Easy win please?

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Great seats for mybday

Nice seats. Enjoy the game. RCJH

Best part of today.

NO FRAN

@BeddieKU23

Yes

@Crimsonorblue22 happy birthday. Did you get my email?

@Crimsonorblue22

Happy bday!

Happy day for all of us no Fran

Who is calling for CBS?

@RockChalkinTexas

Nessler and Kellogg.

@Crimsonorblue22 happy birthday

Let's go Hawks.

Easy to see why Texas is bad.

Shaka is like wth is this crap.

Put it to Shaka ALL game.

Great start, except Josh picked up another early foul.

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No Higgins either!

Lol Svi

Figures no Fran when I'm not listening

Who's fault is it TX has no PG? Hey, Shaka, where's the HAVOC, othrr than on your effin roster???!!!

Loving it.

6 TO's by Texas already. RCJH

This is what you do to bad teams.

Great start

@Crimsonorblue22 I am having a Corona to toast your birthday!

@ralster said:

Who's fault is it TX has no PG? Hey, Shaka, where's the HAVOC, othrr than on your effin roster???!!!

Boom roasted.

Recipe for a Texas Basketball Martini:

1 jigger cactus piss

1 jigger armadillo piss

fill to brim with chili vermouth

1 long horn turd melon-balled and pierced with a toothpick to infuse impurities

Shaka, not stirred.

This should improve our defensive efficiency ratings.... Let's hope we can keep it up and give the guys a few minutes blow along the way...

Let's keep the throttle down boys.

Helluva start!

I saw Wayne simieon up close and I wanted to just hug him!😳

They (TX) got NO poise! Getting run. Start up that ShortHorn bus alrdy! TEXAS: Neither Smart nor Strong (can beat KU)

A defensive offense! I love it! Exactly what we need to get #13 and more!

Yep, we could be sitting Frank at this point. Let Vick take more of the minutes.

Texas will settle but I wonder how they have scored at all this season

@stoptheflop

Frank looks healthy at least.

Very solid start. Good focus

Shaka acting cool

KU's currently on pace to win 140-20.

@Crimsonorblue22

It would be nice if he never beat KU again, considering he made his career on one win against us...

Is CBS streaming it live for free, or do I have to use the tube?

Attn Bill: This is not a Lucas game.

am i the only one that thinks jj needs to drive and not shoot the 3

@autohawk said:

am i the only one that thinks jj needs to drive and not shoot the 3

Literally everyone including the entire KU coaching staff.

@BShark This is a pick whoever you want to fill the scoring column up game so it could be a Lucas game.

Vick and Bragg with the opportunity to show their games.

@autohawk No, you're not...

@BeddieKU23 said:

Texas will settle but I wonder how they have scored at all this season

Offensively challenged can hardly begin to described them.

Allen would have looked real good at KU....

Quick start is over. Guys lally gaging

@BShark said:

Allen would have looked real good at KU....

Definitely

@BeddieKU23 yep losing focus.

@BeddieKU23

Self line-up trollin already too.

Need to amp up the defensive pressure again.

@HawkChamp said:

Need to amp up the defensive pressure again.

With Vick and Bragg in the game???!?!?

@BeddieKU23 bet he regrets his decision.

@BShark said:

@HawkChamp said:

Need to amp up the defensive pressure again.

With Vick and Bragg in the game???!?!?

Braggs guarding Allen like he's afraid. Hope he makes these 2 ft's

I think coach wants jj to gets some confidence in his shot

@BShark yep. Everyone has to be able to play that way

@HawkChamp

Vick and Bragg are not currently capable. They are offense only at this point.

I should add it is mental not physical.

Andrew Jones also would have been great at KU but KU was late to offer sadly.

Mason is playing hurt or is it just me?

Josh should have passed to Svi there

@BeddieKU23 said:

Mason is playing hurt or is it just me?

Hard to say he doesn't have to exert himself against a team like Texas.

Frank should know not to do that

JJ getting his 3s

Man this team can play so well and so bad

Where did the focus go?

Playing with their food again...

Svi doing way to much dribbling, work the ball fellas.

Just when I thought our defense was doing well, we relax..

Oh vick....

@bskeet very frustrating

Texas running the make Josh beat you shooting defense. Effective...

@BShark A recurring problem - we seem to routinely let up when we get leads - esp. against much inferior teams....

Sloppy play.

Bragg being a little baby with the ball.

14 - 5 run by the "Horns - that should simply not happen as challenged offensively as they are....

Have to put Frank back in, wake up boys.

But when we're bad, we're bad. And unlucky on these turnover calls.

@DCHawker that is what is frustrating about this team. Most of the time, they look like they don't care and sloppiness results.

It was a lot nicer when the team was interested in running offense.

