!

@brooksmd Wow is right, bring on the Jayhawks!!

That is Bruce Hornsby's son that made the game winner for LSU.

Good afternoon everyone.

My son arrived home from Chicago for spring break an hour ago, and he's gone now with friends. I hope we see him again before he goes back to school

Hate it when mouth and audio out of sync.

Cool, I'm going to Chicago right after this game n

Ha ha we have 2 Mickey D's!

Hate these announcers

As long as there's no Brent Musberger

Lucas???

Oubre probably done for the rest of the half with two quick - not very smart - fouls

The announcer called Kruger one of the games greats. Agree? Disagree?

So OU doesn't start seniors?

@wissoxfan83 great at what?

@Crimsonorblue22 All-time great - no, But, he is a damn good coach - has been successful everywhere. OU will be competitive as long as he is there.

@Crimsonorblue22 I don't think of him as great, merely as good, competent, able to get the team dancing. I think he took Florida to the FF one year if memory serves correct.

Feelin very sarcastic today! OU isn't deep, exploit that! Nit sure we have horses to do that! Oubre and BG out now

That buzzer is loud

Freakn lay ups!

Selden shooting???

@Crimsonorblue22 :-1:

@Eric how's your rear end? Ha

I'd like to see Svi get some minutes.

This could get ugly - and not ugly good like the past couple of games...

@Crimsonorblue22 still hurts quite a bit to sit. Dr told me 6-8 weeks before it heals?!?

Anyone know how many threes in a row we've missed? 2 so far today, 15 the other day, 1-8 last week against Texas, but I forget when it came in that game.

@wissoxfan83 I think it was the last or one of the last 3 pt att vs Texas.

I think we were 1 out of 30 some

I like Jamari on that 12 footer. We will need him to make a couple of those in March if we are to go on a run.

For this game Selden taking those jumpers is fine, but I'm not sure if I ever want him taking those in March. I'd rather work on our interior passing seeing as Hunter will see the floor a lot for the rest of this year.

@DCHawker I like him ok.

Mari hustling!

Off his foot!!

@Crimsonorblue22 He had a death grip on the ball and wasn't gonna give it up.

Please don't mention traitor BG!

Maybe OU will shoot themselves out of it!

Poor Landon has zero strength or touch around the rim...

Lucas is gonna be good once he learns how to finish.

How does Landen miss that shot?

@Eric when is that? Told u I'm sarcastic!

I like the standing height I saw under the basket there. Oubre, Hunter and Lucas.

Hunter get some hands!!!

Fran's son plays for OU, might impact his calls on this telecast.

We r going to win this game!

@wissoxfan83 sarcastic remark here!

Oubre having some ugly looking drives. Yes, we want you to try new things, and by new, we don't mean the same old motions that used to work in high school.

@betterfireE good one, I'm not the only sarcastic one!!

@Eric what are you going to do in Chicago?

The bad news is that we still can't make shots beyond or at the rim - 5-22 so far - and, against a team that doesn't have length and certainly isn't known for its defense. The good news is despite that, we're only down 7 going to the free-throw line.

Holy cow? WSU?

Mari👏👏👏

3-39

Mason! Find him!

@Crimsonorblue22 baby shower. This plan ride is gonna suck lol

@Crimsonorblue22 The second one was just lazy defense - beat him down to this spot.

Wsu👇👇👇👇👇👇

Kelly Wiggins! So quick on the O glass.

Why wouldn't that be an offensive RB?

@Eric more on that later!

Selden just stop!

That might help!

Woooohoooo

@Crimsonorblue22 Not if they don't shoot more.

@Crimsonorblue22 Selden is a sizzling 6-30 from the field over the past 5 games - o'fer today

We got em right where we want em!

Don't they start seniors?

@Crimsonorblue22 Not against KU!!

Can anyone believe WSU lost?

@Crimsonorblue22 Illinois State was hungry.

@Crimsonorblue22 Wait until Kensucky loses in the dance.

@KansasComet ha ha, even when we r short!

I think we have made 6 3's in last 5 games now on 40 attempts. How do we go from 8th in nation from 3 and now shoot it like last year? We will not make it out of 2nd rd unless we get back to shooting 40% from 3

Another one

I don't know how they do it in the Ukraine? Smart Fran!

@KansasComet And, they're a decent team - they played WSU pretty close in both of their earlier losses to them. Probably a favorable crowd in St. Louis.

Whoooo hoooooo

Goooooo

@DCHawker Definitely favored by the crowd!

