4 DAYS UNTIL TIPOFF. I LOVE the smell of a national championship in the morning...

@KUSTEVE I am so ready. in lucky for me I won't be able to watch either of the exhibitions and 4 of the non con's, as I have dish and not cox. Of course ESPN 3 is blacked out for us here, BUT really gonna enjoy the rest, let the games begin - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

@KUSTEVE nothing quite like the smell of a championship!!

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@jayballer54 Have you tried a spoofer to hide your location?

@jayballer54 try the espn app

SI has KU winning the conference by 5 games this year

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@Ralph won't work in Topeka. Blacked out. Phone a friend or go to a bar

@Ralph ESPN App? not quite sure what that is my friend - -are you just talking about going I dunno. All I ever do is just try and connect right to ESPN3 - - not the brightest light in the house lol - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

@Eric-san Sorry but what's a spoofer? -- sorry - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

@jayballer54 GOOGLE is a great tool, tells you everything you want to know.

I use Sling tv so if it's not on espn or espn2 I use the espn app with my sling account. But Crimsonorblue22 said it wouldn't work where you are. So my suggestion is change providers or move to missouri.

@kjayhawks goosebumps!

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@Ralph LOL, ya well guess I struck out on both counts there as I just went to dish recently so under contract and really told old to be moving anymore but thanks for the help. -- I'll be allright I'll just listen on the ol KU Radio broadxast - -Miss Bob but hey life goes on right - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

@Ralph moving to MO won't help. I'm in NW Arkansas and I'm still blacked out.

Can't wait for things to really get going. I'm tired of puff pieces filling the rags and recruiting speculation. Let's get some action going and get to breaking down X's & O's, strategy, players S&W's, and real results.

Where are you @HighEliteMajor?

@Bwag using the espn app works for me in Mo, that's how I watched late night

@Ralph

The greater KC Metro area and all of Western Missouri is blocked. If you are in Eastern Missouri might be able to get it. Also, your provider has to offer ESPN3 and it has to be in your cable package since it requires you to sign in.

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@JayHawkFanToo I'm in Lees Summit, Mo. I use Sling tv, it shows Texas vs. Kansas at 6:30 PM. Guess I'll find out then.

@Ralph

TTBONK, Sling TV is not free, so you are paying for something that Kansans should be getting at no cost. Why black out KU games, and it is not men's basketball only but every program that is doing well, in the State of Kansas only? This agreement sucks and if this is the best Zenger can do, then he he should not have that position; he should go back to his Alma Mater KSU and black out Liberace.

@JayHawkFanToo I agree but if we want to pay that's ok!

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@Crimsonorblue22

I have not problem with that. I do pay for the sports tier on my cable package and it includes ESPN3...which blacks out KU games in Kansas; go figure. In my subdivision we have Consolidated, AT&T, Google, Comcast and TWC which just laid cable but will not be connecting for a couple of months, so the only option to get the "KU sport channel" is Comcast; I was told they made it so difficult and prohibitively expensive that none of the other cable providers carry it. I used to have Comcast until about 6 years ago and it was without a question, the worst service/utility of any kind I ever had. Even If I have to miss the entire season, I rather go sit at a sports bar to watch the games than get Comcast. I started with Everest which was fantastic and then it was bought out and became SureWest which was not nearly as good but acceptable and now it is Consolidated Communications which is barely acceptable but still head and shoulder better than Comcast.

My point is that KU fans living in Kansas should not have to jump thorough hoops to watch KU sports.

@JayHawkFanToo 1st I am a Kansan I'm just staying with my daughter and her family while I recover, needed someone to change my diaper and wash me. Like many Jayhawks she lives where her job is.

I had to look up TTBONK I'm not a big Internet guy. Your right I pay $20 a month no fees no contracts instead of $130 a month for 300 channels that I didn't watch and a 2 year contract. As far as the blackout goes I blame Texas and the failed Longhorn network, it should be the big 12 network.