Open question to Bucketeers, some of whom have defended Shaka, saying he'll "get it turned around". So how would we judge his body of work the last 5 yrs, and his last 2 yrs at TX?

I dont see it. Hey these TX kids are athletic & have some talent...but you if you say young team, then I say what record would Calipari have with these same TX kids?

We have 8 TO's to their 10.

A bunch of KU TOs in the last few min

@BShark are they incapable of staying focused for even ten minutes of a half? That can't be true, can it?

Late to the gig. LL foul trouble? Bragg caught rock & went straight down to dribble... bad habit to break but will lose the ball 🏀 most all the time. Let's see Mitch at home 🏡 & see what happens?!

@Texas-Hawk-10 said:

KU's currently on pace to win 140-20.

I think we're going to fall a bit short of that.......

Good grief Landen

@stoptheflop again, what do they think they are going to do on Tuesday against real pressure. For supposedly being experienced upperclassmen, they sure don't look the part.

@globaljaybird

Mitch is playing well.

Mitch ready

Lucas can't handle Shaq

@BShark gotta deny the rock that low in paint

@BShark said:

Lucas can't handle Shaq

We haven't been able to handle any halfway decent bigs all year....

That more like it!

@DCHawker no, we haven't been able to contain dribble penetration all year - bigs scoring is a result of penetration.

@DCHawker

No doubt. I was trying to caution people on Lucas since he had been doing well against teams with bad bigs.

@HawkChamp

A fair bit of this is just dump the ball to whoever Lucas is guarding. Bruce figured it out (but a little late).

The good news: This team is explosive.

The bad news: This team is collapsable.

DG :boom:

7 -11 from 3 --- just 5-15 from 2. Shooting the long ball is the only thing we're doing well right now....

Neither BIFM, nor Graham look hobbled to me.

@BShark one on one in the post is a difficult guard for just about every big in the country. Hicks and Meeks get scored on also. Unless you have Wilt or the Unibrow, it is going to be tough.

Jackson is awfully quiet with just 5 points. Lucas 0 points.

@DCHawker

Yep Lucas, Frank and Josh all contributing to the missed 2s.

Dirty boy Eric Davis

Intentional foul please

@DCHawker denying the entry pass from the wing or point would help considerably. Defense is too inconsistent to do that. If our perimeter guys are lazy then it will take Shaq to make up for it. LL does a PDGJ of staying outta foul trouble.

@globaljaybird great post man.

@globaljaybird

Yeah Lucas knows he can't afford to foul out.

Bragg soft again. Sigh

Lucas can never score on Allen LOL

@BShark he needs better spacing and positioning to score.

Our bigs getting embarrassed out there.

@BShark Bragg put that damn 🏀 right back down & lost it again. It doesn't 't take an Einstein to figure that out.

Good thing we didn't play west Virginia today - it would be ugly

@HawkChamp

Same WVU that has multiple conference losses? Meh.

Does anyone know if the staff works with Bragg on post moves? He acts like he has never done it before.

@HawkChamp

I wonder how Bragg would be doing under Manning.

@HawkChamp that is Norm's job.

@BShark they were not amped up to play oU. They are always ready to play us

@HawkChamp

I figure we lose in Morgantown but I'm just not sold on WVU as a FF capable team.

@RockChalkinTexas well, I don't know what is going on but his post game sucks right now. Someone has to be accountable for that

Allen is playing with confidence and skill today. He looks like a completely different player than in other games this year.

@BShark not any better!

Need to get the crowd amped up to start the half. Rattle UT and keep the pedal to the metal.

@Crimsonorblue22

I'm not convinced.

@BShark If this was WV and we had this many TOs, it would be a bit more understandable... but we would also be trailing ...

LL ghost like on offense. We are letting a team that stinks offensively shoot 47% in our building. Allen already has a DD.

@BShark watch wake, they do same stuff

@HawkChamp We'll be fine when we play em. Likely split & the rubber match at Sprint like last year. I 😒 seriously doubt anyone wins conf with less than 3 losses- maybe even 4 JMO

@kjayhawks

This is what happens when Lucas goes against good bigs unfortunately.

I'm still waiting on Josh to have a breakout B12 game. I thought it would be today. Guess not.

@kjayhawks well, again our guys decided the game was over and just didn't care to finish the half. That attitude is frustrating to behold. The difference was night and day

@Crimsonorblue22

Wake isn't great but John Collins has really developed under Danny. I feel like it's been a bit of a lacking aspect at KU since he left.

@stoptheflop Still could happen. This would be a great opportunity for JJ to make a statement.

@globaljaybird but there is no reason to lose AGAIN to them. This year would make it four in a row. We have more talent, better shooters, and plenty of experience against their press.

