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@BShark thanks

Not to steal anyone's thunder but a lot of us used to hang out with JNewell and his live blog/chat is on kuhoops now.

@wissox I checked it a couple of times & only one or two participants made it somewhat less than interesting to follow...

Come on. Can't play a college football game in less than 3.5 hrs?

@globaljaybird Besides Jesse the only one's I recognized were jaycon and mo3.

where was the foul?

sloppy to start

Good afternoon all!

This SUCKS!!! I don't get news therefore I can't watch it on WatchESPN app.

Lucas exposed already

Nice shot dg

Frickin' LaTech and WKU started at 11 and still 5 minutes left.

Man doing a terrible job of guarding that drive from the wing. Come on!!!

http://goatdee.net/177280/watch-stanford-vs-kansas ↗

@HawkChamp said:

guarding

Over play by svi

So I'm assuming Nova takes over no. 1 spot and KU is no. 2?

@Eric-san j

I would say look for UCLA make a big jump.

@DoubleDD top 5

I think UK fans really needed that reality check, their chest was getting too big.

@brooksmd dynomite hawk was on one chat but he & jnew were by themselves

Didn't Haase transfer to KU from somewhere? Cal? NW?

@brooksmd have u tried?

Lucas a mess defending travis

Don't jump and foul!!

@BeddieKU23 said:

Lucas a mess defending travis

Gotta get him out of there

@wissox Seems 2 me yes don't recall where

Not a lot of energy so far

Ya if we could not foul that'd be great.

That's a good pick and roll by Bragg. Needs to go wide on every screen for a shot

Ah those phantom calls

bad defense

Stanford getting great looks

@BShark just losing guys or overplaying. Not smart play

Thank u Landen get on the bench

I don't get all these calls.

Very very poor play going on

Well....if they are gonna make that shot...

@BeddieKU23 to put it nicely wake up guys

I think cartwright was 20% coming in

Didn't this Stanford team beat us a few years back?

My god vick shoot that's such a bad play

@globaljaybird yup

Jayhawks starting just like Badgers did today.

@BShark Stupid ESPN news. Cant see the game on yet.

I take back what I said about KU having problems with Stanford! I didnt mean it, gosh darn KU.

there we go!

Big guys doing well

Better effort lots of missed open shots

@wissox

Yupp

@BeddieKU23 I can live with a few of those as long as everyone is playing smart. Lucas looking better

Lucas showing up.

LaTech losing by 14 with 48 secs left, WKU has the ball and LaTech takes a TO. IDIOTS!!!

@brooksmd ESPN?

Hey, KU is playing. Thanks ESPN dirtbags.

Come on lucas

@BeddieKU23

yeah jeez

Also Josh missed a wide open Graham camped out on the 3 pt line

good ball movement

DG is keeping us in it

Bragg has to shoot that!!

@HawkChamp lazy skip passes are no no's to Self

Sidenote - WVU on verge of upset of Virginia

Fran on auto loop with his kansas was bad from 3 point land early

@HawkChamp

"upset"

Doke just got a being big foul

Great pass by Landen

@HawkChamp Don't know if I'd call it an upset - Huggie has some tough ballers.

That's how you run the pick and roll Carlton!

Lucas got beat by a walk on

4 for DG

Graham makes 3's at about the same rate that I make layups.

That play was Perryesque! Exactly what I have been waiting for

@BeddieKU23 said:

4 for DG

Gonna miss this kiddo

@wissox

Such a smooth shot

@wissox I'd bet on DG from 3.

Stanford well coached team.

@BShark

Me too.

lucky DG is hot right now, nice to see bragg get some plays together

@DoubleDD

And really not that good. KU starting to make some shots to separate

@kjayhawks he is a good shooter. No luck about it

Can the basketball get their own version of the "Limestone" uniforms the football team wore in October? Those would be some badass threads!

@BeddieKU23 said:

@DoubleDD

And really not that good. KU starting to make some shots to separate

It was too easy the last couple games

Love the effort. Third block by Landen

Wow

Great effort by CB and DG nails it.