I guess my post got their attention 😆

Lucas 7pts 7 rbs

@DCHawker I'm sure the WSU crowd out numbered them. I get so sick of hearing about them!

@Crimsonorblue22 Again. We got em right where we want em!!

Oh my gosh Hunter!!!

Hunter missed that shot, but I would love to see Self use him on the high post - I think he could make some of those 15 footers near the FT line, and he's a pretty good passer. Think he could open up the paint for Perry or Kelly in future games.

@Crimsonorblue22 That could've been a bad injury.

Get a stop

@Crimsonorblue22 Closed up the score and now Selden back in.

Not the one I would've pick for final shot.

Great job Jayhawks super proud!! BG! You let them down!!!

@brooksmd Although it was his best looking shot yet - had more of a chance to go in that any of his other bricks.

@brooksmd he's due though! The other is sitting in the bench!

@Eric so do u live in ks, but wife from Chicago? Ride short? Your back will kill u!!!

@DCHawker good one!!! We r going to win this!

@Crimsonorblue22 we used to live in Chicago but moved here last year. We decided to have the baby shower in Chicago because all her friends and family are there.

@Eric so r u a new Jayhawk?

Been watching KU since 2001. Graduated in 08. Best senior year ever! Lol

@Crimsonorblue22 10 for friggin' 37 from the field (27%) - but only down 2 on the road against a likely 5 seed. Guys getting it done on the boards - 14 ORs. If we could just get to 50% around the rim... Bad Ball rears its ugly (good) "self" again!

Nice pass and finish

Ewwww!

Heild traveled.

Oubre trying to impress scouts!

@Crimsonorblue22 You may be right.

@KansasComet Yes - but this is like the beginning of the game - we're getting beat down court.

@DCHawker I'll give you that.

Selden keep your man out

Oubre showing second-jump skills like Wiggins.

Nice drive by Jamari, but he is getting beat down low by his man every time.

Nice passing: Lucas to Selden to Traylor!

@DCHawker cause he has to help

I found a new article on cliffs mom, copied over under cliff

Anybody hear why a couple of kstaters didn't make trip?

Bla bla bla bla

Landon Lucas has a double-double!!!

@Crimsonorblue22 Think one was for personal reasons and the other wasn't specified.

Dude wasn't in!

LUCAS! Now if Traylor can just check someone.

@brooksmd soooo neither one was specified? Ha

Dude!! Keep on celebrating!!!

Posturing!!! Fran👏👏👏

So dumb!!! Look like an idiot!

@Crimsonorblue22 Do that while ball still in play and Self put you on the bench.

That' idiot is playing to the crowd while the ball is going back down court. Self would kill a guy for doing that.

@brooksmd yep!!!

Mason III has some serious handles!

@wissoxfan83 so would I! As u could tell!

Dg needs to protect the ball when he goes up

@Crimsonorblue22 Back in the day real players let their game do the talking and none of this bs.

Block out

Oubre! And One!!

Make it a 3 pt play!

@Crimsonorblue22 Svi needs to start taking the open 3.

He hesitated

@Crimsonorblue22 He isn't adept - yet - at finishing, but I want him to take to the hole every damn time

Except for Mason, this team is a head case from three.

What's the call?

@ajvan Because they have to think every time whether it is "in the flow of the offense"

@Crimsonorblue22 From two fouls to four fouls in 0 seconds!

@KansasComet u c the first one? Missed it

@Crimsonorblue22 No foul, totally bogus.

Bad Ball from here on out - Mason or Oubre take it to the rim every time, get to the foul line - get a few stops - voila! a 2pt win on the road!!!!

@DCHawker I tend to agree, it sucks. They need to bomb away.

They can shoot themselves out of it!!! Nice oubre

Oubre, and one the remix!

Whhoooo

Now that's what I call HUSTLE!!!!

GGGGGGritty

I wanna see Bad Ball with some threes!

Gotta start packing now. Have a good weekend everyone!

@ajvan You just got it!

Loud??? Ha ha AFH!

@ajvan You asked for it you got it!

@Crimsonorblue22 First foul on Mari he pushed Spangler to the floor. Second one OU player ran into Mari in the little scrum under the basket.

@brooksmd thx!

@Eric safe travels daddy to be!!!

Lucas with 13 pts 12 RB's

Gotta say - win or lose - this is fun - short-handed, weird line-ups, on the road against a good team and the guys are hanging in there.

@brooksmd What are you talking about? I have never ever seen a Jayhawk commit a foul. Never!!!