@BShark but look at the numbers. When we stopped playing and focused instead on the concession stand food, that is when they started scoring. Our guys control that because of their defense, not the other way around

@BShark I guess u will have to take my word or not

@Crimsonorblue22

Happy birthday...🍾 🎂

@HawkChamp yep I feel like we have not had a killer instinct since 08

@kjayhawks and even that team gave up a 28 point lead.

@kjayhawks

Ty and TRob had the heart of a champion.

@Crimsonorblue22

I am sure the Big Dub would hug you right back...he is a really nice guy.

@Crimsonorblue22 We'll always have our Bill Self critics, I guess.

Landen stone hands lucas

Kind of a meh pass though

@JayHawkFanToo bday tmrw

BIFM will carry us

We are making our FT 7/8

@RockChalkinTexas

WELP jinxed

Frank is great at picking the ball up with one hand on his drive and using his body to shield.

@approxinfinity said:

Frank is great at picking the ball up with one hand on his drive and using his body to shield.

And, while he is scoring more, he's doing a much better job this year of kicking it to the wing rather than trying to score himself every time...

JJ arm strength needs much improvement His passes are weak Miss Hudy...

@globaljaybird said:

JJ arm strength needs much improvement His passes are weak Miss Hudy...

But that might throw off his soft touch on 3 points shots....

Man, leaving a lot of points on the floor.

I hope JJ works on his shooting form all summer and busts out a pretty J next season wherever hegoes.

@approxinfinity Welcome back long time no yak...

@DCHawker true but he still makes the stupid jumping pass out of the wing. That keeps costing us

Curious how this team labors to put a team away.

I guess it's not worth complaining because they get on top in most cases and then wear them down... but it would be nice to see them play well with a big lead.

12 steals, but 12 TO's. Lucas 0 points.

Man that was a strong move by bragg

Texas shooting well to start this half says it all about the defense.

Texas continues to prove that they can hit shots when they are unguarded :angry:

Allen on the bench good time for a spurt.

This team continues to refuse to lock down defensively for longer stretches.

@bskeet lets wait another 10 minutes before we figure that out

@HawkChamp BIFM made that pass look easy on the pick n roll too but that is like threading a needle & honestly I'm surprised Bragg was ready for it. He's effed that up all season long. I miss the reliability of Perry Ellis.

@globaljaybird Thanks man. Good to see you. Feeling a little crappy, so slept through first half. Gotta leave to coach my 7 year old in a few minutes here. We've been working on pivoting on the opposite foot on the post to create space, then the shot fake and blow by... I'm looking forward to see if he can bust it out in the game :smile:

@globaljaybird no the post move and the score

Gettin chippy wit JJ HCBS sits him down good 😊 move

LUCAS NOOOOO

I like how Devonte coached the ref into making the right call there, traveling.

Would you guys believe my boy is on the Duke Blue Devils for his rec league? Nice quality uni and all :frowning: I'm just thankful they didn't give him #3. I'd say hell no! And we do have a #3 on the team. I think his fam is oblivious.

@approxinfinity 😂 LOL

Another career night for an opposing player. What is the deal with our defense? Allen looks like the best big in college ball.

Didn't even touch him

Bragg misses inside. Mason steals and missed a three. Tough sequence. :(

Carlton with a miss on the post move but I like his aggressiveness the last few possessions.

Missing too many bunnies.

@BShark

Just dumb basketball instead of making the right play

If bragg wasn't fouled on his last post move I'm not sure how that was a foul on bragg

Yes, Carlton is playing much better. I like it.

@Jayrawks1 terrible call. Zebra assumed there was a foul

Texas offense B12 ranks - PPG - LAST; off. efficiency - LAST; FG% - LAST; 3PT% - LAST.

Allen is 17 and 15 so far.

@HawkChamp

Missed the ft ball don't lie

@stoptheflop said:

Allen is 17 and 15 so far.

Allen and Cleare have 28 -17; Lucas and Bragg have 8 and 10....

@DCHawker part of the solution is for us to go inside and draw fouls on them

Sucks for Allen. Hope he's ok.

Good hustle LL

@approxinfinity looking ok

@stoptheflop Fact is Allen is no pushover. Our guys can't physically match up with a lot of bigs but our guards can outscore damn n at anyone. That U.K. game will be a great 👍 litmus test for our offense. Hopefully we can keep everyone healthy cause we don't have a defense to fall back on this year

Wow for being upperclassmen our guys are so sloppy with the ball.

@HawkChamp Svi and Josh super clumsy in transition. Maybe thats the Havoc effect.

@approxinfinity Good years man, ride that 🌊 wave long as you can. Am happy for ya.

@globaljaybird eh I don't know about that. We can match up if they execute correctly. Unfortunately, we too often see careless defense and poor focus which has resulted in easy points. When our guys were locked in at the beginning, did Texas score easy points? No.