@Ralph

The contracts between TWC Sport KC Chanel and KU was negotiated by Zenger. They get exclusive rights to several KU basketball, football and several other sports games and ESPN 3 blacks out all these games in the State of Kansas and areas like the greater KC Metro area. Although we are mostly familiar with the men's basketball games that get blacked out, several football, women's basketball, volleyball, soccer and track and field events get blacked out as well. How much money do you think KU gets in return? Nothing, Zero, zippo, zilch...KU gets paid by in-kind programming and features about sports at KU. What do you think the audience for a feature on the women's rowing team is? Not counting the parents of the athletes probably in the dozens? maybe hundreds? The TV audience for one blacked out men's basketball is likely several time larger than the combined audience of all the features run in an entire year about all the minor sports combined.

A large number of die hard KU fans in the Kansas City Metro area have been left with no options and most every body I know around here hates Zenger...even more than I do. LOL.

If you can take care of the pop ups and ads, first row sports.com is an option - they have games for all sports across the world. I don't use it anymore because I have the Cox sports tier, but it worked for me in the past.

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@Ralph My sling TV shows it too, hopefully we can watch it. The thing I most hate about the TV deal is it favors big city, Kansas is full of smaller towns like the one I live in. Most think KU fans are only from the big cities but I'm not and know several others aswell, hell I know farmers that are big KU fans.

@kjayhawks I looked ahead and it shows Washburn and Emporia State also. We'll find out in a couple of hours.

I use GOatdee.net for sports streaming.
If you have an ad blocker, this site is hands down the best streaming site that works 99% of the time.

@jayballer54 A spoofer will hide your location so you don't get blacked out. If you'd like, I can PM you on how to get it set up.

@KUSTEVE

PHOF!

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@JayHawkFanToo well you were correct the volleyball game is blacked out on espn3. But I'm watching it on the watch espn app.

@Ralph I'm wondering if the app is so new that the providers are actually allowing some things to be shown now that will eventually get filtered out by sweetheart deals between individual providers & partnering sources, Does that even make sense? I'm sure as hell trying it next & will keep you guys posted.

@globaljaybird looked it up the watch espn app launched 25 Oct 2010.

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@Ralph weird!

@Crimsonorblue22 what's that

@Ralph that you are blacked out on ESPN 3 but get it on the watch ESPN app

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@Ralph guess that shows I don't know shit ... I just recently came across it 👀 lookingfor alternatives as I'm now in SW misery on suddenlink & will likely be out of even radio 📻 coverage this season. Am just not a fan of anything espn, ABC, Disney, blah, blah, so I rarely ever look 👀 at anything represented of their networks...

After dropping cable and going to sling I had to learn different ways to get what I want. In April I will drop the espn package and get the fox package to watch the Royals.

@Ralph glad it works! Don't understand but glad you can get it

@HawkChamp I also use stream2watch.eu. Once I fight through the pop ups it works well

I'm watching Ben Mac, Cole, b rush and Wiggs.

ESPN 3 was blacked out for me aswell. The thing that I don't get is if use the watch ESPN app on my phone or tablet connected to my homes WIFI its blacked out as well but if I don't and use my mobile data it is not blacked out but I only can watch for minutes at a time due to data usage (watched a game LY and was about 2.5gs for it). It makes no sense to me.

@kjayhawks I use a roku to stream it with home WiFi, I would rather watch it on a tv than a tablet

@Ralph Forgive me for I am not super tech savvy but what is roku

@kjayhawks a streaming device. how do you watch sling

@kjayhawks The ESPN app looks for the service provider. In your home wifi (I presume) it has to go through your television or cable provider or satellite internet if you have it. Your home provider has a contract with ESPN that results in the blackout because the provider blocks it in certain areas. Your phone network provider apparently doesn't.

In my case, I get everything because we are far away from blackout areas, but I still sign in to TW on the ESPN app.

Is the game available on the app after it is over, or is the blackout permanent?

@kjayhawks Roku is the future. For as little as 30 bucks, you have a device that streams tv onto your tv through the internet. There are gazillions of channels, some cost, some are free, but you have tons and tons of choices to watch.

