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Ladies, gents, Jayhawks of all ages! We stand at the precipice of another season that promises to be thrilling, at times challenging, and certainly memorable. Per requests I'm reminding people that we will be gathering in our Slack instance for game day chat. For those who have already signed up, https://kubuckets.slack.com ↗ will get you there. For those who havent yet, please check out the link in the thread: /topic/6413

Hope to see you guys in slack this year. I think it will be a lot of fun! I have trick or treating responsibilities that will conflict and I may miss the whole thing. I know... Lame! But I promise I will be on there as much as possible this year and I can't wait to share this year's ups and downs with you all.

Rock Chalk!

@approxinfinity FOE

I'll be there next season.

Ok, I know totally off the wall - -BUT - - -IT'S SNOWING lol - -& snowing good here in Topeka at 2:30 pm crazy -- anyways hope w show really well tonight. - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

jayballer54 said:

Ok, I know totally off the wall - -BUT - - -IT'S SNOWING lol - -& snowing good here in Topeka at 2:30 pm crazy -- anyways hope w show really well tonight. - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

70 degrees and sunny here in SC as we wait for early (family coming by car) trick or treaters. Rocking on the front porch dressed up like (as?) a couple of old fogies--wait, those are our normal clothes!

jayballer54 said:

Ok, I know totally off the wall - -BUT - - -IT'S SNOWING lol - -& snowing good here in Topeka at 2:30 pm crazy -- anyways hope w show really well tonight. - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

Let's make a snowman.

@jayballer54 Snow? OMG.

KUSTEVE said:

@jayballer54 Snow? OMG.

Would you like a picture? I think I'll take one anyway lol.

@BShark It doesn't snow in Florida where I live. I nearly froze to death yesterday morning when it got down to 52 degrees. I'll never forget freezing in Kansas every winter ...don't miss that part of Kansas a bit.

KUSTEVE said:

@jayballer54 Snow? OMG.

Ya been snowing for like 2 1/2 hours - -nothing serious - the old myth has it whatever day it snows on that's how many more snows we going to get this winter - - - 31? - - Oh - -JUMPIN - - -GEE - -HOSSA - - FATS. - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

@mayjay Nice -- I don't have to worry I'm dressed like that all year lol - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

BShark said:

KUSTEVE said:

@jayballer54 Snow? OMG.

Would you like a picture? I think I'll take one anyway lol.

not hardly any - -but some on the grass and roof tops and tree branches kind of pretty. - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

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A smattering.

@approxinfinity I'm getting a site can't be reached error message on my phone tonight.

@approxinfinity oops I should have tried the Slack app, which works great. Yaay!!

@approxinfinity I'm not having much luck on the Slack app either. I'm in but not getting any posts. I sent one myself which does show up. I mostly get the swirling circle wait icon, as if their servers are bogged down maybe.

@approxinfinity My message didn't got through. Hit retry and I'm still spinning.

I am not able to get to the site either with my saved fav. I'll try @approxinfinity 's link above.

@RockChalkinTexas It's down for everyone. People on twitter are upset.

This is what I get using your link:

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@Careful-you Ya I'm not getting anything either -- -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

@BShark So are we staying here for the game?

@RockChalkinTexas Looks that way. I don't think we really have time to get everyone into discord.

Anyone have a link to watch the game

watch espn @cragarhawk

ESPN3 is what I am on.

Nearing 4 minutes in. 13-3 good guys.

HOLY SHIT BILLY P

What a play by Billy. Love it

Billy went one on five and it didnt matter

@BShark blacked out in my area..

cragarhawk said:

@BShark blacked out in my area..

Gotta use a VPN. Zenmate working for me. Tried a couple others that ESPN had blocked first.

Fun seeing new players but I miss #BIFM.

HawkChamp said:

Billy went one on five and it didnt matter

That's the kind of passion/intensity I want to see from him.

Great pass to Vick.

Billy seems good at hoops.

23-3 and getting worse for pitt

Wonder if Kim's brother is named Sue

@BShark like his awareness. Could be good for Svi to have him as a motivator. BP could start over Svi if he is consistant.