@Bwag Just imagine if he had better hands.

@DCHawker @KansasComet YES!

Seldon, invisible stat line pretty much except for shot attemps with a big 0

@brooksmd Not sure Hudy can do anything about that - would have already happened.

Not excited about playing texass w/out cliff

5 seconds, Damn!

@KansasComet Well I hate to say it but Mari's first one of those two was like a D9 Cat going thru some trees.

@brooksmd Dg? Cuss words?

@Crimsonorblue22 I'm already past Cliff - more minutes for Hunter and Landon

@Crimsonorblue22 Was supposed to be a 9 (nine)

@brooksmd I'm sure it was. I missed it.

Never would've thought we'd be in it w Selden a non factor & Lucas our best player.

@brooksmd what's d9?

Over the back!

@Crimsonorblue22 D-9 Cat ↗

Won't go as a RB for Lucas but this exra possession due to his hustle there

TEAR DROP!

Nice tear drop Graham.

@ajvan sweet, getting smarter w/those

@Crimsonorblue22 Yeah, good IQ on that one.

4 of 5 starters in double digits and the 5th...0 points

@Bwag Selden?

This is good. Even down 2 and with our player situation, able to enjoy the game and not be nervous. Blood pressure is good.

Mines not!

@brooksmd Enjoy the ride!!

I want this!

@Bwag Graham should've started.

@Crimsonorblue22 He's where he belongs. All other starters in double figures. Everyone who has played has scored - except Selden. And, no rebounds.

Traylor seemed hellbent to get his 5th foul on that possession.

@Crimsonorblue22 Relax, 3 players out, a fourth with a bum ankle. We are holding our own.

@DCHawker It's baffling, even w a bum ankle.

@brooksmd u need to step it up then! Global said he'd be here by now!

@Crimsonorblue22 Can't rely on those lightweights.

@KansasComet I'm not a relaxed kind of person! You probably wouldn't want to watch a game w/me!

Come On. Were Right there. Lets get this w

I think Lucas and Mickelson have proved they can provide minutes when necessary. Svi has gotten a little stale on the bench, but I think he will be okay, as soon as he gets one to go down.

Seldon needs to hit a 3 and get his confidence back

@brooksmd Agreed - no heart palpitations on this one. No expectations coming in - it's all gravy.

I'm say way. My wife is like " this game means nothing". I'm still yelling

@Crimsonorblue22 Relaxing is for football season.

@Crimsonorblue22 I appreciate your honesty!!!

@KansasComet I am fun though!! Ha ha

@Crimsonorblue22 For sure!

Our ball

Needed a stop there or 3 right there

Whhoooo

What a shot by Graham!

Dang it!

Too many bigs all going for the block...put us out of position.

OU crowd is week. No emotion.

That Traylor pump fake made my jaw drop.

BG!! Smh

Devonte "Icewater" Graham

Worst music ever in the arena. Sounds like a rabbit being attacked by an owl...

D!!!

@Bwag Not sure I'm familiar with that sound...

Look at those empty seats!!

Good game Mari.

No foul!!!

OU fans u need to work on those chants!

@DCHawker loud squeal...it's used to try and keep birds away from industrial buildings....

Game there i think.

Oubre, so close.

Tough break, way to get on the glass though.

No shame in that game

Come on people we can't deny OU the chance to storm the court on senior day.

Not over guys

No quit in Mason.

@Crimsonorblue22 Hope not

holy crap!

Who shoots?

Wow, that's what I call heart!!

Let's go guys! Don't quit posters!

@Bwag Selden due! Jk

Mason

@Crimsonorblue22 That would be gutsy to draw that up.

Quick two or three?

Mason should take the shot or drive for and one.

@KansasComet Run the clock and go for the tie.

Whatever they give us! TO's left

@ajvan He's been blocked how many times though?

@Bwag Not a lot of firepower out there & Frank's confident.

What?

Seldon went for the 3, not sure if he pulled onthat shot after he heard whistle or not.

@Bwag after

@Crimsonorblue22 yeeeep

Box out

Who shoots?

Mason

@Bwag I don't think they will let anyone shoot - will foul

What an effort. We have talent and heart!

Mason or Oubre.

Put Frank back on the line.

I'd agree Mason or Graham whomever can get the best shot off. Oubre down low for put back and one if nceessary

HAHA YES!

Oh my

What a play!

1 & 2

Holding my breathe and 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

This team has heart.

Miss and put back 2?

Make it

@Bwag no way!

drink some ice water Mason.