@kjayhawks Russell Robinson set the standard for team-oriented PG/combo guard in the Bill Self era. Devonte Graham may finally, actually be better. Thank you for posting a pix of #3 RR!

@mayjay I'm in the KC metro espn3 was blocked but the espn app worked for me, both streamed with the roku to my tv. Maybe I'm far enough east the app doesn't show KC.

@mayjay The game is available within 30 minutes of the conclusion of the live broadcast.

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@kjayhawks funny pic, is he letting it go or what there?

@Crimsonorblue22 looking at the net I'd say he ether just dunked it or went up for a tip in and pulled his hands back because it was good.

Just one more day before we get to over analyze an exhibition. :D

@BShark

What else are we supposed to do, we have overanalyzed 18 year old kids for the past 5 months :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

Oh I'm excited for sure. I'll have to find a stream for it since I will no doubt be blacked out for ESPN3.

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@kjayhawks

Actually it makes sense. When you connect to wi-fi it goes through your internet provider which block the signal. if you stay with your cell provider, the signal comes through your cell and not through your internet provider. I should try with T-Mobile since I have unlimited internet and I have a huge chunk of the high speed type already stashed away.

You can download an app on your internet browser and stream it through your computer. I use Hola! and it says I'm in the UK and I can watch the game that way. I'll test it on my phone tomorrow and see if it'll work through my Chromecast

@Kcmatt7

If you have the right TV set, you can mirror your phone screen on your TV set..

So I just downloaded Hola! on my phone.

What it does is put a new VPN number on your phone so it looks like you are in another country. I believe I will be able to stream the game from my phone on my own home wifi and Chromecast it.

More to come tomorrow.

@JayHawkFanToo Yea I can't mirror without connecting to WiFi unfortunately

@Kcmatt7

In that case you are not mirroring but most likely you are streaming. Many of the newer cell phones and TV sets have the option of duplicating the phone screen on your TV without any other equipment. I am waiting for Black Friday to get one with that specific feature.

@JayHawkFanToo have you tried the watch espn app

I downloaded an IPad app called Betternet which apparently moves your IP address to a different part of the country. To test it I tried to get the KU vs texas volleyball game on watch espn and got it. My son tried to get the VB match on his phone watch espn app and it was blacked out. I'm not guaranteeing anything but there's hope. It sux that the AD hosed us by selling out to TW. This is going to be a special year!

Can anyone explain to me if games are sold out how would it hurt to put them on ESPN 3?

@Crimsonorblue22 No. Because it is stupid.

@Crimsonorblue22

KU basketball games have been sold out as far back as I remember. There is no rational explanation why they should be blacked out...other than the KSU alumnus who happens to be the AD trying to limit viewership.

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I'm going out on a limb here, and predicting a win for KU tonight.

@KUSTEVE

you really are going out on a limb. :smile:

should be a fun intro to this teams destruction of opponents

@BeddieKU23

"What else are we supposed to do, we have overanalyzed 18 year old kids for the past 5 months"

You mean for years.... decades!

I think I missed others posting this... but don't some of you just need to spoof your IP address?

IP address spoofing ↗

I believe this will allow you to go around any blackouts for online viewing.

@drgnslayr

Very true, I meant the recruiting hoopla that the last 7 months have been. So glad we have game action to look at. See how improved the vets are, see how the youngn's looks

More then anything I would like to see Jackson show off why he was the top recruit, a different type of top recruit. One that Self can mold and unleash

@BeddieKU23

I want to see some sparkle out of Josh tonight. But I hope he has a different shine than Wigs did. Wigs situation was different, surrounded by freshmen. I am hoping to see Josh (eventually) mixed in well on offense and to be as dangerous feeding assists as scoring.

What I'm really looking for tonight is defense. I want to see dominance!

@drgnslayr

Yes a dominant defence against an overmatched team would be nice. Statistically we ended up pretty good on defense last year but there really was not a sense that it was a dominant defensive bunch. Plenty of games we wondered where the D went.

Individually Jackson on paper, seemed like the perfect Top recruit for Self. Values more then the flash of putting the ball in the hoop, fierce competitor, plays defense, values sharing the ball. From everything Self has said already about Josh "he unpacked his bags" was a good one used to describe the kids mentality.