@BShark I appreciate the info. But I'm not smart enough 😊

@cragarhawk 26-4

DOKE MADE A FT

Our guards look fast

@BShark Let's hope he gets to shoot fts all season long.

HawkChamp said:

Our guards look fast

Well, they are, but playing a medium level DII school exacerbates it.

@BShark I know. just like the energy

RockChalkinTexas said:

@BShark Let's hope he gets to shoot fts all season long.

I feel if he stays healthy, he's gonna be at the line a lot.

Wow! Of all the days for slack to crap out (?!) they certainly picked a bad one for us.

I have never seen this happen before! Sorry guys.

@approxinfinity is it system wide?

RockChalkinTexas said:

@approxinfinity is it system wide?

Yes.

Yeah, it's on my company's slack as well.

This is a chat system we've use for two years with much heavier traffic than what we're doing... It just seems like very very unfortunate timing.

Here's a page that shows its a slack wide outage. https://status.slack.com/ ↗ There are 8 million slack instances I think. And they're aallllll down today. *!#%(!

Anyway, you guys are way ahead of me it looks like (reading back in thread). So how about Billy Preston? Seems an immense talent.

@approxinfinity must have been all the KU fans that overloaded it.

That psu player traveled before he scored.

@RockChalkinTexas hahaha maybe its a conspiracy by TPTB to keep Kansas fans from having any fun :)

@approxinfinity

They're slacking...

That was pretty Malik.

Another bad call there in the paint

lol at this game

HawkChamp said:

That psu player traveled before he scored.

Refs probably feel bad for them.

40 points in 12 minutes? Thats insane! On pace to 133 pts.

Man some bad calls to go with some stupid fouls.

I think Garrett might honestly be better than Svi overall already at this stage.

Great to see Sherron and birthday boy today Cole getting their jerseys retired.

@BShark how far behind is he in shooting?

Anybody know World Series score?

approxinfinity said:

@BShark how far behind is he in shooting?

Doesn't shoot as well as Svi. If he did it's no contest. Makes up for it in all other aspects imo.

Can't believe how college ready he is...

Preston needs to figure out how to not foul because he is so much better than Mitch.

These last three minutes really, really suck

HawkChamp said:

These last three minutes really, really suck

Can't afford to have Mitch as the only big out there vs real teams.

Man some terrible, terrible passes too.

1 point in last 3:40. Outscored 14-1.

Wow, Udoka is not above the rim atm.

approxinfinity said:

1 point in last 3:40. Outscored 14-1.

The floor for this team is scary.

Is Moore not eligible to play at all this year?

@BShark especially when they play sloppy and silly.

Am I missing something or does Billy Preston look extremely talented and Udoka look pretty underwhelming?

RockChalkinTexas said:

Is Moore not eligible to play at all this year?

Correct

approxinfinity said:

Am I missing something or does Billy Preston look extremely talented and Udoka look pretty underwhelming?

Doke has a ways to go but his footwork is already a lot better.

@approxinfinity lots of upside with BP I think. Suppose Doke worried about fouling?

@approxinfinity he also missed a lot of time with the injury. Makes a difference

Marcus Garrett BRINGS IT

Wow! Great D! you're right @BShark kid is exciting.

@BShark put him on Jackson and they may not even make it to fifty. Dude looks good

Slack is not working. I have tried numerous times.

Yeah @KUSTEVE Sorry man, we're chatting here. Slack decided this day, the eve of our inauguration, to crap out on all of its 8 million instances!

This is an app heavily used by businesses. There will be hell to pay for this outage, and I think you can be assured it will not happen again any time soon. Hopefully people don't get cold feet and give it a shot next game.

@approxinfinity @HawkChamp Looks like he might be our best perimeter defender...

@approxinfinity can you explain in simple english what an "instance" is?

Slack is working on my phone . Bwag and rocketdog are there

sure so our kubuckets slack is one instance, other companies have instances, other people have private instances, etc. so like 8 million copies of slack, they're all down.

I really like Garrett as a defender. Jackson all of a sudden isnt a world beater

Looks like slack was back up.