Best throw in from Selden ever

I'm not proposing that's the strategy...just be prepared with O RB

Review?

Hey Frank hold your head up man. Played good game.

2nd time we couldn't close out a game with a full court drive at buzzzer. Great game andlots of heart.

Traveled!!!!!

Great game, tough finish.

@cragarhawk agreed

Walk

Full length at the basket

Another game lost by a traveling call, wow! Proud of this team!

Wow! They beat us w/3 guys out, barely!

Hurts to get that close. But didnt expect a win. And ya cant doubt the toughness of these guys

Really bad defense on that last play, and tough way to lose, but otherwise a truly valiant effort by the guys. Hat's off.

Congrats ou. You won a game we played mostly back ups in at the buzzer. And you're celebrating like you won the national championship

A win would have been amazing

@DCHawker find a body and block out close out on driver!

It was their Sr. day...

Someone needs to check Fran's Depennds. He might have made a mess

@Crimsonorblue22 So we play Thursday?

@Kip_McSmithers pretty happy for barely beating a team w/out starters

@Crimsonorblue22 Alas, blocking out has not been one of our signal strengths this year - sarcasm dripping.

@brooksmd at 12, winner of TCU-Texas.

@Crimsonorblue22 :+1:

@Kip_McSmithers did his kid get in?

@Crimsonorblue22 NO

@KansasComet He had 2 big steps, what I couldn't quite tell was if the ball was out of his hands before his foot came back down...

@Bwag but is that a bigger deal than just beating us? They play their seniors?

@Bwag walk!

@Crimsonorblue22 Only one of the three saw pt. Bennett

@Bwag I thought he took took big steps and then stutter stepped as he was releasing the ball. Looked like a travel to me.

@KansasComet I think I agree...

@Bwag I think the refs got caught up watching the game. Oh well.

@KansasComet You guys know our rec center refs don't call travel on winning plays.

FT's right at 80% again. And shot more than the home team.

@brooksmd Right you are!!

Anyone know if Cal's refs are calling the Louisville game today?

Sad coach when you don't play all of your seniors on senior day. Lon you're a putz.

@KansasComet also looked like a tie up between the 2 steps and the stutter

@cragarhawk Good point. I have to agree with you. Thanks.

OU had 1 2-pt and 1 3-pt shot more than us. We had 3 more FT's than them and hit them. That is the difference in the game points wise.

Refs aren't going to call shiznit with less than 5 seconds left unless they picked up the ball at half court and took eleven steps. I may be exaggerating here, because they still wouldn't!!

Oubre relies on his long arms to much, doesn't move his feet-at all!

But in all seriousness. I'm glad our boys played with a lot of heart today. I hope the hustle can continue when we get back to full strength. Maybe by Thursday the Cliff saga will be all ironed out too

@Bwag I think the key was the turnaround on the glass. We dominated in the first half, they did in the 2d. We had 14 ORs in the 1st half, just 1 or 2 in the 2nd. We had a 12 RB advantage in the 1st half and just ended up with a 2 RB advantage. They didn't hit 3s in the second half, but got second chance points. The difference - Jamari, who doesn't rebound, played more minutes in the second half, and Hunter fewer. Maybe gave us a bit more on the offensive end, but Jamari got beat by his guy too often and he doesn't block out. I would rather have the ability to make stops, but that's just me.

@Crimsonorblue22 said:

Oubre relies on his long arms to much, doesn't move his feet-at all!

Dissing your bf?

@Kip_McSmithers yes! I don't like to lose! Ever!

First time in Self era we lost more road games than they won. Oubre's boneheaded play to try to save a ball off missed shot was the momentum changer. They hit a 3 and went ahead by 2 and never trailed.

@DCHawker Somebody should teach Jamari how to block out. It's a teachable skill, and would make all the difference in the world for him.

@tundrahok on a good note about Mari, he does some things that can't be taught, and others lack, heart!

@KansasComet I agree... my wife called the travel in real-time. I guess the refs were watching for the tie-up.

Love the way they played to the end, I just get tired of us NOT boxing out and giving teams second chance shots. ONE player putting a body on OU and we win it at the end.

@JayhawkRock78 u could say the same about missing bunnies, or stepping out of bounds....... Fouling, etc

@PakaRocks It had to be something. Refs had to be distracted.

@KansasComet we need to NOT be in the situation where a bad call determines the outcome! I think we have had that drilled in our heads since we were little kids.

@Crimsonorblue22 You get no argument here.

ISU getting beat by tcu