@globaljaybird :thumbsup: :100:

@globaljaybird and yes, the defense is very, very good when they want it to be. Otherwise, we see other teams score easily, which creates an erroneous impression that this is how it is going to be.

Allen back

@HawkChamp agreed. above all else, just hope we enter the tournament healthy and hungry. then we'll see what we're really made of.

booooooooooooo

JJ 2 threes? Oh lawdy. :traffic_light: gonna be all green light now!

PHANTOM CALL ALERT

Going to have 40 mph winds tomorrow and it is starting to pick up now. Hunker Down.

Get used to Lucas not scoring. We could be looking at a 4 game drought with the upcoming match-ups.

Which is OKAY he still does other good things.

Josh got fouled

@RockChalkinTexas gettin too windy here too... it's all yours .

@BShark I still think we could throw it in to him more

LL bad body language

@Crimsonorblue22

If I'm Shaka I debate hack-a-Josh

@BShark said:

Get used to Lucas not scoring. We could be looking at a 4 game drought with the upcoming match-ups.

Allen and Cleare now at 32 and 20; LL and Bragg at 8 and 11....

@HawkChamp

Results have not been positive. If he will pass out more I'm okay with it.

@DCHawker

Known problem that will not get better re: Lucas. He just doesn't have the ability to score on good D1 post players consistently. I have hope for Bragg yet. Fortunately our guards are very good and it can be worked around.

I'm really glad Frank has become the defacto senior Wooden candidate this year, commentators lining up behind him.

Gotta go guys. Good luck Jayhawks... and good luck... my son's.... blue team... :grimacing:

If Lucas ever wants to do it I do think he has a future as a big man coach. Dude is so smart.

What's the percentage Josh bricks these

@BeddieKU23

HIGH

Devonte Graham where are u?

@BeddieKU23

Pulling a Selden.

Well, hopefully we FINALLY are through with all the sloppy bad defense games. Can't afford anymore of those. No reason to either with a veteran group.

@BeddieKU23 said:

Devonte Graham where are u?

Has he scored this half? Think he had 15 at the break...

I think this is the first game where I'm upset of how they have played. I can't believe this game is within 10

@BeddieKU23 said:

I think this is the first game where I'm upset of how they have played. I can't believe this game is within 10

This is a really weird team.

@BeddieKU23 this shouldn't be the first time if you have watched the games

@BeddieKU23 pretty much agree. I guess it's a tribute to the athleticism of Texas, but it's been much more of a labor than I would expect.

@bskeet focus and energy

@BShark said:

@BeddieKU23 said:

I think this is the first game where I'm upset of how they have played. I can't believe this game is within 10

This is a really weird team.

It has been a long time since we've really coasted at home....

Oh Andrew Jones you keep showing me why I was hoping KU could land you.

really has all the markers of a very tight finish.

Very good D when it mattered

@BShark agree

but no 3 for Svi in this game

OMG MITCH IS THE BENCH CELEBRATION GOAT

Oops..

he just got it as I hit send.

@bskeet

He had one earlier. 2-4.

Do our guys just like teasing a team to make them think they can win and then show them they can't???

@BShark said:

OMG MITCH IS THE BENCH CELEBRATION GOAT

Took the mantle from Bragg. Ripped it from him really. Kid is just a KU fan having fun.

@RockChalkinTexas yeah, makes you pull your hair out. They only focus enough to win.

Well a win is a win. The turnovers have to stop before Tuesday or we could be in for a long night.

Brady or Rothlesberger tomorrow?

@RockChalkinTexas said:

Brady or Rothlesberger tomorrow?

Uggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh

@RockChalkinTexas hard to bet against Brady

@BShark ah.. I must have missed his first... He and Mason have pretty good streaks running.

@BeddieKU23

You gonna watch this UCLA Zona game fellow hoop junkie?

Here's my thoughts on why KU doesn't put teams away this year. It takes a lot of energy to do go on those huge runs and with KU's lack of depth, these short spurts followed by plays where KU looks slow is Self's way of resting players without actually resting players because he can't sit guys for extended periods.

@BShark i'm on the fence.. Watching just a little.. Remembering Pekka...

The amount of NBA players in this game is high.

Ball, Leaf, Markkanen, Trier, Alkins. All NBA level guys. Arizona is recruiting like crazy lately and UCLA is no slouch.

@Texas-Hawk-10 that is a definite possibility. The 2012 team was kind of the same way

ISU survives 2 OTs @ OU

Self said ll was sick as a dog

@Crimsonorblue22

:grimacing:

@Crimsonorblue22 Happy Birthday!

@RockChalkinTexas If Ben can use a lawyer then he's your winner