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Ok who saw the pair of guns that walked behind Franchilla's head!?!

@ZIG I missed the guns.

Missed that...I've got one eye on KU-KSU volleyball. Hawks leading 2 sets to 1, and about to close it out in the 4th.

New uni's !

Tough match here, hope the boys are ready

We get the ball to start the 2nd half...again,..

@Crimsonorblue22 First game in white this tourney?

@tundrahok they r called iced out

Nice D Wayne

I invited my nephew here who is a Vandy student. He says he does what we're doing on some Vandy site

Size is bothering us.

Perry totally intimidated by height

Nothing close to a good look yet. This one is going to be a test for Ellis.

The 3 is going to have to be what wins this for us tonight.

Perry is totally freaked out by players taller than him...

Ugly game so far.

So early on it looks like we checked out after last night.. you can see it they are stiff out there

@wissoxfan83 But they are ball switching, looks almost like a zone at times.

@wissoxfan83 Certainly doesn't look like we are going to win it in the paint. Bad match ups with Ellis and Traylor.

@VailHawk He had good position on his first rebound attempt - and the giant behind him just took it away, way over his head.

Not even half the energy we had last night. It has to pick up fast

How many goofy time zones are we gonna play in this year?

Interesting that Lucas in for Ellis, not Traylor.

What an ugly sequence

Weave highly successful there

LL first big off the bench...argh....

Bout time

Getting over with real quick

We are lost out there.

How about a little D somebody !

Jam Tray and LL need to sit indefinitely

Self better light a fire soon or this is going to become unwatchable

@VailHawk effing horrible at times

WTF IS GOING ON OUT THERE!?!?!? Why are we all of a sudden playing at a snail's pace? No more running, no more pushing the pace. They have these huge guys on their team, get them tired by making them run the floor. We clearly can't score inside. Our best shots will come in transition!

Jamari in lalaland

How many cross court passes already. That's a great sign.

What's an 0 13 shooter do, he naturally makes everything

Double dribble? What is this Junior Hi?

@wissoxfan83 he's close

Another LL airball from 2 feet....

Man, LUCAS IS SO BAD at making layups. I don't know what Self sees.

We're not threatening 100 tonight

Where are the leaders of this team?

Lucas with the ball open at the top of the key but can't do anything with it. Thats why you need Bragg or Mickelson in there. To take and make the open shot.

Selden

Selden is leading KU back.

Here we go, pace heating up a little bit...

At the last timeout Self told them practice tomorrow, no turkey if they don't win this game.

Wow that game changed quickly

There's some heart! Finally

Better

@RockkChalkk Need to keep this pace - not going to win a half court game.

Rebounding:

KU 1-7 Vandy 3-13

They look better when they play faster

Make their big guys run the court. If they want to bring in the trees then they will get run off the floor.

When Selden makes shots it really pumps the team up its infectious

Lead us wayne

12 minute mark, I felt like saying HEY COACH, you need offense and rebounding out of your bigs, Put in Bragg and Mickelson!

Svi got his pocket picked but came back next play and assisted to Wayne for a BIG trey. Nice hustle KU! Rock Chalk!!

@BeddieKU23 Pumps up the fans too!

@Bwag Or not. Stats have now changed on ESPN

Perry still hasn't found a pump fake he likes

Lucas still hasn't found a rim he feels like hitting

See how off LL is w his shot! No touch

Mick and Bragg 2 boards already!!!!

Nice run, then we've gone stagnant on offense, but they're really stuck fortunately for us.

SEE!! SEE!! Put Bragg and Mick in and they get 2 offensive boards. BAM! Just like that! Man, I should be an assistant coach.

This seems too simple

@VailHawk

What was mick doing ther?

@VailHawk I know, Right!?

@BeddieKU23 volleyball

@Lulufulu

You have my vote!!!

@VailHawk to Lucas/Traylor 1...in many more minutes.

@VailHawk Think Self puckered just a lil bit when he saw Traylor and Lucas getting out classed?