Landen with some nice blocks

Smoke coming from DGs ears

I bet Appalachian St is wishing DG hadn't decommitted

I will also say that I feel pretty confident that the next Kansas Jayhawks coach is coaching on tte opposing bench right now.

come on Frank

Fran is dumb that wasn't a heat check the shot clock was winding down

STOP TALKING ABOUT THE 97 TEAM AND REOPENING THOSE WOUNDS

JJ with da move. wow

Wasn't Jerod a little thinner?

Anotherr phantom call I just don't know what else bragg is supposed to do other than not guard him and just give him a dunk.

@BShark Can't talk about Haase without mentioning that team though.

That's the one team in KU history I would take over 2007-08 team for best KU team ever.

@BeddieKU23

Maybe that's what the NCAA wants? Soooooo frustrating

@BShark

Fran is on mute level at this point

@Texas-Hawk-10 I agree. Look at their schedule that year. They just rolled over everyone. The only solace was they lost to the champs.

@BShark

Very taking away fundamental of post play

One game after vick was great he's non existent

didn't see the foul

marginal at best against lucas there.

good grief refs

So Travis does it on one end gets the foul call. Lucas does it and it's a foul

@wissox That's one refs have always called. Can't extend the arm like that and get away with it.

@BeddieKU23

Baffling

@Texas-Hawk-10 I"m gonna go back at halftime and watch it again. I'll let you know what I see!

@wissox I'm not saying there wasn't a little acting, but Lucas definitely extended his arm which which is what the refs called him for regardless of contact.

We get the worst ref luck ever

@Texas-Hawk-10 Ya, I'm not doubting you, I just want to see what happened.

defense has been pretty poor overall

@BeddieKU23 There you go! #vick3

Sanders got called extending the arm as well.

@wissox said:

@BeddieKU23 There you go! #vick3

Finally

Jackson has struggled trying to much to pass

I'm confused by the refs

Good defense but really tough shot.

@BShark Inconsistent at best, incompetent at worst.

JJ 2 FTs I'm buying a lottery ticket lol

You guys hold the fort down, I gotta fold some laundry before boss gets home.

@BShark so r they

@Texas-Hawk-10 I kept my promise, went back and watched Lucas, he deserved the whistle, particularly on a stiff arm just before the 2nd stiff arm

Man I hate playing Stanford. Every time we do it's such a muddy game.

Pretty sloppy half besides hot shooting from DG. Stanford has the rebounding edge 15-10, Ku shooting 56% from the floor and 58% from 3, Stanford 50% and 40% from 3. Defense and rebounding improves we win bye 20.

@brooksmd copy

Well bright side KU is playing down to Stanford, and is still pushing a double digit lead.

Got to play smarter on defense. Josh needs to drive the lane and make them foul him. He has not been aggressive enough and don't know what to think of LL, Bragg and Doke all having foul trouble. Frank needs to kick it into second gear. Thank goodness for Devonte'.

I've decided for sure if self ever leaves I want haase

@Crimsonorblue22 Not so fast there sister. I can think of several others b/4 him.

@RockChalkinTexas 💃

@RockChalkinTexas I was going to ask you to look out for tickets for me when KU comes to Austin, but I got my hands on some. I'm stoked to see the Jayhawks and to enjoy Austin. I've never been there before.

@Crimsonorblue22 Haase or Manning are my two picks depending on when with danny just being a few years younger than Self.

That's a Sportscenter Top 10 right there.

Told ya -- Josh!

@kjayhawks

Realistic choices these are not bad. Given anyone, Brad Stevens would be at the top of my wishlist.

So no foul on graham's drive? Sure miss obvious contact

Don't fall in love with the jump shot josh

8-14 on FT's now. Pretty darn good

Come on Landen!!

16 points on 8 FGA is pretty efficient, gotta slow Travis down.

@wissox Correction 8-14 on 3's!

Has Reid Travis scored when Dok guarded him?

@HawkChamp Yes, Travis has scored on everyone.

Wow lucas I'll bite my tongue

@Texas-Hawk-10 don't remember it

That's pretty smart by JJ to not foul there. He's got uncanny court awareness for a freshman.