HawkChamp said:

I really like Garrett as a defender. Jackson all of a sudden isnt a world beater

4 year Josh, kinda.

@DanR Slack is still down for me looks like... here's a site to see their (posted anyway) current status : https://status.slack.com/ ↗

I wish we would attack more.

@KUSTEVE been pretty stagnant. bad fouls and bad passes really killed momentum. Stop those and put Garrett on Jackson and we will be fine.

So Kim Anderson finally gets to play a game in The Phog!

We use slack at work too. I like jabber a little better though they're different

KUSTEVE said:

I wish we would attack more.

The difference with and without Billy P man...

HawkChamp said:

@KUSTEVE been pretty stagnant. bad fouls and bad passes really killed momentum. Stop those and put Garrett on Jackson and we will be fine.

Yeah, they started playing pretty dumb with about 8 minutes to go.

Vick had some good O RB's and put backs.

So I was expecting to be blacked out on Watch ESPN app, but it's even high quality signal tonight. Guess it's good I registered the acct before cancelling satellite service. I expect them to realize at some point I'm no longer paying.

Slack is definitely working now.

Think we'll win?

:-)

Bwag said:

So I was expecting to be blacked out on Watch ESPN app, but it's even high quality signal tonight. Guess it's good I registered the acct before cancelling satellite service. I expect them to realize at some point I'm no longer paying.

Never know how long this can go. ESPN insider took like 2 years to realize I canceled...

@BShark they tend to do that when the lead is so big.

ASTROS ...1-0....WOO WOO...

KUSTEVE said:

ASTROS ...1-0....WOO WOO...

Best of luck. Screw LA.

@approxinfinity Did you delete the link for the game chat in Slack?

@mayjay I was posting in #General

Almost no one there. Thought it might be Halloween or something

I can't get a handle on how we play yet. We don't seem to drive to the basket very much.

Happy Halloween Jayhawkers!

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It appears to be working in #general for me too on computer and phone now. Although their site officially still shows slack system status as having problems...

Happy :jack_o_lantern: @RockChalkinTexas !

approxinfinity said:

Am I missing something or does Billy Preston look extremely talented and Udoka look pretty underwhelming?

Doke has work to do. - - -a long season, his free throw shooting could end up costing us some where along the line. - -Hmm I know it's exhibition BUT could we possible remotely even sniff Doke coming back another year? - -needs lots of development. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

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@jayballer54 That, I was thinking that too. He might just come back... Which sucks for him, b/c it seems he would have been a 1st round lock and likely lottery last year, the way he was trajected.

KUSTEVE said:

I can't get a handle on how we play yet. We don't seem to drive to the basket very much.

Vick is the closest thing we have. Graham and Newman aren't really penetrate and dish or penetrate and score at the rim guys...

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@RockChalkinTexas 🎃👻💀

@Crimsonorblue22 Where u been?

jayballer54 said:

approxinfinity said:

Am I missing something or does Billy Preston look extremely talented and Udoka look pretty underwhelming?

Doke has work to do. - - -a long season, his free throw shooting could end up costing us some where along the line. - -Hmm I know it's exhibition BUT could we possible remotely even sniff Doke coming back another year? - -needs lots of development. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

He might. Self said it comes down to if he projects as a first rounder.

Really stoked though on the whole, Newman really is a scoring machine, Preston has a huge ceiling, and Garrett is the swiss army knife everyone has been saying. If the new guys stay at that level and the rest of the guys get up to the level we expected them to be, we're going to be nasty!

@RockChalkinTexas eating candy and handing it out

If I hear this damn IM RIDING SOLO song in that ESPN commercial one more time...

approxinfinity said:

Really stoked though on the whole, Newman really is a scoring machine, Preston has a huge ceiling, and Garrett is the swiss army knife everyone has been saying. If the new guys stay at that level and the rest of the guys get up to the level we expected them to be, we're going to be nasty!

Mitch is the only issue I see. Maybe Cunliffe passes Mitch in the rotation when eligible.