@BeddieKU23

Rebounding, reversing ball, playing like a competent D1 player

A little press action - love it!!!!

I guess ESPN didn't want us to see what just happened because they wanted us to see Vandy's 1986 maui champs

Press with HM/CB in...lots of great energy from Mickelson.

JOnes had to do something wrong on that layin

Jones had about 5 seconds in the lane before that foul

I like having Bragg in there but he needs to be more under control when feeding the low post. I made a note about that last night. He is a little too quick and isn't seeing the pass first.

So not exacty great outside shooting on that last series.

who thinks it speaks Volumes having Bragg and Mick in there right now???

Has perry scored yet?

It looks as if Mick lacks some brains, too, at times.

WHY are Ellis and Traylor back in at the same time?????

Sviiiiiiiiiii

@VailHawk 6 rebounds, no points

Perry just shot a Lucas

What an ugly half and down 2. I'll take a half time adjustment for 500 please

Defense has been good although some of our best has been them missing

This is a big boy game. Big boy games are for closers, not for wussies!!

@BeddieKU23 So what will Kevin Stalling's 1/2 time adjustments be?

@Bwag said:

@BeddieKU23 So what will Kevin Stalling's 1/2 time adjustments be?

To miss shots

We've had nine guys in the game - everyone with a rebound except one -- guess who?

5-9 threes, 3-17 two-pt shots

Vandy's defense is going to make us earn this.

Good news is that we are not playing well but are still in good shape. We are going to wear them down.

Mick hustles and tries hard, but he is out of control a lot of the time.

@DCHawker There's #1

@DCHawker

He just got one!!!

@DCHawker Never mind - he just got on the board(s).

And now there shots start falling..jeez

Finally tie it up, now down 6 again. I just don't like how this is going

I put the over on shots that missed the rim at 10

Nm

Ugly half. Lucky to only be down by 4.

What are Self's half-time adjustments?

Was that JT who took that last shot?

All things considered, happy to be down just 4. Definitely outplayed in every facet in the first half.

@ZIG

Would you have rather had someone else?

@ZIG

Looked like he wanted to pass but Frank told him the clock was winding down.

@ZIG It was!! Unbelievable. He literally should never be shooting outside of 4 feet from the hoop.

@VailHawk Well Mason didn't exactly set that whole series up well at all.

@RockkChalkk

Franks fault there

@ZIG Yep. Why did Jamari get the ball for the last shot!?

@VailHawk
Yeah, anyone but him. Lol. The ball can't end up in his hands w 2-3 secs left. That's bad execution

@Bwag When Mason didn't get past his defender, he didn't have a plan.

Nothing short of a 180 after the half will win this game. Our shooting %has to be around 30 which won't win this game no matter how many shots vandy misses

@RockkChalkk 4 feet? Early in the game he made a nice move inside for a layup and banked it so hard it didn't even draw iron!

@BeddieKU23 50% from 3, 24% from 2!

Starting bigs are scoreless.

@tundrahok

Thanks. That's ugly.

Going to need a lot more wayne only vet who is shooting well

@tundrahok said:

@BeddieKU23 50% from 3, 24% from 2!

Same story, new year.

Wayne is putting us on his back. He needs to continue that next half. Devonte and Mason need to make it happen, move the ball. Perry needs to drive to score and create contact! He isnt gonna score over their footers.

Traylor and Lucas need to sit.

Mick and Bragg need to rebound and rim protect and stretch the floor.

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@tundrahok said:

Starting bigs are scoreless.

Which is why we are all freakin' calling for Self to pull his head out of his ass.

@wissoxfan83 Right, don't get me wrong, I would prefer he didn't take any shots but to say he should never shoot would have sounded a little unrealistic. He has some nice drives sometimes and can finish occasionally in that way so I thought 4ft was a reasonable line to draw, lol.

@tundrahok No. Lucas had a put back

@Lulufulu He put us on his back during the run, but not much since the 10 minute mark.

The threes are keeping us in it.