@HawkChamp Beginning of the game

Vick that was nice

Josh Jackson is definitely not protecting the goods today.

Alright Lucas saving face. Nice.

@Texas-Hawk-10

He unpacked his bags according to bill

15 assists on 18 made baskets is really good I think. Can't see a shot chart, but we've either scored at the rim or from trifecta land. Can't even think of a 2 point jumper being made.

@wissox

Bragg had 1 that's it I think

Jj floor burns 2

@BeddieKU23 said:

@Texas-Hawk-10

He unpacked his bags according to bill

It's quite evident.

@wissox Bragg had 1 like @BeddieKU23 said, but I'm glad because that's the worst shot in basketball. And Jackson just missed one.

They don't have a single 3 point threat out there we should be sagging down

Vick padding his stats!

That is all Travis does.

Can we please stop fouling him? Good grief move your feet!!!!

That was so fast

Good grief Frank!

Da Bulldog. And 1

That wasn't a foul on Svi

Wow frank even he was smiling

And ANOTHER foul. Man

Mr. Floor Burns looks like he's done some vicious burns on buffets lately. Man I loved that guys hustle- he and Vaughn were my favorites for a long time.

And then a junk foul

@Texas-Hawk-10 don't be in a position to be called

@HawkChamp Then don't play defense. The Stanford player screwed up and got lucky. That was a bad call on Svi.

@Texas-Hawk-10

Right. There's been plenty of those today

Frank = :muscle:

Wow Jackson just got hit in the face

@BeddieKU23 Thinking about refs, I don't even think it's the refs that are bad, it's the changing of the rules every year so the refs never get used to one set of rules. Don't change rules fir 3-4 years and watch the officiating get much better and consistent.

@Texas-Hawk-10

I do agree. The rules never stay the same.

SWEET!!!

Jackson is mad from getting hit in the face it was of the technical nature

This team is terrific at fouling

Wow so thought that was gonna be a charge

Don't like seeing Mason grab his wrist like that.

Come on refs.

@BeddieKU23 said:

Come on refs.

Can't breath on em in the post

Let'em play refs. Geez!

There is a whistle every other time down the floor. We have succeeded in turning Travis into the all American that he isnt

@HawkChamp

He was a burger boy but yes he's living at the line

We're 3-11 on shots outside the paint, but really 1-9 because two of those were shown on the shot chart touching the lane. The chart shows we've only missed 6 shots in the lane.

Another bull crap call

Dang, Svi gets his feet set he's money.

@BeddieKU23 said:

Another bull crap call

Complete trash

He's been to the line 20 times get the f outta here

Foul harder vick jeesh

@HawkChamp I'm pretty sure Reid Travis was a McDonald's All-American, he's a legitimately good player with NBA upside.

@BeddieKU23 Yep.

You have to adjust to how the game is being called - anything else is unacceptable. Move your feet, keep your hands up and make him make a tough shot over the top. When people talk about our bad post play, it is because Landen and Carlton don't play smart all the time.

Currently the box score shows us 11-19 on both 3 pointers and FT's!

Stanford game plan? Throw the ball inside get the foul.

Buke, CB and LL with 4 each. No Stanford players with 4.

Earlier I was sayin to myself," I swear to God if Franny says Floor Burns one more time, im gonna start taking shots of Captain Morgan

Oral Roberts beating MSU by three late in the first half in ELansing

Looks like a pair of wins over top 10 team for the Big 12 today. This league may not be as down as predicted this year.

Our Bigs getting out played again...

@DoubleDD then stop fouling. Boy I hope the guys play smarter as the season goes along. Has nothing to do with physical limitations.

@HawkChamp

I don't know this reminds of a pussy west coast style of game. lol

Svi carrying this team! Had no points 5 minutes ago

@wissox Got mine too. We will have to catch up before the game.

I'm talking to myself!

Way to run transition.

@Lulufulu said:

Earlier I was sayin to myself," I swear to God if Franny says Floor Burns one more time, im gonna start taking shots of Captain Morgan

Please try not to die from alcohol poisoning

Bragg is getting after the rbs.

Fran with his only intelligent remark for the day talking about our passing

@Lulufulu said:

Our Bigs getting out played again...