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Crimsonorblue22 said:

@RockChalkinTexas eating candy and handing it out
I'm eating candy lol - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

@Bwag I finally found it. Went there. Have to get back to ESPN on my phone to see game. Can't do both!

I was thinking we'd see some hi-lo, but Doke looks a little shaky, imo.

@BShark Mitch is ok playing the four. Cant have him as the only big. Dok and Billy have to play smarter and not foul. Its just that simple.

HawkChamp said:

@BShark Mitch is ok playing the four. Cant have him as the only big. Dok and Billy have to play smarter and not foul. Its just that simple.

AGREE

@KUSTEVE guess you'd agree with the commentary that he doesn't get position set early.

Haven't been watching close enough to tell myself.

We are going to have to tighten up moving forward. Both MU and Pitt St have been allowed to go on large runs and then we jack up bad threes to compound it

That is the type of stupid play im talking about by Billy. Not smart at all

Dat flop tho

nice play by Billy on that one. He's going to keep learning

HawkChamp said:

That is the type of stupid play im talking about by Billy. Not smart at all

Yep...he has a lot of that in his system. Would take a miracle from Self to coach it out in one season.

FWIW, Slack seems to be working again. Tentatively hanging out there as well atm.

We don't need no stinking bigs

Now we look like KU. Pounding the ball down low....lookin' good.

Concussion for Billy?

@HawkChamp or pride? Run right thru him?

@Crimsonorblue22 I wondered about that. Remember when Julian Wright did that on a missed windmill dunk?

The entire season hinges on Preston being okay and that looked ugly

HawkChamp said:

Concussion for Billy?

Maybe. Doubt he comes back in either way.

@HawkChamp not the smoothest move

@BeddieKU23 the move or results?

@BShark so preventable. Thats what I'm talking about - play smart not stupid.

BeddieKU23 said:

The entire season hinges on Preston being okay and that looked ugly

Hope he is okay.

@BShark He'll be fine. Think positive. Probably a concussion.

Vick!

Dang vick! Taking the rebounding talk to heart!

Doke got too excited. Don't dribble it Doke.

You guys want to give Slack another shot? Seems to be working now, have a critical mass of people on there now

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@approxinfinity personally, I'm fine on here. You can if you want, but this is much easier for me.

approxinfinity said:

You guys want to give Slack another shot? Seems to be working now, have a critical mass of people on there now

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Love the things we can do on Slack!

Great play by Vick

So at least we start out each half strong.

Doke had an and 1 and a ft swish. I thought those sentences wouldn't be combined much this season. That was a glimmer of hope

man that was a pretty play by doke!

Hope Malik's good

Doke will need to work on getting in great shape. He is gassed.

Svi needed to be aggressive.

@BShark plus they're pushing the crap out of him

Newman ok? Maybe turned his ankle on that rebound?

Crimsonorblue22 said:

@BShark plus they're pushing the crap out of him

Feed the beast.

Vick has some moves.

Wow Vick continues to amaze

Doke has some moves.

Patiently waiting for word on Preston..

Billy back on sidelines

HawkChamp said:

Billy back on sidelines

Prayers up

What a move by svi

The vaunted Ltft + Clay Young front court

HawkChamp said:

Newman ok? Maybe turned his ankle on that rebound?
Maybe cramp?

I know it's pitt st but man does this team look good

Newman is back in @HawkChamp

I like that lt ft doesn't quit!

Crimsonorblue22 said:

I like that lt ft doesn't quit!

Mitch ain't afraid of no ghost

CLAY YOUNG DID A THING

I was hoping Doke would pass back out to Teahan when he was wide open. I need a Teahan swish tonight.

Newman did the thing tonight. 19 points in low 20s minutes.

Billy looked ok

Quit fouling us!

HawkChamp said:

Billy looked ok

Ya. Looked happy.

Sounds like Newman is having a solid night.

kjayhawks said:

Sounds like Newman is having a solid night.

He's stupid good.

@BShark He not bad

Astros still up 1-0 top of 6th. Night all. Off to listen to that.

@RockChalkinTexas don't stay up too late young lady.

@kjayhawks I hope they don't go extra innings.

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