@BeddieKU23

I think we are all in for a surprise on how well Josh's overall game is. And his long ball is decent. Sure, he's not Brannen Greene (yet). But I think his long ball is better than people give him credit for.

Yes... there were times last year when our defense went south.

Just a few things that are on my Christmas Wish List to Santa this year (concerning defense):

1. Consistency - I'd like to see more consistency. Translating that... I want to see all our guys stay focused for 40 minutes and throughout every possession.

2. Low Post Defense - I'd like to see us control the paint this year. We gave up quite a bit to dominant post players last year.

3. Overdrive - I'd like to see our defense develop an "overdrive." I'd like to see them step up when we need defense to really dominate, and dominate. This is the way to eliminate most (if not all) losses from occurring.

4. Steals & Run Outs - We have GOT TO steal the ball more and those steals need to end in run outs!

Otherwise, the other areas I expect them to be good like they were last year. I could make a long list of what they need on defense, but most of those things they did a pretty good job on last year!

When they are on the court, I can't tell the difference between Mitch Lightfoot and Clay Young.

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@wrwlumpy

I don't believe they will be on the court together much. LOL. BTW, Clay on the left and Mitch on the right.

So.... someone in here must have the inside track on Mitch. Anyone?

I'm catching little bits from sparrows outside my window. I'm starting to believe he will earn some PT minutes this year... more than just mop up minutes.

Any truth to that?

@drgnslayr

Coach Self was very impressed with him but he is still learning the system. If Bragg gets in foul trouble and Coach does not want to go small, I can see Mitch and Svi taking turns at the 4 since Washburn does not really have anyone over 6'-7".

@JayHawkFanToo

Have you seen him practice or play? Does he have good handles? Midrange shooter?

@drgnslayr said:

All Great points.

Consistency is what we are used to, Consistency on the road would be a good starting spot. Our D sometimes stays in Lawrence in certain arena's. Sometimes we don't truly understand how much better KU plays at home on both ends of the floor.

Low Post D should be better in the Big-12 as we'll play some teams that lost everything in the post. When its not a stretch to say Landon Lucas is a top 5 big in the Big-12 this year you know the league is in transition. Absolutely no knock to Lucas, just pointing out the talent in the post is missing this year. It's a guard heavy league.

Which leads me to your points 3 & 4. Not sure we see that much improvement from #4 due to the rules of the game that keep changing (more emphasis on perimeter freedom). With so many good guards in the league we might find it hard to force turnovers consistently.

3 We'll have to see how this team meshes together and finds its identity.

@drgnslayr good article on him on kusports

@wrwlumpy Mitch is taller and has bigger ears, different number. Clay wont play 98% of the time.

@drgnslayr

He is extremely athletic and has range all the way to the 3 line. He likes to bang inside and you can say he might end up being a more athletic version of Perry Ellis, although at this time he is just beginning to learn the system and does not have quite the basketball IQ or the moves Perry does but he is still pretty green and has a lot to learn. I have him as my breakout player so obviously I am pretty impressed with him.

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I think I missed others posting this... but don't some of you just need to spoof your IP address?

IP address spoofing ↗

I believe this will allow you to go around any blackouts for online viewing.

Looks like Hanni-vision for me tonight unless I can find a pirate stream but I don't think exhibitions are popping up on those. I'll just catch a replay later to actually watch it.

@wrwlumpy Lighfoot has a very distinct baby face.

At some point this year, Lightfoot will come into a game, and play so well, we will feel much better about 2017, imo.

Finally!!! The season is HERE!!!!

Self just mentioned on the radio that Lightfoot is the 10th guy. So the complete bottom of the bench given this team has 2 transfers redshirting and an open scholarship.

@KUSTEVE Kevin young-like

I am watching on my Nook so can't comment during the game. Rock Chalk 2016-2017.

@BShark lots of mop up minutes this year, imo.

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@BShark lots of mop up minutes this year, imo.

Definitely could be. Big 12 looks pretty weak.