Actually started d'ing up a bit lately

Wow that's a foul?

Leaving points on the floor

Where was the foul for JJ getting nailed?

What is with LL's hands not getting so many balls?

I'm shocked Jackson only has 2 fouls now with how the game has been called today.

@brooksmd said:

getting

On JJ of course lol

@BeddieKU23 said:

Wow that's a foul?

Well, JJ was fouled maybe the refs just flip flopped it...

Svi hitting another nail on the coffin.

Later friends! Been fun.

Svi has been money.

Looks like Baylor will get another big win

Svi for 3!

@wissox It ain't over yet. Refs still have a say.

@BeddieKU23 Baylor's lead ballooned in a hurry.

I've seen so much of these refs I could pick them out of a police lineup.

All these crap calls and still a blowout.

@BShark

Just too good

Graham hasn't scored this half. Not that we've needed it.

@tundrahok He's letting Svi have some 3's.

@tundrahok

Had to get Svi some buckets too. :wink:

Pad those stats mason

What a pass josh

I wanna see Tyler hit another 3!

Have a good day fellow friends!! Good win

Amazing. Travis is 19-22 FT and only has 2 PF's.

45th home game win streak dude.

Revengeance complete.

@Texas-Hawk-10 I really think we have the worst scrubs in the country - nice guys, but none capable of scoring - they look like HS guys out there. Our blow-out game margins are never as large as they could be, because the other teams end of bench guys always out score ours....

Haase with his first loss in AFH

7-1 and probably move up a couple of spots in the AP Monday. You all have a good night.

Baylor won by 15? Xavier must have pooped out at the end.

@BShark yeah, they closed the rebounding margin. Bragg and Lucas really had a couple Big Boy rebounds later on.

@BShark said:

@Lulufulu said:

Earlier I was sayin to myself," I swear to God if Franny says Floor Burns one more time, im gonna start taking shots of Captain Morgan

Please try not to die from alcohol poisoning

HAHAHAHA!!! No kidding right!?!?

@DCHawker

Walk-on quality should improve next year (another Teahan). But yeah, Self knows it and definitely won't put those guys in there too early.

@DCHawker I don't care. I hope we play Self, Vang, and Young every game because that means KU blew somebody out. I don't care if the margin closes a little at the end because of that.

@DCHawker I cringe when the word "scrubs" is applied to our bench. Those guys bust their butts as hard as anybody in practice so we can put a quality team on the floor. They don't deserve that moniker.

@Texas-Hawk-10 I hope we play those 3 guys at RUPP

@RockChalkinTexas

Xavier did almost lose to Missouri so we know they have garbage level game in em.

@Lulufulu

Should have had a little graphic counter for how many times the broadcasters said floor burns. Bet it was over 25.

@BShark We should've done shots for "floor burns."

@brooksmd

We'd be dead.

Have not been impressed with Xavier the last few years. Not a legit top ten team

@BShark Yah, I mean it was cool at first but after the 5th time i was kinda getting sick of it.
Shaking my damm head

@Lulufulu

i started drinking heady topper to deal with Fran

I thought Carlton did a better job of putting himself in positions to score. Sometimes, he just roams around the perimeter or rolls into the paint on a pick and roll. A couple times he rolled wider like Perry did and made a jumper. Also had a good post move. Need more of that

How many free throws did Stanford get to shoot? The only things that kept Stanford in the game were Travis's 29 and 30+ free throws.

@stoptheflop 30-37 and Travis went 19-22.

@BShark Nah, just asleep...

Last post about the refs in this game I promise....

Reid was literally doing lots of the same stuff Lucas was being called for just about every time before he got the ball. It was a foul on Lucas frequently, but never on Reid. Totally friggin bogus and skewed this game even though the good guys won it going away.

@BShark

agreed! its frustrating watching the refs call the game this way. clear bias

@BShark Post away Shark. No penalty here for bashing the refs.

@stoptheflop We were 13-22 FT's. One better than our 3PT, 12-22.

@brooksmd Don't intend for it to be demeaning - the perhaps generic term used for the end of bench guys who only get in in the blow out games. I have no doubt that ours and other teams' help make the starters better....