@Lulufulu Lucas didn't start.

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Only 3 fouls against them and I think they had 2 very early, so 1 foul over the balance of the half?

2 for 11 for our leaders yikes. That's usually the recipe for losing

@SoftballDad2011
You need to charge your phone. Lol

@wissoxfan83

There length has changed our driving ability

Umm, yeah, but Mick, Bragg and Lucas have combined for 2 points. And Bragg and Mick have both looked outmatched.

What if we went the ISU type of lineup and started Svi instead of Traylor? Its not like our bigs rebound anyways. They can't score either. Wonder how that would work out.

All our bigs, starters/subs total of 2 points from the field.

Break out the chorus of our struggles against the L&A's.

Our rebounding is keeping us in the game, especially defensive RB's

I get that we need LLs size. But to run plays for him or to ask ANYTHING of him except D and Reb is asinine

Stands to reason that Vandy will put pressure on our weakness this game which is post presence scoring and rebounding. They'll pack it in and dare us to beat them from 3. Which is why we need Bragg and Mick down low for some length and rebounding.

@wissoxfan83

They are bailing out on shots to get back on d which has taken away running.

Turnovers have killed us which wasn't a problem in the first 4 games

9 TO's are probably our highest of the year...size has us out of sync.

@Bwag Ellis needs to play outside in.

We only shot one free throw. Need to drive.

@Bwag

Tired legs too.

@SoftballDad2011

Your battery is down to 36%

@VailHawk Let's hope KU's battery isn't that low.

@VailHawk we'll limp thru the 2nd half.....lol

@DinarHawk said:

@Bwag Ellis needs to play outside in.

He would still be shooting over length unless open. He needs to show up and find ways to get his shots instead of what the d is making him take

@BeddieKU23 said:

@Bwag

Tired legs too.

But hard to buy that at all since everyone has played 3 games now in 3 days.

If that's truly the case, then it's on Self and his playing time distribution. But against Chaminade he played a lot of people early. Just not sure what minutes ended up being.

@Bwag

Any time u play 3 games in 3 days it's going to wear on you no matter how you distribute minutes. We are playing tired besides that spurt

Remember, Jam Tray deferred possession till 2nd half

@BeddieKU23 But so should Vandy? It's a wash.

What? There was a jump ball?

At least Traylor isn't starting the second half.

@Bwag Vandy plays 12 guys as a regular part of their rotation.

Now that I saw the replay of the last series of 1st half, what the hell was JamTray doing coming off the screen around Mason's attempt to drive?

Who drew that up?

@VailHawk Ellis' shot got blocked, sort of, called a jump ball

@Bwag said:

@BeddieKU23 But so should Vandy? It's a wash.

They want it more underdog mentality

Were going to wear them down.

@BeddieKU23 They are ranked and have been dominating just like us.

If there wasn't history of our struggles against Length with this group of players I'd buy it, but I won't now.

That said, we got the lead, and Ithink we'll both take that.!

YESSS, they are playing zone now. Much better for us.

Thank God for fools gold so far.

I say again, Big Boy Game

Davis just said this is the 1st time Vandy has trailed in this tournament...bout friggin time-Yeeaaahhhh!!

@RockkChalkk Its been a few years since KU could carve up a zone like this.

@Lulufulu

drive until it collapses, kick it out and drain it!

@Bwag Them fools won the gold at the WUG...

Perry can dunk!!!

Zone didn't last long.

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DG way too quick to shoot

WUG Selden!!!!

I'd take a 7 pt win...

WUG WAYNE IS BACK! :sunglasses:

Reminder of when Duke travelled to a Maui victory over KU

@SoftballDad2011

I'm worried about your battery

Ankles broken

Wayne Selden that's the guy right there

Selden just crossed that guy big tme

@globaljaybird said:

@Bwag Them fools won the gold at the WUG...

Take that along with the fact that we had 2 points from our bigs in the 1st half, I guess we can only hope that our Coach will recognize this FACT about our team and start to scheme for maximizing it's effectiveness instead of getting nervous and trying to slam the square peg in his round hole again this year.

@VailHawk thanks for looking out for me!

Wayne!! Shake and Bake mutha Effer!!

we're eating them alive ....

@SoftballDad2011

What does NTW mean?

@VailHawk

Nex-Tech Wireless is my cell phone company.

@SoftballDad2011

Good to know! Where do you live?

@KUSTEVE nomnomnomnomnomnomnom

Great offense execution

@VailHawk Hays America

Should have been an and 1 for DG - got hip-checked.

@SoftballDad2011

The Google just told me it's a carrier in Salina

@ZIG said:

Ok who saw the pair of guns that walked behind Franchilla's head!?!

Didn't see any guns but saw a pair of cannons if that;s what yur referring too;

If you can't go over 'em, go under 'em...

We've got them flustered They haven't seen adversity yet this year.

Hey Brooks!

So had been reading team stats backwards:

We are killing them on the boards...Go figure though, Perry, Seldon &Graham leading us...

@wissoxfan83 Sup?

@SoftballDad2011

Cool! Played smoky hill in the late 80's

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@SoftballDad2011 Hays is the coldest place on earth.

@brooksmd THinking we might have to turn the air back on. Getting warm in here :(

@brooksmd Remember Paulo's squeeze ? Wow !

@VailHawk still a nice course. Drought has hurt the greens in some years, but still a special course for NW KS

@wissoxfan83 Will have over 20 here tmrw so will definitely be using some a/c.

Just noting that almost 10 minutes in and no Svi, Bragg or Mick. Typical shorter bench for Self in the 2nd half. Hope we don't get gassed later.

@KUSTEVE the wind is what gets you

But, yes, the cement ponds get frosty

@globaljaybird Compared to what we're talking abot Paulo's squeeze were mere 38's.

@DCHawker

Yet it's hard to argue with what's happening without them right now

FOOLS GOLD !! YYEEEEAAAAHHHH!!!

About where we were in the Michigan state game when Self got tight on offense

SELDEN !!!!!!!!!

@wissoxfan83 I get that - just not sure it would be any different if we weren't playing as well...

Jamari line:

0/2 1 RB 1 TO ....how many minutes and explain why?

Really need a stop

@DanR

Boooooo!!!

@Bwag It is one of life's great mysteries...

This game should be a great test of our ability to close out a close one

@DanR I was thinking the same thing, but didn't want to think about it.

the bank is open !!

Shift change!

Svi can get some funky angles on his passes

@DanR i KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN.

@DanR I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN.

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I don't ever desire to become rich, but if I became rich, one splurge would be Maui when KU plays there.

Got it, KuSTEVE!

Wayne and Frank got that mean streak goin tonight.

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Agree with Fran, no foul there.

What a horse crap call on bragg

Makeup call?

@wissoxfan83 If you come across a large sum of money i'll take it off your hands if you don't want it! haha

Looks like we're in "attack the basket Offense." Oh boy

I like the D though!

RUN THE COURT BIG FELLA !

Sweet pass. He's showing some passing skills thus far.

Bragg gave it up. Sweet!!!

nice assist Bragg !

JamTray gets first bucket of the night on the Assist from Bragg.

Bragg growing up quick

Bragg can PLAY!!!!

Seriously, a shooting foul?

Somehow with Bragg in there, and earlier with Bragg/Mick, just alot more activity going on.

Bring in Mick

Mason should learn a little about running some clock instead of forcing up a crap prayer like that.

@VailHawk Bragg showing why we've all been pleading for Self to play him more.

@Bwag Traylor cannot match up with Jones.

Jam Tray has 2 fouls better sit him so he doesn't pick up his 3rd

I HATE THAT STUPID WEAVE PLAY!!!! UGGGGHHHHHHH

Second time that Traylor has thrown it away on the weave.