@stoptheflop

For sure, I'm just so off of it now. Putting it to rest. Should have a nice easy game up next against the Roos.

@DCHawker

I suppose it could mess with statistic stuff, but we know what's up.

@BShark IMO Lucas has steadly been getting a bad rep from not only zebras, but our own rats too. He's not even a guy that would get any min at KU if we had other normal (for Bill) options, but we don't. But he IS a decent role player who is aware of what he needs to do in a Self system, which in all fairness to LL, is quite diff this year than any I recall in any year since HCBS has been here. Has Self ever had a 4 guard O here before? I think all our 4's & 5's will get better going forward & are going to play well enough that it will take a lot more than a great 4 or 5 to take us out. Look at our 4 or 5 top guards defensively & I'm not sure there are more than a half dozen teams in the nation that can outscore us-period. Maybe a UK or Duke or NC, but not many can play defensively at the speed we can on O. Time will tell but the only thing holding us back is us...& the limitation of speed from our bigs.

@globaljaybird our big guys were better today. As we have been going through the year, certain areas have been improving. First it was rebounding, now that is better. Then it was three point shooting, now everybody is on fire. The last and biggest challenge is getting smart play from the Big guys. Took a step forward today

We did get out rebounded today by 8 i think? Most of our bigs were in foul trouble. That kid from Stanford scored 27? Dude's good.

BUt, Yah I mean I still have reason to believe Coach Self will get our bigs where they need to be by conference, most importantly by late March.

Lucas and Bragg and Doka, despite foul trouble, had some huge big boy blocks and rebounds.

Bragg diving on the floor to save the ball!!! That was all hustle. That impressed the stuff out of me!

@brooksmd I had to look at the box score to understand what you were posting. Travis only scored 10 points from the field and 19 from the free throw line. Does anyone know which conference the officials were from? Quite a few of the fouls in the paint were touch fouls. It reminds me of the tighter calls at the beginning of last year on the guards.

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@BShark said:

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I love #10's reaction!

@DCHawker No problem, it's just a thing I have. I think of them as reserves or in some cases walk-ons. Maybe not at the D1 level, but some of the guys could be playing elsewhere but would rather be a part of the Kansas family no matter what their role.

@globaljaybird

Good to know. I'd like for his live blog to take off again.

@kjayhawks but not in a uniform, so doesn't count!

@stoptheflop I don't how many times the refs had to get together and decide what to call. I don't think I've seen them before. Still haven't seen Higgins, anyone?

@Crimsonorblue22

The refs were Gerry Pollard, Chris Rastatter and Kipp Kissinger. I can't say I have heard from them before.

@jaybate-1.0 Me too. He had a lot of contributors when with Topeka Capitol & LJW both. Some of us are here & where are the rest ?.... Who knows. I've not checked if Haskins still has one or not. We're blacked out on the espn 3 games so I have to use my laptop to get tunein radio. You can get abt zero radio down about the 700' elevation mark & this condo may only be abt 775' And that is almost 200 ' below the big damn above us.

@brooksmd Amazing ? Nah, it's magic ...:hankey:

@Crimsonorblue22 Nope & hope I don't see the dope...:-1: :angry:

@globaljaybird it's just that he was everywhere last year. Just wondering?

@BShark so what did they call?

@Crimsonorblue22 A compatable simile may sound as such..."John Higgins is just like :poop: crap in da pasture - he's everywhere." GN girl ... If I don't get to bed soon I won't make the early service ...

@globaljaybird I'll be driving home!

@Crimsonorblue22 @globaljaybird John Higgins actually worked the UCLA/Kentucky game today. Here's the list of games he's worked so far this year which have mostly been games out west. http://natstat.com/mbb/officials/john-higgins ↗

@Texas-Hawk-10 wonder if he was banned from the big 12, jk! Much better than the 3 stooges today.

@globaljaybird

The blackout is such crappola. I know it's only a few games, but I am in Kansas and actually can not get TWC (yep just can't get it, I'm in the boonies). So I have no issues bypassing the blackout restriction for those games.