@RockkChalkk That was a SICK steal and coast to coast for a bucket by Bragg

Omg wow

And after using the useless weave this is a game again

Obviously, Even the players hate the weave

Not sure how that was a trip...seems Graham should have as much right to get a foot down in front of the other player.

Starting to slip away?

It's the worst offensive play you can run

@BeddieKU23 It's actually quite useful - for the other team....

@SoftballDad2011 We're taking low percentage shots, that's why it's slipping a bit.

@DCHawker

Right going to be a 7 pt game after this phantom trip call?

Selden gets bailed out on a foolish drive

The big man rotation really pisses me off.

@BeddieKU23 Reverting to old, bad habits. How many minutes since we've taken a 3 pt shot???

@JessieNewell, please ask Self how Traylors stat line continues to justify his extensive minutes,,,

God - I'd rather have Lucas in there than Traylor.

Traylor standing watching again

Wasn't a bad defensive series despite the rebound and points. Good d and milked a lot of clock. Score here and we'll be set!

Self loves this kind of score

Vandys runnin outta time...

GREAT take by Graham!

@DCHawker

I can argue it both ways!!!

Crunch time and Coach puts in our WORST post players for this game???

Offensive execution has been putrid the past 5 minutes. We get a nice lead and then let off the gas - make it easy for the other team to get stops. We've been bailed out on a couple of the foul calls.

Never thought we could be in this position with Perry being a relative non factor

@ZIG He got fouled it seemed to me.

Snacks looks hungry

KU, World Champs and Maui Champs!!

Block out the little guy

@SoftballDad2011 said:

Never thought we could be in this position with Perry being a relative non factor

His 8 rebounds against the length has been much more impressive than his Offensive output against it.

Wayne running out of gas.

Why does ft shooting always haunt us

4 straight missed FTs and matador D by Traylor. WHY can't we put teams away?????????

No Vick tonite

@VailHawk

Only in blowouts

Wrap it up, frank

@VailHawk

battery is going to make it!

Bulldog can make FT's

'96-'97 team that won in Maui last time...best KU team to never win a title?

The difference tonight ispretty much summed up in our RBmargin and 3pt shooting.

Thank you mari

Time for a little celebratory Crown 75th.

Great win what a turnaround

@nwhawkfan best ku team period

@nwhawkfan

That's my vote...86 a close 2nd

Jamari got a rebound!

WAVE THE WHEAT HULA STYLE !!!!!!!

Good win!

Good game. I hope we don't see them again in March.

Best result of this game is we get to see Diallo in the next game!

Happy turkey

Thx all!!'

Everybody have a great Turkey Day,,,see you in the Diallo Era !

@nwhawkfan I'd put up the 85-86 team against them and it'd be a tie.

@BeddieKU23 Was a really good win against a good team. But, we will lose games that we shouldn't if we continue the pattern of resorting to driving to the basket as our only offense when we're in tight games. Start missing FTs and the other team hits a couple of shots, and, just like that, a lead and game can be lost.

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Take the win; still hate the big man rotation. Come on Self, quit torturing us.

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Selden played 40 minutes. Pretty hot and humid in Maui. Guess I can forgive the missed free throws at the end. He was tired.

Not many assists tonite

@SoftballDad2011 Thanks for the stats updates. That's a nice addition to this.

@wissoxfan83 sure.....happy to help!

@wissoxfan83

will have to do it while listening instead of watching next week as I am blacked out.

@SoftballDad2011

Not sure if you like using these sites, but stream2watch is quite good. I watch all my Bears games on it that aren't televised, and watched a ton of White Sox games on it this season as well. As long as you put your pop up blocker on it works well. Don't need to download anything even though you get bombarded with messages to download this viewer or that.

I've never used it for KU basketball though as I'm in a place where ESPN3 works for KU. Hopefully it works for you.

@brooksmd Yeah but them "mere 38's" make one helluva nice motor boat ,,,

@wissoxfan83

Thanks!

Hilite for me was toasting a JHawk Maui Championship with my son and nephew with some Crown 75th. RCJHGKU!!! You fair weather fans can suck it!!!